How Cap'n Crunch Gave the World the iPhone and the Surprisingly Heated Debate Over His Rank

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 8 янв 2025

Комментарии • 619

  • @TodayIFoundOut
    @TodayIFoundOut  4 года назад +17

    Check out MagicSpoon for healthy cereal that tastes great too. :-) Get free shipping when you use the link: magicspoon.thld.co/brainfoodnov

    • @TinksiehTink
      @TinksiehTink 4 года назад +2

      Honestly I was interested and clicked on the link but their website is terrible. Glitching and displaying some filter system over their product pages... It put me off from trying.

    • @behornedhorse4913
      @behornedhorse4913 4 года назад

      Lootenant? Call yourself British do ye? Leftenant you heratic!

    • @Dea_Ex_Machina
      @Dea_Ex_Machina 4 года назад +3

      Bro, that ad lasted 2 minutes. Why? It’s not hard to convince my fat ass to buy cereal but that was an minute and half too long.

    • @codyandrews8858
      @codyandrews8858 4 года назад +2

      Simon, what is your p.o box, i think i need to send you a box of captain crunch, regular and peanut butter

    • @andiward7068
      @andiward7068 4 года назад +5

      Not spending $10 on a box of cereal, I don't spend more than $3 and that's on stuff I know I like.

  • @Hermenie
    @Hermenie 4 года назад +120

    To be fair, as the commander of a vessel he is allowed to be called captain

    • @samsignorelli
      @samsignorelli 4 года назад +4

      Hence why -- at the end of the movie "Down Periscope", Rip Torn addressed Kelsey Grammer as both Captain (his position of authority) and Commander (his actual rank)...both of which were correct (if not inconsistent).

    • @Skeeter51244
      @Skeeter51244 4 года назад +4

      You saved me from having to say that. Thank you. Captain is both a rank and an honorific applied to anyone in command of a vessel, even though the latter may be a seaman.

    • @LuckyBaldwin777
      @LuckyBaldwin777 4 года назад +2

      really? I thought that a person acting as a Captain, but not possessing the rank of Captain was called "Skipper."
      That came from my childhood of watching "McHale's Navy." He was a Lieutenant Commander but was acting as a Captain and the crew always called him "Skipper."

    • @tNotimportant
      @tNotimportant 4 года назад +6

      @@LuckyBaldwin777 skipper is a nickname. When I was in the Navy. The captain on a submarine was a commander by rank and captain by title and would routinely called skipper, calling him captain is absolutely correct was he was the captain of the vessel.

    • @samsignorelli
      @samsignorelli 4 года назад +2

      @@LuckyBaldwin777 Skipper and Old Man are nicknames...Captain is more formal and accurate.

  • @gethroenteralastname2210
    @gethroenteralastname2210 4 года назад +113

    If there were ever a love child of Picard and Riker, they would look like Simon!

    • @greaseman01
      @greaseman01 4 года назад +5

      Most underrated comment ever you absolute legend.

    • @JUGGERNAUT____
      @JUGGERNAUT____ 4 года назад +2

      Thats gay.

    • @greaseman01
      @greaseman01 4 года назад +4

      @@JUGGERNAUT____ if thats gay then so is a man making gay man love to another man.

    • @JUGGERNAUT____
      @JUGGERNAUT____ 4 года назад

      @@greaseman01 um... my point. Two men making gay love together is... gay

    • @festival3051
      @festival3051 4 года назад

      Hahaha

  • @IntrepidFraidyCat
    @IntrepidFraidyCat 4 года назад +74

    Oops all Crunch Berries cereal! A tasty way to rip up the roof of your mouth!

    • @jasonwomack4064
      @jasonwomack4064 4 года назад +11

      And if you eat enough you get cool colored baby poop....but in adult size.

    • @andiward7068
      @andiward7068 4 года назад +3

      Pro tip; use a fork for Cap'n or similar texture cereal. And an 8oz (ish) cup instead of bowl keeps cereal from getting too soggy.

    • @orbitaljellyfish808
      @orbitaljellyfish808 4 года назад +7

      OOPS!! All Oral Lacerations!!
      external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.NZRIfoQ8TjC_beJ2E8hoVAHaJ4%26pid%3DApi&f=1

    • @JohnLeePettimoreIII
      @JohnLeePettimoreIII 4 года назад +3

      Like eating a bowl of razor blades. 😆😆

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 года назад +2

      @@andiward7068 I'd prefer a little soggy rather than how gravely it normally feels in my mouth.

  • @highlanderknight
    @highlanderknight 4 года назад +43

    Didn't Futurama give him a promotion to Admiral?

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 4 года назад +4

      🤷‍♂️🇦🇺: Probably? Futurama was shown in Australia as well as The Simpsons . I'm a BIG fan of both. 📺🥣🐨🌿

    • @OldJerzyDevil
      @OldJerzyDevil 4 года назад +3

      Confirmed

    • @caiusmadison2996
      @caiusmadison2996 3 года назад +1

      Yes, they did do that. I laughed a bit at that one, and messed up other jokes for a few minutes. Tha k you, DVR.

    • @exit57
      @exit57 3 года назад

      Count Chocula was also promoted to Arch Duke by Futurama

  • @arcxjo
    @arcxjo 4 года назад +8

    Any sailor who is in acting command of a vessel is addressed as "Captain" while onboard, regardless of rank. Likewise, Marines who hold the rank of Captain (equivalent to a naval Lieutenant, which doesn't have an "F" in it) is addressed one rank up as "Major" when he's onboard to avoid confusion, as there can only be one Captain on a ship.

  • @neutronpixie6106
    @neutronpixie6106 4 года назад +15

    Fun fact: Cap'n Crunch is made from 3 ingredients- Sugar, crack cocaine, and fiber glass.

  • @kristoferalexander7559
    @kristoferalexander7559 4 года назад +69

    For those of you that don't wish to view ridiculous ads that take up nearly 15% of the video here:
    1:57

    • @xyeshyx
      @xyeshyx 4 года назад +7

      Love Simon but hate how many built in ads there can be - wish there was a way for content creators to flag this in a way that RUclips Premium subscribers auto skip it (via user preference or similar)

    • @daytwaqua
      @daytwaqua 4 года назад +9

      Yeah, that was excessive. I don't mind 30 seconds for a ad read in a video, maybe a minute, but nearly two minutes is ridiculous. I hope he doesn't keep it up, I really like watching Simon's videos.

    • @vfreeman3188
      @vfreeman3188 4 года назад +3

      Just buy the stickers

    • @ДжонПартлов
      @ДжонПартлов 4 года назад +4

      If it really bothers you which I understand, just double tap the screen 3 or four times

    • @Sublimeoo
      @Sublimeoo 4 года назад +1

      sponsorblock ftw

  • @lilithcal
    @lilithcal 4 года назад +38

    And yet my father used to work with a guy whose first name was “Colonel.” It got him in a lot of places without actually lying about rank.

    • @honeysucklecat
      @honeysucklecat 4 года назад +9

      I knew someone named Bishop and did non-profit fundraising.
      He did well because people thought he was a Bishop

    • @honeysucklecat
      @honeysucklecat 4 года назад +1

      Captain Crunch is AWESOME!!!!!!!

    • @adamlynch9153
      @adamlynch9153 4 года назад +3

      Now I’m naming my dog General. He’s gonna get into lots of places that way

    • @oldenweery7510
      @oldenweery7510 4 года назад +3

      *Lilith Calbridge* Your comment reminded me: I've always wondered if Judge Reinhold has any siblings named after law enforcement or judicial offices... (Brother named Bailiff? Sister named Lawyer?) Then there was "Major Major" in "Catch 22," wasn't there? Stay safe.

  • @heclec4420
    @heclec4420 4 года назад +19

    Cap'n Crunch is awesome but it will SHRED the roof of your mouth if you don't let it, like, soak a little in the milk.

    • @jimcappa6815
      @jimcappa6815 4 года назад +5

      You've got to hit the sweet spot where it's not too hard to eat, but not overly soggy. This lasts about 30 seconds 😆

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 4 года назад +1

      "Soak a little" is the understatement of the millennium.

    • @andiward7068
      @andiward7068 4 года назад +2

      Use a fork! Not holding the milk in mouth lets you chew the cereal scrape free.

    • @surferdude4487
      @surferdude4487 4 года назад +1

      Nope. Stays crunchy even in milk. Wood chips can do that.

    • @icollectstories5702
      @icollectstories5702 4 года назад +1

      I used my baby teeth.

  • @melskunk
    @melskunk 4 года назад +69

    Wild how the sponsor okayed you advertising the spokesman of their much cheaper competitors for the entirety of this video

    • @BlackChad792
      @BlackChad792 4 года назад +19

      I mean they aren't really competitors. They are both in the cereal business, but occupy completely opposite niches, so their consumer-base is also different. The sponsor sells "healthy" cereal and capt'n crunch is ordinary sugar cereal.

    • @Sublimeoo
      @Sublimeoo 4 года назад +14

      @@BlackChad792 it's actually a clever placement when you think about it. Cap n crunch eaters will click it an be exposed to healthier options

    • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
      @BariumCobaltNitrog3n 4 года назад +11

      Hardly competitors, like Toyota and Ferrari who both make cars being called competitors. The sponsor chose this episode to ride the fame and popularity of Cap'n Crunch

    • @jaymzx0
      @jaymzx0 4 года назад +7

      Magic Spoon can sleep soundly knowing they're not shredding the mouths of children who try to eat it like Cap'n Crunch does.

    • @Markle2k
      @Markle2k 4 года назад +2

      @@jaymzx0 You just gotta give it some time. Or just enjoy the pain. You know, like with pizza hot out of the oven.

  • @erikskole7669
    @erikskole7669 4 года назад +12

    Having been in the navy. Not being the rank of captain, does not mean a person of lesser rank cannot be the captain of a vessel. I was stationed on a Los Angeles class attack submarine. U.S.S. Buffalo SSN 715. The two captains that I served under were the rank of commander. So this argument about Capt crunch is moot. Period,...........

  • @zyghom
    @zyghom 4 года назад +31

    49$/1kg - this is around gazillion times more expensive than any other cereal in the world ... this is not even funny anymore

    • @Sublimeoo
      @Sublimeoo 4 года назад +2

      but its made from unicorn and fairy farts

    • @nessesaryschoolthing
      @nessesaryschoolthing 4 года назад +2

      @@Sublimeoo So is Lucky Charms

    • @Rattrap007
      @Rattrap007 4 года назад +5

      Yeah i went and looked. $10 a box! Oh hell no! I don't care how good it is. I can purchase several larger boxes of cereal at Walmart for the cost of ONE box of theirs.

    • @TheAyanamiRei
      @TheAyanamiRei 4 года назад +8

      @@Rattrap007 This seems marketed towards those with deeper pockets who are willing to pay for healthier food. Like buying all organic food and such.
      Unfortunately, not made for the average citizen like ourselves T_T

    • @sethbettwieser
      @sethbettwieser 4 года назад +2

      It doesn't even have any grains, literally the only reason I still eat cereal is because it has grains.

  • @aisadal2521
    @aisadal2521 4 года назад +31

    Lol, never knew Cap'n Crunch's rank was the point of a huge debate

    • @Infamous41
      @Infamous41 4 года назад +1

      Just like Capt America who cares hes good

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 4 года назад +2

      Lmfao it is hilarious

    • @AgtWashingtub
      @AgtWashingtub 4 года назад +1

      Karen's come from every gender and occupation. Its like rule 32, but for complaining. If it exists, someone is bitching to the manager about it.

    • @whysosketch7591
      @whysosketch7591 4 года назад

      Hence the name of the fucking channel

    • @caiusmadison2996
      @caiusmadison2996 3 года назад

      Of course it is. America and popculture addictions are stonk!

  • @Left-Earth
    @Left-Earth 4 года назад +9

    *"I totally forgot that Cap'n Crunch gave us phone phreaking before the iPhone."* 📞📱

  • @Bozar069
    @Bozar069 4 года назад +33

    Its the S.S. Guppy not the U.S.S. Guppy so the Cap'n is a Civillian.

    • @tomtheplummer7322
      @tomtheplummer7322 4 года назад +2

      S S Minnow had the Skipper.

    • @1TakoyakiStore
      @1TakoyakiStore 4 года назад +2

      Normally I'd object to the mascot's rank as a Civilian Captain but there's the matter of Colonel Sanders whose rank was honorarily granted. So... it can begrudgingly be a thing...

    • @gnarthdarkanen7464
      @gnarthdarkanen7464 4 года назад +5

      Minor matter of international maritime law and tradition...
      THE Commanding Officer of any vessel at sea, is granted the summary title of Captain and all the rights and jurisdictions thereof.
      That means the whole argument is completely irrelevant. There was never a question about uniform or codes of military versus civilian justice. Simply being in command of the SS Guppy, a ship of its right, granted Crunch the title of Captain, regardless of how you pronounce or spell it. ;o)

    • @Bozar069
      @Bozar069 4 года назад +1

      @@gnarthdarkanen7464 Pretty much what I was getting at but you explained it way better lol.

    • @gnarthdarkanen7464
      @gnarthdarkanen7464 4 года назад

      @@Bozar069 Well, we had a Commander (rank) as C.O. on the ship when I was in the Navy, and we still called him "Cap'n", too...
      In any case, I'm happy to help out approximately. ;o)

  • @seanc6128
    @seanc6128 4 года назад +17

    Funny how that Steve Jobs fellow never went to prison for international wire fraud or something.

    • @ethelredhardrede1838
      @ethelredhardrede1838 4 года назад +3

      They didn't get caught and there is a statute of limitations for such crimes.

    • @seanc6128
      @seanc6128 4 года назад +1

      @@ethelredhardrede1838 That is why it is funny.

    • @sphinxrising1129
      @sphinxrising1129 4 года назад +1

      First of all, it's not what they know you did, as what's important is can they prove it in a court of law.

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 4 года назад +4

    US NAVY: Hey! Someone used one of our rank titles in their cartoon and cereal boxes. Let's sue them!
    CAP'N CRUNCH: You're not a fan,I presume you're a "Quaker"?

  • @manfredadams3252
    @manfredadams3252 4 года назад +25

    His name was John Draper. Talked to him once back in the 80's.

    • @rockets4kids
      @rockets4kids 4 года назад +2

      Is, not was.

    • @jaymzx0
      @jaymzx0 4 года назад +2

      Draper was a staple of DEFCON every year for decades and I've chatted with him on occasion while attending. He was recently banned for alleged inappropriate behavior, however. If you google around you'll find more info.

    • @JohnLeePettimoreIII
      @JohnLeePettimoreIII 4 года назад +1

      My great great hackergrandpa.

    • @manfredadams3252
      @manfredadams3252 4 года назад +1

      @@JohnLeePettimoreIII He was a phreaker not a hacker.

  • @dmac7128
    @dmac7128 4 года назад +1

    The term "captain" not only refers to a rank, it also refers to a specific position. It is the person in command of a vessel. One does not have to have the rank of captain to command a vessel.

  • @spacecatboy2962
    @spacecatboy2962 4 года назад +15

    if they come after you, just tell them you are a kentucky colonel

    • @groundfloorguthrie
      @groundfloorguthrie 4 года назад

      What? Then he'd be plucked for sure. Best to just go with The General.

    • @alanr4447a
      @alanr4447a 4 года назад +1

      He's certainly plucky!

  • @littleblackduck3134
    @littleblackduck3134 4 года назад +2

    Ill always remember Chris Rock. "Michael Jackson walking into court lookin' like Capt. Crunch"

    • @oldenweery7510
      @oldenweery7510 4 года назад +1

      Good one! But then, Chris, like many great comedians, has the ability to put these together just right. I always thought Jackson had the secret desire to be the best-looking doorman on New York's Fifth Avenue. Stay safe.

  • @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718
    @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 4 года назад +12

    $10 for a box of cereal = I'll pass. I'll just stick to oatmeal, $10 worth of that lasts 2 weeks.

    • @AgtWashingtub
      @AgtWashingtub 4 года назад

      Hayzues, where the hell do you live that cereal is that expensive?

    • @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718
      @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 4 года назад +2

      @@AgtWashingtub Try clicking on that Spoon link, $40 for 4 boxes. I checked it thinking it might be a good deal in bulk or something, but it's anything but a good deal. Local cereal is still like $3-5 = still a ripoff.

    • @Zehn-X
      @Zehn-X 3 года назад +1

      that is an epic name

  • @jimcappa6815
    @jimcappa6815 4 года назад +6

    So the navy has NCIS looking in to the cap'n? I don't think Gibbs will be happy!

  • @Dea_Ex_Machina
    @Dea_Ex_Machina 4 года назад +13

    These are the only click-bait video titles I can stan.

    • @AgtWashingtub
      @AgtWashingtub 4 года назад +2

      I dont see how this one is clickbait though. There was a heated debate over the rank. And connecting the crunch whistle-blue box-Steve Jobs train, it does connect the cereal (or character) to the iphone

    • @nctrnlmjsty798
      @nctrnlmjsty798 4 года назад +1

      D

  • @CDCI3
    @CDCI3 4 года назад +11

    "Mad Men... Oh, god, I love Mad Men...
    W8, m8! This ain't the Blaze! Serious face."

  • @CaptOrbit
    @CaptOrbit 4 года назад +5

    I may be mistaken but I believe it is possible at least in the US Navy to hold the title of Captain if you are in command of ship but not necessarily the rank of Captain. I believe only the largest of US Navy ships are actually commanded by an officer who holds the rank of Captain. So you would I think be "the Captain" but not "a Captain". Again if memory serves one of the informal ways to refer to such an officer would be "Skipper".
    That's only if he is in the Navy though I believe, and again I'm remembering way back that in the merchant marines you would hold the official title of "Master " but you would be the captain of the ship and that is what people would refer to you as.
    He appears to be a merchant sailor anyway as the guppy does not have the prefix USS ( commissioned United States Navy ship) or USNS ( non commissioned United States Navy ship).
    The SS (screw steamer) Guppy is probably a bulk freighter specializing in hauling what else, cereal.
    It also was not uncommon for early steam powered ships to still have sails.
    But that's just my theory.

    • @ethelredhardrede1838
      @ethelredhardrede1838 4 года назад

      I don't think J. Ward productions gave damn as long as it worked. J. Ward produced the early commercials and is better known for Rocky and Bullwinkle.

  • @ggEmolicious
    @ggEmolicious 3 года назад +1

    And here, all this time I thought Magic Spoon’s were those plastic color changing spoons that changed colors when you put them in cold milk. >.

  • @danielcurtis1434
    @danielcurtis1434 4 года назад +1

    That cereal does look good but it’s $39 for a variety pack of 4 7 ounce boxes. That’s just under $23 per pound!!! Seriously who the hell can afford that???

  • @quantaluxvision
    @quantaluxvision 4 года назад +1

    It took almost 10 minutes (out of 13 minutes), to get to the primary part of the title and talk about Cap'n Crunch and the iPhone. What the hell?

  • @orvalritchie8013
    @orvalritchie8013 4 года назад +1

    I love this channel! I'm a phone tech and never knew about the Cap'n Crunch whistle! Now I have an amazing factoid to tell my trainees.
    And this, Simon, is why you're my favorite hipster

  • @I-Am-Blue
    @I-Am-Blue 4 года назад +7

    yeah 40$ for one 7 ounce box is way out of my price range

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor 4 года назад

      What?!

    • @elizabethcollins1776
      @elizabethcollins1776 4 года назад +2

      Not sure if you are in the USA but is $40 for 4 boxes. It is worth every penny. I don’t eat sugar and this has the crunch that I’ve really missed and I drink the almond milk at the end ☺️

    • @Rabbit-the-One
      @Rabbit-the-One 4 года назад +4

      @@elizabethcollins1776 $40 for 4 boxes is still out of most ranges.

    • @ThePhatFilosopher
      @ThePhatFilosopher 4 года назад +1

      @@elizabethcollins1776 $10 for a kiddie box of cereal?? Pshhh👎🏽

    • @elizabethcollins1776
      @elizabethcollins1776 4 года назад

      @@Rabbit-the-One not if you count the Doctor visits and insulin shots from diabetes. 🤣😂

  • @burtbackattack
    @burtbackattack 4 года назад +14

    No it's not in the U.K, I only had Froot Loops for the first time a few years ago!....I really like breakfast cereal btw, thanks America!!

    • @katielancaster6376
      @katielancaster6376 4 года назад +3

      Hey a broken clock is right twice a day, we were bound to get something right

    • @darrylcarnell9095
      @darrylcarnell9095 4 года назад +3

      You're welcome, anything my country can do to spread diabetes, we are happy to help....at a price.
      (Edited for spelling correction, 👍🤠👍).

    • @brandonford8092
      @brandonford8092 4 года назад +1

      You should try cinnamon toast crunch bro 🤯🤯🤯

    • @idcgaming518
      @idcgaming518 4 года назад

      Eh. You know what I like doing? Not eating breakfast. That allows me to.avoid morning fattenning and put all my carbs into the evening/afternoon, which is where most of my exercise is.

    • @Ty_N_KC
      @Ty_N_KC 4 года назад +1

      Bro, so no peanut butter crunch, lucky charms or golden puffs??? That would suck

  • @HikaruKatayamma
    @HikaruKatayamma 4 года назад +2

    JFYI: Anyone in command of a ship is always referred to as a Captain regardless of actual rank.

  • @hughbrackett343
    @hughbrackett343 4 года назад +2

    I used to love the coming of the Christmas Crunch every year. Unfortunately, merely handling the box can now put my blood sugar through the roof.

  • @alloutoftea
    @alloutoftea 4 года назад

    For most videos i fast forward through the ad reads, but not for business blaze. You're worth listening to even through the ads. Keep blazin'.

  • @spacecatboy2962
    @spacecatboy2962 4 года назад +6

    do you know the story of steve jobs never having a plate on his car?

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 4 года назад

      😯🇦🇺: *NO* i don't and probably #SimonWhistler doesn't either? It'd make a great #video though. Sounds like a fact from British royalty. 🚘👱‍♂️💰🆔 📲

    • @sayujraphael
      @sayujraphael 4 года назад +2

      Because he changed his car every 6 months or something right?

  • @xinixini1826
    @xinixini1826 4 года назад +2

    Probably could have tried some Captain Crunch at the "Cereal Killer Cafe" in London... sadly they closed business because of COVID.

  • @LaylaSpellwind
    @LaylaSpellwind 4 года назад +1

    I once chose Dr as a joke on a survey (Was tempted to choose reverand) it was about wine, to get some free coffee cups. What coffee cups have to do with wine is beyond me. But the guy came to deliver the cups personally, and see my wine cellar and asked what my Doctorate was in. I don't have a wine cellar... I did get the free cups though. And myself and my girlfriend at the time got to try some wine... Yay... Embarassing.

  • @alanr4447a
    @alanr4447a 4 года назад +1

    5:07 The issue couldn't possibly be *_soggy_* where Cap'n Crunch is concerned!

  • @leif3925
    @leif3925 4 года назад

    You guys did it again. Always so interesting : - )

  • @kingfuzzy2
    @kingfuzzy2 4 года назад +1

    Gotta agree with the too much sugar, it's really hard to find a cereal with great texture and taste.

  • @waltermc3906
    @waltermc3906 4 года назад

    Fun Fact: 200 years ago a (Royal) Navy Captain DID wear three bars. Until the mid 1800's or so Navy officer ranks went: Lieutenant ( 1 bar) Commander (2 Bars) Captain ( 3 bars). Then the ranks or Sub-Lieutenant ( Royal Navy) / Lieutenant (JG) were created and they gave each previous rank an extra bar.
    Fun Fact #2: The RANK of Lieutenant-Commander was only created in 1862 (USN) and 1914 (RN) prior to that the officer was a a Lieutenant who held the position of Commander (called a Lieutenant and Commander, such an officer would command such a sailing vessel as a brig)

  • @onlocationkat
    @onlocationkat 4 года назад +1

    Your Megastructures show needs to do the new Apple headquarters in Silicon Valley. It is awesome!

  • @gymkata
    @gymkata 4 года назад +1

    Got a notification that my Magic Spoon order has been delivered. It better be good, Simon! LOL

    • @gymkata
      @gymkata 4 года назад

      Yay, it tastes great!!

  • @goodchessactor
    @goodchessactor 4 года назад

    I worked for a long distance phone company and made my own blue box in 1982 from discarded equipment. It wasn't very hard to do. Once you have the box you would call directory information in any area code, this call was toll free. You would then send the 2600 tone and drop directory information but continue to have control over the long distance line. Since the long distance multi-tone frequencies were different from you standard home phone multi-tone you had to obtain a dialer with the long distance multi-tones. Once you had all that you could call anywhere in the world for free. Of course you can't do that today because everything is digital.

  • @ting280
    @ting280 4 года назад +1

    2 minutes for an ad is obnoxious

  • @bigbuddha9197
    @bigbuddha9197 4 года назад +1

    If you've never tasted Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, you're life is incomplete.

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 4 года назад +4

    Saccharine Sailor.
    Milky Mariner.
    Your writers have outdone themselves.

  • @rgeorgek42
    @rgeorgek42 4 года назад +3

    Channeling some James Burke Connections with this video

    • @Terri_MacKay
      @Terri_MacKay 4 года назад

      I loved that show!!!

    • @jayhom5385
      @jayhom5385 4 года назад

      What do the Napoleonic wars have to do with Andy Warhol?

  • @hankw69
    @hankw69 4 года назад +1

    So there's a vacancy? I'd like to apply for Admiral of the Navy...

  • @katenunyabizness9221
    @katenunyabizness9221 4 года назад

    Perhaps the Cap'n has a Letter of Marque.
    As for the whistle, Rice Krispies had a three holed whistle that was able to do similar things including overriding the mute feature on the other end of the line.

  • @bdw7254
    @bdw7254 4 года назад

    I was sitting through the magic spoon add listening to it and I was like this is a really professional add read. I am at Abbott watch her a business blaze so I wasn’t used to this ad being delivered so well

  • @hannahortiz9380
    @hannahortiz9380 4 года назад +1

    Anyone else hella excited everytime Simon's personality leaks into channels other than Business Blaze? The best.

  • @UberNeuman
    @UberNeuman 4 года назад

    "Cap'n Crunch left us on Alpha Ceti 5 and never came back to check our progress. I mean to avenge myself upon him."

  • @DeadBodyBrian
    @DeadBodyBrian 4 года назад +2

    This couldve been an April fools episode lmao

  • @pax2758
    @pax2758 Год назад

    In the US Navy the term Captain is both a rank and a billet. Captain Crunch's rank is that of Commander as signified by his three gold rings on his uniform sleeves. But since he holds the billet of commanding officer he is the ship's Captain and referred as such.

  • @cephasmartin8593
    @cephasmartin8593 4 года назад +1

    When I eat cereal I WANT SUGAR. Cereal is not good without sugar. I'm the guy who adds sugar to Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Cinnamon Life, a even Captain Crunch.

    • @etonbachs4226
      @etonbachs4226 4 года назад

      Have you ever added a glob of peanut butter to the middle of a bowl of Frosted Flakes? If not I highly recommend doing so. Take a bit with each scoop. If you like peanut butter you will be amazed. It's Cap'n Crunch. LOL.

  • @PGar58
    @PGar58 4 года назад

    That’s it. This is Legend. From Simon munching on Magic Spoon to doing a deep dive on Captain Horacio Magellan Crunch III, this is epic.
    Any doubt RUclips is SimonTube?

  • @spritemon98
    @spritemon98 4 года назад +1

    Is there a free iPhone in every box????

  • @BatchelderPatrick
    @BatchelderPatrick 4 года назад +15

    The Queen has had Special K for breakfast for decades. She is near 100 years old...

  • @Trygman81
    @Trygman81 4 года назад

    We had Captain Crunch in Norway in the early to mid 80's. I remember having it as a child, and old Norwegian Disney comic magazines have adverts for it. So it's likely that it was available in the UK at that time.

  • @Gandromil
    @Gandromil 3 года назад

    I think that whistle thing was shown in the movie Sneakers with Dan Aykroyd, if I remember correctly.

  • @RaspingPompano2
    @RaspingPompano2 4 года назад

    My 3 favorite is frosted mini wheats, Reese Puffs and Cap'N Crunch.

  • @7-ten
    @7-ten 4 года назад +1

    Somebody send Simon some Captain Crunch!!!
    We can't have the man of knowledge not having knowledge of what Captain Crunch taste like!

  • @bizzarono1
    @bizzarono1 4 года назад

    Extra fact Cap'n Crunch along with the rest of Quaker Oats is now owned by Pepsi as of 2001. They originally only wanted only one division of the company ..Gatorade. But when they refused to break up the company Pepsi just checked the couch cushions, pulled 13.8 billion dollars and bought everything.

  • @handiman5001
    @handiman5001 4 года назад

    Cap`n Crunch now has his own story written by Jared Miracle as told Simon Whistler --- AND I LOVED IT !!!!!!

  • @phrebh
    @phrebh 4 года назад +1

    By definition, cereals are grains. False advertising!

  • @Duncan_Idaho_Potato
    @Duncan_Idaho_Potato 4 года назад

    Was hoping for a brief bonus fact regarding exactly why Cap'n Crunch makes the roof of your mouth feel as though you just ate a bowl of broken glass.

  • @kevinwhite9761
    @kevinwhite9761 4 года назад

    This is almost click bait. The connection between Cap’n Crunch and iPhone is sooooo ethereal.

  • @studibakre
    @studibakre 4 года назад

    any commanding officer of a ship can be referred to as "captain", even if they're only a commander or even a lowly lieutenant.

  • @edbangor9163
    @edbangor9163 4 года назад

    Cap'n: informal title for the commanding officer of any warship, for example a Navy Destroyer or Coast Guard Cutter.
    Captain: a formal title of rank, of O-3 for the USMC, USAF, and USA and O-6 in the USN.
    My CO on a Destroyer was a Commander/O-5, complete with the 3 stripes on his cuffs. Still called him "Cap'n". Some ships prefer "Skipper".

  • @lutello3012
    @lutello3012 4 года назад +1

    I hope they stop making movies about that hack salesman and give Woz some nerd love.

  • @TheVenaMatrix
    @TheVenaMatrix 4 года назад

    I strongly recommend trying Cap'n Crunch at least once, to date it's my personal favorite cereal. Fun tidbit: I don't know if it was by state or locality, U.S. specific, or sold across the globe but 7 Eleven used to sell a berry Cap'n Crunch Slurpee! As gross as it sounds it wasn't half bad!

  • @johnstevenson9956
    @johnstevenson9956 4 года назад

    That's pretty good. A video about Cap'n Crunch sponsored by Magic Spoon. He'll make admiral for this. There's also an interesting story on how the Cap'n Crunch character came to be created.

  • @jamesholman2346
    @jamesholman2346 4 года назад

    I wish that I could show you the photo shot that I took that Cap’n Crunch FB
    Messenger sent me when I asked about his rank. “He’s the commander of a merchant ship, the SS Guppy, which sails from Crunch Island.”

  • @samsignorelli
    @samsignorelli 4 года назад

    "Captain" in the Navy is both a rank (same grade and insignia as Colonel in the other branches) and a position of authority...thus someone at a rank lower than Captain could be addressed as Captain if that person is in command of a vessel.
    This is why -- at the end of the movie "Down Periscope", Rip Torn addressed Kelsey Grammer as both Captain (his position of authority) and Commander
    (his actual rank)...both of which were correct (if not inconsistent).

  • @coolnegative
    @coolnegative 4 года назад

    "When the toast is burned and all the milk has turned, and Cap'n Crunch is waving farewell. When the big one finds you, may this song remind you that they don't serve breakfast in hell." If you know this song then you rock! If you don't.......well you still might rock, but if you know it, you definitely do.

  • @joshuaditch6323
    @joshuaditch6323 4 года назад

    I love how you casually refer to him as "Mr. Crunch"!

  • @laurendoe168
    @laurendoe168 4 года назад

    I looked up the ingredients of Magic Spoon because most breakfast cereals are made of, well... cereals (defined as a grain used for food, such as wheat, oats, or corn). According to their own web site, Magic Spoon is made from milk and whey protein isolates, coconut oil, tapioca flour, chicory root fiber, sweetened with allulose (basically processed corn fructose), stevia, and monk fruit. I don't know about anyone else, but this is a list of ingredients that doesn't sound appealing to me. I don't doubt that it's healthy, but there's more to life than being healthy. I am reminded that when you realize that you're life is soon to end, it's the things you didn't do that you regret the most - things like eating stacks of bacon. :D

  • @wiiretime3704
    @wiiretime3704 4 года назад +1

    Simon's gonna get a case of capn crunch now in the mail

  • @mikekutzler
    @mikekutzler 4 года назад

    3:50 4:15
    Summon thoughts" wish this was the blaze could double time by going off on last 2 sentences"

  • @ronaldcammarata3422
    @ronaldcammarata3422 3 года назад

    I always just accepted the pain to be a part of the bigger Cap'n Crunch experience. With Rice Krispies you got snap, crackle, and pop. With Cap'n Crunch you got flesh hanging from the roof of your mouth.

  • @RAS_Squints
    @RAS_Squints 4 года назад

    Could have, 'Magic Spoon is so much better than Captain Crunch because it dosn't scrape roof of your mouth.... allegedly.."

  • @robinturner9928
    @robinturner9928 4 года назад

    Many people have claimed the title of Captain without any military service, and being the commander of a boat does in some way give a person the rank of Captain.

  • @jeffrapier947
    @jeffrapier947 4 года назад

    There is no reason to debate. The Officer in charge of a vessel is the Captain, regardless of actual rank. So, while his sleeves show him as a Commander, he is still referred to as Captain. That hat, however, is way out of regs.

  • @remalm3670
    @remalm3670 4 года назад +1

    ... that is so true, 'mouth mutilating' (just take a wire brush to the roof of your mouth) ... 'Rrrrrrrr!'

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z 4 года назад +1

    Woz is a great guy. 👍 Jobs was a sleazy used-car salesman. 😒

  • @richardsullivan6258
    @richardsullivan6258 4 года назад

    Sad to learn Cap'n Crunch isn't available in the UK. That's probably why Patrick O'Brian lived in Spain.

  • @AzraelThanatos
    @AzraelThanatos 4 года назад

    While he's not a Naval captain, there are ways to get the title of Captain.
    The big thing with Crunch is that he fits more of as a Sea Captain, which due to the specifics of the Guppy may or may not have been regulated beyond simply being the captain of the ship there. While there is a captains license, it's not specifically necessary to have the title for a civilian ship. The title is for the one who runs the ship...which was passed down to the aviation captain who runs the larger passenger and other large aircraft...the "This is the Captain speaking..." announcements tend to come from them.
    Note that it's the S.S. Guppy as well, not U.S.S. This is a major point towards it not being a Navy vessel. Sure, it's armed, but the ship is, visually, of an era where such things would be common anyway for any ship and there are no modern weapons shown to my knowledge.
    For the uniform, the style was relatively common for Naval and Sea Captains to use in the era the ship is from. It's not a modern one, but it is something they'd have been wearing.
    This isn't a case of stolen valor or similar, it's the case of a different type of captain. It would be the same sort of thing as targeting a Fire Captain for using the name with the view that he's claiming to be in the military.

  • @andrewmcquade9413
    @andrewmcquade9413 4 года назад

    It’s not in the UK, my buddy who moved over there has his mom send him Cap’n Crunch.

  • @mickeychick6903
    @mickeychick6903 4 года назад +1

    Magic Spoon $10/ box!! WTH?! 🤣🤣

  • @nunyabidness117
    @nunyabidness117 4 года назад

    While in college someone made the mistake of offering me like 50 different salutations while filling out an online form of some sort or other. I chose the one with the most flex so for years after I received junk mail addressed to 'Swami Brett'

  • @Dr_Do-Little
    @Dr_Do-Little 4 года назад

    When you have to it because it's sponsored but don't have enough material for a full vid.

  • @NathanaelNewton
    @NathanaelNewton 4 года назад +1

    Do you have to get a headshave before each filming session D:

    • @tomtheplummer7322
      @tomtheplummer7322 4 года назад +1

      Of course he does. Sometimes moments before recording. Check for fresh bandages.

  • @Hawk1966
    @Hawk1966 4 года назад

    Ah, phreaking. Dialing for MCI codes, free long distance. We made a few red boxes, a Radio Shack pocket phone dialer and one replacement crystal you had a device that mimicked the sound of quarters, dimes and nickels in pay phones. I had friends away at college, I'd bring a lawn chair to a convenient pay phone and spend an hour or two chatting about whatever.

  • @sailinbob11
    @sailinbob11 4 года назад

    I take exception. While I never served, yet I am a Captain. I received my grade as a civilian. I'm the Captain of a privately owned sailing vessel. If a USN Captain, your designated would be Capt. USN, or USN (ret), or Capt. USCG, USCG ( ret ), while I often use Capt Bob, SV 27th Chance, Tampa Fl. The SV designation identifies me as Captain of a sailing vessel. Not a USN vessel.

  • @Mike504
    @Mike504 4 года назад +2

    Magic Spoon: 13x more expensive and I have to wait for it to arrive. Pass.

  • @austins9742
    @austins9742 4 года назад +1

    Simon is simply, too good

  • @RobotacularRoBob
    @RobotacularRoBob 4 года назад

    Cap'n Crunch is Mario's dad, he brought OG Donkey Kong home from DK island but he got loose, and with his reputation ruined he fled to the high seas and changed his name and rank to evade the law and let his son to clean up the mess.