"That mister Norton has robbed no one, spilled no blood, and despoiled no country; which is more than can be said for most of his fellows in the King business."
His Highness Norton would also inspect restaurants and grant them certifications of his approval. They were put on display and actually helped businesses out quite a bit because everyone wanted to eat at the "Emperor-approved diners". He was livin the freaking dream.
Norton seemed like a great guy. One time, he walked into a anti-chinese gathering, recited a prayer with the people, and gave a speech. He told that they’re all brothers and should treat all as the same. He ordered the crowd to disperse and they immediately did with no qualms. Fucking legend
Today, I finally learned what a quote by Mark Twain meant: "I wanted to be a [riverboat] pilot, and I wanted to be a preacher, and was about as well suited for either as poor Emperor Norton to be justice of the peace."
@@fireshort3984 I heard it from a thing former President of BYU Jeffrey R. Holland gave once. It was called "soul butter and hogwash: Mark Twain and frontier religion. It's very humorous.
some other things he said "imagine your a idiot, now imaging your a member of congress. I repeat myself." "never argue with stupid people. they drag you down to their level and beat you with their experience'
@@acebalistic1358 I think another one he said was something like: "sometimes I wonder if the world is truly run by imbeciles or if it's run by geniuses who are just putting us on."
Imagine being like “I’m the king” and everyone’s like “O shit he’s the king” and the entire public backs you and then you manage to even get the cops to agree. Legend
I'm pretty sure they were saluting him as Norton was pretty understanding about being arrested and held seemingly no hard feelings about it or at least didn't want a witch hunt
Como ciudadano Mexicano declaro que tambien reconocemos en Mexico al Emperador Norton como nuestro protector de los poderes obscuros que tienden a habitar el Gobierno Americano. Larga vida al Emperador Norton.
nonstop 4life It says “As a Mexican citizen I declare that we too, recognize in Mexico, Emperor Norton as our protector from the dark powers that tend to inhabit the American Government. Long Live Emperor Norton”
Even though Norton was pretty obviously out of his mind, I like this story, because everyone was just like "Ah, let's let the guy live his dream, he's not hurting anyone." Really nice of them tbh
I figured it was more that he was just playing it up and having fun with it more than him just being crazy. I mean the guy was homeless, he must've known that wasn't how being emperor worked
@@corsojames Yeah, my theory is he was just doing that because he was bored and either noticed he was actually getting benefits out of it or he just wanted to make people smile a little. And people decided to make him happy in return, for some reason I'm strangely moved by this story. People seemed to be really nice to this man for absolutely no reason (even if he didn't have the intention of giving anything and just enjoyed the benefits/was actually just insane) and I wish people were like that more often.
sam forgot to mention that a day after norton's funeral (january 10th of 1880 and 10 000 people went to the funeral btw) there was a solar eclipse. so even the sun loved this guy
I'm guessing everyone just thought it was funny to begin with, but then he started making more sense than the actual people in charge. Something posted over and over again in this comment section, the dude stopped a potential deadly race riot by essentially just showing up and telling everyone to calm down. I can only think of one world leader in the modern world who holds that kind of respect from their people, the frankly awesomely named Dragon King of the Kingdom of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
"Mister Norton has shed no blood, robbed noone and despoiled no country, which is more than can be said of most fellows in the king line." - Neil Gaimans Sandman
I haven't read the comics in a while so I don't know if this arc is important to the story or not but it's crazy that Gaiman just, like, decided to put Emperor Norton in there.
@@mythcat1273 It's pretty independent other than it shows more of the schemes of desire and despair as they plot against dream. It is my favorite chapter of Sandman.
This dude is the ultimate example of confidence. He had the ultimate confidence in proclaiming himself king, and basically became royalty while a vagrant. Cant help but feel like this really is affirming for the whole “confidence is key to success” phrase.
Not really? Confidence is believing in your ability to overcome limitations and deal with problems. This guy was just crazy and crazy people don't always have the capacity for self reflection. They aren't confident, they've just lost the ability to question themselves rationally. And that gets complicated when people can't tell the difference.
Do you know a single thing about cats? The only thing that matches their ease of transition from "Ok I guess this is how it be" to "Gorilla Warfare copypasta" is a TF2 player. Source: Am a tf2 player.
The fact that he made himself emperor, made a successful currency, had the public backing him, the police would salut him and even got “taxes” is truly amazing
Ok, so there’s a teacher at my school named Mr. Barham, and he has honestly achieved meme status there, so I Photoshopped a picture of him onto a stock photo of a dollar bill and printed out ~400 of these Barham Bucks to put into circulation. Now they are the primary means of currency amongst students and have set their value at $1.33 USD, backed by the Lunch Standard- ie., one of the first important transactions made was the purchase of a school lunch for 4 Barham Bucks, which set their value their regardless of inflation. I’m proud to say my economy is still going strong today!
Here’s another fun fact about this which I find infinitely more hilarious and intriguing: There was another Englishman who moved to San Francisco named Frederick Coombs. He was a phrenologist, photographer, and inventor who later became convinced that he was the reincarnation of George Washington, despite being relatively short whereas the real Washington was 6’4”. He was noted to exclude himself in the woods during a winter and starved himself, thinking he was still in Valley Forge, until being convinced by his companions that the Revolution was long over and he could stop his fasting. Like Norton in his naval uniform, Washington II wore a Continental Army officer’s dress and would regularly engage with Norton I, who was his opposite in every way. Eventually he moved to I think New York City and even Mark Twain came to meet him. There’s a tavern in San Francisco with a full wall painting of Emperor Norton I on one side and George Washington II on the other holding a banner
@@MG-ud2jo They're too busy reiterating that the American Revolution and Civil War happened, or briefly talking about the US's involvement in WW2, while ignoring everything that happened before. History classes in the US are a joke, and barely even cover a few of the big US or world events, much less the actually interesting parts of history.
Whoa! I missed that part of the video! Thank you so much for copying it down in the comment section! You are loved and you are very important, and you shouldn’t kill yourself.
They actually have a whole issue in DC’s Sandman about him meeting Emperor Norton and you see his whole journey. Great read and made him one of my favorite historical figures
As a native of the SF Bay Area, I remember hearing about him a lot. We still think he's hilarious over here. And YES, you do NOT call it Frisco. Nor do you call it San Fran, heathens!
Been to San Fran worse city I've ever been to had homeless people screaming for 2 hours outside our window and saw a restaurant cleaning their dishes is sewer water
I love how Austin Mconells video about this guy is super educational and respectful, then you watch Sams video and it’s completely taking the piss out of him
I remember there was something about him stopping a riot, something about tension between the chinese population and the San Fran Frisco's and he calmed the people down, was it cut out or am I remembering someone else?
Yup. There was a mob of anti-Chinese guys (yes that was a “thing”; presumably the whites disliked cheap Asian workers), possibly about to get downright medieval on a group of Chinese people. The Emperor knelt between them and recited a Christian prayer out loud, and somehow that calmed the tits of the anti-Chinese mob.
for the redditor running off noise, it fades into the distance. so that means that Sam ran away from his mic while making high pitched seal sounds. you're welcome.
Reminds me of our "village fool". I just call him that here and now as a loose description. Everyone knows him, everyone greets him, he likes to shake hands, and most importantly he's around on his bike. He doesn't do stupid things, but he's somehow our Emperor Norton. Crazy: he looks exactly like he did 20 years ago and he must even be a little older than me. Nice guy! His name is Sabri.
In our town, we used to have a person wearing Uncle Sam clothes who would wave to everyone passing the street he always sat on. Unfortunately, he died a couple years ago.
You know, $0.001 is a thing, called the "mille" there's no coins for it (obviously) but old half-cent coins are still worth their face value as legal tender.
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Ooh, black and yellow! Let's shake it up a little. Barry! Breakfast is ready! Ooming! Hang on a second. Hello? - Barry? - Adam? - Oan you believe this is happening? - I can't. I'll pick you up. Looking sharp. Use the stairs. Your father paid good money for those. Sorry. I'm excited. Here's the graduate. We're very proud of you, son. A perfect report card, all B's. Very proud. Ma! I got a thing going here. - You got lint on your fuzz. - Ow! That's me! - Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000. - Bye! Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! - Hey, Adam. - Hey, Barry. - Is that fuzz gel? - A little. Special day, graduation. Never thought I'd make it.
Right right. Because Canadia did away with one-dollar bills a long time ago. Then they had the brilliant inspiration to mint 1-dollar and 2-dollar coins called Loonies and Toonies. You can't make this shit up. Well, at least I can't.
@@GG-43 The term existed long before Norton moved to San Francisco. His argument was "San Francisco is named after Saint Francis. Frisco has no etymological basis." He apparently didn't like contractions for some reason, because that's where it comes from and anyone who hates it now does so out of a tradition started by an outlandish and charismatic Englishman, which when you think about it doesn't make the whole "declaring himself emperor" thing looks so nice all of a sudden.
if you have played or seen someone play west of loathing you'll know what this is, I didnt know this guy was a actual person. And now I know why one of the towns were named 'Frisco" Thanks sam for publishing this 1 year before I started playing.
I love West of Loathing and have only faced Norton twice as I first had to give him the necromancer crown as a beanslinger...still kinda mad since I was planning to use it. There's also the El Vibrato crown thingy
Had to re-upload cause old uncle sam forgot to put in the title promo like a nitwit. Pls dont lynch me
ok
Big fat balls
Oh
**lynches you**
oof
fun fact: joshua norton had a longstanding feud with a guy who thought he was george washington
TIMOTHY DEXTER!
the other guy thought Norton was Washington, or the other guy thought himself was Washington?
@@Reignor99 he was born after Washington died, so its the first option you said
@@shronkler1994 we are talking about a guy who thinks someone is washington, who is dead at this time. it could be either one.
hmmm?
"That mister Norton has robbed no one, spilled no blood, and despoiled no country; which is more than can be said for most of his fellows in the King business."
"The best government is that who governs least."
This comment aged quite well
@@SpiderPig42 what do you mean
@@SpiderPig42
Do not hold your tongue. Spill thy secrets, magic man
@@kairo3201 Haano?
His Highness Norton would also inspect restaurants and grant them certifications of his approval. They were put on display and actually helped businesses out quite a bit because everyone wanted to eat at the "Emperor-approved diners". He was livin the freaking dream.
I hope Sam makes more videos one-day 👈😎👍
Don’t you mean “His Majesty”
@@ashj_2088 still hoping
@@jackthesnack7058 yep one day ..it was for told of his return🛐
When a freaking homeless guy is more useful than every influencer that has ever lived
Norton seemed like a great guy. One time, he walked into a anti-chinese gathering, recited a prayer with the people, and gave a speech. He told that they’re all brothers and should treat all as the same. He ordered the crowd to disperse and they immediately did with no qualms. Fucking legend
@MrBoko3389 lmfao what
@MrBoko3389where did you and OC get this from?
@MrBoko3389 lmao, ok i'mma look there
What a king
@@The3456718 Emperor*
He was more than just a filthy king!
Today, I finally learned what a quote by Mark Twain meant:
"I wanted to be a [riverboat] pilot, and I wanted to be a preacher, and was about as well suited for either as poor Emperor Norton to be justice of the peace."
lol
I never even knew he said that
@@fireshort3984 I heard it from a thing former President of BYU Jeffrey R. Holland gave once. It was called "soul butter and hogwash: Mark Twain and frontier religion. It's very humorous.
some other things he said
"imagine your a idiot, now imaging your a member of congress. I repeat myself."
"never argue with stupid people. they drag you down to their level and beat you with their experience'
@@acebalistic1358 I think another one he said was something like:
"sometimes I wonder if the world is truly run by imbeciles or if it's run by geniuses who are just putting us on."
I’m surprised you didn’t mention that the Hawaiian government actually recognized Norton and refused to recognize the “other government.”
That is awesome, I had no idea lol, despite being completely out of his mind he was just such a nice guy.
Heck yeah
I’m actually *Proud* of Hawaii..
they did that for obama too
Subscribed
Imagine being like “I’m the king” and everyone’s like “O shit he’s the king” and the entire public backs you and then you manage to even get the cops to agree. Legend
i feel like some youtuber could legit do that and we would all be like “lol ok”
Bert: I am the machine
Igor: fuck it. He's the machine
That's pretty much how monarchies work.
@@spacecthulhu296 ah I see
I'm pretty sure they were saluting him as Norton was pretty understanding about being arrested and held seemingly no hard feelings about it or at least didn't want a witch hunt
He also dubbed himself “protector of Mexico” when they were invaded and by god does Mexico owe a debt of gratitude to this man.
yes
They gotta put him on one of their bills
You forgot he also proclaimed himself as "the lord protector of Mexico"
As a Mexican I can confirm that I constantly feel his presence protecting me
Como ciudadano Mexicano declaro que tambien reconocemos en Mexico al Emperador Norton como nuestro protector de los poderes obscuros que tienden a habitar el Gobierno Americano. Larga vida al Emperador Norton.
@@hulkito852 what does this. Mean
nonstop 4life
It says “As a Mexican citizen I declare that we too, recognize in Mexico, Emperor Norton as our protector from the dark powers that tend to inhabit the American Government. Long Live Emperor Norton”
@@javierrivera1586 thanks for translating because I'm too lazy to use Google translate
I paid my respects at the emperor's grave a few weeks ago. Rest in peace, emperor Norton.
John Burnett noice
Rip Emperor Norton
Capitalize His honorific you pleb.
Legend.
🫡
Even though Norton was pretty obviously out of his mind, I like this story, because everyone was just like "Ah, let's let the guy live his dream, he's not hurting anyone." Really nice of them tbh
Good point 👉 👈
I figured it was more that he was just playing it up and having fun with it more than him just being crazy. I mean the guy was homeless, he must've known that wasn't how being emperor worked
@@corsojames Yeah, my theory is he was just doing that because he was bored and either noticed he was actually getting benefits out of it or he just wanted to make people smile a little. And people decided to make him happy in return, for some reason I'm strangely moved by this story. People seemed to be really nice to this man for absolutely no reason (even if he didn't have the intention of giving anything and just enjoyed the benefits/was actually just insane) and I wish people were like that more often.
@peefromtmvright, most people nowadays would be like, if this man can do it so can I. And freaking twitch stream it or some shit.
@TMVGemini24 (Pee) I suppose you mean the US should do it. But, wasn't exactly this what they did to Trump?
sam forgot to mention that a day after norton's funeral (january 10th of 1880 and 10 000 people went to the funeral btw) there was a solar eclipse. so even the sun loved this guy
oh , like jesus!
y. yeah. like jesus
@@astralmarmauxyour telling me then Emperor Norton was the second coming?
@@theguythatasked6400hey god works in misterious ways
This guy maxed out on charisma lmao
How many vagrants became famous 'leaders' winning over many people.
Charisma: 10
Luck: 0
"You know what....I'm God now.."
@@h.plovecat4307 are you still God?
@@TheRealEvilRoy i hope he is
Norton is such a nice guy, pardoning the policeman like that. That’s some Ghandi-Jesus level mercy right there. Legend
If he didn't they would have fed the cop to the lions
Who's Ghandi, it's Gandhi
@@worldofmusic1058 who cares
@@dreadlordhg360 Just a thing that bugs me. I've seen people misspelling his name and it is just bad to my eyes.
Sorry if I offended you.
@@worldofmusic1058 I'm not offended it's just a bit nitpicky
"There’s someone criticizing Elon musk" I lost my mind you don’t understand
What will your next animation be about?
It'll be about gay
You're right.
I dont inderstand
Katzun xD
He really just said: Im in charge now
And everyone without hesitation was like: *yes*
I'm guessing everyone just thought it was funny to begin with, but then he started making more sense than the actual people in charge.
Something posted over and over again in this comment section, the dude stopped a potential deadly race riot by essentially just showing up and telling everyone to calm down.
I can only think of one world leader in the modern world who holds that kind of respect from their people, the frankly awesomely named Dragon King of the Kingdom of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
I mean they would later go on to put Arnold Swarzenegger in charge so, that lot will put just about anyone in charge who wants to be.
@@chaosreaver3597 apparently he actually didnt do that stopping a riot thing
But it was a well known myth
I checked wikipedia
@@chaosreaver3597 what was that race riot?
@@user-mg7wh8zq6vIt was an anti-Chinese immigrant riot I believe
Timothy Dexter
Luck: 10
Joshua Norton
Charisma: 10
Michael Malloy
Endurance: 10
Lol
The holy trinity
@@Dead25m Damn straight!
Together they can accomplish anything
@@nathanbraun817 100%
Constitution instead of endurance
$25 fine for saying frisco? This man would’ve had my vote
@Noodle Danger Even better
@@occasionalart I second that motion
There also needs to be a fine for anyone who refers to San Francisco as "San Fran." It's becoming all too common.
Pretty sure i had frisco coffee one time
That'll be 25 bucks, you felon
*someone he likes gets arrested*
Sam: *turns to cat*
Cat: oh god please no
• m_a_n_k_i_n_d • Shane Dawson:
cat: *chuckles* "I'm in danger"
Twitter : "Wait that's illegal"
I got a hangnail. I DEMAND THAT ALL CATS BE WOODCHIPPED!
Lord Chin Chin you got your ass kicked by the peace lords
"Mister Norton has shed no blood, robbed noone and despoiled no country, which is more than can be said of most fellows in the king line." - Neil Gaimans Sandman
I haven't read the comics in a while so I don't know if this arc is important to the story or not but it's crazy that Gaiman just, like, decided to put Emperor Norton in there.
@@mythcat1273 It's pretty independent other than it shows more of the schemes of desire and despair as they plot against dream. It is my favorite chapter of Sandman.
You missed the part where he stopped an anti immigrant panic mob by standing in the way and _praying._
I fucking love this guy
we love to see it
he truly was an emperor
Damn hes a better leader than most leaders today
Weed
The court can eat my shorts
The house can eat my blouse
Peru can eat my shoe
This is the content I subscribed for
this is amazing
That prick can suck my...
Pittsburg can suck my dicksburg
Eat Pant
Just made it 999
Back when the townspeople appreciated their local crazies
Sometime in the 1700s they'd burn em
Or if you're lucky, you get hanged!
I don't think the sane ones were burning the crazies, the crazies were burning the sane ones
the power of science is amazing! They weren’t burned dum dum
The good ol days :)
We still do! We made one president
It is said that when he died thousands of people payed their respects to the good emperor at his funeral and the procession was over two miles long.
Sam accurately portrayed redditors
As a fellow Redditor I can say that it's incorrect,
Well everything was accurate expect the redditors weight.
He's slim which means that he's a poser
@@jerepulli443 it was a joke idiot.
@@algebralienEnthusiast r/woosh
@@jerepulli443 😐
@@algebralienEnthusiast if you haven't noticed yet I wasn't serious either
This dude is the ultimate example of confidence. He had the ultimate confidence in proclaiming himself king, and basically became royalty while a vagrant.
Cant help but feel like this really is affirming for the whole “confidence is key to success” phrase.
Not really? Confidence is believing in your ability to overcome limitations and deal with problems.
This guy was just crazy and crazy people don't always have the capacity for self reflection. They aren't confident, they've just lost the ability to question themselves rationally.
And that gets complicated when people can't tell the difference.
I love how the cat is only mildly inconvenienced by being thrown in a wood chipper.
Because that's just 1 of its 9 lives
@@jonathanh.p1997 representitive of the nine circles of hell
Do you know a single thing about cats?
The only thing that matches their ease of transition from "Ok I guess this is how it be" to "Gorilla Warfare copypasta" is a TF2 player.
Source: Am a tf2 player.
@@Attaxalotl nice, haven't played tf2 in 3
days.
" Barely an inconvienience"
The fact that he made himself emperor, made a successful currency, had the public backing him, the police would salut him and even got “taxes” is truly amazing
Never seen someone slaughter Redditors this hard
Truly a legend
Neither have I because not a single person in a single other people place on the internet has tried and actually managed to be a little funny
All you have to do is mention where musk gets his cobalt and they lose their shit
@@rayenaouadi3190 where musk gets his cobalt? xd
@@epath4957 Child labor in Congolese cobalt mines
Ok, so there’s a teacher at my school named Mr. Barham, and he has honestly achieved meme status there, so I Photoshopped a picture of him onto a stock photo of a dollar bill and printed out ~400 of these Barham Bucks to put into circulation. Now they are the primary means of currency amongst students and have set their value at $1.33 USD, backed by the Lunch Standard- ie., one of the first important transactions made was the purchase of a school lunch for 4 Barham Bucks, which set their value their regardless of inflation. I’m proud to say my economy is still going strong today!
Nice economy you got their.
_would be a shame if someone..._
*_flooded the market_*
Make a bank and do loans and shit
The Craftfather I have to dislike you comment but know I really like it
Isn't it....isn't it ilegal?
Your a legend
Here’s another fun fact about this which I find infinitely more hilarious and intriguing:
There was another Englishman who moved to San Francisco named Frederick Coombs. He was a phrenologist, photographer, and inventor who later became convinced that he was the reincarnation of George Washington, despite being relatively short whereas the real Washington was 6’4”. He was noted to exclude himself in the woods during a winter and starved himself, thinking he was still in Valley Forge, until being convinced by his companions that the Revolution was long over and he could stop his fasting. Like Norton in his naval uniform, Washington II wore a Continental Army officer’s dress and would regularly engage with Norton I, who was his opposite in every way. Eventually he moved to I think New York City and even Mark Twain came to meet him. There’s a tavern in San Francisco with a full wall painting of Emperor Norton I on one side and George Washington II on the other holding a banner
And history teachers doesn't teach us this ???
OH MY GOD !
@@MG-ud2jo They're too busy reiterating that the American Revolution and Civil War happened, or briefly talking about the US's involvement in WW2, while ignoring everything that happened before. History classes in the US are a joke, and barely even cover a few of the big US or world events, much less the actually interesting parts of history.
Hey are you from united state
Fun fact:
He is also the U.S's first and only foreign "ruler".
Roccimo Conservatives: But what about Barack *Hussain* Obama?
Martin Van Bueren
What about Lorde? Oh, she only applied for being ruler . . .
@@DCT-tt8ib Yeah that guy wasn't even born in the US! It was on an island! /s
@Emily Barclay Illuminati: confirmed! Wait. Aren't illuminatis supposed to be smart? Like intelligent and stuff?
You: The death of Franz Ferdinand caused WWI
Me, an intellectual: Joshua Norton’s death caused WWI
That was one slow development
Bruh wat
@@niackniack9740 that's WWII if I remember correctly
@@dontlookatmyvideoREE But what lead to WWII? Exactly. WWI, which happened thanks to Ferdinand's driver
@@coco-ro9pb *M I N D B L O W N*
i want to just have some random people that we all just kinda worship for no real reason
Then we have just another religion
That's called the kardashians
What the heck were you doing here flippy boi
We already have that.
They are called "celebrities".
You must not be American, because we have an entire culture around that.
That dog-barking reddit sound effect always gets me.
Either you live an ordinary life or live long enough to become an emperor
No this is Patrick 250 likes withouth replies *_-are you using bots?-_*
LEN1X jetski
LEN1X they are
1000th like
is this the krusty krab? Im s0rry I h@d t0
"Unlike nowadays, people then liked having Norton updates shoved in their face"
Hahahahaha omg
Boy, I'm slow. Norton Anti-Virus. Now I get it.
@@richardcollier1912 Yes. "Is your computer too fast and responsive? Norton can fix that!"
I've watched this video HUNDREDS of times ever since it first came out and only today, June 7th 2022, the joke has finally clicked in. Brilliant.
Should've been sponsored by norton vpn.
Nice
Emperor Joshua Nord
Cameron Horn wooosh
@@Alexis-ie5lt r/wooooosh
@@user-st5ir8mg3q ihavereddit
Always heard "dont call it Frisco" growing up. Never knew it was Emperor Norton who started that.
0:45 no that isn’t a typo, the baby’s name is actually X Æ A-12
I really hope that is a joke on their part.
Jolez _ it’s not
@@gamingman2720 Oh my...
That part made me lose my shit
This video is 2 years old, xae a 12 didint exist back then, i get the joke but just saying
“the court can eat my shorts,
the house can eat my blouse,
peru can eat my shoe.”
-Emperor James Norton
Our emperer is truly a great poet
@YeetKid this is the name of the shadow demon which watches me sleep
*Joshua
@@darthmader057mmm6🤓
"as mortals sometimes do, he decided to drop dead on a street corner."
Whoa! I missed that part of the video! Thank you so much for copying it down in the comment section! You are loved and you are very important, and you shouldn’t kill yourself.
@@skrrrrrrrrt yes
Grammar Police Reject No wonder you were rejected from the force
@@nahuelc.9551 yes
That’s what I do everyday.
I actually find this very heartwarming, as the public really, genuinely went along with him/decided to help him out, and I think this is great.
If I ever find myself ruined with no real chance of recovering, I am declaring myself Second Emperor of America.
An Inquisitor claiming to be second emperor? Sounds like heresy
Please continue my boy Joshua’s legacy
“Yes inquisitor, this post right here”
Cant happen, the emperor protects
Please do.
*_emperor Norton: the man we need, but don't deserve_*
Lmao, I'm from San Francisco and when he talked about "Frisco" I wanted to scream! It's not Frisco!! Norton is my emperor.
but San means to remove... remove what from San Franfrisco? the Fran right?
@@elgatochurro That's Franist.
sans = without, in French, not Spanish, which is "sin"
To anyone who thinks SAN FRANCISCO is FRISCO, you are wrong.
@@Lia-rb9rh
fRIsCo
How…
How did Norton not take the brilliant opportunity to sponsor this?
"The courts can eat my shorts
The house can eat my blouse
Peru can eat my shoe" -Sam O' Nella
I knew some simp would quote this
@@kgpspyguy people just throw the word simp around now, it doesn't even mean anything anymore
"The courts can eat my shorts
the house can eat my blouse
Peru can eat my shoe" - Joshua Norton
@@startrader9503 Like the word racist.
@@moralityisnotsubjective5 yeah like that
" there's someone criticizing Elon Musk. And he's making typos."
I almost died
They actually have a whole issue in DC’s Sandman about him meeting Emperor Norton and you see his whole journey. Great read and made him one of my favorite historical figures
Was looking for someone to mention the sandman issue. That issue is terrific, and likewise inspired my interest in Norton.
I just read it! Came here to say this.
What a gracious man, pardoning the cop who arrested him. One of the few good emperors.
As a native of the SF Bay Area, I remember hearing about him a lot. We still think he's hilarious over here. And YES, you do NOT call it Frisco. Nor do you call it San Fran, heathens!
So you're a San Fran Frisconian, eh?
How about "San Francs"?
how about just "francisco"?
can you just call it francisco
Been to San Fran worse city I've ever been to had homeless people screaming for 2 hours outside our window and saw a restaurant cleaning their dishes is sewer water
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@@hamzakiller9856
...you good?
I got really excited for a moment before realizing it was a reupload.
same.
Sadly same
Same
Kelly Hacker same haha.
It just wasn't meant to be.
Pretty sure O'nella rubles are worth more than actual rubles at this point in history.
Suchka BLYAT Boris our ruble cannot buy a single shit stroganoff!
I love how Austin Mconells video about this guy is super educational and respectful, then you watch Sams video and it’s completely taking the piss out of him
Two sides of the same Imperial coin, my friend. ;)
This video is still pretty respectful.
I new this would be a comment
0:40 never before has Reddit been so brilliantly summed up
Yeah
Relatable redditors this days are juts annoying
@@iamthepersonwhoasked5639 as a redditor I agree a lot of people on it are very annoying
@@iamthepersonwhoasked5639 shut the fuck up
@@bardock9135 no
I want a shirt that says
"just for gits and shiggles"
Me too😞
It's all gits and shiggles until someone shiggles and gits
What is this 2008?
This man has been my primary role model since college. I'm referring to Emperor Norton, to be clear. I like you too though, Sam.
2:34 "Just for gits and shiggles..."
That's brilliant I'm gonna use that.
I remember there was something about him stopping a riot, something about tension between the chinese population and the San Fran Frisco's and he calmed the people down, was it cut out or am I remembering someone else?
That was him, he stood in middle of the crowd
Yup. There was a mob of anti-Chinese guys (yes that was a “thing”; presumably the whites disliked cheap Asian workers), possibly about to get downright medieval on a group of Chinese people.
The Emperor knelt between them and recited a Christian prayer out loud, and somehow that calmed the tits of the anti-Chinese mob.
@@peterknutsen3070 wow, what an actual legend.
well buddy you just earned yourself a $25 fine
By the Emperor Norton's decree, you're hereby fined 25$.
Emperor norton sounds like a dr seuss character
Norton Hears a Who
No this is Patrick Imagine Norton deploying secret police on that dust cloud.
Horton hears a who
Norton necks a knee 🤷🏽
Well, he inspired a character in Huckleberry Finn
Shat ap
for the redditor running off noise, it fades into the distance.
so that means that Sam ran away from his mic while making high pitched seal sounds. you're welcome.
This seems familiar
I know right? I thought I saw this just a few days ago
It’s a re upload, because he’s now “included promotion”
Anti Freez yeah, I wonder where this was so familiar...
I know, I must be able to imagine what his videos will be 2 days before they are uploaded!
hmmmmmmmm
Reminds me of our "village fool". I just call him that here and now as a loose description.
Everyone knows him, everyone greets him, he likes to shake hands, and most importantly he's around on his bike.
He doesn't do stupid things, but he's somehow our Emperor Norton.
Crazy: he looks exactly like he did 20 years ago and he must even be a little older than me.
Nice guy! His name is Sabri.
In our town, we used to have a person wearing Uncle Sam clothes who would wave to everyone passing the street he always sat on. Unfortunately, he died a couple years ago.
Oh, you're Turkish.
@@farukdelikaya5395 I'm german, but Sabri is of some sort of southeastern heritage.
We have a guy who walks up and down one of our primary roads shirtless and in short shorts who carries a massive flagpole with an accompanying US flag
He's been dead 131 years rest in peace.
141 years. $25 fine.
"12 cents per pound"
*Has .012 cents per pound written on screen*
"Ok that'll be $5.999"
Ok- Wait how much?
"$5.999"
That's literally impossible
"No. 5 dollars and exactly 99.999% of a 1 dollar bil"
You know, $0.001 is a thing, called the "mille"
there's no coins for it (obviously) but old half-cent coins are still worth their face value as legal tender.
so, uhh, now you're popular and all....
Start circulating O'Nella Rubles.
I would buy that
I hereby declare myself the emperor of Sam O'nella Academy
You happen to have a cool name, your majesty.
Death to the false Emperor!
Death to the false prophet we follow the one true god sheiva Gautama Christ chan and the prophet Sam o’nella
Death to the heretic!
@Renagadde IKR no OFF WITH YOUR HEAD
Subbed for the guy at 0:30. I thought I was already subbed, but that moment made me check again because I was wishing I could sub twice.
I love how the actual Wikipedia article has a section called “reign as emperor” god bless
If you do something, do it for the *gits* and *shiggles*
aufladekabel83 I heard that too it was funny
For those times you wanna cuss, but you don’t feel quite like you can: gits and shiggles.
shigglehub
Magpies and mole-asses
When I got the notification, I thought RUclips took like 10 shots too many.
Same
I thought it sent thw old notif
First name Last name yeah same
According to all known laws
of aviation,
there is no way a bee
should be able to fly.
Its wings are too small to get
its fat little body off the ground.
The bee, of course, flies anyway
because bees don't care
what humans think is impossible.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Ooh, black and yellow!
Let's shake it up a little.
Barry! Breakfast is ready!
Ooming!
Hang on a second.
Hello?
- Barry?
- Adam?
- Oan you believe this is happening?
- I can't. I'll pick you up.
Looking sharp.
Use the stairs. Your father
paid good money for those.
Sorry. I'm excited.
Here's the graduate.
We're very proud of you, son.
A perfect report card, all B's.
Very proud.
Ma! I got a thing going here.
- You got lint on your fuzz.
- Ow! That's me!
- Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.
- Bye!
Barry, I told you,
stop flying in the house!
- Hey, Adam.
- Hey, Barry.
- Is that fuzz gel?
- A little. Special day, graduation.
Never thought I'd make it.
Yeah me too
Can you make a video on rasputin
PLEASE! THAT GUY WAS THE ORIGINAL *ULTRACHAD*
The original big dick energy
R A R A
Pretty sure his history is based entirely on anecdotal evidence
shh it doesn't matter and yes technically but the majority of the 'legend' can be backed up with science.
well, the Elon Musk reddit joke doesn't hit the same now.
Ya know what?
The courts can eat my shorts,
The house can eat my blouse,
Peru can eat my shoe,
Vomit on my sweater already...
Mom’s spaghetti
IM DEAD
AND THE FLOOR GO RED
Well played
on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting his royal decrees
Invader Pikachu I could have gone my entire life without hearing and seeing that
It was funny enough to watch again. I'll probably watch it again in a month. Then again a few months after.
Your content has a lot of rewatch value.
HELL YEAH
I'm gonna conquer Antarctica and make it the world's number one super power in like 2030-2040.
друг can I be your Vice President?
Go on champ, I believe in you.
I will remember the name друг
HIIIIYAAAAA
Anything I can do to help, just let me know.
Me: “This guy sounds like a total loon”
Norton: “Anyone who says ‘Frisco’ instead of San Francisco will be fined $25”
Me: “Long live the Emperor!”
I legit thought this guy was just a character from West of Loathing and not a real guy
Saftware Ikrrrr
Under rated game
Me too honestly. This was the first I heard of him in real life.
Honestly yeah I thought the same thing.
Farkas The Companion how long is the gameplay? I’ve been thinking of buying it but I’m not fully sure
This entire video is a list of the side-effects of Fukitol
I want this guy to get so famous seriously sam deserves it.
It's actually kinda sweet how everyone around town just decided to treat this random poor lunatic nicely
This guy is making RUclips money drawing some of the worst quality stickmen I have ever seen
You're goddamn right I'm jealous
Envious not jealous
the quality is in the jokes ;)
Can’t deny the wit and charm this man and his videos have.
These are high quality stickmen, what are you talking about.
So do you want to spend all that time looking shut up and knowing fun facts about everything.
I know this is a reupload, but i'll rewatch it anyway
eh i was planning on watching it exactly twice anyway
This is reuploaded becouse he has a sponsor WIX
You must do it for the Emprah!
You're my only source of education this summer
thajak dizhdns Wow, you must've not seen his sponsor for Brilliant?
Don't ever make that sound again 😭0:44
"There's someone criticizing Elon Musk!"
*gasp*
"And he's making typos!"
*reddit dude goes barking off*
When I tell you I s c r e a m e d
Yeah, we all watched the same video. No need to transcribe it.
@@asherharmon7217 shhh.
@hahalol GL How about you shhh?
J D Shhh yourself
hahalol GL No, you shhh.
“Have u looked at a dollar? Then u probably know about at least one United States president”
Me a Canadian: “A FUCKING LOON??????”
Yeah, that's close enough actually 😂
Right right. Because Canadia did away with one-dollar bills a long time ago. Then they had the brilliant inspiration to mint 1-dollar and 2-dollar coins called Loonies and Toonies. You can't make this shit up. Well, at least I can't.
@@richardcollier1912 u seem really upset about a loon and a poler bear being on a coin, u alright there?
loonies and toonies are honestly sick
They deadass named coins after loonie toons
This man is probably the best reason for why I want a time machine. Just wanna go back and shake his hand.
Sam’s portrayal of Redditors has aged wonderfully
Slobbering 6 chinned redittor through mucus filled breaths:
thank you for the gold kind stranger
💀💀💀💀💀💀
Jesus, that's one heck of a way to describe a redditor.
Imagine in a few thousand years all thats left of History is his Requiem which states him as Emperor of the united state and Protector of Mexico xD
Throwing stray cats into wood chippers is a logical response to a whole lot of things, glad to see the tradition carries on
The elon musk joke 💀 it has aged so well.
Wow. Sam was ahead of everybody in terms of humor! 😳
Racists
3:53 imagine being fined the modern equivalent of ~$500 for saying the abbreviated word ‘Frisco.
bring
it
back!
$530.94 to be exact.
You would absolutely deserve it.
pay up
@@GG-43 The term existed long before Norton moved to San Francisco. His argument was "San Francisco is named after Saint Francis. Frisco has no etymological basis." He apparently didn't like contractions for some reason, because that's where it comes from and anyone who hates it now does so out of a tradition started by an outlandish and charismatic Englishman, which when you think about it doesn't make the whole "declaring himself emperor" thing looks so nice all of a sudden.
Austin's video on this topic got me a lot more invested and got into more detail but this is also a good video so good job!
There's a timeline where Emperor Norton prevented WW1, and subsequentily WW2.
if you have played or seen someone play west of loathing you'll know what this is, I didnt know this guy was a actual person. And now I know why one of the towns were named 'Frisco" Thanks sam for publishing this 1 year before I started playing.
I love West of Loathing and have only faced Norton twice as I first had to give him the necromancer crown as a beanslinger...still kinda mad since I was planning to use it. There's also the El Vibrato crown thingy