Fanfreluche was a French-language Canadian

Canada

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 children's television show made in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 by Radio-Canada

Télévision de Radio-Canada

Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...

. The show made its debut in 1968 and ran for forty-six episodes until 1971. http://archives.emissions.ca/787-8417-718712.html It starred Fanfreluche, a living doll (played by Kim Yaroshevskaya) who retold fairy tales and legends to the viewers. When the story went a way that displeased her, she would physically enter it to "fix" the ending which sometimes put her in a perilous situation.

The character of Fanfreluche (played by the same actress) had its debut in another Radio-Canada children's show called La Boîte à surprise. From the character in this show, prominent Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 businessman and Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 horse breeder Jean-Louis Lévesque

Jean-Louis Lévesque

Jean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist....

 named one of his filly

Filly

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s Fanfreluche

Fanfreluche (horse)

Fanfreluche was a Canadian-bred Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. She was named by her French Canadian owner for the title character of a popular children's television show on the French-language division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...

. Believed to have used the name to please a grandchild, Levesque's filly became a Canadian and United States champion racehorse in 1970.

See also

• List of Quebec television series
• Television of Quebec
  Television of Quebec
  Television in Quebec is an essential part of the culture of Quebec, as well as the rest of French Canada. With over 99% of households owning a television in Quebec, it has the power to reach every Quebecer...
  
  
• Culture of Quebec
  Culture of Quebec
  The Culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting from the shared history of the French-speaking majority in Quebec. It is unique to the Western World; Quebec is the only region in North America with a French-speaking majority, as well as one of only two provinces in Canada...