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Papa Lazarou is a fictional character in the BBC TV comedy programme ''The League of Gentlemen.'' He appeared in three episodes – the first episode in the second series, the Christmas special, and the final episode of the third series – and in the film ''The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse.'' The character is part-written by and played by Reece Shearsmith. Papa Lazarou has been listed as both the 8th and 14th most popular sketch of all time with British audiences, according to The Radio Times and Channel 4 respectively. ==Character== Papa Lazarou is a demonic circus master and collector of wives. He has a rasping voice, an indefinable accent, and a face like an inverted whiteface clown's make up. In his first appearance he runs the Pandemonium Carnival, and has three diminutive helpers called Simba, Pebbil and Tiktik. He is seen to collect wives by forcing his way into women's homes posing as a humble peg-seller, then talking gibberish at them until they hand over their wedding ring. Once they do this he exclaims, "You're my wife now!" Despite originally only appearing in one episode the character instantly became one of the most popular, and returned in the third series. He also has important supporting roles in the Christmas special and ''The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse'', and appears in both of the League's live shows. The character is one of the most bizarre and mysterious of the League's. Some of the women in his 'book of wives', seen in series three, appear to have lived over a century ago. This hints at the character's unnatural lifespan. He has the supernatural gift of being able to speak with the voices of deceased people he has never met. However he cannot commune with the dead, as evidenced in the unconvincing medium act he performed when his circus came to Royston Vasey. His first visit to the town ends when the noses of the circus audience start bleeding simultaneously. Out-weirded by Royston Vasey, he and the other circus performers flee. When he returns it is in the guise of Keith Drop, an actor whose identity he stole. As Keith, he gets a job at the charity shop. This leads to his discovery when the husband of one of Lazarou's abductees finds some of his wife's jewellery among Keith's donations. Lazarou evades capture however, and it is revealed that he imprisons his wives and anyone who tries to follow him inside circus animals. In the third series audio commentary the League revealed this is just one of a number of things (many of which haven't been shown) that he does with his captives. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Papa Lazarou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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