Underplayed Gems

Parpar Nechmad (1982)

Parpar Nechmad poster
Original title
פרפר נחמד
Genre
children's television series
Country
Israel
Length
16 seasons, 212 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A long-running Israeli children's show for preschoolers. It features puppets and songs designed to teach and entertain young viewers.

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What happens

Parpar Nechmad (Hebrew: פרפר נחמד, Nice Butterfly) is a long-running Israeli children's television programme, aimed mainly at pre-school children. The series premiered in January 1982 and ran until 2004. It was produced by Israeli Educational Television (IETV), and to this day, remains successful in repeats on IETV's former home network, Channel 23, and via a reboot of the series that debuted on 5 September 2021 on Kan Educational. The programme was originally produced by Shoshana Tzachor. Its head writer was Datia Ben Dor, who provided scripts for most of the early shows, as well as lyrics and music to many of the featured songs. The puppets were all designed by Yehudit Greenspan. The show's title refers to a then well-known nursery rhyme by Fania Bergstein, "Come to Me, Nice Butterfly". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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