Guy A. Lepage
Encyclopedia
Guy A. Lepage is a Canadian (Québécois
) comedian
turned producer.
(which also included Yves Pelletier, Bruno Landry
and André Ducharme
), and remained with the group from 1981 to 1995.
Lepage became a media mogul and TV series director in the early 2000s, very popular in the Montreal entertainment scene. He created the popular sitcom Un gars, une fille
("A guy, a girl"). He then followed up with the talk show Tout le monde en parle
("Everybody's Talking About It"), which is closely related to the popular show of the same name in France; most other members were stand-up comics or talk-show hosts in the early 2000s.
French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....
) comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
turned producer.
Career
Lepage was one of the five founding members of the Quebec comedy group Rock et Belles OreillesRock et Belles Oreilles
Rock et Belles Oreilles, often referred to as R.B.O., was a Québécois radio and television comedy group that was very popular in the essentially French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec during the 1980s. Its name was a pun on the name of the famous Hanna-Barbera blue dog character Huckleberry...
(which also included Yves Pelletier, Bruno Landry
Bruno Landry
Bruno Landry is a Québécois comedian and humorist. He was part of the humor group Rock et Belles Oreilles from 1981 to 1995.-External links:...
and André Ducharme
André Ducharme
André Ducharme is a Québécois author, comedian and humorist. He was part of the Rock et Belles Oreilles group from 1981 to 1995. He was credited as André G. Ducharme in RBO; "G. Ducharme" has the same sound in French as "J'ai du charme," which means "I have charm" or "I am charming."-References:...
), and remained with the group from 1981 to 1995.
Lepage became a media mogul and TV series director in the early 2000s, very popular in the Montreal entertainment scene. He created the popular sitcom Un gars, une fille
Un gars, une fille
Un gars, une fille is the title of a Quebec comedy television series created by Guy A. Lepage and broadcast on Radio-Canada, as well as the title of its French adaptation on France 2. It is one of the most successful Quebec television shows, with a concept exported to more than thirty markets...
("A guy, a girl"). He then followed up with the talk show Tout le monde en parle
Tout le monde en parle (Quebec)
Tout le monde en parle is a Quebec talk show hosted and co-produced by Guy A. Lepage, broadcast on Radio-Canada since 2004. It has been adapted from the French show of the same name, created and hosted by Thierry Ardisson.- Concept :...
("Everybody's Talking About It"), which is closely related to the popular show of the same name in France; most other members were stand-up comics or talk-show hosts in the early 2000s.