History Series / LeBebeteShow

* CatchPhrase:

* VoiceClipSong: A song mixed Kermitterrand's {{catchphrase}} "Appelez-moi Dieu!", repeating it a number of times along with Black Jack's "Crack!" and Rocroa's "Je le hais!" And it was sold as records, no less.

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* StupidStatementDanceMix: A song mixed Kermitterrand's {{catchphrase}} "Appelez-moi Dieu!", repeating it a number of times along with Black Jack's "Crack!" and Rocroa's "Je le hais!" And it was sold as records, no less.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: A song mixed Kermitterrand's {{catchphrase}} "Appelez-moi Dieu!", repeating it a number of times along with Black Jack's "Crack!" and Rocroa's "Je le hais!". And it was sold as records, no less.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: [[https://youtu.be/8gXgwGruHD0 "Appelez-moi Dieu!"]]. Which was sold as records, no less.

* HypocriticalHumor: Kermitterrand doesn't live up to his own advices or proclaimed standards. He pretends he's not a SirSwearsALot, but he actually is one.

** Rocroa (Michel Rocard) has "Je le hais!" ("I hate him!").

Imagine ''Series/SpittingImage'' with some of the characters having animal bodies resembling those of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', and it's about UsefulNotes/{{French politic|al system}}s of TheEighties. You'll have a good idea of what you're in for.

Imagine ''Series/SpittingImage'' with some of the characters having bodies like those of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', and it's about UsefulNotes/{{French politic|al system}}s of TheEighties. You'll have a good idea of what you're in for.

* TheCameo: Several years after the show ceased to exist in 1995, Black Jack showed up in ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'' in 2003, at the time of [[TheWarOnTerror the war in Iraq]], when (then-president) Jacques Chirac refused to have France join the war. Upon entering the scene, Black Jack said "C'est moi, Jacques Irak!" ("It's me, Jacques Iraq!").

It aired on [=TF1=] from [[LongRunners 1982 to 1995]]. Minus one year, that was the entirety of the two presidencies of [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance François Mitterrand]], of which [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece the show became a symbol of sorts]], the same way ''Spitting Image'' was one for UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's era in the UK. The main host, Kermitterrand, was precisely based on him, basically Kermit with his face. Other characters from ''The Muppet Show'' got turned into French politicians, while an increasing number of other politicians got turned into animals that have nothing to do with ''The Muppet Show'' whatsoever.

It aired on [=TF1=] from [[LongRunners 1982 to 1995]]. Minus one year, that was the entirety of the two presidencies of [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance François Mitterrand]], of which [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece the show became a symbol of sorts]], the same way ''Spitting Image'' was one for UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's era in the UK. The main host, Kermitterrand, was precisely based on him, basically Kermit with his face. Other characters from ''The Muppet Show'' got turned into French politicians, while and increasing number of other politicians got turned into animals that have nothing to do with ''The Muppet Show'' whatsoever.

It aired on [=TF1=] from [[LongRunners 1982 to 1995]]. Minus one year, that was the entirety of the two presidencies of [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance François Mitterrand]], of which [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece the show became a symbol of sorts]], the same way ''Spitting Image'' was one for the Margaret Thatcher era in the UK. The main host, Kermitterrand, was precisely based on him, basically Kermit with his face. Other characters from ''The Muppet Show'' got turned into French politicians, while and increasing number of other politicians got turned into animals that have nothing to do with ''The Muppet Show'' whatsoever.

The show's golden years were clearly the 1980s, when it was the most well known source of political satire on French television. When entering TheNineties, [[DuelingWorks it faced another political satire puppet show]], Canal+'s ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'', which started in 1988, also had puppets by Alain Duverne, and gradually replaced it. While the quality and ratings of the ''Guignols'' increased, those of the ''Bébête Show'' declined. After a revamp titled ''Le Bar du Bébête Show'' that dropped the animal caricatures failed to improve audience ratings, the show ended in 1995, right after the presidential election that Jacques Chirac won and about six months befor the death of François Mitterrand in January 1996.

The show's golden years were clearly the 1980s, when it was the most well known source of political satire on French television. When entering TheNineties, [[DuelingWorks it faced another political satire puppet show]], Canal+'s ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'', which started in 1988, also had puppets by Alain Duverne, and gradually replaced it. While the quality and ratings of the ''Guignols'' increased, those of the ''Bébête Show'' declined. After a revamp titled ''Le Bar du Bébête Show'' that dropped the animal caricatures failed to improve audience ratings, the show ended in 1995, right after the presidential election that Jacques Chirac won.

The show's golden years were clearly the 1980s, when it was the most well known source of political satire on French television. When entering TheNineties, [[DuelingWorks it faced another political satire puppet show]], Canal+'s ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'', which started in 1988, also had puppets by Alain Duverne, and gradually replaced it. While the quality and ratings of the ''Guignols'' increased, those of the ''Bébête Show'' declined, and after a revamp titled ''Le Bar du Bébête Show'' that dropped the animal caricatures failed to attract audiences, the show ended in 1995, right after the presidential election that Jacques Chirac won.

Imagine ''Series/SpittingImage'' with some of the characters having bodies like those of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', and it's about {{UsefulNotes/{{French politic|al system}}s of TheEighties. You'll have a good idea of what you're in for.

Imagine ''Series/SpittingImage'' with some of the characters having bodies like those of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', and it's about [[UsefulNotes/FrenchPoliticalSystem French politics]] of TheEighties. You'll have a good idea of what you're in for.

The show's golden years were clearly the 1980s, when it was the most well known source of political satire on French television. When entering TheNineties, [[DuelingWorks it faced another political satire puppet show]], Canal+'s ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'', which started in 1988, also had puppets by Alain Duverne, and gradually replaced it. While the quality and ratings of the ''Guignols'' increased, those of the ''Bébête Show'' declined, and after a revamp titled ''Le Bar du Bébête Show'' that dropped the animal caricatures failed to attract audiences, the show ended in 1995.

''Le Bébête Show'' is a French {{puppet show|s}} that satirized national politics in the form of [[NewsParody parodic news]]. It was created by writers, journalists and comedians Jean Amadou, Stéphane Collaro and Jean Roucas, who frequently appeared in it as human guests, and the puppets were made by Alain Duverne and his workshop. The word "bébête" aptly translates as both "silly" and "beastie".

* TakeThat: Again, no-one of note in the French political world at the time was spared by the show.
** The show's most evil character? Jean-Marie Le Pen, then-president of the National Front (far-right).

Imagine ''Series/SpittingImage'' with some of the characters having bodies like those of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', and it's about [[UsefulNotes/FrenchPoliticalSystem French politics]] in TheEighties. You'll have a good idea of what you're in for.

* TakeThat: Again, no-one of note in the French political world at the time was spared by the show. The show's most evil character? Jean-Marie Le Pen, then-president of the National Front (far-right).

* TakeThat: Again, no one of note in the French political world at the time was spared by the show.
** The show's most evil character? Jean-Marie Le Pen, then-president of the National Front (far-right).

It aired on [=TF1=] from [[LongRunners 1982 to 1995]]. Minus one year, that was the entirety of the two presidencies of [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance François Mitterrand]], of which [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece the show became a symbol of sorts]], the same way ''Spitting Image'' was one for the Margaret Thatcher era in the UK. The main host, Kermitterrand, was precisely based on him, basically Kermit with his face. Other characters from ''The Muppet Show'' got turned into French politicians, while other politicians got turned into animals that have nothing to do with ''The Muppet Show'' whatsoever.