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
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.