"The gay cafés,
The Eiffel Tower,
The mayonnaise,
The Eiffel Tower,
La Marseillaise,
The Eiffel Tower,
The oh-so-tiring but inspiring Eiffel Tower!"
The Eiffel Tower,
The mayonnaise,
The Eiffel Tower,
La Marseillaise,
The Eiffel Tower,
The oh-so-tiring but inspiring Eiffel Tower!"
— "That's What Makes Paris, Paree" from April in Paris (1952)
"And, according to that ultra-necessary caption, we're in Jerusalem. Yes, [because] whenever I hear the generic Middle Eastern music and I see the massive gigantic golden tit that is the Dome of the Rock, I think to myself "Hmm, perhaps we're in Strasbourg.""
— Diamanda Hagan, discussing a specific instance in Left Behind.
"Not only the art of the modern engineer, but also the century of Industry and Science in which we are living, and for which the way was prepared by the great scientific movement of the eighteenth century and by the Revolution of 1789, to which this monument will be built as an expression of France's gratitude."
— Gustav Eiffel
Eiffel Tower: Iconic wrought-iron tower that follows visiting tourists all around France in order to insert itself into every photo they take.
"I'm in jolly old England, as you can tell from Big Ben behind me." [Beat] "Sorry, the Houses of Parliament."
"Yeah, I know there's more to the Paris skyline than the tower. Just go with it. :)"
At one point the action returns to London, and we see Tower Bridge, the dome of St. Paul's and Big Ben clustered closely together in one shot. This is no doubt to make it easy for the geographically challenged. Perhaps adding a few shots from Madonna's wedding would not have been too much.
Lawrence: Ooh, merry old England. How I love our yearly holiday to my parents' home. Big Ben. Buckingham Palace. Oh, the White Cliffs of Dover. Stonehenge.
Phineas: Either I've grown a lot in the last year, or England's gotten smaller.
Phineas: Either I've grown a lot in the last year, or England's gotten smaller.
— Phineas and Ferb, "A Hard Day's Knight"
"Miss Madeline, I have bad news. The Eiffel Tower is not in the woods. You better draw France right, bitch! Somebody trying to act like they been to Paris, p'shaw, you ain't never been there, girl!"
— Ru Paul, Saturday Night Live, "The Library"
