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TelevisionDeath of Jean Bertho, popular figure on the small screen
The host was a hit, from 1974 to 1982, by co-hosting with Jean Amadou the Sunday humorous program “C’est pas serious” on TF1.
Jean Bertho, in the TF1 program “It’s not serious”.
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A popular figure on the small screen in the 1970s, Jean Bertho died at the age of 94. In duet with Jean Amadou, he had hosted the humorous program “C’est pas serious”, on Sundays on TF1, from 1974 to 1982, where we also met Anne-Marie Carrière, alias the newspaper vendor Madame Rose. Very laughing, Bertho demonstrated a sense of humor that was both fierce and playful, which delighted 10 million viewers every week.
It was on this program that Bernard Pichon’s section, “Les petits Suisses”, was a great success. The children of our country were questioned there on various social subjects.
We were also able to find Bertho in other televised appointments, such as “Les jeux de 20 heures”, “Télé à une”, “Les choses du Monday”, “Ca va faire beau” or “Rigol’été “.
Jean Bertho had taken classes at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Nancy, then had a good start to his career as an actor, appearing in around thirty films, television films and plays during the 1950s. He then changed radically course, by joining the ORTF. In particular the news program “Five columns on the front page”. We will also find him in the production of “Readings for all” and “In your soul and conscience”.
It was Jean Amadou who had convinced him to co-host with him “C’est pas Serious” which made him one of the most famous personalities on French television. In the years that followed the small screen, Jean Bertho hosted a few radio programs, then devoted himself to writing.