Many cross-talk actors who were somewhat famous in the 1980s and 1990s are now entering old age. The one I want to talk about today is Tang Aiguo, a famous shandong cross-talk artist.
Mentioning this name may not be clear to many people, but if you talk about his masterpiece "Lazy Sugar Gourd", everyone should have more impressions.
At that time, he was wearing a torn cotton jacket, with both hands in his sleeves, showing the image of a rural slacker who made people hate and feel cute, making the sugar gourd also become a more distinctive image in the cross-talk works of that time.
But in addition, people's impression of Tang Aiguo's works is not deep. Nowadays, Tang Aiguo rarely appears on the stage, and he is more than 60 years old.
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Tang Aiguo often speaks Shandong dialect in cross-talk performances, and it is no wonder that he is a native of Jinan, Shandong Province, and has his own research on the language of his hometown.
When he was a teenager, Tang Aiguo enlisted in the army and joined the propaganda team of a certain department of the Jinan Military Region, and in his early 20s, he entered the song and art team of the avant-garde song and dance troupe of the Jinan Military Region as a professional cross-talk actor.
In the early days, Tang Aiguo had a cross-talk called "Amusement Dream", which once caused a certain response. It's about someone who opened a big playground in a rural area, and an old man who ventured into various rides and ended up walking up to the staff in a daze and saying, "You give me money."
The other party did not understand, saying that you should give money how we give money. The old man said: What? I have suffered such a great sin and you will let me give you money?
It's a joke to say, but it's also a bit of a poke in people's psychology. For many people, the scary experiences in the playground are ones that make people suffer rather than enjoy. And for most people, it's all about taking risks and enjoying themselves.
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Then we have to talk about the main point, that is, the cross-talk "Lazy Sugar Gourd". The reason why people remember it is directly related to the fact that it is a series of cross-talk works.
At that time, in the "Quyuan Zatan" program and some evening parties, Tang Aiguo and his partner Qi Liqiang successively performed several cross-talks named after him. Every time Tang Aiguo appeared in the image of a torn cotton jacket, coupled with the mixed expression on his face remained unchanged, so the image in the audience's mind was constantly strengthened, and the sugar gourd also became a more significant cross-talk image. In today's parlance, the sugar gourd is lying flat.
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In those years, Tang Aiguo participated in many cross-talk competitions and won the title of one of the top ten comedians in the country in the 1990s. Of course, the influence of this appraisal activity is far less than that of Ma Ji and others who won the top ten comedians in the 1980s.
Most of The works performed by Tang Aiguo reflect rural life and also pay attention to social contradictions, and some of the lines are still relatively bold, so in the mid-1990s, they were also relatively well-known cross-talk actors.
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After talking for half a day, then who is Tang Aiguo's master? Some people may not think that it is Jiang Kun. In fact, tang aiguo is only seven years younger than Jiang Kun, and such an age difference is generally the relationship between the master and the brothers. For example, Feng Gong is Jiang Kun's disciple, and Feng Gong is the same age as Tang Aiguo, both born in 1957. But the difference is that Feng Gongguan calls Jiang Kun Brother, but Tang Aiguo must call Master.
Coincidence, coupled with the rules of the cross-talk industry, this is also a reality that needs to be accepted. Tang Aiguo was in his 30s when he performed "Lazy Sugar Gourd" on TV, and now he is over the age of 64, and he rarely appears on stage.
How, do you remember the way sugar gourd speaks in Shandong dialect, making people feel angry and ridiculous?