Thirty years of TV are worth celebrating. And in large widths, please. This is undoubtedly what Arthur must have said to himself when deciding to treat himself, Thursday December 26, 2024 on TF1, to a program retracing his journey on the small screen. In total, more than three hours of archives and interviews to the glory of the host-producer. Which many viewers did not fail to note.
“Let’s see the narcissism that Arthur will unleash on us with his show,” we could already read on X at 9:16 p.m., when the show was barely starting. And it didn’t get much better in the hours that followed. “There’s definitely a hagiography (editor’s note: biography of a saint) of Arthur on TF1”, “You really need an oversized ego to do something about yourself”, Internet users commented on the social network.
Others note, with supporting videos, the behavior of the host on the game “Take it or leave it” where we see him forcibly kissing a candidate. “Can’t wait to see the documentary on the French’s favorite fiddler,” writes an Internet user. “There will be times when we see him heavily touching women in his shows?” asks another. And a third adds: “I am convinced that he is PPDA’s little brother, we will soon know sooner or later.”
The main person concerned had tried to defuse the affair several hours even before the broadcast of the program, while a montage of archive images was already circulating on the social network. In an interview published Thursday by “Le Parisien”, Arthur, confronted with these criticisms, justified himself: “It was another era.” To which a comment, on To vomit…”
Megalomaniac or not, the man who nicknamed himself “the stupidest host on the radio” in his early days nonetheless left his mark on the history of entertainment on French television, as a host and above all a producer. The shows “Children of TV”, “La fureur”, “120 minutes de Bonheur”, “Exclusif”, “La Grosse Emission” (on the Comédie channel!), “Loft Story”, “Nice People” or, today, “The great competition” and “Friday everything is permitted” (VTEP), it is to him that we owe them. Enough to make some nostalgic.
“But what fun, they were the best moments of TV, unfortunately impossible to do again today, it was splendid”, “LONG LIVE ARTHUR, it’s the best, this show is wonderful, so many memories, example to follow », “Tweet of great love and admiration to Arthur, the child of TV, you make us dream a lot, and for that, thank you!!” or even “And here I am crying. Give me back my 20s. Luckily there is VTEP these days. Thank you, Arthur!!”, some people rave about X.
