Career
In 1987, Vincent Lagaf", who had just arrived in Paris, came to national attention as a comedian when he appeared on the television show (Louisiana Classe) aimed at discovering young comedians. With his first one-man show, Lagaf" became popular thanks to the song "Bo le lavabo", which was a success in France in 1990. A year later, he had a similar success with "Louisiana Zoubida" which was in the list of the 100 best-selling singles in France during the 1990s.
(A side-scrolling platform game developed by (Titus Interactive based on this song was also produced – Titus the Fox).
Until 1995, working with the producer Hervé Hubert, he continued to act in many sketches on stage or for television and to interpret new funny songs like Casse toi and Sweet Georgia Brown. In 1995, he played the part of Scipion in the play Le Surbook.
In 1996, for French television channel TF1, he began hosting game shows. In 1998, he adapted Let"s Make a Deal for the French audience.
He hosted Le Bigdil for six years with a virtual alien called Bill and his beautiful dancing girls Les Gafettes.
In 2000, Lagaf" and Hubert sold their companies to Endemol. In 2006, Lagaf" stopped hosting and producing television shows to take a sabbatical year. In 2008, he played the first leading role in the movie Le Baltringue.
In 2009, after a tour with a new play Pourquoi Moi?!, he returned television with a new version of The Price Is Right (Le Juste Prix), produced by Hubert who now works with Fremantle Media.
In 2011, he hosted the French version of the English gameshow Ant & December"s Push the Button. In 2016, Lagaf quit TF1.
