COMEDY CLASS BY ÉRIC AND RAMZY
In the previous episode, Éric,
12 acts tried to impress us in Carte Blanche.
À la carte.
-À la carte. -Carte Blanche.
Some made us laugh…
Others just made us smile.
-With Jonathan Cohen. -JoCo to his friends.
We had to make some choices.
We gave Appoline a warning.
If we give her a second warning…
She'll be eliminated.
We're not done yet, Ramzy.
-So… -A second warning.
-It's for Poulet de Feu. -Hello.
We've seen your act but we want more,
-more Poulet de Feu. -Okay.
I hope the warnings
wake you up enough to make it to the final.
Definitely.
-Well done to all of you. -Well done, everyone.
It doesn't end here.
It's time for the second Comedy Class challenge
for a shot at making the finale.
ABSURD
What is absurd humor?
A horse walks into a bar and asks,
"Do you have any chocolate eclairs?"
"Sorry, we only have raisin buns."
Isn't it supposed to be funny?
-Yes. -That was just absurd.
Yeah.
Come on, Éric!
Quick!
-Thank you. -Hello and good evening, Éric.
-Hi, Ramzy. -How are you?
Ramzy Bedia from H!
Eric Judor from Platane!
Ramzy Bedia from Of Money and Blood!
How's it going?
Ramzy, we're not here to talk about our careers.
Which have been flawless. No flops whatsoever.
It's all behind us now.
It's all downhill from here.
The future looks bright for our 12 acts.
Today is the Absurd challenge.
We're excited. We can't wait to hear what you have in store.
Comedians are usually good at this. Humor is all about
highlighting the absurdity of our daily lives.
It means having a sense of the absurd.
Some people are more sensitive…
-Humor is all about… -Highlighting
the absurdity of our existence.
It's about taking the edge off our death,
our inevitable death.
I've stopped taking notes. This is painful.
We have a very special guest.
She's funny, she's been in Paw Patrol.
We're at the peak of comedy.
-Please welcome… -Laura Felpin!
Good evening!
Laura Felpin, ladies and gentlemen!
We love you, Laura!
Look at that tiny nose.
Who has a tiny nose?
I do.
-I do. -You have a tiny nose.
Terrible.
You're just jealous.
"Who has a tiny nose?" So gross.
Whose tiny nose is it?
You must tell me! Tiny nose!
-I'll stop now. -Me too.
Here they all are. Ready for the Absurd challenge.
We won't tell you the two acts who have warnings.
All I'll say is, one is wearing a yellow top and glasses,
and the other has red hair.
If you get two warnings, you'll be sent home…
-To your mother. -That's it.
You always remember that guy,
like, "I remember Mr. Binus."
"As a kid he told me…"
-I'm tough, but I'm nice too. -Yes, of course.
Sure. I've got your back.
Are we gonna watch them from here? They'll be just there?
That's horrible. I mean, that's great.
There's a €50,000 prize.
I'm stressed out for them. Aren't you?
-They don't care. -They couldn't care less.
They're unemployed.
We just want them to make us laugh.
We're going to start with someone I've got high hopes for.
He's handsome, he's funny.
I hope I just cursed him by saying that.
Let's hear it for Enzo Ricci!
I'm very confused about absurd comedy.
It's not my thing at all.
It could go either way.
I could do well, and they'll say,
"Wow, he has a trick up his sleeve!"
I could get a warning. It's going to be tough.
Hello, everyone. I'll introduce myself because no one knows who I am.
I grew up in the suburbs of Paris.
I love the city because it's so open-minded.
I've known my friends since kindergarten.
The seven of us all have different skin tones.
If we didn't grow up in the city, we'd never have met.
We learn a lot from each other.
I learn about their traditions, their religions, their parents' stories.
They learn they can't enter clubs without me.
That difference is tough to deal with.
We just had a raclette meal together.
My friend said, "I love raclette. I'll host."
The thing is, he doesn't eat pork.
We arrive at his place.
No ham, fine. But no charcuterie at all.
At first, we said nothing, then we asked,
"No charcuterie?" He said, "No, I got salmon instead."
We were like, "Is this what they call the Great Replacement?"
The whole vibe was off. The potatoes were looking at the salmon,
"Who's this guy?"
The pickles were like, "I don't know, but he stinks!"
I poured the cheese on the salmon.
The salmon was like, "This is living in harmony?"
Next day, all the salmon in the North Sea met up.
"Serge died from asphyxiation caused by raclette cheese."
"Wait, who's Serge?"
"The guy who was hanging out with Simon."
"You should drop him a line sometime."
Fish jokes, sorry.
The ham leader called a meeting and said, "Watch out for salmon, guys."
"They're coming for our jobs."
The pineapples overheard, and said,
"Salmon, stop complaining."
"Some of our own ended up on pizza."
Imagine the first pineapple that ended up on pizza.
He must have been like…
"I'm a dessert! What's going on?"
"They're saying I'm Hawaiian, but I'm from Guadeloupe."
"What's happening now?"
"Oh no, I'm in a calzone."
On your feet?
Thank you so much.
I was so hoping he'd screw up.
I thought you wouldn't do well again.
He's too good. Annoying.
The personification of food is my favorite thing ever.
Imagine a salmon talking to ham. Wow!
Thank you, Laura.
Like smoked ham, fantastic.
-Thank you. -Get out of here.
-Bye, Enzo! -Go away!
Real funny guy.
-Great guy. He has everything we don't. -Hair.
Hair, talent, charisma.
Everything.
He has too many teeth.
That's his flaw.
That deserves a warning.
We found a reason.
-Yes. -His teeth.
I love Enzo.
Well done, Enzo!
-I can see him in the finale. -Easy.
That's what I needed. Some pressure.
This will be rough.
Being given a warning in the first challenge
was the worst-case scenario.
Fortunately, I like the absurd.
Unfortunately, that puts me under even more pressure.
It's time for some fire.
The color red.
-The color of chicken. -Poulet de Feu!
Hello.
POULET DE FEU 25 YEARS OLD
See that? I'm not the one who made it.
I've been bored a lot, but never enough to be good at origami.
The more you use your fingers to fold paper,
the less likely you are to put them in a person.
I know I've made some harsh comments about origami.
It was pointed out to me by the organization
OFBAPCBDBOTFESOULQB.
Origami Fan, But A Person Can't Be Defined By One Thing.
For Example, Some Of Us Like Quad Biking.
Thank you.
Here's what they had to say.
Damn, this is taking forever.
You're wasting time, you're on TV.
Éric and Ramzy are going to say, "You're selling us a crazy character,
but you were just so awkward."
"On top of that, you couldn't even…" There, that's it.
Here's what the organization said.
"We know where we can put our fingers. In your mom."
I gave my mom the opportunity to respond, of course.
"You think I'm going to help you with your sketch for Amazon?"
"You've betrayed our family by giving in to capitalism."
"Karl Marx would never have done that."
I gave Karl Marx the opportunity to respond.
For anyone who didn't understand, that roughly translates as,
"Let the pink-haired comrade be."
"She's trying to survive in an industry that's tough to break into."
I'm surprised the Amazon joke was approved
by Amazon's legal team.
I gave Amazon's legal team the opportunity to respond.
"Hello, I'm Amazon Prime's lawyer."
"I studied law for five years
and I find myself reading jokes written by unemployed losers at 4:00 a.m."
"It's really helped me get in touch with my inner child."
I gave inner children the opportunity to respond.
This is never going to end.
"In life,
we just want to eat peanut butter with a spoon and play on the swings."
"We're sick of you making us responsible
for the things you do during your mid-life crisis."
"That goes for you too, Poulet de Feu."
"Stop this sketch, it's way too long." The sketch gets to respond.
"I'm begging you, finish me."
"Go back to school. Take a shower, too."
Thanks for listening.
Wow.
Thank you.
Your German was great.
You know, Éric's mom is Austrian.
He speaks German really well.
You'd never guess. Can you say something in German?
My mother is Austrian.
You know how sexy that is?
Listen, I was ready to send you home.
Yeah, I got that.
Now, well…
"I'll do it. I have more reasons why."
Yes, but I'd feel bad.
What you did was great.
I was worried you'd get bogged down with the prop.
I didn't know what you'd do.
It was totally absurd. It was great. And funny.
I laughed a lot.
For me, it could have gone on for another four minutes.
A woman talking pisses them off.
A lot.
That was a comeback
-fit for an Amazon Prime movie. -She was on fire!
Chicken chicken really surprised us.
-Poulet de Feu. -Chicken Masala.
They can't say her name.
-The Indian restaurant taught us. -Butter Chicken.
-Cheese naan is the best. -So surprised.
In the first challenge, Éric said something quite interesting.
He said I was a Formula 1 driver, but I wasn't going fast enough.
For this second challenge, I'm ready to crush it.
I don't want to disappoint the judges and get a warning.
-Next up, it's Victor… -Vauchez.
Formula 1!
Formula 1.
VICTOR VAUCHEZ 24 YEARS OLD
When I was little, I wanted to be a Formula 1 driver.
But I wasn't fast enough.
Seven years later,
I wanted to be an explorer, like Christopher Columbus.
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.
When he got there, he was like, "Fucking hell."
"This place is huge."
I can't do a Portuguese accent, so I'm doing one from the south of France.
If you really think about it,
Christopher discovered something that already existed.
There were already people there.
He said, "I discovered this place."
"We were already here." "You didn't say so."
The first one to plant their flag wins.
Look, it's planted.
Who does the ocean belong to?
The Columbian Ocean. Let's take a dip.
Damn, this is nice.
What's that animal with the pointy thing?
Do you know? A shark? That shark is mine.
Fuck, they've stabbed me. That hurts.
For fuck's sake, help me!
Also, why do I have a southern French accent?
Christopher!
It hurts!
With this accent, I should be in the Mediterranean Sea.
It's not…
Is the sketch registered?
-I'm going to do it. -Too late. It's mine.
-Victor Vauchez and his conquistador. -Thank you, Christophe.
I feel like absurd humor isn't really your thing.
-Not at all. -Okay, you're aware.
-We're in agreement. -I really liked
the Formula 1 part. I thought,
-"He's going for it." -He did.
It was a bit of an inside joke.
Last time he was here,
we told Victor he was like a Formula 1 driver
going 20 miles an hour.
You're so charismatic.
When you perform, I want to laugh with you.
I couldn't get into the sketch.
It seems like you weren't completely convinced.
But I still thought it was very funny.
Maybe it's my fault.
-Yeah, it is. -Okay.
Let's keep going.
He started off on such a high note,
and with every sketch, he lets us down.
-It was a bit bland. -Totally.
Stop being such a strict German teacher.
"With every sketch, he lets us down."
With every sketch, the talent just doesn't show!
I just can't understand what he's doing on stage.
He has an issue with his timing.
-Warning, I think. -Yeah.
Yes. Yes!
We'll discuss this off-stage.
We'll talk at home.
Coming up next…
This Étienne guy looks nice.
-A super nice guy. -Étienne Lautrette.
-Wasn't he a serial killer? -Yeah.
"The Étienne Lautrette affair. 20 girls missing in the south of France."
I'm worried I'll forget my lines.
I'm worried I'll mess up.
There's a bit of pressure because I don't want a warning.
I want to talk about something that gets on my nerves.
I want to talk about chip flavors.
It's about time someone did.
Things have gone way too far, way too fast.
Oyster-flavored chips?
Is that a priority? Oyster-flavored chips? I'm not sure.
Before inventing oyster chips,
I'd have preferred Wi-Fi on trains that actually works.
Just an example.
There are some good flavors.
That's why we're going to rank the top five chip flavors.
-He's good. -So!
Let's start with fifth place.
Italian osso buco-flavored chips.
They take you on a journey.
You open the bag and you hear…
In fourth place, let's keep going. We have…
PHILATELIST
What the fuck?
Why is that here?
Let's get rid of it.
This is a real madeleine de Proust for me.
Literally. The chips are madeleine de Proust-flavored.
Subtly blending the flavor of madeleines
with the fragrance of Proust.
I guess you need to like sweet and sour.
Everyone has tried kettle chips,
but in third place, I've chosen…
kettle chips.
Yeah.
They're old school cool.
They're not just a snack,
they're a snack.
In second place, I've chosen something fresh.
Hookah-flavored chips, Apple-kiwi-banana-dragon fruit-flavored.
Sorry, that's not the right picture.
You didn't even tell me.
You just let me carry on like an idiot.
In first place, of course, it comes as no surprise.
The classic, the unbeatable salt and pepper chips.
I've switched it up. I've chosen pepper and salt chips.
These chips cheat on their wives. They call their lawyer "bro."
That was the top five chip flavors.
Well done!
-Well done, Étienne. -Well done, Étienne!
You really know how to make us laugh. We were dying.
-Thank you. -You killed it.
That sketch was just like you. Nice, simple, and funny.
Smart and pleasant.
No dips, no lulls. You had me the entire time.
The idea is hilarious. It's simple, we got it right away.
-It was great. Thanks. -Well done.
-Well done, Étienne. -Thanks.
-Well done. -Thanks.
-Very funny. -A nod to our career as philatelists.
-He knows how to flatter us. -That was for you?
-Yes, it was. -You didn't know?
When was that? Which show?
-Our first one. -I was seven.
I was seven too. Crazy.
-People have no idea. -A child prodigy.
Your mom used to say, "Oh Eric, you're such a child prodigy."
"Éric, you're so funny."
I used to have that accent.
"Mom, I can't sleep!"
"Sing me a lullaby."
"I'm having nightmares!"
"I need breast milk."
-Hey, do you have internet? -Yeah, I do.
-It's cool, right? -Amazing. Five clicks.
Have you Googled yourself?
Yeah, it suggests, "Éric Judor hair."
-Really? -That's the first thing people search for.
-I wonder what mine is. -So what's yours?
The first thing that comes up?
I'm going to check.
Can I just Google something?
Can I say that?
Who cares, they run the world.
-Laura Felpin couple. -Couple.
And the answer is…
Mine is "ancestry."
-Argentinian. -All the Arabs Googled "Ramzy ancestry."
-I swear he's Moroccan, I swear to God. -No, he's Tunisian!
-He's Algerian, like us! -Told you so!
It's time for our next act.
A Black guy.
It's Dudley.
Absurd humor really isn't my thing.
It's not my style.
I have no idea if this is going to work. If I get a warning, I'm in trouble.
DUDLEY 28 YEARS OLD
Thank you, DJ.
Well, I think it's obvious.
I'm a huge fan of Michael Jackson.
Now I'm having a hard time listening to his music.
I wanted to ask him a question. The one we all want to ask.
So I did.
I went to heaven to visit him.
Off I went, on my quest for the truth.
I got to heaven. It wasn't what I expected.
Unsettling. There was this charismatic guy at the entrance.
I asked, "Is Michael here?"
He said, "No." I asked, "Where is he?"
He said, "Down there."
I left and I thanked the bouncer, Tupac.
Off I went.
Guess who I bumped into?
Jean-Marie Le Pen!
I arrived at the gates of hell. There was a guard.
He was a representation of my biggest fears.
A mullet and capri pants. He said, "Yes I."
I continued on my quest for truth, looking for the boss.
Who do I meet on the way?
My father, who abandoned me as a kid.
I said, "Bro, what are you doing here?"
"Well, I knew you'd be here."
I said, "Where is the devil?"
"I'm the devil!"
I said, "No way! The devil wears papa."
Great.
I said, "Is Michael here?"
"Michael is not here." "He isn't?"
"No, he isn't." "Where is he?"
"A place worse than hell."
"Béziers."
What an asshole.
I came back to Earth,
and arrived outside Michael's place.
I rang the bell, he let me in and said,
"Dudley, you're here."
"You're so grown up."
I said, "Michael, cut the crap."
"I want the truth. I need to know.
"Tell me."
"Everyone wants to know."
"Michael, did you ever get your hands
on royalties for your music, man?"
What were you guys thinking?
You're all going to hell!
Watch out.
Thanks for listening.
You've got great timing.
-So much charisma. -You throw punches.
I loved it, but it could be even better
-if you didn't do stand-up clichés. -The mannerisms.
I love your tone,
but it can get a bit tiring.
It's getting a little boring, and I'd like you to change it up.
It'd be great if we could see even more of your personality.
As soon as you arrive on stage,
you have so much charisma
that we know you're a good guy.
I'd be disappointed if you weren't.
Are you asking if he's a cheater?
Yeah, we hope you're not a cheater.
We know it's a lie because this is the world we live in.
I'm from the Caribbean, so…
-Thank you, Dudley. -Thanks, Dudley.
I think we need to issue some warnings.
Really? That's horrible.
It's for €50,000.
It's a game. We need to eliminate people.
We can't have 12 winners.
It's normal that the guests
don't want to be in the position of…
Florence Foresti was pretty tough.
No, she was really nice.
You're confusing her with Éric Zemmour.
-We had Éric Zemmour on the show. -Season one.
-He was lovely. -So, he…
-Sofiane, out! -It was a nice surprise.
Redouane, out!
Do you want to do it?
Ladies and gentlemen, Camille Fievez!
I thought I'd get a warning for Carte Blanche.
I don't feel safe.
I want to show Éric and Ramzy that I can go all the way.
CAMILLE FIEVEZ 36 YEARS OLD
Yeah!
Come back, damn it.
Mommy's working.
I work part-time as a dog sitter.
It's pretty tiring, you know.
Especially with a puppy like this. He's six months old.
Stop it.
I love dogs.
Sorry, I forgot my lines.
I'm fucking it up.
No!
It's okay, I've got it.
What's cool is that since I've been doing this job,
I don't get harassed on the street by creepy dudes anymore.
It's great.
People are crazy about their dogs.
I saw a dog wearing a puffer vest.
Why would you dress your dog as a winegrower?
Stop it, Stéphane!
Come back! He's nice. He doesn't bite.
Don't sniff asses, Stéphane.
Don't look him in the eye, it sets him off.
Come here, Stéphane.
I taught him a trick.
Where's the ball?
The ball?
Good boy, Stéphane.
My shift is over.
I can give the dog back to his owner.
Mr. Judor.
Go on, go to Daddy!
Who's a good dog?
He's happy.
Go on, doggy.
Thank you, Stéphane.
Thanks for your attention.
Love it.
Camille Fievez!
-Well done, Camille! -Well done.
Well done.
Laura, do you want to say something?
It's fine if you forget your lines. Don't be mad at yourself.
It happens, it's stressful.
It made me laugh that you arrived with a human on all fours. In leather.
I bought it.
Your vulnerability is charming. You're so unsure of yourself.
It was funny. I'm a huge fan of your character.
It was daring, and completely absurd.
The idea was great, but the execution could have been better.
It worked at times,
but you hadn't rehearsed enough.
We need to start eliminating.
It's time.
Should we issue a warning? g.