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Marie-Soleil
Marie-Soleil was a Canadian children's television show in the 1980s. The show, starring children's entertainer Suzanne Pinel, used stories and songs to teach French to anglophone kids.
The series (145 episodes) was produced by CJOH-TV in Ottawa, and aired on many stations associated with the CTV Television Network. The puppet-character, an English-speaking dog named Fergus, was played by Jon Park-Wheeler. There was also a clown named Samuel, played by Ann Paradis, who spoke with sign language for the hearing impaired.