Canadian reacts to Simpsons depiction of Canada

I think the scene where Lisa sees all her American heroes may be a reference to the autobiographical story "On the Rainy River." In the story, the author (a young American man) is drafted into the Vietnam War, and he drives to the Canadian border to cross illegally and escape the draft. But there, he is confronted by many American characters, including Huck Finn and Abraham Lincoln. This changes his mind, and he returns to America to fight in the war.

Justin Trudeau spider-crawls out the window of the Langevin Block JJ: so yeah this is another very accurate depiction

When Justin Trudeau climbed out of the building and J.J said that that was a realistic representation my heart stopped.

I'm British but watched a ton of American shows as a kid. Besides the dialects, the thing that stood out the most to me is that they don't wear school uniforms.

The Newfoundland song that Ralph sings is a song written for the show. The Simpsons actually asked a Newfoundland band called Shanneyganook if they could use their song “The Islander” but Shanneyganook refused after the Simpsons showed them the scene it would be used in. They felt as though Newfoundlanders were portrayed in a negative light so I guess they just didn’t want their song tied to something like that

"Sort of a place where middle class people go to feel like they're eating something fancy" It's Olive Garden. The American equivalent is definitely Olive Garden.

Fun fact: the man who wrote the song “Islander”, a very famous Newfoundland folk song, rejected a $20,000 offer from the Simpsons to use his song in the seal beating/slashing/kicking scene

16:51 The architecture style depicted is the 'Queen Anne' style. Very popular from the 1890s to 1910s in USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. Seattle and San Francisco are probably the best cities in the world to see Queen Anne Architecture though a special mention must go to Victoria BC.

“It’s actually on the decline because it’s objectively worse than subway” Damn. That’s a low bar and they still couldn’t make it.

This guy: "Canadian accents arent that strong." Also this guy: "Abuuudit"

Can we take a moment to discuss how perfectly his dad answered the stereotype question? If that’s any indication, it makes a lot of sense why J.J. is so deeply insightful and seemingly unbiased in his communication of opinions/knowledge. So refreshing to see somebody on the internet addressing misinformation without being provocative, defensive, or condescending.

The idea of "Newfie" being a slur is mocked broadly within Newfoundland itself, it's true that some people do feel that way but it's mostly a minority of urban people. My whole family is from rural Newfoundland and the term is used by them all without any thought of malice.

"J.J. takes down the Simpsons" is my favorite subgenre of J.J. videos

I love JJ's impression of his father explaining stereotypes so much.

I'm currently reading The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, and the idea that it could be adapted into a elementary school play made me burst into tears. The first couple of chapters are literally about a group of boys harassing one of their teachers into paranoid alcoholism.

I’m a Newfoundlander, I live in Ontario but I still have family in Newfoundland and go there often and I call myself a Newfie all the time! I’ve never once heard fellow Newfies say they were offended by it or think of themselves as a minority in Canada. We take pride in our beautiful province and we live our lives like any other Canadian. I’m sure many Newfies feel underrepresented in Canadian media and politics but other than that I’m unaware of any other ‘shared’ feelings. Also, yes we’re aware of the stereotypes, but I don’t think they’re much harsher than any other stereotypes for other places lol

“Spreading unfair stereotypes about the United States is like the essence of Canadian nationalism” I probably enjoyed that quote a little too much, well done

That style of house at 17:08 is called "old victorian" or more accurately "queen anne revival" - it was very common in North America for about half a century

I've heard 5 different non-French Canadian accents, & none of them sounds like the accent Hollywood wants you to think they have. I have to assume Hollywood got the accent by talking to people from a really small town far from any city 100 years ago.

I think the American counterpart to Earls would probably be a place called the Cheesecake Factory