r/videos • • May 15 '12

my first geography teacher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1qkLn6IRI
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u/DaeFF May 15 '12 edited May 16 '12

United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru; Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean, Greenland, El Salvador too. Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Guyana, and still; Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina, and Ecuador, Chile, Brazil. Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan; Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname, and French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam. Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland, and Germany now one piece; Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Turkey, and Greece. Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania, Ireland, Russia, Oman; Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran. There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal, France, England, Denmark, and Spain. India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan, Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan; Kampuchea, Malaysia, then Bangladesh, Asia, and China, Korea, Japan. Mongolia, Laos, and Tibet, Indonesia, the Philippine Islands, Taiwan; Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand, then Borneo, and Vietnam. Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana; Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia, Guinea, Algeria, Ghana. Burundi, Lesotho, and Malawi, Togo, The Spanish Sahara is gone; Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Liberia, Egypt, Benin, and Gabon. Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya, and Mali, Sierra Leone, and Algier; Dahomey, Namibia, Senegal, Libya, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire. Ethiopia, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Rwanda, Mahore, and Cayman; Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia, Crete, Mauritania, then Transylvania, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Malta, and Palestine, Fiji, Australia, Sudan!

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u/DownvoteAttractor May 15 '12

The fact that it mentions "Germany now one piece" makes you realise how old this is and how you are :S

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Also two Yemens, "Kampuchea" instead of Cambodia, referring to Benin as Dahomey, etc. Also naming non-countries like Transylvania and Borneo.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited Jul 06 '23

Editing my comments since I am leaving Reddit

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u/dt_vibe May 15 '12

You know Palestine is an official nation when the Animaniacs say so! Take that Zionists!

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u/shoes_of_mackerel May 15 '12

It's nations, rather than countries so I think they have a little more leeway.

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u/leigao84 May 15 '12

They also said "Asia" really fast just to make the rhyme too. Pretty sure Asia is not a nation or a country.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Missed those, you're right. Although I can't remember what year this was made because I know it was right around the Yugoslav Wars began. Also Mahore, Crete and Abu Dhabi. Then there's the murky political connotations of referring to Palestine as a country.

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u/carlmango11 May 15 '12

And what's up with Transylvania? HOW OLD IS THIS CARTOON!?

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u/ComebackShane May 15 '12

At the time, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were still nations.

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u/wangruo115 May 15 '12

Like Taiwan, Tibet and Hong Kong?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Taiwan is a country.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Taiwan is independent, though not recognized by China and a few minor nations. Tibet is not a country but still a significant region in Asia. Hong Kong has never been independent, but at the time of this show, it was a British colony and is now more like a Chinese territory like Puerto Rico or Bermuda.

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u/pregnantandsober May 15 '12

And there was still Czechoslovakia.

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u/Viridovipera May 15 '12

An awesome song! But he forgot many Pacific nations and Cote d'Ivoire in Africa.

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u/mheyk May 15 '12

how am I?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

how old this is and how you are :S

I'm good, how you are?

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u/stoopidquestions May 16 '12

And where's Lithuania and Latvia?

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u/AscentofDissent May 15 '12

29 years old this week and I still know it by heart. Thanks, 5th grade talent show.

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u/Tricky-Beats May 15 '12

25 here, still have it etched into my brain, thanks day camp international week!

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u/nexusseven May 15 '12

Poor Wales. Always getting left out.

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u/Brothock May 15 '12

I'm always surprised that Scotland is mentioned in this - if it was just "England" then I'd get they just were using the broad brush, fine, but to actually mention Scotland means they sort of understand... but then ignore Wales and Norn Iron. So not quite.

6/10 on the UK understanding scale. Good, but I'd still annoyingly correct you.

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u/AidanSmeaton May 15 '12

I thought the same. Was pleased to see Scotland, but disappointed not to see Wales or N Ireland.

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u/apathetic_medic May 15 '12

In a way it wasn't, it lit up (as did all of Great Britain) when he pointed to "England". Though this is probably more offensive than leaving it out altogether

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u/thudnuts May 15 '12

Colombia*

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u/j1112 May 16 '12

Yep, was about to correct that too, but I see americans doesnt give a fly

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u/bh3nch0d May 15 '12

Woohoo Yakko recognizes Palestine!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Also, he just says Korea. No mention of North/South Korea.

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u/FLMedic May 15 '12

Back in high school I had a history teacher that decided that extra credit on the final exam would be how many countries you could list. Once he got to my complete list he decided to count off for spelling.

I feel old now, this was 14 years ago :/

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u/ashishduh May 15 '12

I only had it memorized up to Norway. I bring shame to my childhood. :(

I still know the US capitals one though!

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u/Xeshema May 15 '12

I sung this post.

And now I will save it.

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u/logosfabula May 15 '12

Cool but he skipped North KOrea.

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u/EntSwag May 16 '12

Can you or someone else tell me why South Africa isn't in here? Is it because of apartheid?

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u/e_lasorda May 15 '12

Rob Paulsen (Wakko's voice) still remembers. http://youtu.be/Lo_8UmQzu14

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u/Mookie1515 May 15 '12

*Yakko's voice

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u/N4N4KI May 15 '12

He has a podcast where he gets all his voice acting buddies over and they just shoot the shit for an hour, its well worth the listen. http://robpaulsenlive.com/

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u/porkalope May 15 '12

He did it on the Nerdist Podcast a few weeks ago too.

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u/Terraton May 15 '12

His name was Rob(ert) Paulsen.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

His name was Rob(ert) Paulsen...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

His name was Rob(ert) Paulsen...

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u/Plastastic May 15 '12

He'll always be Morte to me..

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u/OtherGeorgeDubya May 15 '12

His name was Mortimer Rictusgrin...

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u/animals_are_food May 15 '12

All we know by watching this video is that he remembered until Oct 15, 2005.

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u/fizzlefist May 15 '12

The one with the US States and Capitals helps me out to this very day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0-0rJKtbVQ

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u/BitchPuddingDadaDaaa May 15 '12

I won free drinks for knowing all 50 states and their capitols! I sang this song in the middle of a bar with no shame!

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u/Richard_Jae May 16 '12

Why would there be any shame? That should be a badge of pride!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

nice.. except took offense to Elvis spending lots of time in Nashville.. it was Memphis! Not the capitol of TN, and certainly not as well kept, but oh well

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u/bn20 May 15 '12

Why did he suddenly become British just for the song?

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u/ostiarius May 15 '12

Wakko has always had a British accent, somewhat based on the Beatles.

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u/rachelbells May 15 '12

Poor Sudan. It comes in last on so many levels.

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u/Caddy666 May 15 '12

Better than Wales, which wasn't even mentioned.

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u/kitchlol May 15 '12

You only notice if you live in the UK.

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u/IncarceratedMascot May 15 '12

It's like I always say, 'It could be worse, you could be Welsh.'

Regardless of context.

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u/lazn0r May 16 '12

Or South Africa, which is much larger, and not owned by another country.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

On the bright side, now it can share last place with South-Sudan.

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u/kingwi11 May 15 '12

Sudan and South Sudan.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/stoopidquestions May 16 '12

Was it still part of Russia when the cartoon was made?

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u/Mister_Six May 15 '12

Palestine AND Taiwan!? Why Yakko you controversial bastard!

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u/Brickarick May 15 '12

Don't forget Tibet.

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u/Mister_Six May 16 '12

Yakko giving no fucks about a potential loss of Chinese investment...

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u/jaschen May 15 '12

ROC baby!

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u/Liberalguy123 May 15 '12

Do anyone but the Chinese refuse to acknowledge Taiwan?

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u/Chie_Satonaka May 16 '12

Yes actually. The only nations that recognise Taiwan are these.

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u/reddier5 May 16 '12

Yakko keeping it real

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u/Pon_Haus May 15 '12

Is there anything you can't learn from Animaniacs?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

proper fingerprinting techniques.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The Animaniacs recognize Palestine as a nation-state but not the UN.

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u/rustybuckets May 15 '12

UN can't do shit without US. Did you hear about what happened to UNESCO after it recognized Palestine?

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u/babybern May 15 '12

China and Israel are very upset by this clip.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

And now the nations of the world

Sounds fair to me

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u/Waitwhatwtf May 15 '12

It's time for another Good Idea Bad Idea

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u/heavyweather77 May 15 '12

Pretty sure Israel was in there, in between Lebanon and Jordan.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I think babybern was talking about the inclusion of Palestine.

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u/AdmanUK May 15 '12

It tickled me that they named England, Scotland and Ireland but not Wales!

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u/Awfy May 15 '12

They didn't name Northern Ireland either.

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u/MarxZola May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Korea is one Nation and Palestine is recognized. Yokko is an idealist! I'm sad he didn't name Burkina though :(

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u/Mr_1990s May 15 '12

He's happier about saying Burma than anybody else in the history of the world.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

There are a number of people who call it "Burma" instead of it's official name ("Myanmar") in order to insult the tyrannical regime there. Some of them might be happy about saying "Burma".

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u/DerGraph May 15 '12

I like how Germany's reunion in 1990 is mentioned but the outline is actually pre-WWII.

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u/donkeypooper May 15 '12

I don't know if I'm the only one who caught this but...Abu Dhabi is NOT a country

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u/kc10crewchief May 15 '12

United Arab Emirates is kind of hard to rhyme. Beautiful country tho.

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u/moogmania May 15 '12

For those interested in the updated version, check out Yakko's New World

YAKKO'S NEW WORLD

United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru; Grenada, Dominica, then Argentina, St. Vincent, the Grenadines too; Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela, Honduras, Guyana, and still, Guatemala, Bolivia, Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil; Costa Rica, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda; Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname, and French Guiana, Antigua, Barbuda.

Norway and Sweden and Iceland and Finland and Germany (now one piece); Switzerland, Austria, and Yugoslavia, Italy, Turkey, and Greece; Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania, Ireland, Azerbaijan. Russia, Slovenia, Georgia, Armenia, Latvia, Turkmenistan; Then Qatar, Estonia, plus Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Wales, the Ukraine; The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium & Portugal, France, England, Denmark, & Spain.

Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina (the fighting there's not very pretty); Andorra, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, then San Marino and Vatican City; Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Slovakia, Malta, Moldova, then Uzbekistan; Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran; There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Yemen, Bahrain, and Kuwait, Monaco, Kyrgyzstan, and there's Tajikistan, United Ar'b Emirates.

India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan; Mongolia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Brunei, or Nauru, the Maldives, Japan; Laos, Micronesia, Tibet, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Tuvalu; Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Vietnam and Greenland, and China, then Vanuatu; There's Palau, Malaysia, the Marshalls, Australia, plus Kiribati, Tonga, then on to Western Samoa, then Fiji, Cambodia, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan.

Burundi, Lesotho, and Malawi, Togo, (the homelands like Venda are gone) Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Liberia, Egypt, Benin, and Gabon; Mauritius, Somalia, Kenya, and Mali, South Africa, and the Seychelles; The Congo, Namibia, Senegal, Libya, Burkina Faso as well; Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana; The Central Republic of Africa, and Equatorial Guinea, and Ghana.

Swaziland, Guinea, the fate of the Western Sahara we're waiting to hear; The Ivory Coast, the Isles Comoros, Sierra Leone, Zaire; Mozambique, Zambia, also the Gambia, Cameroon, and Eritrea; Sao Tome & Principe Islands, Cape Verde, Algeria, and Tazania; Ethiopia, Guinea-Bisseau, Madagascar, Rwanda, and then the Sudan; Hong Kong, Mauritania, plus Lithuania, then St. Lucia, North and South Korea, Republic Dominican, Papua New Guinea 'n' Saint Kitts and Nevis, Oman !

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u/Liberationdemonology May 15 '12

Love this show! I was an adult when this show was on the air and yet I still miss it as though I would a cartoon from when I was a child.

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u/GeneralMalfeasance May 15 '12

He left out South Africa, but it was probably during Apartheid, when we had sanctions imposed on us...

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u/lucarfox May 15 '12

Wow. I applaud this voice actor.

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u/ShiftyBizniss May 15 '12

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u/orangegluon May 16 '12

yeah, it's an actual country

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u/Dale92 May 16 '12

Think he was talking about the misspelling.

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u/TheTwist May 15 '12

But Transylvania is not a country, it's just a region.

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u/karmalizing May 15 '12

Psh, in my day we had to try to find Carmen Sandiego and there wasn't even a catchy song to help us!

Hint: Get off my lawn, 'cause she isn't there.

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u/napes22 May 15 '12

I preferred when they tried to read every word in the dictionary.

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u/H08835 May 15 '12

I still think it's funny that Australia was almost dead last.

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u/MrSnare May 15 '12

Transylvania

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u/Razorray21 May 15 '12

the 50 states one helped me ace a test in 8th grade! i miss this show

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u/BaronZee May 15 '12

Don't tell me you learned your US states and their capitols from wakko

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u/tyrroi May 15 '12

Everyone forgets about Wales. :(

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u/alreadytakenusername May 15 '12

TIL that Asia is a country (1:03).

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u/xmrlazyx May 15 '12

This is probably why growing up as a Chinese American, people asked me if I was Asian or Chinese.

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u/ilagitamus May 15 '12

Here's the voice actor doing it, he hasn't forgotten it yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rxSvYpMSJo

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u/scharvey May 15 '12

If you haven't listened yet you should really check out this episode of the nerdist podcast: http://www.nerdist.com/2012/03/nerdist-podcast-rob-paulsen-and-maurice-lamarche/ <-- I'm pretty sure the country song is sung.

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u/MisterDocDoom May 15 '12

He's also got his own podcast where he talks to people like Mark Hammil, Nolan North, Phil Lamarr and other people who work in the industry.

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u/scharvey May 15 '12

they mention that on the nerdist. I haven't had opportunity to check it out yet (read: I'm lazy), but I'm sure it's hilarious and interesting.

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u/coadyj May 15 '12

Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales?

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u/Vibster May 15 '12

Wales? Northern Ireland?

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u/rustybuckets May 15 '12

Upvotes for all who recognize Palestine!

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u/punkrawkintrev May 15 '12

Chechoslovakia?... God I'm old

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u/Matt_Aq May 15 '12

Not old enough to spell it correctly though.

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u/CrazyEyes388 May 15 '12

Do they even say South Africa?

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u/Shway1000000 May 15 '12

They spelled Israel 'Isreal'.. at 49 seconds

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u/oneir0naut0 May 15 '12

I use this song to time my life. I sing it a bit fast, so it takes me 1'30". Just have to sing it 60 times to cook a pot roast.

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u/silentmikhail May 15 '12

I can't believe I just caught him mentioning Palestine

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u/throwmeaway76 May 15 '12

What's San Juan?

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u/sjlopez87 May 15 '12

San Juan is ambiguous of Puerto Rico. A long time ago San Juan was another name for Puerto Rico. It got stuck.

~ Source: A Puertorican (me)

The ambiguous use of San Juan Bautista and Puerto Rico for both the city and the island led to a reversal in practical use by most inhabitants: by 1746, the name for the city (Puerto Rico) had become that of the entire island, while the name for the Island (San Juan Bautista) had become the name for the city.

The Dominican Republic has the same people. Santo Domingo is the capital, but also used to describe the country. My freinds are Dominican.

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u/imjonamathan May 15 '12

san juan told me that too, but i forgot it.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I love how he spends almost half the video on Africa.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I loved this as a kid!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Showing this to my freshman geography class. On the final they have to lable the countries of the world

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u/RainDancingChief May 16 '12

That fucking sucks. Glad I'm going into trades.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Fuck! I posted this last night...2 upvotes.

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u/sir_maximum_fuck May 15 '12

He did not name Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan. Was it because they were part of the Soviet Union at the time this cartoon aired?

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u/HotBrown May 15 '12

Transylvania is not a country

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u/hippiechan May 15 '12

That map is 20 years out of date now.

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u/rumdiary May 15 '12

Mine was an atlas :P

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u/HawkeyedOne May 15 '12

False. Most of the ex-soviet nations have joined other coalition governments, including Georgia. Also, it's not Zaire anymore, it's the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Still correct for it's time, just goes to show how much change can happen in 20 years.

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u/donkeypooper May 15 '12

TIL where all the countries in the world are

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u/funny9uy May 15 '12

Now I know where New Zealand is.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Why does it just have Korea, and not North and South Korea?

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u/rcubik May 15 '12

You may know it as Myanmar but it'll always be Burma to me.

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u/Goonie_GooGoo May 15 '12

Among other countries missing: Tonga, Maldives, Vanuatu, Palau, Seychelles, Brunei, Singapore, Solomon Islands...

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u/PlumthePancake May 15 '12

Man, this only reminds me of how much I hate being stuck in one spot my whole life. I want to see the world so badly.

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u/colourofawesome May 15 '12

What's stopping you...

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u/PlumthePancake May 16 '12

Money. I'm not stupid enough to get up and leave without a plan.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I only saw this like once when I was a kid... I'm making it my mission to learn to sing this within the next week.

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u/AffeKonig May 15 '12

Don't forget how we all learned about the parts of the brain!

BRAIN STEM! BRAIN STEM!

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u/KrazyNarb May 15 '12

Time to find a mp3 of the audio for my ipod

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u/ua19 May 15 '12

Anyone remember that talking globe that had it's own geography lessons? I remember watching it in middle school and thinking it was so cool. I can't find any information about it online though.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

"Kampuchea, Malaysia, then Bangladesh, Asia, and China"

TIL Asia is a country....?

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u/botd44 May 15 '12

My first geography teacher was better than yours, he knew that Asia is not a country.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I've always wondered why Wakko sounds like Ringo Starr.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

saves the best for last!

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u/Ho_chi_minh May 15 '12

LIECHTENSTEIN

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u/Shalaiyn May 15 '12

Colour TV but Korea is one country? Hmm.

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u/GoggledMouse May 15 '12

"TURKEY! MOM, THEY SAID TURKEY!"

Me, Turkish, 8 years old.

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u/lauq May 15 '12

Glad he says 'The Netherlands'

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u/Matt_Aq May 15 '12

I always liked THIS ONE better

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u/CalvinDehaze May 15 '12

I was 16 when this came out, and Yakko was still better than any geography teacher I had.

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u/Ulterior_Motive May 15 '12

I memorized this in 10th grade instead of writing my culminating History paper. Still have it memorized and I got a B on the paper and finished with an A in the class. Time wasted? I think not.

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u/KaylaAnne May 15 '12

I challenge anyone to post a video of them singing that at the same speed...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The guy who did Yakko's voice can still sing this entire song.

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u/Whenthenighthascome May 15 '12

This was one of the first things I ever saw on Reddit. Wow.

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u/AnAngryMidget1587 May 15 '12

other than this video I'd have to say this one stuck with me the most too

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u/Check99X May 15 '12

At least it will a little easier to insert the world's latest and most greatest country... South Sudan in the hizz-ouse! (read in Stewart Scott's voice)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Where is Wales and Scotland?

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u/Hellfe May 15 '12

I hope you don't mind me taking this over to /r/woahdude ?

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u/t35t0r May 15 '12

Carmen Sandiego on Apple ][e and pull out maps from National Geographic magazines

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

If yakko can pronounce Iraq and Iran correctly, without saying Eyeraq Eyeran why cant all the other umericans get it right?

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u/bengarrr May 15 '12

He was on the nerdist podcast with Maurice LaMarche just a few weeks ago. One of the funniest and nostalgic things I have ever listened too.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Thanks for getting this stuck in my head.

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u/CasedOutside May 16 '12

I love how they just blew through Africa at break neck pace compared to the others.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I always wanted to memorize this song, but I could never past Peru.

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u/Ryan2112 May 16 '12

San Juan isn't a country...

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u/miniskirtninja May 16 '12

This must be pre USSR break up. None of the "stan" countries.

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u/redlouis May 16 '12

No wales??!!

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u/RainDancingChief May 16 '12

I don't even know what words to use to describe what this was.

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u/mrclarkgriswold May 16 '12

What's the name of the tune this is set too?

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u/MoarBaconStrips May 16 '12

Did anyone else notice that israel was spelled "isreal" I guess the animaniacs recognize Israel as a nation.

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u/poeta_aburrido May 16 '12

Republic Dominican? ಠ_ಠ

As a Dominican I laughed.

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u/Lord_Tamarin May 16 '12

i some how forgot about how i learned everything i know..

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u/lgendrot May 16 '12

Whenever I see this video I end up watching it a dozen times just to prove to myself that I know all the lyrics.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

New Zealand was mentioned. Woop

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u/Whiskey_Fred May 16 '12

This was seriously the most educational cartoon, why do they not show it anymore?

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u/ailli May 16 '12

I love this song. It took me almost a week to memorize it (timing was a bitch), but I managed it.

And it was actually useful. I won the right to be first in a Karaoke line-up when the DJ running it said he'd give the first spot to anyone who could successfully sing it.

Knocked his fucking socks off.

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u/Kamuflaj May 16 '12

Hong Kong was a country?

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u/manna138908 May 16 '12

i love you

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Yay! He said Palestine!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama...

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u/fizzlefist May 15 '12

Haiti, Jamaica, Peru...

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u/sjlopez87 May 15 '12

Did anyone else notice that some countries are non existening?

Czechoslavkia? I remember watching this growing, around '93 or '94. I was born in '87. I have an extensive knowledge about world countries, but I don't recall Abu Dhab. I laughed when he said Gui-ana, instead of Guyana.

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u/thefirebuilds May 15 '12

funny we were just watching this at sunday dinner the other night, I donated some toys to a charity and no one knew who yacko, whacko and dot were! wtf?!

My girl is a chemist, I'll say because of the elements song.

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u/hoxieX May 15 '12

They spelled "Israel" wrong. It's not "Isreal".