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Tête à claques
Type of siteHumour website
Available inQuebec French
OwnerMichel Beaudet
Created byMichel Beaudet
URLwww.tetesaclaques.tv
Le Willi Waller, one of the most popular shorts

Têtes à claques is a French-language Canadian humour website created on August 16 2006. Over one million short videos are watched per day, making it one of the most popular francophone websites in Quebec and Canada. As of October 2007, there are 60 videos, the most popular include Le pilote, Le Willi Waller and Halloween.

The creator, Michel Beaudet, has expressed surprise at the popularity of his site, and has said it has reached a size he would never have dreamed of.

Description

The skits feature characters sculpted from modelling clay that are fairly simplistic. Michel Beaudet creates the figures himself, and superimposes his own moving eyes and mouth on their faces using a computer (Sometimes his nose) . This gives them their characteristically disproportioned appearance. In addition, Beaudet has a box of fake, grotesque teeth, which he puts in while his face is being filmed. The phrase tête à claques translates loosely as "a face you want to slap."

The site has also become very popular in France, not only because of the intentional humour and wit, but also because of a stereotypical Quebec French pronunciation, which differs greatly from pronunciations used in France, as well as the frequent anglicisms (English words or expressions inserted into speech).

History

Beaudet has said that "Têtes à claques was an accident." He was originally trying to make a series using stop motion animation, but quickly discovered that "90% of the time it takes to animate is spent moving the eyes and mouth." He tried doing it the regular way, but because he was "too lazy" he decided to film his own face and superimpose his eyes and mouth on the figurines.

Every day, Beaudet receives new offers from telephone companies and television stations. Incidentally, the first offer was from a French, not Canadian company. The popularity has surged to the point that he has employed two other people, Simon Parizeau and Hugo Caron, to help with the production at his home in Boucherville. Work is underway to convert Têtes à claques to formats viewable on cell phones and iPods. Beaudet has recently admitted that making English versions of the comedy shorts is in his "game plan".Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

For the 2007 Christmas season, Têtes à claques has started pre-sales of its Region 1 DVDs. The DVD includes the first 45 clips, the history of Têtes à claques and character bios, as well as English, Quebec French and internationnal French subtitles.

List of clips

Below is a detailed list of clips of Têtes à claques broadcast on the site since 2006, in order of appearance:

  1. Les grenouilles (The frogs)
  2. SuperBol (1)
  3. On sort (1) (The date)
  4. Top Gun
  5. Le Taliban (The Taliban)
  6. CPT News
  7. Le juge (The judge)
  8. Le VJ (1) (The VJ)
  9. La photo Disney (The Disney photo)
  10. Le boxeur (The Boxer)
  11. La secrétaire (The secretary)
  12. So sexy
  13. Les martiens (The Martian)
  14. Wow minute
  15. La voyante (The gaudy)
  16. Le cauchemar (The nightmare)
  17. Les ti-papoutes
  1. Le pilote (1) (The pilot)
  2. La visite (The visit)
  3. Les Vikings (The Vikings)
  4. On sort (2) (The date, Part 2)
  5. Les lapins (The rabbits)
  6. Le camping (The Camping)
  7. La présentation (The presentation)
  8. Les ti-papoutes au zoo
  9. Le Willi Waller (The Willi Waller)
  10. Halloween (1)
  11. Les orignaux (The Mooses)
  12. L'anniversaire (The birthday)
  13. La police (The cops)
  14. On sort (3) (The date, Part 3)
  15. Les cadeaux de Noël (The christmas presents)
  16. Le pilote (2) (The pilot, Part 2)
  17. Le père Noël (Santa)
  18. Bonne année 2007 (A Happy 2007 new year)
  19. Move your body
  20. La pénalité (The penality)
  21. Le LCD shovel (The LCD shovel)
  22. SuperBol (2) (SuperBol 2)
  23. On sort (4) (The date, Part 4)
  24. Le ski (The ski)
  25. Capitaine Kung Fu (Kung Fu captain)
  26. Le VJ (2) (The VJ 2)
  27. Le cannibale (The canibal)
  28. Le politicien (The politician)
  29. L'embuscade (The ambuscade)
  30. Le pilote (3) (The pilot, Part 3)
  31. Le gars de Boston (The guy from Boston)
  32. La cabane à sucre (The Sugar House)
  33. Le chien (The dog)
  34. Le Body Toner (The Body Toner)
  35. Le docteur (The doctor)
  36. Les scouts (The scouts)
  37. La prise d'otage (The hostage)
  38. On sort (5) (The date, Part 5)
  39. Recordman
  40. Paris
  41. Le mariage (The wedding)
  42. La réception (The reception)
  43. La commande à l'auto (The Drive Thru)
  44. Miss Québec Super Body
  45. La rentrée (The school return)
  46. La prise d'otage (2) (The hostage)
  47. On accouche (The birth)
  48. Le Easy Storing System (The Easy Storing System)
  49. Les douanes (The customhouse)
  50. La chasse (The hunting)
  51. Le western (The western)
  52. On sort (6) (The date, Part 6)
  53. Halloween (2)
  54. Le vestiaire (The checkroom)
  55. Le vendeur de char (The car salesman)
  56. Le chip au ketchup (The ketchup chip)
  57. Le rigodon du gros dindon
  58. Doc nature
  59. La parade de Noël (The christmas parade)
  60. La crèche (The barn)
  61. Bonne année 2008 (Happy 2008 new year)
  62. Les survivants (The survivers)
  63. Le mammouth (The mamouth)
  64. Le football (The football game)
  65. Les joies de l'hiver (The happiness of christmas)

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References

  1. Michel Beaudet (2007). "FAQ". tetesaclaques.tv (in French). Retrieved 2007-01-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  2. TVA (2006). "Michel Beaudet Interview". Interview (in French). Retrieved 2007-01-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. Guy A. Lepage, Michel Beaudet (12 Nov 2006). Tout le monde en parle (TV-Series) (in French). Boucherville, QC: Radio-Canada.
  4. Têtes à claques. "Boutique Têtes à claques DVD-Volume 1" (in French). Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  5. The clip has been withdrawn due to violations of copyright for the song I'm Too Sexy of Right Said Fred.
  6. Ti-papoute is an invented word by the creator, this clip features a girl and her father embarrassing her in front of her friend and calls her "Ti(Little)-Papoute).
  7. au zoo m,eans at the zoo).
  8. It is in fact a Christmas song written for a publicity offered as a bonus in the TAC website.

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