Commercials on US TV: one third about junk food that make you sick, one third about pharma products that are supposed to cure, one third about lawyers who tell you to press charge against junk food and pharma companies.
it kinda makes me nervous cos im an introvert and I know how easy others will just run u over when u try to speak ur mind or a story cos people mostly will not listen unless ur the center of the room and speak loud and proud.
The greatest cultural shock of my life was when I arrived in North America the first time in 1984 and saw the farmaceutical commercials. I thought they were unbelievably unethical, and I still do. It tells a lot of Ismo’s genius that he can derive comedy from them.
USA is the reason why I love TV shows, USA is also the reason why I hate watching TV. they make great TV shows, but the lamest ads. they're so lame it's like they intentionally compete to be the lamest. thank goodness for on-demand streaming service.
@@GrammeStudio they only export to the world their best work. Their shitty commercials and shitty health system are only seen from the inside of the US 😂
Well there's that...but more so it's a comment on American privatised free market healthcare & the oversized role of pharmaceutical companies in healthcare provision..We Europeans find it shocking that Pharma companies are allowed to advertise prescription drugs to the public at all. We have brainwashing commercials too, but just not when it comes to health. Some things are too important to be left to the free market, believe it or not.
I was blown away when I heard Mark Cuban in shark tank saying that "you go to doctor and then you tell the doctor that you want antibiotics, and doctor should give you those." That is the sickest thing I have ever heard. You do not decide when you need antibiotics, or any other medicine which you can't get without perscription. That's why there are doctors, they decide the best medication for the problem, not you. At least in my country, which is not USnA
That's indeed a very serious and exceptionally dangerous thing, especially when certain nations are so easily influenced by the news, commercials and politicians. There's too much information around these days and people simply can't think themselves anymore.
I'm going through some major health problems. I'm not really enjoying anything anymore, but Ismo is pretty much the only person able to still make me laugh.
Have you tried Mitch Hedberg? James Acaster? th-cam.com/video/eQ7oPjvYZck/w-d-xo.html WILTY? Would I Lie To You? These will kill you laughing! :-) Excerpts: th-cam.com/video/2vOUoqJJAPo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/uXfhbQ0n-58/w-d-xo.html
I absolutely love that ISMO can illuminate this in such a humorous way. I live in Canada, and thus have been exposed to a lot of American TV, and it's still mind blowing when I see prescription drug advertisement to the general public. I think "how the hell is this legal?" and then realize that they also allow unlimited private and corporate money in political advertising and it all comes back full circle. In Canada we even have strict laws about how pharmaceutical companies can "advertise" directly to doctors.
@@fellow7091 Well, in Russia the TV is under strict government control and the propaganda is very strong even in the news. There is no free news or media in Russia. So that's quite a big difference . . .
DUDE ! ! ! You are by far one of the most hilarious comedians of this day and age. In a world where hate and division is so prevalent, you sir are at the top of my list of favorite comedians of all time! Thank you !
Actually most of his non- Finnish language jokes are about the stupidity of the English language. So listening to his shows in Finland is quite different re the subject matter.
I've started watching the FOX live NASCAR broadcasts over the internet recently, and that is true. Half of the commercials seem to be for medicine and the other half is fast food. Maybe just have less of the latter so you wouldn't need so much of the former?
Its a valid point. I've seen some of those commercials - they always end with "Ask your doctor about xantaclonoxita" or some drug. Why the hell would i need to ask my doctor about that?
He's actually right. I stopped watching TV in 'Murica after my 1st trip. Those commercials are so bad. One time, there was an advert for a drug for reckless foot symdrom. I started to feel that I had that disease and I'm a paraplegic!!!
I stopped watching TV like 20 years ago and only watch it occasionally when visiting friends or my parents. and WOW! the amount of stupidity, commercials, brainwashing and more stupidity is really astonishing. how can people stand this?
Same here. It's shocking. I also got on my brother's laptop a few months ago to show him something, and discovered what a computer without a VPN and adblock, using all google products, looks like these days. I was like: "You don't have to live like this, you know."
Something has to pay for the programming! Since there are no TV Licenses for people to pay, they have to watch the commercials which are actually paying for the shows. Also, since a lot of the shows Europeans watch too, are produced in America - so they are much cheaper just to buy in Europe and elsewhere than to produce. I don't mean to be a downer.... I love Ismo, and his fantastic content for jokes, but sometimes feel that many of my Finnish friends (I was born in Finland, and have lived the in the US for decades) question me about the expensive hospitals and short maternity leaves.... Well, nothing is FREE and somehow we all have to pay for it all!
@@JaanaG2005 You're correct, nothing is free....On average Americans pay more for their healthcare than virtually any other developed country. Private health insurance is a virtual tax, with profits for the insurance company syphoned off the top of course, & little public oversight.. BTW your former countrymen have roughly a two year longer lifespan than Americans...
this is wonderful! I came to this video for a college assignment about pharmaceutical commercials and my thoughts are identical to him! I just have to convert all of this to a minimum 2 sheet job! LOL
I agree. I try to with pay for commercial free or mute the commercials as often as possible. It’s something that should be on. We shouldn’t be advertising drugs, the doctors should be the ones to recommend what we need.
And pharmaceutical reps are the ones who are supposed to be selling and advertising the drugs to the doctors. So why are those commercials even on TV? 😶
@@thrillyria I have no idea, but they're obviously worth all the money spent (somehow). They simply wouldn't advertise them on TV if it meant net loss when it comes to profits.
@@mikitz I think they are bribing the media. Lots of advertisements means that the media considers twice before reporting stories that are negative to their biggest paycheck.
A very well structured routine! So much did I laugh that I barely had time to catch my breath. You were funny 4 years ago, but now you are hilarious. Keep it up!
As a Norwegian living in the US, I also gave up watching US television. It felt like 75% was commercials to me. And oh my God all those pill commercials. Initially when I came I could not fathom why all Americans I met where so knowledgable about drugs. I had reflux and nobody in my native Norway knew anything about that or the pills to use. In the US it felt like anybody on the street could list 5 different pills suitable for that condition. It was like being in a country where everybody had some sort of medical degree. After watching American television, I began realizing why everybody in the US is so knowledgeable about drugs. That is what they spend most of their time learning about. Especially pain killers. My God Americans know their pain killers and gobble them like candy. The insane pain killer usage in the US suggest that all those ads are not healthy at all. I am not kidding. I actually predicted the opioid crisis BEFORE it happened. I told myself: "All this painkiller usage is going to very wrong some day."
Erik. 100%. Did arrive same year -84. Did have SAS flight from Oslo to NYC Kennedy. From Ismo country, being Finland. D plane crashed or at least did overrun the runaway to Jamaica bay.Bay.. Never left this place. Am in LA. Ismo = funny
The most inexplicable for me is when they talk in a highly positive way about a drug without ever actually saying what it is supposed to do AND THEN ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT IT. I"m pretty sure that doctors are getting pretty sick about patients wanting them to explain what some completely *random* drug does.
One of the funniest comedians I’ve heard in a LONG time. I really enjoy your content brother. The world needs more laughs right now. Thank you for bringing laughter to us all.
I watched american TV once through some pirate stream. 11 minutes of content, 14 minutes of ads, 11 minutes of content, 14 minutes of ads. Like clockwork.
He nailed it. In a one minute commercial they spend 30 seconds talking about how great the drug is and the last 30 seconds listing how it can harm you.
ISMO combines on-point witty commentary about the crazy things in modern life, with a genuinely human kindness. It's a counter-march on a lot of modern standup which is hard, unforgiving and bitter.
He's not wrong. Funny, but not wrong. I don't think Americans truly realize just how bizarre it is to have TV commercials for things like pharmaceuticals, or lawyers e.g.. I suppose it's ironic, that in the country that brought you "the war on drugs", all manner of legal dope can be pushed on prime time TV. I guess pharmaceutical commercials are just a side effect of not having universal healthcare 🤷♂
In Australia, we have a few medication commercials for basic things like Panadol or Sore throat lozenges or indigestion but not many and they don't have these weird disclaimer voices at the end with the side effects. The first time I saw one of these U.S commercials it was very weird and confronting.
Yeah, but New Zealand has a public health system with a single buyer for pretty much the entire country with some minor exceptions. This means that while pharma companies are nominally allowed to advertise, in reality doing so would be just a waste of advertising dollars for them because no one actually buys what they're advertising.
So true!! 🤣 The commercial be like "you may not even know you have it but that's a symptom! Talk to your doctor and ask if buying our drug is the solution to get you some side effects today!"
A commercial just can't be the first point of contact for treating high cholesterol. "Ask your doctor about Lipitor!" or something similar. The Finnish saying of going up a tree ass first is an appropriate description for this 😂
Okay, I just had a realization. I have seen many short videos of this comedian on TH-cam and enjoy his humor. But something kept tickling at the back of my brain making me wonder why he sounds so familiar, as if telling me that his foreigner in a foreign land act reminds me of something very similar that I've seen and heard in the past. And just now listening to him talk, I suddenly realized who he reminds me of. He reminds me of Balki Bartokomous from the Greek Island of Mypos! His tone and way of speaking reminds me so much of Balki from "Perfect Strangers". The only thing that's missing in his act is the celebratory Mypos "dance of joy".
I don't even understand why these commercials are allowed. Commercials for car tyres, ok, I suppose. But those pills you can buy without a doctor's diagnoses... If you combine some of those, you can go from quite healthy to... quiet dead ? Less living ?
My favorite part of these commercials is when they say "do not take ____ if you're allergic to ____" when it's some new drug that just became available
That's some funny azz shi#!!🤣🤣 I love this comedian, and also his accent is cool! And he's telling some true/ funny stories in his shows, which some of us can relate to.
I've spend a time in the us, and when I was there that was also one of the things that I noticed, all the commercials on drugs, where I am from we do not do that, so that got me thinking there is propably a drug for the ones who use to mich prescription drugs for those who will like to stop using plenty
We’ve banned commercials for tobacco product, but not big pharma ads. I expect my doctor to know about what drugs I may, or may not, need. The whole concept of marketing drugs to the “public” is unfathomable. Just another example of how screwed up this country is …
No niin. I lived in Finland for a year and they have such quick commercials that don't take up half the shows , but that was before streaming services, though they are getting bad too now.
Commercials on US TV: one third about junk food that make you sick, one third about pharma products that are supposed to cure, one third about lawyers who tell you to press charge against junk food and pharma companies.
😂😂😂👍👍👍👍
The American way.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@vincentv.9729:
Isn't that enough to make a person sick?
Almost 💯 except I've never in my life seen a legal ad over junk food, guy.
His little grunts and sighs and groans make him so human and relatable and likeable!
I agree, it always gives him this kind of "I am usually shy, but I am gonna speak now" vibe
it kinda makes me nervous cos im an introvert and I know how easy others will just run u over when u try to speak ur mind or a story cos people mostly will not listen unless ur the center of the room and speak loud and proud.
I think it’s on purpose, part of what makes him so funny.
It reminds me of Yoda
Spot on indeed! ❤
The greatest cultural shock of my life was when I arrived in North America the first time in 1984 and saw the farmaceutical commercials. I thought they were unbelievably unethical, and I still do. It tells a lot of Ismo’s genius that he can derive comedy from them.
USA is the reason why I love TV shows, USA is also the reason why I hate watching TV. they make great TV shows, but the lamest ads. they're so lame it's like they intentionally compete to be the lamest. thank goodness for on-demand streaming service.
I mean prescription drugs can’t legally have commercials in Canada so I guess you mean the US and Mexico
Same. Extremely unethical and it popped out to me only days after arriving. I still refuse to even listen to one - I feel infuriated
@@GrammeStudio they only export to the world their best work. Their shitty commercials and shitty health system are only seen from the inside of the US 😂
Prescription drugs can't be advertised to the general public here in Australia either.
He may be joking, but he addressed a very serious topic, how commercials brainwash people.
Totally!
Well there's that...but more so it's a comment on American privatised free market healthcare & the oversized role of pharmaceutical companies in healthcare provision..We Europeans find it shocking that Pharma companies are allowed to advertise prescription drugs to the public at all. We have brainwashing commercials too, but just not when it comes to health. Some things are too important to be left to the free market, believe it or not.
It's funny 'cause it's true.
I was blown away when I heard Mark Cuban in shark tank saying that "you go to doctor and then you tell the doctor that you want antibiotics, and doctor should give you those." That is the sickest thing I have ever heard. You do not decide when you need antibiotics, or any other medicine which you can't get without perscription. That's why there are doctors, they decide the best medication for the problem, not you. At least in my country, which is not USnA
That's indeed a very serious and exceptionally dangerous thing, especially when certain nations are so easily influenced by the news, commercials and politicians. There's too much information around these days and people simply can't think themselves anymore.
The side effects of watching ISMO clips: improved mood, sudden bursts of laughter, and belly pain (from all the laughter).
Are the author of Tulyaki reforms?..
😂 So true! I had belly pain and shortness of breath from laughing!
Also, soreness in cheeks
Dont forget difficulty breathing, anal leakage and urinary incontinence.
(From all the laughter) ?
I have never heard of a more educational comedy in my life. Thx Ismo!
If you care for educational comedy, have fun falling into a George Carlin rabbit hole.
Try some George Carlin, he'll change your life
George Carlin is funny comedian in a way that he barely even told jokes, just truths
Try Carlin
I've always said that comedians speak kernels of truth and Ismo just spit out a solid nugget of advice.
Those ads have been on American tv for decades. I have been saying for decades " if you wish to live do not take this".
Majority of the bits by the greatest comedian of all time, George Carlin were social criticism.
Also lots of lawyers advising on American tv. Never seen this in Europe, which is more about dishwasher soap and floor mops.
Ismo is a breath of fresh air in a stale world
I'm going through some major health problems. I'm not really enjoying anything anymore, but Ismo is pretty much the only person able to still make me laugh.
Hang in there my friend, it won't always be that way 💗
Remember, every day is a victory!
One day at a time. If too hard, one hour at a time. Hang in there!!
Hope u get better soon
Have you tried Mitch Hedberg?
James Acaster? th-cam.com/video/eQ7oPjvYZck/w-d-xo.html
WILTY? Would I Lie To You? These will kill you laughing! :-) Excerpts:
th-cam.com/video/2vOUoqJJAPo/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/uXfhbQ0n-58/w-d-xo.html
I absolutely love that ISMO can illuminate this in such a humorous way. I live in Canada, and thus have been exposed to a lot of American TV, and it's still mind blowing when I see prescription drug advertisement to the general public. I think "how the hell is this legal?" and then realize that they also allow unlimited private and corporate money in political advertising and it all comes back full circle. In Canada we even have strict laws about how pharmaceutical companies can "advertise" directly to doctors.
The advertisers are lawyers that want to represent you when you contract such ailments.
So how much the TV in America differs from the TV in Russia? Big money propaganda ruling in the both countries.
@@fellow7091 Well, in Russia the TV is under strict government control and the propaganda is very strong even in the news. There is no free news or media in Russia. So that's quite a big difference . . .
@@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20 Haha trump believers
remember the Nuremberg Code, and the reasons why it exists
DUDE ! ! ! You are by far one of the most hilarious comedians of this day and age. In a world where hate and division is so prevalent, you sir are at the top of my list of favorite comedians of all time! Thank you !
Genius. Netflix needs this guy. They have so many mediocre stand up comedians, they need Ismo.
That was one of the best monologs i have ever heard on so many levels, mostly comical but deep (ass) well
Fantastic observational humour and delivery.
Ismo delivers yet again!
Ismo makes you wanna learn his language just to go watch his homeland content
Actually most of his non- Finnish language jokes are about the stupidity of the English language. So listening to his shows in Finland is quite different re the subject matter.
@@piretreiljan9398 Totally untrue. If you don't understand the language it's fine, just don't make up shit like this..
100% true. I'm glad to see a comic who's sharing some revealing insights about corporate media. And badass hilarious t'boot!
I've started watching the FOX live NASCAR broadcasts over the internet recently, and that is true. Half of the commercials seem to be for medicine and the other half is fast food. Maybe just have less of the latter so you wouldn't need so much of the former?
You have to start somewhere.
Maybe the fast food commercials should mention the side effects, too.
Its a valid point. I've seen some of those commercials - they always end with "Ask your doctor about xantaclonoxita" or some drug. Why the hell would i need to ask my doctor about that?
So your doctor can get kickback bribe money for it....
Such a great comedian! Part of what makes him funnier is the break in his voice while telling his jokes.
new ismo content is truly one of god's gifts
He's actually right. I stopped watching TV in 'Murica after my 1st trip. Those commercials are so bad. One time, there was an advert for a drug for reckless foot symdrom. I started to feel that I had that disease and I'm a paraplegic!!!
Ismo is such a clever and observant comedian. Everyone loves him.
those laughs he makes in between are lovely.
ISMO is the BEST comedian these days! Sorry ISMO that was a compliment! 😂
I stopped watching TV like 20 years ago and only watch it occasionally when visiting friends or my parents. and WOW! the amount of stupidity, commercials, brainwashing and more stupidity is really astonishing. how can people stand this?
You are wise.
I haven't had a TV since 1996 myself! 📺
Such a waste of time! There's so much to do, where do people find the time to watch TV!!? 🤔😝💋
Same here.
It's shocking.
I also got on my brother's laptop a few months ago to show him something, and discovered what a computer without a VPN and adblock, using all google products, looks like these days. I was like: "You don't have to live like this, you know."
I can relate. United States tv medicine commercials are always a weird thing to Europeans... 😂
Something has to pay for the programming! Since there are no TV Licenses for people to pay, they have to watch the commercials which are actually paying for the shows. Also, since a lot of the shows Europeans watch too, are produced in America - so they are much cheaper just to buy in Europe and elsewhere than to produce. I don't mean to be a downer.... I love Ismo, and his fantastic content for jokes, but sometimes feel that many of my Finnish friends (I was born in Finland, and have lived the in the US for decades) question me about the expensive hospitals and short maternity leaves.... Well, nothing is FREE and somehow we all have to pay for it all!
@@JaanaG2005 You're hilarious!
@@JaanaG2005 You're correct, nothing is free....On average Americans pay more for their healthcare than virtually any other developed country. Private health insurance is a virtual tax, with profits for the insurance company syphoned off the top of course, & little public oversight.. BTW your former countrymen have roughly a two year longer lifespan than Americans...
Finnish commercials are a weird thing to Russians..
@@andr_sh why?
Hit the nail on the head. EDIT: THANK YOU FOR THE NEW UPLOAD! You’re one of my favorite comedians.
Ismo, you are one of the funniest people I've ever known. Thank You for sharing your gift!
As a Finn I seriously envy Ismo about speaking English so fluently and still sounding unerringly... Finn.
this is wonderful! I came to this video for a college assignment about pharmaceutical commercials and my thoughts are identical to him! I just have to convert all of this to a minimum 2 sheet job! LOL
I agree. I try to with pay for commercial free or mute the commercials as often as possible. It’s something that should be on. We shouldn’t be advertising drugs, the doctors should be the ones to recommend what we need.
I wish he’d release more English standup. His style of comedy is very unique and hilarious.
wdym? hes focusing on American stand up past 5 years
Awesome as always.
Ismo “is mo” funny than most other comics. Hauska jätkä! 🇫🇮❤️
Yes! That's so true. Why do I need to know about a new drug for a disease I don't even have. Let doctor's tell their patients. Hilarious!
And pharmaceutical reps are the ones who are supposed to be selling and advertising the drugs to the doctors. So why are those commercials even on TV? 😶
@@thrillyria I have no idea, but they're obviously worth all the money spent (somehow). They simply wouldn't advertise them on TV if it meant net loss when it comes to profits.
That's so weird.
So that while you're watching TV, you can get those magical THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE...
@@mikitz I think they are bribing the media. Lots of advertisements means that the media considers twice before reporting stories that are negative to their biggest paycheck.
I love that a pretty cliche subject can be so funny and fresh through Ismo's perspective. He's infectious.
Ask your doctor if infectious Ismo is right for you
A very well structured routine! So much did I laugh that I barely had time to catch my breath. You were funny 4 years ago, but now you are hilarious. Keep it up!
As a Norwegian living in the US, I also gave up watching US television. It felt like 75% was commercials to me. And oh my God all those pill commercials. Initially when I came I could not fathom why all Americans I met where so knowledgable about drugs. I had reflux and nobody in my native Norway knew anything about that or the pills to use. In the US it felt like anybody on the street could list 5 different pills suitable for that condition. It was like being in a country where everybody had some sort of medical degree.
After watching American television, I began realizing why everybody in the US is so knowledgeable about drugs. That is what they spend most of their time learning about. Especially pain killers. My God Americans know their pain killers and gobble them like candy. The insane pain killer usage in the US suggest that all those ads are not healthy at all. I am not kidding. I actually predicted the opioid crisis BEFORE it happened. I told myself: "All this painkiller usage is going to very wrong some day."
It's a state run by modern drug mafias. TV gets income from that. Politicians get money from drug companies. So...
Erik. 100%. Did arrive same year -84.
Did have SAS flight from Oslo to NYC Kennedy. From Ismo country, being Finland. D plane crashed or at least did overrun the runaway to Jamaica bay.Bay..
Never left this place. Am in LA.
Ismo = funny
So how much the TV in America differs from the TV in Russia? Big money propaganda ruling in the both countries. And sheep follow.
Sending love from IRAN. You are the one making me laugh.
The most inexplicable for me is when they talk in a highly positive way about a drug without ever actually saying what it is supposed to do AND THEN ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT IT. I"m pretty sure that doctors are getting pretty sick about patients wanting them to explain what some completely *random* drug does.
Hilarious as always ISMO😂 From Norway 🇳🇴
FINLAND!!!
@@whollyman I am from Norway😂
Kiitos Ismo :) Oot niin maailman hauskin koomikko.
He's got the best timing.
One of the funniest comedians I’ve heard in a LONG time. I really enjoy your content brother. The world needs more laughs right now. Thank you for bringing laughter to us all.
I'm canadian, and he's right; American TV is so weird to watch because it's half pharmaceutical commercials
You need DRUGS
I watched american TV once through some pirate stream. 11 minutes of content, 14 minutes of ads, 11 minutes of content, 14 minutes of ads. Like clockwork.
Ismo this joke aged like fine wine 🏅
He nailed it. In a one minute commercial they spend 30 seconds talking about how great the drug is and the last 30 seconds listing how it can harm you.
I was inspired by all the side effects 🤣🤣🤣
This guy is really really funny 😂😂😂. I start watching his clips. Brilliant.
Ismo you're fantastic, keep up the great work.
ISMO combines on-point witty commentary about the crazy things in modern life, with a genuinely human kindness. It's a counter-march on a lot of modern standup which is hard, unforgiving and bitter.
I Googled my symptoms and I found that I’m 13 months pregnant!
I googled my side effects and found out I'm taking Viagra!
That is somewhat remarkable. I mean, for a man.
There is a new emoji for ya.
He's not wrong. Funny, but not wrong. I don't think Americans truly realize just how bizarre it is to have TV commercials for things like pharmaceuticals, or lawyers e.g.. I suppose it's ironic, that in the country that brought you "the war on drugs", all manner of legal dope can be pushed on prime time TV.
I guess pharmaceutical commercials are just a side effect of not having universal healthcare 🤷♂
This is extremely good observation comedy. Bravo Ismo, you made me think. I also have that strong urge now!
In Australia, we have a few medication commercials for basic things like Panadol or Sore throat lozenges or indigestion but not many and they don't have these weird disclaimer voices at the end with the side effects. The first time I saw one of these U.S commercials it was very weird and confronting.
Not in Canada either. I can live happily without itching eyeballs.😅
love your work! much love from austria!
Haha that is a very good point about prescription medicine!! Love your jokes!
The United States and New Zealand are the only countries in the world that permit the advertising of prescription drugs to the public 🧐
We constantly see them in Canada too, only because have many American tv channels available to us.
If I were given 50 options I wouldn't have guessed NZ have same issues with pharma commercials.
Had to look it up.. Fucking crazy shit
Russia also
Yeah, but New Zealand has a public health system with a single buyer for pretty much the entire country with some minor exceptions. This means that while pharma companies are nominally allowed to advertise, in reality doing so would be just a waste of advertising dollars for them because no one actually buys what they're advertising.
Your comedy is always brilliant, so spot on 🤣
So true!! 🤣 The commercial be like "you may not even know you have it but that's a symptom! Talk to your doctor and ask if buying our drug is the solution to get you some side effects today!"
Thanks for sharing this with us Ismo, much appreciated!
Ismo is gold, and behind the jokes always a serious afterthought
A commercial just can't be the first point of contact for treating high cholesterol. "Ask your doctor about Lipitor!" or something similar. The Finnish saying of going up a tree ass first is an appropriate description for this 😂
Okay, I just had a realization. I have seen many short videos of this comedian on TH-cam and enjoy his humor. But something kept tickling at the back of my brain making me wonder why he sounds so familiar, as if telling me that his foreigner in a foreign land act reminds me of something very similar that I've seen and heard in the past. And just now listening to him talk, I suddenly realized who he reminds me of. He reminds me of Balki Bartokomous from the Greek Island of Mypos! His tone and way of speaking reminds me so much of Balki from "Perfect Strangers". The only thing that's missing in his act is the celebratory Mypos "dance of joy".
One of the most brilliant criticism skits of the pharma complex!
Ismo, I like your material. You're a good guy!
I love your humor! Hoping you will come to the US to tour again soon...
Funniest man alive! Would love to see him some day.
"That was not the TV..." *reps*
Ismo, you are absolutely hilarious. New fan from London UK - doing any tours over here? Come to town!
Hahaha. You're one of my favourite comedians
I really enjoy ISMO delivery style
Bravo ! Bravo ! Clearly a most intelligent observation 👍👍so very true 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love your stuff Ismo! Thanks so much. Hope to see you ‘in person’ (hah, “Alive) someday!
I don't even understand why these commercials are allowed.
Commercials for car tyres, ok, I suppose.
But those pills you can buy without a doctor's diagnoses...
If you combine some of those, you can go from quite healthy to... quiet dead ? Less living ?
You can also land your helicopter at the shopping mall if you wish. Things are quite different in the U.S.
Nail on the head, always!
Great as always! ISMO is amazing.
Brilliant conscious humor as always..love it!!!
You are SO RIGHT! I Don’t watch TV but when I turned it on one night, that’s exactly what I noticed!
I laugh I laugh I laugh!! ISMO is definitely fun to watch/listen!!!!
My favorite part of these commercials is when they say "do not take ____ if you're allergic to ____" when it's some new drug that just became available
Golden😂 and 100% truly spoken 💙
The commercials are out of control here in the US. Live TV is basically unwatchable.
Clever. On so many levels ISMO . Love it! ;-) :-)
That's some funny azz shi#!!🤣🤣
I love this comedian, and also his accent is cool!
And he's telling some true/ funny stories in his shows, which some of us can relate to.
He is a comic genius !
The first time I saw American TV and those medicine commercials, I thought it was some kind of joke. Very bizarre commercials indeed...
Now I understand why there is so much hate on "big pharma" in the US.
literraly, the US and New Zealand are the only two countries on the surface of the Earth to allow prescribed drug commercials.
I've spend a time in the us, and when I was there that was also one of the things that I noticed, all the commercials on drugs, where I am from we do not do that, so that got me thinking there is propably a drug for the ones who use to mich prescription drugs for those who will like to stop using plenty
We’ve banned commercials for tobacco product, but not big pharma ads. I expect my doctor to know about what drugs I may, or may not, need. The whole concept of marketing drugs to the “public” is unfathomable. Just another example of how screwed up this country is …
Don't forget all the injury lawyer commercials as well.
This is the funniest comic on earth (perhaps in the galaxy)! He could make the description of a blade of grass make me pee myself!
Great one again 😂😂😂
"I was inspired by the side effects". As a Dutchman, I can totally relate to that.
No niin.
I lived in Finland for a year and they have such quick commercials that don't take up half the shows , but that was before streaming services, though they are getting bad too now.
Commercials are why I don't watch tv anymore
Yet you are watching TH-cam.
@@SwissSareth I have TH-cam premium
@@SwissSareth or through the Brave Browser, faster and no ads ;)
Adblocker for the win. Just use browser with adblock. No need to pay anything.
@@Finnish_guy if you use Brave Browser, you wont even need an adblocker, cause it's built in.
Damn. I was watching tv and had the thought that this should be a bit. Someone got to it before me. Well done.
Yes. If you've lived in the US your entire life, you'll never know how crazy that is.