I’ve been watching a lot of tv shows and movies, and quite a few times some chick is shown turning her nose at the mention of canadians followed by canned laughter.
Can someone tell me what humor is intended in that situation.
E.g “That 70’s show - Vanstock” approx around 9:00 mins
P.S: I like both Americans and Canadians… and the question is asked out of ignorance!! 
Well, there are many writers on comedy shows who are Canadian. I’m sure they like making fun of themselves. Besides, most Canadians can take a joke. Also, it is Canadian** humour**.
It’s the Belgians that are the problem…*
*Do I really need a smiley face there?
What do you mean by “turning her nose”? There’s an expression “turning up her nose” which would indicate snobbish disdain, but I don’t know whether that would make sense in your context. I have not seen the program in question.
I dunno; there’s a lot of humour on tv that makes fun of Canadians (“How I Met Your Mother” does it all the time), and I’m not sure why, either. I don’t particularly care, though; it’s usually funny. Maybe because it’s kind of absurd, to make fun of a nationality that is a lot like US Americans?
Humor, being an individual thing, is subject to opinions. Moved from GQ.
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Canada is just America Junior, so anything from there is bound to be disappointing.
I don’t really know why you Yanks make Canadian jokes. As a Canadian, I do know that we think they are pretty damn funny.
Taking ourselves too seriously is something we generally don’t do.
I thought this thread was going to be about funny Canadians: Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, Paul Shaffer, the casts of SCTV and Kids in the Hall…
Q. How do you get 200 Canadians out of a pool?[Spoiler]A. Say “Please get out of the pool.”*
*Except for the one guy from Montreal saying “Non, you must ask me een French!”[/spoiler]
I would argue there are two reasons to mock Canadians on US tv.
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South Park runs with both of these, God love 'em. I love how Canadians are different in appearance on South Park.
Humph - I’ll have you know that my eyes aren’t that beady, and my head hardly flaps at all. :mad:
It’s because they’re foreigners. Which is inherently funny. Especially Canadians what with them all living up there in the snow with their tipis and pet polar bears who drink Coca Cola.
Also like the Mexicans down south living in the desert in their igloos and pet chupacabras who wear sombreros.
Ha, I’m an immigrant. I have to make my head flap like that so that I’ll fit in. It ain’t easy.
I’ve always wondered how representative Red Green is of real Canadians. I find it hilarious.
Canada is the funny hat we wear on all the maps. Mexico is our tie.
I dunno; I don’t know anyone just like him, but I can think of a few people who would be amalgamated into a guy like him.
Actually, America is Canada’s bitch, because we’re on top. 
And here I thought Mexico was our beard.
An episode of Barney Miller featured a Canadian woman who had been mugged, IIRC. She wasn’t surprised, what with her obvious foreigness. Barney said, “But you’re from Windsor!”
Red Green is representative of real guys from either side of the border.
I’ve known guys from Upstate New York, northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the UP of Michigan who fit the Possum Lodge lifestyle perfectly.
Cobie Smulders is Canadian, as is one of the main writers on HIMYM, so I think that explains some of the many Canadian jokes. Alan Thicke is a recurring guest, and Tim Horton’s did a lot of product placement one episode.
