Icelandair Crew Video Defies The Odds, Is Actually Funny (VIDEO)

There appear to be some pretty original folks over at Icelandair. It seems as though the crew of that airline decided it would be a good idea to make a mildly grotesque but completely hilarious video of a wannabe pilot dancing to some mildly sketchy Euro beats. The video was made for the annual ball of their parent company, Icelandair Group, which runs a handful of tourism companies for that country.

Though we don't understand a lick of Icelandic, it's not hard to tell that the man (who turns out to be a flight attendant) really wants to be seen as a pilot. Of course, the music alone and the idea of a pilot dancing along the gangway to a plane is one we're not soon to forget.

The group kindly has an entire page on YouTube, so you can check out more videos from the ball.

WATCH:

Comments

[Lex10]

12:47 PM on 03/02/2011

While the commercial was somewhat clever, I want burn my monitor after reading that copy.

[anne 0419]

07:49 PM on 03/01/2011

Nutters!

[Dave Lee Travis]

10:40 AM on 03/02/2011

This one is better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O88TQNbW2eI

[HereinDC]

12:06 PM on 03/01/2011

Wish I had the 3 minutes and 21 seconds of my life back.

That was horrible!

[Heather Victoria Swanson]

10:27 AM on 03/01/2011

Apparently they didn't want the attention after all; when you hit 'play' now, it says, "This video is private." Huh. Too bad, 'cos I kinda wanted to see that.

[Eleanor of Aquitaine]

03:13 PM on 03/01/2011

I saw it just fine

[Heather Victoria Swanson]

05:24 PM on 03/01/2011

So weird! Even the link to the channel is coming up saying there are no videos posted. Huh. It must just be me!

[LizzieWittstock]

04:00 PM on 03/01/2011

I saw it fine :/

[Heather Victoria Swanson]

05:25 PM on 03/01/2011

Okay, then it's DEFINITELY me. What on earth?? Maybe it's one of those "blocked in Canada" things...?? As I said to Eleanor above, even the Icelandair channel on YouTube is telling me there ARE no uploads to view. I guess I'll have to use my imagination!

[johndoewasthere]

10:34 PM on 02/28/2011

GREAT…! Fantastic…! Awesome…! Stupendous…!
Imagination, creative, Avant-garde, and now.
Salvador Dali is alive and living in Iceland.

[Synthon]

05:31 PM on 02/28/2011

Totally baffling. I have no idea what the point of that video was.

[johndoewasthere]

11:24 PM on 02/28/2011

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
Groucho Marx

[TwinkleDee]

01:32 AM on 03/01/2011

A child of three.

[SLS11]

05:11 PM on 02/28/2011

Translation of the conversation in the cockpit:
Flight attendant: Hi guys! Would you like some coffee?
Pilot 1 : What is the matter with you? Do you realize it is just 5 minutes to departure?
FA: The bus broke down....
Pilot: uh, ok, thanks for the coffee.
FA: (kneeling down). Wow! Cool screens!! May I touch them?
Pilot: No! Not now!
FA: Later, perhaps?
Pilot: Maybe...

Seems to me that the Pilots are poking some good natured fun at the male flight attendants' "cockpit envy"! :)

[Ron Broxted]

04:09 PM on 02/28/2011

Takk fyrir means Thank You, could not understand anything else spoken. The getting dressed in uniform was a rip off from Ali G opening sequence but still funny. It is against the law for a woman to be ugly in Iceland.

[qthedancer]

04:00 PM on 02/28/2011

Iceland rulez!!

[BurtonDesque]

02:53 PM on 02/28/2011

Icelandair is a fun ride & they have a nice airport.

[Phoebe917]

04:03 PM on 02/28/2011

my best friend used to work for them, and she said every day was an adventure.

[Talossa]

04:43 PM on 02/28/2011

I miss the old airport -- you really felt like you were in the middle of nowhere.

[HBHB]

01:40 PM on 02/28/2011

It's taken this long for Ali-G to finally make it to Iceland?

[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

12:54 PM on 02/28/2011

More bikinis! Icelandic chicks are H-O-T!!

[Mondieu]

02:35 PM on 02/28/2011

Oh man...I cannot agree more!!

[WhatDaBleep]

12:33 PM on 02/28/2011

Hilarious! If this was put out in America there would be people screaming that it was unfit for television.

[johndoewasthere]

11:23 PM on 02/28/2011

American television sucks, big time...!

[gmj]

12:18 PM on 02/28/2011

1. This is a LOCAL video!
2. The "steward" actually is a pilot!
3. Very funny for ME and my other coworkers at ICELANDAIR!
...and even more funny because the world-press is telling about it and some even think it is some kind of advertisment for ICELANDAIR or a new uniform for ICELANDAIR.

[Gentleman Agitator]

12:18 PM on 02/28/2011

Why do Icelanders wear toe condoms? Never mind.......

[koxiesarmy]

03:49 PM on 02/28/2011

Athlete's foot...... sorry.