# What was the first Hitler rant parody? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731 "2009-12-02T18:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/1 "2009-12-02T18:45:18Z")
What was the first “Hitler Reacts to…”/“Hitler learns that…” video? What are the best ones? So many are being done now, there isn’t time to watch all the mediocre ones to find the really clever samples. My favorites are [Hitler learns that the Avatar trailer sucks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPyipuT-Jg) and [Hitler reacts to the Disneyworld Fantasyland Expansion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EctQxbb5n9k) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/2 "2009-12-02T18:52:22Z")
Hillary Clinton and the election was the first one I ever saw. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/3 "2009-12-02T19:04:27Z")
First one I saw was after the Cowboys lost to the Eagles in the 07 season playoffs, specifclaly 1/13/08 (well before the '08 election). Hitler compains about having just bought a TO jersey. ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/4 "2009-12-02T19:05:52Z")
Wiki says the “banned from xbox live” one was the original, which was the first one I saw. > **[Downfall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)#Parodies)** > > Downfall may refer to: ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/5 "2009-12-02T19:14:50Z")
also, an interesting Nytimes article on the meme: [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/magazine/26wwln-medium-t.html?pagewanted=1&\_r=1](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/magazine/26wwln-medium-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1) ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/6 "2009-12-02T22:05:31Z")
The funniest one I’ve seen was Hitler can’t find Waldo (Wally). ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/7 "2009-12-02T22:55:03Z")
Well… Charlie Chaplin did a Hitler Rant spoof in THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelQReilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MichaelQReilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelQReilly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/8 "2009-12-02T23:10:41Z")
> [@whole\_bean](#): > > First one I saw was after the Cowboys lost to the Eagles in the 07 season playoffs, specifclaly 1/13/08 (well before the '08 election). Hitler compains about having just bought a TO jersey. Minor correction: it was the Giants, not the Eagles. To my knowledge, that was the first one. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/9 "2009-12-02T23:56:11Z")
the on e about Avatar is really really good though! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/10 "2009-12-02T23:59:51Z")
The xbox live one goes back at least as far as June 07, so it beats the Cowboys one by half a year. It’s the first one I saw too. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/11 "2009-12-03T00:17:19Z")
I seem to recall the “Hitler banned from Xbox Live” being the first as well. The thing about the “Hitler Downfall jokes” is that you can put anything in the subtitles and it seems to work. Why is that? I think it has to do with Hitler being a universal punchline, combined with the fact that he was known for ranting and screaming, at least in newsreel footage that was taken of him (something the actor portraying him does well here). ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Baldy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Gary\_Baldy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/12 "2009-12-03T00:27:43Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Well… Charlie Chaplin did a Hitler Rant spoof in THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) Well, if we’re talking about Hitler rants that exist before Der Untergang, there is Victor Borge who fled Denmark right before the Nazis invaded in 1940. He had been doing Hitler jokes for a few years, such as “What’s the difference between a Nazi and a dog? A Nazi lifts his arm.” I’m pretty sure he was imitation joke rants of Hitler also. I’ve heard that Chaplin “lifted” many of Borge’s on stage jokes for The Great Dictator. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/13 "2009-12-03T03:42:28Z")
Found the [Hitler farts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGWHFa1Sk90) one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/14 "2009-12-03T03:48:45Z")
> [@MichaelQReilly](#): > > Minor correction: it was the Giants, not the Eagles. > > To my knowledge, that was the first one. And still the best, for many reasons. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/15 "2009-12-03T03:58:22Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Found the [Hitler farts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGWHFa1Sk90) one. 😃 Well, it may not be the first, but it certainly is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/16 "2009-12-03T04:15:49Z")
Here’s one that I found clunky and stupid, and I’m wondering if it’s because it’s badly written or because I disagree with the angle it’s taking (or maybe find it silly). [http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/2009\_11.php](http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/2009_11.php) (go down to ‘ClimateGate Peer Review in Der Hitlerbunker’) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/17 "2009-12-03T04:29:34Z")
Best is still the “Grammar… Authoritarian Regime” one. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/18 "2009-12-03T04:33:03Z")
I’m partial to [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYi37psgGLc) ---
**Author:** ![StoutHearted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@StoutHearted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StoutHearted)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/19 "2009-12-03T04:38:39Z")
The [first one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjdgzN78hsM) I saw was hilarious: Hilter learns the Balloon Boy crisis is a hoax ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731/20 "2009-12-03T04:41:55Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Found the [Hitler farts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGWHFa1Sk90) one. 😃 I thought it was funny as hell. Talk about weapons of ass destruction 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-hitler-rant-parody/519731.md?page=2)