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Pierre Desproges
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Pierre Desproges
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-05-09,Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Gender
Male
Biography
Pierre Desproges (9 May 1939 – 18 April 1988) was a French humorist. He was born in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis. According to himself, he made no significant achievements before the age of 30. From 1967 to 1970, he worked as: life insurance salesman, opinion pool investigator, "lonely hearts" columnist, horse racing forecaster, and sales manager for a styrofoam beam company. From 1970 to 1976, he worked for the newspaper L'Aurore. Starting in 1975, he became a "reporter" on Le petit rapporteur (The Little Snitch), a satirical TV show hosted by Jacques Martin. He caught the public's attention with unconventional interviews of celebrities, among them novelists Françoise Sagan or Jean-Edern Hallier. He appeared for the first time on stage at the Olympia theater during a Thierry Le Luron show. Among other things, he became very famous for his Chroniques de la haine ordinaire (Chronicles of Ordinary Hatred), a 1986 radio show. In the 1980s, he appeared daily on Le tribunal des flagrants délires (a pun on the French term "flagrant délit" meaning red-handed), a comedy show where celebrities were judged in mock-trials. Desproges held the part of the prosecutor for more than two years, a part for which his verve, his scathing humour and his literary erudition were ideally suited. In 1982, he created La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède, a series of shorts for TV, where he played an omniscient professor. He answered to metaphysical and nonsensical questions such as "How to make King Louis XVI fireproof?", proved that Beethoven was not deaf but stupid, and explained why the improbable encounter between the Venus de Milo and Saint Exupéry's 'Petit Prince' was a fiasco. Each episode ended with the catchphrase: "Étonnant, non?" ("Astonishing, isn't it?") In 1984, he had his first stand-up show at the Théâtre Fontaine. In 1986, his second stand-up, Pierre Desproges se donne en spectacle was presented at the Théâtre Grévin. He started work on a third stand-up, and the drafts were ultimately published in 2010. In 1987, doctors discovered he had inoperable lung cancer in an advanced stage, and his relatives, in agreement with the doctors, decided to hide the condition from him, so he could spend his final days quietly. He died in 1988, from a disease he had bitterly laughed at time and time again, often saying "I won't have cancer: I'm against it". He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. His epitaph reads: "Pierre Desproges est mort d'un cancer, étonnant, non?" ("Pierre Desproges died of cancer, astonishing, isn't it?"). ... Source: Article "Pierre Desproges" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Pierre Desproges au théâtre Grévin

9.4

Pierre Desproges au théâtre Grévin
1986-01-01

Pierre Desproges au théâtre Fontaine

9

Pierre Desproges au théâtre Fontaine
1984-01-01

Droit de Réponse

8.333

Droit de Réponse
1981-12-12

Desproges est vivant

10

Desproges est vivant
1998-04-09

L'indispensable encyclopédie de monsieur Cyclopède

8

L'indispensable encyclopédie de monsieur Cyclopède
1982-11-29

Feet in the Mayonnaise: The Irreverent Ones of the 70s

6

Feet in the Mayonnaise: The Irreverent Ones of the 70s
2022-02-26

Pierre Desproges se donne en spectacle

9

Pierre Desproges se donne en spectacle
1993-12-07

Pierre Desproges - Tout seul en Scène

8

Pierre Desproges - Tout seul en Scène
1985-04-12

L'Âge d'or de la pub

6.5

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023-06-02

5.033

Signé Furax
1981-04-01

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

7.2

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022-01-07

Tribunal des flagrants délires : Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

0

Tribunal des flagrants délires : Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
1982-10-28

Le Tribunal Des Flagrants Délires

9

Le Tribunal Des Flagrants Délires
2009-11-24

Procès de Jean Carmet

7.5

Procès de Jean Carmet
1983-02-10

Tribunal des flagrants délires : Jean-Marie Le Pen

0

Tribunal des flagrants délires : Jean-Marie Le Pen
1982-09-27

7

Triple sec
1986-01-01

Pierre Desproges: Je ne suis pas n'importe qui...

0

Pierre Desproges: Je ne suis pas n'importe qui...
2008-12-22

Pierre Desproges Une plume dans le Culte

0

Pierre Desproges Une plume dans le Culte
2018-04-15

Les 60 ans du one-man-show

5

Les 60 ans du one-man-show
2020-01-31

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

6

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009-10-13

Nazis dans le rétro

9

Nazis dans le rétro
1977-05-25

8

Merci Bernard
1982-04-04

Le Petit Rapporteur

6.167

Le Petit Rapporteur
1975-01-19

La minute nécessaire de monsieur Cyclopède

7

La minute nécessaire de monsieur Cyclopède
1982-11-29

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

30 millions d'amis

6.167

30 millions d'amis
1976-01-06

7.5

Numéro un
1975-04-05

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

6.6

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022-12-21

Les Jeux de 20 heures

7

Les Jeux de 20 heures
1976-03-22

9

Midi Première
1975-01-06

8.5

Apostrophes
1975-01-10

6.75

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

5

Minichronique
1976-12-20

5

Minichronique
1976-12-20

5

Minichronique
1976-12-20