The Spring Festival is approaching, what are the veteran comedians you are familiar with busy with?
Recently, at the recording site of "Spring in the East, Long Yao Chasing the Light·2024 Dragon TV Spring Festival Gala", we met the long-lost comedian Pan Changjiang. This year, he will form a cross-border combination with actors such as Paul Che, Li Ping, Ren Luomin, Lin Yi, etc., and continue to bring his best sketch performances. When
was interviewed by News Morning Post Zhouwei reporter, the veteran comedian excitedly expressed his yearning for new performance types. Whether it was online movies or open mics, he actively tried, "We can't let the stage be without comedy. Now people need it." Happiness, as long as you are happy and happy, your body can be healthy."
"Every work is a bottleneck"
In recent years, in addition to comedians, there are also many popular actors who have crossed over from the film and television industry on the sketch stage. For Pan Changjiang, such a partnership means more work and dedication. For example, this year, he will be on Dragon TV's Spring Festival Gala with "!" Paul Che, Ren Luomin, Li Ping, and young actor Lin Yi, who have worked together in the second season of the sitcom "", collaborated to tell a life topic closely related to the lives of the elderly in Shanghai.
Talking about the new show, Pan Changjiang admitted that there are different ways to work with different partners, "I am relatively relaxed with people who can perform sketches. They have rich experience in handling the performance rhythm, line rhythm and comedy baggage; if I am someone who has never acted in a sketch before, so I will work hard to cooperate and try my best to perform the work to the best of my ability." In his opinion, sketches are a good learning and training opportunity for young actors. "At least they have tried it and know how difficult it is to do a sketch - if a baggage is one second late, it will not sound. If it is one second early, it will not sound." It doesn't sound either."
Thinking from his perspective, Pan Changjiang said frankly that when he first appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1992, he was so nervous that his "legs were shaking" and his muscles were trembling. "Those comedy artists in the past have created so many classics. It’s not easy to do many skits.” What has always supported him over the decades is his sincerity of "doing what he does and loving what he does". "Every time I receive a new task, I first have to figure it out. What kind of story are we going to tell? Is it suitable for me to act? If it is suitable, I may have a lot of opinions to share. Whether you accept it or not is your problem, but I will want to express it."
He did not shy away from admitting that his comedy life also had a "bottleneck period", especially those years when he was competing in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Every time it was an extraordinary challenge, "It was really hard at that time, and every work was very tiring. But I think Every work has a bottleneck period for me. If you get over this bottleneck, maybe it will be a good work."
Pan Changjiang said frankly that even if he is shooting comedy content in short videos now, he will regard it as a A "micro-skit", "I have very high requirements for myself, I have to convey happiness and thinking - of course, the people who watch the video may just be Tu Yile and relax, but for me, there will be no fixed Routines should still come with spontaneity.”
"I don't want to be eliminated by the Internet"
Unknowingly, Pan Changjiang is 67 years old. In his words, he does not shy away from the changes brought about by age, including leaving the stage that he has held on to every year. "In our time, we had to appear on the stage on time to bring happiness to everyone; now that we are older, there will always be new people stepping up to replace us. This is normal."
thinks from this perspective and sees various people on the Internet. There are all kinds of voices, and his mentality is also peaceful: "I am very, very strong inside. It is impossible for everyone to like you. This is normal, right? But I will do my best to do the work I like. You know that I That is to say, an ordinary person - from the time I was born crying, to slowly going to school, becoming an actor, working hard on this stage, and playing the leading role, what else can I ask for? In the past, people said, 'Ten Every year makes a play, every ten years makes a good actor. I have been on stage for 50 years now, and I should be proud of myself."
Having said that, Pan Changjiang is also unwilling to be restricted by his age: in recent years, he has spent a lot of time in the creation of online movies, from "Donkey County Magistrate" to " Doubao County Magistrate" and the just-launched " Five-Foot Detective ", he gets excited when talking about these works. "I particularly like doing this. I can express a complete story in a movie way in more than an hour. This is the happiest thing for me." moment.
He said excitedly that in the past, actors could only contribute their meager efforts on TV stations or the big screen. Now the Internet has great communication power, which requires him to change as soon as possible. "I was confused at the beginning, and I can only keep learning." , integration, I want the audience to see my changes. To put it bluntly, I don’t want to be eliminated by society or the Internet. It’s that simple.
In addition, Pan Changjiang also participated in a series of Dragon TV comedy programs including "On Air! Sitcom" and "Open Mic Tonight". He lamented that he still needs to learn from young people, "We didn't have the youth skills at that time." People with such good conditions may lose the show if they act casually; but now there is a different stage, and young netizens also like new and new forms, so I must learn with an open mind. If I have the opportunity to be among young comedians, I will constantly try to figure out how they perform."
