Rire & Chansons Collectors

Rire & Chansons Collectors is the deep-archive arm of a French comedy institution, and it's a goldmine if you grew up on Les Inconnus and Coluche. The playlist runs on sketches, not songs. As French radio goes, it's an oddity: no chart, no hits, just voices. Think Pierre Desproges at his most acidic, Raymond Devos tying language in knots, and the odd bit of Gad Elmaleh or Florence Foresti for anyone who prefers their laughs more recent. Skip the filler. Nothing here is a hits-only rotation. It's a station that rewards patience. Some bits are forty years old and still land harder than anything…