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Slovenia vs. Talk Shows: Slovenia in foreign talk shows as a court jester

Slovenia in foreign talk shows

Although the small size of Slovenia is an advantage, the world does not take us too seriously (the exception is athletes, who are the fear and trembling of their rivals). Quite the opposite! Slovenians are often the target of ridicule from popular TV hosts. Watch a collage of recordings from world-famous talk shows in which Slovenia is mentioned and in which our tiny country is treated fairly by popular presenters such as Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Craig Ferguson and David Letterman.

Slovenia vs. Talk Shows is a collage of images from famous talk shows, who treat themselves well Slovenia. The American comedian and legend of political satire mocked Slovenia and the alleged bargaining with prisoners from Guantanamo in his show Jon Stewart ("Slovenia was reportedly told that it must accept at least one prisoner from Guantanamo during the meeting with US President Barack Obama.


It sounds like a pretty desperate measure, but it's sure to be more successful than the president's previous proposal: 'Take the prisoner, leave the prisoner.'”). Slovenia is like a country of drunkards on the Jimmy Kimmel show outlined by the actor Matthew Perry, when he remembered his friend's wedding Anžet Kopitar: "So for 14 hours I was surrounded by drunk Slovenians, among whom only a few spoke English."

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British comedian John Oliver he mocked the group Laibach, which had the honor of performing as the first foreign rock band in the most closed country in the world. Jimmy Fallon he got angry at trading with the Slovenian "devil's" currency bitcoin, Michael Moore, an American Oscar winner and director who made a documentary titled Where To Invade Next? (Who to attack now?), is in the show Stephen Colbert Show Slovenia and its education system in a positive light. Of course, he compared it to the American one, which is downright desperate. How did the other leaders treat Slovenia? Check it out in the clip above. In the second clip, you can see how Slovenia was mentioned in TV series.

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