Rémi Gaillard
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Rémi Gaillard (born 7 February 1975 in Montpellier, Hérault, France) is a French humorist who uploads videos on YouTube. After losing his job at a shoe store, Rémi then began to use his free time to have fun and run some pranks on the public. He is the 17# most subscribed comedian on YouTube.
Gaillard gained attention in the French media after performing a well-documented series of pranks, including an appearance disguised as a Lorient football player in the 2002 Coupe de France final match, during which he took part in the winners' celebrations and was greeted by the then president of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac. He is also an amateur soccer player and has posted videos of his skills.
Gaillard has appeared in several sport events, TV game shows and political rallies.
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[edit] Concept
Remi Gaillard became famous for his videos where he displays an "outrageous" style of humour, questioning public norms:[1]
- stealing someone's lottery ticket and appearing to have won;
- dressed as a chicken, laying funeral flowers in front of roasting chickens;
- transforming a roundabout into a roofless home;
- dressing up as a kangaroo and kicking people in a lake
- many challenges to rigid conventions, by perturbing
- the old-aged public of Countdown,
- the well-ordered behaviour of tennis exhibition matches,
- the police.
His videos were mostly posted on Stage 6. After this did not pick up he posted them on his YouTube channel. In most, Gaillard plays pranks on other people and TV shows.[1]
Gaillard's motto is C'est en faisant n'importe quoi qu'on devient n'importe qui (literally :"It's by doing whatever, that one becomes whoever." roughly : "To be someone, stop at nothing.").
Most of Gaillard's videos are shot by his friend Grégory Laffargue.[citation needed]
[edit] Sketches
The majority of Gaillard's sketches are of the hidden camera type, in which the antagonist performs an unexpected or surprising action to elicit humorous responses from the bewildered witnesses. Gaillard often disguises himself in outlandish costumes for the pranks. During some pranks, Gaillard is accompanied by a crowd of friends, giving the action a flashmob-like nature. Some other videos may feature acrobatics like aiming footballs at distant goal-like objects, or more still aim to antagonize police forces he interacts with during his sketches.
Gaillard shot his first sketch in 1999[1] with a friend in Montpellier. In 2001, he created an internet website, nimportequi.com.[1]
He gained notoriety in 2002 at the finals of the Coupe de France. Disguised as an FC Lorient player, he celebrated the team's victory with the players, shook the hand of the then French President Jacques Chirac and signed autographs, without anyone realizing that he was not a player on the team.
Some of his most famous sketches are parodies of the Rocky Balboa movies, Pac Man, Mario Kart, and his football videos.
He often dresses up in large animal costumes. Pig, dog, cat, turtle, snail, bee, shark, kangaroo, spider, beaver, fly, gorilla, chicken, penguin, giraffe, rabbit, butterfly and sheep have all been used in pranks.
In 2007, he gained the attention of journalists from Le Monde and was invited on a few talk shows.[citation needed].
On his official site, Gaillard claims over 1.1 billion views on his videos on the web.[2]
Gaillard also appeared in Orangina, Pepsi, Durex and LG commercials.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d « Rémi Gaillard : Farce de frappe », Sabrina Champenois, écrans.fr, February 11, 2009
- ^ (French) Official site of Rémi Gaillard, 6 May 2011
