Weird presidential souvenirs
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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JJ how are YOU celebrating Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday?
The people want to know
Peanut butter sandwich!!
Eating only primarily peanut based foods
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)
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.
JJ behind the desk displaying all of his trinkets gives me curio shopkeeper vibes.
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).
We are getting closer to the blessed 100th birthday of Sir Jimmy Carter every day
That Jimmy Carter peanut is absolutely cursed
Love the 4D nature of the video itself.
Some subtle and clever touches, definitely award worthy.
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.
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.
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
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.
17:07 I liked the impression, JJ.
22:30 -- rare J.J. swear word 👀
I nearly spat out my drink when JJ said 'based' while talking about Dark Brandon.
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.
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!
1:52 This looks like LBJ if he ate a bottle of hair spray
For how many times you have referenced Nixon, I believe a Hunter S Thompson video is warranted.
Jimmy Carter was elected in '76, and now is 100. Happy birthday to our true centennial
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.
Gee, how many coins will that peanut bank hold? Possible solution to the national debt 😮
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.
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. 😉
The GWB cast is also a reference to the Cheney duck hunting incident of 2006.
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
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.
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.
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
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!
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
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.
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 ❤
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.
My fiancé has the Gulf war Trading cards, we find a few of them still in the packaging at an Garage sale.
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
0:53 that's a flurry from Mario 2!
At 15:58, the cast is signed by Mr Beat
MrBeast please give me money🥺
And knowing better
Nixon's long nose and big ears also compliment the elephant's trunk and large ears.
Can you do a video about the American beer canon? For instance, smokey and the bandit.
BTW, tomorrow October 1st is Carter's 100th birthday.
A new hair-do!🥰This is part of the JJ lore at this point...
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.
The head fell off my John Kennedy bobble head, but at least I still have my Robert Kennedy bobble head. oh wait
Yikes
This is called intertextuality. 4D objects and such. I had that carter peanut bank on my watch list lol.
Max Headroom definitely inspired the whole infochammel youtube project thing with fred furner, especially the "Total Intelligence Machine" bit they do on it.
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.
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 am 100% serious, when i was in 3rd grade one of the kids in class game everyone iraq war sadam and george hw bush trading cards for christmas maybe. this was in 1991
A bit late now, but considering Jimmy Carter turns 100 tomorrow, a look at president's post-presidential lives would be interesting.
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.
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.
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.
So... I was today years old when I realized eminem was referencing an 80s sci-fi in his music video for Rap God when he dressed up as Max Headroom for parts of it.
When it comes to presidential souvenirs the first thing that comes to mind is the Nixon mask. The Nixon mask is prevalent enough in pop-culture that it has its own TV Tropes page.
How about a reverse video on objects that were destroyed due to activism or symbolism? Such as the toppling of the statue of Lenin after the fall of the Soviet Union, or the Berlin Wall coming down, and so forth?
Great examples and I really like the concept! I think having an "N-dimensional cultural object" can be a really useful way to describe how easy/hard something is to grok for someone unfamiliar with the culture. I think it's also possible to use in relative terms to explain why a given thing seems more foreign than others.
Hi, JJ. Robert here. So glad to finally meet you in the wild last Saturday! You often hang around in my neighborhood and I never met you once there. Love your work, it probably “sold Canada” to a lot of people, maybe our King should give you a medal.
I vacationed to Kennebunkport, Maine two years ago. I had no idea that was George HW Bush’s summer home. The more you know.
when are you going to make the "jj mcullough" miniature action figure? 😂 i think a detailed bobble head would be cute.
The famous uncle sam poster is itself a parody of a British poster.
The little white (snow) monster from the Mario valentine is a called a Flurry and is from SMB2. The more you know 🌈🌟
Legend has it, JJ will paint the second eye in his Daruma doll when he defeats all presidents in honorable combat and becomes the first Canadian emperor.
I basically only watch to track JJ’s highly personally appealing hair journey at this point. Today it’s giving skater dude. Love it
I'm not reminded of the Bill Clinton growing nose novelty watch (have to know who Bill Clinton is, that he got caught lying, and that Pinocchio was a character whose nose grew when he told a lie)
As a michigander I am deeply upset that our state's President Gerald Ford was not included
Is the Nixon elephant also supposed to represent Dumbo: big ears and whatnot?
I'm not sure Reagan was so universally loved. Democrats mocked him unceasingly.
The most award winning thing about J.J. is his endlessly perfect hair styles. (J/K J.J.! Great video as always.)
Dear friends of J.J. it has been confirmed. You are currently watching another award winning video
Lame duck more specifically means a politician who’s been voted out, but hasn’t been replaced yet.
This looks like fun I gotta finish an assignment first before I watch, but Just wanted to say Hey JJ 😎
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
Do you think the Jimmy Carter peanut in any way may have inspired the lolwut pear? 🤔
Hi J J. Do you ever go on Patreon? I messaged you months ago and you havent responded
I would like more 4D theory. The Dark Brandon one was the best example.
Doritos literally means little pieces of gold. It's not a nonsense word; it makes sense.
I think this is the first time I've hears JJ say "fuck" or even be like, a little crass
Dubya called Rove "Turd Blossom" not K-Ro
This current 2010s/early 2020s era of politicians embracing internet/meme culture is a strange one
I’m getting Louise Belcher vibes from the hair + beanie… made me smile
That’s how great America used to be even a peanut farmer can become president
I think the reason why Americans loved Regan so much, is because he was like a John Wayne.
Very creative way at looking at culture. Like this format a lot!
Was your front desk always there? It really fits to the video's theme
In Bills doll I came across Obama at the top & Kamila at the tiny bottom😅
15:57
I KNEW you were gonna make a Millpool joke!
Do a video on Epcot’s world showcase! How accurate each are!
Your 4D Objects video is my favorite of yours
I really like the 'voice acted' bits. Very well done
Finally i know where the "this pleases the nut" meme came from
My favorite reference to the Obama poster is in Megamind
jimmy carter peanut will always hold a special place in my heart
What is going on with this weird uncanny green screen situation?
max headroom and dark brandon share some resemblance
Bro cares more about American culture than most natives
What award does JJ Win for all the award winning videos?
Wait... THAT'S what G.O.P. stands for???
I’ve got a Bill Clinton inaugural matchbook!