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#4480984 - 07/02/19 10:46 AM Louis De Funes  
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One of my friends from Germany recently introduced me to this French comedian and I have to say he was quite brilliant after I watched a few of his sketches. Here is one I found especially funny with a great WW II reference. smile



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#4480986 - 07/02/19 11:01 AM Re: Louis De Funes [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I wish I paid more attention in French lessons now...


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#4480988 - 07/02/19 11:03 AM Re: Louis De Funes [Re: Chucky]  
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Originally Posted by Chucky
I wish I paid more attention in French lessons now...


I don’t speak French but I understood the German just fine. From the context of the scene though I understood what was going on. smile


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4480993 - 07/02/19 11:25 AM Re: Louis De Funes [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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he was a great star in the late 60's and 70's, always playing the part of tyrannic and hypernervous characters...another occurence with the German language :


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#4480997 - 07/02/19 12:07 PM Re: Louis De Funes [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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No need to speak any language in this scene.


#4481001 - 07/02/19 12:21 PM Re: Louis De Funes [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I loved that car repair scene! I’ll need to do the same thing the next time I visit my auto dealership. Lol.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4481012 - 07/02/19 02:37 PM Re: Louis De Funes [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Ahhh de Funes biggrin
“Rabbi Jacob” and “La Grande Vadrouille” .

He was decent at foreign languages too


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#4481027 - 07/02/19 03:48 PM Re: Louis De Funes [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I was born in France, I watched all his movies, he doesn't need to speak, just the facial expression that he makes are worth a million words cool

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