Is Zou Dejiang’s rare appearance and disappearance at the height of his power related to Zhao Benshan?
On the evening of July 23, the long-awaited former CCTV host, famous cross talk actor, and sketch actor Zou Dejiang made a rare appearance and recorded a video with actor Du Xudong to congratulate the Long March 5 for carrying Mars exploration. The rocket was launched successfully. In the video, Zou Dejiang is dressed in simple clothes and looks a little downcast. He once was at the height of his power but disappeared. Is it because of Zhao Benshan?
In the video, Zou Dejiang is wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt, and the shirt is so thin that you can see the vest underneath. The key is that the clothes are full of wrinkles, although Zou Dejiang is very energetic. Full, but this outfit still looks a little sloppy and downtrodden. Of course, seeing Zou Dejiang's current situation, he has to mention the grudge between him and Zhao Benshan!
Zou Dejiang is a soldier and a native of the Northeast. Although Zou Dejiang rarely appears in the public eye today, but more than 20 years ago, Zou Dejiang was a man of the hour. Some of you may still remember that there was a CCTV A very popular variety show is called "Quyuan Zatan", which is mainly a show based on sketches and crosstalk. At that time, the show had high ratings. Before Deyun Club became famous, it was already a mainstream media program in the crosstalk and sketch world. Zou Dejiang was a regular guest on this show at that time. He and Lan Cheng starred in the sketch series "Smart Drama Manager". The two combined cross talk and sketches and were deeply loved by the audience, especially Zou Dejiang's unique skills of imitating singles. Teacher Tian Fang's weather forecast is still fresh in the audience's memory. Do you still think of that classic parody? Sometimes you are cold and you love colds. How do you know when it is windy or rainy? Next, we will show you the weather and forecast?!
Zou Dejiang was really famous at the time. Later, because of his outstanding cross talk skills, he became a disciple of Shi Shengjie. Through his performance in the "Smart Drama Manager" series of sketches, Zou Dejiang became more and more popular. After that, he began to develop into the field of hosting, and began to host CCTV's "Weekend Happy Encounter". This is also a variety show similar to "Quyuan Zatan", which also aims to discover comedy talents and bring joy to the audience.
Zou Dejiang, who had outstanding performance in cross talk sketches and hosting, disappeared when he was at the height of his popularity. However, there have been rumors on the Internet that he disappeared from the entertainment industry because of his conflict with Zhao Benshan!
The thing is like this. In 2004, CCTV organized a cross talk sketch contest. At that time, Zou Dejiang, as a leader in the field and the host of CCTV's "Weekend Happy Encounter", was invited to be a judge of the sketch contest. Zhao Benshan and his apprentices Zhang Xiaofei and He Meiling also participated in this sketch competition. The program must have passed the first review, but when it was performed again, it was stopped by Zou Dejiang because of the addition of vulgar performances. This incident caused strong dissatisfaction with Zhao Benshan.
Zhao Benshan was also a key figure in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala at that time. In the eyes of the audience, it was equivalent to the Spring Festival Gala. Without Zhao Benshan's sketches, it would not be called the Spring Festival Gala. Therefore, Zhao Benshan's status in CCTV is very important. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Zou Dejiang could only be a victim and has since faded out of the audience's sight.
As for whether Zou Dejiang's disappearance was due to pressure from Zhao Benshan, Zhao Benshan did get angry because Zou Dejiang stopped his apprentice's performance. Zhao Benshan also said this in a later interview on the show. He said I don’t regret my anger. Even if I am banned by CCTV, I still have to vent this anger on my apprentice!
Comedy talent Zou Dejiang is in decline and no one cares about him. Is it because of Zhao Benshan? You readers can analyze it yourself.