“We are not at the sausage fair here! We are at school!” The strident voice of Professor Latouche, sworn enemy of dunce Ducobu, resonates in everyone’s mind. Moreover, the fifth part of the adventures of the famous schoolboy who should be called Ducobu goes green, should be released in April 2024. With his singular tone of voice, Elie Semoun has been followed by the general public since the 1980s. Over the course of his television appearances, his numerous appearances in the cinema and then, of course, thanks to his successful shows, he has been able to impose a style of play and characters that have become references. We remember his comic duet with Dieudonné in the 1990s. And it was with his alter-ego that his career took off. The humor is corrosive, ruthlessly mocking intolerant people of all stripes, right up to a painful divorce. But Elie Semoun finds a complicity with Franck Dubosc and create Classified Ads. Hilarious sketches where the two friends do not skimp on makeup or the coarse features of their characters. Anti-heroes who will feed his future One-Man: “The characters I compose in my shows don’t have much to save them: failures, mediocres, poor guys.”, he confided to Elle magazine in September 2005.
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“Don’t bother the bees too much”
Comedian with a hard tooth on stage, the man turns out to be a great romantic on the private side. A fan of Léo Ferré and Wagner, he revealed himself to be a sweet bossa-nova singer over the course of three albums imbued with poetry. Even more surprising, his passion for plants. From his house in Enghien-les-Bains, north of Paris, he can talk about his garden at will:“I like to give it life, to carve it in my own way. I created secret places, in the shade, in the sun.”, he said to France Sundayin September 2020. He is also beekeeping enthusiast ! Owning several hives, he produces his own honey, even offering a few jars to his friends in the Big heads…
But whoever rubs it gets off on it! On his Instagram account, the comedian published this Saturday, July 22, 2023, his last misadventure in story. Showing both hands, he explains: “One piece of advice: don’t bother the bees too much: now I have one hand bigger than the other.” Comes with a smiling emoji. The skin reaction is indeed impressive, but the comedian, who will celebrate his 60th birthday on October 16, has nothing against a bit of bite.
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