i have to speak France's version of French, cause I have to use class vocab. And it can only be 3 minutes.. so no song performances.
RE: I can't reply anything to that .. You're falling in the total cliché Woup a yay ye youppi les expos ben crisse de jos louis, l'americaine a demande pour la stereotype tabarnak, f*ck le federal. TRANSLATION FOR THE AMERICANS Dude, she **asked** for a stereotype.
Gens du Pays is very quick "Gens du pays.... c'est ta ton tour.... c'est ta ton tour ddparler ddamour..."
If you're trying to speak France's version of French don't bother looking like a Quebecer. They can't speak French, in fact all the Pepsis that I went to French class with failed the class. (NOTE: "Pepsi" is a bigoted term for French Canadian) (with apologies to Canadian_boy)
I knew i was a frog but not a pepsi It's nice to learn things .. Apologies accepted .. Hey, you seem to know a lot québec but where are you from exactly ? (i'm just being curious)
Have people hum it.... Canadian_boy: A little backwater called Ottawa. I lived in Quebec for six years off and on though, got called a "dirty Jew" a lot (not Jewish, but my last name is English) and called out into a lot of fights cause I wasn't pure laine. I do eat Tourtiere and that at Christmas and even though I'm not Catholic Midnight Mass is a must. Quebec is a great place. I wish they'd separate, maybe they'd RELAX a little towards outsiders and English.
CB: Do you know where the term "Pepsi" comes from? Back in the day, Pepsi was $0.05 a bottle and Coke $0.10. And in Montreal, the West side kids who spoke English, went to John Abbott and had money made fun of the poor kids from the east side whose parents worked in the companies their parents owned and one of the primo fighting words came to be calling them "Pepsi" cause of what they could afford.
You're not a Frog. the French are that. And you hate em almost as much as the Americans do, talking "au trou de cul de poule" as you like to say.
i just know that canadians have great senses of humor, i mean look at all the comedians that have come from there, bill murray, john candy, jim carey, most of the comedians on saturday night live for all the years it's been on. hippiewise
RE: i just know that canadians have great senses of humor, i mean look at all the comedians that have come from there, bill murray, john candy, jim carey, most of the comedians on saturday night live for all the years it's been on. hippiewise Well, the best comedy is born of misery.
SCTV was half American (Chicago) and half Canadian (Toronto) That's why SCTV wasn't considered Can Con automatically. For those not in the know, Canada, like France, has a law saying that a certain percentage of air time MUST be devoted to "Canadian Content". These are informally known as the Can Con laws, and explains why there's so much Rush and Alanis Morrissette played on Canadian radio. There's only so much Newfoundland Celtic fiddle music one can take. SCTV thought they had a slam dunk with this one. They had a show, it was legitimately funny, a good seller in its own right, but doubly so in Canada given that the law forces them to use Canadian produced shows. Not so fast, said the government. You have Americans in your troupe. (Say Americans to rhyme with "back street abortionists" to get an idea of the tone used.) Considering this CONTAMINANT, you're not going ANYWHERE with Can Con unless you can prove that your show has appropriate Canadian content that highlights and celebrates Canadian culture and values. Notwithstanding the fact that people have been arguing just what Canadian culture IS since, like, forever. So SCTV noticed that not only did they have to come up with "Canadian Content", they also had an extra two minutes of air time to fill, because the laws in Canada allowed for less advertising time per hour than the USA. So they gave it to Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis and said "Go." They decided what the hell, let's take the complete piss out of Canada. Make it so over the top Canadian, stereotypical to the extreme, subtle as elephant rape, because after all, it's only going to be shown in Canada so what the hell. So they made a set with a map of Canada in the background, stacked cases of stubbies all over the set, wore winter gear with toques, spoke like Valley boys, and made sure that Coleman stoves, donut holes, back bacon sandwiches, etc. were mentioned as much as possible. Keep in mind this was a throwaway improvised two minutes a show designed to piss off some government censor. Well, it caught on. As has been mentioned over and over, it became a staple. They did the album, they did the movie, but twenty years later, they got an even bigger laugh out of it. Get this, the Government of Canada gave the two the Order of Canada (similar to a Knighthood) for contributions to Canadian culture and heritage. All for a two minute improv throwaway piece they did to flip the bird at the same government now giving them accolades for their work.
KIDS IN THE HALL! the innexperienced cannibal on trial skit: lawyer: how can you explain your acts of cannibalism in the case of flight 32? cannibal: when you look all around you and all you can see is the death and all you can feel is the hunger... what would you have done? lawyer: we're not talking about a plane crash in the rockies.... we're talking about a delay.... you are the sole survivor of a 35 minute delay cannibal:the longest thirty five minutes of my life lawyer:you could have only eaten one person but you had to try a little bit of each one cannibal:I am not an experienced cannibal, I was simply trying to look for one that tasted good, i imagine your honor has done the same witha box of chocolates judge: mmmm no but my wife does... it always drives me nuts. i suppose it wouldnt matter if i still loved her but let's just face it- court dismissed
