Canadians Blow Conan Sketch Way Out of Proportion (Canada Officially Sucks) (2204 hits)
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Submitted by JWLMAR10 (View user info) at 2004-02-18 05:07:42 EST
You may have heard about Conan O'Brien's trip to Toronto a week ago. It was quite hilarious and he had nothing but good things to say about the country and it's people. Then he had a sketch with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog insulting French Canadians. Many Canadians considered the sketch to be racist and started crying about Conan being insensetive and a bigot and soforth. Here is the quote that most people are mad about:
Triumph: "So you are French AND Canadian?"
Triumph: "So you are obnoxious AND dull!"
Canadian Pussy: walks off
Triumph: (yells) "This is America, learn the goddamned language!"
I'm sorry people, but this is nothing to get pissed about. Triumph once called Simon Cowell a British faggot and told him to go back to Britain. I never heard any British or gay people getting mad about this. I think that Triumph is hilarious and I will be pissed if he never gets air time again.
I don't think that will happen though, because last night Conan made a "heartfelt" apology to French Canadians with a French translator. It went a little something like this:
Conan: I am deeply sorry
Frenchie: (in french) I am an albino jackass
Conan: I should never have made those comments
Frenchie: Last night I wet the bed like a little girl
etc.
I hope the Canadian bastards do get pissed about this, because it will just show how they are whining pansies. I never had any hatred for Canadians before this, but if they really want to start something with Conan (who was basically doing them a favor in the first place, though he was paid) then this means war.
Canada officially sucks.
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Submitted by Bloody_staples (user info) at 2005-06-15 00:58:58 EDT (#)
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I agree with you. I am Canadian and this doesn't offend me at all. What else can you expect? Why can't we be like the Irish and laugh it off?
Submitted by Nator (user info) at 2004-04-12 17:30:08 EDT (#)
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"Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:14:43 (#)
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What if I'd go to NYC, bearing a pictures of people falling of WTC while singing : "It's raining men, Hallelujah"
Holy shit, that's even worse then the I (PLANE) NY T-Shirt. Suggest it to www.t-shirthell.com
Submitted by Toxacated (user info) at 2004-03-23 00:27:53 EST (#)
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Canada is leading the world in being just North of the United States. Thats about it.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-03-19 02:12:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:14:43 (#)
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What if I'd go to NYC, bearing a pictures of people falling of WTC while singing : "It's raining men, Hallelujah"
Please, please do that. I'll give you a dollar if you survive.
Submitted by Toxacated (user info) at 2004-03-19 01:57:33 EST (#)
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I've never seen Congress hold a special meeting over a puppet. Next Canada will be trying to charge the Power Ranjers and Barney. Yet Canadians wonder why the rest of the world laughs at their country.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-02-19 00:23:43 EST (#)
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Drive on the 8 mile in Detroit?
That was pathetic. I'm from Cincinnati and I've been in bad neighborhoods before so don't give me some crap like that.
Submitted by PapSmirnoff (user info) at 2004-02-18 23:38:02 EST (#)
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Ignorant moron, Its the MEDIA and GOVERNMENT, not Canadians that are pissed , I'm Canadian and thought that skit was awesome and could take the joke. So please drive on the 8 mile in Detriot retard!
Submitted by crackergirl (user info) at 2004-02-18 23:30:49 EST (#)
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That sketch was awesome. They also had a race between two towers (guys dressed as towers), the Seattle Space Needle reppin' the U.S. and some Canadian tower reppin' them. The Needle almost won, but at the end a Canadian mounty (sp?) tripped him/it, and Conan shouted, "oh no!" I don't know why but holy shit was it funny.
Submitted by K.M (user info) at 2004-02-18 23:29:33 EST (#)
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Don't get me wrong, I fucking love Conan, but don't be a fucking asshole and try and turn this into a Canada/U.S.A thing.
Submitted by jeetkunetony (user info) at 2004-02-18 23:16:11 EST (#)
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Conan>Canada
Submitted by drink_DDT (user info) at 2004-02-18 19:22:03 EST (#)
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I was laughing my fucking ass off at that sketch. I worship Conan.
Submitted by GrizzlyHunter62 (user info) at 2004-02-18 19:14:14 EST (#)
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This sounds similar to the Don Cherry perdicament. Francophones are so touchy. Lighten up, I tell ya!
Canadian beer rules. American beer sucks.
Submitted by K.M (user info) at 2004-02-18 18:01:13 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-02-18 17:32:05 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Aaron <aaronsebay2002.at.yahoo.com> at 2004-02-18 15:00:43 EST (#)
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Correction : Canadian MEDIA and GOVERNMENT blew this outta proportion, the rest of us thought it wa s funny as hell. We hate them as much as you do. P.S. He said "NORTH AMERICA" not america....continent, not county.....but thats typical american thinking...ME ME ME!
Submitted by TwEE (user info) at 2004-02-18 14:52:57 EST (#)
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The french Canadians or Canadian government or whoever, did blow this a little out of proportion. But come on, the anti-french jokes are boooring, unoriginal and as pathetic as Denis Miller' career.. I swear every few seconds some slacked jaw yocal crawls out of the would work to tell us how much they hate the french, its getting old people..move on with your life.
Don't get me wrong, I love courage (would even take a bullet for him), but when Americans are changing French fries and French toast to freedom fries and freedom toast (not to mention that some politicians wanted to dig up American soldiers buried in France and have them flown over to the US), I can see why the french would want to make a fuss.
Oh yes, Canadians are whiny...remember when they put up a big crazy fuss over the removal of the ten comandments outside of that court house, or gay marriage, or Janet Jakson's boob, or the Dixie chicks talking shit about Bush, or the Dean scream or whatever its called, etc etc blaa blaa blaa ..
Oh wait that wasn't Canada...must have been France, those whiny bastards, grrrrr!!!
Submitted by fell-8-me (user info) at 2004-02-18 14:47:31 EST (#)
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Triumph is funny.
You suck shit.
Submitted by jeetkunetony (user info) at 2004-02-18 14:28:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:14:43 (#)
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What if I'd go to NYC, bearing a pictures of people falling of WTC while singing : "It's raining men, Hallelujah"
I love Conan, and I thought this would be funny too. I'm a sick bastard though.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2004-02-18 13:31:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 13:01:07 (#)
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!!!NEW FLASH TO THE IMBECILES!!!
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I can only assume you meant "news flash".
You might want to stop talking to yourself.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 13:01:07 EST (#)
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!!!NEW FLASH TO THE IMBECILES!!!
Québec, except for a small group of irrelevant seperatist has not responded to the show.
Only the federal government responded to the "incident" as well as other aspiring parties.
Meaning: To gain votes in Québec which is key for the upcoming elections, the governemnent and opposition parties have condemned O'Brien while 99.9999% of Québec didn't give a shit.
And I don't care either. In fact, me and my roomate had a good laugh about it.
I just like to play piss&moan to set off idiots like Domenad.
How could someone possibly think that every antics I post on this website are my true utmost believes ? I don't know...but it sure does works !!!
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2004-02-18 12:27:58 EST (#)
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Canadians need to accept that EVERY culture gets picked on, even the big bad U.S.
Submitted by fingerbang <fingerbang.at.fingerbang.com> at 2004-02-18 11:41:12 EST (#)
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I watched that episode. When that dog talks to people in America he makes fun of them just as much as he did in Quebec. The difference is people here laugh their asses off when he makes fun of them cause they don't really care. Those french people are so stuck up and dull that they get all pissed off about everything. I really don't think they know how to enjoy life. There was that cool old guy though that was hitting on the translator. I will say this, I doubt everyone in Quebec is stuck up and dull but it sure seems like it.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:40:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:14:43 (#)
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What if I'd go to NYC, bearing a pictures of people falling of WTC while singing : "It's raining men, Hallelujah"
That sounds like a funny joke...to me.
When you understand the climate and context of Québec, I'll let you have your say.
Do as every good american and head back to the pit of ignorants.
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there's a bit of a difference between thousands of people being murdered and a french canadian being called obnoxious and dull, motherfucker.
"What if I'd go to NYC..."
you wouldn't last three seconds if you did that. you'd be beated to death in the streets.
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:40:22 EST (#)
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I saw that sketch. Funniest damn thing I've seen on television since Kids In The Hall.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:08:24 (#)
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Domenad = spic = subhuman race
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Yeah, thats going to make people warm right up to the Quebecois. I don't know why you're so pissed off. Being Quebecois, it's not even like you're real French anyway. It's like you're Diet French.
All of the attitude, half the odd smell.
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:34:06 EST (#)
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I agree with you in the fact that it's absolutely moronic that people got pissed off about the joke. So why an all encompassing post about how Canada sucks even if it is just directed at the French English politics?
If you had made a post about how Politics in Quebec suck I would have +2'd you into oblivion because in my mind the politics here are the largest problem that we have in the province, and this is the place where it was over -40C for a week straight with the wind.
Also, your pre-emptive strike against people whining were they to disagree with you was just plain stupid. Basically, you're calling anyone from Canada who didn't agree with you about how the country sucks a 'whining pansy'. Thanks, I appreciate it.
If I had made a post about the entire USA sucking because of the crap going on involving Janet's boob, I would get flamed to high hell. So, when you make a post about all of Canada sucking because of a few uppity politicians, it's pretty understandable that people will get ticked off.
No, I don't believe that you think all Canadians are the same, but when you say that Canada officially sucks and even put it in the title of your post, that's pretty damn all encompassing. Maybe you were being sarcastic, but the tone of the entire post was pretty hostile and that's not how I took it, but I knew that it was a possibility, and that's why I said if this post was truly how you felt then you could go fuck yourself.
Anyway, if there was a miscommunication and I took something in a way that it wasn't intended then I appologize.
For the future, it's not the best idea to go pointing out a lump of shit in someone's front yard when your own yard is covered in the stuff.
Submitted by athena (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:28:22 EST (#)
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I am a Canadian and you are so right people
ok lets be honost here the French got all bent out of
shape because someone told them what EVERYONE else was
thinking. I thought it was really funny..
"I only know the basic french sayings like I surrender"
Sweet
+ 2345
Submitted by neomage (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:27:05 EST (#)
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I'm not sure how some people can't take a joke, but I guess some people just have a hard time seperating truth and fiction. I guess those would be the same people that keep threatening to beat me up with their +2 sword of somethingerrather.
Congratulations, Gandalf, they were KIDDING!
Submitted by xLisaCatx (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:20:17 EST (#)
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If people took offense to the cute puppet, imagine the reaction if Dice got some airtime...
Canadian Bacon is still one of my favorite movies.
"All I said was that Canadian beer sucks."
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:08:24 EST (#)
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Domenad = spic = subhuman race
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-02-18 11:05:21 EST (#)
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Oh yea, potatoman. I really think that everyone in Canada feels the same way.
Do you think I'm fucking retarded?!
The reason that I say that Canada sucks is that POLITICIANS are the main people upset over this. It's a T.V. show that comes on at 12:30 PM for God's sake and they didn't even show nipple pasties. It's ridiculous that people could get so upset over this.
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2004-02-18 10:47:26 EST (#)
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Yeah, the sponsorship program was created under the pretense of 'promoting Canada'. My City's annual folk festival saw about $35 000 in support from the fund, the CFL gets money from them, and so do a number of Canadian TV productions... the point I am trying to make is that although Quebec gets a lot of money from the fund, the rest of Canada is not ignored by it. I believe this is fair because the french culture in Canada should be protected, perhaps with even more vigilance than other minorities because of the hand the French had in establishing Canada. I'm proud to have Quebec as part of Canada.
Submitted by satchel (user info) at 2004-02-18 10:40:26 EST (#)
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Aren't you guys having an entire FCC investigation over a half-second booby exposure?
Submitted by fionavar (user info) at 2004-02-18 10:30:17 EST (#)
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I **am** Canadian. A "tete carre", loosely translated as block head, as the frenchies love to call us, from English Canada. (Apologies for the missing accents; I don't have a French keyboard).
Most English Canadians simply do not understand the Quebec mentality. Quebecois, essentially feel that their entire culture is being undermined by the overwhelming English majority. They insist upon French only signs and French only education, officially sanctioned by Language Acts in a desperate attempt to preserve their identity.
While I agree that a joke is a joke, and the Quebecois should "lighten up", I cannot help but remember a night not too long ago, watching the news coverage of the referendum to separate. The vote to stay within Canada was won by the slimmest of margins.
The issue remains sensitive to this day because of that slim vote. English Canadian say, "Holy Shit! What if the next vote, they really do separate? While I don't get it, I'd better try not to piss them off!!" Quebecois say, "Maudit Tette Carres! Tey wile nevere under-tand us". Enter Conan...oh shit, he's pissed them off. Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit....
The Canadian government, in its infinite wisdom, decided to bribe Quebec into remaining. The Sponsorship Program was born, essentially to throw money at the power house corporations in Quebec to influence the politicians to keep your fucking mouths shut about separating, already. Seems to have worked; they're still here. For now.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2004-02-18 10:11:08 EST (#)
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Canadian*
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2004-02-18 10:10:31 EST (#)
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canadein feels this way
(???)
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2004-02-18 10:09:56 EST (#)
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I agree with these people being pussies, but pmj is right its not like EVERY
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:54:28 EST (#)
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OK, so if you hate Canada because a few Canadians took a joke too seriously than you must fucking loathe the United States. It seems like every week people in the USA are getting uppity about some little joke or quip.
I'm Canadian, and French Canadian at that. I thought the joke was funny, but there will always be people who just can't laugh at themselves. Way to stereotype a whole country based on the inane commentary of a select prissy few.
And in closing, go fuck yourself if this is actually how you feel.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:50:23 EST (#)
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They proved his point by acting obnoxious and dull it would seem.
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:37:53 EST (#)
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By the way Caulaincourt, I would LOVE for you to try something like that in NYC. Not only would you be out of my misery, but you'd be buried right here on good old American soil, so we could tred over your corpse and know it's finally being put to good use - phosphorus for plant life.
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:36:29 EST (#)
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Ignore Caulaincourt, our resident Frog in Waiting. He's almost a caricature of French Quebec, has never posted anything even remotely funny. Useless and annoying, the way the French have been pushing themselves for about 200 years.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:22:28 EST (#)
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Caul, I don't think that is a valid comparison at all.
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:18:57 EST (#)
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Yup. America has to take untold rations of abuse, but let us make fun of another country and everyone starts pissing and whining.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-02-18 09:14:43 EST (#)
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What if I'd go to NYC, bearing a pictures of people falling of WTC while singing : "It's raining men, Hallelujah"
That sounds like a funny joke...to me.
When you understand the climate and context of Québec, I'll let you have your say.
Do as every good american and head back to the pit of ignorants.
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2004-02-18 08:52:32 EST (#)
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It really wasn't anything to freak out over... everyone just wants their fifteen minutes of fame, and if someone can grab theirs by playing victim, then you can be sure that someone will be doing that.
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2004-02-18 07:12:48 EST (#)
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I agree... this is just a gimmick the greasy-assed Ontario government is playing to get their $1 Million dollars back from the show after they realized it was stupid to blow that much, justifying the expenditure saying it was good for Toronto's tourism industry.
Fuck Toronto's tourism industry, every province and territory outside of fucking Ontario has a massive and crippling problem with their major industry right now. You don't see Ottawa dropping to their knees like you see them blowing Toronto... they're the fucking assholes in all of this.
The other point is that there are a large number of outspoken french people in Quebec, and if they feel their culture is threatened... well, they'll swallow anything and support it.
Submitted by seanfogy (user info) at 2004-02-18 06:10:51 EST (#)
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Its a damn insult dog. What do they think would happen if they walk up to a dog puppet smoking a cigar? The dog's going to tell them they have neat shoes? I'm afraid thats not the case.
Although the door swings both ways on this argument. How do we expect Canada to react after a we almost put to death two certain beady eyed, floppy headed Canadian comedians for farting and cursing?
On a more serious note, Americans like to pull this kind of shit all the time. Not necessarily against other country's comedy, but mostly against our own. Remember all the stink that was raised when Ghettopoly was released?
Its just a general rule of thumb that can be taken into account when it comes to people of all nationalities, races, sexual orientations, both sexes or any other type of distinguished group. If something can be bitched about, it will be.
fucking canadians...
Submitted by Porter (user info) at 2004-02-18 05:28:52 EST (#)
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The reason all my dumb ass fellow canadians made a fuckin stink about this, is cause they have nothing better to do. No, seriously, NOTHING BETTER! Cant grow food, too fuckin cold, leave that to the nice warm southern states. We could try building things to help along with the peac-keeping, but we've done fine with 2 glorrified station waggons with black broomsticks disguised as guns for years, why change things? We can not assist with space exploration, too fuckin north to do that. Really, all these stupid pricks have nothing to do, so they find stuff that is generaly accepted and liked, and bitch about it cause they know they will be seen. I hearby appologize for all the Canadians who should be fed to the polar bears, and swear to do my best to make sure they end up there by the end of the year.
Porter
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-02-18 05:12:47 EST (#)
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Dear Bart,
Please unblock my IP address. We both know what happened and it won't happen again. I have to use a proxy IP to access and it sucks.