Victoria Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 (Erm, if you don't know of her already, of course!) Florence Foresti is that rarest of modern comics on television -- a skit or sketch artist of the finest calibre, analogous to perhaps French & Saunders in the UK, or Carol Burnett in the US. Her many recurring personalities include: Lady Zbouba: the hyperactive, no airs and graces product of the immigrant banlieues. Cl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Mouiii... Problem is, ain't rpractically no one around here is gonna understand those vids.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted September 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Mouiii... Problem is, ain't rpractically no one around here is gonna understand those vids.... I was hoping there were ENOUGH French-speakers to be able to comment, but you may be right. EDIT: Did you have a particular fave amongst the ones I posted? Still, I'm hoping for a Stephane, Pix, Navigater, Usil, and others to chime in. Maybe Puggy remembers her too. Plus, this is a springboard post to get us to talking about comedy shows, duh! In Living Colour, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 I think the sharpest humor is on a show called "Les Guignols" (The Puppets) on the cable channel Canal Plus. Even when they satirize Bush and the U.S. - which is often - I just have to laugh. Some examples: Stallone and Bush clones singing "We F.uck The World" - a parody of "We Are The World"... They're no less tender with their own politicians, such as when they ridiculized President Chiraq in the "SuperMenteur" ("SuperLiar") sketches for weeks on end. The dialogues will be probably be unintelligible to anyone not speaking French, but the images speak for themselves.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted September 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 I think the sharpest humor is on a show called "Les Guignols" (The Puppets) on the cable channel Canal Plus. Even when they satirize Bush and the U.S. - which is often - I just have to laugh. Some examples: Stallone and Bush clones singing "We F.uck The World" - a parody of "We Are The World"... LOL! That was awesome. But Les Guignols are a rip off of Spitting Image! Brief, but oh so funny. @Ryyannon followup "Wonder Chirac, dites Super Liar": LMAO! "Ultra Menteur, mon h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 "But Les Guignols are a rip off of Spitting Image!" For sure, but they're all we've got - and they do a good job of being funny and insolent. It took ages for this type of humor to make its way past the censors and onto French television - and then only because Canal Plus was the first privately- run (and not State-run) channel. If it weren't for exceptions like this, we'd all be watching the French equivalent of "Leave It To Beaver" and the "Ozzie and Harriet Show" for eternity.... And now that I think of it, not even the French equivalents: the original American series in endless re-runs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted September 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 For sure, but they're all we've got - and they do a good job of being funny and insolent. It took ages for this type of humor to make its way past the censors and onto French television - and then only because Canal Plus was the first privately- run (and not State-run) channel. Sure! L'etat c'est moi was not just Louis XIV you know. It permeates all levels of French elitism. If it weren't for exceptions like this, we'd all be watching the French equivalent of "Leave It To Beaver" and the "Ozzie and Harriet Show" for eternity.... And now that I think of it, not even the French equivalents: the original American series in endless re-runs! Ooh, I remember a particularly brain-dead programme when I was a kid: "H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 @Ryyannon followup "Wonder Chirac, dites Super Liar": LMAO! "Ultra Menteur, mon h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Ooh, I remember a particularly brain-dead programme when I was a kid: "H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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