Marie-Soleil

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Marie-Soleil was a Canadian children's television show in the 1980s and early 1990s, which aired on many stations associated with the CTV Television Network. [1] The show, starring children's entertainer Suzanne Pinel, used stories and songs to teach French to anglophone kids. [2]

The series was initially produced by Mid-Canada Communications for the MCTV stations in Northern Ontario in 1984, [3] and shot in Sudbury; [4] however, as a resident of Ottawa, Pinel found travelling to Sudbury on a regular basis to film the show difficult to reconcile with raising her children, so after a single season it went on hiatus before production was relaunched on Ottawa's CJOH-TV in 1987. [4]

The puppet character, an English-speaking dog named Fergus, was played by Jon Park-Wheeler. [4] There was also a clown named Samuel, played by Suzanne Lalonde, who spoke with sign language for the hearing impaired. [4]

The series was also later broadcast in reruns on YTV. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Janice Kennedy, "Suzanne Pinel wants Quebecers to catch the spirit of Marie- Soleil". Montreal Gazette , November 24, 1990.
  2. ↑ Janice Kennedy, "Singer delights in both languages". Ottawa Citizen , June 22, 1992.
  3. ↑ Audrey M. Ashley, "Music Pinel's medium for teaching kids French". Ottawa Citizen , November 8, 1984.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Tony Atherton, "CJOH ends morning show era; After 15 years- unscripted format replaces magazine". Ottawa Citizen , July 6, 1987.


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