''Sirkus Papukaija'' ( Finnish for ''

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''), later simply ''Papukaija'', is a Finnish children's

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shown on

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's channel from 1961 to 1967. The show was shown every other Sunday, and it involved numerous "parrot clubs" in various Finnish municipalities. The show spawned the popular

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''"10 pistettä ja papukaijamerkki"'' ("10 points and a parrot badge"), which is used to congratulate someone on a correct answer, and is so popular that even people who have never heard of the show use it in everyday conversation. The show was the first magazine-style children's show, and starred figures such as Postikaija Pete, whom children could send

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s to, the ringmaster/

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Orvo Kontio, the magician Faqir Kronblom (), who had the magic words "salt, salt, more salt", Professor Hajamieli ( Martti Varpama) and Onni the Clown (), whose

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s and

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s defined the

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image for Finnish children.

Miscellanea

The Finnish equivalent of Wikipedia

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s is named "papukaijamerkki" after this show.

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* Finnish children's television series 1961 Finnish television series debuts 1967 television series endings Television shows set in circuses Yle original programming {{Child-tv-prog-stub