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Mareva Galanter's faux Scopitone videos

Mark Frauenfelder at 1:23 pm Fri, Feb 13, 2009

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Three cheers to Spike Priggen at Bedazzled for compiling this collection of Mareva Galanter's faux Scopitone videos.

Galanter, as you well know, is the world famous French Polynesian ukulele player and yé-yé singer who hosts the program Do You Do You Scopitone.

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  • Manooshi

    This is hot. Time for me to pull out my French language books again…

  • Colleen

    This is completely magical!

  • gk

    I didn’t even know she was into the ukulele meme, but over here in France she is definitely most famous for being one of the recent Miss France that are still in the limelight.

    Some others are :
    Linda Hardy – 1992, actress : http://images.google.com/images?q=linda%20hardy
    Sophie Thalmann – 1998, sports anchor : http://images.google.com/images?q=sophie+thalmann
    Mareva Galanter – 1999 : singer
    Sonie Rolland – 2000, actress, our Halle Berry : http://images.google.com/images?q=sonia+rolland
    Elodie Gossuin – 2001, politician : http://images.google.com/images?q=elodie+gossuinSylvie Tellier – 2002, Miss France president : http://images.google.com/images?q=sylvie+tellier

  • Gilbert Wham

    Impossibly cool, slightly weird, French and hot. With ’60s hair. Does it get any better?

  • patricklove

    Really, really cool video.
    http://www.patricklovephotography.com

  • Stuart Ellis

    Here album “Ukuyéyé” is quite good. One of the best things I’ve picked up in the last year or so…

  • Bender

    Just watched every one of her videos. Hard not to get infatuated with many of these ukulele ladies, and I didn’t even see Mareva play one. Must be some kind of uke attitude they have.

  • teflon

    Thanks! I think I’m in love!

  • dculberson

    I love how the lip synch falls apart at points.

  • BenMoor

    Happy Fiu is a great album too – and look out for her duet with Jerome Attal.

  • sampson

    haha…..gotta love the 60′s! I used to have racetrack just like that. man, brings back memories. Thanks for sharing.

  • freakzp

    good album!

  • zapan

    Haha, funny to see she’s got that trendy etiquette out of France, in the country she is more famous for being Miss France 1999, posing nude in Interview and FHM, and making shampoo commercials.

  • gpeare

    Mareva is The Ukuyeye Goddess.

  • Bemopolis

    Not to be outdone, the boys at Flight of the Conchords hit the
    same ground last season:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUVagbFcSUU

    and #9: Pictures or it didn’t happen.

  • Alex_M

    I’ll have to get this album. :) Besides liking it, it’s also the kind of stuff that scores big points with female art students. And I like those ;)

    Bemopolis @ #11:
    Yup. The Conchords also reference Serge Gainsbourg’s videos in that episode, IIRC:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99OzdwLoBcc

  • Stefan Jones

    Some ambitious Maker could create an updated Scopitone. LCD panel instead of rear projection screen. DVD instead of 16mm film. Dollar coins instead of quarters.