Ah, oui! Zee silly Americahns! (Rachel Lucas)

Ah, oui! Zee silly Americahns!

You stoopid redneck heelbeely 'Muricans must learn to accept the superior civilization and worldly smarts of the French. This dude makes Miss Teen South Carolina look like a quantum physicist.

Posted on August 30, 2007 11:09 AM | Permalink

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Comments (38)

Ethne

Alas, I can't watch the video (YouTube is blocked) however, my question is - is he so stupid he makes Britney look smart? Because at this point, I think that is the greater challenge.

Posted by Ethne | August 30, 2007 11:34 AM

Posted on August 30, 2007 11:34

Pat Berry

The contestant's wrong answer is pathetic, but he's only one person. What I find shocking is that the entire audience had no clue what the right answer was.

Posted by Pat Berry | August 30, 2007 11:38 AM

Posted on August 30, 2007 11:38

Alexander

I can't tell ou how many times I screamed "VENUS!" at the screen when I watched that clip, ... I mean how stupid can you be?

oh, wait...

The reason why they had such a difficult time with this question is they always thought the entire universe revolved around France.

Posted by Alexander | August 30, 2007 11:46 AM

Posted on August 30, 2007 11:46

Hardliner

Man... WOW! Like DUH! O_o

hehehehe....

Posted by Hardliner | August 30, 2007 11:55 AM

Posted on August 30, 2007 11:55

Don T.

Aide! I'm entouré par des idiots !

Posted by Don T. | August 30, 2007 11:55 AM

Posted on August 30, 2007 11:55

fargus

I guess they've never heard of Copernicus in Fwench skools. After all, he was Polish.

But it's not so much the question and answer that form my opinion of the intelligence level. No, it's the fact that they have to clone lame American game shows for entertainment. No wonder they hate us.

Posted by fargus | August 30, 2007 12:00 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:00

Don T.

Et ils sont toutes les grenouilles !

En fait je suis grenouille de partie, ainsi elle n'est pas raciste. pthththtpT !

Posted by Don T. | August 30, 2007 12:00 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:00

Bonnie B.

:-O

56%? Are you fucking KIDDING ME?!?

Oh my god.

Posted by Bonnie B. | August 30, 2007 12:05 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:05

Earnest Iconoclast

And we're supposed to look to these people for advice on foreign affairs, health care, and energy policy?

Posted by Earnest Iconoclast | August 30, 2007 12:16 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:16

mightysamurai

Maybe we should "accidentally" nuke France right now.

We could call it a mercy killing.

Posted by mightysamurai | August 30, 2007 12:27 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:27

couch1971

Too.Damn.Funny.

and oh so true of the upper-crust froggies.

Posted by couch1971 | August 30, 2007 12:30 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:30

Alexander

I blame the moon. Him and his laughing face, his rictus smile and his grotesquely pockmarked visage.

The moon doesn't revolve around the earth, the moon stalks the earth! It never stops calling, it controls our tides and giggles with evil glee every time a moth mistakes an open flame for his pale cadaverous face.

I look out my window, and the moon is there, peering into my apartment, undressing me with his craterous eyes! He stays out all night every night...I've had it!

I say screw the moon! I say NUKE the moon!

Posted by Alexander | August 30, 2007 12:35 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:35

mightysamurai

Am I insane, or does anybody else see a cat with a lime-skin on its head at 2:44-2:43?

Posted by mightysamurai | August 30, 2007 12:43 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:43

Michellecag

" Maybe we should "accidentally" nuke France right now.
We could call it a mercy killing."

lol my thought exactly.

and lmao @ alexanders last comment heh

yes I saw the cat..good to know it's not just me whew:)

Posted by Michellecag | August 30, 2007 12:47 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:47

Jacob

The funniest part for my nit-picker's heart of the video (and it's pretty funny all the way through) is at the end, after mocking the French (and who gets tired of that?), the video guys offer a price for the best five explanations of why it's so hard. Uh. I'm thinking a) I'd prefer a prize and b) I can find prices *anywhere*.

Posted by Jacob | August 30, 2007 1:24 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 13:24

Ethne

No, it's the fact that they have to clone lame American game shows for entertainment.

And what do you expect from a culture that loves Jerry Lewis and Woody Allen? They don't hate us... they just envy our entertainment...

Posted by Ethne | August 30, 2007 1:35 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 13:35

David Gulliver

sadly, at the very very end, the makers of the video reveal their own lack of brains when they offer a "price" to the winning entrant.

Posted by David Gulliver | August 30, 2007 1:44 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 13:44

CastoCreations

Oh ...... MY ........ GAWD!!!!

It's not the guy...freaking 56% of the entire audience are MORONS! I mean, seriously!??!!??!! This isn't a parody?!?!?

This is the kind of question for "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" BEST show on TV if you ask me. :)

Oh yeah...and Nuke the Moon.

Posted by CastoCreations | August 30, 2007 1:55 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 13:55

Parx

No, it's the fact that they have to clone lame American game shows for entertainment.

Ouch. The show is of British origin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_wants_to_be_a_millionaire

Best,
Parx

Posted by Parx | August 30, 2007 2:31 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 14:31

gmsc

Actually, 58% of the audience are morons, as 56% voted for the Sun, and 2% voted for the moon. Makes me wonder why nobody voted for Venus.

fargus: No, it's the fact that they have to clone lame American game shows for entertainment. No wonder they hate us.

I hate to break this to you, but Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? originated in the UK.

Posted by gmsc | August 30, 2007 2:31 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 14:31

Pat Berry

In other moron-related news, a Florida boy teased his sister with a frog . . . so their father called the police.

I'm not making this up.

The father demanded that the cops arrest his son.

Posted by Pat Berry | August 30, 2007 2:34 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 14:34

Pat Berry

"Makes me wonder why nobody voted for Venus."

Because they were thinking: "Don't be ridiculous. [Blank] can't possibly orbit the Earth!"

. . . where [Blank] is one of the following:

A tennis player
A woman's razor
A disc jockey from WKRP in Cincinnati
An ancient Greek statue with no arms

They've never heard of the planet.

Posted by Pat Berry | August 30, 2007 2:44 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 14:44

tolbert

Votre maman est si grosse.

Quand elle s'assied autour de la maison, elle s'assied vraiment "autour de la maison"

Posted by tolbert | August 30, 2007 2:54 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 14:54

mightysamurai

In other moron-related news, a Florida boy teased his sister with a frog . . . so their father called the police.

All the nuts roll downhill to Florida.

Posted by mightysamurai | August 30, 2007 3:05 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 15:05

Don T.

Tolbert, parlez-vous de MA mère ? Puits… êtes-vous ? Elle est un bâton !

Posted by Don T. | August 30, 2007 3:22 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 15:22

Don T.

(Avec des cheveux)

Posted by Don T. | August 30, 2007 3:23 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 15:23

Tully

They've been getting their science education from Al Gore and the UN again, eh?

Posted by Tully | August 30, 2007 3:30 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 15:30

Rickbert

mightysamurai, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say there is a cat with a limeskin on it's head at about 2:43 *and* you're insane. Next time, if you ask a multiple choice question and only want a single answer, please specify. ;)

A quick Google pulls up a survey figure that 20% of Americans think the sun revolves around the earth. Of course, the number for Americans who watch game shows may... differ.

Posted by Rickbert | August 30, 2007 3:33 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 15:33

frigger

Did any one see the ad at the end of the video?

It read something like "post a comment and if it's one of the best, you win a PRICE."

I would rather win a prize. If one wins a "price" do you have to pay something? Was that a freakin' joke or has the whole world gone illiterate? I should think that we would be more careful while ridiculing someone else's lack of intelligence.

By the way, have I won? Do I want to win? I just don't know! I give up... and such things like the Iraq. My new favorite answer to everything. And such things like the Iraq.

Posted by frigger | August 30, 2007 4:21 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 16:21

Mister Cantankerous

I blame the Holy Roman Catholic Church for this.

In addtion to teaching the French that the Sun revolves around the earth, and the world is flat, they have likewise convinced the French that Jerry Lewis is a Comedic Genius. It is clear the French are in terror and will not risk the wrath of the Pope and his evil minions. The reason why is so painfully obvious....

....Nobody Expects The FRENCH INQUISITION!

Posted by Mister Cantankerous | August 30, 2007 5:26 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 17:26

chuckc1968

One possible (but less French-bashing explanation [not that there is anything wrong with bashing the French. I think it should be made an olympic sport]):

I doubt that the audience members win anything for a correct "help the idiot" question. If I was in the audience, I would have answered "the Sun" just to see this idiot lose.

Posted by chuckc1968 | August 30, 2007 10:34 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 22:34

MorrisAO

Are you *sure* this is not a parody. Surely a whole audience can't be *that* dumb...
[walks off mumbling to self]

Posted by MorrisAO | August 30, 2007 10:46 PM

Posted on August 30, 2007 22:46

gmsc

This is the best response to the Miss South Carolina Teen video:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1002.html

Posted by gmsc | August 31, 2007 3:56 AM

Posted on August 31, 2007 03:56

RuthB

chuckc1968: Hanlon's razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."

Posted by RuthB | August 31, 2007 6:32 AM

Posted on August 31, 2007 06:32

dogette

On a hunch, I played the clip at 1/2 speed and it definitely shows the lime-head cat signaling the correct answer to the guy.

Posted by dogette | August 31, 2007 8:01 AM

Posted on August 31, 2007 08:01

Cosmo

First of all, Pat: French women aren't aware that there are razors made for them.

At least he took home 1500 euros. Of course, that's because the 300 euros in the audience couldn't help him with the answer.

Was the audience entirely comprised of the Ptolemy Family Reunion?

Posted by Cosmo | August 31, 2007 8:49 AM

Posted on August 31, 2007 08:49

Earnest Iconoclast

Of course he couldn't answer the question... it was in French! They have a different word for everything!

(H/T Steve Martin)

Posted by Earnest Iconoclast | August 31, 2007 12:14 PM

Posted on August 31, 2007 12:14

chuckc1968

RuthB,
I find it more comforting to believe that the audience was being evil, rather than being that stupid. Otherwise, I'd have to join up with Wonko the Sane.

Posted by chuckc1968 | August 31, 2007 1:40 PM

Posted on August 31, 2007 13:40