Sarkozy gets 'Simpsonised'

Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni have entered the only real pantheon of international celebrity - by being parodied in The Simpsons.

A short clip of their unauthorised, and rather uncomplimentary, appearance has become one of the most-viewed clips on the French-language internet in the past few days.

The French first lady is portrayed as a sex-mad vamp. Homer Simpson and his boss Carl Carlson visit Paris and meet a yellow-faced Bruni, wearing a long purple dress, at a posh party.

She throws herself almost immediately into Carl's arms and says: "I want to make love, right now."

Her husband has only a brief appearance in which he answers the telephone at the Elysee Palace by saying: "You're getting cosy with Sarkozy."

The French President is seen sitting at his desk with his wife and a camembert.