Zappe! Zappeur (Rare french children's puppet show block; 1987)

Zappe! Zappeur is a youth program of French television created by Christophe Izard and broadcast on TF1 from January 11, 1987 to August 30, 1987, sunday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

The show
It was presented by Zappeur, a puppet in the shape of a dog. Sitting in an armchair in front of a television, a remote control in hand, he watched cartoons and columns at the same time as the viewers. Zapper zapped every five minutes, which corresponded to the duration of the cartoon or the section shown on the screen. Another puppet, Gripy, in the shape of a sewer rat, regularly disturbed Zappeur.

The sections were presented by real actors: Isabelle de Botton, Catherine Jacob, Alain Sachs, Eric Thomas and Valérie Despuech.

Video
On January 15, 2013, krilin tokyo posted theme song. On February 2nd of 2018, French vintage children's TV channel YoupiLa5animation uploaded a short TV spot promoting TF1 (referred then often as "the One") featuring Zappeur.

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