After the game was stopped Numbers and letters, its first host, Patrice Laffont reacted. He said he was saddened by the news.
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It was this Sunday, May 5, that the news broke. The cult show Numbers and letters will disappear from the France Télévisions program schedule after fifty years on the air. It was Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez who announced the news in The Tribune on Sunday. “The weekend programming of Numbers and Letters was not crowned with success. After fifty years of existence, it is an emblematic event. It is a difficult decision, but we made the decision. choice to stop this program“, he declared. Information which saddened the flagship host of the show, Patrice Laffont.
Patrice Laffont moved by the stopping of Numbers and Letters
The host and producer of the game did not hide his disappointment. “Fifty years of broadcasting will never exist again! It was a very special show, based on very simple criteria that the French learn at school, numbers and letters.“, he told AFP. He also spoke in the columns of Parisian. “It’s a shame, it’s sad. It’s sad for all the people who love the show. We tried to do things well until the end, to make changes to the game. It’s a show from 1972, which was over 52 years old. We’re going to hold this record for longest running show for years, if not forever. This game was something with very intelligent material, but above all French“, declared Patrice Laffont who had been received by the group who told him the news.
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Patrice Laffont convinced that the show should have been stopped earlier
The presenter did not hide that scheduling the game on weekends was not beneficial to him. “It should have stopped two years ago. The weekend programming was the chronicle of a death foretold“, he told AFP. He added in the columns of Parisian that it was he who had even suggested stopping two years ago. Now he is preparing a special to say goodbye to the program as best as possible. “We weren’t going to leave like thieves! For the moment, the recordings we have completed allow programming until June 8. I don’t know if this special will be broadcast right away or not. We need to show viewers what’s been funny all these years. We’re going to try to do a nice, funny show, probably with former notable candidates.“, added Patrice Laffont.
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