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21-903: Chalus can refer to: Places [ edit ] Châlus , a commune in the Haute-Vienne département of France Chalus, Puy-de-Dôme , a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme département of France Chalus, Iran , a city in Mazandaran province of Iran Chalus County , an administrative subdivision of Mazandaran Province of Iran Chalus Road , in Iran Chalus River , in Iran People [ edit ] Matěj Chaluš , Czech footballer See also [ edit ] Calus (disambiguation) Callus (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

42-483: A circumference of 13.3 m, is in a private garden. Inhabitants are known as Chalusiens . Raymond de Châlus takes part in the 1st crusade of Saint Louis in 1250. Pierre Desproges Pierre Desproges ( French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ depʁɔʒ] ; 9 May 1939 – 18 April 1988) was a French humorist . He was born in Pantin , Seine-Saint-Denis . According to himself, he made no significant achievements before

63-537: A policy Development and economic, social and cultural development. Its actions are also aimed at enhancing local resources with a view to sustainable development, improving the quality of water and hydrosystems at the level of the three headlands of the Périgord-Limousin watersheds, preserving the Biodiversity and the fight against global warming. The headquarters of this public establishment, which endeavors to boost

84-417: A third stand-up, and the drafts were ultimately published in 2010. In 1987, doctors discovered he had inoperable lung cancer in an advanced stage, and his relatives, in agreement with the doctors, decided to hide the condition from him, so he could spend his final days quietly. He died in 1988, from a disease he had bitterly laughed at time and time again, often saying "I won't have cancer: I'm against it". He

105-762: Is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris . His family publicly announced his death with the sentence (which he had prepared): "Pierre Desproges est mort d'un cancer, étonnant, non ?" ("Pierre Desproges died of cancer, astonishing, isn't it?") Pierre Desproges is the author of many memorable quotes, in particular "you can laugh about everything, but not with everyone". Although Pierre Desproges never actually wrote it in his texts, he did confirm that "I do think that we can laugh at everything, but not necessarily with everyone.". The quote comes initially from an "indictment" that Desproges pronounced as "Prosecutor of

126-423: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ch%C3%A2lus Richard I, King of England was besieging Châlus in 1199 when Pierre Basile wounded him with a crossbow bolt; Richard died of the wound. In 1275-1280, Géraud de Maumont built a second castle, Châlus Maulmont, in front of Châlus Chabrol. Chateau Châlus Maulmont was damaged extensively during

147-520: The French Revolution , and was dismantled in 1790, then used as a prison. The tower of Châlus Maulmont collapsed on 20 March 1994. By 1745, the first map, in the 1/8628th, of Châlus is established to appear in the atlas of Trudaine for the majority of Limoges, with the portion of road at the level of La-Ribière going to Châlus of the Big road from Limoges to Périgueux and with the portion of road reaching

168-583: The French Republic" against far-right Jean-Marie Le Pen on 28 September 1982 at Tribunal des flagrants délires on France Inter radio. In the first part of his speech, Desproges declares: "Two questions haunt me. First, can we laugh at everything? Secondly, can we laugh with anyone?". His answer to the first question is "yes, undoubtly". He adds that not only we "can" laugh at everything but that we "must" laugh at everything to "desacralize our stupidity, exorcise our true sorrows and beat our mortal anxieties". To

189-587: The French term "flagrant délit" meaning red-handed), a comedy show where celebrities were judged in mock-trials. Desproges held the part of the prosecutor for more than two years, a part for which his verve, his scathing humour and his literary erudition were ideally suited. In 1982, he created La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède , a series of shorts for TV, where he played an omniscient professor. He answered to metaphysical and nonsensical questions such as "How to make King Louis XVI fireproof?", proved that Beethoven

210-411: The age of 30. From 1967 to 1970, he worked as: life insurance salesman, opinion pool investigator, "lonely hearts" columnist , horse racing forecaster, and sales manager for a styrofoam beam company. From 1970 to 1976, he worked for the newspaper L'Aurore . Starting in 1975, he became a "reporter" on Le petit rapporteur (The Little Snitch), a satirical TV show hosted by Jacques Martin . He caught

231-515: The broadcast, where Pierre Desproges explains: "I think we have the right to laugh at everything. But to laugh with anyone, maybe not. (...) Laughter is an outlet and I do not understand why we should not laugh at what hurts. Things hurt less when we laugh". Desproges reformulates his ideas the following year, in November 1983, in his book Vivons heureux en attendant la mort (Let us live happy while we wait to die): "It's better to laugh at Auschwitz with

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252-539: The former Grand Hôtel du Midi, Place de la Fountain , on 16 August 1908, whilst tracing the route of Richard I of England, on a cycling tour of France in preparation for his thesis: The Influence of the crusades on the European military architecture at the end of the XIIth century . Châlus constitutes the framework or the geographical reference of novels and essays, such as Women who fall from Pierre Desproges , or Quadrille on

273-614: The identity and social ties of the Périgord-Limousin region, is located in the Mas-Nadaud castle in Pageas . Châlus has a castle named Château de Châlus-Chabrol and a ruined castle named Château de Châlus-Maulmont. Richard's entrails are still preserved in the chapel, and there is a medieval garden. Other attractions of the village include a museum dedicated to the chestnut . The biggest Giant sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) in Europe, with

294-424: The lakes of Haute- Charente ), two départements ( Dordogne and Haute-Vienne), and formerly two regions, Aquitaine and Limousin, merged into one in 2016: Nouvelle-Aquitaine . According to its two fundamental principles "Better living on a quality territory" and "Better living through controlled development", the park aims to protect and enhance the natural, cultural and human heritage of its territory by implementing

315-791: The majority of Périgord. During the First World War, in 1917, American troops stationed in Chalus and maintained contacts with the population. Tradition reports that the American soldiers dynamited the rock of Richard Heart of Lion in order to bring back a portion in the United States . She also reports that an Alsatian refugee provoked a public scandal by addressing the one who had just attempted her reputation: Dare once to repeat that you saw me beat by an American! T. E. Lawrence , who would later be known as Lawrence of Arabia, celebrated his 20th birthday at

336-502: The public's attention with unconventional interviews of celebrities, among them novelists Françoise Sagan or Jean-Edern Hallier . He appeared for the first time on stage at the Olympia theater during a Thierry Le Luron show. Among other things, he became very famous for his Chroniques de la haine ordinaire (Chronicles of Ordinary Hatred), a 1986 radio show. In the 1980s, he appeared daily on Le tribunal des flagrants délires (a pun on

357-424: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chalus&oldid=1105962949 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

378-438: The second question, he answers "it's difficult", in the sense that he, Pierre Desproges, does not want to laugh with anyone, especially the guest of that day, Jean-Marie Le Pen. Pierre Desproges later adds that laughing with "a practicing Stalinist", a "hysterical terrorist" or "far-right activist" is beyond his abilities. The French magazine Télérama published an interview of Pierre Desproges on 24 November 1982, two months after

399-640: The siege of Châlus by Richard Cœur de Lion, played by Richard Harris . The first few minutes of Ridley Scott's Robin Hood , with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett , opening the 2010 Cannes Film Festival , restore the battle of Châlus. Châlus is located in the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park, a public establishment created in 1998 to protect and develop a large rural area with 50,500 inhabitants over 180,000 hectares and which includes 78 municipalities (More than one "associated territory",

420-621: The tower of Georges-Emmanuel Clancier . She is also quoted in Robert Margerit 's Land of Wolves , as well as in Volume 7, When a King Loses France, Cursed Kings of Maurice Druon or in the Richard Lionheart of Walter Scott . Twice, in 1976 and 2010, the Hollywood cinema evokes Chalus. The film La Rose et la Flèche / Robin and Marian (1976), with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn , opens on

441-599: Was not deaf but stupid, and explained why the improbable encounter between the Venus de Milo and Saint Exupéry 's ' Petit Prince ' was a fiasco. Each episode ended with the catchphrase: "Étonnant, non ?" ("Astonishing, isn't it?") In 1984, he had his first stand-up show at the Théâtre Fontaine. In 1986, his second stand-up, Pierre Desproges se donne en spectacle was presented at the Théâtre Grévin . He started work on

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