It's funny, the point of this commercial was to show how not everything you see on TV is real, but everyone I know who's seen this commercial secretly hopes to uncover a house hippo one day lol.
Antonio Halkiadalkis Not exactly. The intention of the commerial is to make kids aware of not all things on TV being true or real. However, many of us simply brushed off the last part of the commercial and, in turn, it did exactly the opposite of what it was intended to project to young minds.
jacobbell the point of the commercial was to tell kids that not everything on TV was real. Except most kids (ages 5-9) never really paid attention to the warning at the end
@@julien7337 For whatever reason, I could never comprehend the message the lady was trying to convey and spent several years trying to figure out if house hippos were actually real or not.
I get that the point of this was "oh don't believe everything you see on TV" but growing up seeing this as a kid all i got from it was HOLY SHIT WHAT THESE THINGS ARE IN MY HOUSE THATS ADORABLE
Judging by the comments on this video, the commercial did the exact opposite of its intended purpose: instead of making kids ask, "is what I'm seeing on TV real?" kids were asking "How can I catch a house hippo?!" :D
I came across a realistic little Hippo figure on amazon. I bought it and now we take turns hiding it around the house. Whoever finds our little house Hippo has to hide it in a new location. You never know where the little guy will turn up. In a cupboard, in the fridge, behind some cups, on the mantle, when you're least expecting it, Boom house Hippo. We have our very own little house Hippo!
Mr demchi I was as well as a kid I wanted a house hippo haha 😂 you actually still see this appear on TV once every blue moon. you can still see some 90's PSA's pop up on TV to this day.
Cats use to get bitten by a strange animal. After cleaning up the closet years back we found out we had an infestation of house hippos. They kept stealing my peanut butter as well.
@@jusjames7858 Irrelevant. OP clearly stated that they remember watching this in 99 which means logically they are old enough to have a memory from 1999 which is in the 90's. It's not the same as a kid born in 1999 that can only remember as far back as 2003.
Maestro Manifesto HOUSE HIPPOS ARE REAL!!! LOOK AT A SHAVED GUINEA PIG/SKINNY PIG!!! IT'S A HOUSE HIPPO! GUINEA PIGS ARE JUST DISGUISED HOUSE HIPPOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My prof just posted that he can't make it to lecture because of house hippo infestation.Then! He had the nerve to put a link to this underneath. Thanks Joe Kim, you've done it agin.
This ad is 16 years old. It is a mainstay of Canadian life. So many people remember it and love it. You can actually buy kits online to make your own house hippo. It is something we treasure and love to share. Part of our Canadian identity.
This ad is actually 24 years old. This RUclips video was uploaded in 2006, but the TV spot was first broadcast in 1999. Nevertheless, I live abroad now and I love showing people this commercial. It is one of the things that makes me proud of being Canadian.
I specifically remember when I first watched this commercial and I thought it was totally real and I was so unbelievably excited at the thought of house hippos. Then my dreams were crushed.
I have wanted a house hippo since I was a kid. Now I am almost 22 and keep a toy hippo in my closet, so every time I open my closet I smile and remember that first bit of joy that I got seeing this
@@punkivy9776 9 years later and Herbert the House Hippo has seen me through ovarian cancer, getting a house, getting my cats and getting married. He is a bonafied member of the family.
@@katiecakesl4691 that's so sweet (not the cancer bit) glad he's been there for you! I just made a small house hippo for my chiropractor (for Christmas) here in Adelaide who is Canadian. I hope she remembers the advert (and if not I'll show it to her!). I'm trying to decide if I want to make a rainbow one as well as the grey one!
Ndoki Hasaki when this first came out pretty much no one paid attention to the warning at the end. So basically from ages 4 to 5 I held a butter knife whenever I opened my closet door for fear of the house hippo
Networks don’t want their people to question what they hear on tv, so this would never air today. God forbid people start questioning if they really are getting unbiased news reports.
It doesn't work to encourage critical thought with children who are barely capable of grasping the concept of critical thought. A lot of kids thought this was real.
I understood the message of this specific Children's Advertisers commercial when I was 7 years old.💯 If only people in today's Era didn't fall for everything we see and hear on TV these days.
Here in Vancouver we don’t get much house hippos, but when me and my family went to the Yukon for vacation. I was out to get a midnight snack and one of them bit my big toe, now I have a scar.
My country may have made plenty of weird commercials, but when we got it right, we got it damn right! They did all the perfect things to make sure kids paid attention to this commercial and REMEMBERED it!
I once thought I saw a house hippo scurrying across the floor at night, but it turned out to be a small rat - nicely played Mr Barnes, nicely played... .
I worked on this commerical. We shot it on Mothers Day. I remember because I was running late to set and got a speeding ticket. The cop let me off and told me to call my mother and wish her a happy mothers day. Was surreal.
This is an important lesson for adults, too! Be on the lookout for photos of "warzones" where cars are supposedly overturned by bombs, and yet the buildings and windows in the area are absolutely pristine.
I remember seeing this commercial as a kid and leaping up in excitement before the commercial was finished to find my very own house hippo. I never found one but on the plus side i did get alot of excercise running around my house looking in every mitten i could find.
I remember seeing this PSA regularly growing up. It's still a good lesson that all kids should learn. This PSA should be shown more frequently these days. Since a lot of people these days hate having to do any critical thinking.
I never heard of a house hippo that was so small. But I know that they are found throughout Canada and the eastern United States and are rarely seen. Good thing they sleep for about 16 hours a day.
I always thought those things existed and, as a kid, negated the "that looked really real" end bit. Why have many of us assumed the exact opposite of what this commercial was trying to say?
Firstly, I grew up in Canada with this commercial too, and I have no idea how anyone could have missed the ending bit and still believed in them by the end. Secondly, this should be mandatory to watch once annually to gain continued access to the internet.
O.O I didn't notice it until I read your comment. Sounds like either some African tribal music that was supposed to come from the hippo documentary or some freaky subliminal messaging. Would be interesting if someone isolated the sound.
Absolutely clever! What starts as a clever documentary short turns out to be a great lessons-learnt PSA ever to be shown on Canadian TV. Man, I wish they did the same back there in Australia where I live. XD
I was watching the Little Lulu Show today, and I felt nostalgic so I looked this up! One of my all-time favourite commercials, along with Don't Put It In Your Mouth haha ;)
The funny thing is that in today's internet culture, there are people that will believe just about anything if there's an accompanying video. More people need to watch this and understand what they're trying to say.
Listen lady. I don't give a sh*t about what ads kids see on tv. I just wanna know where you're gonna get me a house hippo like you basically promised me
+Jonathan Bullas This ad (and other "Concerned Children's Advertisers" ads) was briefly played on children's programming in other countries outside of Canada, including the U.K. and the U.S. so you may have seen it during that time. Also there are Canadian channels that play around the world that are included in some cable packages and you could have possibly seen this on one of those channels. That may explain it. :)
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It's funny, the point of this commercial was to show how not everything you see on TV is real, but everyone I know who's seen this commercial secretly hopes to uncover a house hippo one day lol.
When I saw this as a kid the ad had the opposite effect on me. I actually believed they existed for years.
@@Mixima101 Yes, I had the same experience. I would look in the back of the closets in my house to see if I can find a house hippo.
#metoo
Yep LOL
They are real
what if they actually exist, and the canadian government made this psa as a cover up
Thanks Harper.
yes
Chemicals in the water that turn the hippos gay.
What ELSE Explains Odds Deaths In Canada? It's Clearly People Being Eaten By House Hippos.
Demonic Queen house hippos are too small dude
How ironic that most kids (me included) completely ignored the last part of the commercial and believed that house hippos actually existed.
Thats sorta the point...
Antonio Halkiadalkis Not exactly. The intention of the commerial is to make kids aware of not all things on TV being true or real. However, many of us simply brushed off the last part of the commercial and, in turn, it did exactly the opposite of what it was intended to project to young minds.
jacobbell the point of the commercial was to tell kids that not everything on TV was real. Except most kids (ages 5-9) never really paid attention to the warning at the end
@@julien7337 For whatever reason, I could never comprehend the message the lady was trying to convey and spent several years trying to figure out if house hippos were actually real or not.
Yeah i never got the point
the canadian government made a shitpost, that makes me happy
Exept these days you have to envoke the buggers just to get them to listen.
Frank Reynolds leaf
We were dank even before memes
Woah..
This was the best thing of being a Canadian kid. Worst thing? Colouring in Nunavut.
+CN Man Every damn social studies
+CN Man hahahaha
I was so bad at colouring. I got in trouble on numerous occasions for "scribbling". =(
YASSSSS
Living in Saskatchewan.
I get that the point of this was "oh don't believe everything you see on TV" but growing up seeing this as a kid all i got from it was HOLY SHIT WHAT THESE THINGS ARE IN MY HOUSE THATS ADORABLE
+Tanner DeWolfe Adorable? I was scared shitless by house hippos.
Hey red guyyyy
I was just old enough to see these I was like 3 or 4 and I remember going hippo hunting I actually believed these things existed
Judging by the comments on this video, the commercial did the exact opposite of its intended purpose: instead of making kids ask, "is what I'm seeing on TV real?" kids were asking "How can I catch a house hippo?!" :D
Honestly, I still believe in house hippos!!! THERE REAL!!! NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY!!!!!
+Brynn H me too
house hippos are so cute I will commit my entire life to genetically engineering them to be real animals and put them into peoples houses
+JadeEyes1 This commercial didn't make dumb kids gullible. If anything, that's the exact reason to have an ad like this.
It was a good moron detector.
+zammmerjammer Moron alert
We make the best commercials in Canada man.
Rob this is from 9 years ago
Alec Joseph shhh don't kill his dream
Holy time machine Batman! Nostalgia!
I wanted this to be real so bad
Merica...
I came across a realistic little Hippo figure on amazon. I bought it and now we take turns hiding it around the house. Whoever finds our little house Hippo has to hide it in a new location. You never know where the little guy will turn up. In a cupboard, in the fridge, behind some cups, on the mantle, when you're least expecting it, Boom house Hippo.
We have our very own little house Hippo!
That's a really cute idea
Cool
Sounds like fun.
I was so fucking disappointed that this wasn't real
im British and when my Canadian teacher told me about this she said the same think lmao
Mr demchi I remember when it didn't have the explaining at the end. Did it ever fuck with me. I lost a lot of sleep over this damn commercial!!
Mr demchi I was as well as a kid I wanted a house hippo haha 😂
you actually still see this appear on TV once every blue moon.
you can still see some 90's PSA's pop up on TV to this day.
Why would anyone think this was real. That’s insane.
Cats use to get bitten by a strange animal. After cleaning up the closet years back we found out we had an infestation of house hippos. They kept stealing my peanut butter as well.
This is an absolute classic. I remember watching this in the 90s
Came out in 99..
Yo its lex
@@jusjames7858 i mean that is still the 90's
@@Valrokius if a kid born in 99 said he was a 90s kid would u not cringe? 90s for what the few months left of it? Lol
@@jusjames7858 Irrelevant. OP clearly stated that they remember watching this in 99 which means logically they are old enough to have a memory from 1999 which is in the 90's. It's not the same as a kid born in 1999 that can only remember as far back as 2003.
I want House Hippos to be real.
Me to.
Maestro Manifesto HOUSE HIPPOS ARE REAL!!! LOOK AT A SHAVED GUINEA PIG/SKINNY PIG!!! IT'S A HOUSE HIPPO! GUINEA PIGS ARE JUST DISGUISED HOUSE HIPPOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are! I'm a proud mama of two house hippos . Aka hairless guinea pigs!
Same
🦛 As a call back to the old meme, I 3D printed a House Hippo.
Now me and my GF take turns hiding it in the house. 🦛
My prof just posted that he can't make it to lecture because of house hippo infestation.Then! He had the nerve to put a link to this underneath. Thanks Joe Kim, you've done it agin.
+Barbiiee360 joe kim got our back
Was I the only one who thought these were real when I was a kid? Even after the message at the end?
Billy Burke Yeah I used to be like "nah she doesn't know what she's on about, I seen the house hippo right there!"
Josh Chislett same here. LMFAO
Yesss
nope
Me!
This ad is 16 years old. It is a mainstay of Canadian life. So many people remember it and love it. You can actually buy kits online to make your own house hippo. It is something we
treasure and love to share. Part of our Canadian identity.
Absolutely agree
This ad is actually 24 years old. This RUclips video was uploaded in 2006, but the TV spot was first broadcast in 1999.
Nevertheless, I live abroad now and I love showing people this commercial. It is one of the things that makes me proud of being Canadian.
I specifically remember when I first watched this commercial and I thought it was totally real and I was so unbelievably excited at the thought of house hippos. Then my dreams were crushed.
I was having a bad day, but seeing the little house hippo made me genuinely happy. Thank you sweet little house hippo
I have wanted a house hippo since I was a kid. Now I am almost 22 and keep a toy hippo in my closet, so every time I open my closet I smile and remember that first bit of joy that I got seeing this
My Canadian friend told me about house hippos and I ordered a tiny hippo online. We love it so much!
@@punkivy9776 9 years later and Herbert the House Hippo has seen me through ovarian cancer, getting a house, getting my cats and getting married. He is a bonafied member of the family.
@@katiecakesl4691 that's so sweet (not the cancer bit) glad he's been there for you! I just made a small house hippo for my chiropractor (for Christmas) here in Adelaide who is Canadian. I hope she remembers the advert (and if not I'll show it to her!). I'm trying to decide if I want to make a rainbow one as well as the grey one!
The fucking nostalgia
Me
We need to bring this back... so many kids these days that believe everything they see/hear on the internet.
Ndoki Hasaki when this first came out pretty much no one paid attention to the warning at the end. So basically from ages 4 to 5 I held a butter knife whenever I opened my closet door for fear of the house hippo
Ndoki Hasaki
Here ya go: ruclips.net/video/5R_tOSRynZU/видео.html
Networks don’t want their people to question what they hear on tv, so this would never air today. God forbid people start questioning if they really are getting unbiased news reports.
@just an SDR fan here Then you're less of a kid than most adults I know.
Adorable. And a throwback to a time when critical thought was encouraged.
It doesn't work to encourage critical thought with children who are barely capable of grasping the concept of critical thought. A lot of kids thought this was real.
@@hubblebublumbubwub5215 These PSA were geared to three different age groups. This one was for 11 and above. Not for elementary school children.
I understood the message of this specific Children's Advertisers commercial when I was 7 years old.💯
If only people in today's Era didn't fall for everything we see and hear on TV these days.
Here in Vancouver we don’t get much house hippos, but when me and my family went to the Yukon for vacation. I was out to get a midnight snack and one of them bit my big toe, now I have a scar.
My country may have made plenty of weird commercials, but when we got it right, we got it damn right!
They did all the perfect things to make sure kids paid attention to this commercial and REMEMBERED it!
Randomizer903 I was like 5 and I ended up believing in house hippos for a while
You're not the only one who liked this PSA as a child.
My favorate quote from this was "All is quiet... or is it?"
This commercial is rather ironic, considering that many Canadians, when they were younger, thought that house hippos exist.
I still do☺️
Brynn H How old are you?
No, they didn't.
Remember seeing this commercial in the late 90s.. Childhood memories at it's finest
i saw it in the early 2000s
We have sarcasm so dry even our winters are jealous #WhyILoveBeingCanadian
I once thought I saw a house hippo scurrying across the floor at night, but it turned out to be a small rat - nicely played Mr Barnes, nicely played... .
My younger brother knew this wasn’t real
After he searched our entire house
I'm so glad Nostalgia Critic finally looked at this!
poynter.marcsman
Are you from the future, because the video was 4 days ago.
NC's usually get uploaded on Channel Awesome first and the next day on YT.
shoulda just said yes.
There's a reason for my glistening skin.
I eat Little Baby's Ice Cream.
temy wuzHEAR
I eat little babies.
temy wuzHEAR *Little Babies Ice Cream*
XD i just watched that
Nameless Phoenix I
every child thought house hippos were real thanks to this commercial.
+C McCann Only the dumb ones.
+C McCann - it's a genetic thing...
They are real.
Julien Da Coolien True
+C McCann I did until the message at the end of the commercial. Then I was just disappointed that they weren't real. Stupid and gullible I was.
How does this still look so real and good, and it was done back in the 90's???
"Well that was...nice. Downright adorable."
An advertisement you'd never see on U.S television.
I was terrified of house hippos for the longest time as a kid
Then you didnt watch the whole commercial as a kid.
I held a butter knife whenever I opened my closet door from ages 4-5 tbh. Thought the things were real
I worked on this commerical. We shot it on Mothers Day. I remember because I was running late to set and got a speeding ticket. The cop let me off and told me to call my mother and wish her a happy mothers day. Was surreal.
proof?
@@KennethV2000 Such as? My 25 year old pay stub? GTFO. Who would make up a story like that and why?
Remember this being on YTV all the time! I was pretty confused with it when it used to be on.
Greg Whitworth OMG SAMEE
41 people don't deserve to have a house hippo.
kek I didn't understand the message of this commercial as a kid so I thought house hippos were real for quit some time
This is an important lesson for adults, too!
Be on the lookout for photos of "warzones" where cars are supposedly overturned by bombs, and yet the buildings and windows in the area are absolutely pristine.
I remember seeing this commercial as a kid and leaping up in excitement before the commercial was finished to find my very own house hippo. I never found one but on the plus side i did get alot of excercise running around my house looking in every mitten i could find.
"You knew it couldn't be true, didn't you?"
Every Canadian child: Um, sure...
This only gets more and more relevant
"What are you, Canada? You're like a riddle inside an enigma inside a 'please and thank you'." - Nostalgia Critic, 2016
This is one of my favourite commercials of all time. The message was the icing on the cake.
Funny how that as a kid I went looking for this non existing animal. :/ The message went right over my 5 year old head.
This is literally the best commercial of all times.
IT´S STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT!!!
Anton Persson Flygare I STILL BELIEVE
I remember seeing this PSA regularly growing up. It's still a good lesson that all kids should learn. This PSA should be shown more frequently these days. Since a lot of people these days hate having to do any critical thinking.
That's my spirit animal
I never heard of a house hippo that was so small. But I know that they are found throughout Canada and the eastern United States and are rarely seen. Good thing they sleep for about 16 hours a day.
I always thought those things existed and, as a kid, negated the "that looked really real" end bit.
Why have many of us assumed the exact opposite of what this commercial was trying to say?
I'm 30 now and still want my house hippo!
We need this shit on tv now
Firstly, I grew up in Canada with this commercial too, and I have no idea how anyone could have missed the ending bit and still believed in them by the end.
Secondly, this should be mandatory to watch once annually to gain continued access to the internet.
What is the creepy sound at the end while the lady is delivering the message of the ad? That is scary.
O.O I didn't notice it until I read your comment. Sounds like either some African tribal music that was supposed to come from the hippo documentary or some freaky subliminal messaging. Would be interesting if someone isolated the sound.
The unknown origins of that sound have bothered me since I first saw this commercial as a child.
It sounds to me like possibly some hippo sounds on loop, but it's so out-of-place.
+bluegrassbaby86 Guys, calm down. It's just a satanic mind control chant.
+bluegrassbaby86 ;_; we have been under control this entire time.
I love this commercial, I remember it was still airing in the late 2000s and early 2010s
Absolutely clever! What starts as a clever documentary short turns out to be a great lessons-learnt PSA ever to be shown on Canadian TV. Man, I wish they did the same back there in Australia where I live. XD
They should air this commercial again, it;s a classic
They do iirc, I remember seeing it in like, 2012 or so.
oh god the nostalgia hits hard
Wow. i remember seeing this commercial when i was in like grade 1..... It just came to mind now... Teletoon and ytv played this allllll the time.
This Commercial Actually Taught Me Something Important To Remember.Don’t Believe Everything Weird You See Or Hear.
I thought it was my cat who left a shit... now I know the truth. Lol. This is the cutest commercial ever. And now I want a house hippo, PLEASE!!!
it's 2017. after all the trauma we experienced from 2016, the least thing 2017 can do for us is to actually make house hippo a reality
Lulz! Greetings from 2022!
Holy shit! All these repressed memories from my early childhood are flowing back! I remember this commercial!
I saw this commercial last week, oh it brought back so many memories!
The favourite foods of the house hippo are chips, raisins, and the crumbs from peanut butter on toast.
I used to think the house hippo was real... I didn't understand as a child. LOL
I was watching the Little Lulu Show today, and I felt nostalgic so I looked this up! One of my all-time favourite commercials, along with Don't Put It In Your Mouth haha ;)
CCA: Nothing everything you see on TV is real.
Us: But this is.
This commercial has been suck in my head for the past 14 years.
And for the 20th year running the No.1 gift request in Canada is... drum roll... a North American House Hippo!
As a canadian, I can confirm I do infact have a house hippo
Oh my gosh! I want one so badly. They are adorable.
The funny thing is that in today's internet culture, there are people that will believe just about anything if there's an accompanying video.
More people need to watch this and understand what they're trying to say.
memories.
what a great commercial. And it's even better now that I'm old enough to understand it haha
I saw this when I was little on YTV(back when they had seven little monsters,stickin' around and others),in 2008 and saw this in school one day.
Listen lady. I don't give a sh*t about what ads kids see on tv. I just wanna know where you're gonna get me a house hippo like you basically promised me
Is this where my socks go?
They need to bring this agency back concerned children's advertisers no joke
I want this as a commercial again.
Absolute Canadian icon.
My parents made me think these were real when I was a kid and I always left peanut butter out for them lol
BEST. COMMERCIAL. EVER! Ingrained into my mind since childhood.
i remember when i saw this commercial i thought "wow, i hope i see a house hippo someday"
Used to love this when I was little and I'm from Britain forgot about it until the Nostalgia critic reviewed it today
Congratulations, your country is the new Canada for terrifying PSAs.
Rodimus Rider They aired this in the UK?
yeah they did
I used to really believe that thing as a child and I kept asking my mom for one.
That's cute
The best ad/psa of my childhood.
This comercial is what got me to start eating Peanutbutter on toast, because I wanted to attract a house hippo
WELCOME KURTISTOWN!!
Hola
House hippos are real. Only they're called skinny pigs.
House hippos are real idc.
They're hairless Guinea pigs, known commonly as skinny pigs.
This made me feel SO MUCH!!!
I saw someone mention house hippo on reels and I was so confused. Now I understand & now I want one.
I remember seeing this on TV, and I'm English. Explain?
+Jonathan Bullas This ad (and other "Concerned Children's Advertisers" ads) was briefly played on children's programming in other countries outside of Canada, including the U.K. and the U.S. so you may have seen it during that time. Also there are Canadian channels that play around the world that are included in some cable packages and you could have possibly seen this on one of those channels. That may explain it. :)
dappletail1 Thanks for the knowledge on international TV regulations. :)
IDC HOUSE HIPPOS ARE REAL #TeamReal!
i'm from canada and i swear i remember this with the hinterland who's who music
arration. anybody else?
I remember seeing this on TV all the time when I was younger.
This nostalgia is intense. House hippos fo eva!