Jean-Yves Lafesse
{{Short description|French actor and humorist (1957–2021)}}
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| caption = Lafesse in 2011
| birth_name = Jean-Yves Lambert
| birth_date = 13 March 1957
| birth_place = Pontivy, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|07|22|1957|03|13}}
| death_place = Vannes, France
| nationality = French
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
Humorist
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Jean-Yves Lafesse, stage name of Jean-Yves Lambert (13 March 1957 – 22 July 2021), was a French actor and humorist.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 July 2021|title=Jean-Yves Lafesse, l'humoriste breton est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/morbihan/jean-yves-lafesse-l-humoriste-breton-est-decede-2190415.html|language=French|work=France 3 Bretagne|location=Morbihan|access-date=26 July 2021}} He was known for making prank calls, as well as hidden camera pranks.
Biography
Lafesse was born in Pontivy.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 July 2021|title=L'humoriste Jean-Yves Lafesse est mort à l'âge de 64 ans, annonce sa famille|trans-title= |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/spectacles/humour/l-humoriste-jean-yves-lafesse-est-mort-a-l-age-de-64-ans-annonce-sa-famille_4713385.html|language=French|work=Franceinfo|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}} He left Brittany in 1974. He travelled for four years through Djibouti, Italy, and England, where he joined the punk counterculture in 1976.{{cite AV media |people= |date=25 November 2009|title=Lafesse comme vous ne l'avez jamais vu|trans-title= |medium=Dailymotion|language=French|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb9obn|access-date=26 July 2021|archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher=L'Express|id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }} During his youth, he was a footballer for Stade pontivyen, and he played as a defender.{{cite news |last=Besnard|first=Jacques|date=23 July 2021|title=Quand Jean-Yves Lafesse nous racontait son amour du foot|trans-title= |url=https://www.sofoot.com/quand-jean-yves-lafesse-nous-racontait-son-amour-du-foot-502342.html|language=French|work=So Foot|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}}
Lafesse studied film at the {{ill|Conservatoire libre du cinéma français|fr}} from 1978 to 1981. In 1981, he became a radio show host for {{ill|Radio libre|fr}}, {{ill|Radio Carbone 14|fr}}, and {{ill|Kiss FM (France)|fr|Kiss FM (Nationale)|lt=Kiss FM}}.{{cite news |last=Baronian|first=Renaud|date=6 June 2016|title=Face à face avec Lafesse ****|trans-title= |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/face-a-face-avec-lafesse-06-06-2016-5859333.php|language=French|work=Le Parisien|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}} In 1984, he joined Radio Nova, for which he began making prank calls.
In 1985, Lafesse joined Europe 1 and Canal+, as well as France 2, TF1, France 3, M6, Paris Première, and Télévision Suisse Romande for the radio show Lafestival.{{cite web|url=https://www.rts.ch/archives/tv/varietes/lafestival/|title=Lafestival|work=Radio télévision suisse|language=French}} For {{ill|France Régions 3|fr}}, he hosted a show called Radio carotte, in which he pranked passersby through placing a carrot in their hands.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 July 2021|title=Mort de Jean-Yves Lafesse: cinq de ses canulars les plus mémorables|trans-title= |url=https://fr.news.yahoo.com/mort-jean-yves-lafesse-cinq-122254159.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH7Ew4s6zbYxs_2r-XPtoQV9CdoraJwC-7NqAbPUs7mheW-Q2pd-od4D6FxFdXYFKZTsmFlxpLUYCKjIcC1sx7QlL7fyEK03QLfWlHRFf4KU4jzOlFVjqn-ufwIa-E1m-oZXXL5-jq5mmrG-BNonzUGNeql-wYoVGKcdbTypl1uu|language=French|work=Yahoo! News|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}} He became known for using his pinky finger as an imitation microphone.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 July 2021|title=Mort de l'humoriste Jean-Yves Lafesse à 64 ans|trans-title= |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/a-64-ans-lhumoriste-jean-yves-lafesse-est-decede-20210723_FGTSZ264EZEENG2S54QJFKIH6A/|language=French|work=Libération|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}}
Lafesse published two books: Les Grandes Impostures téléphoniques in 1992 and Petit Précis de l'imposture in 1994. In 2000, he launched a website called Uniqueaumonde.com, which allowed users to see his pranks on the internet. He played the character Commissioner San-Antonio in two audiobooks, adapted from novels by Frédéric Dard (La Rate au court-bouillon and Votez Bérurier).{{cite web|url=https://bookdoreille.com/fr/lafesse-jean-yves|title=Jean-Yves LAFESSE (2 livres audio)|work=Book d'Oreille|language=French|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723133345/https://bookdoreille.com/fr/lafesse-jean-yves|url-status=dead}}
On 28 March 2014, Lafesse appeared on a stage for the first time in a production of Lafesse en réhet, a show he had written. It was shown at the Palais des congrès de Pontivy in front of 700 people. That same year, he played Pierre Dac in {{ill|La Guerre des ondes|fr}}, a telefilm broadcast by France 3. After a period of silence, he moved to Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 2019 and organized sketches there, as well as in Poissy.{{cite news |last=Richardson|first=Thomas|date=24 January 2019|title=Yvelines. Jean-Yves Lafesse adopte Saint-Germain-en-Laye et fait le pitre à Poissy|trans-title= |url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/poissy_78498/yvelines-jean-yves-lafesse-adopte-saint-germain-laye-fait-pitre-poissy_20963668.html|language=French|work=Actu.fr|location=Poissy|access-date=26 July 2021}} Later that year, he left the Paris area and moved back to Brittany.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 July 2021|title=L'humoriste Jean-Yves Lafesse est mort|trans-title= |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/07/23/l-humoriste-jean-yves-lafesse-est-mort_6089297_3382.html|language=French|work=Le Monde|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}} He was recruited by the radio station France Bleu Breizh Izel for the 2019–2020 season,{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 September 2019|title=France Bleu Breizh recrute Jean-Yves Lafesse|trans-title= |url=https://www.lalettre.pro/France-Bleu-Breizh-Izel-recrute-Jean-Yves-Lafesse_a20381.html|language=French|work=La Lettre Pro de la Radio & des Médias|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}} broadcasting humorous tales he wrote with his brother.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=11 September 2019|title=Jean-Yves Lafesse. Nouveau chroniqueur France Bleu Breizh Izel|trans-title= |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/bretagne/jean-yves-lafesse-nouveau-chroniqueur-france-bleu-breizh-izel-11-09-2019-12380322.php|language=French|work=Le Télégramme|location=Brittany|access-date=26 July 2021}}
Jean-Yves Lafesse died of ALS in Vannes on 22 July 2021 at the age of 64.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 July 2021|title=Jean-Yves Lafesse, l'humoriste breton est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/people/mort-de-l-humoriste-jean-yves-lafesse-a-l-age-de-64-ans_AN-202107230165.html|language=French|work=BFM TV|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}}
Filmography
=Cinema=
- {{ill|Carbone 14, le film|fr}} (1983)
- Baby Blood (1990)
- La Classe américaine (1993)
- {{ill|Comme une bête (film)|fr|lt=Comme une bête}} (1998)
- {{ill|Chili con carne (film)|fr|lt=Chili con carne}} (1999)
- Heartbreaker (2010)
- {{ill|Roxane (2019 film)|fr|Roxane (film, 2019)|lt=Roxane}} (2019)
=Television=
- J'arrive ! (1982)
- {{ill|La Guerre des ondes|fr}} (2014)
- {{ill|Tom-Tom et Nana (2019 TV series)|fr|Tom-Tom et Nana (série télévisée d'animation, 2019)|lt=Tom-Tom et Nana}} (2019)
- Murders in... (2020)
Publications
- Les Grandes Impostures téléphoniques (1992)
- Petit Précis de l'imposture (1994)
- Mes impostures (2011)
- Punk Mamy (2019){{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 September 2019|title=Punk Mamy, attention les vieux|trans-title= |url=https://www.ligneclaire.info/lafesse-chabert-89920.html|language=French|work=Ligne claire|location= |access-date=26 July 2021}}
References
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