Parlez-moi
Parlez-moi (French for "Talk to Me") was an educational television series which was produced in Toronto by TVOntario and broadcast from 1978 to 1980, with repeat broadcasts for several years afterwards. The host was Quebecois comedian Marc Favreau, who also appeared in this series under the guise of his trademark character, Sol the Clown. Format. Each episode would begin with Favreau appearing as himself, speaking in English, and introducing several Quebec French words and phrases. This was followed by a fragment of a comedy sketch involving Sol, in which all of the dialogue was in French, using  the terms introduced by Favreau. After the sketch, the terms would appear by themselves on the screen, while Favreau's voice could be heard reciting them. The next portion of the sketch would then be presented in the same manner (typically three in total), and the episode would conclude by showing the entire Sol sketch, uninterrupted. Each episode used the same audio clip of Favreau announcing, "and now, here is the complete sketch again." The opening sequence of "Parlez-moi" uses an outtake of the sketch from Episode 2, combined with new footage in order to show Sol speaking to  Favreau, the actor who plays him, on the phone. Episode list. 90 episodes were produced over two seasons. Season 1 (1978). Episodes in season 1 ran 10 minutes each. Season 2 (1979). Episodes in season 2 ran 15 minutes each, which was the standard length of instructional programming in North America.