10 classic skits of the Spring Festival Gala: Some are at their peak when they debut, while some are only decided just before the broadcast.

Since its launch in 1979, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala has gone through 43 years.

In so many Spring Festival galas, many classic sketches have emerged, many of which are still mentioned again and again by netizens and are part of our beautiful memories.

Below, Brother Qie will list 10 classic sketches:

1. "Eating Noodles"

In 1982, Zhu Shimao starred in "The Wrangler" directed by Xie Jin " became a popular niche in the mainland, and Chen Peisi also made a name for himself in the film industry by participating in films such as "Look at This Family (1979)", "Pipa Soul (1982)", and "Sunset Street (1983)".

The two appeared on the Spring Festival Gala together in 1984 and contributed the first skit "Eating Noodles" in the history of the Spring Festival Gala.

"Eating Noodles" is a simple story. Chen Xiaoer, played by Chen Peisi, went to work as an extra in order to realize his dream of being an actor. The scene he filmed was a scene of eating noodles. The director (played by Zhu Shimao) taught him two lines, but he couldn't remember them. As a result, he ate a big bucket of noodles and the scene was not finished filming. In the end, he couldn't hold on anymore and had to leave.

Chen Peisi’s sketches do not use too many words. He is good at using vivid body language to amuse the audience. This also fully demonstrated his profound acting skills, and Zhu Shimao's cooperation was also quite tacit. Starting from this sketch, the long-term cooperation between the two began.

Although the entire sketch lasted only 13 minutes, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao encountered great setbacks during rehearsals and wanted to give up three times. Until less than half an hour before the Spring Festival Gala live broadcast, the sketch had not been fully approved. In the end, director Huang Yihe resisted the pressure and agreed.

Huang Yihe spoke highly of "Eating Noodles". He said: ""Eating Noodles" is the first skit in the true sense of our Spring Festival Gala." In the history of Chinese literature and art, its status is There is no doubt about it.

2. "Recruitment"

In 1989, Huang Hong appeared on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, performing the sketch "Recruitment".

This is a script written by him. The actors include Xiao Lin, Shi Shengjie and Fang Qingzhuo. It tells the story of a company recruiting salesmen and requiring applicants to have the ability to drink. The result is self-defeating and causing trouble. There was a joke.

Xiao Lin plays the role of the recruitment manager. Shi Shengjie, Fang Qingzhuo and Huang Hong applied for the job one after another. They received the task of drinking. They were all drunk, but completely forgot about the tasks assigned by the manager. This sketch, firstly, reveals the principle of moderate drinking, and secondly, it satirizes the unhealthy trends in society.

As early as 1987, Huang Hong went to the Spring Festival Gala crew to apply for the sketch "Neighbors", but he failed to pass that time. It was not until 1989 that he got his wish, which also opened an era.

Sadly, the two actors in the sketch, Xiao Lin and Shi Shengjie, are no longer there.

Xiao Lin is a disciple of cross talk master Ma Ji. His original name was Zhao Xiaolin. He died of leukemia in 2015 at the age of 59. Shi Shengjie is a close disciple of Hou Baolin and is also Xiao Lin’s fellow disciple. , died in Harbin in 2018 at the age of 66 due to ineffective treatment.

3. "Protagonist and Supporting Role"

Chen Peisi has appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 11 times, 10 of which were with Zhu Shimao. The two have been working together throughout their lives. Good brother.

If "Eating Noodles" ushered in the era of sketches in the Spring Festival Gala, then the success of "Protagonist and Supporting Role" in 1990 was a sign that sketches officially replaced cross talk as the first protagonist of the Spring Festival Gala.

The inspiration for this sketch came from when Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao were creating sketches on a daily basis. Whenever they disagreed, Zhu Shimao would claim that he had played the leading role in a film studio, and laughed at Chen Peisi for being just a walk-on when he debuted.

The two used this daily dispute as a clue to write the story "Protagonist and Supporting Actor".

Director Huang Yihe spoke highly of this sketch and spared no effort to promote it to be included in the Spring Festival Gala.

However, the program reviewer believed that the story of letting the traitor play a positive role was a bit wrong, and hoped that it could be changed. Chen Peisi insisted that the Spring Festival Gala was for the common people to enjoy, and should not bear too much burden. He His persistence finally allowed the sketch to be presented to the audience in its original flavor.

4. "Blind Date"

Zhao Benshan was once the number one performer in the Spring Festival Gala sketches. His glorious life began in the 1990 Spring Festival Gala.

As early as 1988, Zhao Benshan took the sketch "Old and Young at Heart" to participate in the Spring Festival Gala review, but because there were too many dialects in the story, it was brushed off and was not submitted. This delay lasted for a year.

By the end of 1989, with the help of director Huang Yihe, "Old and Young at Heart" was approved after revision, and the name of the sketch was finally changed to "Blind Date".

The result can be said to be the peak of his debut and an instant hit.

Zhao Benshan was only 33 years old at the time, but he dressed up as a 58-year-old man in the sketch, which was also lifelike.

Some people say that Zhao Benshan’s signature trademark is the “three ugliness”, which are ugly appearance, ugly language and ugly movements. It is different from Chen Peisi’s style, but it is also unique and has been recognized by the audience.

Since this year, Zhao Benshan has appeared in the Spring Festival Gala 21 times, the most among sketch actors, and he has become the "Big Brother of the Spring Festival Gala".

5. "Grass Team"

"Grass Team", which appeared on the Spring Festival Gala in 1992, was selected by Guangdong TV Station, created by Wang Qing and other screenwriters, and directed by Ma Dalong.

The story tells that a film crew with financial difficulties received a 30,000 yuan sponsorship from the sponsor Mr. Hou (played by Guo Chang), but Mr. Hou wanted to insert advertisements into the film, which triggered a series of jokes.

Guo Chang and Pan Changjiang are collectively known as the North and South comedians, and their wonderful performances have been highly recognized by the audience.

Pan Changjiang became famous in the mainland because of this sketch, and his acting career has been smooth sailing ever since.

Guo Chang is the core character in the sketch, but his development space has been very limited since then, so he had to return to Guangdong TV station to continue to engage in TV drama performances that he is good at. He has participated in "Kaleidoscope", "Love" The Pearl River", "The Legend of Chen Mengji" and other well-known dramas.

In 2000, Guangdong TV launched the TV series "Foreign Wife, Local Man", in which Guo Chang played the second brother of the Kang family, Kang Qizong, turning an originally planned supporting role into the protagonist. The image is deeply rooted in people's hearts in Guangdong.

Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with gastric cancer in 2003, but continued to act despite the illness until his death at the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine on June 14, 2006, at the age of only 50.

6. "Playing Poker"

By 1994, Huang Hong's style had become increasingly mature. This year, Huang Hong brought the sketch "Playing Poker", which was adapted from a short novel and co-written by Huang Hong and Jiao Naiji.

The story tells the story of buyer K of Spades (played by Huang Hong) who meets his old classmate reporter J of Hearts (played by Hou Yaowen) on the train, and they "play poker" together for fun.

What’s interesting is that there are no real poker cards in the sketch, but the business cards carried by the two people. The social roles of the characters on the business cards are used to distinguish their “bigness”.

"A handful of small section chiefs", "Six division chiefs in charge of six section chiefs", "Now you give me the business card and I give it to you. Ten business cards are for nine managers, and only the remaining The next one is the assistant manager” - the witticisms in the sketch are amazing, and the social phenomena and real-life problems hidden behind the vivid story are thought-provoking.

This sketch that criticizes current ills is still often mentioned by netizens, which is enough to prove that good works are not only contagious, but also have vitality.

Sadly, Hou Yaowen died of sudden myocardial infarction on June 23, 2007, at the age of only 59.

7. "Packaged Like This"

Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin are both familiar faces from the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. In 1995, they collaborated on the sketch "Packaged Like This".

The story tells that Zhao Lirong, who sings Pingxi opera, is favored by a packaging company and wants to cooperate in launching a rap version of Pingxi opera "Flower as Matchmaker-Report the Flower's Name". The two parties' differences in concepts have caused all kinds of jokes.

"Packaging" was a fashionable keyword at the time. Shi Lin and Shen Yongnian grasped this theme and created the script of "Packaging Like This".

The creativity of combining traditional opera and rap art in the work was also very inspiring at that time.

When Zhao Lirong was young, she suffered a leg injury due to long-term troupe performances. Whenever the weather was cold, this old injury continued to torture her. At the end of the skit, Zhao Lirong suddenly stumbled and knelt on one knee after a rap dance. This action was not intentionally designed, but an accident caused by her leg injury at the time, which made the performance more vivid.

Gong Hanlin is the apprentice of the famous cross talk master Tang Jiezhong. Starting from the skit "Playing Mahjong" in the 1990 Spring Festival Gala, he has stood on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for 17 years.

Among them, his collaboration with Zhao Lirong is the most classic. The combination of one old, one young, one fat and one thin can bring a sense of intimacy to the audience every time they stand on the stage.

8. "Robot Fun"

Perhaps many netizens don't know that director Feng Xiaogang also created sketches for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in the 1990s, including "Robot Fun" in 1996. "Words" is the most classic one. For people at that time, "robot" was a new word and full of imagination.

In this sketch with a sci-fi temperament, Cai Ming uses his superb acting skills to show us a vivid image of a future intelligent robot.

Works such as "Before inputting the correct program, all robots are seventh-level judo", "You look like Cai Ming, let's just call you Caihua", "I'll give you a gift", etc. The lines are all golden sayings that have been passed down to this day.

Guo Da has appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 20 times and is also a veteran familiar to the audience. His unique high-pitched voice and tall image are impressive. In addition, he is also the genuine Guo Da.

Cai Ming has appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 27 times and contributed as many as 28 works to us. Her TV series "Sister Ma" launched in 2000 is a classic among indoor sitcoms. .

9. "The Adventures of Working"

In 1996, Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin once again stood on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala to bring us the companion piece of "Packaging Like This" "The Adventures of Working" .

The story tells the story of Zhao Lirong, an old lady who wanted to find a job as a dishwasher, but met the sinister manager (played by Gong Hanlin) of the "Queen Mother Restaurant" Western restaurant.

The manager wanted to package her as the "Empress Dowager Cixi" who promoted wine and food. However, because Zhao Lirong couldn't stand the way Western restaurants were driving up prices to make shady money, she finally reported it to the Price Bureau and left "genuine products" After four words, he walked away.

In the original script, Zhao Lirong had to write eight words on the spot with her wrist hanging from her wrist: "The child is innocent and the goods are genuine", but due to time constraints, it was finally reduced to four words "The goods are genuine".

Zhao Lirong has been illiterate since she was a child. In order to write well, she practiced countless times at home using old newspapers under the guidance of a calligrapher. The professionalism of the old actor is really touching.

Zhao Lirong has appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 8 times. Every sketch she has participated in is a masterpiece in language programs. The last time she appeared was in the 1999 Spring Festival Gala sketch "Veteran Goes Out".

On July 17, 2000, Zhao Lirong died of lung cancer at the age of 72. The classic works she left behind are still loved by audiences today.

10. "Selling Kidnapping"

"Selling Kidnapping" in the 2001 CCTV Spring Festival Gala is a masterpiece by Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei and Gao Xiumin.

In the story, Zhao Benshan, a big scammer, wanted to sell a pair of kidnappers that he had no use at home to Fan Wei, who worked as a chef. After a period of deception, Fan Wei finally stupidly bought the pair of kidnappers.

The sketch was lively, interesting, relaxed and natural. It not only brought joy to the audience, but also satirized the deceptive tricks in society. It also became the most popular program of the year.

When Fan Wei debuted, he followed Zhao Benshan to perform everywhere and collaborated with Gao Xiumin for many years. Later, he left Zhao Benshan and entered the film and television industry. After many years of hard work, he finally became a well-known movie star in the mainland.

Zhao Benshan has also starred in masterpieces such as "Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots". Despite his advanced age over the years, he is still focused on his TV series "Liu Laogen" series.

Gao Xiumin is a duo actor from Northeast China. She first appeared in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1994, presenting the audience with the sketch "Code". On August 18, 2005, Gao Xiumin died of a sudden heart attack at 4 a.m. at the age of 46.

When we look back on these works now, we will still be infected by the vivid plots and applaud the actors' performances. These sketches at that time were all based on real life creations, with the creator's thoughts and emotions, and had the ability to reflect life and criticize current ills.

Many of these outstanding actors have passed away. While we feel sorry for them, we will also miss them even more because of the works they left behind.

(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Hot-Blooded Heart)