Mike Ward had told the Loglast March, that he hoped to have the great French comedy star Blanche Gardin for the very first passage of under listening in Paris. He achieved his goal. In addition to the French humorist, Martin Matte, Maxim Martin and Stéphane Fallu have also participated in the European tour of the popular podcast in the last days.
“Blanche Gardin no longer does anything. It’s sick to have had it. We are in another dimension”, launches the manager of Mike Ward, Michel Grenier, live from Brussels.
The 46-year-old French comedian and actress is a bit of an untouchable in France. She is very rare on the stands, generally refusing interview requests. But the team of under listening tried to invite him despite everything to take part in this short European tour which passed through Paris (June 22), Lausanne (June 24), Brussels (June 26) and Cannes (June 28).
“We had his e-mail address and we wrote to him, says Michel Grenier. Me, I didn’t know she was in break and that she was doing nothing! […] It’s like calling Lise Dion 10 times, because Europe is ten times bigger than Quebec, and asking her: “Would you come and do my podcast in front of 80 people? I’ll give you 100 euros.” It is more or less that.”
In the Paris episode, Blanche Gardin was paired with Quebecer Maxim Martin. According to Michel Grenier, she would have said jokingly at the beginning of the recording that she had accepted the invitation “because Mike is pitiful”!
“We chatted for two hours and it went in all directions, said Maxim Martin, caught at Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Paris. We talked among other things about the fact that Blanche refused 200,000 euros to play in LOLwhich is produced by Amazon.”
Matte in Lausanne
Among the Parisian audience was Martin Matte, who was the surprise guest from Quebec at the under listening, in Lausanne. “I never thought I’d be sitting with Mike Ward and Martin Matte on a terrace in Paris after a podcast,” says Maxim Martin. It was super magical.”
Facebook courtesy of Matte
Stéphane Fallu was the Quebec guest from Brussels on Monday evening. While Matte was paired with the Swiss Thibaud Agoston, in Lausanne, Fallu was on his side with the Belgian PE Jennar. The two guests for Cannes are kept secret.
Since the Lausanne show was taking place on June 24 and the room was filled with Quebecers, the atmosphere was heated, according to Michel Grenier. “We had fun with Martin. He is good all the time. Mike and I have known him since the School of Humor. Martin had been roommates with my brother. We went out together in Lausanne. We were like children. We were kidding all the time.”
Martin Matte and Thibaud Agoston took part in the recording of Under listening, in Lausanne.
Courtesy Michel Grenier
Martin Matte and Mike Ward celebrated the Saint-Jean in the streets of Lausanne after the recording of Under listening.
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After this short overseas getaway, under listening will leave for Toronto on July 8. On July 22, the podcast will then come to the Videotron Center in Quebec. These are Les Denis Drolet, with their podcast Rinse-creamwhich will be the first part.
The tour of under listening will continue in Sherbrooke (August 25), Val-d’Or (September 22), Baie-Comeau (September 29), Saguenay (October 21) and Gatineau (October 27). For all the info: mikeward.ca.