Let’s face it: we were impatiently awaiting this aperitif. Meeting Frédérick Sigrist at midday in September is a bit like extending your vacation. The soon-to-be-44-year-old comedian (he was born on November 27) hosts every summer, on France Inter, “Blockbusters”. In July and August, this show returns daily to the icons of pop culture: Rocky, MC Solaar, Oasis, Toy story, Britney Spears, Steven Spielberg, Hayao Miyazaki… The recipe? A clever mix of irony, “subcultural” erudition and self-mockery. Result: we think without taking the lead. “Blockbusters” is a regressive parenthesis for four-wheelers, which rhymes with idleness. We fall back into childhood by drinking a spritz in the sun. The dream.
Back to Paris. Appointment is given at the foot of the François-Mitterrand Library, in a cozy brasserie, L’Avenue. “It is at the same time my office, my canteen and the boarding hall for the films since the MK2 is right in front », Explains the Métis, sharpened by daily sports sessions. This does not prevent him from sipping a glass of Côtes-du-Rhône and ordering a steak and fries. We can easily guess the squats and sheathing sessions that it will take to eliminate this meal. We would almost have a bad conscience.
A Mormon at Club Med
But Frédérick Sigrist has a taste for effort, even in the face of adversity. His career, for example: on several occasions, he almost stopped everything. As in the early 2000s. He was then known to give one of his very first pieces, a “one-on-one”, in a Club Med in Portugal. A “four tridents”, the best. He quickly becomes disillusioned. Between his dreams of “Classical theater” and the reality of “Crazy signs”, the famous club choreographies, the landing is violent. “At the time, I was still a Mormon [il l’était vraiment], it is the first time that I leave home… It was Sodom and Gomorrah! “ Two “nice organizers” take him in hand and show him the mysteries. Namely, alcohol and tablets to keep up with the pressure. “I went mad, I did anything, I behaved like a sagouin”, he admits. At the end of the season, he is almost in burnout. Three days before returning home, he breaks a knee on stage. Is repatriated. Back to his teenage room. A real sobering-up cell. After several months, his ex-girlfriend gives him a chance. He joined her in Paris.
His paw: starting from everyday life to make fun of the shortcomings of society. Nothing new, except that it was doing it long before the advent of stand-up
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