Funny European Commercials | reaction

Watching "Funny European Commercials", some are more unhinged than others. Which country do you think has the funniest advertisements? Thanks for recommending!
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[@BerliozTheAristocat]

Treat me like a ketchup bottle is a crazy line

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

The Czechs are drinking a lot.

[@Asperger0815]

@@PROVOCATEURSK He would have gotten his BJ if he just said treat me like a beer bottle...

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

that "dad, I'm pregnant" -"oops" joke has a very high quality/quantity ratio xD

[@_BangDroid_]

It took me a second but when she said it could be so dark, I lost my shiz!

[@cowboybill.2433]

Alabama vibes

[@rikmoran3963]

I really like the Canal+ advert, as well as the Heinz one.

[@mrfomo217]

The ketchup one is Czech, but originally it comes from a Swedish movie.

[@pete_lind]

Food ads are country specific in Europe , but soap ads are basically same.

[@billhacks]

Creeps be creeping no matter what you do. Don't let them stop you from enjoying things.

[@module79l28]

Those "weird" things only happen if people sexualise the act of eating a banana, if people eat them like monkeys do (which is probably how most people does), no one cares about it.

[@gogyoo]

German coast guard ad is a jewel.

[@MSzat888]

That one is the best

[@ill-eagle0155]

What are you sinking about?

[@laziojohnny79]

Not a coast guard ad really, but an ad of a language education company (Berlitz Corporation), but indeed one of the funniest I've ever seen.

[@berndpenguin3956]

but also dont ever forget Panda Cream Cheese,even though it isn´t from a European Brand

[@AdrianAJojko]

Ketchup was Czech. They are wild 🤣

[@viikmaqic]

Its also exactly the same scen as in a Swedish movie from 2004, its called hipp hipp hora (hipp hipp whore) Hora kinda sounds like "hurra" which is as in english cheering "hooray"

[@ThePunisher014]

They are wilder than Germans, i know.

[@robertberg1609]

Well the scene is from the swedish Movie "fucking Ämål"

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@robertberg1609 no, it's from hipp hipp hora.

[@robertberg1609]

@@Henrik_Holst ok I probably mixed it up

[@Gunnl]

people who worry about what others think when you eat a banana have issues...

[@stonedmountainunicorn9532]

i never got that whole problem, I'll chomp 'm down while intensly looking at you :P

[@panxtomate8822]

ah yess, its the problem of the people who care and not of the ones who make it weird

[@SonOfMuta]

@@panxtomate8822 The one's eating it, calling other people creeps, are the ones that make it weird.

[@panxtomate8822]

@@SonOfMuta The whole premise of the commercial is men staring at women and other men while eating bananas... The commercial works because this is something that happens.

[@c_n_b]

I feel sorry for someone eating a banana. I can't explain it, but it's got nothing to do with the suggestiveness. Weirdly my brother has the same thing. We laugh about it whenever one of us remembers 😂

[@AdamFishkin]

The guy screaming, because he didn't know he had another passenger, leaves me busted from laughing. The "I'm pregnant" "oops" was so quick that I registered your priceless reaction before I registered the actual joke.

[@jdeamaral]

My..."Just Imagine..." is watching No Protocol smile." It's always the best part of my day!

[@zakalwe2240]

She has a great smile.

[@jdeamaral]

@@zakalwe2240 I know! I say it a lot. She is probably sick of me go on about her incredible smile.

[@SonOfMuta]

@@zakalwe2240 Uh-oh, you just assumed someone's gender

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

She really is gorgeous 😊

[@jdeamaral]

@@CyberBeep_kenshi She is intelligent. She is young. She is beyond beautiful. She is also a very nice person. She is going to do well in life.

[@gmd375]

European ads are wild. I’m an actor and I once auditioned to play a giant finger. Wasn’t the worse part not to get. I did get a recall though 🤷‍♂️😂

[@laziojohnny79]

Funniest I have ever seen was Amercian tho, the one about a German coast guard getting a distress call. 'Vot are you sinking about'

[@Sjulemand]

Two ads you should watch is ''A helmet has always been a good idea'' and ''Do it for Mom (do it for Denmark)''.

[@fidorover]

You mentioned you'd take a job doing sounds for films. The people who do that are called Foley artists, and they basically spend their days in a sound studio trying to create sounds for movies and such. I only know this because I'm a writer in advertising and I've had to go to my share of "Foley sessions" to help decide what sounds are best for the TV commercials I've written/produced. Years ago, I did a BMW commercial that featured a CGI penguin, so I attended the foley session at the Warner Bros sound studios in Hollywood. It was a fun experience watching a large 60-year-old man making the sounds of a little penguin walking through the snow. The sound they used for the penguin letting out a huge sigh was actually done by me, so I've got that going for me. Anyway, that Foley thing does look like a fun gig.

[@TheFriendlyTroll]

cool story. love your avatar.

[@JJBushfan]

1. Stan Laurel made the eating of a banana into an art form. 2. Anybody into Irish folk music is always listening to lyrics in a language they don't understand. How many people know Gaelic? 3. Well done for not having a TV. You just went up another notch.

[@gooshie3]

Forgot about that ketchup one. Spat out me tea.

[@eevooTTV]

Your reaction to the Heinz commercial 🤣🤣🤣

[@harrienelle6471]

Bananas main pro is that they contain magnesium.

[@NoProtocol]

Also potassium

[@harrienelle6471]

@@NoProtocol Indeed! In all honesty, I quickly looked it up 🤫

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

They also taste good and feel good in mah belly xD edit: for real though, they really help when you have problems with your digestion.

[@ravenward626]

I've heard that there are a few places that still grow the "Gros Michel" bananas. I've heard they actually tasted closer to synthetic banana flavor they still use in candies. Sweeter, bigger, and with more flavor is how I've heard them described. I'd love the chance to try one someday; all we get any more are from the Cavendish clone.

[@camembert101]

@@ravenward626 Good luck finding those!They must cost an arm and a leg to get if it possible at all to get any of them.

[@davelister7183]

the heinz ad was likely in cinemas

[@scgreek1114]

I've been a guy for 66 years now. Guys are gonna look weather you're eating a banana or not. So just go ahead and eat the banana. Do what you want. Love your channel! 😊

[@_BangDroid_]

Were you born a guy, or did you have a previous life?

[@busterheine3806]

@@_BangDroid_ 🤣😂🤣 Fair question.

[@masterTigress96]

There are a couple that should have been included in this list. There are some very funny ones from an insurance company called "Centraal Beheer". Too many of their commercials to list, but maybe the Picknick one or the Acupunctuur commercial is funny. You don't need subtitles or translations for any of them, it all relies on visual story telling. Then there is the "fake" Mastercard commercial called "Priceless" that was originally a comedy skit, also very funny and I wish that would have aired on TV. I would have absolutely gotten a Mastercard because of that one!

[@mrnobody043]

Ketchup made you laugh though ! lol

[@Luggruff]

The ketchup commercial is originally from the Swedish movie "Hipp Hipp Hora" (Hipp Hipp.. Whore) from 2004

[@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc]

You must watch best of Irn Bru ads. Irn Bru (pronounced iron brew) is a soft drink made in Scotland , tag line 'Made From Girders' till the pedantic Ad Authority watchdog banned that line, cos it misleads the public in thinking it was made from girders! Doh!

[@davicl]

Always a good day when you manage to catch a new No Protocol video right before bedtime.

[@NoProtocol]

Have a good night!

[@davicl]

@@NoProtocol Many thanks. Same to you.

[@lozza901]

Totally agree

[@Isleofskye]

@@NoProtocol I bought my first record in London in 1960. Astrud Gilberto singing "Desafinado" with George Michael is one of my favourite 10 songs of all time. ENJOY...

[@berndpenguin3956]

you could try out the Central Beheer Company ads,a insurer from the Netherlands.i watched almost 30 of them and they all were really great ^^

[@Isleofskye]

I bought my first record in London in 1960. Astrud Gilberto singing "Desafinado" with George Michael is one of my favourite 10 songs of all time. ENJOY...

[@stonedmountainunicorn9532]

90's and 00's EU commercials are the best, no brakes all gas

[@donkfail1]

Thanks for the music tips! And your comments on the first commercial made me think of the saying I heard a long time ago: "She's such a prude she eats her bananas sideways."

[@EyesOfGehenna]

You'd be surprised what we find normal to put on tv. A lot of times I'm thinking "wow, imagine showing this on American TV" (since I lived in the US for 6 years).

[@johnwolf7073]

that was so fun, do more ads please !

[@NoProtocol]

We will in the future! I liked them too 😂

[@tornoutlaw]

The Canal+ was my favorite.

[@dikkiedik9463]

In Europe most of those commercials are allowed on national television after children's bedtime.

[@driver288]

Hi! I’m new here and European. I’d say it’s key for market strategies to adjust to cultural differences in markets. So you’re spot on there. In general European commercials are more relaxed on subjects like sex and drinking because they are often relatable and easy to engage with and make fun of at the same time. In America things are a bit more prude I think. Also language wise we allow more curse words in daytime tv than America does

[@duckmcduck007]

bypass the problem by not eating the banana in slow motion. Just eat normally, and if there are any staring creeps, use teeth.

[@thomasmacdiarmid8251]

Or eat it like an ear of corn.

[@og3nefan21]

This was a joke

[@sirsancti5504]

If you go 90's, early-00's, you'll have a blast. There were even weekly shows about the "best" (funniest) commercials around EU (maybe the whole Europe). Unfortunately, I forgot the name ofcthe show.

[@alfredtaylor95]

The issue with the Banana is...There's Some creeps ... MEN! JUST SAY MEN LMAO!!!

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Some ads from the 90s and 2000s from Australia are still in pop culture. "Great Wall Of China" etc

[@Sandman60077]

That's why I eat my bananas horizontally.

[@dquanissavage6287]

No Protocol Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎

[@mgsparky8870]

The job is called foley. I did it for 20 years. Sometimes fun but mainly very boring and tedious. Imagine having to 'walk' every footstep in an entire film.

[@traian2041]

Music - "Ghost in the Shell montage sequence HD 1080p"

[@Lightkie]

Wamdue Project less goooooo!

[@sabin97]

bananas, particularly a variety we call "apple bananas", are one of my favourite fruits. i like them so much i have a small banana forest i planted years ago.

[@NoProtocol]

Just looked up “apple bananas”, I like this small variety. Tastier

[@sabin97]

@@NoProtocol they are by far my favourite bananas. but there's a bad side to them, the peel is particularly thin, and as they ripen it tends to rip. i made banana bread with them once.....it was the best banana bread i've ever had.

[@moschmo2464]

the ketchup was so good

[@EricRoss57]

Seeing the Antônio Carlos Jobim "Água de Beber" recommendation, I am reminded of his "Waters of March" ("Águas de Março"), which I first heard on Art Garfunkel's second solo album, "Breakaway" during the mid-70's. Jobim seemingly had a preoccupation with water, at least as far as song titles are concerned, that is, as the latter is a random listing of images that are for the most part unrelated to water. The song is nevertheless pleasing to hear, as is the recommended Gilberto track. Thank you for posting!

[@deedd4401]

the ketchup commercial is from Czech republic .. we eastern europeans have a super dark sense of humour ( but don't get fooled, it's many times used to excuse racism and xenophobia ).

[@007NowOnline]

Lmao!! Great reactions. 😂

[@denniswhitney6147]

That ketchup one was painful...😢😮

[@Oi....]

A woman walks into a bar & asks for a Double Entendre, so the Barman gave her one!

[@JordiVanderwaal]

Some European ads are wild, that's true. Here, at least in some European countries, we have agencies/organisations that examine the ads to determine which ones are suitable to air on TV (even if it doesn't look like it lol). And there's some censorship sometimes, but on things like not promoting hate or having a (somewhat) neutral language (if you advertise a product, you can't claim it does things it doesn't do), they don't focus as much on the "adult" content as they do in the US. Nudity isn't allowed, at least during the day, but innuendos are allowed (and "graphic" stuff always gets blurred / censored, even if the ad airs, like in the Czech one).

[@bellantwain21]

9:31 wow that was crazy love the video protocol stay motivated dream big 1 mill on the way

[@jedaaa]

There used to be a show in the late 90s early 2000s here in the U.K called 'Tarrant on TV' Where they would show all kinds of insane European ads and other TV, I think all the episodes are here on YT if you're curious.

[@unlimited971]

In my country, we got tv show about ads around the world. Since i was kid it was aeound the only great stuff i loved watching on sunday. Always entertaining

[@CeridwenEdwards-mu2rw]

There is a video called the most effective british adverts which is worth a look, more like PSAs than product commercials but they used to be on tv all the time. Irn bru commercials are entertaining as are tango commercials. John lewis christmas commercials are pretty good too.

[@DavidAntrobus]

"Moyo Wangu" by Thomas Mapfumo. Zimbabwean music. I heard it playing once in a store on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, BC, didn't know the artist or the language, but I felt the heart of it, which turned out good because "Moyo Wangu" translates as "My Heart."

[@ThePunisher014]

My favorites were the Czech ad (i think he was expecting a different treatment poor guy), then the Canal+ ad, then the vodafone (oops) XD

[@module79l28]

2:45 - Vegetarian restaurants since 1898? I'm guessing business must've been very slow during the first, let's say, 90 years. 😄 3:22 - You're assuming that they fitted two more seats in the Smart Fortwo, which isn't the case. The Forfour has a completely different chassis, it's front-engined instead of rear-engined like the Fortwo and it's obviously bigger. 🙂

[@antivanti]

The ketchup one is actually a scene from a Swedish movie that someone edited into a fake commercial

[@mlee6050]

Good to know *starts to research as of such a cute guy*

[@antivanti]

@@mlee6050 I believe the movie is "Hipp Hipp Hora"

[@mlee6050]

@@antivanti ironic when Google that, the title it shows me "the ketchup effect"

[@antivanti]

@@mlee6050 Oh. Yeah that seems to be the English title. Guess they wanted to capitalise on the meme of this scene 🤷

[@Henrik_Holst]

it's not edited, the actors from the movie looks nothing like the ones in the commercial and they are clearly speaking Czech and not Swedish. Heinz in Czechoslovakia simply reenacted the scene from the movie.

[@caribbeanman3379]

That Canal+ ad with the guy in the closet reminded of the song "Your Honour" by Pluto Shervington.

[@joekuz9133]

Great to see you laugh so much

[@McKavian]

Music: Red Velvet - Zoom (Korean) Rammstein - Radio (German) Dead Can Dance - Yulunga (Spirit Dance) Band Maid - Puzzle (Japanese)

[@Facehugger-LV-426]

One of my all-time favorite songs from outside my country is Anoana by Heilung.

[@tisketisja5528]

In the Netherlands you can see those (Heinz) commercials after 9 o'clock in the evening. So not during the day

[@harryrabbit2870]

Loved watching you crack up. My favorite actually was the "Dad, I'm gay" one. Just the truncated emotional response was brilliant. Second would be the ketchup commercial.

[@paddotk]

You have good music taste! I'm surprised to see you talk about Molchat Doma, very alternative and emo but good

[@ebbhead20]

Thanks for the music choice...has the same vibe as Torul. And no i dont speak Slovenian but its brilliant stuff.

[@JustinB-123]

Some of those are pretty wild 😂

[@ZowskiTV]

You should watch South African funniest commercials (adverts) too. 😊

[@bakersmileyface]

Canal+ should have had the motto "You've survived worse"

[@dieseljr7946]

Great music suggestions - my favourite foreign (well, foreign to me) language song at the moment is 'Peupleraie by Clément Froissart'. Great vocals combined with a very ethereal, hypnotic sound :)

[@alcor4670]

There're funny EU commercials. And then there're *_Japanese_* commercials.

[@SimonJM]

My first thought on that first, banana one, was at the end, "bloody hell, that banana has gone off" when the first bottle was full of purple juice! The Canal+ ad was fun, some nice 'take you for a ride' (literally) as to where it was going. I spotted where the Heinz advert was going and was already wincing way before the denoument! And that last Vodafone advert, short and hilarious! In the past (many, MANY) years ago I saw, just the once, an advert on TV which was just a melange of random audio and bizaree light displays - the tag line (for the product whose name I cannot recall) was, ", more tatse than the advertsing". For music: I'd go for "Limelight" by Rush - not because it's about advertsing, but it IS about being in the public eye, plus it's a dmaned wonderful piece of music!

[@WaechterDerNacht]

The "Hug" add is Swiss. "Guetzli" is the Swiss-German word for cookies.

[@danlindberg1940]

John West salmon commercial is legendary.

[@javiersilva7449]

I love your intro, or lack thereof.

[@JackMelqart]

Smart is owned and produced by Mercedes. Look up Smart #1, and Smart #3 cars, the #3 looks great, drives great, has Mercedes interior, both are EV's

[@deedd4401]

Hey there ... i'm glad i'm not the only one who thought straight away - why no feature at least orange smoothie - when all is Bananas ? :D Also , that Dad moment got a LOL out of me , which is unusal in my case.

[@pavelmedbery3055]

That Heinz commercial was absolutely wild. EU commercials really go hard.

[@davidahart2113]

Companies are on top of the cross cultural thing, due to a series of mistakes. One example was by Chevrolet. They made a successful (in English speaking countries) called the Nova. They couldn't give them away in Spanish speaking countries. Finally, someone at the company found out that in Spanish. "No va" means " It doesn't run."

[@SeemsLogical]

Songs in languages I don't speak but liked anyway: Gyöngyhajú Lány - Omega (Hungarian) 99 Luftballons - Nena (German) Árbakkinn - Ólafur Arnalds (Icelandic) Fado Menor - ??? (Portugese) And I don't know if this counts but theres a whole album by the group E.S. Posthumus titled "Unearthed" where they have a female vocalist singing in a completely fictionally language. The album is about a voyage around the world discovering the different unknown cultures around the world. Many of the tracks are named after foreign cities like Cuzco, Nara, Ninevah & Ulaid. You can hear some inspiration of the cities they represent in the instrumentation of each song.

[@Dabluekitten]

The ketchup commercial reached Sweden 😂 think we even dubbed it

[@g4mel_]

6:59 Czech guy here. Yeah, it was on all national TVs And back then (if I remember correctly) we had only couple TV channels, but it was on all. Czech commercials are known to be either rly dark, funny or "not giving single f*ck". And sometimes (like in this case) they are combination of all 3.

[@rupeoverlay3153]

I love listening to songs in languages I don’t understand Try Florence Adooni - Mam Pe’ela Su’ure (I don’t even know which language this is) Mayra Andrade - Ilha de Santiago Stromae - L’enfer Thé Magrebhan - Anziilli

[@llothar68]

The "Dad i'm pregnant" gets a different vibe if watched in Alabama.

[@ariaden]

Last time I ate a banana in public, I made sure to show a lot of teeth. Banana is for biting, not for sucking. On the other hand, ice-cream is for licking.

[@AchimE]

Ouch… this ketchup ad looks painful… nice reaction to funny commercials! 😁👍

[@usaintwinnin7312]

That didn’t even hit me until you said “that last one could be so dark”

[@hussainrumaih4193]

I already know and love both music recs so I want to give you one, Sofrito by Mongo Santamaria is a favourite of mine even though I don't speak the language.

[@geoff2504]

A banana is portable? That’s the best you can do? Well, so is a cucumber!

[@almostyummymummy]

Banana. The only food I can't eat. My stomach can't digest them. They sit there and sit there. Without warning, up they come. Been hospitalised twice over the years as a result.

[@EdMac40]

Watching commercials from other countries points out how uptight we Americans are. I love them. I must admit though, I was stunned by the Heinz ad. I'm surprised Heinz okayed that one, but I guess it's as you say; companies and ad agencies must adjust their ads to fit their target customers in each country. 😮

[@bl3993]

I love creative commercial. There are also many banned commercials that are really funny.

[@stevedavis5704]

I like the way that the song “Oran Na Cloiche” flows. I don’t know the words because I don’t speak Gaelic.

[@gato1568]

Berlitz german coast guard commercial is the funniest Ive seen

[@daveofyorkshire301]

I think all, if not most have been in British TV without problems.

[@JIMRECURVEGUY]

In Europe the commercials are not something you would see here on American TV. They are very adult in a humorous way. Being there for 10 years I seen many commercials that make you do a double take and regret doing so.

[@gejuje]

Us europeans has never understood the moral in the USA, the country goes wild for weeks, if a kid sees a womans nipple on tv, but have no wish to change the laws, so they won`t get shot in school🙂

[@krccmsitp2884]

7:05 The Heinz commercial was apparently from Czech television.

[@shakawhenthewallsfell8570]

Smart also has a roadster which looks pretty cool. For some more funny commercials, check out: AIWA - Another one Bites the Dust Blaupunkt Car Stereo (there's a stuffed bunny and bear in the thumbnail) Toyota - Have you ever seen a broken down Toyota?

[@traian2041]

Music - "ENDING 5 | BLEACH | Life by YUI | VIZ" (from Japanese anime)

[@charlesoines3538]

Hotdog bun, peanut butter, honey, banana. Problem solved.

[@Pfizer_Johnson]

My favorite was DEFINITELY your face, your laugh and your intelligent comment 😍