Emerging from Parisian theatre circles, he first attracted attention in 1951 as Fred Transport on the popular radio series Malheur aux Barbus. A year later he met future collaborator Michel Serrault at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre, where they performed the sketch “Jerry Scott, Vedette Internationale,” and in 1961 he produced a parody song that echoed Jacques Brel’s style. His most enduring contribu…
