Laurent Ruquier

Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier born 24 February 1963 is a French television presenter radio host and comedian He is also a lyricist writer columnist and impresario he has been coowner and general manager of Théâtre AntoineSimone Berriau in Paris since 2011 He is best known for hosting the On nest pas couché show on France 2 every Saturday evening from 2006 to 2020 Ruquier grew up in a large family of modest means the second of five siblings His father Roger Ruquier now deceased was a boilermaker at construction sites in Le Havre and his mother Raymonde Ruquier 1924September 2015 was a housewife In high school Laurent entertained his friends by publishing his first satires in the school newspaper At first he studied accounting he obtained a DEUG in Economic and Social Administration AES at the Le Havre site of the University of Rouen and a Diploma from the Institute of Technology DUT in Business Management and Training administration GEA He also attended a course in Constitutional Law given by Patrice Gélard Upon the advice of the latter he finally turned to humour In 1986 he did 21 months of military service as a conscientious objector at the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs His mentor was Pierre Doris whose black humour he was particularly fond of Between 1983 and 1986 he made his debut on the local radio stations in Le Havre Radio Force 7 Ocean Gate Radio and Radio FMR in Rouen At first he mainly presented the show The Little Heads using the concept of the show The Big Heads on RTL with local comedians and other entertainers from the station In 1987 encouraged by his aunt he contacted the radio presenter and journalist Jacques Mailhot then host of Ear in the Area broadcast on France Inter who was captivated by his texts Thanks to Mailhot Laurent Ruquier had his first experience of television on the show Paris Kiosk that Jacques Mailhot presented for three months on FR3 ÎledeFrance and he was offered the opportunity to perform in Paris in a scene of the show Vault of the Republic a golden opportunity for the humourist to make himself known beyond the limits of his native region Soon after in 1988 and for two years he wrote irreverent stories for Jean Amadou and Maryse as part of their daily morning show on Europe 1 In 1989 he proposed his candidacy to Jacques Martin who had put forward an idea for a program in the style of the Newshound a satirical news show that ran from 1975 to 1976 on TF1 Jacques Martin accepted and took him on as a writer on So do do do which was released in 1989 on France 2 In 1990 he was hired by France Inter to collaborate on the TrueFalse Journal show presented by Claude Villers Source Article Laurent Ruquier from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30