What did Thierry Henry ever do to Armstrong?
07-15-06, 06:47 PM
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07-15-06, 07:57 PM
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Just the snippet about the French World Cup team.
07-15-06, 08:33 PM
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It was a comedy monologue. Hopefully if the French can enjoy Jerry Lewis they can enjoy this.
07-15-06, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by cooker
It was a comedy monologue. Hopefully if the French can enjoy Jerry Lewis they can enjoy this.
07-16-06, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by cooker
It was a comedy monologue. Hopefully if the French can enjoy Jerry Lewis they can enjoy this.
07-16-06, 07:07 AM
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Lance...what the .? maby he should keep his trap shut instesd of dissing other sportsmen.I liked the zidan move..
07-16-06, 10:05 AM
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A little off-topic, but Jerry Lewis movies were considered very high art in France, a fact which has always been a source of much smirking in North America. However, I have a theory as to why it is this way. He does some brilliant visual comedy, but for most of us, as anglophones, he spoils it with incredibly annoying, stupid voices. The French can ignore his voice and read the subtitles or hear it dubbed, so they can appreciate the artistry without that distraction.
As for Lance...it remains to be seen whether he has a future in standup.
As for Lance...it remains to be seen whether he has a future in standup.
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Originally Posted by cooker
A little off-topic, but Jerry Lewis movies were considered very high art in France, a fact which has always been a source of much smirking in North America. However, I have a theory as to why it is this way. He does some brilliant visual comedy, but for most of us, as anglophones, he spoils it with incredibly annoying, stupid voices. The French can ignore his voice and read the subtitles or hear it dubbed, so they can appreciate the artistry without that distraction.
As for Lance...it remains to be seen whether he has a future in standup.
As for Lance...it remains to be seen whether he has a future in standup.
BTW - seeing as LA is 0 for 2 with his attempts at stand up (SNL & the ESPYS) i think he should forget about being an entertainer and stick with saving the world.
ymmv
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07-17-06, 09:44 AM
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[QUOTE=cooker]A little off-topic, but Jerry Lewis movies [...]. The French can ignore his voice and read the subtitles or hear it dubbed, so they can appreciate the artistry without that distraction.
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I can asure you the dubbed voice of Jerry Lewis in French was as annoying and awful as the original English one.
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I can asure you the dubbed voice of Jerry Lewis in French was as annoying and awful as the original English one.
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Yes, the French team was a model of good sportsmanship and clean living before, during, and after the World Cup. It ought to be against the law to be disrespectful of such paragons of sport.
Of course, to SOME people, they appear to act like a gang of thugs...but there is no accounting for taste.
Of course, to SOME people, they appear to act like a gang of thugs...but there is no accounting for taste.
07-17-06, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cooker
A little off-topic, but Jerry Lewis movies were considered very high art in France, a fact which has always been a source of much smirking in North America. However, I have a theory as to why it is this way. He does some brilliant visual comedy, but for most of us, as anglophones, he spoils it with incredibly annoying, stupid voices. The French can ignore his voice and read the subtitles or hear it dubbed, so they can appreciate the artistry without that distraction.
As for Lance...it remains to be seen whether he has a future in standup.
As for Lance...it remains to be seen whether he has a future in standup.
07-17-06, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
Yes, the French team was a model of good sportsmanship and clean living before, during, and after the World Cup. It ought to be against the law to be disrespectful of such paragons of sport.
Of course, to SOME people, they appear to act like a gang of thugs...but there is no accounting for taste.
Of course, to SOME people, they appear to act like a gang of thugs...but there is no accounting for taste.
Wait a minute, why am i asking you, my friend from below sea level? You obviously have no clue what the hell you're talking about, do you?
That's OK, I won't lecture you on Bum Phillips & Earl Campbell, and if you don't mind, please return the favor with regards to football, or soccer as your type likes to call it.
07-18-06, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by cooker
It was a comedy monologue. Hopefully if the French can enjoy Jerry Lewis they can enjoy this.
Armstrong is clever. He knew he was about to come to France, and he really really wanted to "piss them off", so the French would talk about it. So he chose a nice stage (ESPY), and attacked what was most hype and that is the French soccer team. He already had had a go at them in the past, during the Actovegin affair in France ("why always cycling, why always me? French soccer team was tested positive, and nobody cares").
Good move, very good move.
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Originally Posted by adamastor
For a non-French European like myself, can anyone from the States confirm that the word "*******" is commonly used over there in comedy monologues. So, in certain circumstances, saying: "You're a bunch of *******s" is funny? (by the way, Jerry Lewis always made fun of himself,
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Originally Posted by HDTVKSS
I dunno bout the USA, but in the 90's NZ racing Car Driver Jim Richards addressed the crowd as a pack of a$$holes aftr winning the Bathurst 1000 (most prestigous motor race in aus)...... and he was right as well!
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except that being a kiwi ( am i allowed to say that without offending somones sensibilities, cant say that S word now.... ) hed be the sheep shagger!
Us Aussies stick to the good old home grown 'Roo
Us Aussies stick to the good old home grown 'Roo
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Originally Posted by HDTVKSS
I dunno bout the USA, but in the 90's NZ racing Car Driver Jim Richards addressed the crowd as a pack of a$$holes aftr winning the Bathurst 1000 (most prestigous motor race in aus)...... and he was right as well!
The next year you could buy t-shirts that said 'I'm an a$$hole - Jim Richards told me so!"
07-18-06, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by cooker
A little off-topic, but Jerry Lewis movies were considered very high art in France, a fact which has always been a source of much smirking in North America. However, I have a theory as to why it is this way. He does some brilliant visual comedy, but for most of us, as anglophones, he spoils it with incredibly annoying, stupid voices. The French can ignore his voice and read the subtitles or hear it dubbed, so they can appreciate the artistry without that distraction.
Artistry and comedy my arse. My vision of hell is endless reruns of Jerry Lewis movies.
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Originally Posted by Wilchemy
hahaha I was at the Mountain that year...but we'd left before it really stared to bucket rain.
They banned turbos after that. That's why Bathurst is so dull now. Who wants to see falcons and commodores race against each other. Back in the 1980's you had everything - Jags, Beemers, RX7's, Z28's, Transams etc...
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Originally Posted by HDTVKSS
I dunno bout the USA, but in the 90's NZ racing Car Driver Jim Richards addressed the crowd as a pack of a$$holes aftr winning the Bathurst 1000 (most prestigous motor race in aus)...... and he was right as well!
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Originally Posted by adamastor
Yes, but was he trying to be funny??? That's the question here...