France & Francophone Comedy Worldwide

[tribalfusion]

I was wondering if anyone else on here is interested in the world of comedy in France and the Francophone world more generally.

While there's not tons of stand-up in France, Quebec, Switzerland and Belgium which I find particularly appealing there is still a bit I find of interest here and there (Fred Dubé from Quebec is a good example of someone I find quite incisive). There are also some people from the world of humor/political commentary doing good work which perhaps doesn't have an exact analog in the Anglophone world (here I am thinking of people like Guillaume Meurice).

Television comedy has been overhauled from the absolutely dire earlier days though it's still not exactly teeming with interesting work (Irresponsable is about as good as anything I have seen).

We can discuss film or other areas as well if anyone else is interested :)

[Glebe]

Monsieur Hulot wanders into thread and does something funny.

[zomgmouse]

I remember when I was studying French I watched a Gad Elmaleh standup special to see how much I could understand and it was pretty funny from memory

[tribalfusion]

I remember when I was studying French I watched a Gad Elmaleh standup special to see how much I could understand and it was pretty funny from memory

Not a big fan of his humor and Gad's a well known joke thief on top of that. Loads of stuff about that if you look around online but here's one of the better known videos about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHOovVnvh9k

[Sebastian Cobb]

Only thing I've really watched is the cold-war period comedy A Very Secret Service. I thought it was quite surrealist and good. It seemed to lean in to stereotypes of French bureaucracy quite heavily.

[Johnny Foreigner]

Camping Cosmos (1996), by anarchist film director, Jan Bucquoy. Part of his Sex Life of the Belgians series.



Stars, amongst others, Tintin, Lolo Ferrari and shit novelist, Herman Brusselmans. It's a crap satire of a crap country and, as such, wholly deserving of its cult status.

[zomgmouse]

Not a big fan of his humor and Gad's a well known joke thief on top of that. Loads of stuff about that if you look around online but here's one of the better known videos about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHOovVnvh9k

oh no

[Crenners]

Cirque des Clunes