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series created by

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and

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. The series aired on

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as a segment of ''

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'', and ran for 234 episodes between 1983 and 1986. A

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satire of

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, the series centers around a TV news program presented by two

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puppets—Groucha, a cat, and Lola, an ostrich. The series was later rebroadcast on

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in the 1990s, and on

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in the 2010s. In

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, the series premiered first on RTBF1's Lollipop strand, on 19 September 1983.Raymond Marcillac, ''Chronique de la Télévision'', Éditions Chronique,

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* 1983 French television series debuts 1983 Belgian television series debuts Belgian television shows featuring puppetry French children's television series French satirical television shows French television shows featuring puppetry French-language television programming in Belgium French-language television shows {{France-tv-prog-stub