OH BOY! MORE Weird Canadian Objects!
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- I am once again looking at weird things you can get in Canada.
The first two weird Canadian stuff videos:
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Thanks for the shoutout JJ. You earned that award!
Thank YOU, Mr. Member of Parliament!
Canada is synonymous with vaccine bigotry. you canucks are a gross affront.
Love the Simpsons reference
Looking forward to seeing you in cabinet soon!
I want one even though im in the US
Congratulations for your award J.J.!
Does that mean this is finally an actual award winning video of yours?
YES!
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@@JJMcCullough congrats!
@@JJMcCullough congrats on the award winning video!!!
Yes, congratulations! 🎉
It would be cool if you covered unique British Columbia objects and locations, it always really cool to see the culture of some sub national place, like Texan or Bavarian culture.
Yes!
I think he already did something similar but mostly for the city of Vancouver
I'm wondering if the packaging from our Provincial marijuana stores will become particularly symbolic?
@@Ryguy-lg2xz I know, I actually really like that video
Government issued heroin syringe could be an object from BC
Finally a really award. Truly an award winning video exceeding in the field of excellence.
If Homer Simpson can get one...
Certificates of Achievement are SO funny to me. Just the idea of an MP being like "hey your marriage didn't fall apart yet here's an award"
Honestly, the way things go these days that kind of is an achievement.
I mean, not putting in any good effort is a good way to make a marriage fall apart
I'm always happy for my weekly dive into Canadian peculiarities.
'hey MP, can i get a plaque saying i am awesome?'
'sure. here you go'
well, you finally got your award JJ, this video will not require the disclaimer xD
I find it interesting how many of these things can apply to parts of the northern US as well, particularly the red and black plaid and the maple syrup bottles.
It's true. I've recently come to realize that Vermont is just English-speaking Quebec.
I’m from massachusetts, and I always used to go on vacations up to Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, and there are so many of the “general store” type souvenir shops that always look similar and sell similar items, not unlike the ones jj talked about in this video
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... Replete with a thriving maple syrup industry
@@JJMcCullough The sort of Quebec that you prefer, am I right JJ?
@@JJMcCullough What is it about Vermont that is so Québecois? That makes no sense to me!
I can imagine Quebec declaring a state of emergency every time JJ visits
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Ah that’s why he transforms his look so often.
If he talked about your province with as much smug arrogance, you would react too. For some things, he's right, for others, he's wrong. But I know he means well. ;)
@@normanlevesque I noticed your surname. Are you related to WWE wrestler Paul Levesque, per chance?
Do not worry the great majority of Québécois do not know who he is !
@@JML6988 Nope, but I'll look him up. Many Quebeckers are quite strong; it has to do with 400 years of natural selection through the tough winter conditions. You should look up the story of Louis Cyr.
Loved the flannel segment. As an American midwesterner, the states that share the same history of “northwoods labor” like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Northern Michigan also tend to love slapping Buffalo Check designs on absolutely everything.
I've only had yellowish brown creme soda. Fun fact - in the show "Freaks and Geeks" they used creme soda for the beer in a teenage party scene.
Yeah, I've only ever seen it in a sort of 'amber' color. (Southeast US.)
@@bryancorrell3689 I'm in the same general region. Roll Tide.
It's generally that yellow amber color here too (southwest US), though I've seen the clear.
Watching this video though pulled a hidden memory i'd long forgotten: I haven't seen red cream soda in years but suddenly remembered it being a treat when I was little. And no it wasn't pink cream soda - it was red and named as such. I was sure it tasted different than the regular stuff but I think that was just my eyes and the food coloring.
@@shellie.alamodeit is identical. The only difference is that its red, and maybe its a bit sweeter? The color might be fooling me
"Oh cool, that's a lot of neat info about flannels"
*sees arms stretch up in the background*
"um. . . JJ I think there's someone in the room with you. . ."
I think those are feet. They look like socks.
Canadian foot ghost caught on camera
The "outstanding achievement in field of excellence" just destroyed me, LMAO.
Who else got kinda creeped out when they saw the person on the floor?
I just wanna shout out the word "geegaw"! Your lexicon is truly excellent and award winning!
Down in Texas, we've got a red cream soda called Big Red. It was born in Waco in 1937 and became regionally popular across the American South and parts of the Midwest. The flavor is often described as "bubblegummy", like the Canadian soda apparently, but interestingly it's actually a mix of lemon and orange, with a healthy glug of vanilla to smooth it all over.
That was it! This video reminded me of a red cream soda I haven't seen in years but thought was a real big treat when I was little.
I remember Big Red here in Kansas too.
Big Red and pickled pigs feet somewhat of staples in gas stations in western Kansas.
Seeing those big jars always nauseated me growing up (and they still do!).
When I was a kid, Big Red was almost only available in Texas. We looked for it in other states (dad drove a semi truck and I’d go with him in school holidays so I had a lot of opportunity) and occasionally found it in Oklahoma and Louisiana, but that was it.
I remember getting a laugh when I’d ask about it and the poor confused clerk would say “what, the gum?”
But I started asking for local sodas to try. That was one of my favorite things, trying sodas I’d never heard of before.
@@DerekWitt "Remember"? You can't get it anymore?
@@Anastas1786 that was the first time I remember seeing it (early 80s).
We still have it. I’m just not a huge cream soda fan.
You should make a cultural canon of American Holidays
That would be really cool! I feel like the past decade has seen the canon grow quite a lot with holidays like cinco de mayo, day of the dead, juneteenth and lunar new years starting to become more popular.
St patricks and st valentines are on the outs in post consumer America.
... Who are you hiding on your floor, JJ? Are they okay?
I was wondering the same
Timestamp please
@@basesixty6739 6:58
LOL -- Went back to see this --
@@ramzanninety-five3639 thank you
As JJ says, the maple syrup you buy in stores is a mixture of syrup from many different places (so as to homogenize flavor). HOWEVER, if you visit a real sugar shack in a sugar bush, the difference in syrup color 100% means a difference in flavor. Light colored syrup is harvested at the beginning of the season and has a high water content so the flavor is light. Dark colored syrup is harvested towards the end of the season when the trees run out of water and the minerals from the soil are more concentrated in the sap. The higher mineral content makes the color dark, and makes the maple syrup flavor richer and stronger.
everybody's grandpa or grandma in Québec has a maple syrup cabine in the woods. good stuff
I was looking for a comment like this. I actually prefer buying Amber syrup from a local farmer's market because it doesn't have a strong maple taste and is sweeter.
I've been to Acadian Maple, one of the biggest producers of syrup in Atlantic Canada, and they talked us through how they do the different kinds and we got to try them and they are different. Not sure why Quebec would make theirs taste the same.
@@joylox The syrups in Quebec will also taste different according to their colour, my grocery store just has milk crates full of nearly identical looking maple syrup cans stacked up and I have to make sure to look at the label carefully to make sure I get the correct flavour, I prefer the darker syrup.
I loved this video, very hilarious and enthralling. It's definately another award winning video in my book. As someone who grew up in Quebec most of my life, I always thought that cream soda was clear no matter where you went.
The more I watch JJ, the more I am convinced that Canada is just an extension of the Midwest.
It’s just an extension of whatever us state is right below it lol. BC is Washington, Alberta is Montana (even though they’re convinced they’re Texas) Saskatchewan and Manitoba are North Dakota and Minnesota, Southern Ontario is Chicago and Michigan, Eastern Ontario is upstate NY, Quebec is well…. They’re just Quebec. And the rest is Maine. That’s all there is to it 😂
don't ever say that to a canadian unless yer prepared to sit thru a 3 hour lecture all about how much "better" canada is than the states.
Yes, exactly. And J.J. himself has said this many times. I can't wait for the day we finally get rid ourselves of all this silly "independent nation" business and annex Canada.
@@Dreadlock1227 or are the northern US states just extensions of whatever province is above them?
@@maddie9602 ah we have a america is Canada's pants guy instead of a Canada is America's hat guy. There's always one 🤣
In the United States, there is a similar recognition that is very common, where an American flag will be flown over the Capitol and then awarded to a person. My father had a flag flown over the House of Representatives in honor of me achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and all he had to do was contact our Representative and pay for the flag. Our representative even signed a similar style of certificate to honor my achievement.
Yet another informative and (as seen by the Certificate of Excellence JJ received) award winning video!
I always enjoy it when JJ McCullough educates us foreigners about all things uniquely Canadian. This video has inspired me to start pricing/shopping for some tartan patterned coats.
the fillbots music at 2:18 made me feel so nostalgic, thanks for that
At 6:50 or so, a pair of blue armed, and blacked gloved appendages managed to stretch into frame.
Almost made me bellow "Watch out behind you".
The whole "hewers of wood and drawers of water" thing is actually still kind of a thing if you leave the cities. I know a few people who have been cutting their weight in firewood since they were 6 years old.
it's an incredibly small slice of the Canadian economy
I'm in my 50's and cut my own wood and haul water by hand daily for our farm.
We even cut our own wood on a sawmill to make buildings.
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@@JJMcCulloughA...sliver, you could say!
I love seeing Canadian objects that I can't recognize as a Canadian
The quintessential Canadian experience
What didn't you recognize?
@@JJMcCullough I've actually never seen that Cream Soda. Not a single grocery store in my area sells it and the one vague memory I have of it is of finding it at what's called the "Weekend Market" in Halifax, NS maybe 12 or so years ago. Nor did I ever hear about how there's different types of syrup. I didn't know about those MP-given certificates or the mailboxes with the postal code design. Even the new postboxes put in around my area are just the regular red Canada Post boxes.
@@ACompletelyRealHuman Here in Halifax, we have some of the Postal Code boxes, but most of them have design drawn by (I believe) local artists. The Cream Soda is available in just about every Sobeys/Superstore, although there are times when they also have white (clear) cream soda
@@chilledify I find it understandable that Halifax would have it more than out here in the boonies. Maybe I just don't look for it? I don't like any kind of Crush anyway. I don't really frequent grocery stores on the rare occasion I venture into the city.
Here in Nebraska, I've only ever found the amber colored cream soda, unless you go out of your way and get the "indie" brands that sell it clear/transparent. I prefer the light amber color, gave me a creme brulee kinda vibe, or just a burnt or baked sugar vibe.
Yep, here in Texas, aside from Big Red they’re all a light tan color.
If I had to describe the color of American cream soda, it would be that tan color. Clear cream soda is something I associate with brands specifically from the northeast (or Jones Soda which is from the PNW). Everything else is that amber/tan color.
I guess like so many other things in the US, it’s regional.
@@Annie_Annie__ In Tennessee its the same as well.
The award winning* trilogy is complete.
*ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃʷᵃʳᵈ ʷᶦⁿⁿᶦⁿᵍ
I mean, he DID get award at the end so you could say it is award winning
* ACTUALLY award winning
I have a couple jackets and blanket with that pattern. Also had maple syrup on my pancakes, hot cakes, flapjacks or whatever you want to call it. I don’t live near enough to Canada to buy maple syrup in a leaf bottle…but if I did, I’d want the absolute biggest bottle I could find, and maybe a smaller bottle for practical purposes and refilling. You do excel at excellence JJ. Glad you got an award for it (however one expresses loving sarcasm).
6:58 what is it in the backround on the right? a person lying down with his hands up? a dog?
I need to know!
Great content as per usual! Idk how but you somehow manage to make learning about Canada super interesting and I can’t thank you enough. Haha
@10:14 JJ’s delivery of simple witty statements are why we love him!
6:58 Uh JJ, I think the drugged person on the floor behind you is waking up...
7:04 Good, you took care of it!
I’m so glad you referenced Cook’s Illustrated! The premier culinary magazine in the US.
It's funny that in Brazil plaid shirts are associated with rural folks and usually we wear plaid shirts or dresses etc during the June Festivals as we "dress like farmers", although I think blue and black rather than red are more common. We also wear things like straw hats in those festivals
JJ does more for Canada and Canadian culture than Canada knows.
I am an American who has had zero interest in Canada. I never really thought of Canadians AS Canadians till I came upon JJ's stuff. (Outside if an old Podcast called "Horror etc" who's hosts were Canadian and maybe Pro Wrestler Bret Hart)
While I dont know that I would want to live in Canada JJ does articulate the subtle differences and explain not just that they exist but possible reasons why they exist.
Thanks so much!!
Same! He and I share the same last name, so that's where I started watching him, but learning about my neighbors to the north (I live in North Dakota) has been a wonderful bonus!
@@CallieMasters5000 No not really.
As a matter of fact when I was growing up the weatherman didn't tell us what the weather was in Mexico either.
Actually he didn't tell us what the weather was more than two States away unless it was relevant.
@@ericfisher1360 Ignoring Mexico seems natural though.
You and Homer are the only ones to ever achieve this award. Next is your big award ceremony!
Never knew the history behind the flannel, so interesting.
It seems guaranteed whatever the working class wears becomes a fashion staple. Timberlands, Doc Martens, jeans, and so many more.
I grew up with the clear version of cream soda.The bubblegummy taste isn’t just the pink talking.
I had no idea it was anything other than brownish. Of course, in the US South, there's Big Red, which tastes similar to the brown cream soda.
7:00 Who was that in the background moving?
I loved all of this, but the story of plaid (tartan) was really cool. I would like to write to Chip Dipson. I want to know what he does for a living. Congratulations on the outstanding achievement in the field of excellence!🤣🙌
7 mins through the video and I just notice the pair of random feet appear at the bottom right of the screen😂😂
The flanel/plaid bit made me think you could do something around the iconography of different Canadian Sports teams, like the Ottawa sports teams wearing black and red as a throwback to Ottawa's history as a lumber town before it became the capital or Toronto Maple Leafs name origin in World War 1
Wouldn't be much more to it than showing how good Canadian sports teams are at fitting maple leaves onto logos.
Could it be? An award winning JJ video?
Tartan is an interesting example of an invented tradition. In Scotland these days a lot of people will claim certain tartans are associated with certain clans. But the historian Hugh-Trevor Roper* wrote an chapter in the book "The Invention of Tradition" about how these tartans patterns were largely just the imaginings and creations of Romanticist writers (especially Walter Scott). They were largely a fad that fed a desire for faux-authenticity and identitarian belonging that really has existed since the early 19th century and the dislocations of the modern world.
* A famous historian who investigated the circumstances of Hitler's death but unfortunately was caught up in a scam about a supposed sequel to Mein Kampf.
My parents have always said Maple Syrup is Québec's second biggest organised crime operation after Montreal construction.
Great video I learn so much new stuff every time
Thanks for the wonderful content! I grew up in western NY near Niagara falls and I've noticed we get alot of culture and influence form Canada just by proximity. Even friends and strangers I meet from other parts of the US say I sound Canadian.
I think it would be a fun idea to look at accents of cannada and see where and how these accents came to be.
I'm from the US Midwest and the cream soda brand around here is not only red it's actually called Big Red. It's so prominent around here I didn't realize it was a local brand until I moved away and couldn't find it anywhere.
Same... I used to live in Iowa, and found it there. Now I'm in North Dakota, and rarely see it... It is mostly found in places that much sell a "pallet load" "special buy" sort of thing.
It’s a Texas brand. I remember back when you could really only find it in Texas.
My grandma used it to make Big Red ice cream that was awesome.
Back in the day they used to have a competitor called Cima Red.
Most folks had a preference between Big Red or Cima Red. But I think Big Red drove Cima Red out of business.
We never thought of Big Red as a cream soda, though. It is a cream soda, but on store shelves you have Big Red and the store-brand knock-offs, and you also have the tan classic cream sodas.
Where I’m from clear cream sodas are rare unless it’s NY Seltzer brand or some other little brand from the northeast.
3:16 - Congratulations. You managed to find the only non-GREEN Creme Soda in South Africa. I was not even aware it existed.
Note that it _deliberately_ specifies the Creme Soda to be blue. That same brand (which, I should point out, is in the bottom 5% of popularity) has a standard green Creme Soda variant.
"standard green"... Standard? GREEN???
This is why I like cultural videos from other places... :)
New JJ vids are some of the best parts of the week.
Fun fact: one of the postal codes on the mailboxes is HOH OHO, which is the postal code you can use at Christmas time to send a letter to "Santa Claus" and get a response from him.
Love your show. Half my extended family are Canadians, and am often across the border visiting. Every time I go I always grab Coffee Crisp and Aero bars, which I would add to the list of "weird Canada objects".
My candy of chouice to nab is Wonderbars. I moved back to the US a few months ago and I was in the store yesterday looking at the chocolate and said, "Man, I really wish I could have a Wonderbar."
I think Aero are British in origin.
@@iamawesomesauce68 Wonderbars are great! My Canadian wife was living near Timmins while we endured the immigration process, and i always made a point to stop at The Zayre's in North Bay to pick up Canadian candies before heading back to the States! Good times!
I recently found out that Wales/Welch are the names given to that ethnic group by the English, using a word that originally meant "foreigner" or "slave." So some in that ethnic group want to change the name to the domestic, traditional terms for the area and its people.
I looked it up. Cymru instead of Wales, and Cymry instead of Welch.
"Cu**ty"? I dunno, I think "Wales/Welch" is at least something you don't have to censor in some parts of the world.
/s
Haha
I looked it up. Cymru instead of Wales, and Cymry instead of Welch.
@@BradyPostma Ah, very good. Thank you for the info.
We always said cream soda was like drinking a candy bar because of its sweetness 😂. I love it btw, and in NC, it tends to be more of an amber color and is sometime sold in old timey general stores in the brown bottles next to root beer. Thanks for this wonderful break JJ. Safe travels and Happy Sunday!
In Minnesota, I do notice that the flannel is extremely popular here yet, as well as creme soda commonly being an amber color by default, but readily available in red, blue, and clear.
I think usually in New England our cream soda is a kind of yellowish-golden color, like a browner ginger ale
Is it just me that seen a pair of legs on the ground at 7:00
JReg's feet
10:35 - I *have* seens these given out by a provincial MPP/MLA as well. I was in my grandparents house and spotted one of these awards given out to my great grandparents in the 1980s for their 50th wedding anniversary.
Thanks jj for another great Canadian content! 🍁😘
You should talk about the ancient, indestructible mail trucks both the USA and Canada use (Grumman LLV): like most things between our countries, they're the same inefficient design but the Canadian one is colo(u)red differently and therefore "more civilized".
Living in Metro Vancouver, all I saw were Transit vans.
@@iamawesomesauce68 I guess they're getting slowly upgraded (as they are in the USA).
"Outstanding achievement in the field of Excellence" sounds just like the combination of nonesense buzzwords that would really make JJ happy lol
It's a sly reference to "The Simpsons," where Mr. Burns awards Homer with the "Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence." You can catch the video here: ua-cam.com/video/Nxgkb_lYJJE/v-deo.html
JJ, your humor is the best!
My uncle became a Canadian & lived in Ottawa. Whenever he came to visit, he brought a bottle of real maple syrup. Such a snob! 😄
LMAO! He was one of them 'Beautiful people' from Canada! LOL
Outstanding achievement in the field of excellence is ALWAYS my go-to for made-up awards, and here you have it as a genuine official award. Great enduring Simpsons reference 😂
Kirsten Dunst: "Give me the truth. I can handle it."
Tobey Maguire: "The red and black plaid design was invented in the United States, just like the Zamboni."
[Crying ensues]
Love the video JJ. Have you ever thought of doing a video on Newfoundland and it's strange history as a separate entity of Canada? Always fascinated me and I would love to know more!!!
that rhythm heaven reference came out of nowhere!!! i love it, great video as usual :)
I really like the plaid flannel as a patriotic Canadian item, because it's so simple and versatile! 😊 The same goes for the white-and-blue diamond pattern, we use in my home state of Bavaria. We slap it onto everything - phone cases, pillows, shirts and towels - to make them instantly patriotic! But your stories about the melting pot, lumberjacks and pioneers are much more romantic than ours, which is what...? That they're the colors of the sky and the coat of arms of our former monarchs? Creative, Bavaria, creative. ;)
I associate the blue and white with beer parlor tablecloths during Oktoberfest!
@@JJMcCullough Definetly a common use!
On my recent hiking/backpacking trip around in the Vancouver/Whistler area, I was struck by the sheer ubiquity of souvenirs alluding to bears eating hikers/tourists. I.e., a mug depicting a beer dragging a camper out of a tent captioned “Canadian take out.” 😆 It led to me purchasing bear spray lol
I have not ingested cream soda in decades, but it was one of the flavours we'd pick up a few bottles of at the Pop Shoppe back in the 70's and 80's during our bi-weekly visit, where we'd select a few bottles of the clear and the pink for our case.
A literally award winning video
6:58 - What weird Canadian object is that over his left shoulder?
JJ thank you for moving your uploads to Sunday. I’m usually day drinking watching football on Saturday and have to watch your videos in short spurts while I’m going to the bathroom and have watch it twice usually. Thank you for working around my most indulgent habits.
My favorite Canadian object right now is the beautiful multicolored painted Canada post truck that delivers mail in Burnaby (and I assume there are many others). It makes me so happy when I see it parked somewhere!
Loved this video, J.J.
JJ is a weird Canadian object
I don't mean to alarm you JJ, but I think there's some sort of sock puppet that's gaining sentience behind you at around 6:58. Blink twice if you need help.
Yes! Finally someone who noticed it 😅
6:57 I thought this was J.J.'s feet at first but realized it couldn't be unless he was a very long boy. But you know, that is now my head canon. XD
HAHAHA, I love the "how its made" sounding music when you show the maple sirup production
is that a zombie rising from the floor in the background at 7:00?
Is there someone in the background lying on the floor in your hotel room?
My mother's elder sister as well as younger sister lives in Brampton with their respective families. I have heard lots of Canadian stories from them and hence I am glued to this channel for canadian stuff.
Glad someone else shares my opinion about postal services being an underrated source of national identity.
I've always loved the Canadian mailboxes. This summer I took a trip Winnipeg from Minneapolis and took a picture of one, which is now my phone lockscreen.
did Justin Trudeau threaten JJ to make him produce "Canadian" content?
Yes! This is so on Canadian point!!
I, a US resident, feel so patrioticly Canadian right now. Haha
Very upholding of all things Canadian. Canadian influencer, Canadian Studio (hotel room), Canadian accent, Canadian objects. Overall, a very Canadian Canadian. A very Canadian achievement in the field of Canadian excellence.
(There, did they help?)
Trois!!!!
Thank you JJ :)
A well deserved award! GG JJ!
7:00 👣👀
i've never seen a cream soda that wasn't brown/amber and my entire reality has now been shaken
An actual “award winning video”! Congrats friend
I use to live in the US state of Florida, pretty far south. I worked front desk at a hotel and a guest gave me one of the maple leaf shaped syrups containers. I thought it was pretty cool, because it was glass and I had never seen these before.
Who's the fellow with the levitating legs at 6:57?
Who is the dude laying on the ground?
Lol at Michael Barrett being from Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes which is where I grew up omggg 😂 😅
~6:59 I like how there's a mysterious person lying on the floor kicking their legs in the background lmao
7:00 whose legs are in the background
First?
went back and binged the previous two, and all i have to say, as someone from new england, is that a substantial amount of those things are stuff i am vaguely familiar with. i literally have the maple syrup can candle next to me rn.
Congratulations you won The First Annual Montgomery Burns Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.