INTERVIEW
Don't forget Guy Bedos. This is the mission given to himself by Marc Jolivet, humorist, who organized a tribute to him, Saturday, August 15, in Aix-en-Provence, in front of 380 people. At the microphone of Europe 1, he explains why and how he wished to pay tribute to the man who gave him the taste of the stage, who died last May.
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A show that Marc Jolivet decided to organize "in the heart of summer, because I saw that everyone was going to quickly forget him even though it was all the same the man who made me want to become a comedian ". The opportunity also but above all "the need to prove to the French that we can go to the spectacle that it still exists, outside, with all the sanitary barriers. Jourdan Park, the city of Aix-en-Provence has played the game ".
Friends to pay homage to him
A show that will be done in the company of several other comedians, linked to Guy Bedos, starting with Michel Drucker. "As soon as I had the idea, I called him because he was his friend", explains Marc Jolivet. "He said, 'it's beautiful, thank you for doing that for Guy, right now, now, for not waiting' and here we are with Pierre Palmade, Alex Vizorek, Andréa Ferréol tonight on stage for the tribute" .
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Marc Jolivet will offer some imitations of Guy Bedos. But above all, there will be sketches on the program, such as The Repetition , which Marc Jolivet will play with Pierre Palmade or even an update of his sketch La drague with "the mask, the gloves and the visor. We will prove that the world has changed a lot. As Guy Bedos said: 'We have to be funny, that's our role' ".