Check out Karl's Channels: Fact Fiend: www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel
Kyle, thanks for bringing a different energy to this channel. I think your interruptions are funny af but you still keep the show flowing. Only problem is occasionslly getting too thick of an accent but much love from across the pond. Keep it up, improving every episode!
I have to admit that I had concerns about the new host. But with every video it gets better and I have to say: really well done. I'm already looking forward to the next episode Cheers Mr. Smallwood
Nice to see Leighton Buzzard mentioned as it's my home town. To be honest the great train robbery is the only major exciting thing that's happened around here. Unless you count John Travolta showing up that one time to take his son on the narrow gauge railway.
Really did enjoy this video. You showed more of your natural personality, and that made it more enjoyable. Though really Karl, you need to do something about your lighting situation. That bare light bulb is very distracting, and the glate on the wall is getting worse.
In 1977 The Sex Pistols traveled to South America to record a song with Ronnie Biggs called Belsen Was A Gas. There's also a movie about Buster Edwards starring Phil Collins called Buster
@@ThatElfTorunn listen we should not fight over this it is not history is about I'm happy your enjoying the new videos I just think it is sad not to hear simon voice in this series but hey better than PragerU lol
@@therustymachete796 I completely agree, we shouldn't argue over this. Honestly, I wasn't really. I just wanted to point out that at this point it is coming across as really rude towards Karl and his work on the channel for people to constantly harp on about how they miss Simon (regardless of the fact he has like, 3,440,971 other channels) or they want him back all the time. Karl is good at his job. He's not Simon, but he doesn't need to be. People need to stop going on so much about Simon bloody Whistler lol.
"Everyone calls it Ketchup" There isn't anything everyone calls something in the UKother than Yorkshire's/Yorkshire Puddings. Tomato Sauce is very common
I don’t know why you didn’t mention Biggs’ connection to the Sex Pistols. That’s one of the reasons he’s so well known. Growing up in the US in the 70’s, that’s how I first became familiar with him and The Great Train Robbery.
great idea for a channel.. and quite interesting choices,of topics.. and all I have to do is turn on the Closed Captions, to translate your alien language to English to understand the narrative....
13:42 We have that in America. Snitches are compensated with stitches. Rats get bats. And stool pigeons get violently assulted with broom handles...(they cant all rhyme)
Great vid as always Karl. Love hearing about history from a working class voice! Makes me feel less patronized lol. Really think it's about time for a biographics about Mileva Maric. Past time. Someone needs to see to it. I'd write it myself if you'd let me lol.
It's Cockney Rhyming Slang, so East & South Central London. You Aussies call Americans Seppo's, That comes from Septric. (Septic Tank) = Yank (You just say Septic) Ruby Murray = Curry (Just say Ruby) hopefully you get it with those two examples😅
I think you moving along splendidly, Karl. I would like to hear about the early years of Winston Churchill. Like, what wss his life like growing up a son of a duke? What did he do before becoming Lord of the Admiralty? That sort of thing.
Yes, we all miss Simon narrating these videos. Simon still does have many other RUclips channels. How's about you give Karl a bit more of a chance? He's not so bad.
Today I found out, Brain Blaze, Warographics, Casual Criminalist, Decoding the Unknown, Side projects... There are more but they are escaping me at the moment 😅
The only reason I found this was because I read of the death of the last surviving train robber who died last week, whom I knew in person, as well as one of the other train robbers, through my late father. My father wasn't a criminal, just a bad songwriter. He co -wrote a record about the train robbery, which like all his other records, never made it! I guess the train robbers look amateurish in their criminality these days when compared to the Tory government of the last 13/14 years!
I am about to stop watching this channel solely for the reason that Simon is not host anymore. This guy is fine, but... Just don't seem right. (I'm not here to insult the man though).
great video... i was wondering if you thought about doing a video on john brinkley his life was more than just goat testicles altho i would think that would be enough....sir richard burton...???
Get ya. Facts right. NUMPTY bollocks. Biggs, was. Regruited. Because he. Knew a train. Driver. He wanted in. Bruise offered him £40 000.for a drink. But he said no. I want inn.
Maybe stop saying "Um-uh" quite so much. One or the other (or "like") so much is one thing but both? Every time? I've been watching Fact Fiend since about 2017, right around the video about Violet's hair being a ball-ache for the Incredibles CGI team and I'm sure that this is a more recent thing. So It's also puzzling were this came from and when you started saying it so much. I reckon just a split second pause would still be better but I also know how hard it is to get out of habits.
Please bring back Simon !!! Sorry Karl but you act and sound like a pound shop James Corden and he’s about as funny as a burning orphanage on Christmas Eve
I don't know. Is this really that good for the format? I'm certain there are plenty of kings and dukes or other aristocrats you cold make videos about. There are scientists, engineers and other interesting people.
Yeah because Simon never fumbles his words and pronounces everything perfectly... effortlessly one might say... except Simon, because he can't say that word properly.
Where is Simon? Who is this guy? Did Simon sell him this channel? Is Simon locked in his own basement? So many questions. I don't like his accent as much as Simon's. That's just my opinion
This was never Simon's channel. It was owned by Shel Harris, whom died, and his daughter took it over. Some issues arose and Simon left. He's got like 10 other channels, most of them he owns.
Check out Karl's Channels:
Fact Fiend: www.youtube.com/@FactFiend
Wiki Weekends: www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends
Untitled Side Channel: www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel
I love one story how Billionaire Bernie ecclestone started his first business from a cut of the great train robbery
You're amazing karl! Fan of you since You the beggining: suggestion. Athelstan the Glorious, the man who united england
I'm enjoying Karl. I like him.
I'm glad they brought you on to Biographics! Fact Fiend is one of my favorites.
Love that Ronnie Biggs went on to record some songs as the vocalist of the Sex Pistols for awhile after Johnny Rotten left the group.
Kyle, thanks for bringing a different energy to this channel. I think your interruptions are funny af but you still keep the show flowing. Only problem is occasionslly getting too thick of an accent but much love from across the pond. Keep it up, improving every episode!
*karl
Who tf is Kyle?
@@aq5426You don't know Kyle? He's a total bro.
Great job Karl loving the new (to me) format 😊🎉
Please more of that "how you really talk when not in videos"!🤩
Great video and as always Karl you made it extra special. Well done.
You guys are appreciated
Your best episode yet
Love ya work Karl
Your presentation has definately improved! It has definately grown on me aswell
Bring back Simon!
Good video thanks
❤ Awesome as always thanks
You're doing a great job, Karl! Keep up the awesome work!
Cal ur videos are good. Stop saying ur videos are bad. We like you and ur style dude. Keep being urself don't try to change.
Ronnie Biggs son also achieved some notoriety back when he was a kid presenting a kids tv show in the 80's
I have to admit that I had concerns about the new host. But with every video it gets better and I have to say: really well done. I'm already looking forward to the next episode
Cheers Mr. Smallwood
Suggestion karl: Philip II Augustus, the french monarch that destroyed the Angevin Empire
Dashing head of hair you've got there, Simon. When did you decide to grow it out?
“I.E. being a mosey twat..”😂😂😂 use your own vernacular more! Absolutely ❤❤❤ it!! Keep it up, Smallwood! 😂😂😂 seriously, wonderful new host, Karl!!
1:11 Lots of planets have a North, Karl.
Where has Simon gone...
These robbers are dead ringers for Horace and Jasper from 101 Dalmatians 😂
Please stay as the host. You’re doing a fantastic job.
simon was a better host
Nice to see Leighton Buzzard mentioned as it's my home town. To be honest the great train robbery is the only major exciting thing that's happened around here. Unless you count John Travolta showing up that one time to take his son on the narrow gauge railway.
😂😂😂
Great story Carol
You had ONE JOB, Ronnie! One job!
Unbelievable story 🐳🦋🌓🎬🕰️🛒
I saw 2 separate video notifications for this. Geographics and Biographics almost same video -blunder- detected.
How sus.
We're moving house and I have COVID. Forgive me. :P
THank you.
Really did enjoy this video. You showed more of your natural personality, and that made it more enjoyable. Though really Karl, you need to do something about your lighting situation. That bare light bulb is very distracting, and the glate on the wall is getting worse.
OK, so how about doing one on the FIRST Great Train Robbery (The Great Gold Robbery)...
Love the channel karl! How about henry III the son and heir of john lackland that saved the english monarchy?
*Imagine making more money in book royalties and media appearances than the actual robbery you did years prior to that.*
In 1977 The Sex Pistols traveled to South America to record a song with Ronnie Biggs called Belsen Was A Gas. There's also a movie about Buster Edwards starring Phil Collins called Buster
I recently learned about Ronnie Biggs in English class, interesting coincidence 😂
We will never stop fighting until Simon comes back.
Speak for yourself lol
@@ThatElfTorunn your lost
@@therustymachete796 I watch so many of Simon's channels, losing him for a more working class voice on this one channel doesn't hurt.
@@ThatElfTorunn listen we should not fight over this it is not history is about I'm happy your enjoying the new videos I just think it is sad not to hear simon voice in this series but hey better than PragerU lol
@@therustymachete796 I completely agree, we shouldn't argue over this. Honestly, I wasn't really. I just wanted to point out that at this point it is coming across as really rude towards Karl and his work on the channel for people to constantly harp on about how they miss Simon (regardless of the fact he has like, 3,440,971 other channels) or they want him back all the time. Karl is good at his job. He's not Simon, but he doesn't need to be. People need to stop going on so much about Simon bloody Whistler lol.
Idk how it works over there, but in the US we have a saying "snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches".
Not a floggin' to the noggin'!
I'm from the UK and I have never heard the term "tommy sauce", everyone just calls it ketchup
Your butler may beg to differ . . .
Erm... tomato sauce here... btw I'm also from the UK. Dunno where tommy sauce came from though tbf. I'll need to ask my northern hubby lol.
"Everyone calls it Ketchup" There isn't anything everyone calls something in the UKother than Yorkshire's/Yorkshire Puddings. Tomato Sauce is very common
I think 'Tommy Sauce' may come from 'Tommy Carter's', the general Notts. slang for tomatos. : )
@@loddude5706 I think its just Literally TOM(my)ato
You know when British people mention "brown sauce", what is that exactly? I keep hearing them mention it on Still Game
Good video
Cheers Karl . . . Y'know; I can feel 'The Battle of Epping Forest' coming on - as the Clouds Roll away at the end of the day . . . : )
I don’t know why you didn’t mention Biggs’ connection to the Sex Pistols. That’s one of the reasons he’s so well known. Growing up in the US in the 70’s, that’s how I first became familiar with him and The Great Train Robbery.
Yeah, that was kind of disappointing he didn’t mention that. Biggs even had a small part in the Sex Pistol’s movie ‘The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle’.
Such an interesting robbery.
great idea for a channel.. and quite interesting choices,of topics.. and all I have to do is turn on the Closed Captions, to translate your alien language to English to understand the narrative....
It's clear you shouldn't have gotten rid of Simon. Only 10k views in over a full day, with Simon you would have been over 100k by now. Boo on you!!!!
RUclips kills channels if they have a break, Simon's gone, it's time to get over it
13:42 We have that in America. Snitches are compensated with stitches. Rats get bats. And stool pigeons get violently assulted with broom handles...(they cant all rhyme)
Great vid as always Karl. Love hearing about history from a working class voice! Makes me feel less patronized lol. Really think it's about time for a biographics about Mileva Maric. Past time. Someone needs to see to it. I'd write it myself if you'd let me lol.
Felt a bit mislead by the thumbnail 😂
9:29 Their what?!? Why did I think it was gonna be a stagecoach and 2 horse?...
I really enjoyed the book by Michael Crichton called The Great Train Robbery.. but it is a different story.
What would be the closest British equivalent to "You son of a bitch, I'm in!"
I suggest this topic: "Liz Carmichael: Automotive Visionary/Shameless Con Artist".
I never knew this 😟
I can't keep up with all this content!!!!!
Guys can I make a suggestion for a video - Sir Nicholas Winton, the man responsible for the Kindertransport trains
seriously how could you mention the GTR and Ronnie Biggs and not mention how he was kidnapped from Brazil? That's a pretty big oversight.
Tommy K? Not in my part of Britain! Never heard anyone call it that. Toma'a Ketchup here (east mids)
as a tomato sauce say-er, calling it a bottle of tommy k just makes me cringe 😭
Please make a video about Casanova.
Is it just me or is this one long overdue
2:15 - Chapter 1 - Getting the gang together
5:05 - Chapter 2 - The robbery
9:40 - Chapter 3 - The getaway
14:40 - Chapter 4 - The arrests
21:25 - Conclusion
Love the channel. What about Jim Morrison from the Doors, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (ww1) or Gordon Howe the Canadian ice hockey player?
What happened to the very obvious AI thumbnail?
Tomato sauce in Australia is sometimes called "dead horse" or "dead 'orse". Don't know if we got that from the Brits or we came up with it
It's Cockney Rhyming Slang, so East & South Central London.
You Aussies call Americans Seppo's, That comes from Septric. (Septic Tank) = Yank (You just say Septic) Ruby Murray = Curry (Just say Ruby) hopefully you get it with those two examples😅
Has he got the gig yet?
I think you moving along splendidly, Karl. I would like to hear about the early years of Winston Churchill. Like, what wss his life like growing up a son of a duke? What did he do before becoming Lord of the Admiralty? That sort of thing.
Where's Simon? Tripped me out when this other guy popped up.
Hasn't been here for months
Wish Simon still did the channel
Well he doesn't, so maybe just accept it? This comes across as kinda rude, it's been a while now, get over yourself.
Yes, we all miss Simon narrating these videos. Simon still does have many other RUclips channels. How's about you give Karl a bit more of a chance? He's not so bad.
@@rickyspanish4792 Thank you!
We all do. Bring back Simon!
Karl is great! Don’t cry into your baby bib.
Where is Simon?
Retired from bios.
Retired.
Today I found out, Brain Blaze, Warographics, Casual Criminalist, Decoding the Unknown, Side projects... There are more but they are escaping me at the moment 😅
@@sarahwbs into the shadows, megaprojects
The only reason I found this was because I read of the death of the last surviving train robber who died last week, whom I knew in person, as well as one of the other train robbers, through my late father. My father wasn't a criminal, just a bad songwriter. He co -wrote a record about the train robbery, which like all his other records, never made it! I guess the train robbers look amateurish in their criminality these days when compared to the Tory government of the last 13/14 years!
Biggs did a song with the sex pistols.
Still not Simon and I’m still confused for 1.5 seconds.
Really though, if Karl goes, I can’t stay.
Tommy k is a nick name for tomato ketchup
Talk to RUclips. I’m a fact fiend subscriber as well and new BioGraphics don’t show up in my feed
Buster came quite big thanks to the movie
Yeah. With Phil Collins playing the main role. Definitely a big plus.😀
Where my man Simon at?
I am about to stop watching this channel solely for the reason that Simon is not host anymore. This guy is fine, but... Just don't seem right. (I'm not here to insult the man though).
Please! Bring back Simon
Why bring back Simon when the current host is ten times better?
Hogwash!
Agreed bring back Simon!
Simon's gone, and the current host is fine
The current host is okay, but he is ground beef and Simon is filet mignon
Uh. Geographics has the same title. At the same time. Ok......
We're moving house and I've got COVID right now...FORGIVE ME. :P
@@Biographicsdon't worry we understand
@Biographics Yeah dude. We're just messing around. Get better, we will still be here...
@@Biographicswishing you well
Mate it’s just ketchup or tomato sauce
great video... i was wondering if you thought about doing a video on john brinkley his life was more than just goat testicles altho i would think that would be enough....sir richard burton...???
What a story????
I’m a distant relative of Thomas wisbey (nans name before marriage was Wisbey ) he was her uncle
What the hell happened to Simon???
What happened to Simon???
Smallwood lmfao
Getting hair plugs and shaving is not a good look, Simon.
Get ya. Facts right. NUMPTY bollocks. Biggs, was. Regruited. Because he. Knew a train. Driver. He wanted in. Bruise offered him £40 000.for a drink. But he said no. I want inn.
Maybe stop saying "Um-uh" quite so much. One or the other (or "like") so much is one thing but both? Every time? I've been watching Fact Fiend since about 2017, right around the video about Violet's hair being a ball-ache for the Incredibles CGI team and I'm sure that this is a more recent thing. So It's also puzzling were this came from and when you started saying it so much. I reckon just a split second pause would still be better but I also know how hard it is to get out of habits.
Please bring back Simon !!! Sorry Karl but you act and sound like a pound shop James Corden and he’s about as funny as a burning orphanage on Christmas Eve
I don't know. Is this really that good for the format? I'm certain there are plenty of kings and dukes or other aristocrats you cold make videos about. There are scientists, engineers and other interesting people.
Bruh where Simon
Busy with one of the million other channels he has. He's not coming back.
Left months ago
This guy is irritating as hell !.Talks way to fast ..... slow it down .
Not as good as simon and he made a few errors like "popping to the pint for a swift half"
Yeah because Simon never fumbles his words and pronounces everything perfectly... effortlessly one might say... except Simon, because he can't say that word properly.
Where is Simon? Who is this guy? Did Simon sell him this channel? Is Simon locked in his own basement? So many questions. I don't like his accent as much as Simon's. That's just my opinion
This was never Simon's channel. It was owned by Shel Harris, whom died, and his daughter took it over. Some issues arose and Simon left. He's got like 10 other channels, most of them he owns.
This channel was never Simon's. He left months ago