Line #1 Trivia/LesMinikeums


1	* {{Cancellation}}:
2	** The first iteration of the show (as ''MNK'') was cancelled in 2002 due to abysmal audience ratings that indicated clear audience rejection of its revamp.
3	** The revival was {{quietly cancelled}} in 2021 amidst the restructuring of the France 4 channel, which wasn't profitable (and the offset of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic costs made things even worse regarding its funding). The channel itself was almost going to be terminated in 2021 but it is on life support since.
4	* CreatorBacklash: Regarding the ''MNK'' revamp in 2000 under the ExecutiveMeddling of Eve Baron:
5	** The writer of the original version of the show, Arnold Boiseau, wrote a letter to Baron to express his reprobation about the revamp.
6	** France 3 youth programs advisor Marie Guillemain felt "sick" when she saw what was done to the show.
7	* DuelingWorks: From 1993 to 1997, ''Les Minikeums'' came to rival the ''Series/ClubDorothee'' on [=TF1=], which also had a cast of goofy hosts (albeit real persons instead of puppets), comedy skits and music videos. The ''Club Dorothée'' was [[OvershadowedByControversy dogged by controversy]] (the kind of thing ''Les Minikeums'' managed to completely avoid) and was eventually terminated in 1997, ''Les Minikeums'' ended up the biggest French kids show from 1997 to 2000 as a result. That being said, both shows ended up being fondly remembered for people who grew up in TheNineties.
8	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
9	** Don't expect an official reissue of all the old Minikeums material to be released anytime soon. Just trust devoted fans.
10	** And God help you if you want to find the obscure younger-kid-oriented spinoff ''Les Zamikeums''.
11	** The revival was cancelled in 2021, and all of the sketches that were uploaded on the show's official Website/YouTube account [[BuryYourArt were deleted]]. Good on you if you saved them before that happened.
12	* PropRecycling: ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'' sometimes used puppets (or their molds) from ''Les Minikeums'' as young extras or incidental characters, as the shows shared a workshop (that of Alain Duverne) and some puppeteers.
13	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In 2000, France 3 youth programs head manager Eve Baron (the very person the Diva puppet was based upon) decided, despite strong audience ratings, to 'modernize' the show, citing "You don't play the Goose Game at the time of the Game Boy" (other reasons that were not officially mentioned were the fact that the show was costly to produce, up to 10 million francs each year towards the end, and France 3 being a public channel there was heavy government scrutiny). The show was renamed ''"MNK"'', the lineup was reduced to 6 puppets, there were no more comedic skits and short films, the colorful and practical sets were replaced with a grey futuristic city background in CGI, and the show only aired in the afternoon plus Saturday and Sunday mornings, instead of every morning and five afternoons out of seven. Audience ratings predictably plummeted, and the show was terminated in 2002.
14	* SequelGap: The show was revived 15 years after being cancelled.
15	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Back in 2017, the producer of the {{revival}} talked about bringing the old cast back in the first episode to introduce the new characters. It didn't happen.

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