Thursday, January 20, in As an aside, on Canal+, Gad Elmaleh rediscovered the images of his first television broadcast: it was in the 1990s, on the set of studio gabriel, presented by Michel Drucker. Images that greatly moved the comedian who paid tribute to the presenter who put him in the light.
Today, he is one of the best-known French comedians. And he even made a career abroad. Gad Elmaleh is back with a sixth show, titled Moreover. Guest on the show As an aside, on Canal+, Thursday January 20, he returned to his beginnings, especially when he rediscovered the images of his first television show. It was in the 1990s, on the show studio gabriel, presented by Michel Drucker. “Remember his name, Gad, GAD, plus Elmaleh, ELMALEH. Notoriety, you have to put a face and then put the right name on the face”, declares the presenter when the comedian arrives on the set. Extract that moved Gad Elmaleh to tears.
Gad Elmaleh: “I am extremely grateful”
“I remember everything, I can’t forget that”, he commented, before joking, to evacuate the emotion: “I see a lot of things: the first thing I see is that this shirt is very very wide, much too wide.” More seriously, Gad Elmaleh said: “There is something that I realize today, there, on your show: I remember the day when Michel Drucker introduced me, and he spelled my name, and I understand today, for a very long time after, why he did it. What professionalism, and what class, and what highlighting.” And he praised Michel Drucker: “We have to pay tribute to him. We are full of artists to have been highlighted by Michel Drucker.”
“We are not launched by animators, because there is our talent, there is our work, but these are trampolines, it is us who have to jump, but these are people who put us in light”, continued Gad Elmaleh before coming back to the excerpt: “And the way he introduces me… I have a name that is not obvious… My name is not Jean Laporte. It seemed strange to me the same day and, there, I understand why he does it. And I am extremely grateful.“ Passing on the set of Michel Drucker at the time Gad Elmaleh realized his dream: “The feeling I had that day, he was the same when I went to Jimmy Fallon, in the United States. Dreams move, and no one dream is bigger than another. It’s actually a loop.”