It's a bit of a homecoming. The day after the official establishment of containment, Arthur launched a daily web, "The show must go home", from his kitchen. Every day at 4.30 p.m., he makes his audience laugh on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube with his guests. A new exercise that he has been practicing for less than a week, and which reminds him of memories, which he gives some details at the microphone of Europe 1.
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"It reminds me of when we were doing radio in the 1980s"
"This is new writing because we have no means. It reminds me of when we were doing radio in the 1980s, free radios, it's great," said the host. Without the logistical support he usually enjoys, the host says that he "found himself tinkering, on all fours plugging in multiple sockets", or that the light of his program was set up by his wife , chief operator, from "bedside lamps". "Besides, I'm smart, I'm confined to the only place without WiFi or 4G," he slips into a laugh.
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A way to tell the public that "here we are"
Assuring not to hold this program "to earn money", Arthur believes that it is a way of saying to the public "we are here": "He is behind us all year long when everything is fine, it is it's normal to be behind him when things go wrong. "
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As for a possible fear of skidding live in front of thousands of Internet users, the host does not seem to care. "I get artists who spoil, but that's also what people want! We are not going to start getting sanitized when we have lots of gel on our hands."
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