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Post by widgetotaku on Feb 21, 2020 19:06:04 GMT -6
Not sure if anyone of you guys are from the French parts of Canada, but I do clearly recall seeing this on tv during the New Year celebrations for some time ago... There’s a famous satirical news show called Infoman, to which they have their special yearly retrospective of what happened the year before. For the 2016/2017 Holiday New Years special, they’ve created a special animated segment which parodied the IG theme song in French, but all of the usual characters are switched with Quebec public figures which were caught during a scandal about the mass surveillance of journalists. Commandant PichetWhat’s even weirder was a segment prior to this (alas that I cannot find) where the show’s host comes face to face with a HUGE book which immediately reminded me of the infamous instruction manual from the first Disney IG movie. Trust me on this one.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2020 23:29:06 GMT -6
I'm an American here and I don't know much French, but this is hilarious! I'm just wondering who are the public figures they are making fun of? 🤔
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Post by widgetotaku on Feb 22, 2020 6:28:11 GMT -6
I'm an American here and I don't know much French, but this is hilarious! I'm just wondering who are the public figures they are making fun of? 🤔 The IG parody is of Phillipe Pichet, a (former) commanding officer of the Montreal police force. The dude cosplaying Penny is Denis Coderre, the then mayor of Montreal. The scandal itself: years prior, Coderre received a parking fine, but to which became “non-existential” with time. A journalist, Patrick Lagacé (the one in he vid whom was in his underwear), tried to be a whistle blower to show how the mayor got pardoned for the 444$ fine. Being tipped about the potential uncovering of this information, Commandant Pichet was assigned to wiretap Lagacé’s phone.
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Post by Systemcat on Feb 22, 2020 16:07:32 GMT -6
Thanks for explaining what this was joking on aside from IG. Funny but not understanding 99% of the French language. ... This reminds me to unplug my translator from charging since it needs to be put to use.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2020 18:10:27 GMT -6
I'm an American here and I don't know much French, but this is hilarious! I'm just wondering who are the public figures they are making fun of? 🤔 The IG parody is of Phillipe Pichet, a (former) commanding officer of the Montreal police force. The dude cosplaying Penny is Denis Coderre, the then mayor of Montreal. The scandal itself: years prior, Coderre received a parking fine, but to which became “non-existential” with time. A journalist, Patrick Lagacé (the one in he vid whom was in his underwear), tried to be a whistle blower to show how the mayor got pardoned for the 444$ fine. Being tipped about the potential uncovering of this information, Commandant Pichet was assigned to wiretap Lagacé’s phone. LOL! now I can see why an IG parody fits this perfectly!
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