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Channel 1: Tip me!

A French family sold everything to come and teach Wisconsin about cheese. Now they live on a falling-apart farm, watch American news every night and yell at it. Through your screen. Because the TV is you.

  1. Tip me!

    “Americans tip less?! TIP ME! My wife bakes, I take the money, AND the tips!”

    René’s last word: “Hmm. In France, the service is included. The violence too.”

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How every episode ends

Same ending every time. Like a family dinner, it never changes, and somebody always gets hurt.

  1. Gérard pointing at the viewer, furious

    Gérard says one thing too many about Monique.

  2. Monique raising a baguette over her head

    Bonk. Monique answers with a baguette.

  3. Papy René, half asleep, his glass of red wine in hand

    Papy René has the last word, straight to you.

  4. Monique pointing a TV remote at the viewer

    Monique grabs the remote and switches you off.

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The story so far

How a family that yells at the TV ended up on a Wisconsin farm, then on American TV. Written in the family album, a few pages at a time.

  1. Chapter 1The French MistakePapy René: “We crossed an ocean to lose to a Bob.”p. 7
  2. Chapter 2Pain in the AssPapy René: “Twelve views. Still more than customers.”p. 9
  3. Chapter 3Château MigrainePapy René: “Vinegar? So that’s why I like it.”p. 11
  4. Chapter 4Chloé brings someone homePapy René: “In 1965, Hank Tumbleweed brought **wine**.”p. 13
  5. Chapter 5Two million AmericansPapy René: “Two million Americans? **Hide the cheese.**”p. 15
  6. Chapter 6The camera on the TVPapy René: “Hello, America. Send **wine**.”p. 17

Next chapter: as soon as Kévin finds his charger.

Read the story

Not at the table: there are four chairs.

Kévin

Chloé’s boyfriend, from college

American, no accent, content creator with 37 followers. Finds the family “authentic”, the worst thing anyone has ever called them.

“Hey! Big fan. You guys are so authentic!”

Who’s at the table

Gérard

the dad

Yells the news at you, knows everything about America, has never set foot there.

“HEY, AMERICA! TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT EXTRA?! ARE YOU INSANE?!”

Monique

the mom

Destroys Gérard with logic that is somehow even worse than his.

“For that price, the waiter better wipe my ass!”

Chloé

the daughter

Reads the actual facts off her phone. Nobody listens.

“One L.A. restaurant: twenty percent forced tip. Plus a five percent admin fee.”

Papy René

the grandpa

Sleeps through the episode, then ends it in ten words or less.

“In France, the service is included. The violence too.”

More about the family

Saint-Curd, Wisconsin

Forty minutes from Madison, a farm bought from twenty-year-old photos: a winery in the barn, a bakery with no customers, and the nicest neighbors in the world. Unfortunately.

The family arriving with their suitcases at the crumbling farm: sagging house, half a barn roof, a leaning rusty silo

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