Jean-Yves Lafesse

Jean-Yves Lafesse, stage name of Jean-Yves Lambert (13 March 1957 – 22 July 2021), was a French actor and humorist. He was known for making prank calls, as well as hidden camera pranks. Biography Lafesse was born in Pontivy. He left Brittany in 1974. He travelled for four years through Djibouti, Italy, and England, where he joined the punk counterculture in 1976. During his youth, he was a footballer for Stade pontivyen, and he played as a defender. Lafesse studied film at the from 1978 to 1981. In 1981, he became a radio show host for , , and . In 1984, he joined Radio Nova, for which he began making prank calls. In 1985, Lafesse joined Europe 1 and Canal+, as well as France 2, TF1, France 3, M6, Paris Première, and Télévision Suisse Romande for the radio show Lafestival. For , he hosted a show called Radio carotte, in which he pranked passersby through placing a carrot in their hands. He became known for using his pinky finger as an imitation microphone.