I've often heard people from Europe say that they really appreciate it when you try to speak their language even if your command of said language isn't that great. Being the cynical bastard that I am, I suspect what they really appreciate is the entertainment value of hearing us sound like a bunch of mental patients as we struggle through the language.
Uhmm... well, there is entertainment value, sure, but I really love to hear a stranger try to speak to me in my own languange and I try to speak in theirs, so entertainment value shared, let's say. What I really cannot stand is people that don't know a fucking word, understand that no one comprehends them, and raise their voice, as if the issue was the fucking volume! Fuck off back to your country!
Actually I heard most do appreciate someone honestly trying to speak the language. But not France though. Although I am sure this was drummed up for the movie, I've heard travel stories of similar situations.
@Big Bubba Please don't take it so seriously. It's actually à joke about the Parisians whose reputation is really bad in France. We use the word "Parisian" as a synonymous for "snobbish asshole".
He was being polite in a rude way but please understand not all French people are rude. I've met some nice people from France when they were shopping at the grocery store I work at and although fluent in English they were impressed I was the only employee who spoke French
MinecraftWaryur I think that is kinda universal, I don't recall ever hearing that phrase in the vous form. But at the beginning he's using formal French.
I would have to say 2nd best. Can't be the original. I do like this better than Christmas vacation. All of them good though. Well not so much Vegas Vacation.
This is 3rd best for me after the original and Christmas Vacation, which shows how awesome this whole series is that they are all debatable as the best. Edit - Actually Vegas isn't in the debate imo, clearly the worst of the four legit Lampoon movies.
I was at my local club one day ordering a drink - they just added the spirits to the can after you took a sip normally. She looked at me and said "would you like that in the can?" and I said "No, I'll have it right here" - then nearly pissed myself laughing. Obviously a younger girl who'd never seen European Vacation.
I agree! I studied in Lyon during my abroad year, loved France, except for Paris. Parisians are the reason we have the stereotype of French people being cold, distant, and rude. Don't let Paris ruin France for you
I found the French, outside Paris, in general to be very polite and helpful, especially if you try to speak a little French. They were much more courteous than most other Europeans I’ve met with.
I've met a few people from France over the years and they were pretty polite to me and they were visiting my area and came into the grocery store I work at and although fairly fluent in English they were impressed with my French speaking and told me I speak it well but my accent is a little too strong. My store manager and supervisor were impressed too but a checker got mad at me and said "This is America Dan! Speak English!!!" I said "Fermez la bouche!" to her and immediately she shut up. Checker was not a supervisor just a regular co worker. After the French family thanked me for my help and impressed with my ability to speak French the checker scowled at me the rest of the day and a co worker asked me what I said to her in French and I said "Fermez la bouche." means shut your mouth and he couldn't stop laughing the rest of the day. I took French for a few years and although I can read, write and speak it fluently I have forgotten some of it over the years but when I watch this movie or any movie in French dialogue and subtitles, read a book in French, visit Canada or meet tourists from France it all comes back but I have to be careful when I speak French in Canada because the dialect in Canada is different than France as well as Belgium and in my senior year of high school one of my classmates had an exchange student from Brussels and although she spoke some English she didn't know enough and had a hard time understanding it when we had a couple classes together and I had to translate what our teachers were saying and my classmates in the classes we were in had a hard time understanding me and Charlotte the exchange student and one said "Why are you speaking French? She's from Belgium." and I told them that French is the official language of Belgium and the classmate was impressed with my French as well as the others and teachers we had. Charlotte thought my accent was too strong too but told me I speak French very well and we went to homecoming dance together but she went back to Belgium a few months later because she was afraid to stay the entire year in America and was home sick. I pray she's well and I wonder what she's up to now and if she remembers me. I guess I can check if she's on facebook
I love the scene where Clark asks "what's the soup du jour?" The waiter says its the soup of the day. Clark says "oh that sounds great. Ill have one of those!"
Clark said "Votre meilleur vin." which means Your best wine and the waiter replies "Je vais vous apportez de leau vaiselle. Vous ne savez pas la difference." It means I will bring you some dish water. You won't know the difference."
I speak Japanese and I pretended not to understand around these Japanese people. It's interesting to know the kind of sh*t people say about you when they don't think you understand what they are saying
I'm able to do the same thing in Spanish, most Latinos in America assume no white people can understand them. 9 times out of 10, they just talk about normal stuff, unless they see a girl they like, then it gets pretty out there at times.
+Alexander Pataki Really? Because, for the actual world, and Lationo America situation, we assume that nobody will visit L.A. without speak spanish because is dangerous.
betoen What is THAT supposed to mean? I don't even know what point your trying to make with your poorly worded comment. I don't know if your drunk, really young, foreign or just stupid. I'm from Oklahoma, and most Anglos do NOT speak Spanish here, sorry if that's not real enough for you.
In Canada, the French live in Quebec. If you don’t speak French, they’re mad because you’re an Anglo-Canadian. You try to speak French, albeit horribly, they get even more mad. They’re only 20% of the Canadian population but they think that they are extra important and special. They come out West here where no one speaks French, and they speak English fairly well. If not, we try to be helpful and patient. What can you do I guess?
Hi, there, maybe the real reason things don't work out is because both kinds of people want to be the queen bee in Canada. A country can only have one queen bee. It's always true that either the old queen stings the new queen or the new queen stings the old one. The Russians and the White people are the same way; this planet can likewise only have one queen bee. I tell people,"If you don't want White people to be the queen be, then move to Russia."
I got much further in Paris simply grunting and pointing at things than with my broken French. Finally found a guy who'd listen to my tortured spiel, he listened patiently, then when I finish he goes: "Sorry, didn't understand any of that, I'm American."
@@hectorlopez1069 Yeah uhhh most people can figure out if someone is speaking a different language than yours they're foreign. Doesnt make you a genius.
Dude, If I was a customer and I found out somehow that my waiter was insulting me and my entire family in a foreign language the entire time I was ordering while tricking me into thinking he was being polite, I would crack the fuck up and want to shake his hand. Lol
tankmaster1018 after reading the first part of your comment.. I thought to myself "oh look, another bad ass letting everyone know what he would have done".. and then you kicked in with that fantastically honest ending.. kudos
Admittedly, this scene is always playing in the back of my head whenever I order in a Parisian Restaurant. That being said and while it is somewhat reflective of the truth, most of the servers are very polite and want to help you rather than process you as an ignorant fool. French people are actually very kind if you get to know them. I use a few simple words in French and point. Then the rest is usually in English-and that seems to work well.
First you say it's somewhat reflective of the truth, then you say the opposite. Keep taking your meds. This is one of the worst films I've ever seen in my life. Xmas 🎄 vacation is ace, but this one is disgusting.
Anyone's who's ever been to Paris, has been treated like this. They're pricks who won't even sell you a damn Coke if you don't ask in French. And it really is just the Parisians - for example the south of France (the French Riviera) is a completely different story.
When stationed in Germany I found out Germans really appreciate it when they hear you speaking in German. It shows you understand you're in their country and trying to learn. If you fall apart mentally trying to speak, relax. Most of them know English and will politely guide you along or correct you with a smile. It went from 'another GI' expression to opening up and smiling when they see you are really trying to learn their language. "Vielen, Danke" works wonders as it means "many thanks!" and is more relaxed and informal.
@@FuckOffTrends Not according to all the European people I've met it's not. All six of them were blanked when trying to communicate in any other language. Only in Paris though, where they are rude fuckers.
That’s not French .. It’s correct but it’s awkward, we are generally more vulgar and direct in our insult , the vocabulary of guy is childish .. That’s obviously abd really old movie
"Abby sibling over top of the four cities velvet Manilla from Kapolei part in what" "Get x over chicago?" "America" "Awfully dilute listen the social authority civil" "Versus mata rule" "The food"
United States Marines guard an embassy in that country, but I've never heard of them getting trouble from the people there. I've heard of Marines who guard embassies in El Salvador, Beirut, Iran, and Nyrobi getting bombed or attacked by those haters too often.
That's the joke: the French are rude and don't like it when you blunder their language. One of my high school French teachers mocked bad accents, howled at mispronunciations, and pantomimed shooting us with increasingly larger weapons for every wrong answer on a quiz or homework assignment.
chris1pugsley it’s because they’re American. as mentioned above, the French don’t like people mangling their languages but they’ll be a bit more lenient with tourists from like Australia or something. American tourists are a bit more disliked lol
Only in the movies do the French call a waiter "Garcon." It is considered bad taste to talk to your waiter like that. I think a more acceptable word would be serveur, but my French isn't the best in the world.
Garçon is the correct word … But in our modern standard , you just have to rise your arm for call him . Whive time you can sympathize and learn his name .. Obviously don’t do this the first time . Please note they are badly paid and sometimes come from North Africa.
Every time I see the scene I always imagine Clark as an actual plot twist understanding every word that the waiter says and then gets up and punches him out
Haha yep. When they're on the plane, the flight attendant asks Clark if he wants a drink. He says he'll take a coke. She asks him if he wants it in the can. Clark looks back toward the bathroom and looks at her and says, "No, I'll have it right here." 😂 Here's the scene... th-cam.com/video/Ri791tauGmU/w-d-xo.html
Thank fuck I didn't had these kind of problems in Budapest. I was a bit worried if the Hungarians would be willing to speak English but luckily they spoke English pretty good.
Dana Hill was at least 20 years old when this movie was made and everyone's like, "Oh my gawd, report the waiter to Chris Hansen" etc. Not a great look if you claim to care about the harms of actual pedophilia.
Had they been served dish water, they would have asked the waiter to bring them cleaner water, and if he refused, then they would have reported it to the management.
Yeah, they say Viets & Asians are awfully cheap but they cost almost three times more the rate of a standard Murican from the ghetto. Cry me a river... We have some camembert cheese over here that smells and tastes better, honest to God, brodda, amen. A good thing with the more expensive things it's you don't need to wash yourself in bleach thereafter.
when she said where would you find the waiter like that in the United States,I have the answer, everywhere you can find a waiter like that anywhere in the U.S.
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Is it any wonder when 'they' initiate that exchange by calling the waiter 'boy' , eg Garcon - Mean time Hollywood continues to perpetuate that misnomer for this continued discord between English and French speakers. Incidentally the correct word for a waiter in french is 'serveur'
Very few of my French books have the necessary information you put in your comment. Just like your comment, one of my French books implies that waiters who speak French consider it bad taste when customers say, "Garcon" to the waiter.
So french people hate paris?.Do they distance themselves from each other?.So france is where tourists want to be in rather then paris?.Lots of questions ik just wanna know what the comparisons are between the two.🤔🤔
@@MrJuvefrank You're right. American tourists who speak little if any French shouldn't vacation in France in the first place, but should instead spend their money elsewhere. I'm sure *that'll* make those snooty French waiters happy.
Weren't those "Findus" brand frozen means they were microwaving? LOL!!! Just noticed that. Findus was one of the companies embroiled in the "horse-meat scandal" a couple years back! Oh the delicious irony!!!
This movie really made the French out to look bad. Everything from this waiter, the hotel staff laughing, and even the girl mocking Rusty on the Eiffel Tower. They really pushed the stereotype that the French are rude.
Agreed. Not all French people are rude. I met a family from Lyon when they were visiting in my area five years ago and they were very polite. They did speak english fluently yes but they were very impressed with my French speaking and told me it's very good but my accent is a little too strong
French waiters take offence whenever people call them "Garcon." Only in movies do people call waiters this word. In real life, waiters think this word is in bad taste.
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Referring to Coca Cola as „American Champagne“ is actually a brilliant insult.
Hi, there, I don't see how it's insulting.
It's poison no matter how you say it. And a spermicide if your a BLM , Hip hop or rap thug😂
@@MrJuvefrank let me guess you cheer for Ukraine too 🤢🤪
@@unbroken1010doesn’t even make sense?
@@FiNn-nk2semakes perfect sense
I've often heard people from Europe say that they really appreciate it when you try to speak their language even if your command of said language isn't that great. Being the cynical bastard that I am, I suspect what they really appreciate is the entertainment value of hearing us sound like a bunch of mental patients as we struggle through the language.
Uhmm... well, there is entertainment value, sure, but I really love to hear a stranger try to speak to me in my own languange and I try to speak in theirs, so entertainment value shared, let's say.
What I really cannot stand is people that don't know a fucking word, understand that no one comprehends them, and raise their voice, as if the issue was the fucking volume!
Fuck off back to your country!
actually they find it insulting if you try to speak. Because you must speak it in perfection without an accent.
@@Skerdy lmao fuck back off to your own country. I gotta use that next time a canadian tries to tell me some shit.
Actually I heard most do appreciate someone honestly trying to speak the language. But not France though. Although I am sure this was drummed up for the movie, I've heard travel stories of similar situations.
@@infullbloom3246 France is like the most overrated country in Europe.
The "Go fuck yourself" line was a riot for me. Clearly, Clark had no idea the waiter was insulting him.
Before that - "Your wife has wonderful big tits, and your daughter has a great little ass"
What makes you say that?
I remember in the theatre when we saw this , everybody cracked up laughing when the waiter told him go fuck yourself
He's actually quite nice for a Parisian.
@Big Bubba Please don't take it so seriously. It's actually à joke about the Parisians whose reputation is really bad in France. We use the word "Parisian" as a synonymous for "snobbish asshole".
He was being polite in a rude way but please understand not all French people are rude. I've met some nice people from France when they were shopping at the grocery store I work at and although fluent in English they were impressed I was the only employee who spoke French
Yep, the French people are lovely. I’ve had zero issue in Cannes, Bologne, Nice and many other more rural places. Paris however is rude!
Our 2nd family movie. I also loved Audrey's reaction when she was passed a long, thick white bratwurst. "I miss Jack".
He's insulting them in the POLITE form of the language lol
"va te faire foutre" at the end. that's using the tu form
MinecraftWaryur I think that is kinda universal, I don't recall ever hearing that phrase in the vous form. But at the beginning he's using formal French.
Wait what?!
@@MCDreng And Clark doesn't realize the waiter told him to go fuck himself
@@dancastro4732 exactly hahahaha
RIP 🪦 Dana Hill
One of the funniest scenes of the movie.
😐
damn they cut out the end where its just tv dinners LOL
Jeff Funnell I keep searching for that scene! That's how I got here.
You see it right at the end lol
You can see the chef tossing the tv dinners up there lol
With the little flags on top of them!
I wonder if that’s accurate or a mean joke. LOL
Remarkable accent. Chicago? Perhaps Cleveland? 😂
“Accent remarquable. Chicago? Peut-être Cleveland?” 😂
That was my favorite part!
The French people can tell if you're American.
LOL this will always be my favorite Vacation movie!
Same! I always liked Dana Hill’s performance in this movie. #RIPDanaHill
@@robertcarldecker definitley the most hysterical Audrey she stole the whole movie haha ..i love that johhny from karate kid is her douchey BF too !
I would have to say 2nd best. Can't be the original. I do like this better than Christmas vacation. All of them good though. Well not so much Vegas Vacation.
always a douche...complete douche in Back to School too!
This is 3rd best for me after the original and Christmas Vacation, which shows how awesome this whole series is that they are all debatable as the best.
Edit - Actually Vegas isn't in the debate imo, clearly the worst of the four legit Lampoon movies.
This is an accurate depiction of Paris citizens.
I was at my local club one day ordering a drink - they just added the spirits to the can after you took a sip normally. She looked at me and said "would you like that in the can?" and I said "No, I'll have it right here" - then nearly pissed myself laughing. Obviously a younger girl who'd never seen European Vacation.
I agree! I studied in Lyon during my abroad year, loved France, except for Paris. Parisians are the reason we have the stereotype of French people being cold, distant, and rude. Don't let Paris ruin France for you
There's nothing wrong with a smelly pussy.
Trusteft, Monsieur est un connaisseur, mes respects, Monsieur ! ;-)
@@x2y3a1j5 lol! And frankly speaking, it's kind of like new York City being a representation of the rest of the United States? C'est pas se mauvaise.
I found the French, outside Paris, in general to be very polite and helpful, especially if you try to speak a little French. They were much more courteous than most other Europeans I’ve met with.
I've met a few people from France over the years and they were pretty polite to me and they were visiting my area and came into the grocery store I work at and although fairly fluent in English they were impressed with my French speaking and told me I speak it well but my accent is a little too strong. My store manager and supervisor were impressed too but a checker got mad at me and said "This is America Dan! Speak English!!!" I said "Fermez la bouche!" to her and immediately she shut up. Checker was not a supervisor just a regular co worker. After the French family thanked me for my help and impressed with my ability to speak French the checker scowled at me the rest of the day and a co worker asked me what I said to her in French and I said "Fermez la bouche." means shut your mouth and he couldn't stop laughing the rest of the day. I took French for a few years and although I can read, write and speak it fluently I have forgotten some of it over the years but when I watch this movie or any movie in French dialogue and subtitles, read a book in French, visit Canada or meet tourists from France it all comes back but I have to be careful when I speak French in Canada because the dialect in Canada is different than France as well as Belgium and in my senior year of high school one of my classmates had an exchange student from Brussels and although she spoke some English she didn't know enough and had a hard time understanding it when we had a couple classes together and I had to translate what our teachers were saying and my classmates in the classes we were in had a hard time understanding me and Charlotte the exchange student and one said "Why are you speaking French? She's from Belgium." and I told them that French is the official language of Belgium and the classmate was impressed with my French as well as the others and teachers we had. Charlotte thought my accent was too strong too but told me I speak French very well and we went to homecoming dance together but she went back to Belgium a few months later because she was afraid to stay the entire year in America and was home sick. I pray she's well and I wonder what she's up to now and if she remembers me. I guess I can check if she's on facebook
Now that's 5 star service!
"just a little brie, yeah"
I'm sure if some French tourists spoke only French in an American restaurant, they'd get similar treatment.
That's because American OWNS France.
Bullshit. Americans are kind and giving people. Providing you leave a tip lol
@Big Bubba Agreed, Clark deserves brownie points for trying.
@@annamccallister2970 I second that. Remember watching this movie as it came out.
Melinda Harper The Statue of Liberty is from France.
I love the scene where Clark asks "what's the soup du jour?" The waiter says its the soup of the day. Clark says "oh that sounds great. Ill have one of those!"
That's in Dumb and Dumber you moron!
Clark said "Votre meilleur vin." which means Your best wine and the waiter replies "Je vais vous apportez de leau vaiselle. Vous ne savez pas la difference." It means I will bring you some dish water. You won't know the difference."
@@Schlomothebest I think that was the joke but not sure. Trying to play devil's advocate and bail the OP out here..
@@dancastro4732 He is talking about another movie, Dumb and Dumber. That dialogue takes place in that movie.
Great scene in Dumb and Dumber too in the Diner with sea-bass!
I speak Japanese and I pretended not to understand around these Japanese people. It's interesting to know the kind of sh*t people say about you when they don't think you understand what they are saying
I'm able to do the same thing in Spanish, most Latinos in America assume no white people can understand them. 9 times out of 10, they just talk about normal stuff, unless they see a girl they like, then it gets pretty out there at times.
+Alexander Pataki Really? Because, for the actual world, and Lationo America situation, we assume that nobody will visit L.A. without speak spanish because is dangerous.
betoen What is THAT supposed to mean? I don't even know what point your trying to make with your poorly worded comment. I don't know if your drunk, really young, foreign or just stupid. I'm from Oklahoma, and most Anglos do NOT speak Spanish here, sorry if that's not real enough for you.
+Alexander Pataki Oklahoma, anglos, foreing? What are you talking about?? you need to read my comment again?
+betoen you are a douche and a coward.
In Canada, the French live in Quebec. If you don’t speak French, they’re mad because you’re an Anglo-Canadian. You try to speak French, albeit horribly, they get even more mad. They’re only 20% of the Canadian population but they think that they are extra important and special. They come out West here where no one speaks French, and they speak English fairly well. If not, we try to be helpful and patient. What can you do I guess?
Yeah, you're right, we are the worst people on the universe. That's why you should avoid coming here ...
You don’t have to worry about that. I have little desire to visit France and no desire to visit a shit hole like Quebec.
Hi, there, maybe the real reason things don't work out is because both kinds of people want to be the queen bee in Canada. A country can only have one queen bee. It's always true that either the old queen stings the new queen or the new queen stings the old one. The Russians and the White people are the same way; this planet can likewise only have one queen bee. I tell people,"If you don't want White people to be the queen be, then move to Russia."
@@madaneau
I do. Fk Quebec.
They give them tv dinners!😂
The funny thing is that clark really did act like the average american dad.
Definitely in Paris
I got much further in Paris simply grunting and pointing at things than with my broken French. Finally found a guy who'd listen to my tortured spiel, he listened patiently, then when I finish he goes: "Sorry, didn't understand any of that, I'm American."
THAT would be hilarious. 🤣
One of the best scenes I think haha
To be fair, Ellen did. 👌
and so did Audrey
The waiter knew they were from Chicago 😂😂😂😂
French people are not stupid, they know if you're a foreigner, or not.
@@hectorlopez1069 Yeah uhhh most people can figure out if someone is speaking a different language than yours they're foreign. Doesnt make you a genius.
@@MrRwk314 he got their city as well out of two guesses
This movie was hilarious and a great comedy movie 😂😆😆😆😆😂
Dude, If I was a customer and I found out somehow that my waiter was insulting me and my entire family in a foreign language the entire time I was ordering while tricking me into thinking he was being polite, I would crack the fuck up and want to shake his hand. Lol
tankmaster1018 after reading the first part of your comment.. I thought to myself "oh look, another bad ass letting everyone know what he would have done".. and then you kicked in with that fantastically honest ending.. kudos
He sets up a threat... you won't BELIEVE what he says after that!
Actually it’s not a foreign language, those dumb Americans are in France…
Admittedly, this scene is always playing in the back of my head whenever I order in a Parisian Restaurant. That being said and while it is somewhat reflective of the truth, most of the servers are very polite and want to help you rather than process you as an ignorant fool. French people are actually very kind if you get to know them. I use a few simple words in French and point. Then the rest is usually in English-and that seems to work well.
My boyfriend is French im a Croatian and we speak on English😆
@@lela8081 10 years ago, my manager said, that see no say means, "Sir" in Croation.
So, basically you validated the clip as being real.
First you say it's somewhat reflective of the truth, then you say the opposite. Keep taking your meds. This is one of the worst films I've ever seen in my life. Xmas 🎄 vacation is ace, but this one is disgusting.
Typical rude Parisian waiters
Typical American tourists
I actually had really nice waiters when I was in Paris, although I do speak French...
@@RachelDeRosier010894 Yeah typical Americans who kept their sorry country from collapse back in the day lol
@@melissa397 Perhaps that's the reason they were nice to you.
My favorite scene, too.
AHAHAHA. "Just a little brie."
Anyone's who's ever been to Paris, has been treated like this. They're pricks who won't even sell you a damn Coke if you don't ask in French. And it really is just the Parisians - for example the south of France (the French Riviera) is a completely different story.
His reaction after he says “je parie que votre femme a une pair de lolo… »😂
Lmao..*garkonee*
Lol. It's garcon
Two American champagnes lol
When stationed in Germany I found out Germans really appreciate it when they hear you speaking in German. It shows you understand you're in their country and trying to learn. If you fall apart mentally trying to speak, relax. Most of them know English and will politely guide you along or correct you with a smile. It went from 'another GI' expression to opening up and smiling when they see you are really trying to learn their language. "Vielen, Danke" works wonders as it means "many thanks!" and is more relaxed and informal.
You’d think someone that could understand would call this creep out
jesus christ I hate thick people
How do you know anyone was in earshot? Or even around for that matter
@@jygb7092 it’s Paris
This is SO true goddammit!!
@Duff Clem never say never
This is pure stereotype....
@Doffy Rob This has happened many thousands of times in reality...
@@FuckOffTrends Not according to all the European people I've met it's not. All six of them were blanked when trying to communicate in any other language. Only in Paris though, where they are rude fuckers.
@Doffy Rob It's happened millions of times actually. You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
What's funny is the subtitles were accurate ! >:D
Some of the BEST SHIT of All Time 😆😆😆❤️❤️❤️
this is spot on even today
Hence the French don't like the Americans.
@@partyentertains4092 Why we liberated it from the nazis when they were cowards and gave it up like nothing.
I wonder how French speakers reacted to this
That’s not French ..
It’s correct but it’s awkward, we are generally more vulgar and direct in our insult , the vocabulary of guy is childish ..
That’s obviously abd really old movie
The auto caps whenever the waiter speaks. 😂
"Abby sibling over top of the four cities velvet Manilla from Kapolei part in what"
"Get x over chicago?"
"America"
"Awfully dilute listen the social authority civil"
"Versus mata rule"
"The food"
At least the waiter’s nice to Ellen and Audrey 😊
Now I'm afraid to go to France
United States Marines guard an embassy in that country, but I've never heard of them getting trouble from the people there. I've heard of Marines who guard embassies in El Salvador, Beirut, Iran, and Nyrobi getting bombed or attacked by those haters too often.
They are all dressed like Frank Spencer.
In the 80s unfriendly but after 92, and studying French, Parisians progessively friendlier to me
“A rude Frenchman! Well I never!”
-Ned Flanders
That waiter is very mean, Clark was being nice he was trying to him in French and the waiter was insulting Clark, Ellen and Audrey.
That's the joke: the French are rude and don't like it when you blunder their language. One of my high school French teachers mocked bad accents, howled at mispronunciations, and pantomimed shooting us with increasingly larger weapons for every wrong answer on a quiz or homework assignment.
chris1pugsley it’s because they’re American. as mentioned above, the French don’t like people mangling their languages but they’ll be a bit more lenient with tourists from like Australia or something. American tourists are a bit more disliked lol
@@fifthdoctor they'd be speaking German today if it wasn't for the USA and Britain
@@patrickoliver9133 Hehe. Good one. I'm from Europe and I've always found the french a tad rude, but I love their fries tough:)
Lurker M you are not so clever your self 😡
I love this scene and the airplane scene
"Va te faire foutre." I have that French phrase on a drinking cup. I tell people it means "have a nice day."
Why would you lie to people about what words in French mean?
Only in the movies do the French call a waiter "Garcon." It is considered bad taste to talk to your waiter like that. I think a more acceptable word would be serveur, but my French isn't the best in the world.
Garçon is the correct word …
But in our modern standard , you just have to rise your arm for call him .
Whive time you can sympathize and learn his name ..
Obviously don’t do this the first time .
Please note they are badly paid and sometimes come from North Africa.
@@druisteen Hi, happy Easter.
France and America share a very strong friendship and the round, plump behinds of American women, oh la la ! !
Every time I see the scene I always imagine Clark as an actual plot twist understanding every word that the waiter says and then gets up and punches him out
The fact that they are wearing berets screams "trying too hard".
Naa, tourist warning.
It's hilarious if speak both languages...
Is this the same vacation movie where Chevy didn't want his coke "in the can"?
Oui mon ami
That's Correct
Haha yep. When they're on the plane, the flight attendant asks Clark if he wants a drink. He says he'll take a coke. She asks him if he wants it in the can.
Clark looks back toward the bathroom and looks at her and says, "No, I'll have it right here." 😂
Here's the scene...
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I came for the American champagne 🍾
If you ever speak French and find a waiter this rude to you, don't call him out or punch him, just bring up a surrender joke.
The French Army knife. It’s like the Swiss Army knife but it also has a little white flag.
The waiter didn't like it when Chevy Chase called him "Garconie."
Thank fuck I didn't had these kind of problems in Budapest. I was a bit worried if the Hungarians would be willing to speak English but luckily they spoke English pretty good.
lolk I know Hungarians who have been treated like this in Paris so they probably go easy on other countries. That and they are nicer people too.
garconey!!!
Sacre Bleu!! TV dinners?? Not French at all. Non Non Non!
this really happens
Yes it does
@@annamccallister2970 Yep. Years ago, I was cussed at in Spanish by a juice head at work.
@Chris Cipollini He came into my store drunk as shit you egghead!!
@@annamccallister2970 Hell people get cussed at in their own language!
That’s ok. I never had any use for francs or their “awful tower” either.
Who are you quoting
One example of Hollywood keeping up with the Jones'. This was the Raygun years.
When Clark says soufflé fromage he meant to say quiche because that is how they say cheese quiche but in vocabulary souffler means to breathe
ik ahahaha
Hi, there, maybe it does mean "to breathe." I heard it means "to blow."
Sorry, Brother, I should not have put the word "maybe" in my comment.
i would totally learn the language of a country i'm going to; but pretend to not know just to see if someone would say this to me XD
Bonjour
I'll have the Veal, the Vile, the Veal.
Veau (Vo) is how the french say veal
"Va te faire foutre" can also translate to "Shut up", "Screw Off", "Sod Off" , "Screw You", "Buzz Off", "Bug Off" and "Kiss my Ass".
Dana Hill was at least 20 years old when this movie was made and everyone's like, "Oh my gawd, report the waiter to Chris Hansen" etc. Not a great look if you claim to care about the harms of actual pedophilia.
Excellente
Epic!
Reminds me of Lopez from Red vs Blue
you cut it before the best part!
I know! The part where the head chef puts the little French flag on the TV dinner and does this little curtsy is hilarious!!
Pointing to, ' The Tower'.
America's a 'safer', country.
hilarious haha, I love this movie, I don't know why it got so much hate
because it is accurate about europe
@@TheWest-lq7qr Hahahaha very true It's hilarious, better than the original actually.
I am wondering if they did get served dishwater.
Had they been served dish water, they would have asked the waiter to bring them cleaner water, and if he refused, then they would have reported it to the management.
The waiter was born with his hands up
+Gino M what does that mean
ah, yes
I didn't know it took six whole weeks of back-against-the-wall fighting to surrender.
Big Bubba, I bet you can say "I surrender" in Vietnamese. That's a start. You'll learn more languages as you age.
Yeah, they say Viets & Asians are awfully cheap but they cost almost three times more the rate of a standard Murican from the ghetto. Cry me a river... We have some camembert cheese over here that smells and tastes better, honest to God, brodda, amen.
A good thing with the more expensive things it's you don't need to wash yourself in bleach thereafter.
Garkoney!..
It's bad luck to call a waiter that word or a word similar to that word. If you don't believe me, ask an honest person who speaks French.
So many people got butthurt in the comment section lol
Yeah I know! What a bunch of fuckwits...how can they not realize this is an 80’s comedy film???
1:09 didn't see THAT coming!!
+scottonfire543 it was the 80s...
So if that was Vegas Aurdrey would you say you were waiting for that moment?
Lol big baby
@@bowens9211 Vegas Audrey was really hot
@@michaelolin2219 if she were obesity with a double chin would you still say that? Lol
@@bowens9211 you just liked your own comment didn't you?
I still don’t know why Clark said “congratulations” when he opened the wrong door & heard whipping & a woman screaming.
If you don’t understand, than nothing I say or anyone else says will help you understand.
He walked in on two people most likely husband and wife wrestling ;) Naked wrestling
when she said where would you find the waiter like that in the United States,I have the answer, everywhere you can find a waiter like that anywhere in the U.S.
the weather? . lol
No, American waiters will be fired if they do what this guy did.
@@MrRwk314 I was more talking about his attitude than what he physically said to them
hehe!!mr big!!!
Fucking hilarious
Lol this is hilarious
indeed :)
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I always try and speak the Native language wherever I go Hindi in Birmingham, Polish in London etc.
Lol.
Is it any wonder when 'they' initiate that exchange by calling the waiter 'boy' , eg Garcon - Mean time Hollywood continues to perpetuate that misnomer for this continued discord between English and French speakers. Incidentally the correct word for a waiter in french is 'serveur'
Very few of my French books have the necessary information you put in your comment. Just like your comment, one of my French books implies that waiters who speak French consider it bad taste when customers say, "Garcon" to the waiter.
"How do you say surrender in French?"
So french people hate paris?.Do they distance themselves from each other?.So france is where tourists want to be in rather then paris?.Lots of questions ik just wanna know what the comparisons are between the two.🤔🤔
Yeah really where would you find a waiter like that in the United States
I guess the french really don't like americans
They're tired of people who speak French like Chevy Chase. In France, It's disrespectful to say, "Garcon," or "Garconie" to a waiter.
@@MrJuvefrank You're right. American tourists who speak little if any French shouldn't vacation in France in the first place, but should instead spend their money elsewhere. I'm sure *that'll* make those snooty French waiters happy.
Weren't those "Findus" brand frozen means they were microwaving? LOL!!! Just noticed that. Findus was one of the companies embroiled in the "horse-meat scandal" a couple years back! Oh the delicious irony!!!
This movie really made the French out to look bad. Everything from this waiter, the hotel staff laughing, and even the girl mocking Rusty on the Eiffel Tower. They really pushed the stereotype that the French are rude.
Agreed. Not all French people are rude. I met a family from Lyon when they were visiting in my area five years ago and they were very polite. They did speak english fluently yes but they were very impressed with my French speaking and told me it's very good but my accent is a little too strong
French waiters take offence whenever people call them "Garcon." Only in movies do people call waiters this word. In real life, waiters think this word is in bad taste.
Most stereotypes have a kernel of truth to them.
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Damn funny
Easy: both.
what the hell was I answering to
Did Clark find out what that waiter really said??
Had Clark found out what that waiter was getting at, he would have reported it to the management.
@@MrJuvefrank Exactly
That’s the joke here, they don’t know that the waiter is secretly insulting them
@@MrJuvefrank And management would have just laughed.
@@SingleTax Most people who are rude to customers are fired on the spot.