Guy Mongrain
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Guy Mongrain is a Canadian
game show host and former reporter. He is mostly known to host several popular Quebec
television games on the network TVA
for the past 20 years.
Mongrain started his media career as a news radio anchor
in 1977 and made his television debut in 1981 he was a contributor to several shows on TVA including Midi Soleil, Bonjour matin and Samedi magazine. Mongrain hosted a quiz game for the first time in 1987 when hosting Quebec a la carte which has a quiz game related to Quebec
tourism. He hosted the show for less than a year while it ended in 1988. Then he would later host Charivari
for over four years until 1992. We would later host Fort Boyard
from 1994 to 2001 as well as Vingt-et-un which lasted only one season. Since 1993, he is the host of the Loto-Quebec
televised lottery game La Poule aux oeufs d'or
.
For over 12 years from 1991 to 2004, he was also the host of the TVA morning show Salut Bonjour which included news, editorials, entertainment and various guests and special events.
He also had minor cameo appearances in several television series including Sous les jacquettes in 2005 and Taxi 0-22 in 2007.
In popular culture, Guy Mongrain is known for being a poor joker. Guy Mongrain's jokes are known for not being funny, and he is often the only one to laugh to his own jokes. In an episode of "Salut, Bonjour!", he was once remotely talking to a weather girl who was outside. Mongrain talked to her and the girl asked him "Are you talking to me?". He responded "No, I'm talking to the trees all around you.".
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
game show host and former reporter. He is mostly known to host several popular Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
television games on the network TVA
TVA (TV network)
TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...
for the past 20 years.
Mongrain started his media career as a news radio anchor
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
in 1977 and made his television debut in 1981 he was a contributor to several shows on TVA including Midi Soleil, Bonjour matin and Samedi magazine. Mongrain hosted a quiz game for the first time in 1987 when hosting Quebec a la carte which has a quiz game related to Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
tourism. He hosted the show for less than a year while it ended in 1988. Then he would later host Charivari
Charivari
Charivari is the term for a French folk custom in which the community gave a noisy, discordant mock serenade, also pounding on pots and pans, at the home of newlyweds. The loud, public ritual evolved to a form of social coercion, for instance, to force an as-yet-unmarried couple to wed...
for over four years until 1992. We would later host Fort Boyard
Fort Boyard
Fort Boyard is a fort located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits, on the west coast of France. Though a fort on Boyard bank was suggested as early as the 17th century, it was not until the 1800s under Napoleon Bonaparte that work began.-Layout:Fort...
from 1994 to 2001 as well as Vingt-et-un which lasted only one season. Since 1993, he is the host of the Loto-Quebec
Loto-Québec
Loto-Québec is a government agency that develops and operates lotteries in the province of Quebec, Canada.-Loto-Québec's mission:Loto-Québec is a Québec government corporation whose mandate is to operate games of chance in the province in an orderly and measured way. It was created in 1969 to...
televised lottery game La Poule aux oeufs d'or
La Poule aux oeufs d'or
La Poule aux oeufs d'or is the title of two different Canadian television game shows broadcast during two different periods....
.
For over 12 years from 1991 to 2004, he was also the host of the TVA morning show Salut Bonjour which included news, editorials, entertainment and various guests and special events.
He also had minor cameo appearances in several television series including Sous les jacquettes in 2005 and Taxi 0-22 in 2007.
In popular culture, Guy Mongrain is known for being a poor joker. Guy Mongrain's jokes are known for not being funny, and he is often the only one to laugh to his own jokes. In an episode of "Salut, Bonjour!", he was once remotely talking to a weather girl who was outside. Mongrain talked to her and the girl asked him "Are you talking to me?". He responded "No, I'm talking to the trees all around you.".