It isn’t hard to imagine how American television infiltrated France, just as much of American culture has been thrust upon the rest of the free world. But those Frenchies have made our TV shows their own.
You will be completely delighted by the French Dallas theme song:
Pour l’amour du risque (that would be Hart to Hart to us English speakers):
Starsky et Hutch:
Fraggle Rock:
Then there are several which have fabulously adorable names. See if you can guess what they are, then click on the links to see if you got it right:
- La petite maison dans la prairie
- Droles de Femmes
- La croisière s’amuse
- L’agence tous risques
- Alerte à Malibu
- Supercopter
- Des frères Scott
- Sherif fais-moi peur
- Ma sorcière bien-aimée
- Madame est servie
- Urgences
- L’homme qui tombe à pic
- Arnold et Willy
- L’homme qui valait 3 milliards
Interestingly, France wasn’t blessed with one of my personal favorites, Family Ties:
And we didn’t get to watch such Frenchie classics as Hélène et les garçons:
What other American shows were popular in France? I hope you’ll write in and add to the list!
3 responses so far ↓
CA RO // January 24, 2008 at 9:50 pm |
Listed shows are a bit old, non?
A la mode, Heroes, Prison Break, Weeds, Grey’s anatomy, Dexter, Stargate Alantis, Rome (season 1), Desperate Housewives
Those are the most watched in my campus :p
The French Fried American // January 25, 2008 at 3:11 pm |
Dear CA RO, I think I am a bit older than you! A lot of these shows were shows I watched when I was a gamine… Dallas, Crosiere s’amuse, makes me très nostalgique!
leafprobably // January 28, 2008 at 8:11 pm |
Wow I wish I could listen to those theme songs! I’ll bet they’re a hoot! (My boss would probably fire me if he caught me singing along to the french version of Fraggle Rock – possible the best show ever)