They opened their regular evening slot with a short sketch dedicated to François Hollande's "successful" live appearance the previous evening on M6's fortnightly economics magazine "Capital".
Perhaps you remember a recent post here in which the viewing figures for "Capital", with Hollande as guest, compared unfavourably to those of an interview with the Algerian-born former prostitute Zahia Dehar shown on in the evening on TF1's weekly show "Sept à huit".
Click here to refresh your memory.
There's little doubt that as a PR exercise, Hollande failed miserably to attract the hoped-for five million plus audience.
Anyway Les Guignols, in their own style, had a few cracking suggestions as to how Hollande might boost his popularity...by appearing in some of M6's many reality shows which seem to pull in the punters easily enough.
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| (screenshot Les Guignols "Maison à vendre") |
First up "L'amour est dans le pré" the equivalent in France of "Farmer wants a wife" and whose title in French ("Love is in the meadow") neatly sidesteps the fact that female farmers also exist and next season could see a gay farmer cast for the first time.
Next up was "Top Chef", yet another French version of an imported "concept" with the production company and TV executives opting to keep the original "English" title.
And finally "Maison à vendre" ("Sell this house") hosted by the immensely irritating and deliberately buffoon-like real-life estate agent turned TV presenter Stéphane Plaza.
The part to watch (unless you want to see the whole show) is just the first one minute and 15 seconds during which Hollande is mistaken on each occasion for a pig.
You draw your own conclusion as to what Les Guignols were trying to say.
Enjoy.
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