author | Jiang Lan
editor | Xiang Wanwan
How about this year's Spring Festival Gala skit? Which one is your ceiling for sketches?
Speaking of the sketch ceiling, the "funny" appearance of Mr. Chen Peisi will come to mind.
Regarding Teacher Chen Peisi’s Spring Festival Gala sketches, many netizens said: “Teacher Chen Peisi’s works are so down-to-earth and the performances are very high-level, making people laugh.”
In Teacher Chen Peisi’s previous Spring Festival Gala sketches, his humor everywhere.
From 1984 to 1998, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao 11 appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage, and each time they made their debut before twelve o'clock. It can be said that these two brothers were responsible for half of the laughter at the CCTV galas in those years.
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire 1990s was the era of sketches, the era of Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao, and even more the era of Chen Peisi.
Because as long as Chen Peisi stands on the stage, he can make people laugh and make people think deeply after laughing.
Today I will take you to review Mr. Chen Peisi’s past classic Spring Festival Gala sketches.
01
1984 "Eating Noodles": It was so funny that I almost couldn't go on stage
In 1984, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao made their first appearance on the Spring Festival Gala stage, performing the sketch "Eating Noodles".
Chen Peisi played the role of "part-on" actor Chen Xiaoer in the sketch.
He pushed the non-physical performance to a new height. There was obviously only an empty bucket on the stage. He was holding an empty bowl in his hand, picking up the chopsticks and eating noodles. The image lingered in his mind.
He reached into the bucket with chopsticks, vigorously picked the noodles into the bowl, and hugged the bowl full of noodles into his arms as if he had found a treasure.
did not forget to pick out the noodles on the edge of the bowl, and then used his fingers to grab a noodle that was about to fall out of the bowl and suck it into his mouth. After
finished sucking, he sucked his fingers that smelled like noodles, and then wiped the remaining sauce and saliva on his fingers on the front of his clothes. The whole set of movements was done smoothly and in one go.
Watching him eat noodles is more delicious than eating delicacies from the mountains and seas. The audience wants to have a steaming bowl of braised noodles across the screen.
Finally, I ate too many bowls because of ng, and I couldn’t eat anymore.
His action of squeezing the edge of the bowl with chopsticks to "pin" off the noodles was so expressive. The whole performance was vivid, humorous and made the audience laugh.
In fact, the two of them were under great pressure at the time.
Since the Spring Festival Gala director was not sure whether this kind of performance could be put on the Spring Festival Gala stage, it was not decided until before the performance.
After much deliberation, the director relented at the last second and allowed them to perform on stage.
What I didn’t expect was that at the performance, Chen Peisi had such a good sense of comedy. With his wide-open and relaxed performance, the audience could not help but laugh along with Chen Peisi’s changes in behavior and expression. After the
program was broadcast, this refreshing form of artistic performance immediately attracted attention across the country.
This is the first skit in the history of the Spring Festival Gala, and it has also become one of Chen Peisi's masterpieces.
Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao became household comedians overnight and have been out of control ever since.
02
1985 "Making a Movie": Chen Peisi was sent to the hospital because it was too cold
In 1985, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao were invited to the Spring Festival Gala again and brought the sketch "Making a Movie" to the audience.
"Making a Movie" has a richer plot than "Eating Noodles", and the language and physical performances are more funny.
This Spring Festival Gala is the first time it has been held in an open-air venue, and it is also the only one so far.
Chen Peisi also suffered a lot from outdoor performances.
In the cold Beijing, in order to realize his dream of being an actor, Chen Xiaoer applied for a movie where Zhu Shimao plays the director.
The director asked him to perform in only a vest and single clothes, with a towel hanging on his body to wipe sweat. The director
also asked him to sweat and figuratively wipe the sweat with a sweat towel.
What should I do if I don’t sweat on a cold day?
Director Zhu Shimao directly ordered someone to bring a basin of cold water, took the basin and sprinkled water on Chen Peisi's face. Finally, he pretended to pour cold water on Chen Peisi and pretended to be sweating.
Chen Peisi suddenly became stiff. The director noticed something was wrong with him and immediately picked up Chen Peisi on his back and called an ambulance to take him to the hospital. The
sketch uses the simplest comedy style to express the two people's own filming experience, allowing the audience to understand more intuitively how difficult it is to be an actor.
Although this sketch is not Chen Peisi's pinnacle, his performance once again brought the audience an unforgettable performance.
03
1986 "Mutton Skewers": Chen Peisi's unique Xinjiang accent
The sketch "Mutton Skewers" is another classic after "Eating Noodles".
In "Mutton Skewers", Chen Peisi plays a cunning stall owner. The character is down-to-earth and makes the audience feel friendly.
mainly tells the story of Chen Peisi, who plays a kebab stall owner without a business license. He is met by the urban management officer played by Zhu Shimao and realizes that something is wrong with his mutton kebab stall, but he only warns him the first time.
Later, Chen Peisi dressed up as an uncle from Xinjiang and continued to sell. When he was discovered, he was still pretending to be crazy and trying to get through.
In order to play the role of urban management well, Zhu Shimao went to the industrial and commercial market to observe the managers.
In order to play the role of a hawker, Chen Peisi squatted on the roadside and observed how the hawker grilled mutton skewers.
Chen Peisi used his humorous performance method, especially when he used empty sticks to roll skewers, used clothes to fan the wind, and used facial expressions and body language to show the taste of barbecue...
They say that drama comes from life, and he performed it all The performance is vivid and detailed, and the voice is full of emotion.
After the Spring Festival Gala, the children on the street were all imitating Chen Peisi’s Xinjiang accent: "Mutton skewers, mutton skewers, Xinjiang mutton skewers!"
The sketch "Mutton Skewers" had a better response than "Making a Movie". It not only amused the audience , and it can also make the audience feel a hint of folk suffering after laughing.
04
1989 "Pepper Noodles": On the Spring Festival Gala stage, the first person to go shirtless
In the sketch "Pepper Noodles", Chen Peisi had to break the rules. This was also the first time he performed in the form of pantomime, with almost no lines in the whole process.
The image of Chen Peisi wearing a Lei Feng hat and a military cotton-padded jacket aroused laughter as soon as he appeared.
Wearing high-heeled leather boots and mismatched trousers, he shouted to the waiter with a step that he didn't recognize: "One pound of wontons!"
There was clearly an empty bowl in front of him, but Chen Peisi performed the show of burning his mouth, swallowing the hot wontons in one mouthful and then spitting them out into the bowl, swallowing the wontons hard and being swallowed, and blowing and sucking on the edge of the bowl. The sense of reality can be summed up in one word: Absolute!
Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao only relied on a few looks and a few movements to vividly express the scene of eating wontons and grabbing pepper noodles.
He was the first person to "boldly" take off his military coat and perform shirtless on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
Teacher Chen Peisi can always successfully make the audience laugh through body language and expressions time and time again.
05
1990 "Protagonist and Supporting Role": A stage accident turned into a classic moment
In "Protagonist and Supporting Role", Chen Peisi played a supporting role of a "traitor" with a ruffian face and a stalker. The
skit mainly tells the story of Chen Peisi, who kept playing clever tricks in order to become the protagonist, and finally became the protagonist of the Eighth Route Army with the support of the audience, but in the end due to habit problems, he returned to the supporting role of traitor.
The skit started with Zhu Shimao holding a pistol across his body. Unexpectedly, the gun belt broke just two minutes into the performance. Zhu Shimao kept it in his hand and tried to tie it on while talking to Chen Peisi about the lines.
When the two exchanged roles, Chen Peisi directly slung the pistol across his body because the strap became shorter. This behavior made him look extremely funny and added to the hilarious effect.
Chen Peisi contributed many classic lines in this sketch, which are still talked about by young people today.
Chen Peisi said: "What's the air? When it comes to the stage, it depends on who can perform."
received a round of applause from the audience as soon as he finished speaking, as if he expressed the aspirations of us ordinary people - who is not a protagonist!
has laid a lot of groundwork for who is the protagonist and the supporting role.
Saying "come on", Chen Peisi immediately entered the state: "Captain, don't shoot! It's me, it's me!"
Then stood to the side, this little person who was born to be a supporting role, but was unwilling to be the protagonist, stood still .
During the performance, Chen Peisi kept blocking Zhu Shimao, causing him to ask angrily: "Why are you always blocking me?"
The clever Chen Peisi said: "I am here to ensure that you show your front to the audience, so I have to give The audience's heads were turned upside down"
Zhu Shimao also shouted: "You are stealing the show!"
Chen Peisi finally broke out: "I don't even have the face, why are you stealing the show!"
This self-deprecating line also made the audience Belly laugh.
"Protagonist and Supporting Actor" successfully conveyed unique insights into the relationship between the protagonist and supporting actors through humorous performances, bringing laughter to the audience while also letting the audience understand that they must protect the weak and expose the injustices in life.
This also made the sketch a classic collaboration between Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao, which was very popular among the audience.
Some netizens said: "The Protagonist and Supporting Role" has a very good script, well-acted, very down-to-earth, and endless aftertaste.
I really can’t get enough of it, it’s a classic that couldn’t be more classic.
06
1991 "Cops and Thieves": The classic left-hand salute
Chen Peisi pretended to be a policeman in "Cops and Thieves", but he was actually a stupid and ridiculous thief, while his partner Zhu Shimao played a real policeman.
Chen Peisi’s unique image, ill-fitting police hat and uniform, is full of jokes.
In the questions and answers between the two people, they showed the clumsiness of the thief and the wit of the police.
Especially Chen Peisi's interpretation of the role of "fake policeman" is wonderful and charming.
At first he was scared and repulsed by his identity as a policeman, but then he became too involved in the drama and consciously answered questions from real policemen, and even helped the police catch his accomplices. This series of changes is particularly exciting.
Chen Peisi used his rich and exaggerated body language to make this little character flesh and blood.
Whether it was him peeking at people, Zhu Shimao's repeated correction of his salute posture, or his serious imitation of a traffic policeman directing traffic, the audience couldn't help laughing.
What is even more unexpected is the lines at the beginning of the skit where Chen Peisi said: "Put on these clothes, punish whoever you want, punish whoever you want, and arrest whoever you want."
It was full of sarcasm. You must know that this was at a CCTV police consolation meeting. Chen Peisi actually dared to put on a police uniform and taunt her face to face. He was very proud. At the end of the
skit, Chen Peisi's identity as a "fake policeman" was revealed and he was arrested because Chen Xiaoer was found habitually stealing the policeman's wallet. This ending made the audience laugh.
His left-hand salute performance was even more impressive. Netizen
said: I never expected that sketches from the 1990s would still be so interesting to watch in 2024. This is a classic.
07
1992 "Brother-in-law and Brother-in-law": the first person involved in pornography during the Spring Festival Gala
In "Brother-in-law and Brother-in-law", Zhu Shimao plays the brother-in-law and Chen Peisi plays the brother-in-law. The brother-in-law and the brother-in-law jointly stage a comedy between the black cat police chief and the mouse. . The
skit tells the story of a policeman played by Zhu Shimao. When he arrested a pornographic video den, he caught Chen Peisi, who played his brother-in-law. In order to escape the sanctions of the law, Chen Peisi racked his brains to excuse himself.
Chen Peisi has a clever mouth and tries to distinguish himself in every possible way, but it is really difficult to ruin his brother-in-law who is a policeman. In the
sketch, Chen Peisi has small eyes and a smooth head. He looks very funny and looks like a bad guy.
Especially those eyes that squint and become the most prominent part of the face. He is also very good at using this feature to bring the character's heart to life.
This work should be regarded as a continuation of "Cops and Thieves", but this time, the thief's identity has become a quasi-brother-in-law, his criminal behavior has changed from stealing to pornography, and the stupid thief has been promoted to a smart thief.
Chen Peisi once again perfectly presented the image of being oily and carefree. The lines in
’s skit are still fresh in the audience’s memory.
When the policeman's brother-in-law was arresting people who gathered to watch movies on the street, he happened to meet his brother-in-law-to-be, and the two staged a witty escape drama.
My brother-in-law asked his brother-in-law to let him go, but his brother-in-law said: Normally I don’t express opinions when dealing with issues in the institute.
My brother-in-law retorted and said: That’s not the right thing to do.
brother-in-law continued: But as long as I speak.
Brother-in-law replied: It’s the same as not saying anything.
brother-in-law said: As long as I am right.
My brother-in-law said: It’s impossible to do it!
The two people's bickering made the audience laugh out loud. Netizen
commented below: Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao’s sketches are something you will never tire of watching and they are worth savoring. A more transparent netizen at
commented: Watching Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao's sketch, through the language and exaggerated performances in the sketch, it seems funny but reflects the dark side of society.
does not have the observation of all kinds of people in society, so there is no such humorous performance. They are real actors!
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1994 "The Great Transformation": a mashup of sketches and magic
"The Great Transformation" was a dazzling show on the Spring Festival Gala that year. Chen Peisi made a mashup of sketches and magic.
The two of them can be said to be "golden partners". One is a positive image, the other is a negative image, one is good and the other is evil. The sparks of humor come out of the conflict!
In this program, Zhu Shimao transformed a flower-like "female version of Chen Peisi" from a suitcase, which made the audience laugh.
Because the Spring Festival Gala review mechanism is too strict, performances on the Spring Festival Gala stage must be based on decisions. Performers are not allowed to have too many ideas and can only obey.
Just like this "Big Change", although adding dance and magic was not Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao's original intention, they loved performing and worked hard to hold up the stage.
I really couldn’t stop laughing at the last paragraph. Chen Peisi was shirtless for the second time on the Spring Festival Gala stage, and was blown away to only his underpants. His face was dark, and only his two eyeballs were moving. It was funny even through the screen.
's skit this time is not as exciting as before, but there are still netizens who commented below:
has watched this skit dozens of times, but every time I click on it, I don't want to quit. I have to finish it. This is the charm.
09
1998 "The Prince and the Postman": After the performance, Chen Peisi burst into tears
In 1998, the two collaborated on another "The Prince and the Postman", which was adapted from the script "The Games of All Nations" written by Mr. Yan Su.
tells the story of the prince, played by Zhu Shimao, who, on the order of Cixi, leads the postman, played by Chen Peisi, to participate in a sports meeting organized by foreigners.
Cixi originally wanted the postman to serve as a foil for the foreigners. Unexpectedly, the postman won first place in the running competition.
At that time, the prince represented the ruling class, and his words reflected the fear and flattery of foreigners, and also described the true situation of worshiping foreigners and favoring foreigners at that time.
The postman represented the people at the bottom at that time, and they were more filled with pride for their own nation.
Compared with previous works, they all start from the bottom of the little people to interpret their joys and sorrows, which greatly shortens the distance with the audience.
This time, they brought the entire late Qing Dynasty to the stage and staged a black humor that incorporated more feelings of family and country into the personal sorrows and joys.
It can be said that "The Prince and the Postman" is a very advanced work.
However, after the performance, Chen Peisi cried bitterly: "It's a mess, the performance was a mess."
Because this is the work that Chen Peisi put the most effort into, he started preparing it in 1991. After 7 years of thinking, even the performance The clothes he wears are all specially made by him.
As a result, due to the negligence of the staff, they were not ready to play. Not long after the appearance, Chen Peisi was pulling the fake pigtails he was wearing. The microphone on Zhu Shimao's clothes was not fastened securely, and the preset sound effects for the live broadcast were not played.
But these do not affect the audience's love for Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao.
is written at the end:
After reviewing so many classic sketches by Mr. Chen Peisi, I don’t know which sketch is your favorite?
Before the Spring Festival Gala every year, there is always a topic: which comedian I hope will be on the Spring Festival Gala.
Among many netizens, there are always shouts for Teacher Chen Peisi. Even if it is a sketch from many years ago, everyone will always play it over and over without getting bored.
Teacher Chen Peisi left a mark on the hearts of that generation.
What we miss may not be Mr. Chen Peisi himself, but the laughter he gave us on the stage.
also admires his ability to polish his works carefully even in an era of seeking speed.
In the era of clinging, he can still maintain his own pride. In the era of greed, he knows how to give up. In the era of restlessness, he knows how to persevere.
Finally, I look forward to Mr. Chen Peisi, an old artist, bringing us wonderful sketches again.
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