http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/26/15778.aspxItalian newspaper La Repubblica has better video with more natural sound of the Berlusconi collapse at the podium while giving a speech.  I don't quite understand the applause.  I guess they were cheering the guys who came to help?en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/26/15778.aspx#15905Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:19:46 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:15905Neff Conner, Dallas, TX"I don't quite understand the applause." ...Well, in Europe, they snap their fingers when we Americans would normally appluad, and they whistle when we would be moved to "boo". i guess they clap their hands when people fall down.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/11/26/15778.aspx#16081Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:45:18 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:16081Steve Turner Cedar Falls IowaMy Italian neighbor, Mario, says it all goes back to "Se non e vero, e ben trovato". "If it's not the truth, at least it's well invented.", meaning, I guess, if he was acting, it was a good job.