If you ever feel useless, just remember North Korea has a prime minister…

@ThommyofThenn

2 ай бұрын

I had never thought about this. I suppose they just go around various farms and towns telling folks that things are going great. But i actually have no idea what they would do. Thanks for the interesting thing to consider

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

2 ай бұрын

Another funny joke: North Korea used to have an office called the "Vice President of the DPRK" which hasn't been filled since 1977...

@TinyBearTim

2 ай бұрын

@@ThommyofThennthe same thing others would do the country still has systems that need to be ran

@romaliop

2 ай бұрын

It's not like a dictator will be planning and deciding everything by himself. The prime minister of North Korea may even have more power, responsibility and things to do than Western prime ministers.

@bigblue6917

2 ай бұрын

@@ThommyofThenn Actually that sounds like many other governments

Order of the Enthusiastic Clapper, Second Class

@bigblue6917

2 ай бұрын

Your hands stay numb for a month. Which why not many make it to first class.

@TankMasterGo

2 ай бұрын

Order of Victory over the Crab Wars, First Class

@Skipper.17

2 ай бұрын

If it’s second class you get shot for not clapping well enough. It’s only first class that you survive.

@SneakyTravels

2 ай бұрын

Enthusiastic Clapper, First Class is a medal your grandkids will still proudly wear. Enthusiastic Clapper, Second Class is "award" of free lifetime vacation for your entire family at many of Second Class Enthusiasts "resorts". There is no Second Class of anything in Best Korea, you spy.

@MrGoombasticveryFantastic

2 ай бұрын

Distributed by the Office of supreme clapping

They wear Medals because they cant afford bullet-proof vests

@bigblue6917

2 ай бұрын

Just imagine the noise if you hit one of those medals and the bullet started bouncing off the other medals. It would sound like a xylophone falling down several flights of stairs.

@The_whales

2 ай бұрын

A lot of money is spent on nukes and chemical weapons which is obviously not cheap

@Daniel4646

2 ай бұрын

Even then, these medals should consist of mere painted cardboard instead of metal.

@ScoutSniper3124

2 ай бұрын

Following that FAT little nimrod they put the SAP in SAPI plates.

@jellypetertheeel6360

2 ай бұрын

Cuz medals are hereditary

Giant Magnet vs North Korean General. The ultimate showdown.

@Sazabi4prez

2 ай бұрын

If they make most of them in non-magnetic metals, NK dude wins

@1lovesoni

2 ай бұрын

Medals are often made of bronze, brass, or copper, while in countries with scarce resources, like DPRK, they're often made of zink alloys or tin. Most of these metals aren't magnetic.

@bigblue6917

2 ай бұрын

@@1lovesoni Damn. Just as we came up with a great plan to defeat North Korea.

@Plaprad

2 ай бұрын

At this point, 90% are probably painted plastic.

@arya31ful

2 ай бұрын

​@@Plaprad Doubt they even have enough oil to cast them. Those things could be wooden right now.

"Are the medals for surviving Kim's speeches? Maybe collectively they form a sort of bulletproof vest? Maybe most of the awards are given to those who clap the longest?" ALL of the above.

@mshotz1

2 ай бұрын

Don't forget, in the 1930's, the Party Congress stood and clapped for Stalin for over an hour because everyone was afraid to the seen as the first to stop.

@kadecooke9963

2 ай бұрын

It's for who gives the best BJ.

For Halloween, I'm dressing up as a North Korean General and have the medals cover not just my entire jacket but my pants as well.

@JJDFN

2 ай бұрын

Place the excess medals on the soles of your shoes like Benny hill !!!

@ericlackford6718

2 ай бұрын

It will take a lot of beer bottle tops to replicate! Good luck collecting all of them. ( hic)

@MrUltranuman

2 ай бұрын

@@michaelmurdock4607 altered images. But they are amusing.

@ninjaswordtothehead

27 күн бұрын

Have a scarf 8-10 feet (2.5-3m) long, covered in medals and dragging behind you. 😂

@simplyaregularguy131

13 күн бұрын

If you do this, can you make a video?

Of course, there had to be a Zhukov reference at 1:48 Most badass introduction in movie history.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 ай бұрын

Truly. I'll jam that scene in every video I can.

@danielstickney2400

2 ай бұрын

Interestingly one of the most iconic photos of the real Zhukov shows him wearing only three medals. But it's probably false modesty since they're the three highest honors the Soviet Union could bestow.

@andresmartinezramos7513

2 ай бұрын

​@@danielstickney2400It's a hunongous flex

@TitusFFM

2 ай бұрын

Fun fact in reality he had more medals but the film crew decided to trim it down because it would look ludicrous...

@geoffreymathwin1205

2 ай бұрын

n

taking the term artillery tractor too literally

@MisterOcclusion

2 ай бұрын

You'd think they would at least paint them OD green or something...

@SCH292

2 ай бұрын

We all know those are tractors but in North Korea it's the newest MLRS.

@user-rd8do5yb4h

2 ай бұрын

The absolute state of it 😂

Award for Human Tragedy on an unprecedented scale

@ThommyofThenn

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's messed up but my own country does some terrible things also. But I don't want to give stuff like this a free pass either. Idk I'm no philosopher and at least I technically have the option to leave if I get fed up enough. These poor people get shot at trying to leave, and South Koreans have died trying to smuggle works of art including literature and film into the North

This is like kids awarding each other cardboard medals in primary school or something

@planescaped

2 ай бұрын

_cue Opera Winfrey meme_

@ShaggyRogers1

2 ай бұрын

Welcome to military medals. There are military medals for almost everything, and the only part that makes NK stand out is the inherited medals portion. If the US were to follow the inherited medals custom, then many generational military families would be sporting similar coats.

"What's that medal?" "Oh, that's the one you get once you have 20 medals." Little kids, playing Soldier...

All those medals will explain why North Koreans are shorter than South Koreans. That's a lot of weight to carry.

So basically like Participation Trophies?

@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527

2 ай бұрын

Not even. Getting a trophy for something your grandpa participated in

@zackthebongripper7274

2 ай бұрын

@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 It's the leftist way. . .

I liked that cut to a laughing Kim when you mentioned the Order of Democracy. Well played

@donaldmaxie5264

2 ай бұрын

Remember, North Korea is officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

5:31 "if Kim Jong Un decided to wear his father's and grandfather's metals, it may be a struggle, as Kim Il sung had 200+ medals" nah, bro is packing plenty of canvas space for all that bling

@goldwinger5434

2 ай бұрын

Medals, not "metals."

@esajuhanirintamaki965

Ай бұрын

What? Hermann Goering was a tiny rookie collecting medals...? He too almost collapsed of weight of his EK Mammuten-Kreuz! (= Iron Cross Mammoth Cross.)

Kim himself is said to have the medal for "Most executions performed by artillery piece."

@ThommyofThenn

2 ай бұрын

Lmao it's like he's a 1970s era Bond villain

@rc59191

2 ай бұрын

​@ThommyofThenn they had a James Bond movie that took place in North Korea I'm disappointed they didn't use him as the final boss lol.

@ThommyofThenn

2 ай бұрын

@@rc59191 I can understand why not but also feels like a missed opportunity lol

@bigblue6917

2 ай бұрын

Now that's bragging rights at the annual despotic dictatorship get together,

@Nathan-jh1ho

2 ай бұрын

The National Heavyweight Man First Class

"This one is for shiny shoes, this one for clapping the loudest at an assembly..." 🙂

@huntertrum3658

Ай бұрын

The guy who got an award for longest clap is definitely beefing with Loudclap McShiny Shoes.

Good video Johnny, have a medal 🏅🎖️

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 ай бұрын

Don't mind if I do.

@peterlowell7963

2 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqHere’s a medal for receiving that medal 🎖

@kellychuang8373

2 ай бұрын

Yes I can also say that and really looking into future ones like War Elephants, Siege Engines, RPG-7, AK-47, SA-7 and Stinger Missiles or saw this 1 about the Bouncing Betty or S-Mine as the Nazis say about that weapon among who knows.

@alex91849

2 ай бұрын

@@peterlowell7963and some more for good measure 🏅🎖️🏅🎖️🏅🏅🏅

3:54 those advanced MRLS got me rolling😂😂😂😂

@oddballsok

2 ай бұрын

ya aint laughing when the same farmers of europe head for brussels next june elections with the same tractors !

@alltat

2 ай бұрын

Ballistic seed dispensers for ultra-efficient farming. Far more advanced than what they have in the west!

@tplays6688

2 ай бұрын

@@alltat fr

People in 180 countries don't give a skit about these medals,they just feel sorry for the suffering people.

You fought with my father in the crab wars?

@JeffEdlund

2 ай бұрын

Yes, I was once shot at the DMZ, same as your father...

@slavsquatsuperstar

2 ай бұрын

How did my father die?

@vlexonkol8466

2 ай бұрын

I fought mudcrab braver than you!

@pickeljarsforhillary102

2 ай бұрын

Admiral Eugene Krabs.

@dave1234aust

2 ай бұрын

Your uncle told you your father chipped barnacles off tug boats, but yes, we fought in the crab wars. After the combat ended we celebrated in town, met some girls, had fun. Next morning we fought a different kind of crab war...

"History can say what it want but rarely does it remember anything correctly"-Lawkeeper Equity Mlp Ace Attorney EOJ

They're all the commendations for all the wars they've fought. You know, all those wars fought from 1950 to 1953

I heard Kim jong-un could bite into an ice cream bar with his front teeth and not flinch

For the sake of my future grandkids this video gets a thumbs up.

That moment when field marshal zhukov has the same amount of medals as some of these "Generals" and somehow is more believable (granted he was a CO in WW2 but that's besides the point)

@krle7970

2 ай бұрын

Captured Berlin he did

@forickgrimaldus8301

2 ай бұрын

TBF to Zhukov he was a good General for the USSR, yeah he had political support from Stalin but he was a Good General.

@justalurker3489

2 ай бұрын

Well he did successfully wage war against Nazi Germany, it was literally victory or extermination for the USSR. You can actually see where he might've earned them.

@mannydavis7708

2 ай бұрын

@@justalurker3489 When Eisenhower retired from the military, he had a total of 10 decorations awarded by the US. About 40 from other countries though.

@SteveBrownRocks2023

2 ай бұрын

@@forickgrimaldus8301actually, Zhukov as the only Soviet General that would sometimes disagree with Stalin. Stalin listened to him.

I'll say it again, as many times as I need to: If North Korea ever stops being a dictatorship, they are going to make a helluva lot of money as a half-time show.

@Lonovavir

2 ай бұрын

The marching troops footage is amazing. Even without beegees music played over it.

@krle7970

2 ай бұрын

@@Lonovavirthe goofy goose step (they over exaggerate it, East Germany did correctly)

@Nathan-jh1ho

2 ай бұрын

​@@krle7970it looks like they stopped doing the super high jumpy goose step and just do normal goose step now

@krle7970

2 ай бұрын

@@Nathan-jh1ho it must have been exhausting for the soldiers

Arnold J. Rimmer, BSC (bronze swimming certificate), with medals for three years long service, six years long service, and nine years long service.

@davestark2015

2 ай бұрын

Love that show watched it yesterday

Kim IL Sung always trips me up since my favorite history teacher had a nearly identically suit. Always double take since I'm like that can't be Mr. D haha

I'm a simple man, I see a Team America thumbnail, I like

@mgaeeeee9150

2 ай бұрын

Yeah. Once you see that, you have to click on the video

@grogn69

Ай бұрын

Agreed 😂 ( so ronery...)

Thanks for showing the badass clip of Zhukov. Great video, very informative. 👍

That one on the far left is for making a cup of tea, one next to it for tying shoelaces and that far right one is for showing up.

I thought the hereditary system was applied only to the Kim family. But, the fact that other government and military positions are passed down too makes the image of North Korea being more similar to a traditional kingdom than a republic.

@muhammadashshiddiq8752

2 ай бұрын

it's literally feudalism at this point.

@Graham-ce2yk

2 ай бұрын

What will be truly interesting is the next sucession, to date the Kim Dynasty has passed from father to son, this time we are looking at a father to daughter sucession. How the various members of the 'nobility' are going to react to that will make for interesting times.

@snowboi2813

2 ай бұрын

@@Graham-ce2yk and considering NKorea's mostly patriarchic system, we could see a shift in that balance. This same question was also floating around at the time when Kim was ill and there were speculations of his sister replacing him if something happens.

The first answer that came to my mind: Because they copy the Soviets who too had too many medals. But then why did the Soviets had so many medals? 🤔

@cocacola4blood365

2 ай бұрын

Bullet proofing, radiation shielding, and anything that might arise from the fact that Soviet safety doctrine sucked like a two dollar whore.

@grizwoldphantasia5005

2 ай бұрын

They copied the Tsars.

@daotrongkhanh1205

2 ай бұрын

But then why did the Tsar have so many medals?

@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527

2 ай бұрын

In fairness the Soviets were involved in actual wars throughout their history.

@grizwoldphantasia5005

2 ай бұрын

@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 In other fairness, the North Koreans have been involved in their peninsular war since 1950. No peace treaty has ever ended it.

Thanks, i always wondered about that.

Awesome video!

Interesting stuff, Johnny.

I can’t look at clips of North Korea without thinking of Kim having the power to turn everyone into wii sports characters

this actually explains a lot of the jokes we see online when you check a NK parade or something with this guys in it. Great video!

Every North Korean General can easily comply with the minimum 15 pieces of flair for employment at Chotchkie's.

The suffering of the North Korean people is beyond understanding.

Great video!

Love all the Team America clips

"Sir, our new super weapon for North Korea is complete.... I call it... A high powered magnet."

I saw those medals back when I was at a local mint coin convention. Apparently it was a mix of replicas and -smuggled- imported medals. Its the closest thing to seeing anything North Korean for me.

I remember in one of Pat Barkers novels of her trilogy based on the first world War, one of the protagonist had thrown his VC into the sea because he didn't want to remember what he'd had to do earn it and just saw it as a piece of metal.

Thank you for this

Reminds me of a joke people made about Hermann Göring (during the man's lifetime, of course), that he had so many medals that the last one read “hinten geht's weiter” - “to be continued on the back”.

Maybe they bought them through a pawn shop.

@Jesse-wn6jd

2 ай бұрын

With what money? Probably takes them a year of work to buy a stapler of real metal

North Korea: You get a medal, and you get a medal, and everyone gets a medal!

After so many, you get a free toaster....lol

I think if you made a video on the ‘medal inflation’ within the US military, that would be a good topic.

The most decorated Soviet generals usually wore medal ribbons instead of the actual medals and orders to reduce the overall weight of these decorations

I used to think they walked thru Pep Boys with magnetic uniforms and that’s how they got so many

North Korea: "You're mocking me aren't you? Johnny: "No no no LOOK A MEDAL FOR CATCHING A CRAB!" "WHERE?!"

I never knew he had so many athletic accomplishments LOL Thanks Johnny

You get a medal, you get a medal, you get a medal, everybody gets a medal!

Very interesting, thanks. I never knew the part about how they can wear their father's or grandfather's medals too, which explains why they have so many.

This was well written, bravo.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 ай бұрын

Thank ya sir 🏅

What show is the clips with the dolls from?

@sjp35productions6

2 ай бұрын

Team America: World Police. It was made by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the guys who produce South Park.

Good Conduct Medal is holding Honorable Trousers up.

Also good video on here as well.

Each metal represents 5 years that you havent died of starvation.

Theory: A medal is given instead of a pay raise

@grizwoldphantasia5005

2 ай бұрын

Pay? What is this "pay" of which you speak?

@Maritimesgestein

2 ай бұрын

@@grizwoldphantasia5005 The right to live.

@trevorpom

2 ай бұрын

Or food...

Thank you for the threat of imprisonment, comrade! I have pressed the like button 3 times! Once for your grandfather, once for your father, and once for you!

@tinanguyen5969

2 ай бұрын

Threat???

"Communism is a lie"-liberty prime fallout 4

@classreductionist

2 ай бұрын

They're not communist. They're just a regular Monarchy with some hardcore nationalism thrown in.

@Taimoun

2 ай бұрын

@@classreductionist shut up commie scum

@ImieNazwiskoOK

2 ай бұрын

@@classreductionist Tbh that would still make it a lie since they want to be seen as communist and use communist symbolism

@thedude5449

2 ай бұрын

​@@classreductionist you are wrong.

@karlbarx1819

2 ай бұрын

Noth Korea doesn't claim to be communist nor have they for over 30 years. They follow Juche. Which is just a cult of personality monarchy for the Kim family.

Lol. PERFECT ending. I recorded that I liked the video too. No jail for me today, o great teacher!

I think they also have a claw game at the fair where you can try to grab a medal or two with the claw! I did see one General with a SkeeBall medal (hard to get).

When the very sight and mention of your country makes one laugh, you know you've made it into the history books.

0:48 look at that, these are ak type 1s they are early versions of the ak 47

@kellychuang8373

2 ай бұрын

Which you can also tell JJ about doing a video on as well.

If I don't like the video do my kids and grandkids also have to go to jail? Thank you Dear Johnny Leader for another interesting video.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 ай бұрын

Believe it or not... straight to jail.

@johanbjorkman1914

2 ай бұрын

​@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqyou are steeeaaling? Right to jail!

@ddegn

2 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Good thing I liked the video.

@zumbazumba1

2 ай бұрын

People shoul go straight to jail for using clickbait titles and fake thumbnails !

They get a medal for every year that kim doesn't kill them.

You know the great leader could slam dunk from the 3 point line. He's just keeping all of us safe from the broken glass that would fly around when he breaks the rim and backboard!

We need a sequel of Team America. Hell Yeah.

One of them got an award for democracy? I give Columbia the award for irony

They say Un is a three time 10 lb sirloin challenge champion

That clip of Jason Isaacs as Zhukov will never not go hard as fuck

As weird as it all is, the idea of getting a statue in your hometown for winning of the equivalent of the medal of honor is a really cool concept

I want an award for watching

Grandpa’s medals 🎖️ include knot tying, setting up a tent and making pipe cleaner animals

Interesting. I totally forgot hob W big his fathers' head was. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Awarded for chewing gum without chocking.

Once all the medals are pinned to the bottom of the jacket they start pinning them on their trousers.

Psychological warfare: The guy with the most or "biggest gear" just must be the best.

1:49 best possible clip for that segment😂

@chheinrich8486

2 ай бұрын

the real zukov had even more medals, they removed some from the film because they thought the audience wouldn’t believe it🤣🤣

Half of the medels are self-congratulatory and participation awards.

3:51 taking the definition of artillery tractor to the max

Kim Jong-il: You breaking my balls here, Hans. You breaking my balls.

Babe wake up. Johnny posted a new video

Great video as always! So, North Korea is basically an absolute monarchy, and it seems to be close to the feudalism that they used for centuries, with most of the population now being some kind of serfs.

@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527

2 ай бұрын

Exactly

They come in the machines at the grocery stores for 25 cents 😂

They receive a medal for every day of famine they survive.

This video has 2.1K likes and *blank* dislikes Johnny is the people's favourite.

Pretty sure the amount of medals worn by someone directly correlates to the amount of corruption at their level of authority.

Chuck Norris snuck into Pyongyang and stole all of Kim Jong Uns family medals.

3:53 pulling cold war era artillery pieces with farm tractors..lmfao!!

you know when you were at school and the teacher gave you a sticker for doing as you were told, same thing.

What about the award for being the first god on Earth that doesn't have to poop?

I remember reading that Stallin had to create a signal to let everybody know when to stop clapping. Nobody whated to be the first one to stop as it might be looked at as disloyalty. Stallin whould clap as well and when he stoped it was time for the crowd to stop.

Colonel Moon and his (Father) general in "Die another Day" (2002) ha also many medals and diamonds, i loved this 007 movie.

@paulwee1924dus

2 ай бұрын

They loved kapitalist lifestyles in that movie.