Today Google marked the 45th anniversary of the publishing of Barbapapa, the beloved blob-like character created by French architect and writer Annette Tison and her American partner Talus Taylor with a celebratory Google Doodle. The character was created after overhearing a child’s request for cotton candy:
In childhood, discovering who and what Barbapapa was, was almost as fun as the stories they told.
"Legend has it that the pair, living in Paris, were walking in the Luxembourg Gardens when Taylor heard a child asking his parents for something sounding like “baa baa baa baa”. Not speaking French, he asked Tison what the child wanted. She explained he was asking for “barbe-à-papa” (daddy’s beard), French for candy floss.
Sitting in a restaurant a few hours later, the couple began drawing the mostly pear-shaped characters that can change form, on the tablecloth. Their drawings, turned into a story book, were an instant success, later being made into nearly 100 five-minute television cartoons in the 1970s." (The Guardian)
In childhood, discovering who and what Barbapapa was, was almost as fun as the stories they told.
