Pierre Meyer and Jean Pierre Pernaut at the Royal Palace in Kirrwiller -
Royal Palace
Jean-Pierre Pernaut leaves the JT
13 hours
of TF1 on Friday.
For his latest newspaper, the channel has prepared a report in his honor.
At
20 Minutes
, we went to meet the French women and men who had the chance to have a report in his newspaper
With dozens of reports, the Royal Palace in Kirrwiller was one of the stars of JPP newspapers.
Pierre Meyer, the owner of this Alsatian cabaret, is a fan of the presenter and his newspaper.
To have been in the mid-day newspaper of TF1 had a significant impact for the Royal Palace: it brought in coach operators and tour operators.
His first time was in September 1991. Pierre Meyer, the founder of the Royal Palace cabaret in Kirrwiller in Alsace, has not forgotten his first appearance at
Jean-Pierre Pernaut
at
1 pm
.
He still talks about it with emotion punctuated by laughter.
“It was the big event.
Every day, we waited for the report by Marie-Laure Bonnemain.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… We didn't know when it was going to pass.
According to the news, things were moving.
And at one point, I was told: "Ok, it's okay", remembers the owner of the cabaret.
When it happened, I was so in tears that I didn't see anything on the show.
Yes, yes (
laughs
)… I had to review the recording.
It was something.
"
A week later, he went to the channel's studios, “at the time in Cognacq-Jay”, specifies Pierre Meyer, to thank the TF1 team.
Packed with Alsatian specialties, including late harvest Riesling.
“And especially plum pies that my grandma had made especially for Jean-Pierre.
It was funny because the journalists and everyone, around 40 people, said: these pies are good!
What is it marinated in?
For me, it was also the opportunity to see how they worked.
»Memories that touched the whole family.
Later, "my mother looked every day
13 hours
, saying he does not even say we thank you for the pie!
We laughed so much.
"
Since then, it has been a real love story between the Royal Palace team and the emblematic presenter of TF1.
So much so that the boss of the music hall does not even remember exactly the number of reports that were made at his home.
“I met him several times, we hit it off.
Since we have a new show creation every year, there is a report almost every year.
Besides, he came personally to Kirrwiller several times, I saw him on the sets of other shows and he was waiting for me, he is really nice.
"
A source of pride, but also a masterful publicity stunt for the Royal Palace, a cabaret nestled in a small village of 500 inhabitants forty minutes from Strasbourg.
“The report triggered other reports, in all the press, we even had a complete page in
Libé
on this famous music hall which is not in Paris, nor in a big city.
Overnight, from a regional clientele, we moved to a national clientele, even international.
Coach operators, tour operators, it had become something to see, it has doubled our clientele in a year.
It was really something.
Since then, the establishment has received 200,000 visitors per year.
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So, in this Lower Rhine village, it is certain that the announcement of Jean-Pierre Pernaut's departure is not good news.
JT Fan of
13 hours
, they already regret.
“He's a character, not just a simple presenter.
Everyone likes him.
"In the meantime, Pierre Meyer" is in the process of giving him a little note, with a gift for his departure.
"So Jean Pierre-Pernaut, beware of spoilers: you may well be seen in the Kirrwiller sector, in a beautiful hotel or at a table in a gourmet restaurant for a weekend ..." Not too far from Royal Palace, smiles Pierre Meyer, so we'll see each other again.
"
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