Revealed in the show “The Greatest Cabaret in the World”, Shirley and Dino were fed up with success to the point of giving up everything. The famous couple of comedians made a reappearance this Sunday, December 29 and gave a very nice surprise to Patrick Sébastien in “Vivement Dimanche” on France 3.
Shirley and Dino, Albert Dupontel, Christelle Cholet… The list of talents revealed by Patrick Sébastien is very long… This Sunday, December 29, 2024, the famous 71-year-old host was Michel Drucker’s guest for the very last show of the year of Looking forward to Sunday on France 3. In full promotion of his latest book The carnival of the ambitious published by XO éditions, Patrick Sébastien has seen his entire career unfold on Michel Drucker’s red sofa.
For twenty-one years, from 1998 to 2019, for 21 seasons and more than 200 issues, the man who lived in an 8m2 apartment in his youth hosted The largest cabaret in the world. Until one fine day France 2 decided to suddenly put an end to it. Thanks to this festive program, many artists have moved from the shadows to the light. Shirley and Dino (real names Corinne and Gilles Benizio) were among them. And if today the duo no longer exists, its protagonists having chosen to stop everything to fall back into the shadows, viewers had the pleasure of seeing them again this Sunday.
Just like Albert Dupontel, Corinne and Gilles Benizio recorded a video for Patrick Sébastien. A sequence broadcast this afternoon in Looking forward to Sunday. “We kiss you very much“, began Gilles Benizio before Corinne continued: “Our hearts go out to you whatever happens.”The duo then wished a happy new year and good health to Patrick Sébastien who is celebrating his 50th career.
Happy to see them again, Patrick Sébastien looked back on their journey and their beginnings: “They are the ones who have the talent. These are real artists Shirley and Dino. When they started, they were the ones who made the food, they waited tables, they put on the show. It’s these artists that I like.“
What happens to Shirley and Dino?
As a couple on stage and in the city, Shirley and Dino have chosen to take a step back. “The soul of Shirley and Dino is there, but the characters, their costumes, the Vichy dress, it’s gone. We didn’t want it anymore…“, Gilles Benizio confided to La Provence in 2022 before adding: “We didn’t want to be less good and bore people. They were put in a retirement home to do something else.“
Guest on the set of BuzzTV/Le Figaro last October, Patrick Sébastien gave their news. “They are still artists. Gilles sent me something the other night, but it was just because he was at a party where people were singing Sardines. They did lots of stuff. I’m not too familiar with what they’re doing at the moment, but they’re real artists.“, he confided.
Although in the background, Shirley and Dino continue to exist through their art…
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