Eurotrash is back

[rogerzilla]

Did anyone watch it?  I forgot and will have to use 4OD.  From the 1990s I only remember the Amsterdam Shit Museum and the way the two presenters used to abuse their (assumed drunken) audience.

[Mrs Pingu]

I think I was actually expecting Rapido. When it became apparent it was that terrible puerile willy waving I gave up and turned off.

[rogerzilla]

It's ALWAYS been terrible puerile willy waving.  But whoever had the idea of dubbing (usually nutty) foreigners with British regional accents was a genius.

[Andrew]

Is it back with Antoine de Caunes? He's a bit of a respected French TV presenter, film maker and actor these days. Still prone to a little zany humour but I'm not sure Pipi and Popo, Lolo etc quite fit his profile these days.

Eurotrash was indeed (deliberately) trash television, but with a charm. The interplay between de Caunes and JP Gaultier was amusing. 

Edit: just looking at t'web, it apparently ran for 16 series over 11 years. I didn't realise it had that longevity. Goes to show I guess that there's always a market for puerile!

[rafletcher]

It's ALWAYS been terrible puerile willy waving.  But whoever had the idea of dubbing (usually nutty) foreigners with British regional accents was a genius.

That, apparently, was a dodge to get around censorship rules.

'Twas only a one-off "referendum special" sadly.

Tonight also sees the last outing for Power Monkeys on Ch4.

[Bledlow]

Is it back with Antoine de Caunes? He's a bit of a respected French TV presenter, film maker and actor these days. Still prone to a little zany humour but I'm not sure Pipi and Popo, Lolo etc quite fit his profile these days.

Eurotrash was indeed (deliberately) trash television, but with a charm. The interplay between de Caunes and JP Gaultier was amusing. 

Edit: just looking at t'web, it apparently ran for 16 series over 11 years. I didn't realise it had that longevity. Goes to show I guess that there's always a market for puerile!

Yeah, de Caunes & Gaultier back doing their double act, older & greyer.

[Andrew]

They are both looking a bit old these days. I guess because arguably they are; JP is 64, de Caunes 62.



Antoine has got the distinguished French intellectual look going on (minus Gauloises)...

[ian]

Eurotrash was one those things, like dodgy doner kebabs, only appreciated after a significant number of drinks. It's not going to work sober.

[Andrew]

Eurotrash was one those things, like dodgy doner kebabs, only appreciated after a significant number of drinks. It's not going to work sober.

  Indeed not!

(And in a single sentence, you caused memories to come flooding back!)

[Kim]

Eurotrash was what we had in the 90s instead of mindless NSFW link propagation in social media.  It seems utterly redundant now.