Weird presidential souvenirs
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- My collection of strange presidential knick-knacks.
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JJ how are YOU celebrating Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday?
The people want to know
Peanut butter sandwich!!
Singing the traditional carols of course! But once again I’ve left my shopping to the last minute…
I have an old book that has a lot of old Jimmy Carter sayings. Like using Paynuts in a sentence (in that southern drawl)
i visited the carter center today :D
JJ behind the desk displaying all of his trinkets gives me curio shopkeeper vibes.
That Jimmy Carter peanut is absolutely cursed
and you know what? i kind of want one. even though it's very obviously cursed.
Southwestern Georgia has a whole different vibe, as someone who grew up somewhat close to there.
Isn't there a meme about that? "This pleases the nut" or similar? Those words definitely invaded my mind when I saw it.
Yes, this. It looks like it belongs in Persona/ Shin Megami Tensei.
As one of your gen z viewers I appreciate how you implement zoomer internet culture. You involve yourself with it, but indirectly in your own JJ way. It’s endearing and tactful as opposed to the usual “how do you do fellow kids” method that feels condescending and cringy. It’s honestly really fun and cool to see.
Thank you! I think there’s a middle ground that has to be reached where it’s not taken too seriously but not ignored either.
He's got Jreg to microdose him with zoomer brainrot
He's not like the other influencers. He respects your zoomer sensibilities.
Well i think he's had his fair share of cringey boomer moments. Like when he compleined about 4 people on tiktok praising Osama Bin Laden or something.
@@goese868 It wasn’t “four people.” If you think there’s no problem with zoomers being too credulous about radicals, it’s you who’s being cringe.
It seems we have seen the death of the shortest hair era. The beanie is a welcome addition, though
There's a certain content creator who wears a beanie to cover his baldness. And then there's JJ, who wears it to flaunt his majestic mane.
@@Henu_K I'm pretty sure that's just the standard uniform of all Canadians (and '90s drug dealers for some reason).
I nearly spat out my drink when JJ said 'based' while talking about Dark Brandon.
Not to mention evoking "basedness."
An interesting thing is when I first saw the Nixon object I assumed it was anti-Nixon-that his long nose was calling him deceitful or a liar.
Still reinforce the idea of a 4D object, I first viewed it that way because 1. I know the reputation and history of Nixon 2. I associate long noses with lying because of Pinocchio. All require context from other sources to come to such a conclusion/understanding.
We are getting closer to the blessed 100th birthday of Sir Jimmy Carter every day
We made it and I’m apart of that
When you squeezed the "George the Lame Duck" toy, my dog ran into the room and is now convinced I'm hiding a toy from her.
My dog did the same thing!
When I saw the Obama "Hope"-poster for the first time in 2008, I thought it was the coolest looking thing, I'd ever seen! Granted, I was only 10 years old... Still, it really captured my attention and made me curious about pop art like it. A few years later, when the first kids in class gained access to the first iPhones, many installed Obama-hope-poster apps, that would turn your own picture into a high contrast version. Again, I thought that was the coolest thing ever and constantly played around with it.
yeah, Obama was great about image. it always shocked me considering the many scandals, like being the president who threw out more immigrants ever.
Love the 4D nature of the video itself.
Some subtle and clever touches, definitely award worthy.
I wasn't expecting on learning this much from one video, I'm imagining Nelson Munce pointing at me and saying 'look! He's learning on his own! Get him!'.
As a critic of the emo jj hair i must say i am a fan of the bright orage beanie
The GWB cast is also a reference to the Cheney duck hunting incident of 2006.
17:07 I liked the impression, JJ.
I have the Dick Cheney card signed by Dick Cheney. Mailed it to him as a overly involved joke and he sent it back signed.
Jimmy Carter was elected in '76, and now is 100. Happy birthday to our true centennial
Yeah
2:46 I actually believe the tradition of the Democrats as a donkey goes back further than this -- my understanding was that it started in the 1820s with Andrew Jackson, when his opponents were attempting to mock him by calling him Andrew Jackass (and made cartoons to that effect). Instead of rejecting it, the Democrats got in on the joke and it stuck.
That's the version I had heard, at least.
As an older person on the channel, I at first thought the Pantone color swatch of Trump's bronzer was a not-fully-developed Polaroid photo. They would look like that briefly before they developed in front of your eyes. It never got old watching it, either.
23:20 another layer to it is that the phrasing of "Dark Brandon" and the lazer eyes is taken from the "Dark MAGA" meme, showing trump with the same lazer eyes. It predates Dark Brandon by a year or so. It was also a way of denoting how a second Trump term would not be "betrayed" by the establishment and basically be the "drain the swamp" presidency that he promised the first time. This also is connected to the "punished Trump" meme which is also quite funny to look at.
The lazer eyes also have a much longer history in meme culture in general
One more ingredient was Biden's speech at Independence Hall. It was broadcast live during TV's prime time, and took place outside the building, which had been lit up in red, white, and blue.
The tower was lit white, building was blue, red, blue. Red was in the center, so in tight shots you only saw the red... which sent right-wing outlets into a frenzy. "HEEZ TEH DEBBIL!!1"
@@HerodotusVon So true, I forgot that
>another layer
That is THE layer. JJ dropped the ball.
Brandon Brown actually ruined his own career due to the LGB thing: he raced for his own family team (in NASCAR's second-tier series) and was for years seen as a plucky underdog, *that* win being his first in the series. LGB brought him mostly bad press and he at first distanced himself from it, but for the next season (2022) he was offered sponsorship from LBG Coin, a MAGA-themed crypto. They promised a lot of money and he ended up embracing them, even abandoning his old sponsors who wanted nothing to do with that brand. Long story short, LGB Coin basically had no money and the family-owned team went bust mid-season, and he hasn't raced much since.
He was pushed into an uncomfortable spot, yes, but his and the team's demise was ultimately his own self-sabotage due to severely mishandling the situation.
The most fascinating part of that whole story is that the crowd at a sporting event randomly decided to chant “Fuck Joe Biden.” Fanatical behavior.
For how many times you have referenced Nixon, I believe a Hunter S Thompson video is warranted.
This isn't a souvenir for one specific president, but around the end of Bush's last term, I distinctly remember myself, my cousin, and two of my school friends having bendy sheet-plastic rulers that listed all 43 presidents (at that time) along its length.
The banner on elephant Nixon with the “R” in bold is blue.
Try explaining that to people who learned about American political parties after 2000.
22:30 -- rare J.J. swear word 👀
Elusive and beautiful to catch in the wilds of UA-cam
He says it twice!
Fantastic video, JJ! The way you edited the audio for the comic portion was top tier! This entire video is gold!! I love the concept of the 4D cultural object. You should definitely make it into a recurring series
Dude that little pull down at 3:05. I was not expecting that bro lmao.
Imagine him doing that before he edited in the article? it’s just him raising his arm out of nowhere
I do this all the time!
The Ron Headrest bit killed me, how did you get the Reagan voice so accurate? Also seeing Cheney’s smug mug on the Gulf War trading cards brings back memories
It's so weird to think back to Dick Cheney in those days, the pinnacle of Republicanism.
If someone told us back then, that 16 years later, Cheney would be called RINO and Liberal from his own party, they'd get chased down by nice men with butterfly nets as that's too insane for words! Yet here we are.
I'm currently taking a graduate course in Modern Middle Eastern Politics and I just ordered a sealed box of the Gulf War trading cards so that I can hand out packs at the end of the class. Wish me luck. lol XD
The Doonesbury mention was an unexpected delight.
You can’t talk about Max Headroom and Reagan and not mention the cameo of a combination of both in Back to the Future 2.
Regan as max headroom was also in Back to the Future 2 when Marty goes to the future. Kind of funny to see that same idea in another form of media.
Exactly
Welcome to the Cafe ‘80s, where it’s always morning in America. Even in the aftern-n-noon!
Hey JJ! You missed the fact that the origin of dark Brandon was a Chinese propaganda image of Biden with yellow eyes sitting on a throne of rifles. In attempting to fact-check myself, I found a Matt yglesias article from 2022 which cites the same origin, so I think this is true and not just some misremembering. Anyways great video, sick dark Brandon mug haha
I once saw a John Major biscuit in a museum in London 😎 it had somehow survived 20 years and John’s face was still just about discernible…. happy memories ❤
The desk is a good addition to "the set". Ever thought of pivoting to a newsdesk set-up? Looks homely. As if we're chatting at the kitchen table. 😉
1:52 This looks like LBJ if he ate a bottle of hair spray
Ok be honest, how hard was it not to mention the famous max headroom tv hijaking incident?
a little
Big nascar fan here, pretty sad how that meme ruined Brandon Brown’s career. He was just happy he won lol poor guy.
Around 2004 I saw a George W. Bush bobblehead where if you push one button it would say some of his times he would use the wrong word or say a word that didn't exist (famously called Bushisms) but if you pushed another button it would say some if his well known more brash lines when talking about going after terrorism. It feels significant in that for much of the first few months of his presidency "Bush is dumb" was the go to punch line of late night comedians but then after 9/11 the rhetoric was "everyone is rallying behind Bush when it comes to the war on terror" but as the Iraq war dragged on and opposition arose whether you said one or the other became a partisan issue.
when are you going to make the "jj mcullough" miniature action figure? 😂 i think a detailed bobble head would be cute.
Only if there was one for each distinct JJ hairstyle
0:53 that's a flurry from Mario 2!
My dad has a magnet of Bush (I’m unsure which one, I think it’s Dubya) that says “Daddy’s little war criminal” which is simultaneously hilarious and something I’m just slightly too young to understand, seeing as Bush 2 was president only until I was a few years old.
That being said, I think my personal favorite piece of presidential merch is a book called Duck for President, which sees a duck take over the farm he grew up on and hit the campaign trail, achieving higher and higher office by narrow margins and eventually becoming president but deciding he was happier on the farm. It’s a little propaganda-y but it’s got some fun references to actual presidential campaigns and taught little me about what people do to become president. I recommend.
its interresting how now the Bushes reputations have reversed in retrospect. Many conservative voters feel cheated by Bush JR and have a high opinion of Bush senior
Nesting dolls were exhibited by Japan at the 1889 world's fair in Paris. Some enterprising Russian took the idea home with him and made a mint. Now we associate them with Russia even though they originate in Japan.
JJ, your inclusions of NASCAR broadcast footage and a John Cena action figure in this video makes me so happy as I am a huge fan of white trash American sports. WOOOOO!!!
I found several boxes of those Gulf War trading cards at an antique mall last year! They are indeed not worth much, but very odd in retrospect.
The Gulf War was also the first true television war. People used to say it was Vietnam, but there was no CNN or other 24-hour cable news channel during Vietnam. It was also highly managed by the DOD, allowing only certain images to be used. It was a turning point in the viability of cable news, drawing significant ratings.
Nice work on the Ronald Regan Max Head room audio edit
this has to be one of my favorite type of videos. this is nearly exactly how my brain works, jumping from idea to idea and how I try to explain a reference or meme to my mom layer by layer. but also like when I'm having a conversation with someone my thoughts are rapid-fire where I make a connection to connection and the next thing I say out loud might not make sense in the conversation at that moment because I've gone from point A to Square Pizza. then i explain and it MIGHT make some sense.
A bit late now, but considering Jimmy Carter turns 100 tomorrow, a look at president's post-presidential lives would be interesting.
16:00 fun fact! Bush had another nickname for Karl Rove, which was Turd Blossom. good choice going with K-Ro ;)
At 15:58, the cast is signed by Mr Beat
MrBeast please give me money🥺
And knowing better
And Milpool 😂
And Jreg
Wouldnt the first item be a democrat souvenir since it looks like a dog chew toy? Not a very flattering depiction of nixon imo lol
14:14 I can't believe someone turned Bush Jr. into a hedonist from All Tomorrows.
Nixon's long nose and big ears also compliment the elephant's trunk and large ears.
One pretty niche contemporary reference that while at this point I don’t think it’s 4D, but could be depending on how you think of it, is related to Kamala’s campaign. In Jewish circles, I’ve seen Kamala campaign merch that either has a comma + לה (pronounced “lah”) or even just לה by itself. This is clearly referencing people’s struggle with pronouncing Kamala’s name, but funny enough לה literally means “her” in Hebrew. Kinda reminds me of the “I’m with her” slogan of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Also there’s a bit of a history of Hebrew/Yiddish campaign merch in the U.S., since U.S. Jews tend to be a strong Democratic voting bloc. I actually have a Barack Obama pin from 2008 with his name in Hebrew, and I remember seeing a similar if not identical copy of that pin in the Smithsonian with a bunch of other political pins. Pretty cool.
That's amazing :D I didn't realize it was common in the US to produce non-English political merch.
Gee, how many coins will that peanut bank hold? Possible solution to the national debt 😮
15:04 Wow! I remember that in Santa Barbara! Talk about a blast from the past.
Very creative way at looking at culture. Like this format a lot!
Peanuts aren’t nuts, they are legumes.
It's important to recognize that, while Trump is more orange than normal, a lot of the media played it up with, shall we say, creative color grading.
No they didn’t
I'm not sure Reagan was so universally loved. Democrats mocked him unceasingly.
No, that was considered risky.
The head fell off my John Kennedy bobble head, but at least I still have my Robert Kennedy bobble head. oh wait
Yikes
Man that uncle sam mario thing is a bit of a stretch ngl. It could just as easily just be coincidence.
At 4:41 you say Jimmy Carter's agribusiness "made him millions", but the article reads "his net worth grew […] to $1,005,910 at the end of 1978, largely because of the increased [screenshot cuts off]".
First, that's not millions. Second, largely because of the increased what? Increased land value? That would probably not be quite so bad in the eyes of the working class.
I think the idea of "4D objects" is very interesting-- my only question is what would be something that isn't "4D" or "less 4D?" I feel like you could argue that just about any culture object exists in the time it was made. You could definately argue that some things have more "timeliness" than others. Political memorabilia/propaganda I say being "extremely 4D" while on the other end an image of two people hugging or kissing (something universal to human culture) would be less so. Maybe I'm misunderstanding lol.
That wasn’t the first time I’ve seen that Jimmy Carter coin bank. I’ve seen it before in a CURSED IMAGES post
First off, JJ is an American national treasure who happens to be Canadian. He understands US (and global) pop culture better than anyone. And his wholesome and friendly nature is what youtube should reward. Also, when he wears a cool beanie like this, he should have unrestricted access to use Take Off for the video's intro music. Actually, any Rush song, too.
The way most young people probably know about Max Headroom nowadays is the time when some guy hijacked a Dr. Who broadcast to film himself getting spanked while wearing a Max Headroom rubber mask.
It's like "level 4 memes." For example the other day I saw an intentionally super pixelated gif of a Roblox Sans doing a Fortnite dance, and realized that it was a level 4 meme, or a 4D gif if you will. You need to know about 3 different video games and the concept of low-res as a meme sort of format.
I think this is the first time I've hears JJ say "fuck" or even be like, a little crass
I feel like "Let's go Brandon" is so stupid, I just want to swear openly when talking about it rather than be all cute and coy like the line itself wants to be.
A Cannabis Paraphernalia store in my state is currently showing pictures of former president Vicente Fox because he was one of the first presidents that talked about legalizing marihuana in Mexico.
This is called intertextuality. 4D objects and such. I had that carter peanut bank on my watch list lol.
Happy 100th birthday to President Jimmy Carter!!!!
This current 2010s/early 2020s era of politicians embracing internet/meme culture is a strange one
The problem with trying to redefine a "4D Object" is that the term already has a meaning.
I think you are missing something about the long nose on Nixon. I immediately thought Pinocchio/liar
This looks like fun I gotta finish an assignment first before I watch, but Just wanted to say Hey JJ 😎
23:03 it should be noted that this Brandon was for Brandon Herrera (youtuber) when he was running for congress lol
My fiancé has the Gulf war Trading cards, we find a few of them still in the packaging at an Garage sale.
Slight correction. Max Headroom was indeed a British media creation, but the 1987-1988 series was on the American Broadcasting Company. There was a British show involving the character that premiered earlier (“The Max Headroom Show”) that featured Max as a video DJ of sorts. And there was a British TV movie that was the basis of the first episode or two of the American series.
Also while the original British version did have the human basis for Max (Edison Carter) die, the ABC version had him recover and interact with Max (as seen in the clip at 7:27).
Someone did a video essay about Max Headroom’s origins and influences (that even one of the creators of the character said it was right on the money), but not as much about the predictions that the show claimed would be “20 Minutes Into the Future”. One major reason is that the show simply isn’t available anywhere on streaming due to massive copyright entanglements.
What video essay was that? I tried watching one but it didn't seem to be going anywhere coherent.
@@JJMcCullough It’s from a UA-cam channel called “Space Feather”. The video is called “On Max Headroom: the Most Misunderstood Joke on TV”. If that’s the one that didn’t seem to be going anywhere coherent, there is a main throughline after all the “this video is from the future” stuff.
@@WTFG78 yeah that’s the one I saw. I didn’t think it was that great.
I can understand that. I would like to see more Max video essays. It’s an interesting topic that’s somewhat overlooked because (as you mentioned) the character became so overexposed that anything ancillary about the show itself or other characters got sort of cast aside.
To this day, I still think that a proper reboot of the character (with the original creators as a part of the production process) could make for some excellent streaming television and biting satire.
In an age when 24-hour news channels are more prevalent, ratings-driven, and corporate, when people are inundated with 5-second blipverts, and when computer-generated characters are becoming more commonplace, we have already reached the “20 minutes into the future” that the Max Headroom series had foreseen. In a DVD extra for the series, the creators of the character were champing at the bit to have another go with Max.
Plus, motion capture tech has improved so much that the original actor for Max, Matt Frewer, could still do the role and have a proper CG character instead of a heavy plastic suit and makeup made to look like 1980s CG. That was done with a cameo in the Adam Sandler movie “Pixels”, but the less said about that trainwreck the better.
oh he’s a jolly good peanut
for he’s a jolly good peanut
yes he’s a jolly good peanut
that nobody can deny
I would like more 4D theory. The Dark Brandon one was the best example.
The famous uncle sam poster is itself a parody of a British poster.
Nothing for Ford?
JJs videos need more views. These are such high quality videos.
BTW, tomorrow October 1st is Carter's 100th birthday.
Can you do a video about the American beer canon? For instance, smokey and the bandit.
I don’t… I don’t like how big that peanut is
A new hair-do!🥰This is part of the JJ lore at this point...
15:57
I KNEW you were gonna make a Millpool joke!
Carter wasn’t so happy when his peanuts went sour and withered.
I dont know the little gobline beside mario who the heck is he
I really like the 'voice acted' bits. Very well done
JJ’s hair and watch cap look rad in this episode.
12:09 Hearing JJ say "lil mommies" was great 😂
Do why were Bill's mistresses inside of him. I think the order of operations was incorrect.
He's a kinky fella
I disagree with Trump being the first president being widely mocked for his appearance since Nixon. I think Dubya was pretty widely mocked for his ears and commonly made into a monkey in political cartoons.
I don't think that was THAT common.
@@JJMcCulloughnot as common as Trump’s orange for sure. Probably oversized in my memory, but I remember it being pretty common.
Could the official Joe Biden merch not have his sunglasses centered on his face correctly with the bridge over his nose instead of his right eye? It's a cool idea (in as much as a meme about Biden can be), but it seems like they slapped that together in an afternoon.
this is the type of cute content I signed up for
12:50 really... more than han Trump?