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He had produced several hundred episodes of this children’s show, which marked several generations of viewers.
Posted on 08/14/2023 21:52 Updated on 08/14/2023 21:54
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Nicolas, Pimprenelle and Nounours, the puppets of the children’s series “Good night the little ones”. (GEORGES GALMICHE / INA / AFP)
His work has accompanied millions of children. Michel Manini, the historic director of “Bonne nuit les petits”, one of the best-known shows on French television, died on Sunday August 13 at the age of 86, his family announced to AFP Monday.
Michel Manini had directed several hundred episodes of this series, created by Claude Laydu and his wife Christine in the early 1960s. This program marked several generations of viewers and entered popular culture.
Teddy bear, Nicolas and Pimprenelle
First in black and white then in color, “Bonne nuit les petits” was broadcast on the ORTF from 1962 to 1973, then on TF1 in a new version in 1976, and finally on France 2 in its last version in 1995. to 1997. Concluding with famous pipe notes, each episode features the puppet characters of the Sandman and his assistant Teddy Bear who, every evening before bedtime, descends from his cloud to visit the children Nicolas and Pimprenelle.
Michel Manini had succeeded Jacques Samyn as director after a first season (in 1962-63) during which the characters were not yet those who passed on to posterity (the children were called Petit Louis and Mirabelle).
In a newspaper interview West France in 2016, Michel Manini had described a complicated program to produce. “First, we had to record the voices of the actors. Then, we shot with the soundtrack in playback. The cameras were perched more than 1.70 m high, because the puppeteers were standing, holding the characters at arm’s length”he said, explaining that “the great difficulty consisted in filming while avoiding framing their heads”.
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