He's actually really good. His pronunciation is nearly spot-on! And I am French. Also, he's charming and hilarious!! I loved "pouf, 5" haha, trop drôle!
HUGH LAURIE IS ONE OF THE BEST ACTORS -- HE SAT IN HIS SMALL BATHROOM FOR THE ACOUSTIC AND FIXED UP AN AUDIO-CASSETTE WHICH HE SENT TO HOLLYWOOD !! GREAT GUY, GREAT ACTOR... GREAT LOOKS, PERFECT FOR THE ROLE
Actually his French is not so bad...it is even good. Very few mistakes (to be exact only one) but perfectly understable and diversified vocabulary. Good job Dr House.
I don't know if you guys realise how hard is it for someone who has english as a mother language to pronounce the ''r'' in french but damn Hugh Laurie does it ! Man he is good !
I found this clip recently, and I've come back a few times already, I just absolutely love it, can't stop watching it over and over again😃 I love how good Hugh Laurie is at foreign languages; just 1 of his many qualities! 🥰 (and of course this is also extremely funny!)
I'm not French-speaking and from the animated mannerism of Laurie and annoyed mannerism of the lady beside him, I thought at first that Laurie was speaking gibberish. When I read from the other comments that he's actually spot-on with the French, I was amazed at how brilliant this sketch has played on Laurie's fame for accents and nationality. Brilliant!
This is what happens when two trained experience performers that understand and know every trick of the trade in comedy come together, when someone says "let's put james franco and anne hathaway to host the oscars" you say fucking no.
From British person to great actor to great actor that speaks French... he's sure moved up in the world ^.^ (yes I realize he was already popular whilst British; I've seen every episode of Black Adder and A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Excellent ! He's so crazy ! I dream that one day i'll speak english like he's speaking french ! La france vous adore Mr Laurie ! France love you Mr Laurie !
Both performers are at the very best of their game. The handful of "voters" who claim to dislike this clip must be so very sad and pathetic. They most probably "dislike" everything that is ever put before them as an attempt to entertain them. Some people are just angry to be alive, I suppose. Hopefully their suffering will be brief, so the rest of humanity can go on with a little less of whatever it was these chronic malcontents insist they have contributed to society. Hugh Laurie RULES!
But, what a merciful one is God! we live 9 months in our mother's womb with neither fear nor hungry, then, came to life with all these boons (I don't know whether that word fits here or not) provided for us to use and share.... And, our slavery to God is not by owning us, it's by creating us. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said "O God, I'm so proud that you're my God, and it's an enough glory to be your slave!" Our being a slaves of God, is our highest glory!
Oooohhhh, two of the best, talented and beautiful actors together! Is it even possible?! Nice accent there mr. Laurie, even if I'm certainly not an expert on the French language... so, he can speak at least THREE quite different accents fluently?
Wow. A whole lot of people seem to forget way before he was House he was a comedian. He still is a comedian, and he is looking for laughs, not linguistic accuracy.
For the record, the most visited city in Europe is London and Paris is second (see the Visa/Forbes survey). But France is by far the most visited country in the world with 83 millions visitors in 2012 (United Nations World Tourism Organization), 16 million more visitors than the United States which is in second place. In terms of received foreign direct investment (FDI in $), France went from 4th in 2007 to 2nd in 2010 (twice less than the USA with one fifth of it's population).
My French is much too rusty to inflict on anyone, but my travels in France left me with no doubt that the French shared pretty much the same basic values as the people in all the other countries I visited. Appreciate what is good in their culture, and there certainly is a lot to be thankful for, and they will respect you, like the people in all the other countries I have visited. Demean them, good riddance. Good and bad, we all have enough of it in common.
That's so true. When people know you speak english, they want to try all their english on you even when it doesn't make sense and you'll understand them better in their own language. But I was saying that why does he go to France and expects people to speak english? They don't speak english in France, they speak french. If I go to USA or UK I don't expect people to speak french, I know I'm the one who has to make concessions because I came in an english country.
Good to speak many languages. I am a Viet Nam born Chinese, grew up in France, Hong Kong, Japan and now Thailand since three years. I speak Vietnamese, Cantonese, Hakka, Mandarin, French, English, Japanese, Lao and Thai. More to come, I like to learn new languages. But still when I see a native English speaker I have a good attitude toward him/her because you know native English speakers usually don't bother to learn another language.
@TheYoshiToshi Wow, thank you SO MUCH for pointing out why it's funny. I'm sure we were all staring blankly at the screen at that point until you explained it for us all.
@thebeastisback2007 That's not a crazy theory, indeed. Because of the "n" the pronunciation of "cinq" actually differs depending on the region (chiefly Northern vs. Southern France).
the english are so cool and elegant. quel sens de l'humour !!! Helen Miren speach and understand french very well. I know that hugh grant, alan rickman, emma thompson speach french too, but i didnt know for hugh laurie.
Le début est impeccable en tout cas ! "la tâche presque impossible..." niveau soutenu en français ! He speaks very good french (learnt by heart to show off ? :D) at the begining ^^
@phiil0u Actually it does make sence. Helen says that out of hundreds of performances they went down to the best 5 of them. So Hugh was refering to the 5 performances that came first.
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He's actually really good. His pronunciation is nearly spot-on!
And I am French. Also, he's charming and hilarious!!
I loved "pouf, 5" haha, trop drôle!
You gotta love Hugh Laurie. That man is a comic genius.
Fr
It's so funny how Laurie stays in character as House.
because house's caractère is adapted to hugh's caractère, hugh is a actor how like make jokes, like house ^^
House isn’t French...
@@somerandomplatypus2059 stroke, much?
House is Laurie.
@@TacoBlend duh he's French
What a perfect accent !!! ( I am french )
HUGH LAURIE IS ONE OF THE BEST ACTORS -- HE SAT IN HIS SMALL BATHROOM FOR THE ACOUSTIC AND FIXED UP AN AUDIO-CASSETTE WHICH HE SENT TO HOLLYWOOD !! GREAT GUY, GREAT ACTOR... GREAT LOOKS, PERFECT FOR THE ROLE
louisetta1000
ok, ok calm down
coeur de rafale 'calm down' ???!!!! I love Hugh Laurie... HE IS A REAL ACTOR/ COMEDIAN !!!
Actually his French is not so bad...it is even good. Very few mistakes (to be exact only one) but perfectly understable and diversified vocabulary. Good job Dr House.
... and suddenly everybody in the comments speaks french
the french is awesome ^^
Pourquoi pas?
Hon hon hon
et puis c'est quoi le probleme??
I don't know if you guys realise how hard is it for someone who has english as a mother language to pronounce the ''r'' in french but damn Hugh Laurie does it ! Man he is good !
Loving the look on Ben Kingsley's face, and how Helen Mirren trolls Laurie with "winnowing" immediately afterwards.
C'est super dur le français à apprendre et le plus dur reste l'accent comme dans toutes les langues ! Bravo !
I found this clip recently, and I've come back a few times already, I just absolutely love it, can't stop watching it over and over again😃 I love how good Hugh Laurie is at foreign languages; just 1 of his many qualities! 🥰 (and of course this is also extremely funny!)
I love the look on Helen Mirren's face when she gives him the difficult word. She is a legend as well.
Hugh should play in french movie. He could be good enough!
I'm not French-speaking and from the animated mannerism of Laurie and annoyed mannerism of the lady beside him, I thought at first that Laurie was speaking gibberish. When I read from the other comments that he's actually spot-on with the French, I was amazed at how brilliant this sketch has played on Laurie's fame for accents and nationality. Brilliant!
LOVE this! Especially the "properly!" and "Yes, dear" at the end, they both sound so perfectly English
"à la tâche presque impossible" this is too cute when he said that^^
This is what happens when two trained experience performers that understand and know every trick of the trade in comedy come together, when someone says "let's put james franco and anne hathaway to host the oscars" you say fucking no.
From British person to great actor to great actor that speaks French... he's sure moved up in the world ^.^ (yes I realize he was already popular whilst British; I've seen every episode of Black Adder and A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Ah Hugh Laurie... from an era when actors were actually skilled and respectable. Love the guy.
I'm American and love France, French, and French people. I even took a few French classes in high school and college. J'adore Français!
So great to read, I hope it is still the case 10 years later !
Hugh Laurie a un très bon francais, comme il nous l' a prouvé à son concert, mais cette satanée fausse modestie... ! ^^
Pouf ! Cinq ! XD
mais n'empèche hugh c'est : rien a foutre de votre cérémonie, moi je fais des blagues XD
Waaa je savais pas qu'il parlait aussi bien français, et qu'il avait une si bonne prononciation. Hugh Laurie is Amazing !!!! I love Him!!!
I've seen this video like a thousand times.. and i laugh so hard every single time xD
Btw, I'm french and his pronounciation is perfect!
I couldn't hear over them retreating to the beaches by Dunkirk.
0:36 Hugh Laurie turns into Gregory House :)
People forget how funny Hugh Lauire is
How?
Very difficult task : Tâche presque impossible => Lol brillant !
de winowing => lol no.
Very good french still ;).
Le meilleur de tout les temps !!
merci monsieur Laurie !
Wonderful! Two great British talents.
Il est trop fort ce type!!! loooooool
😃
00:40 sa voix ressemble a elle de fred, d'omar et fred ! o.o
Bien vu !!
Excellent ! He's so crazy ! I dream that one day i'll speak english like he's speaking french !
La france vous adore Mr Laurie !
France love you Mr Laurie !
simply brilliant!
there's nothing as bad as a french speaking english
ABSOLUTELY TRUE !! EVEN FRENCH POLITICIANS... LOL !!!
ABSOLUMENT VRAI, MEME LES POLITICIENS FRANçAIS POUR LA PLUPART, ONT UN ACCENT ATROCE !!!
Ah ahah i guess i'm The only exception then
Username You don't know a lot of French...
I LOVE HUGH LAURIE !!!!!!!!!! I DONT CARE IF HE SPEAKS FRENCH OR NOT !!!! HE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEDIAN BESIDES BEING A WONDERFUL MUSICIAN !!!!
The granny is so rude...since when speaking French means not speaking properly!!!
When she said about speak properly she meant speak English duh
Granny? You meant The Queen?
Hugh Laurie - the best thing to come from Britain and like a true Brit, completely modest about his brilliance!
Both performers are at the very best of their game.
The handful of "voters" who claim to dislike this clip must be so very sad and pathetic. They most probably "dislike" everything that is ever put before them as an attempt to entertain them. Some people are just angry to be alive, I suppose. Hopefully their suffering will be brief, so the rest of humanity can go on with a little less of whatever it was these chronic malcontents insist they have contributed to society.
Hugh Laurie RULES!
His accent is very good especially the tonic accent which is always on the last syllabe of a group of words in French.
But, what a merciful one is God! we live 9 months in our mother's womb with neither fear nor hungry, then, came to life with all these boons (I don't know whether that word fits here or not) provided for us to use and share.... And, our slavery to God is not by owning us, it's by creating us. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said "O God, I'm so proud that you're my God, and it's an enough glory to be your slave!"
Our being a slaves of God, is our highest glory!
Oooohhhh, two of the best, talented and beautiful actors together! Is it even possible?! Nice accent there mr. Laurie, even if I'm certainly not an expert on the French language... so, he can speak at least THREE quite different accents fluently?
I am french canadian and his french is actually pretty good! I understood everything :)
it's a very good ,french with very accurate ponounciations , well done !!!!
Hugh Laurie is someone who understands humor
Oh I love those two! Hilarious!
Wow. A whole lot of people seem to forget way before he was House he was a comedian. He still is a comedian, and he is looking for laughs, not linguistic accuracy.
That's true pretty much everywhere in the world. Italy, Japan, China...
On the plus side, most women in the world like the sound of French.
I love how at the end Helen Mirren is trying not to laugh.
I'm french and I can say, He have a really good accent.
J'adore à la fin
"A la tache presque impossible de winnower"
Excellent Hugh =)
perfect answer, thanks
idk what's funnier Hugh speaking french or Helen's face when he does
I love this!
For the record, the most visited city in Europe is London and Paris is second (see the Visa/Forbes survey). But France is by far the most visited country in the world with 83 millions visitors in 2012 (United Nations World Tourism Organization), 16 million more visitors than the United States which is in second place.
In terms of received foreign direct investment (FDI in $), France went from 4th in 2007 to 2nd in 2010 (twice less than the USA with one fifth of it's population).
@zemersEU Actualy pixels are same regardless of compression. Compression doesn't eats out pixels, it affects collor informations :)
I am french and his accent is very very good
My French is much too rusty to inflict on anyone, but my travels in France left me with no doubt that the French shared pretty much the same basic values as the people in all the other countries I visited. Appreciate what is good in their culture, and there certainly is a lot to be thankful for, and they will respect you, like the people in all the other countries I have visited. Demean them, good riddance. Good and bad, we all have enough of it in common.
I love it , he's so sexy when he speak french .
Monsieur Laurie , continuais à parler français pour notre plus plus grand bonheur.
French People .
In a french broadcast, Hugh began to speak french by mistake. The face he made was hilarious! ^^
Pouf ! Cinq!
It means "our language isn't hard. It's the others that are too simple."
Bravo, cela fais plaisir de voir un si grand acteur et si connu de parler en Français ! Sans se moquer ^^
Love thaaaaaaaaat !
France has been the most visited country in the world for the last 20 years.
I respect native English speakers who make the effort to learn another language. Thumb up!
Helen Mirren is fucking awesome in the movie Red (2010) with Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman. Never thought I'd see her kicking ass with guns.
The sexiest accent I've ever heard !!!
French+Hugh Laurie=sexy sexy sexy !!! *_*
LY Hugh Laurie (L)
I love how he translate that long sentence to "Pouf ! Cinq."
Génial .. J'adore
My God the man's list of talents is endless
Oh I'm sorry I didn't see ^^ I'm from Paris but I also have some friends in Montpellier :)
EXCELLENT
Thank you Hugh Laurie your the man, and by the way, Bravo très bel accent!
He's really good !
when im bored i always watch this lol
hugh laurie is beautiful!~
The dream of all french fangirls of Hugh Laurie, listen him speaking english !!
Et voilà que c'est fait à présent !!!
That's so true. When people know you speak english, they want to try all their english on you even when it doesn't make sense and you'll understand them better in their own language. But I was saying that why does he go to France and expects people to speak english? They don't speak english in France, they speak french. If I go to USA or UK I don't expect people to speak french, I know I'm the one who has to make concessions because I came in an english country.
I'm french and I really love that fucking accent ♥ OUP' ! thank !
Good to speak many languages. I am a Viet Nam born Chinese, grew up in France, Hong Kong, Japan and now Thailand since three years. I speak Vietnamese, Cantonese, Hakka, Mandarin, French, English, Japanese, Lao and Thai. More to come, I like to learn new languages. But still when I see a native English speaker I have a good attitude toward him/her because you know native English speakers usually don't bother to learn another language.
Wow, his french is soooo good !
I'm French. His accent is absolutly cute !
He is always funny and handsome :)
@TheYoshiToshi
Wow, thank you SO MUCH for pointing out why it's funny. I'm sure we were all staring blankly at the screen at that point until you explained it for us all.
@thebeastisback2007 That's not a crazy theory, indeed. Because of the "n" the pronunciation of "cinq" actually differs depending on the region (chiefly Northern vs. Southern France).
the english are so cool and elegant. quel sens de l'humour !!!
Helen Miren speach and understand french very well. I know that hugh grant, alan rickman, emma thompson speach french too, but i didnt know for hugh laurie.
There was once a French cat called "Un,Deux,Trois" who tried to swim a river, but only got halfway and drowned, un,deux,trois,cat sank....
Le début est impeccable en tout cas ! "la tâche presque impossible..." niveau soutenu en français ! He speaks very good french (learnt by heart to show off ? :D) at the begining ^^
My goodness, his accent is AMAZING ^.^
Holly shit, I live in France and I have to say that his French is relatively good!
I remember this... sooo funny.. love Hugh Laurie and Helen Mirren.
@phiil0u Actually it does make sence. Helen says that out of hundreds of performances they went down to the best 5 of them. So Hugh was refering to the 5 performances that came first.
Ah, this is just fantastic.
A textual punch of pwnage made of WIN and awesome :D
That was the point of what I was saying to Martin St. Hill.
0:48 I swear that is the actor that played Gandhi in the movie Gandhi!
Very good.
Je suis fière de toi Brandon ! :)
i love how at 0:42 he gets louder. HAHA love hugh laurie
Haha I love being French when I'm looking at vids like this one and it's funny how he pronunciates every syllables ! lol
Exactly, I agree with you
Actually, it just has been parodied in house S08E13, just brilliant and awesome that they have thought of that! ^^
Énorme l'accent! - His accent is really amazing!
je l'adore!!!!!!!!!! hugh tu es le meilleur!!