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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
  7. La présentation
  8. Les ti-papoutes au zoo
  9. Le Willi Waller
  10. Halloween (1)
  11. Les orignaux
  12. L'anniversaire
  13. La police
  14. On sort (3)
  15. Les cadeaux de Noël
  16. Le pilote (2)
  17. Le père Noël
  18. Bonne année 2007
  19. Move your body
  20. La pénalité
  21. Le LCD shovel 2007
  22. SuperBol (2)
  23. On sort (4)
  24. Le ski
  25. Capitaine Kung Fu
  26. Le VJ (2)
  27. Le cannibale
  28. Le politicien
  29. L'embuscade
  30. Le pilote (3)
  31. Le gars de Boston
  32. La cabane à sucre
  33. Le chien
  34. Le Body Toner
  35. Le docteur
  36. Les scouts
  37. La prise d'otage
  38. On sort (5)
  39. Recordman
  40. Paris
  41. Le mariage
  42. La réception
  43. La commande à l'auto
  44. Miss Québec Super Body
  45. La rentrée
  46. La prise d'otage (2)
  47. On accouche
  48. Le Easy Storing System
  49. Les douanes
  50. La chasse
  51. Le western
  52. On sort (6)
  53. Halloween (2)
  54. Le vestiaire
  55. Le vendeur de char
  56. Le chip au ketchup
  57. Le rigodon du gros dindon
  58. Doc nature
  59. La parade de Noël
  60. La crèche
  61. Bonne année 2008
  62. Les survivants
  63. Le mammouth
  64. Le football
  65. Les joies de l'hiver

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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. Il s'agit en fait d'une chanson de Noël écrite pour une publicité de SFR offerte en bonus sur le site des TAC.

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