So Conan O'Brien is in Toronto and having a ball. Triumph the insult dog is tagging along. This made the news this morning:
Living down to his four-word moniker, Triumph paid a visit to Quebec and promptly insulted any French Canadian in sight. Insulted? That doesn't cover it.
“You're French and Canadian so you're obnoxious and dull,” Triumph informed one older man. Boasting of his ability to spot the French, he said one guy looked “superior.” To his girlfriend: “I can smell your crotch from here.”
One poor soul shot Triumph a menacing once-over. He wandered away thoroughly disgusted by the lack of French coming from the unilingual shock-dog.
“You're in North America,” Triumph shouted. “Learn the language!”
One bewildered man was asked if the Canadian health care system had provisions for “personality implants.” Yet another, a rotund fellow who seemed to be a separatist, was told: “Maybe you should try separating yourself from donuts first.”
The very angry pooch then took it upon himself to rename certain streets, throwing up quaint Euro-style signs inscribed with words such as, “Rue des Pussies,” “C Dion Sucks,” and “Eat Me Frenchie.”
If the Official Languages Commissioner found it necessary to launch an investigation into Don Cherry, they may well issue a fatwa on Triumph. The dog's virulent assault made Cherry's hockey visor rant seem like a Mary Poppins song about raindrops and kittens.
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I love Conan's show and the Triumph segments whenever he's on, but this is just in poor poor taste. It's terrible. To think that the province of Ontario paid all this money to bring Conan and try to improve tourism, they would at least supervise the segments.
I'm not French Canadian but this is highly offensive and not funny at all. It's in very bad taste.
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