When the sketch was at its most brilliant, Chen Peisi, Zhao Benshan, and Zhao Lirong were rated as the "troika" that supported the Spring Festival Gala.
Then, with Zhao Lirong's return to Yaochi and Chen Peisi's withdrawal from the circle, Zhao Benshan gradually became a leader in the sketch world and even the entire comedy industry.
Looking back 10 years ago in 2012, the most sensational hot spot at the beginning of this year was Zhao Benshan's announcement of his withdrawal from the Spring Festival Gala, and it was from then that the sketch went from heyday to decline overnight.
So much so that some people sighed: After Zhao Benshan, there will be no sketches.
Zhao Benshan's Spring Festival Gala career began in 1990 and ended in 2011;A total of 21 years, in this not long or short 21 years, Zhao Benshan's sketches amused the northerners, but also amused the southerners, the most popular time, almost every family has Zhao Benshan's audio and video products, for everyone's after-dinner pastime.
Not only that, on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, after watching Zhao Benshan's sketch, he went to set off firecrackers, which once became an unwritten rule on New Year's Day.
It can be seen that Zhao Benshan's popularity back then was unprecedented, and there was no one to come.
In the 21-year career of the Spring Festival Gala, Zhao Benshan's sketches can be divided into three stages: the beginning of the edge, the sky, and the waning days, and all the works during this period have brought laughter to the audience, but also caused a lot of controversy, and were even labeled as "vulgar".
However, these vignettes do not seem to affect the public's love for Zhao Benshan's sketches, and all the works in these three stages have not only become everyone's spiritual feast, but also a witness to Zhao Benshan's transformation from glory to loneliness.
Without further ado, let's start with the first stage, which mainly reflects daily life and social issues, and is humorous and sharp, and the time node is between 1990 and 1993.
In 1990, after a series of twists and turns, Zhao Benshan finally got on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala as he wished, and became an instant hit with the sketch "Blind Date".
Come to the app to enjoy the high-definition ** This sketch seems funny, and finally ends with a happy reunion, but the problems it reflects are very serious, especially the sentence "These children are disobedient and unfilial, so they want their young people to flirt and scold and hug each other, and the elderly have to rely on it alone" fully reflects the prejudice against the remarriage of the elderly in the family and society, and the pressure from within the family makes it more difficult for the elderly to remarry;Although the ending of the sketch is gratifying, but real life is very cruel, not all old people can be as lucky as "Xu Laofu" and "Ma Ya" in the sketch, with the help of their children to start twilight love, on the contrary, in real life, most children are opposed to the remarriage of the elderly, and even there are not a few who make a big move, just like Ma Ya's sentence in the sketch "Xiaohong's mother wants to remarry, and the children are making trouble and looking for death and hanging, Xiaohong's mother gritted her teeth and almost fell on the train track" Said that.
Today, with the increasing tolerance of society and the progress of public ideology, it seems that it is much easier for the elderly to remarry, but this does not mean that prejudice and obstruction have disappeared, it is still rooted in the soul of some people.
It can be said that this sketch is still outdated after 30 years, and it brings people to think very deeply and heavily.
In the subsequent 1991 Spring Festival Gala, Zhao Benshan and Yang Lei returned with their new work "Little Nine Old Music", which was still popular and laughed, the most impressive of which was "Stability and unity can cure the family", which reminds people of the official tone often heard on some occasions, but after Zhao Benshan's interpretation, it can make the audience laugh, but after Zhao Benshan's interpretation, it can make the audience laugh, but I don't know how the old men who play official accents at every turn will be embarrassed.
In 1992, Zhao Benshan brought the sketch "I Want to Have a Home" on the Spring Festival Gala of that yearAnd Zhao Benshan told the story of a 35-year-old divorced man Zhao Yingjun who met romantic love through marriage in the 92 sketch, and it is appropriate to use the name of this song as the title of the sketch;The sentence "I used to be very beautiful, didn't it disintegrate later" is squirming, and the sketch at the beginning of "This age is older, the marriage market has weakened, and it is not a shame to be on TV to make a marriage advertisement, no, water is fate, trees have roots, and there is a reason to get married on TV, no money in your pocket is eager for cash, and the taste of no home is hot and deep, after so many years of singles, who is not looking forward to getting married, who is laughing at who" In addition to being hilarious, it also expresses the sadness of middle-aged men.
Inserting an aside, 13 years later, in 2005, a singer named "Zhao Yingjun" was born, and in an interview, he generously admitted that the name originated from Zhao Benshan's sketch at the Spring Festival Gala that year, which shows the popularity of Zhao Benshan's sketch.
In 1993, "Old New Year's Greetings", this sketch tells the story of a two-person actor (played by Zhao Benshan) who lost his job because of the reform of the troupe, and then begged his original apprentice to help Zhang Luo work.
It can be said that in the late 80s and early 90s, with the deepening of reform and opening up, under the impact of the tide of commodity economy, the previous system was vulnerableHowever, this sketch did not make Zhao Benshan a god in the Spring Festival Gala that year, but instead lost Maicheng, and this sketch is also considered to be one of the relative horizontal deviations of Zhao Benshan's previous programs, and the response was extremely average.
The second stage, such as the sun, is from 1995 to 2007.
may be affected by this, in 1994, the old man did not appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again, and then in 1995, Zhao Benshan took "Uncle Niu" Tigan" to the Spring Festival Gala again, this sketch tells the story of "Because Manager Ma is not there, Uncle Niu pretended to be Manager Ma for the glass of the village school to accompany the story".
And the reason why this sketch is talked about by the audience is entirely because of its large-scale satire, and it is precisely because of this that it was almost taken down.
If Zhao Benshan's previous sketches reflected the family life and social problems of the little people, then this sketch is to face the "** corruption" atmosphere, so that the audience can reflect on the bad social phenomena criticized in the sketch while laughing.
In 1996, Zhao Benshan's work was "Three Whips", which is different from the critical and satirical style shown in the previous sketch, this sketch is a pure praise style, the storyline is also very old-fashioned, and the ending seems to be perfect but is actually blunt, but compared with "Old New Year's Greetings" in 93, it is slightly better.
This sketch is also a watershed for Zhao Benshan from funny + satirical to funny + praise.
In 1997, "Red Sorghum Model Team", this work objectively reflects the progress of the material conditions and spiritual life of the peasants, who not only achieve a bumper harvest materially, but also pay more attention to spiritual improvement, and also show the comedic conflict caused by the misalignment of cultural understanding;However, this sketch also shows us the kind of small-scale peasant consciousness that the peasants have exposed after they get rid of poverty, with the sentence "What can we eat without the hard work of ordinary laborers?"Without the hard work of ordinary laborers, what to wear!There is no food and clothing, what are you still stinky and beautiful" seems to be singing praises to the working people, but in fact it shows the "poor and arrogant" and complacent faces of some people, which is also the only deficiency in this sketch.
In 1998, Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei and Gao Xiumin formed the iron triangle was officially born, in the Spring Festival Gala of that year, the three of them performed the sketch "New Year's greetings", in this sketch, Zhao Benshan showed the psychology of the peasants who were afraid of seeing officials very vividly in front of the public, especially when he learned that the behavior of "Fan Township Chief" became "Fan County Magistrate" was even more laughable;And some of the lines in the sketch have become classics, such as "The delivery room spreads the joy, and someone is born" and so on.
Although this sketch has to take a very old-fashioned route for various reasons in the creation process, it also shows us the true state of the grassroots ** and ordinary people, such as the low and low of the little people and the high of the big people, as well as the so-called communication skills, to put it bluntly, it is an unspoken rule;In addition to these, this skit shows us the most complex side of human nature.
In 1999, Cui Yongyuan's "Tell the Truth" was in the limelight, and "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" was on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala based on this, compared with the works two years ago, the traces of praise in this sketch are not so obvious, more funny, and take Ge You, Zhao Zhongxiang and Ni Ping to smash them, "I want to see Zhao Zhongxiang very much" is to say the fans' expectations for idols.
The first Spring Festival Gala of the new millennium, Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan once again cooperated to perform the sketch "Part-time Worker", this sketch tells about the living conditions of the elderly in the countryside after entering the city and their attitude towards new things, the funniest thing is the horse clip mentioned in the sketch at every turn, a sentence "Sample, you think I don't know you when you put on the horse clip" not only amused all the audience, but even caused the horse clips produced by some manufacturers to be unsalable, becoming the funniest news of the year, and its funny degree has far exceeded the sketch itself.
In 2001, Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei, and Gao Xiumin brought "Selling Abduction" to meet the audience of the Spring Festival Gala, and since then they have started the "Selling Abduction Trilogy", but compared with before, more laughs in this sketch seem to focus on Fan Wei, so that everyone remembers the image of the stupid chef with a "big head, thick neck, and not a big man".
And the inspiration for the creation of this sketch** was the oolong incident caused by the doctor taking the wrong X-ray, and after processing and polishing, it became the sketch we saw later, this sketch showed us the various means, but it was more funny, especially Fan Wei's image and accent.
In 2002, "Selling Cars" was basically a continuation of "Selling Abduction" and would not be commented on.
In 2003, "Heart Disease", as funny as ever, the storyline seems absurd, but it truly reflects people's true mentality in the face of wealth, but I don't know if you understand the philosophy of life?
In 2004, "Water Delivery", the curtain call performance of the Iron Triangle, Zhao Benshan played the pathological route for the first time, although he won the first prize that year, but it was not the same as Zhao Benshan's previous works, so this sketch still failed.
2005, "Kung Fu", obviously, the name is borrowed from the previous movie of the same name directed by Xing Ye, and it is also the end of the "Trafficking Trilogy", in this sketch, the "guy" with a "big head and a thick neck" finally woke up, and also carried out a reverse flicker, and finally pulled back a game.
In 2006, after an interval of 9 years, Zhao Benshan joined hands with Song Dandan and Cui Yongyuan again to continue to tell the story of the two old men of Baiyun Black Soil after participating in the "Tell the Truth" column: Aunt Baiyun's "Confinement" was published, and she signed and sold books, and she also wrote "Confinement 2", but it was exposed by Uncle Heitu, which is full of jokes.
It's a pity that the popular "Tell the Truth" has become "Little Cui Says Things", which has low ratings, and Cui Yongyuan even ridiculed his illness, which seems funny, but gives people a feeling of helplessness.
In 2007, "Planning" directly satirized those false drug advertisements, not only that, but also the earliest Internet since the heyday of the ** "blog", the "white cloud fluttering" domain name mentioned in the sketch caused tens of thousands of people to preemptively register, which can be regarded as the sensational effect caused by this sketch.
It's just that we never thought that this was Zhao Benshan's last glory on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
In 2008, the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games was imminent, and the sketch "Torchbearer" was bornFootball!"What kind of exercise is more worrying?Chinese Football!It makes people laugh out loud, reflecting the true mentality of fans who "mourn their misfortune and are angry with them" for Chinese footballOf course, this is the last skit to satirize Chinese football.
At the end of the sketch, Zhao Benshan once again took the sensational route, although it was not obvious, it was still felt by the audience.
In 2009, Song Dandan announced that she would no longer participate in the Spring Festival Gala;Zhao Benshan opened the mode of pushing apprentices, and Xiao Shenyang has since entered the public eye, in the Spring Festival Gala of that year, Zhao Benshan joined hands with Lao Bi and his two apprentices Xiao Shenyang and Mao Mao starred in the sketch "Not Bad Money", this sketch is purely funny;Not only that, but most of the laughter is also focused on Xiao Shenyang, especially his unique voice and costume make the laughter inside and outside the TV wave after wave;But the evaluation of this sketch after the performance was not flattering, and some comments even thought that Xiao Shenyang would treat Chinese men as eunuchs as soon as he appeared on the stage, and desecrated them as "two chicken girls".
It was from this time that Zhao Benshan's sketches were labeled as "vulgar", and he himself became the spokesperson of vulgarity.
In 2010, Zhao Benshan continued to open the apprentice mode and launched the sketch "Donation", which was finally named "the worst king" by netizens due to too many product placement ads.
In 2011, Zhao Benshan launched the last work in the Spring Festival Gala "You at the Same Table", and this sketch has also become Zhao Benshan's farewell performance at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala
The heroes are in the twilight, the days are thin, and they are quite old, can they still eat?
It is also since then that the sketch has opened the mode of "happy and sad", or a few fools are pretending to be crazy and stupid, "funny" has become "embarrassing laughter", watching the sketch used to be a pleasure, but now it is a kind of endurance.
It is undeniable that the era of Zhao Benshan has passed, the so-called "talented people from all over the country, each leading ** for hundreds of years", but in the post-Zhao Benshan era, the sketch we saw has completely lost its former brilliance, the previous sketch was funny, but now the sketch is "crying", which is annoying, although there are all kinds of funny ** on the Internet, we are still nostalgic for the days of Zhao Benshan's sketches, and even some netizens described it like this: Finger cakes without bacon are like the Spring Festival Gala without Zhao Benshan.
I have every reason to believe that this is not the voice of one netizen, this is the common voice of all netizens.
Some people say that the reason why Zhao Benshan withdrew from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala is because he has reached the point where Jiang Lang has exhausted his talents, and he can no longer come up with excellent works to update his achievementsSome netizens believe that Zhao Benshan's age has reached a stage where he can't support such work intensity, not to mention that after an old artist brings the sketch to the audience's sight, he must leave more opportunities for the new generation of actors in due course.
But in any case, one thing we cannot deny, that is, Zhao Benshan is an iconic figure in the sketch world and even the entire comedy world, and no one has been able to surpass it so far, in other words, he has withdrawn from the rivers and lakes, but his legend still continues.
Someone once raised such a question: Can there be a few more Zhao Benshan?I'm afraid that no one will ever be able to answer this question, after all, there are no two same leaves in this world.