# What's going on in this video? (interviewer laughing)

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**Created:** [December 24, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-video-interviewer-laughing/385479 "2006-12-24T20:57:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-video-interviewer-laughing/385479/1 "2006-12-24T20:57:37Z")

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I came across [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w3evmb-z4Y&NR) at YouTube, labeled The Funniest Video in the World, and I can’t figure out what’s going on.

A man is interviewing a woman who appears to be in a wheelchair, along with another man who might have an unusually high-pitched voice. The mood is somber, and the crowd is stone-faced, but the interviewer cannot stop laughing.

The problem is that it is in some language I do not understand (some Scandinavian language, maybe?)

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**Author:** ![Viper2308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4491bb/32.png) [@Viper2308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viper2308)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-video-interviewer-laughing/385479/2 "2006-12-24T21:18:21Z")

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I’ve heard it is on a show similar to SNL but in some other country.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-video-interviewer-laughing/385479/3 "2006-12-24T21:46:36Z")

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It’s the guy’s high voice, and I kinda can’t blame the host.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-video-interviewer-laughing/385479/4 "2006-12-25T01:25:50Z")

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He seems to be laughing at the guy’s voice, and it’s probably a performance. If it were “real,” at least a few other people would be laughing too.

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**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-video-interviewer-laughing/385479/5 "2006-12-25T11:04:19Z")

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According to different sites on the Net, the language in the video is Flemish. The clip is from a comedy show; the sketch is about a talk show host interviewing people who have had botched medical operations.

A translation can be found [here](http://letters.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2006/06/29/interview/view/); scroll down to about halfway.

> [@](#):
>
> Spoof indeed. From “In de Gloria”, out of Belgium.
> 
> (The sketch that this clip is taken from is about survivors of medical accidents)
> 
> [Interviewer]: “You had a normal life before then, and then, bam, you come out of narcosis and you notice life won’t be similar anymore. How do you react to that?”
> 
> [Woman]: “First with disbelief…”
> 
> [Man (in High Voice)]: “Disbelief is actually the right word, …”
> 
> (interrupted by laughter)
> 
> [Man continues]: “… disbelief is the right word that Marijke uses here because at first I thought ‘that can’t be’, ‘that …’”
> 
> (more laughter)
> 
> [Interviewer]: “Excuse me. Excuse me ladies and gentlemen.”
> 
> [Interviewer]: “So you try, as far as your future goes, …”
> 
> (laughter)
> 
> [Man]: “I really don’t understand …”
> 
> [Interviewer]: “Excuse me. Sorry. My apologies ladies and gentlemen. (recovers) That means that sexuality also becomes a problem…?”
> 
> [Woman]: “Yes, my boyfriend left me.”
> 
> [Man]: “The fact is, that when your talking about sex, it’s not just about the physical, but also the sweet talk …”
> 
> (raucous laughter)
> 
> …and so forth for another minute of the clip.