Friday is video day on Frogsmoke. Today: the F-word on French TV, a smoking would-be first lady, an existentialist documentary, a murderous singer, a MOB looking for a job, a Slavic injection, rolling through Paris, eating a car, and lots of naked peasants. Enjoy!

When you know only one word in English

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French actor/comedian Jamel meets Danii Minogue, and proudly presents his fabulous knowledge of English. The offending scene starts at 0:55. Jamel is hardly original, though. Serge Gainsbourg did the same thing to Whitney Houston in 1986. View on YouTube (2:28)

La Smoking Gun

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I showed Carla Bruni in many smoking situations earlier. Here’s Sarkozy’s girlie puffing away during a TV interview. It’s a 25-second clip without sound. View on YouTube.

Sartre, the road to freedom

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An excellent documentary about the life and work of the existentialist, Jean Paul Sartre. It’s long (48:18), so you may want to download it from Google Video and watch it later.

Soko – I’ll kill her

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French singer Stéphanie Sokolinski, using the Soko moniker, sings in English — but with a lovely French accent. View on YouTube (4:04) | Soky on MySpace | Via Filles Sourires

Mauvais role

A short (7:12) animated movie – especially funny if you play video games – by a team of students at Sup’Infograph. A game MOB is looking for a new job and tries out many different roles. There is no need to know the French language to get the film. For more information and a higher resolution copy, see Sup’Infograph – Mauvais Rôle | Via Ursi’s Blog

Marie Laforet – Ivan, Boris & Moi

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‘Ivan, Boris et Moi’ by Marie Laforêt, has an injection of Slavic roots. The male dancers in the cute rubashkas (those Russian shirts) are none other than Jean Yanne, Serge Gainsbourg and Sacha Distel, the last two having Russian and Ukrainian roots. This clip dates from 1968. View on YouTube (2:11) | Via Oh-la-la

Paris on Rollers

This must be one of the fastest (not safest) way to get through Paris. View on DailyMotion (3:37) | More videos on RollerFR

Grace Jones eats a Citroën

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A classic commercial from the mid 80s, for the Citroën CX. View on YouTube (0:40)

Au Pré de ma Blonde

French men and women from all walks of life strip for charity these days. This video documents the ‘making of’ the famous Naked Farmers Calendar for Telethon. View on DailyMotion (4:32) (NSFW)