American Reacts to WEIRD Norwegian Commercials (Part 2)

[@Kari.F.]

A lot of commercials here are satirical, often poking fun at things that is impossible to understand if you don't have the reference. Some are actually meant to be cheesy and silly. We vote for the commercial of the year in Norway. The winner is always creative, and either funny or tugging at our heartstrings.

[@m4rt_]

the smart home commercials that showed up a few years ago were funny

[@mingolfssonjr3891]

I loved when the lotto comercial won Gullfisken a few years ago

[@ole9071]

Wait I did not know we did this, how do I vote?

[@lillerosin2915]

im not surprised this dude didnt get most of the commercials. he is after all american and as we all know they are not the brightest. intelligent humour is not for everyone ....

[@Kari.F.]

@@ole9071 Watch Gullfisken TV2 once a year. You can vote for the nominees during the show. Quite entertaining!

[@glenn9832]

I believe that the Kims commercial was a message for their arch enemy (Maarud) when Maarud tried to take patent on the norwegian word (potetgull/potato gold) Kims won in the court in late 2016 and get to use the word.

[@hwplugburz]

Yes , but theres also a more suttle political point here. Early in his presidency Thrump was braging on and on to the media about the "love Letter" he had gotten from " Kim" Jung-Un. (Incidently its one of the letters that the national archive is now looking for in theyr investigations,, they still dont know where it is.. and it is United States National Arhives property. Not Thrums personal "love-letter")

[@egblackfang]

Potetgull is a brand name, so only TM not Copyright

[@DJPJ.]

Never thought of that. You might very well be right.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Plus the fact, that every time you opens a bag of crisps - Kim’s in this case - you get a lot of new friends. All want to taste some.

[@kristinemevastaulvoje6395]

I think its because «Kims» moto/ quote is «more of the good»

[@CB-eh4zs]

Multiple parts and storyline commercials are pretty common. There was a period when people were looking forward to seeing what would happen next in the Telenor commercials. The storyline in those lasted for years!

[@ShrodedGhost]

Kart og kombass🤣

[@sundhaug92]

Yeah the Telenor-ad story-line has been going on for what, a decade?

[@ShrodedGhost]

@@sundhaug92 since 2015😫🥹

[@KimOfDrac]

Here in Sweden it's the ICA supermarket commercials. Been going on since 2001😂 but they're not as good as they used to be

[@MissCaraMint]

I’m pretty sure it’s still going strong. Arnfinn’s got himself a whole family now.

[@sigrunwestrus68]

A sensible woman would say: "If you want Jarlsberg", do the shopping yourself". But....it is funny! 😀

[@OriginalPuro]

Are you implying there are "sensible women" in the world? A sensible woman would be able to read that it says "Jarlsberg" and not "cheese". He wouldn't written "cheese" if he just wanted "some cheese", but he wanted Jarlsberg. Imagine if a woman wrote "milk" and man comes back with water, "liquid is liquid", he'd be made fun of and she'd probably trash talk him to her friends.

[@civroger]

The ones making the milk commercial doesn't seem to know that black is not a color. Black is the absence of color. While white contains all colors there is.

[@abcabcboy]

Jarlsberg is actually one of the most popular foreign cheeses in the US. So popular that it is licensed out and produced in Ohio.

[@steinarlaumann3840]

I have gotten Jarlsberg at random markets in NewYork, Miami (all over Florida) San Francisco and to my dispair always cheaper than back home, actually close to the price in Sweden. Looked into it a bit and the export rebate is close ti 70%! so that shippingcosts do not make the final salesprice too ridiculous🥲

[@bjornfag]

I bought the Jarlsberg at Walmart back in 2010. Didn't expect to find it in the US at all. Back then at least it was cheaper at Walmart than Norway.

[@Gard]

Of course it's an Ohio cheese

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

@@Gard No, it’s a Norwegian cheese, made in Ohio on Norwegian licence. ☺️

[@spaggerboy1045]

Nah cheese in Ohio fr 💀💀💀

[@civroger]

I haven't seen any of these before, but then I have for decades used my computer to skip all commercials. Nothing gets through. Be it on youtube, the news, facebook or TV.

[@John_1920]

12:33 "Mer av det gode" is "More of the good" that's what the connection is to the commercial, it's good to be friends instead of enemies, and Kims is good, but it probably introduced a new flavor or two of Chips, so now it is also "More of the good." 12:53 In Norway you'll find that doing this kind of thing isn't uncommon, having several smaller commercials that are connected to each other like this one is, commercial makers love to do that sort of thing here.

[@AndreasEUR]

5:11 No, it's more like "This is how it feels when your son/daughter/friend is in the middle of an online game and can't really come RIGHT now". It's aimed at parents etc to understand that it's not JUST a game, you have obligations to the people you are playing with, and leaving friends in a sticky situation in the middle of a game. Parents should give a heads up at least 30 minutes before dinner (Though I doubt it'll help much) and maybe instead of "It's dinner time now" ask "Are you ready for dinner now? If not it's ready in 5 minutes, finish up"

[@norXmal]

I was expecting that expression when Trump and Kim came into the frame, hilarious.

[@pepsimax8078]

You could also react to «When Harry Met Santa», its another commercial from Norway. It went a tiny bit viral last christmas.

[@RaptorDuke]

As a Norwegian this brings back so many funny memories xD I aboslutely love these commercials! ^^ Glad you like them too! Also, for the Kims commercial... kims use "ingen kims ingen kos" alot that means "no kims no cozy time" the reason for making them all be friends I suppose xD

[@Ama-hi5kn]

The "western" commerical is actually for a large Scandinavian webshop chain that sells computer hardware (and a whole lot of other stuff as well). And it's also a reference to the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".

[@perekstra8728]

You actually have Jarlsberg in USA. They are really good, buy them at Sams for good deals

[@notlyxu]

but it! Its great :D

[@mrono1910]

yea we exported most of the jarlsberg made in norway to the usa because you guys seem to like it so much that eventually we had to make an entire factory in the usa instead to make it locally lmao

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

You do have wheels of cheese like that in the US, exactly like that, in fact (imported from Norway)! I’ve seen Jarlsberg pretty much in every large supermarket I’ve been in in the US… ☺️🤗 💓🎄💓🎄💓

[@MH-px7or]

please do the " rich but equal" that was suggested after this video! it is super good and gives a very good insight into Norwegian culture.

[@karebear326]

“Norway your weird” Truer words were never spoke 🤣 - i say as a Norwegian 😁👌🏻

[@valkus_yeah]

the kims brand makes very interesting ads, like one ad where an dude found a chips bag in an counter and sat down to eat it just as he was about to put it in his mouth all of his "taste buds" started cheering and partying. seriously they make some weird but funny advertisements.

[@mythicalforce8658]

keep reacting to norwegian stuff!! i love this reaction :D

[@sylvianorthling1223]

Thank for pointing out what we all know over here,and your right Were ALL very very Weird Love #🇧🇻 Sylvia Norway 🇧🇻 A lot of commercials here have an ongoing theme, going for years even. That blir cow is the Stratos mascot.

[@BjornSays]

Check out the Kondomeriet commercials (Norwegian sex toy shop) They are really pushing it :D

[@hildcit]

Now that it’s December, maybe look at some Norwegian advent calendars?

[@Eyrenni]

We don't have as many ad breaks (in Sweden but I'm pretty sure it's the same in Norway) as the US, so they need to be memorable. That's my guess at least. My fave are the Swedish Gevalia (coffee) commercials. They're amazing and they're STILL going with the same pattern as they did 20 years ago. I love it. There's even a compilation on YT I believe.

[@Asa...S]

Gevalia has run the "When you have unexpected company" ads since 1985... for 37 years! The first commercial with the same slogan came in 1991, 31 years ago. I haven't found any compilation though, but here is a bunch of these videos: "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Tyngdlyftaren, 1991)" "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Väggen, 1992)" "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Dykaren, 1992)" "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Piloten, 1995)" "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Badkar, 1996)" " Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Tvillingarna, 1996)" "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Bungy Jump, 1995)" "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (2017)" "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Himlen, 2003)" "Gevalia - Oväntat besök (Mountainbikern, 2022)"

[@Eyrenni]

@@Asa...S That is amazing. I didn't know that. Their commercial theme is just a few years older than I am lol

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

@@Asa...S You did not succeed in sharing a list of links, it’s just text. Did you use the «share» feature and copy the video links? 🤗

[@Asa...S]

@@lottatroublemaker6130 No, sometimes KZbin blocks the comment, or it ends up in the trash filter if you post links, so I think it's better to just post the titles. Then anyone who's interested can just copy and paste the titles into the search field, without having to click on links.

[@Vixeneque]

You should react to Norwegian Christmas commercials next. 😁

[@erikjrn4080]

The shootout (3:08) is a reference to westerns, but especially to the classic _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ (1969). Butch and Sundance flee the US for Bolivia, where they revert to old habits and start robbing banks. In the end, they are cornered by the Bolivian army, and killed in a massive shootout.

[@bananaiay]

By the way the commercial price is called gullfisken or the goldfish

[@urangmyphone265]

There are at least two commercial series with literal plots points that have been going on in Norway for YEARS now, Telia and Coop Extra.

[@sbsanan95]

The Kims commercials like to have fun with the fact that their brand name is basically the same as the dictator.

[@mkitten13]

I don't think it will show up in one of the compilations, but my favourite commercial has to be the NAF road assistance commercial with the family car getting stuck, some guys at the beach asks if they need help, they say yes, and cue the baywatch theme as it's revealed this is a nudist beach, lol

[@obesus787]

I’ve been looking for that one for years, I remember me and the whole family burst out laughing the first time we saw it, then we practically celebrated every time we saw it after 😂

[@Amundstvoll]

The reason some commercials are weird like that, has a lot to do with something called "Gullfisken". It's an audience prize for best commercial of the year (by popular vote).

[@runeaanderaa6840]

The commercial at 4:00 seemes to be inspired by Butch and Cassedy with Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

[@Henoik]

Yeah, a lot of this is considered cheesy over here as well, but we like cheesy. (As long as it's Jarlsberg)

[@OriginalPuro]

Norvegia (a cheese) for life.

[@Wenchework]

Kims was satiricol on both as mentiond abouve the chips battle and also the situation around the world at that point lol

[@Skin-Walker]

The company that made the shooting commerical is called Komplett, they sell pc’s and such for gaming… So the shooting commerical is basically for a game called Red Dead Redemption 2

[@lpdude2005]

In Norway, everything is allowed as long as you don't offend others. We don't have PIIIP if someone says something bad on TV. The country is not ruled by religions - just the idea that you should be fair to others no matter what. Violation of skin colour, gender or sex is not acceptable. Criticism of religion is permitted

[@Shenzi15]

nice video man and the way you say norwegian things are very good

[@Goddybag4Lee]

In Sweden we have an ad for ICA that is basically a soap opera of the people who works at an ICA store, it's been going on for years.

[@LadyDragonbane]

We had that in Norway too. I miss those commercials!

[@Henoik]

Norwegian commercials are all about originality and grabbing your attention. It's not so much what's said, but how it's said. And brands over here want to push messages about their brand's ethics and morality.

[@lillerosin2915]

unlike those from the usa ....

[@TheSunWin]

The Jarlsberg commercial actually spawned a saying in the language. "Ost er ost" = "Cheese is cheese".

[@rogerlundstrom6926]

The episodical:esque commercial is fairly common. It's about revenue on investment.. Familiarity draws people in and make them want to see what is next. With American commercials you often just turn off the sound and go to the kitchen, but.. with some humour, high quality entertainment, AND character development (where you even can reuse some sets and what not, so it's also quite cost saving).. People kind of don't mind watching/listening to it. And when it comes to the movie-styled commercial. In Lillehammer, Norway is one of the absolutely highest accredited universities when it comes to education within film-making. Kind of impressive in a nation that has just a few million citizens.. People come from all over the world to go there, and.. Quite a lot of the people who go there who ARE Norwegian can easily get job doing elaborate and fun commercials, so high quality commercials is absolutely "A thing".

[@Lontasmenn]

The Jarlsberg commercials are so funny! No other cheese that are commonly sold in every store comes close to Jarlsberg. Only Jarlsberg is Jarlsberg

[@asolfjell]

Costco actually used to import and sell Jarlsberg. (At least the ones I’ve been to in Canada and Mexico. Suppose maybe the US could be stricter with dairy-products?) Regardless, if you get the opportunity, you should take a look! Because it’s true. Only Jarlsberg is Jarlsberg.

[@cindz4618]

Humour helps you to remember the product more than any other way,especially in story form .

[@martinbull-gundersen8878]

I suppose one of the weirdest things concerning TV commercials in Norway, is that it is forbidden to air them on certain days (Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Whit Sunday).

[@JWildberry]

The whole point of a commercial is to get people's attention and make it memorable. We get a lot of American ads cosmetics, hair dye and stuff, and they're so shiny and perfect, and they're all the same. I never remember the brand or the product from those. Let's face it: silly and immature is attention grabbing. Although we tend to call it "playful" in Norway.

[@bragnadurhild]

Haven't seen that Kim's commercial, but made me really laught😂😂

[@metern]

The point of the Kims why can't we be friends ad, is that you should share your chips. Im from Norway by the way 😁

[@tjademannen]

Jarlsberg in "wheels" actually sells more in the US and outside Norway - we dont have Jarlsberg wheels at our stores, but i've seen it in US, and the series "king of queens" uses alot of Jarlsberg reference

[@EirikXL]

Should watch the Kims commercial when Kim jung Ill died, they were singing "Now a new Kim's arrived and its time for Friday chill!"

[@elvenqueenanimates8186]

I swear norwegains are a whole different breed from humans💀

[@RR-dl8lw]

You need to see the following adds: the stress test of Nivea in an airport (German) and the job interview of LG (Argentina).

[@simeslu]

Alot of different commercials have serveral parts, not only Jarlsberg. There is a phone provider (Telenor) that has had a commercial with the same people over serveral jears

[@bigfatbaataed]

I've seen that brand of cheese here in Canada, but, have never tried it, now I definitely going to give it a taste...

[@chrisreinert9981]

There is a telephone commercial series that been going on for years. Starts with a young couple falling in love to now they parents.

[@Yngvarfo]

When the Kim's commercial came out, Trump hadn't been in office for long, bud he had made the "little rocket man" taunt about Kim Jong Un. We didn't expect them to appear as chummy as they did later.

[@emiliejohansen7369]

In Norway we stopped asking about the commercials a long time ago….

[@MrAkcool]

07:51 its "bubble of happynies" Stratos

[@imle9279]

You should watch the telenor commercials, they’re like a series

[@robinviden9148]

I loved the Jarlsberg ads.

[@patrick08]

12:25 the farmer uses the salt to kill the slug by pouring salt on it

[@norwayball8515]

You should react to the new norwegian Netflix movie trailer Troll!

[@Miamia_01]

I watched it last night. It was bizarre😂.

[@hwplugburz]

Yes, And "Trolljegeren" from 2010 with Otto Jespersen, and exelent and funny mockumentary about Trolls.

[@ronnycoolboy]

Second clip is the ending scene from Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid

[@solveiglarsen881]

You should watch the ads for Sparebank1, a bank. They used hamsters, so cute. The one called Dear mama is in english.😄

[@jonasbjerga1739]

That cheese woman don't learn 😂😂

[@MrKeplerton]

I saw a wheel of Jarlsberg at walmart, on long island, when i visited in 2016. You definitely have both wheels and Jarlsberg.

[@Albert-wk8ts]

Please consider expanding your channel to cover all of scandinavia. This concept is hillarious when having an "outsider" looking at how weird we are. :D

[@Atlas_Redux]

"Making big deal out of cheese" Dude, there is cheese and then there is Jarlsberg. But you don't have actual real cheese at all in the US, so I understand the confusion ;)

[@thepurplefox4722]

That commercials whit 4 parts it not even the worst, i think we have one whit over 20 parts.😂

[@ulvegutten2056]

"ingen KIms, Ingen kos" is the slogan = no Kims, no koosy time or hugs. It does not ryme, but it sounds nice to a norwegian speaker. there was kims there and they were all koosy with each other

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

I think one reason for the quality of Norwegian commercial adds are the annual award show. Like an Oscars show, but for advertisement videos. "Gullfisken" = "The Goldfish" (annual TV show award for TV adds) I don't think the name resemblance with a similar show is coinsidental. "Gullruten" = "The Gold Window/Square" (annual TV show award for TV programs)

[@sylface86]

wow ive only seen the first part of that jarlsberg commercial i dident know they had all this extra parts lol i can see now i dont watch much tv lol

[@BiasOfficialChannel]

12:05 It is wierd for Norwegians too! 😂

[@Video3dits]

the ''why can't we be friends'' is that chips brings people together

[@Hendopomeranianpuppy]

😂😂love it😂😂 🇳🇴from Norway , Shared New friend

[@joger1998]

We don't have those wheels of cheese, but costco usq got the jarlsberg cheese wheel.

[@neoleander2550]

I love your videos. I wanted you to see my comment, so i am commenting before i see the video. I am from Stjlrdal, next to Hell, in Norway

[@neoleander2550]

*Stjørdal*

[@Tarsan97]

Nr. is a parody on Butch Cassidy and sundance kids last ours shooting themselves out pass the Mexican army. Mom shouts for dinner time and that is how it feels to be interrupted in that amazing companies videogames.

[@DivineFalcon]

Stratos is similar to Aero. But much better, of course. Someone really should send you a care package so you can see for yourself.

[@janevje4259]

If you go to a delli in the US and ask for Swiss cheese, it's 90% chance that you will get Jarlsberg!

[@asolfjell]

That’s kind of hilarious

[@sandycandy88]

You should watch the next video that popped up. "This is Norway" with Harald Eia. It's with English sub

[@Spino2Earth]

Stratos, one of my favorite types of chocolate :)

[@steinarhaugen7617]

Me too.

[@Spino2Earth]

@@steinarhaugen7617 That is good to hear my friend :)

[@SicMvndvsCreatvsEst8]

The second ad def looks like a Spaghetti western aka an Italian western film!

[@ankkaah1809]

Norwegians aren't necessarily bilingual, usually, Scandinavians have just studied English a lot in school. But elderly people don't always understand English or ads in other languages. It depends on your background as well. But I gotta say that I love the nordic humor, making fun of others and ourselves and not taking anything too seriously.

[@VidarLund-k5q]

The elderly people of today learned English from fourth grade at the age of ten back in the 1950s, and grew up with English spoken movies, music and books. So no, reading, writing and speaking English even though you may be in your seventies or eighties are not a problem. Today kids learn English from first grade at the age of six.

[@jeannesolvang6191]

These commercials get to the point were the commercial isn’t even remotely related to the product it’s trying to advertise

[@MissCaraMint]

What about the Tran commercial with the submarine and fishing.

[@toveselnes77]

I’m Norwegian the blue cow is the «maskot» of the chocolate “Stratos”

[@linnbaardsen9459]

You should watch Bergen exit. Good commercial from one of our biggest Newspapers

[@baecos4158]

i thought the blue cow thing would be for a popular scandinavian dairy company called arla

[@bjrnarbjrnarsson5845]

From what I've heard you don't have ANY real cheese in the US 😅

[@runejohansen3332]

They have spray chees at least, but It contains twice the amount of salt that normal cheese does and chemicals that should not be consumed by any living person

[@andreamannes3317]

You should absolutely watch the Rema 1000 commercials

[@egblackfang]

There aren't a lot of great ads in Norway, some ads are just weird. Especially the ones here on KZbin. The Jarlsberg ones are though the best ones. Smoked Jarlsberg is the best though. You should see the Telenor series ads

[@eivinherfindal6658]

Largest in the US The USA is still the area with the largest turnover of Jarlsberg® outside Norway. The cheese is sold in nine out of ten supermarkets. Norseland Inc. refines, markets and distributes Jarlsberg® and other specialty cheeses from TINE and other producers to the grocery and large household markets in the USA. They also have a branch in Canada. Jarlsberg® is also produced in the USA and sold on the American market. Some will also be exported from the USA to Australia.

[@ebbhead20]

Cant find a part 1 at all... 😔

[@Nils-Nilsen]

jarlsberg is one of the best cheese, thats why they make so much ;)

[@williamviga9103]

you should see the ad with 5G of Telia (many parts)

[@ragnarkisten]

If you want to see weird Norwegian movies, you could check out Troll, that is showing on Netflix right now!

[@hildevadfjeldberg6636]

I'm half norwegian and they are so fun

[@torsmork]

Order yourself some Jarlsberg. It's really good and quite mild. Great on pizza. Also; Here's another milk chocolate commercial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZe0f6qoidCfqsU

[@veronikapobehova5417]

Have you seen/watched Ylvis? Tha song "What does the fox say" reached USA... I am recommending: "The cabin" song :-)

[@Pokemongotca]

I am from Norway so is it any questions