What are some comedic/ funny cultural jokes that happen Greece (kinda like what are some popular memes or sayings \\ like how in the US we say vine references as jokes)?
Omg I was hoping to get this question!! We are very in touch with US memes and we use American memes and sayings very often. About Greek memes, we mostly make them out ofĀ Greek classic series and trashy shows.Ā
We have a show with a host called Anita Pania and āevery nut from all kinds of nut treesā (aka weird people) go there. Appearances there include:
theĀ āStar of SageāĀ Ā
the āJust Loveā manĀ
the woman who passionately sungĀ āCobra, you are a Cobra!āĀ
and many more.
The face of Anita while watching people like these talk is priceless!
There is another show (Ā«ĪĻ ĻĻ ĻĪµĪÆĻĪµĀ») with Katerina Kainouriou as hostess. Itās famous for women calling to have their problems solved. These stories are usually crazy scenarios likeĀ āI am pregnant and the father of the child is the father of my husbandā etc. We make fun of those stories and also with the crazy astrologist, Mara Meimaridi, who tries to help those women. She is a scammer and delusional but her shade is epic!
We have videos from the Greek Big Brother show, where people had breakdowns about nothing. Itās truly a treasure of trash <3
The Classic series are mostly from the 90s and early 2000s. These include iconic characters from:
Ī¤wo Strangers (ĪĻ Īæ Ī¾ĪĪ½ĪæĪ¹)
(Ī¤he Iconic Deny Markora with her big mouth and great burns)
Joyās Cafe (ĪĪ±ĻĪ ĻĪ·Ļ Ī§Ī±ĻĪ¬Ļ)
Fatseas, the (trying to be a) know-it-all villager.
Konstantino's and Eleni's (ĪĻĪ½ĻĻĪ±Ī½ĻĪÆĪ½ĪæĻ ĪŗĪ¹ ĪĪ»ĪĪ½Ī·Ļ)
He is a grumpy, overly conservative and narrow-minded Byzantinology professor with a surname of former Byzantine royals. He has written an unpublished book called "The Sewer System in Byzantium", which he regards as a masterpiece. Watch him go crazy for one of the sexiest Greek singers, Sakis Rouvas.
Peggy Karra, a completely talentless individual with a dream to become a famous actress. She constantly tries to grasp leading roles at various plays, especially ancient ones. (She brought Antigone and The Bacchae back to fashion with her trashy acting!) SHE IS THE WOMAN FROM MY BANNER :D
In the nick of timeĀ / Sto Para Pente (Ī£ĻĪæ Ī Ī±ĻĪ¬ Ī ĪĪ½ĻĪµ)
Zoumboulia "Zoumbi". When in danger, she often resorts to religion and when agitated, she emits a high-pitched "iiiii" sound, slaps her lap and sometimes faints. (Ī„Īæu can hear the iiiii in these compilations! (Link1) (Link2) )
Theopoula. A grandma suffering from senility due to multiple strokes, she has flashes of astounding insight and lucidity and does the craziest things. She hates her daughter-in-law for being short. Her most famous phrase isĀ āCan sex ever be stopped???ā while hitting drums.
Other stuff:Ā
We have the category of memes āAncient memesā where we put captions on ancient art and art pieces from all over the world.
The phraseĀ āGood afternoonā was established to meanĀ āsexā after the host of a PG-13 afternoon show shockingly saidĀ āgood afternoon!ā every time something sexual was on the screen.
You know how English people sayĀ āI need this advice for a friend, not meā orĀ āMy friend has this problem, not meā. We do it too and we are self concious about it, so we make fun of ourselves by saying āI donāt have this problem, a cousin from the village, you dont know herā
We are making fun of boomers who believe conspiracy theories and donāt know how to spell. (Iliteracy is a real problem. What we are making fun of is the confidence to post āscientificā nonsense) We immitate them by saying "the government sprays us with chemicals, the earth is flat1!one!1" with bad orthography.
In Greece there was a recent Saint/Prophet, (minor) St. Paisios. He had said something along the lines ofĀ āIt will be like you live in peace but you wonāt live in peaceā. And so we take that phrase and alter it to fit the circumstances. For example, āIt will be like Friday, but it wonāt be really like Fridayā - and we put an image of Paisios next to the quote :P
Thatās the basic ones. Greeks have a rich (meme) culture so I couldnāt include everything. I will probably add more in reblogs later!
