An aperitif with Jérôme Commandeur: “At 18, you can’t say to your parents: “I’m going to fill the Olympia””

Patrice and Jezabel Balnaki shiver on their threadbare sofa in a suburban house where the wallpaper is falling to shreds. After having slammed a few too many drinks in Deauville during the weekend, the ex-mayor of Levallois-Perrat rang his electronic bracelet. The couple cries injustice in the face of a crestfallen journalist (any resemblance to Elise Lucet is not accidental).

In this episode of magical worldthe fake Patrick Balkany is larger than life, just like his wife, played by Audrey Lamy. This new program, broadcast every Wednesday on Canal+, from December 18 to January 8, is part of the great tradition of cathodic and advertising parody, following in the footsteps of Unknowns, Nulls or, more recently, Palmashow. This is Jérôme Commandeur's talent: laughing at the madness of men thanks to the small details and major flaws that he recreates with grating finesse. But always “very gently”, like the title of his last show, which spoke, in particular, little Grégory, Bernard Pivot and Kim Jong-un. On the poster, he wrapped himself up, like Isabelle Adjani, in a cerulean mohair sweater.

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