[1] In 1987 Loiri published another album, Voi hyvä tavaton ("Oh my goodness"), which sold 25 thousand copies, receiving a gold record award.
In 1995 Loiri published a CD single Nauravan kulkurin paluu ("The return of the laughing tramp"), which included a remix version of the original 1986 song.
The character is a parody of typical French smooth-voiced chanson singers, particularly Jean-Claude Pascal, whose surname - like that of Kusela - has a connotation of toilet humour.
Jean-Pierre Kusela is a big-nosed, dark-haired and dark-bearded night club singer speaking Finnish in a foreign accent.
In a typical Kusela sketch, the character performed his songs smoking cigarettes and drinking alcoholic beverages while the Swedish pianist Puppe (Olli Ahvenlahti) accompanied him with piano music.