Personal message: I was lucky enough to walk on the stage and give my luck to the audience, which made the audience laugh a brilliant life.
Li Shuhao: Sweet and sour. Interview with famous comedians in Chaoshan.
Mention the name Li Shuhao, some people may not be familiar with it, and even fewer people know his many auras and titles. But when it comes to "water-based brother", it is a household name in Chaoshan area, and some people can even tell the roles in many of his sketches. In the early 1980s, he began to perform sketches. After 20 years of competition, tempered by many comedians and sketches of various styles, Li Shuhao's performance today has its own style, which is loved and accepted by Chaoshan audience. Recently, on the recommendation of a friend, the author went to Li Shuhao. His humor made me sit in front of the TV and watch the one-act play of Water Brother.
In the impression of many people, you are an outstanding "bad guy" in Chaoshan entertainment circle, such as "garbage boy" in Heroes Save the Beauty and "turtle snake dragon" in Summer Rain. Of course, you have also played many simple and lovely good people, such as "water brother" in "Water Brother Selling Vinegar" and "New 72 Tenants", but in fact, dramas and sketches. What's going on here?
(hereinafter referred to as "Li"): That's right. I'm not afraid to tell you that my official occupation is a funeral worker. "People cry during the day and laugh at night" is the best interpretation of my two professions. After joining the work, I worked in the catering industry for nearly 20 years. Finally, I felt that this kind of work was not suitable for giving full play to my specialty, so I applied to the leader and asked to be transferred to the funeral home. At that time, many people found it unreasonable. In fact, besides art, funeral work is also my specialty, because I used to have neighbors who specialize in helping people with funerals. I got acquainted with them and learned this doorway, so I often came to help in my spare time. In retrospect, it's really funny. At first, I was a little scared because of psychological problems. When I put the shroud on the dead, I crept for fear of touching the body, and gradually got used to it. If obstetrics and gynecology is the starting line of life, then the funeral home is the terminal of life. I am honored to get this job. If there were no funeral workers, this society would be incomplete!
Over the years, you have been active on the stage and screen of Chaoshan, and you have become a famous Chaoshan comedian with your vivid and humorous sketch role. How did you embark on this artistic path?
Li: Open the genealogy. It can be said that no one in our generation has ever worked in literature and art, but my acting career is due to a cross talk called Jiang Tu and Lin Tu. Yes 1976, I went to work in Shantou building instead of my father. That year, Shantou Catering Service Company held a get-together and asked all catering service departments to rehearse their programs. I thought I liked singing and dancing since I was a child, and I had a good sense of humor in my life, so the leader arranged for me to rehearse a cross talk with a colleague called Jiang Tu and Lin Tu. At the party, my performance was well received by employees in the industry, and it was this performance that started my acting career. Soon, Lin, director of Shantou Cultural Center, found me and invited me to participate in amateur performances. 1979, I was invited to Shantou Radio Station on Changping Road, and recorded my cross talk "Still Good" as a radio program for the first time. The crosstalk I said, with the help of that thin wire, spread all over Shantou! Since then, every weekend, I have been invited to the Workers' Cultural Palace to perform cross talk programs for the masses.
In my impression, you have many aliases, such as water chicken, Yan tiger and so on. Can you tell me the origin of these names?
Li: My father is a waiter in a restaurant. When I was born, my father used to get some chicken skin and toes from the kitchen and go home to mend my mother's body. The neighbor joked with my dad, "Your wife ate so many water chickens, so don't have a water chicken in the future!" " In addition, when I was young, I liked to sleep on my stomach. The family naturally remembered the appearance of "water chicken", so the nickname "water chicken" was called away by everyone. Even later, people in the audience called me that, but I forgot my name, Li Shuhao.
In the early 1980s, Shantou Hongqi Repertory Theatre staged a drama called "There is nothing wrong with karma" in the urban area, in which I played the role of a hooligan. There is a wonderful episode in this play, which was later adapted into a sketch, named "Heroes Save America", and recorded into a large VCD for distribution in the market. Some lines, such as "five Liang on the head, three Liang on the jaw, four Liang on the ear, and four yuan for parting (ribs)", are still talked about by people. This is also my first time on the screen. Later, he created many works. Every time I come out with a sketch, some citizens directly call me by the names of the characters in the play, such as tortoise, snake, dragon, tiger and garbage boy. ...