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ramonmark

01-31-2015, 01:02 PM

Really!? I initially found this video on a cbc webpage. Couldn't get that link to work so I went straight to YouTube for your veiwing. Now I can see the comedy but people need to remember as much as a good laugh there are real people that are affected by the current price of oil. This is the kind of video to be made after all is well in the patch, not during the lay-offs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6ykYoWaIk

rugatika

01-31-2015, 01:36 PM

albertadeer

01-31-2015, 02:10 PM

Wow, they really cut down Newfoundlanders in that. Surprised they can get away with that.

Good to see our tax money going for such a great endeavour though. One of the least funny things I've seen since Peter Mansbridge pretended to be a news anchor.

Pretty sure he says "bud" not by.

Don't work in the patch if you can't handle lay offs or people making fun of you.

I don't think its funny, but it's not offensive at all, if your offended by it your probably sitting on your high horse thinking your above anyone.

Talking moose

01-31-2015, 02:13 PM

Wow, they really cut down Newfoundlanders in that. Surprised they can get away with that.

Good to see our tax money going for such a great endeavour though. One of the least funny things I've seen since Peter Mansbridge pretended to be a news anchor.

Is that how the people of Newfoundland talk? Just curious, never been there....:)

rugatika

01-31-2015, 02:22 PM

Pretty sure he says "bud" not by.

Don't work in the patch if you can't handle lay offs or people making fun of you.

I don't think its funny, but it's not offensive at all, if your offended by it your probably sitting on your high horse thinking your above anyone.

Well I'll admit, I've always left the sheep to be saddled by others, but I never put a man down for what he choses to throw a saddle on.

CNP

01-31-2015, 02:22 PM

Not a fan off 22 minutes. Hate the Mercer rant too...

elkdump

01-31-2015, 02:31 PM

Wow, they really cut down Newfoundlanders in that. Surprised they can get away with that.

Good to see our tax money going for such a great endeavour though. One of the least funny things I've seen since Peter Mansbridge pretended to be a news anchor.

Newfoundlanders are not a Race of people, but a geographical hodgepodge of humanity,,,,

Don K

01-31-2015, 02:33 PM

Is that how the people of Newfoundland talk? Just curious, never been there....:)

Pretty close!

I thought it was pretty funny!!

rugatika

01-31-2015, 02:37 PM

Newfoundlanders are not a Race of people, but a geographical hodgepodge of humanity,,,,

Correct. I don't like to see any geographical hodgepodge of my fellow Canadians belittled, especially by the CBC. Except of course for Quebecers and Torontonians. :)

leeaspell

01-31-2015, 02:38 PM

Wow, they really cut down Newfoundlanders in that. Surprised they can get away with that.

Good to see our tax money going for such a great endeavour though. One of the least funny things I've seen since Peter Mansbridge pretended to be a news anchor.

The guy is from Newfoundland, no biggie. Honestly, it sounded like an over the top exaggeration of an Alberta accent.

rugatika

01-31-2015, 02:41 PM

The guy is from Newfoundland, no biggie. Honestly, it sounded like an over the top exaggeration of an Alberta accent.

I know they were trying to get the Albertan "accent" (Alberta mullet is the giveaway...just like all Albertans have). I was just having a wee bit o fun.

leeaspell

01-31-2015, 02:42 PM

I know they were trying to get the Albertan "accent" (Alberta mullet is the giveaway...just like all Albertans have). I was just having a wee bit o fun.

Kind of sounded like that Kelly guy from license to drill lol

Zuludog

01-31-2015, 04:57 PM

Pretty sure he says "bud" not by.

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I don't think its funny, but it's not offensive at all, ...

Definitely pretty lame as far as comedic value. It had potential but missed the mark most high school drama clubs could come up with soomething equal or better mocking Alberta and the patch.

Sushi

01-31-2015, 05:13 PM

It's harmless satire. Could've been better. This Hour has been going downhill the past few years.

airbornedeerhunter

01-31-2015, 05:27 PM

Wow, they really cut down Newfoundlanders in that. Surprised they can get away with that.

??

The only thing in that skit that has anything to do with NL in any way are the two Newfoundlanders performing it.

Bergerboy

01-31-2015, 05:29 PM

??

The only thing in that skit that has anything to do with NL in any way are the two Newfoundlanders performing it.

Kinda what I thought as well. The skit is making fun of the guys that spend ever cent they get. Not my favorite Eastern drinkin' buddies!

Y2K

01-31-2015, 06:30 PM

Money management should be taught in schools instead of Shakespeare.

Klondike

01-31-2015, 07:13 PM

rugatika

01-31-2015, 07:33 PM

??

The only thing in that skit that has anything to do with NL in any way are the two Newfoundlanders performing it.

I know they were trying to get the Albertan "accent" (Alberta mullet is the giveaway...just like all Albertans have). I was just having a wee bit o fun.

:)

rugatika

01-31-2015, 07:37 PM

There is also this one from Nov18. http://youtu.be/eRriyxoGvDc

We will see how funny they think it is when their sons and husbands return home without jobs and the transfer payments stop.

Pretty easy to poke fun when you are wallowing at the trough I guess.

I'm not too sure how secure CBC jobs will be if my buddy Harps gets back in this year. I'm sure Ezra will make some hilarious videos...if Sun is still around. :sHa_shakeshout:

All good. He who laughs last, laughs loudest.

airbornedeerhunter

01-31-2015, 07:56 PM

There is also this one from Nov18. http://youtu.be/eRriyxoGvDc

We will see how funny they think it is when their sons and husbands return home without jobs and the transfer payments stop.

Pretty easy to poke fun when you are wallowing at the trough I guess.

Skin thin these days? Lighten up man, 22 minutes makes fun of everyone . No one is safe. Alberta does not get a free pass from humour.

omega50

01-31-2015, 08:03 PM

Skin thin these days? Lighten up man, 22 minutes makes fun of everyone . No one is safe. Alberta does not get a free pass from humour.

They also spoofed Target
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zZttYrFIag

17,600 will also miss their high wages
http://www.glassdoor.ca/Hourly-Pay/Target-Canada-Hourly-Pay-E691692.htm

rugatika

01-31-2015, 09:04 PM

And for what it's worth...(very little I'm sure), there's lots of things to make fun of Albertan's over from an Easterner's perspective I would guess, but I have never seen the humour in people losing their jobs through no fault of their own. It's not going to touch me, but lots of families are already getting hit.

To each their own though. (although I will admit, I may let a smirk cross my face if those CBC clowns get sent packing) :)

CaberTosser

01-31-2015, 09:17 PM

Skin thin these days? Lighten up man, 22 minutes makes fun of everyone . No one is safe. Alberta does not get a free pass from humour.

Alberta still wasn't hit with humor from the likes of those clods. I can never stomach watching '22 minutes', their writing is so consistently beyond sub-par that I can't even grasp a term to properly express its crapulence. Though they do pester everyone equally, and the actor Sean Majumder is a Newfie by birth, I only know of him because he got a gig playing a character in Kiefer Sutherlands show "24" and there was some article on that.

Sushi

01-31-2015, 09:18 PM

To become angry or express bitterness over satire is to give even a little credence to those muderers in France.

CaberTosser

01-31-2015, 09:22 PM

To become angry or express bitterness over satire is to give even a little credence to those muderers in France.

If they wanted to produce that crap using someone elses money I'd wish them nothing but the best. I paid good money for my percentage of resenting them :sHa_sarcasticlol:

Sushi

01-31-2015, 09:41 PM

If they wanted to produce that crap using someone elses money I'd wish them nothing but the best. I paid good money for my percentage of resenting them :sHa_sarcasticlol:

True, but that is a different issue from what I was getting at. I agree and not only does cbc get subsidized to produce mediocre entertainment, it also undermines private business trying to offer television news and entertainment. At any rate, I still think people need to be less pretentious about satire (after all, it's part of democracy).

HalfBreed

01-31-2015, 09:43 PM

If they wanted to produce that crap using someone elses money I'd wish them nothing but the best. I paid good money for my percentage of resenting them :sHa_sarcasticlol:

Perhaps this forum needs a 'Reality' show, I'd likely tune in. :)

Klondike

01-31-2015, 10:00 PM

Skin thin these days? Lighten up man, 22 minutes makes fun of everyone . No one is safe. Alberta does not get a free pass from humour.

No not really. I'm quit secure in the job I've had for the past 26 years. IT will take a deep recession before by employment would be threatened. I just don't see the humour in people's loss.

Klondike

01-31-2015, 10:01 PM

I'm not too sure how secure CBC jobs will be if my buddy Harps gets back in this year. I'm sure Ezra will make some hilarious videos...if Sun is still around. :sHa_shakeshout:

All good. He who laughs last, laughs loudest.

Yea, I'm thinking he is saving that one for the next term:sHa_shakeshout:

GunnerySgtJackson

02-01-2015, 05:59 AM

If they wanted to produce that crap using someone elses money I'd wish them nothing but the best. I paid good money for my percentage of resenting them :sHa_sarcasticlol:

X2. I do not watch it or pretty much any thing cbc. For those that have a real H/On for the silly skit, write a letter to the cbc and complain or for real effect, write a complaint to the crtc.

paintchips

02-01-2015, 06:21 AM

Just a guess but wasnt the skit more towards Fubar, the movie, wasnt it an extended version of just this skit?

Dog hunter

02-01-2015, 06:53 AM

So i suppose none of you ever made a wise crack about hardtimes in the maritimes? Yeag right. Lighten up a bit its oil this happens every 10 years it will be back, that was some funny stuff i know riggers just like that guy and i know a welder named Twyla , she has got to see this