Guy Carlier tells how a farce made at Europe 1 launched his career

Alexis Patri 10:36 a.m., December 30, 2021

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"At the time, I was financial director and I wanted to make my son laugh."

In 1994, Guy Carlier was not yet the TV sniper who made the heyday of 

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The financial director and father of Carlito decides to make hoaxes on the answering machine of Europe 1. Jokes which will finally launch his career in the media, as he explains Thursday at the microphone of Thomas Isle in 

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"Jean-Luc Delarue on Europe hosted the morning and there was a tele-answering machine, where people gave their opinion on the programs of the day before", he remembers on Europe 1. "But it was generally people who protested because the Miss Weather forecast was standing in front of Brest to show Alsace, and they moaned because they imagined that she did not like Brittany! "

"There were really people like that!"

Discontented listeners that Guy Carlier then decided to parody, on the same tele-answering machine in Europe 1 that they used to call. "I had created a character by Emile Chambier, a grieving and very nostalgic retiree of De Gaulle, and another character called Monsieur Le Tallec, who was a right-wing Gaullist, responsible for collections and litigation at SOFRACO. You can imagine! ", he still smiles today.

False characters that he imitates on a daily basis and in whom Europe 1 believes for a few days.

"Because there were really people like that, who were real caricatures", explains Guy Carlier.

"But very quickly Florian Gazan who took care of that, understood. And they played this thing every day. It must be said that these characters like." Delarue explained to me that the people who started the job at 8:30 am remained in their car for the tele-answering machine and Mr. Chambier and Mr. Le Tallec ", he indicates.

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"I came out of nowhere. I had already written songs, but I did not know the radio, I did not know the media," says Guy Carlier.

However, his jokes will very quickly interest the competition of the time.

Laurent Ruquier hears Guy Carlier on Europe 1 and offers him "You don't want to do that while being paid?".

"Yes, that would be good," replied Guy Carlier.

At the next school year, he joined him on his show and became the media troublemaker.