As many French commenters have noted, ‘meanwhile’ there is a large fire at a petro-chemical company in Rouen. People are being told to stay indoors and air and water contamination are risks as the fire is burning some rather noxious chemicals. It is so easy to be blinded by our current situation in the United States to the point we barely see any international news of note at the top of news feeds. I hope for the people of Rouen and the surrounding area that they are able to stay safe and this chemical disaster is rapidly contained.
I've said this before about Stephens monologues. But seriously. The people that write the buildups to all these Meanwhile segments – just give them a pulitzer allready. 🏆
meanwhile—when trump released the zelinky's conversation a "rogue rudy" came as a "HERO" from nowhere and since what animation movie a rogue became a hero?…ah this wh parody
I'm French (™) and this is the first I'm hearing of this. The French news outlets were all over Trump's impeachment and Jacques Chirac's passing, for all I know.
Yep… When you don't have an extremely unstable, narcissistic, under-educated, stubborn, constantly lying human being as a President who is moreover struggling against an impeachment, you do have time for some more minor "problèmes" I guess.
How dare you write problèmes and still say the s at the end? And how is everyone on the internet so sure that every French person has an accent like that? Speaking another language is treason and punishable by cheese in a can for every meal for the rest of your life (may be variable). 😋
Holy crap Steven, how comes you didn't talk about the DEATH of a former french president and the burning of a factory in Rouen that is covering the entire region in toxic smokes ? Is it because Chirac gave the finger to the US by not joining your irak war, or because that factory is owned by an american billionaire ? But nooo, it's better to talk a silly story about an entitled frenchman, despite both events happening THE DAY BEFORE YOUR SHOW !
As a French, I absolutely loved this. Just be noted that if the chef's accusations are right, a mistake from the reviewer might cost livelihoods, I get why he's upset, michelin stars are broken anyway
Ok not to say this is a first world problem but in reality it’s so bloody hard to have even 1 Michelin star and these chefs have a lot of pressure to maintain them. So yeah if you work your butt off for a year straight and get demoted over a misunderstanding, you can, understandably, get incredibly frustrated.
Losing a Michelin star is a big, big deal for a chef. There's a lot of money involved in those famous restaurants, so it's no laughing matter IMO. Kudos for getting the accent right on "problèmes" though!
French people problèmes, as you say, are almost a year of protest met with violent police repression totalizing more than a thousand severly wounded and 1 dead…. but not a word on that, right? French people f… thank you!
This is a real problem, going from 2 to 3 stars is a million euro investment for a restaurant, and losing the star is losing a lot of money. There's 127 3star restaurants in the world and 26 in France. The average cheapest menu start around 150€ in France.
I'm French and i naively clicked, thinking you were gonna talk about police violence against peacefull protests. Or about the governement's scandalous orchestration of islamophobia (guess who will be the only possible bullwark against Le Pen come election time ?) to make the people forget they are destroying vital public services one by one for profit, and so on and so on. Oh well, the french like cheese, haha and sex
I'm french with a great sense of humour too, this was a bit funny but you must know two things before laughing too loud. First we don't have cheese with crackers, english people do and yes one of our chef is angry about something that may sound trivial but here in France it echoed in public opinion because unlike some other people we really care about food; what's inside and how it is made.
It was funny, I didn't really laugh but I like this type of sketch. Just to clarify something: This isn't actually a good french accent. I'm French, and most of the time we will try our best to make our best American or English accent while speaking English (which will usually end up being pretty shitty). However, if an old monsieur is speaking in English (old french people are bad at English) he will usually pronounce the words as if it was French. It's not even near that "French accent" you guys are thinking of. The monsieur will read the word "knees" pronouncing the k and other words with a French phonetic. But we usually have the same words, just prononced or written a bit differently. But that doesn't matter. Someday you'll go to France and realise it's just completely different from what you thought of it. Or you'll just look for French videos on YouTube and hope for subtitles. (there is none)
I'm french and marc veyrat is a well known douchebag, so I don't really care. french problems are more serious if you want to look at it it could be a good thing colbert.
I love how English people speak about French people and all the clichés that go with it as if we were too stupid to understand their language, but we do lmao. Oui, oui les gars !
The joke about Marc Veyrat is very funny. However I still did not catch why Americans depict us as a people stucked in the 50's. It is like making fun of Americans living under the Eisenhower era.
Not so funny… French people don't care about Marc Veyrat's cheese problem, they don't have enough money to eat in his restaurant anyway. There are a lot of things for making fun of France but this joke doesn't work in my opinion when we know the real situation of the country. And the accent is very bad, nobody speaks like a german in France, except in the very northwest.
Hahahahha…what are these hideous clichés about France….😂😂 i, as a French person, can’t stand accordion instrument and hate mimes… nearly 0,001% of French people like mimes and accordions…😅
Why do United States’ people see us as in a postal card.. 15% of French people can speak english correctly, 0,1 % americans can figure where is France on a globe..or other countries…. So… please..😩
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Our American Napoleon wanna be has all of the pain de campagne, but none of la victoire!
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As many French commenters have noted, ‘meanwhile’ there is a large fire at a petro-chemical company in Rouen. People are being told to stay indoors and air and water contamination are risks as the fire is burning some rather noxious chemicals. It is so easy to be blinded by our current situation in the United States to the point we barely see any international news of note at the top of news feeds. I hope for the people of Rouen and the surrounding area that they are able to stay safe and this chemical disaster is rapidly contained.
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I love Silly Putty.
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I soooo hope this becomes a regular segment ! That was hilarious.
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Literally the best intro to any of your videos I have ever heard, Stephen. 😂😂
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Well…, France USE to be our ally…who's left?
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No but for real French people have real problems these days
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kale flavoured candy: the passive agresive way to tell your kids you hate them
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I've said this before about Stephens monologues. But seriously. The people that write the buildups to all these Meanwhile segments – just give them a pulitzer allready. 🏆
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i love him so much he is the gem of the person.
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Brilliant intro!! Love silly putty!
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Your French accent sounds German though
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Please stop the nonsensical intros. They are not funny but rather annoying.
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meanwhile—when trump released the zelinky's conversation a "rogue rudy" came as a "HERO" from nowhere and since what animation movie a rogue became a hero?…ah this wh parody
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I want some of those candy canes for some boring co-workers that I secretly don't like.
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Well played, Monsieur Colbert, bien joué.
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OH KALE NO!
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Best "Meanwhile" lead-in ever!
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That reminded me of Henri the Cat on YouTube
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WTF Mr. Colbert ?
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Best segment ever? Oui!
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Our worst problem is USA same as every country
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I'm French (™) and this is the first I'm hearing of this. The French news outlets were all over Trump's impeachment and Jacques Chirac's passing, for all I know.
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I was expecting Sartre and Stephen delivered in spades.
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mais il avait raison ! c'était une insulte !
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Yep… When you don't have an extremely unstable, narcissistic, under-educated, stubborn, constantly lying human being as a President who is moreover struggling against an impeachment, you do have time for some more minor "problèmes" I guess.
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How dare you write problèmes and still say the s at the end? And how is everyone on the internet so sure that every French person has an accent like that? Speaking another language is treason and punishable by cheese in a can for every meal for the rest of your life (may be variable). 😋
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Lol… French people probs was hilarious
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Holy crap Steven, how comes you didn't talk about the DEATH of a former french president and the burning of a factory in Rouen that is covering the entire region in toxic smokes ? Is it because Chirac gave the finger to the US by not joining your irak war, or because that factory is owned by an american billionaire ? But nooo, it's better to talk a silly story about an entitled frenchman, despite both events happening THE DAY BEFORE YOUR SHOW !
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a keeper
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One of the best journalists and broadcasters in the world meets one of the best comedians and talk show hosts in the world 👍
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Nice accent. 😂😂
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Still ? In 2019 ?
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O.G. silly putty! Aww
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I’m french and this is really fun to watch. Thanks american friends for making us laugh
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As a French, I absolutely loved this.
Just be noted that if the chef's accusations are right, a mistake from the reviewer might cost livelihoods, I get why he's upset, michelin stars are broken anyway
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Je suis Français ET C’EST LA PIRE IMITATION DE FRANÇAIS QUE J’AI JAMAIS VU MAIS C’´EST AUSSI LA MEILLEURE 😭
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As a french person I have something to Ask you. Please. Stop tell ''OUI OUI BAGUETTE'' everytime you see a french. Thank you.
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He stole this idea from John Oliver
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Ok not to say this is a first world problem but in reality it’s so bloody hard to have even 1 Michelin star and these chefs have a lot of pressure to maintain them. So yeah if you work your butt off for a year straight and get demoted over a misunderstanding, you can, understandably, get incredibly frustrated.
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This is hilarious. Love 'meanwhile'
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Veyrat’s my neighbour and I can assure you he’s an annoying one
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“My poor wife can’t find enough lovers”? … France sounds awesome.
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What is wrong with you Stephen ?????? Jealous.
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yup and france without gilets jaunes is as bad as souflé w/o the right cheese.
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Dude I'm French and your "French" accent makes it harder to understand a word you say xD
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French here.
That accent is german, sweetie.
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bahahaha, that's not how you hold a cigarette!
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Brie can't be spread, you ass
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Too many stereotypes in it to find it funny.
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Finally someone is addressing our problems.
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The guy's name is "Colbert" and he dares making jokes about french people. (Search on internet who was Colbert in french history if you don't know)
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The french language is much more beautiful than english … but less practical.
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I'm french and this was sooooo funny 😂😂😂 Colbert's accent is spot on 👌
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I love how the twinkle came back to add the accent grave. As if it had remembered "oh wait, this is French, it needs some extra sass"
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I live in Paris and well… I love this country and Colbert is absolutely right.
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What’s this “nooze” he keeps talking about? Is he trying to say “news”?
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We French are laughing twice as hard lol
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Losing a Michelin star is a big, big deal for a chef. There's a lot of money involved in those famous restaurants, so it's no laughing matter IMO. Kudos for getting the accent right on "problèmes" though!
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Wait, was that supposed to be funny? ‘Mericans 🙄 i guess i could be a comedian there, with some century old stereotypes and an accent.
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French people problèmes, as you say, are almost a year of protest met with violent police repression totalizing more than a thousand severly wounded and 1 dead…. but not a word on that, right?
French people f… thank you!
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This is a real problem, going from 2 to 3 stars is a million euro investment for a restaurant, and losing the star is losing a lot of money.
There's 127 3star restaurants in the world and 26 in France.
The average cheapest menu start around 150€ in France.
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I'm French and i naively clicked, thinking you were gonna talk about police violence against peacefull protests. Or about the governement's scandalous orchestration of islamophobia (guess who will be the only possible bullwark against Le Pen come election time ?) to make the people forget they are destroying vital public services one by one for profit, and so on and so on. Oh well, the french like cheese, haha and sex
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Omg ,you are 50 years old late on your French cliché which makes you so basically an American cliche your self!
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Trop fier pour en rire
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I'm french with a great sense of humour too, this was a bit funny but you must know two things before laughing too loud. First we don't have cheese with crackers, english people do and yes one of our chef is angry about something that may sound trivial but here in France it echoed in public opinion because unlike some other people we really care about food; what's inside and how it is made.
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I am French and I would like to say if I have to laugh or not ?
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If you want a good laugh about french vs english, better watch Paul Taylor's Channel. #franglais
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Maybe we in France have French people problems but I guess you in the US have Trump. Period.
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Would be time to change those stupid old clichés !!
Nice german accent by the way…
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It was funny, I didn't really laugh but I like this type of sketch. Just to clarify something: This isn't actually a good french accent.
I'm French, and most of the time we will try our best to make our best American or English accent while speaking English (which will usually end up being pretty shitty).
However, if an old monsieur is speaking in English (old french people are bad at English) he will usually pronounce the words as if it was French. It's not even near that "French accent" you guys are thinking of. The monsieur will read the word "knees" pronouncing the k and other words with a French phonetic. But we usually have the same words, just prononced or written a bit differently.
But that doesn't matter. Someday you'll go to France and realise it's just completely different from what you thought of it. Or you'll just look for French videos on YouTube and hope for subtitles. (there is none)
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Should have been a separate vid coz the kale part was the funniest
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…why is this so accurate ?? 😂😂
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I'm French and I smiled. With utter disdain but eh, it's a smile anyway
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American people problems: genderless representation among dolls.
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I'm french and marc veyrat is a well known douchebag, so I don't really care. french problems are more serious if you want to look at it it could be a good thing colbert.
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Humans of planet Earth problems = American people
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That's racist
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Is this funny?
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I love how English people speak about French people and all the clichés that go with it as if we were too stupid to understand their language, but we do lmao. Oui, oui les gars !
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"NON PAS NOTRE FROMAGE"
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Son accent fait plus allemand que français 😂😂
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Excellent I love the french impression, I'm frenvh
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French
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How insulting ! These are not our problems. But, one of the french's problems is " Do we say "pain au chocolat" or "chocolatine"", That's a big deal.
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I’m french 😭😭😭😂😂😂
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yes ,
yes the world need more stereotypical representation of other country,
their is no way that fuel some racist behaviour that intoxicate your media right now. keep doing this you're Making American great again.
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Do you guys really see us like that ? 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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The joke about Marc Veyrat is very funny. However I still did not catch why Americans depict us as a people stucked in the 50's. It is like making fun of Americans living under the Eisenhower era.
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Ah ah ah
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I’m french but he imitates us better than how we actually are irl lmaoo
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cette vidéo aurait pu être drôle si le présentateur avait un peu de sens de l'humour, mais j'ai bien peur qu'il en soit incapable. Déçue
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Mais quel salaud mdrr faut renouveler les blagues un peu x)
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On plaisante pas avec le fromage mamène
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French is great
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Not so funny… French people don't care about Marc Veyrat's cheese problem, they don't have enough money to eat in his restaurant anyway. There are a lot of things for making fun of France but this joke doesn't work in my opinion when we know the real situation of the country. And the accent is very bad, nobody speaks like a german in France, except in the very northwest.
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Hahahahha…what are these hideous clichés about France….😂😂 i, as a French person, can’t stand accordion instrument and hate mimes… nearly 0,001% of French people like mimes and accordions…😅
Why do United States’ people see us as in a postal card..
15% of French people can speak english correctly, 0,1 % americans can figure where is France on a globe..or other countries….
So… please..😩
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French problem: government trying to copy us social system and erase our identity to create multicultural shit.
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Nul
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Colbert, the mad scientist of late night.
Basically Flubber as political satire.