At the beginning, they were 7, and as it became popular, they were about fifteen latex mini celebrities, created by Alain Duverne, livened up and led the youth slot of children.
Between 2 programs, the puppets made some sketches (Taratatouille, Questions sous un lampion …); then, some stories more longer were added, with appearance of the Cinékeum in 1996 (frequently pastiches of famous works).
The puppets also recorded many songs, one of the most famous is Ma Mélissa, which is a cult parody (quite corrosive for a youth program) of boysbands, become gold disc in 1997, which is the most important proof of their passing.
It's important to note that Minikeums were the only to have made a hit which was in favour of the Blues during the Football World Cup in 1998 (We will win it).
For this program, Jean-Marc Lengien, the author - dialogue writer – scriptwriter, was inspired by people who makes him laugh: "from Charlot to Tati for the veine visuelle, from the brothers David and Jerry Zucker to Mel Brooks for all that is zany, a great dose of Monty Pythonet for English humour, Woody Allen for hassles, from de Funès, a little of Spendid, some of Deschamps, because we like French humour, a dash of Desproges so that to darken humour, a bristle of comic strip to fill in the squares and then a tear from Queneau or Perec for the love of words."
Diva (Eve Baron, responsible of youth unity in France 3 at that time): in the Cinékeums she often plays a role of femme fatale.
He is the one that we see least [je trouve qu'il manque qlq ch, alors peut-être que He is the less showed irait mieux], he is the more present in sketches.