Good nightOne of the best known children’s programs on French television lost its co -author Christine Laydu on Saturday, which shook generations with her husband Claude, the creator missing in 2011, her children announced on Monday.
Christine Laydu, who was also an actress and model, “died at 94 on Saturday, July 5 at his home” De Morigny-Bocigny in Essonne, they said.
He had written many episodes of the series, published books of the program and participated in the manufacture of puppets and costumes.
The cult program has marked several generations of spectators and has entered popular culture.
Nicolas and Pimprenelle
First in black and white that in color, Good night It was broadcast on RTF and then ORTF from 1962 to 1973, then in TF1 in a new version in 1976, and finally in France 2 in its latest version from 1995 to 1997.
Completed by famous pipes, each episode presents the puppet characters of the Sandman and his assistant of stuffed bears that, every night before bedtime, descends from his cloud to visit the children Nicolas and Pimprenelle.
Claude Laydu had found inspiration in 1960 in eastern Germany, seeing an animation sequence transmitted daily at night for children and organizing Das Sandmännchen (The Little Sandman) and two girls.
Difficult beginnings
The beginnings of Good night In 1962 it had been difficult and, after 65 episodes, the creator had designed a new version with his wife Christine.
Monique Messina gave Nicolás her voice, Martine Merri in Pimprenelle, Jean Martinelli (member of the Comédie-Française) in Stouours and Claude Laydu continued playing the role of Sandman.
Teddy Bear will have three nephews, Rémi, Toto and Fanfan, chosen for their initials that form the acronym RTF will come a fourth Oscar de Gaillard, at the end of 1964, a pretext for the change of name of the RTF in ORTF (Radiodiflifusion-Television-Television Française).
With 565 black and white episodes of Good nightAnother 78 Teddy bear195 again since 1995, not to mention hundreds of thousands of books, lots of records, cassettes, dolls and derived objects, teddy bears and his friends have become stars.
Source: BFM TV
