A Part of our Heritage
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though in reality, their message was "regardless of your nationality, you too can make fun of an oddly effective way to attempt to educate the masses by using their favorite form of brainwashing. Cuz face it, your country is just as messed up as the others."
Talk about a universal message.
Canada: The Old Silk Hat to The USA's Frosty
Talk about a universal message.
Canada: The Old Silk Hat to The USA's Frosty
tak197 wrote:Talk about a universal message.
The medium is the message. See here.
I actually think that particular one is quite silly, but still.
Also, yeah, if we can't be truly Canadian at least once a year, who are we?
Glad all you crazy Unitedstatesians put up with it.
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Man that brought back some serious memories, I loved how they pointed out specifically the Winnie the Pooh one, it was my fave just cuz of the stupid kid.
"Hey dad, let's call this bear Winnie the Pooh." "Why Pooh son?" "I dunno, just Winnie the Pooh."
I curse that child for probably having more money than i do now....
"Hey dad, let's call this bear Winnie the Pooh." "Why Pooh son?" "I dunno, just Winnie the Pooh."
I curse that child for probably having more money than i do now....
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I'm not Canadian, but I did get it. Seems in Canada there are short commercials on TV that tell about Canada's history. What you guys did is take the creating of the Canada minutes and made a Canada minute on it. That's how I got it. Well done.
PS If I'm way off, let me know, cuz then I'll feel like a complete and utter idiot.
PS If I'm way off, let me know, cuz then I'll feel like a complete and utter idiot.
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Cake wrote:Oh, and Happy Canada Day to you. (What's Canada Day in celebration of? Remember, I didn't get Canadian history in school.)
Thanks!
Yeah, you nailed the video, it's a Heritage Minute of Heritage Minutes.
Canada Day is a celebration of Canada gaining Dominion from the British Empire and becoming its own country, rather than a colony of England.
140 years and counting!
Basically, it's the same as July 4th is for you.
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Graham wrote:The medium is the message. See here.
The medium is the message and the content is the audience?
I'm confused!
Great video! I love Canada, apart from the concept of poutine kinda scares me. Fries with cheese and gravy sounds a pit wrong. Although alot of English food I eat could freek other out.
Oh, Happy Canada day for tomorrow guys! It is July the first right? Our schools thought it'd be a good idea to teach us about America and not Canada so i'm a bit rusty on these kinda things
Oh, Happy Canada day for tomorrow guys! It is July the first right? Our schools thought it'd be a good idea to teach us about America and not Canada so i'm a bit rusty on these kinda things
Bring on the trumpits!
Well, since I know nothing about Canada I have no idea what this were about. But that makes me wonder, what have Canada done to be remembered (except LRR)? So for all you Canadians and people who know alot about Canada could you plese tell me what celebrities, inventions and big events that come from/happened in Canada.
P.S. Actualy the only time I can remember that we have talked anything about Canada in school were about some guy a long time ago who tried to sail trough Canada and after half his crew were frozen to death they mutinied and threw him of the ship and went home again or something like that.
P.S. Actualy the only time I can remember that we have talked anything about Canada in school were about some guy a long time ago who tried to sail trough Canada and after half his crew were frozen to death they mutinied and threw him of the ship and went home again or something like that.
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OMG, I think I nearly ruptured something laughing. Great work, guys!
Bonus points to Bill for pronouncing it "proh-ject".
Wasn't poutine invented in the 1950s? And not by Abraham Lincoln?
Bonus points to Bill for pronouncing it "proh-ject".
Wasn't poutine invented in the 1950s? And not by Abraham Lincoln?
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bsx wrote:Graham wrote:The medium is the message. See here.
The medium is the message and the content is the audience? :shock:
I'm confused!
Perhaps this will clear things up:
http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/downloads/ballad_of_marshall_mcluhan.mp3
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Let's see, from Heritage minutes, I know that:Zhyard wrote:Well, since I know nothing about Canada I have no idea what this were about. But that makes me wonder, what have Canada done to be remembered (except LRR)? So for all you Canadians and people who know alot about Canada could you plese tell me what celebrities, inventions and big events that come from/happened in Canada.
P.S. Actualy the only time I can remember that we have talked anything about Canada in school were about some guy a long time ago who tried to sail trough Canada and after half his crew were frozen to death they mutinied and threw him of the ship and went home again or something like that.
Doctor Penfield helped map out the human brain, by poking still-conscious epileptics in the brain. "I smell burnt toast!" is one of the most quotable moments from the Heritage moments.
A Canadian invented basketball.
The Halifax Explosion was the largest man-made explosion until the invention of the atom bomb.
Prop camera
Ohh, it seems you put some effort to actually get a prop camera from that era.
At first it looks like a (S-)VHS full format camera. But I think I can see the Sony logo on the viewfinder. As there haven't been many consumer shoulder camcorders from Sony it should be relatively simple to determine the model number.
At first it looks like a (S-)VHS full format camera. But I think I can see the Sony logo on the viewfinder. As there haven't been many consumer shoulder camcorders from Sony it should be relatively simple to determine the model number.
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robothero wrote:Doctor Penfield helped map out the human brain, by poking still-conscious epileptics in the brain. "I smell burnt toast!" is one of the most quotable moments from the Heritage moments.
And by making consent to the experimentation a necessary precondition to his offering vital surgery, he violated any number of ethical proscriptions in order to get the data he wanted. Not exactly a sterling example of proper medical behavior.
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Graham wrote:Canada Day is a celebration of Canada gaining Dominion from the British Empire and becoming its own country, rather than a colony of England.
140 years and counting!
Basically, it's the same as July 4th is for you.
Not to start another Pig War or anything but.... Uhm, no.
See, Canada Day celebrates the day that a law was passed by the UK Parliament saying, "Yeah, sure, go ahead and be a sovereign nation. Sort of. Is it 1982 yet?"
Independence Day in the US celebrates the day that some tax rebels signed a document that was basically a big SCREW YOU! to the British monarchy. Thus setting the tone for the next couple of centuries of American Empire.
I like the video, with its meta-meta. I was thinking of 'Hudsucker Proxy,' too, in that hallway scene. Also 'Brazil.' I guess the Cohens stole from the best, too.
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