It's not gonna be the same without
William around.
I think I've written in here before
about the one TV show we actually watch when we're in France, the
morning show “Telematin”. It's been hosted by this old guy named
William Leymergie for almost 30 years now, and he's leaving the show
later this summer to host another show on another network. And with
him goes perhaps the greatest bromance in French TV history.
The first few years we watched the show
William was kind of the scolding, older host to a bunch of hip young
reporters. Then a couple of years ago the show hired a newsreader
named Nathanaël de Rincquesen , and he was the one who finally broke
through William's French reserve and turned him into a regular guy.
In fact, he's turned him into so much of a regular guy that the two
of them regularly end their segments by dissolving into a fit of
giggles--
The giggles are usually induced by
William's comments about Nate's hair or Nate's comments about
William's golf game (the one above is about Nate's hair), but they
are a marked difference in William's demeanor over the past few
years. Like I mentioned before, it was the only reason we'd spare a
few minutes during a very busy trip to turn on the TV, and now we
won't even need to do that.
Bummer.
Thankfully, a large collection of
William and Nate moments have been preserved on the show's Facebook page and on YouTube. So when we make our two-day stop in France in
a few months, turn on the TV, and no longer see William and Nate
together on the same screen...
Well, we'll always have Paris. Or, at
least, the video clips of a Paris-based TV show that spawned one of
the weirdest relationships you'll ever see on TV.
On that note...have yourself a great
weekend and, if you have the chance to celebrate, a great Father's Day!
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