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Christophe Izard, father of L'île aux enfants and Casimir, is dead

2022-07-31T18:10:26.783Z


The television show enchanted thousands of children in the 1970s. Christophe Izard, father of L'île aux enfants , a flagship youth program of the 1970s, died on Sunday July 31, Pierre-Alek Beddiar, head of Osibo Productions, Christophe's last production company, told AFP. Izard. Aged 85, Christophe Izard “went peacefully home this morning in the Paris region ”. The main character of L'île aux enfants , the orange dinosaur Casimir, marked the small screen, this


Christophe Izard, father of

L'île aux enfants

, a flagship youth program of the 1970s, died on Sunday July 31, Pierre-Alek Beddiar, head of Osibo Productions, Christophe's last production company, told AFP. Izard.

Aged 85, Christophe Izard “went

peacefully home this morning in the Paris region

”.

The main character of

L'île aux enfants

, the orange dinosaur Casimir, marked the small screen, this "

nice monster

" going so far as to become a true inter-generational icon.

Read alsoDeath of Régis Fassier, Casimir's puppet double, at the age of 56

After studying law, Christophe Izard, son of a renowned lawyer, began a journalistic career by chronicling the musical life of all of Paris.

In 1968, he joined the ORTF, the first public television channel, before creating, developing and producing

L'île aux enfants

in 1974. He not only wrote the first episodes, but also wrote the lyrics for the songs, including the famous

Here comes the time, laughter and songs...

.

For almost 1,000 episodes,

L'île aux enfants

enchanted the ORTF, France 3, then TF1, before stopping in 1982. Casimir's favorite dish, gloubi-boulga -- made with strawberry jam, mashed bananas, grated chocolate, "

very strong

" mustard and "

raw but lukewarm sausage

"--has entered common parlance, synonymous with "

unsavory mixture

".

As early as 1975, Christophe Izard also offered another program,

The Wednesday Visitors

, which was aimed at all child age groups, with cartoons such as

Barbapapa

and series such as

Prince Noir

.

To succeed

L'île aux enfants

, Christophe Izard will launch "

The village in the clouds

", which will last until 1985 on TF1.

In 1987, Christophe Izard was ousted from the newly privatized Une and joined Antenne 2. He then notably created the cartoon

Albert the Fifth Musketeer

.

Source: lefigaro

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