After seven seasons and 945 programs, Andreu Buenafuente has said goodbye this Thursday to ‘Late motive‘(Movistar +), in a night of surprises, memories of the program’s history and unexpected interventions such as that of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
“I wanted to convey my gratitude to you for all these years in which you have been working and promoting culture, live music, cinema, comedy. Many nights you have made us go to bed with a smile, and that is a gift that you have, “said the president, who intervened by video call.
A luxury surprise guest
The singer Joan Manuel Serrat, what has been the surprise guest of the night, has chatted on set with the presenter, who did not know who was going to appear. The surprise factor has been the king in the last week of the show, with guests such as the filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, who appeared on the air on Wednesday.
The teacher of teachers, Joan Manuel Serrat, last guest of Late Motiv.
Eternally grateful to each and every one of them. pic.twitter.com/gBgZLpkbzG
– Late Motiv in Movistar + (@LateMotivCero) December 23, 2021
With the end of ‘Late Motiv’ one of the referent programs of the ‘late night‘in Spain, of the few that remained of this so popular genre in United States. Also one of the few programs that are still done live, in an age of platforms with “canned” products and televisions with less and less space for improvisation.
Fired
Instead of stoking politicians and other characters and taking a sarcastic balance of current affairs, as he has done every night in his opening monologue, Buenafuente has dedicated his last start to his own fired, although without transcendental speeches because “the work you do already speaks for you.”
“I believe that what is needed at this moment is less epic and more heart, and in my heart I have spent six years in which I fell in love with the profession, thousands of laughs and some colleagues whom I consider my friends and my family “, said the 56-year-old journalist.
“Laughing is the only way out”
The communicator has thanked Movistar + for making the project possible and “to you for choosing a moment of comedy in the midst of a time of noise and fury and the hardest difficulties that we have all experienced. But we have come this far and we will continue because laughing is the only way out and the way “, he said.
One of the most emotional moments of the night has been when the presenter’s daughter has appeared on set, dressed as “Shrek’s girl”, the character played by her mother, the comedian Silvia Abril, who has not been able to be on set for be confined but has entered by video call.
Buenafuente still has a great future. Joana Buenafuente at least.
Yes, this is television history. pic.twitter.com/QRhIF96HMt
– Late Motiv in Movistar + (@LateMotivCero) December 23, 2021
Advice from his daughter Joana
“Continue practicing intelligent humor” has been the advice that Joana, nine years old, has given to her father, the 2020 National Television Award, who will continue to join Movistar + in other projects on the platform, according to the company.
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On this night the presenter was accompanied by several of the program’s collaborators, including Javier Coronas, Laura Márquez, Carlo Padial, Raúl Cimas, Raúl Pérez or Berto Romero.
“We’ll see each other. I don’t know where but I’m sure we’re going to mess it up,” said the presenter before saying goodbye to his band and hanging his jacket on a late-night hunk, with a clown’s nose.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com