i need a french coach . if you ve been to france, chances are you haven t been here. france s second largest city, the oldest city in france. it sits right by the mediterranean. the food is famously good. yet, it s a victim of bad reputation, bad history. marseille. as it turns out, exactly the kind of place i like. but, this is a buddy picture, isn t it? eric ripert is the chef of the three-star la bernardin in new york, a chevalier of france; i think that means he s some kind of knight or something, and my friend. this causes him some problems. he, i like to remind him, has a reputation to protect. i do not. welcome to marseille. yeah. you ve never been here? never. how is this even possible? you grew up how far from here? like, uh, fifty miles. a hundred miles. fif- a hun- you grew up a hundred miles from here? what prevented you from coming to this clearly beautiful city? because it s clearly beautiful. it s a fantastic city. i mean, it s beautiful. i agre
hope they get herpes? i wish ill on people every day. sorry. it s a big night in marseilles. the city s football team, that s soccer team to you, is playing, which means the whole city is watching. eric and i head to the hipster plein neighborhood to meet up with gilles rof, a filmmaker and sportswriter for france s top newspaper, le monde. so, tonight the big game yeah. it s marseille, lille. it s lille against marseille because it s in lille. it s not here. it s in lille. so we get to watch it on tv, and will all of marseille be watching this? yeah. everybody is going to be watching? you know, we did a very good season, but at the end of the season, we are only fourth, and it s very important, so it s a must win today. so it s a must win? right.
soccer team to you, is playing, which means the whole city is watching. eric and i head to the hipster plein neighborhood to meet up with gilles rof, a filmmaker and sports writer for france s top newspaper, le monde . so tonight the big game, it s marseille, lille. gilles: it s lille against marseille because it s in lille. it s not here. anthony: it s in lille. so we get to watch it on tv, and will all of marseille be watching this? gilles: yeah. anthony: everybody is going to be watching. gilles: you know, we did a very good season, but at the end of the season, we are only fourth, and it s very important, so it s a must win today. anthony: so it s a must win? right. so the dream of every marseillais, the perfect season would be to see marseille crush paris and then move on and go all the way. gilles: they don t want to be second to paris, you know? they want to be second to none, and in football, it s one of the only issues where they can be first.
it s not here. anthony: it s in lille. so we get to watch it on tv, and will all of marseille be watching this? gilles: yeah. anthony: everybody is going to be watching. gilles: you know, we did a very good season, but at the end of the season, we are only fourth, and it s very important, so it s a must win today. anthony: so it s a must win? right. marseillais, the perfect season would be to see marseille crush paris and then move on and go all the way. gilles: they don t want to be second to paris, you know?
or you ve never even said, i hope he loses his girlfriend. you ve never wished ill on anyone. so let me ask, in your darkest heart of hearts, do you ever stray? do you ever find yourself thinking, oh i really hope they just, i don t know, i hope they get herpes. i wish ill on people everyday. eric: i m sorry, tony. you know, i mean, cheers to hell. anthony: it s a big night in marseilles. the city s football team, that s soccer team to you, is playing, which means the whole city is watching. eric and i head to the hipster plein neighborhood to meet up with gilles rof, a filmmaker and sports writer for france s top newspaper, le monde . so tonight the big game, it s marseille, lille. gilles: it s lille against marseille because it s in lille.