''Nic and Pic'' (french: Nic et Pic) is a Canadian children's television show, which aired during the 1970s.
[Peter Kenter and Martin W. Levin, ''TV North: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Canadian Television''. Whitecap Books, 2001. . p. 119.] Its stories revolved around the adventures of
puppet mice Nic and Pic as they travelled around the world in a
hot air balloon
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, a capsule), which carries ...
.
The series aired in French on
Télévision de Radio-Canada from 1972 to 1977,
[''Dictionnaire des artistes du théâtre québécois''. Québec-Amérique, 2008. . Entry "Pierre Régimbald", p. 1990.] and a dubbed English version aired on
CBC Television from 1975 to 1977.
[
The French version was voiced by Jocelyne Goyette as Nic and Louise Matteau as Pic, while the English version was voiced by Joan Stuart as Nic and Madeleine Kronby as Pic.][ The puppeteers were Pierre Régimbald and Michel Fréchette.][
The series was spun off to a number of children's books, written by Michel Cailloux and illustrated by Claude Poirier and Serge Wilson. The puppets also hosted the first francophone broadcast of the ]Toronto Santa Claus Parade
The Toronto Santa Claus Parade, also branded as ''The Original Santa Claus Parade'', is a Santa Claus parade held annually on the third Sunday of November in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
First held in 1905, it is one of the largest parade producti ...
in 1973.[Steve Penfold, ''A Mile of Make-Believe: A History of the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade''. ]University of Toronto Press
The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press founded in 1901. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.
The press originally printed only examination books and the university cale ...
, 2016. .
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1970s Canadian children's television series
1972 Canadian television series debuts
1977 Canadian television series endings
Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
Canadian television shows featuring puppetry
CBC Television original programming