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TheSlothOverlord

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Damn, I got ninja'd, but I'm gonna add my three cents.

Poland, again.

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1) The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV

Can't really think of such a thing. Every sweet thing that's relatively famous here is made by a foreign company.
Wouldn't krówki qualify? They're not a brand per se but everyone knows them (it's a type of "fudge, semi-soft milk toffee candies", according to the wiki), although I'm not a big fan of them.

2) The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries

Niekryty Krytyk - the Un-Covered Critic. As in, he wasn't covered in the first place (hence the hyphen). He once described himself as "Nostalgia Critic meets Ray William Johnson'. He "reviews" either whatever inane viral videos that are currently popular in the Polish Internet or some old stuff from communist times. His humour isn't terribly high-brow, but he has some good stuff (like his review of an old communist video about the origin of babies).

3) The company everybody hates

Gonna have to add PKP (Polskie Koleje Państwowe), our national railway company. They're notorious for being always late, although I never really experienced it myself. However, I did have my fair share of riding shitty trains that probably remembered Stalin;s regime.

ninja666 said:
I guess I'm gonna get myself a lot of hate, but here goes...



4) The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.

There's literally no newspaper here that's not trashy, but I think "Fakt" takes the cake. It's a newspaper that posts articles and stories that are literally made up. They're so hilariously bad, I often wonder if "Fakt" is a legit newspaper or a satirical one. If anyone's interested, I can send them some headlines with appropriate translations provided. They're comedy gold.
Allow me!

The toilet paper killed the friendship!
The Cola tried to kill me! (The shopping almost ended in tragedy!)

Probably the best newspaper in Poland.

6) That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.

Well, when I was in elementary school everyone was watching Pokemon and then Beyblade. I guess the Teletubbies could qualify? (I know I watched it)
 

Major_Tom

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Croatia here.

* The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Possibly Bajadera and Griotte, both made by Kras.

* The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Basically all of them.

* The company everybody hates.
ZET (Zagreb's public transport company).

* The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
All newspapers are trashy, but 24sata is the trashiest.

* The universally beloved family comic.
Alan Ford. I think it's more popular in the Ex-Yu countries than in its native Italy.

* That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
errr...
 

ninja666

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TheSlothOverlord said:
Damn, I got ninja'd
In this case, literally.


TheSlothOverlord said:
ninja666 said:
1) The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV

Can't really think of such a thing. Every sweet thing that's relatively famous here is made by a foreign company.
Wouldn't krówki qualify? They're not a brand per se but everyone knows them (it's a type of "fudge, semi-soft milk toffee candies", according to the wiki), although I'm not a big fan of them.
When I think about it, I guess they could pass as such. You don't see them often (if at all) on TV, though.

Also, glad to see a fellow Pole on The Escapist.
 

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Johnny Novgorod said:
PsychedelicDiamond said:
>The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Almost all of them except for Til Schweiger and various athletes? Maybe Günther Jauch and Thomas Gottschalk, both of whom are extremely well known and fairly well respected TV-show hosts here in Germany but fairly unknown abroad. You named Heino which works, I guess... but I think these days he's mostly famous among old people.
Uwe Boll!
Bruno Ganz is pretty well known as "the guy that played Hitler".
Diane Kruger.
Franka Potente (because Jason Bourne).
Ulrich Muhe and Sebastian Koch (because Das Leben der Anderen; also Muhe worked a lot with Haneke, whose films I like a lot).
And oh my god that freak, Udo Kier.
Everyone knows Claudia Schiffer (Astra doesn't break down).
Jürgen Prochnow as "that guy from Das Boot".
Till Lindemann from Rammstein.
Farin Urlaub?
 

TheSlothOverlord

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ninja666 said:
TheSlothOverlord said:
Damn, I got ninja'd
In this case, literally.
Huh, I didn't even notice that until after I posted :D.


TheSlothOverlord said:
ninja666 said:
1) The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV

Can't really think of such a thing. Every sweet thing that's relatively famous here is made by a foreign company.
Wouldn't krówki qualify? They're not a brand per se but everyone knows them (it's a type of "fudge, semi-soft milk toffee candies", according to the wiki), although I'm not a big fan of them.

ninja666 said:
When I think about it, I guess they could pass as such. You don't see them often (if at all) on TV, though.

Also, glad to see a fellow Pole on The Escapist.
Likewise. I was surprised to see someone from Poland post so early.
 

Canadamus Prime

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Reporting for Canada
The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Umm... I don't know. Maple Syrup.

The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Rick Mercer

The company everybody hates.
Canadian Tire

The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
Um... I don't know

The universally beloved family comic.
For Better or for Worse

That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
I don't know any that involve a fursuit, but there was Mr. Dressup which involved puppets.
 

Zen Bard

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'Murrca! Fuck yeah! Specifialy Texas...Hell yeah!


1) The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV
Fritos brand corn chips. We all know about Doritos. But I rarely (if ever) see an ad for Fritos. Even though it's a staple of Tex Mex cuisine, combining it with chili and baking it into a "Frito Pie". And the Frito-Lay company is based outside of Dallas.



2) The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries
There's a fairly well known local band called The Toadies that was pretty big in the indie music scene several years back. But I'm not sure if they ever got any traction outside the US (side note...my band once opened for them).


3) The company everybody hates
Pretty much any Wall Street banking company...Citicorp, Bank of America, US Bank. But I'll keep it local with AIG (American Insurance Group) who have a huge presence in Texas. These clowns squandered billions of their customer's dollars through poor management and shady bookkeeping, were on the verge of collapse and had the stones to hit up the government for a bail out.


4) The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
The Star, The Enquirer, In Touch Magazine. Shoot...pick one!


5) The universally beloved family comic.
Not sure if you mean "comic" as in "comedian" or "comic strip" so I'll go with comic strip. Family Circus. It runs in just about every newspaper and it's just awfully sugary, sweet and totally family friendly. But sometimes, just sometimes, it's poignant enough to be thought-provoking.


6) That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
Sesame Street. Jim Henson's masterpiece with puppets, muppets and men in monster suits. Oh, and it was educational.
 

keniakittykat

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Belgium

The candy
We have the best chocolate in the world. If there's more than 1% soy substitute in there, it becomes illegal to even call it chocolate on the packaging. (Does beer count as candy? Because our cherry beers should count as candy.)

The entertainer:
Everyone knows Jean Claude Van Damme, Gotye is also Belgian.

The company everybody hates:
Inbev. (We're sorry!)

The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise:
We don't really have trashy newspapers, but the trashiest magazine by far is the 'Dag allemaal' (Hey ya'll)

The universally beloved family comic: Belgium has a LOT of famous comics. The smurfs, Spike & Suzy (Suske & Wiske) Tintin,
Lucky Luke, Etc...

That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids:: Once again, we have a lot of these. When I was a kid, there was 'Samson' but that was just a bobtail dog handpuppet. But more recently kids have been watching *gulp* Bumba...
Let it haunt your nightmares for weeks!
 

RoonMian

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Uäääääh... "Heino" is your go-to example for a massively famous German entertainer that's unknown abroad? I'm not particularly jubilant I share a country with Heino... D:

THE beloved German entertainer that is unknown abroad is (or sadly, "was") Vicco von Bülow, aka Loriot.




 

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keniakittykat said:
When I was a kid, there was 'Samson' but that was just a bobtail dog handpuppet. But more recently kids have been watching *gulp* Bumba...
Let it haunt your nightmares for weeks!
I... I think I just watched a monster clown make Ike Broflovski from South Park go to the bathroom in front of a bunch of children that the monster clown forced to watch everything. I need a beer.
 

ninja666

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TheSlothOverlord said:
ninja666 said:
4) The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.

There's literally no newspaper here that's not trashy, but I think "Fakt" takes the cake. It's a newspaper that posts articles and stories that are literally made up. They're so hilariously bad, I often wonder if "Fakt" is a legit newspaper or a satirical one. If anyone's interested, I can send them some headlines with appropriate translations provided. They're comedy gold.
Allow me!

The toilet paper killed the friendship!
The Cola tried to kill me! (The shopping almost ended in tragedy!)

Probably the best newspaper in Poland.
The first one I've never seen. Nice find. Well, since you started, here are some of my favorites. Enjoy this small portion of absurdity we have to live with everyday, folks!



Dust broke my arm!

Teresa Lagwa (73 y/o) from Lodz had become a victim of holiday cleaning.



I've been deceived by UFO

The aliens have given Zdzislaw winning Lotto numbers and promised they're legitimate. They lied...

Had to alternate this one a little for it to be more comprehensible, but it still has the same meaning



This square will give you strength!

Here's a shape filled with the bioenergotherapist's healing energy.



He assaulted and devoured Doner Kebabs!

Tomasz M. threatened to burn the bar down if he doesn't immediately get a big and tasty lamb meat sandwich.



I finally did it!

Adam Konopka (40 y/o) has stopped being a virgin.
 

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canadamus_prime said:
Reporting for Canada
The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Umm... I don't know. Maple Syrup.

The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Rick Mercer

The company everybody hates.
Canadian Tire

The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
Um... I don't know

The universally beloved family comic.
For Better or for Worse

That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
I don't know any that involve a fursuit, but there was Mr. Dressup which involved puppets.
Trashiest are the various Suns throughout Canada: Edmonton Sun, Toronto Sun yada yada yada.
Is Canadian Tire really that hated? I thought Target was considering the basstards are shutting down their Canadian operations (good, Zellers was a good store).
 

Canadamus Prime

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Haerthan said:
canadamus_prime said:
Reporting for Canada
The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Umm... I don't know. Maple Syrup.

The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Rick Mercer

The company everybody hates.
Canadian Tire

The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
Um... I don't know

The universally beloved family comic.
For Better or for Worse

That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
I don't know any that involve a fursuit, but there was Mr. Dressup which involved puppets.
Trashiest are the various Suns throughout Canada: Edmonton Sun, Toronto Sun yada yada yada.
Is Canadian Tire really that hated? I thought Target was considering the basstards are shutting down their Canadian operations (good, Zellers was a good store).
Yeah, but Canadian branches of foreign companies don't count otherwise I would've stated Ubisoft Montreal and Canadian Tire was the only thing I could think of.
 

leberkaese

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Germany, here!

* The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Lindt chocolat or Haribo gummy bears. I guess?


* The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Stefan Raab

* The company everybody hates.
EON, one of the biggest power companies here.

* The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
BILD. It's like the german version of the Sun.

I'd post more examples, but msot of them are NSFW. Mostly naked women on the cover. Or german football players.

* The universally beloved family comic.
We really don't have many comics. We mostly read french comics like Asterix or US stuff like Mickey Mouse. Only thing that comes to my mind is Fix & Foxi.

* That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
Die Sendung mit der Maus "That show with the mouse", where "Käptn Blaubär" appears.
 

Baron von Blitztank

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Scotland (again), so expect some repeated answers.

* The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Shortbread.

* The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Best I can think of is Frankie Boyle, but given the outrage he gets from the media for some of his jokes, I'm fairly certain a fair few people have heard of him.

* The company everybody hates.
It's Scotland, everyone hates everything. Companies are no exception.

* The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
The Daily Record. Doesn't even make good toilet paper (and I've tried).

* The universally beloved family comic.
Oor Wullie/The Broons.

* That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
You've lost me on this one, those shows freaked me out as a kid (and still do).
 

DocJ

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Wow. Surprising amount of Scots on here. I feel like we should put Regions down as well. I'm from Aberdeenshire. And pretty much everything shown above in other Scot posts applies. Although I will add a little here just as some nice info. We're good at oil, Aberdeen. Have some the best and brightest in oil working up here. Uh, Scotland is also really quite nice to look at. If you can stand the cold a trip here for sightseeing is definitely a worthwhile trip. We have medieval castles to go into and look at, mountains to climb, and a little more to see too.
 

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No Brazilians so far? I'd better represent my nation before the huehue crowd chimes in



The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Oh, there are plenty. We love transforming brands into common nouns. I'll mention Sensação and Prestígio, chocolates filled with strawberry and coconut cream, respectively. They became euphemisms for any chocolate/strawberry-coconut pastries. Ask a Brazilian baker if he has a prestígio pie and you won't leave empty-handed

The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Pretty much all of them beside a certain sertanejo universitário [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcm55lU9knw] idol and actors with a foot in Hollywood (Rodrigo Santoro, Alice Braga). I think I'll go with Silvio Santos. He owns a TV channel and has been hosting shows for decades.

The company everybody hates.
Too many to count. Vivo, a communications company, gets quite a lot of flak from consumers.


The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
If you mean 'trashy' in journalistic quality, I'd say one of the "popular news" papers, like Agora São Paulo. If you mean political pandering, it depends on your leaning. Leftists hate Veja. Right-wingers hate Carta Capital and Caros Amigos. The three are awful in their own ways.

The universally beloved family comic.
Turma da Mônica (Monica's Gang).

That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
On the top of my mind, TV Colosso:

 

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Western Canada so British Columbia and central Alberta ( I go to college there)

* The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Nanimo Bars

* The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Tom Green...

* The company everybody hates.
Telus or bell. Go to hell CRTC

* The trashiest newspaper that's huge
Macleans

* The universally beloved family comic.
Skookum it's about a husky.. It's popular throughout the north ....

* That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
Red/green show (duct tape solves everything guy)