Comedy Showcase: Gad Elmaleh Sings a Song in Made Up English

We've posted a few video clips by French Moroccan Jewish comedian Gad Elmaleh, and your response has been very positive. So today we're posting another one of his funny bits as shown on the Conan O'Brien show last year.

Before he launched his comedy career which made him France's most popular comedian, Elmaleh played at a piano bar, entertaining customers who didn't speak English.

One day one of the owners asked him to sing a song in English for an important client whose wife was celebrating her birthday and insisted on an English song.

So he made up a song that sounded like English. And everyone joined in. 

Here's the stunt that he pulled off successfully. Enjoy!

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Comedy Showcase: French Moroccan Jewish Comedian Gad Elmaleh on English Expressions

Gad Elmaleh is a Jewish Moroccan-born French stand-up comedian and actor. He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Priceless, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.
 
He has been voted the funniest person in France and was named knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture. He was also named knight of the National Order of Quebec.
He is often referred to as the "Seinfeld of France". In 2015, Elmaleh did a national comedy tour across the United States. His new comedy special American Dream is now available on Netflix.

In this video clip from the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Gad talks about Indian taxi drivers, the hypocrisy of encore performances, and dating language difficulties.

Enjoy!

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French Moroccan Jewish Comedian Gad Elmaleh Points Out Absurdities in English Language

Gad Elmaleh is a Jewish Moroccan-born French stand-up comedian and actor. He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Priceless, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.

He has been voted the funniest person in France and was named knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture. He was also named knight of the National Order of Quebec. 

He is often referred to as the "Seinfeld of France". In 2015, Elmaleh did a national comedy tour across the United States. His new comedy special American Dream is now available on Netflix.

In this video clip from the Conan late night show, Gad is learning English and having trouble coping with the fact that he will never know how old a toddler is and how much is actually in a bunch.

Enjoy!

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Meet Gad Elmaleh - French Jewish Moroccan Stand-up Comedian

Gad who? Gad Elmaleh. If you're one of our French readers, you already know him, but for most of our English speaking readers he's not very well known. Gad has been called the French Jerry Seinfeld, and in fact the two of them are friends. Most of his comedy routines are in French, and most without English subtitles.

But if you look hard enough, you'll find a few. We found one that we're sharing today. It's a parody of how French students are taught English in school. If you've studied French or Spanish or any language in school, you'll recognize the silly sounding sentences aimed at labeling the environment, e.g. "Where is the pencil? The pencil is on the table. Where is the book? The book is on the shelf."

Elmaleh gets a nod of recognition from his audience as he gives the French equivalent: "Where is Brian? Brian is in the kitchen. Where is Jenny? Jenny is in the bathroom." But it's his inflection and timing that make it funny.

Elmaleh is in the news this week because he is set to marry into the royal family. No, not that royal family. It's the royal family of Monaco. Wedding plans are in place for Elmaleh and Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline and granddaughter of Grace Kelly to tie the knot later this year.

You may have seen Elmaleh as the detective in Woody Allen's film Midnight in Paris.

Enjoy!

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