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Beginner
France
Who knew it was possible to download a bottle of wine straight from your USB port? This humorous sketch will show you how it's done.
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Adv-Intermediate
France
The Drôles de Zèbres (Funny Zebras) humor festival in Strasbourg has been hosting top French artists, comedians, and a few newcomers for the past twelve years. Among the acts at this year's festival is Laurent Chandemerle, the man with a thousand voices, who can impersonate celebrities to perfection. This video will give you a taste of French humor and, no doubt, a few chuckles!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
How would you feel about a llama walking around in your apartment? Nathalie and François love their friend Indira, even though she sometimes steals their bags of chips.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
Even the bus drivers will admit it: Parisian buses have a tendency to run late. But the drivers aren't to blame, since they're hindered by car traffic like everyone else. Luckily, the interviewer in this video has some "good humor patches" to soothe any frustrated straphangers!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
Rumor has it that Parisians bicyclists are undisciplined. Is this true? Allessandro Di Sarno is out on the streets of Paris to find out for himself and carries out his own humorous inquiry...
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
Alessandro visits a wine festival with his breathalyzer to make sure that nothing more than some innocent dégustation (sampling) is going on. Some of the people he interviews fail the test, but one expert claims it might not be that accurate to begin with!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
In this hilarious video, Allessandro Di Sarno decides to strip (nearly) naked to determine whether Parisians are really as jaded as he thinks they are. Luckily the only violence he suffers is at the hands of an elderly woman, who pokes him with her cane!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
In this video, pedestrians are asked to sing a song with the word vie (life) in it. Most of them come up with Edith Piaf's iconic "La Vie en Rose," but the other choices range from melodies by French singer-songwriters to Disney tunes. How many songs do you know with the word "life" in them?
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
Eight-person bicycles, reversed tandems... Why not try them on your next trip to Lille? If you don't know how to ride these unusual bicycles, rest assured—someone will be there to give you a lesson. Just be careful not to fall off!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
The Brigade Activiste des Clowns (Clown Activist Brigade) has some revolutionary ideas for French politics. Among them are auctioning off the Senate, instituting nationwide illiteracy, and gradually enforcing the British system of driving on the left. Proper spelling is optional.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
Who knew that young animals go to school while their parents are at the psychiatrist's? At least that's what happens in this cartoon, Les Zooriginaux, known in English as "Wild Instinct."
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
It seems that what we consider "bad manners" are actually good manners to lions! Watch Leon the lion teach his young cub the art of behaving badly at the dinner table.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
Junior's first lesson in becoming a ferocious lion involves arriving late to school and acting up in class. He already has a pretty impressive roar!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
Junior's training to become King of the Beasts comes to a standstill when his dad puts him through the ultimate test... eating humans!
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