Can't remember the name of this French-canadian children series

May 8, 2009 5:12 PM

Salut! I'm trying to figure out the name of an educational (and meant to be entertaining) French-Canadian children series that featured a clown (of some sort) in the title. I’m pretty sure it was made and produced in the 90s.

I was enrolled in a french immersion program in Nova Scotia, Canada, in the 1990s and we would often watch this series of French-Canadian videos—they featured skits and maybe some songs, the actors were regular and one of the main characters was a Ronald McDonald-type clown character (who didn't speak). I've googled and googled, but nothing has come up.

Hope this rings some bells!

posted by blithecatpie to media & arts (10 comments total)

Perhaps you're thinking of Sol aka Marc Favreau, in Parlez-moi. However, it was definitely pre-90s, as I was forced to watch it in the 80s.
posted by teg at 5:27 PM on May 8

And here's some youtube of Sol. God, I forgot about that music.
posted by teg at 5:33 PM on May 8

I really thought that was it, but after looking at some pictures of the series you mentioned I realized that wasn’t it. The clown I’m referring to definitely had some sort of fro going on (at least from what I recall). Thanks, though!
posted by blithecatpie at 5:36 PM on May 8

Haha, even though this isn’t the right series, I will definitely check out those videos.
posted by blithecatpie at 5:38 PM on May 8

Yep, I saw it in the 80s as reruns on PBS.

Memory is so weird: as I was reading the question, I couldn't remember anything about it, but started humming the theme song--and as I watched the Youtube video, I experienced a specific taste-memory of stomach acid, bile, saltines, Campbell's chicken soup and Sprite. The only time I ever got to see it was when I was at home sick throwing up.
posted by aquafortis at 5:44 PM on May 8

Passe-Partout?

This was the theme song.
posted by jeather at 5:55 PM on May 8

Telefrancais?
posted by ewiar at 6:39 PM on May 8

Marie-Soleil?
posted by synecdoche at 9:14 PM on May 8

Yeah, I came on to say Passe-Partout as well.
posted by Beardman at 8:25 AM on May 9

Thanks for the responses everyone, but none of those look familiar at all :/ I'm starting to wonder if I'm remembering this all wrong...
posted by blithecatpie at 10:38 AM on May 9