Rémi Gaillard

Rémi Gaillard ( born February 7, 1975 in Montpellier ) is a French comedian who became known for his media pranks documented the status of an Internet celebrity. The family name " Gaillard ", which is a stage name means in German translates as " wag ". Gaillard began in 1999 after he lost his job as a shoe salesman, published over 100 videos on free video sharing sites with the shooting of his pranks and has to this day.

Motto

Gaillard's motto is: C'est quoi qu'on devient en faisant n'importe n'importe qui!

Due to the ambiguity of the expression quoi n'importe are two possible translations into German: " By making anything, you will just anyone! " Or " By fooling around, you will be somebody! "

This motto can be found every time at the end of his videos and has become his trademark. His website is called nimportequi.com accordingly.

Appearances

• In May 2002, Gaillard attracted the attention of the French media, as he dressed at the end of the final of the French Cup football as a player of the winning team FC Lorient, came onto the field and was able to attend the subsequent ceremonies. He held the cup and even shook the hand of then-President Jacques Chirac.
• On 27 July 2002, he introduced himself while playing the French national anthem in the number of players in the men's volleyball national team. He was not to be noticed, the same jersey as the players, but which had no back number. Euro Sport rendered this event live.
• Gaillard presented on his website his parodies (such as Mario Kart, Pacman or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ) and own skits.
• Gaillard's biggest mark on the video on YouTube is Mario Kart with over 50 million views.

Commercial partners

2007 Gaillard has made ​​several videos for the soft drink Orangina and the sporting goods manufacturer Nike, with the aim to spread via the Internet surfers on the Web continues ( viral marketing ). Also for the Rasiermarke Nobacter he turned respective videos.