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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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Cdn stereotypes abound on Net thanks to homemade 'Canadian Idiot' videos
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The stereotype of the Canadian as a beer swillin' hockey nut is alive and well on the Internet, thanks to the computer prowess of a bunch of teenage Americans.
Young fans of the parody song "Canadian Idiot" by Weird Al Yankovic have supplied the Net with cheeky homemade music videos about the Great White North's "Monopoly money" and "silly accent."
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Weird Al has described "Canadian Idiot" as written from the perspective of an ignorant American and calls his song "a love letter to Canada."
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But it's clear that some Canadians just don't get the joke. Dozens of angry comments have been posted on websites featuring the homemade videos, with viewers admonishing the young filmmakers for encouraging the stereotypes.
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Some people need to lighten up.
I am both a proud Canadian and a huge Weird Al fan. I am so buying this album when it comes out in December.
Straight Outta Lynwood
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| But, crucially, the reason why it's so funny is because you KNOW all the hardcore Canucks will watch that and have veins popping out with rage. |
You mean popping out in laughter. That was funny. |
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-X-
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| twg wrote: |
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| But, crucially, the reason why it's so funny is because you KNOW all the hardcore Canucks will watch that and have veins popping out with rage. |
You mean popping out in laughter. That was funny. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been trying for quite a while to find the 'official' video by Wierd Al... no luck, apparently it doesn't exist- yet. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I liked the song (and don't mind either way about whether it's mocking Canada) but the video was unwatchable. I hid it behind another while the song played. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sorry if this has been posted but this is a brilliant example of reportage if you ask me.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/061122/technology/technology_cyberfile_cdn_idiot_1
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Canadians shouldn't be offended by Weird Al's lyrics, says Phil McCracken, a 13-year-old fan from Columbus, Ohio.
"It's really making fun of the Americans and their views on the Canadians," says McCracken
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hhmmmm..... |
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Doogie
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: Hwaseong City
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| I'm a Canadian and I found it pretty funny. I, however, did not like his knock at Kraft macaroni. Nobody makes fun of my beloved KRAFT DINNER. Weird Al, those are fighting words!!!Americans only wish they had the ingenuity to produce something as wonderful as K-D! |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:20 am Post subject: |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
Some people need to lighten up.
I am both a proud Canadian and a huge Weird Al fan. I am so buying this album when it comes out in December.
Straight Outta Lynwood
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downloaded it a few weeks ago. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| Just watched it again, now even more convinced it's making fun of American attitudes to Canadians. The last lines say "Maybe it's time for a pre-emptive strike"... |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:42 am Post subject: Re: UK |
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| I think most Canadians were still trapping beaver in the forests at that time. |
Did anyone else read "tapping beaver" here? |
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lawyertood
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul, Incheon and the World--working undercover for the MOJ
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:53 am Post subject: |
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| Did anyone else read "tapping beaver" here? |
Just don't go at it from the other end, them teeth can do some damage to wood. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| Troll_Bait wrote: |
Some people need to lighten up.
I am both a proud Canadian and a huge Weird Al fan. I am so buying this album when it comes out in December.
Straight Outta Lynwood
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downloaded it a few weeks ago. |
Ha, ha! Click on the link I provided, and check out song #12:
*drum roll*
12. Don't Download This Song |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:48 am Post subject: |
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| khyber wrote: |
| I... says Phil McCracken, a 13-year-old fan from Columbus, ... |
"Phil McCraken"! I get it! I get it!
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TECO
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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too many canucks here teaching efl in taipei.
and yes they really can be idiots. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
I am both a proud Canadian and a huge Weird Al fan. I am so buying this album when it comes out in December.
Straight Outta Lynwood
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It's available at Evan at the COEX right now. |
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