Thanks for this. I guess part of the comedy was having Mr. Youn refer to himself as Arthur, or as if he was presenting his statement.
Nothing about the puppets...oh well. David ________________________________ From: ryanv <[email protected]> To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 8:29:56 AM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Apparently French Craig had a guest host Never wanting to be one to hide his ability to communicate in French, here's my translation of what went down. If there are any further questions, please let me know. R. Starting at 0.44 : Ay-yi-yi. As you know, this week has been particularly difficult here. Since this past Tuesday, I, Arthur have become the host to fight/beat up on, with what we sadly call “Arthur-Gate”, or as it’s more commonly known, the copying of the opening titles of Craig Ferguson’s CBS show. The most scandalous headline of the year, according to La Presse – after the Gulf Oil Spill and of course the (something) of Rocco Freddi (1). As a result, I’m not afraid to say that literally people were raging against me – over 98 websites had posted this information on the internet… did you know this? The comparison video of the two opening titles even became more popular than the little house that something something (1). (Actions of youtubers). David Flincher, the director of The Social Network, even bought the rights to the show, to adapt my spoof of Facebook, “Titlebook”… you can’t make 500 million friends just by copying some opening titles, Arthur. Yes it’s true, they can brocade (?) (2) something me during this time. But the Americans are copying us as well! Look at Michael Jackson, the biggest star on the planet. He plagiarized two French people! Maladie Bongo (?) for the music and Mil’Louis for the kids! No no, I’m sorry… But seriously, I’m making a show on Comedie (3)… how do the Americans know about this channel? You couldn’t find Bin Laden! Comedie, a small PPV channel on France satellite! No no… with Comedie, there is something magical. 15 years on TF1, no one knows me in Switzerland, 3 episodes on Comedie and I’m on CBS. So I promised the head of Comedie that I would get more than 150,000 viewers … we practically blew the roof of, 1.8 million watched Ce Soir avec Arthur last Monday, well done! Well, okay, it was on CBS… Promise kept! Before, I did shows on TF1 that everyone watched but no one talked about; now I’m on Comedie and everyone talks about it but nobody watches. I’m not going to hide it from you – I’ve done everything so that the press will talk about other stuff… I asked my buddy Kim Jong-Il to bombard the south, but… yeah yeah, he did it, but that wasn’t enough… I got cases of insults, truckloads of threats, and yes, yes I was scared, yes I was scared for my life, my standard of living, so, according to the biggest dictator, I had to appeal to imitators to throw people off my scent. And so, if you believe it, the same Arthur is in front of you tonight, all the same facial features, even the same voice, you’re wrong, it’s not the real Arthur… who knows? Nobody knows! (Nobody says, nobody knows)! No, the only thing we knows is that this week, people were only talking about me, instead of more important things in the news, such as Ireland, something, and that double news headline 360 dead in Cambodia/350 000 stolen at Virgin Megastore. Uhh… let me clarify that the cd store is still intact. And then there was that story about the Frenchman who was giving cannabis to ducks. It’s not worth it. Imagine the small bird… WHAT WHAT? Nope. That didn’t interest anyone. The only news story of the week was that I copied some opening titles! Excuse me then! I wanted to make an American style show with an American style opening, well then, piss on it! Now you can’t have it. That’s it. And now, to repair this terrible outrage, here are the new FRENCH opening titles to this FRENCH show! (4) (1) It’s been 8 years since I lived in France and I’m a bit out of the loop. (2) Sounds like something Barney Stinson made up. (3) Channel this show is broadcast on in France. (4) I'm not quite convinced this will become the generique, sounds more like they were just taking the piss. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
