在新中国成立后相当长的一段时间里,侯宝林一直是相声界的领军人物。这不仅源于他任职于中央广播说唱团,身处政治文化中心北京,较之其他城市拥有得天独厚的地缘优势;也不仅源于他多次走进中南海,为党和国家领导人说相声,而且是为毛泽东等领导人表演相声次数最多、也最受喜爱的演员,因此得到官方的重视;也不仅源于他桃李满天下,得意弟子马季、郝爱民、师胜杰,以及再传弟子姜昆、赵炎、冯巩等 For a long time since the founding of new China, Hou Baolin has been a leader in the world of comic dialogue. This stems not only from his serving as a central radio rapist, but also as a political and cultural center in Beijing, which enjoys a unique geographical advantage over other cities. He also came not only from his repeated visits to Zhongnanhai, but also in the dialogues between the party and state leaders, and Is the highest number of comic dialogue for Mao Zedong and other performers, and therefore get the official attention; not only from his plum and the world, proud disciples Ma Ji, Hao Aimin, Shi Shengjie, and re-disciple Jiang Kun , Zhao Yan, Feng Gong and so on