Just like when my mom remembers a weird-ass commercial and takes me down the wildest rabbit holes I can imagine. Except Gabi wrote a script and got paid.
Hey Gabi, this video is SUPER relevant to me. I live literally next door to the abandoned Cury factory in Brazil, everybody here knows about this, it's a protected city building. There is even a documentary about the factory made by the granddaughter of the founder. I know way more than I should about this topic, and loved the video.
@@OLucasZanella Tem um no RUclips chamado o chapeu do meu avô. Tem um outro chamado planeta fábrica, mas até onde sei não tem online. A mulher que fez chama Julia Zakia. EDIT: Tá no Vimeo, tem 3 docs, um chama Planeta Fábrica, o outro chama O Chapéu do meu Avô e o outro chama Chapeleiros.
I can’t say shit about how crazed the fans are about the hat. I’m a cosplayer and used real wedding dress silk and spent over 30 hours just embroidering an obi sash just to cosplay as a demon from demon slayer. I even handcast my own beads out of epoxy because I couldn’t find beads like she had in her hair. I am only going to get more insane as I continue building my cosplays tbh 🤣
I am one of those nerds. I actually own a hat made by Richard Swales, who shaped and trimmed Harrison's hat for "Raiders". I ordered it from him in 1999.
@ElizaLeo Rowe It's worth money, but not a soul. Hehe. I mean, it sits in the box it was shipped to me in on a shelf. One day I'll send it on down to a buyer I'm sure. I have a whole costume made by the original makers, and I'll have to do something with it. It's an interesting history that should be kept alive.
I know a guy who makes leather bullwhips for shows and cosplayers, he said Indy fans are the worst because they want the whip to look exactly right, hurt themselves using it and try to get a refund. Happened three times.
Not surprised by this at all. I do a lot of axe and knife work as a wood carver and the amount of times I've had to stop people grabbing my tools and running a finger along an edge...
Yeah no I’m calling bs on this as almost all Indy fans have whipped makers we trust and go to for our whips not to mention besides a few we all know how to properly crack a whip
I used to work at Disney world merchandise next to the Indiana Jones show, and I sold these hats. All day. Lots of hats. Never even considered the lore of the hat. And I was the Indiana Jones hat guy. I needed this video
I was probably one of your patrons. I obsessed over this hat most my life, but my parents could never afford it... Getting to the kingdom was hard enough. Finally snagged one when I took my kids years ago. I never even wear it, save the occasional yardwork session, but I am pretty sure it's the object I'd grab while escaping a house fire. So funny you didn't put much thought into it, but a neat life lesson for how much you can miss when you're just busy doin life.
I am watching this wearing my replica Indiana Jones hat while sitting at my desk covered with my Indiana Jones action figures. This is my special interest. Thank you.
Hot diggity damn, it finally happened. A video about a very obscure niche thing that actually concerns me. I remember the 8 years of research I did before daring to purchase my first Indy hat. And to this day I think that I might have been too hasty. Another fun rabbit hole concerns the second-most iconic item of Indy's gear: the whip. Trying to find the perfect whip to complement a full Indy ensemble did indeed result in me learning how to make quality whips from scratch. I started learning around 16 years ago, and I'm now at a point where I'm reasonably satisfied with the results. Plus, I got to do some fun custom orders for my friend who works as a dominatrix. Thanks for being so sympathetic towards us weirdos, Gabi. We love you back!
Ah, yes, the whip. Canonically one whip. Behind the scenes a hand full of different whips up to like a dozen different ones depending on which movie. Different lengths but all kangaroo hide, which costs an arm and a leg to get shipped to California, or else I would have made myself one.
@@jacobsnelson1Decades ago, I saw a David Morgan interview where he also says they even made some with steel cable cores that were fastened to objects for swinging on.
@@BajaBlast42 Going to take a wild guess that RighteousBrother is using the word in the context of the definition "good or excellent" which is in The Oxford English Dictionary. They could possibly be a fan of the singing duo The Righteous Brothers.
The end story is so awesome. Imagine loving something, so much you learn a very niche craftsmanship of hats. And then end up being the ones to make hats for said film franchise you love. He must of felt like his life was complete after that.
As someone who went through an entire “Indiana Jones is all I care about,” phase with my own replica fedora and everything… this was an absolutely FANTASTIC video. It made my whole week 😂
the Adventurebilt guy learning how to make the hat himself and then not price gouging his fellow fans is so wholesome. what a nice guy. to have his hats in the film reboot must've been a dream come true.
I was talking with my mom one day about an old movie that I watched with my grandma, and I told her that the main character was “the boyfriend from friends” and my mom got mad at me because Tom Sellock was “a Hollywood star” before Friends and how ridiculous it was that I didn’t know him from anything other than friends. So I thought that bit was pretty funny
I totally agree that what made Indiana's hat iconic was the cinematography - that scene where he grabs it under the door, all the shadows on the wall... I got excited just watching those scenes and now I want to do an Indiana Jones cosplay lol
i once saw a rotating museum exhibit about famous costumes from movies, and they covered the story of Indy's hat! The one thing I remember was the actual cap/center part of the hat is taller than most fedoras so the signature dent on top can be seen even when shot from below the wide brim of the hat!
Dad is such an icon for the low-key nagging support haha. It's so wholesome and he really does have an interesting and unique taste in topics. Him and Gabi are a power duo ❤️
Hey just wanted to say amazing video! I’m unfortunately one of those fans who care way too much about the hat history. I did want to say that Indygear is a great resource but it hasn’t been fully updated in a little bit so some of the pages don’t have the most recent info. A couple years ago Herbert Johnson got a new hatter, Michelle, who spent a lot of time sourcing hats from Mr. Swales during the raiders era in order to recreate the perfect Raiders hat and match weight and color of the felt. So Herbert Johnson is now back on the map and now considered THE place to get a hat among most Indy fans again.
As an enjoyer of Quentin Tarantino’s movies (not a “fan” but I’ve loved every movie I’ve seen from him). He’s definitely a weirdo. I don’t think anyone is denying that. But his film expertise is pretty unmatched for any famous director. Not just techniques, but knowledge of movies in general. He’ll pull some kind of style/editing/technique from some obscure 50’s Swedish B movie he saw as a kid and use it in a film he’s working on. Great director. Does not always mean great person.
I really agree, it's very easy to just say he's "the feet guy" or "the violence guy" or "the overlong self-indulgent movies guy". None of those are wrong, but it's a pretty reductive way of looking at a genuinely creative and artistic director.
Guy's weird as hell and from what I can gather, has done and said his fair share of shit that's simply out of line, but as a filmmaker he clearly knows what he's doing, and hearing him speak about cinema and art in general is quite interesting.
I remember at the Great Movie Ride at Disney World, there was a fact about Raiders that they purposely had Indy never lose his hat because the 1940s serials usually had heroes' hats stay on during any fight or action scene. There was also something about how it was considered to be poor taste for a gentlemen to be without his hat. Also respect to Gabi for being able to make a video about Indy and not resort to being one of those idiots that goes "hur dur there's only 3 films. What 4th film? We're so clever" KOTCS isn't that bad and the haters online are so annoying for trying to gatekeep the series
What? She said she got the 3 films and tons of extra stuff showing the box with all 4 films. Isn't that exactly what you are talking about? *cough* simp *cough*
I seem to remember there being a behind the scenes bit during The Last Crusade where Harrison Ford jokes about the hat staying on and proceeds to take an empty staple gun and squeeze the trigger a few times while moving it about on the hat on his head.
I loved this! I think costume design is so interesting. I am always fascinated by channels like Mina Le or Modern Girls which break down costume design or fashion concepts and it can be so much more than just an outfit.
"I'M CONVINCED HIS HAT IS JUST A VINTAGE CAPPY" Oh great, now I have an idea. This was a nice adventure into weird and obscure film-related topics! Thanks for the video!
I have been an indie fan since the 90's and although i knew a lot of what you shared Im still in love with the fact you so randomly dropped this video. Please, continue making random stuff for us.
The whole Indiana Jones fandom is rather unique. It spans generations, all nations, and all walks of life, and engenders a very deep love of the franchise, yet there isn't that much media to consume or that much merchandise compared to something like Star Wars, so you get people who are super into all of it and know everything about what little there is. These people often have high priced replicas (usually a collection of the artifacts) or real props displayed, they collect and replicate super detailed clothing from the films, and they have an encyclopedic knowledge of not just the films and their productions, but also all the novels, comics, the tv show, video games, and toy lines. They have the amount of love the most devoted fans of large franchises have, but it's focused on a much smaller area of culture. They also make a staggering amount of fan films, of varying quality. They train with whips in their backyards, just in case they ever have to swing across a canyon or disarm a gunman. They're dedicated, and I see hat specific posts almost every day.
Wholesome success story for that meganerd. We love to see it. Thanks for delving into obscure subjects. Hope your dad gives more recommendations like that.
I have the same DVD box set😅 Also, I loved this video and the fact the new movie hats are “fan made” just makes me indescribably happy! That’s so cool!
Great suggestion from your Dad. I liked how he knew you were covering a certain topic and he gave you merch relating to it. My Dad was the same way, I'd tell him that I was looking into an musical group and the next time I visit a CD from that group is in his hands.
I absolutely love the fact that your dad sent you a ton of stuff when you said you'd do the episode 😂 Send him the best greetings from random viewer 48651 ❤
I showed the new film's trailer to my mom without saying anything. She didn't know they were making another one. When the silhouette of the hat appeared she immediately got up from her chair and screamed "INDIANA JONES???", and her eyes glued to the screen. I think she didn't even blink for two whole minutes lol. I'll be so mad if the movie ends up being bad... but there's hope. I trust James Mangold.
Fun fact- The hat often used in the fedora wearing neckbeard "m'lady" memes isn't actually a fedora. It's called a trillby. Garbage-tier hats usually falsely sold as a fedora in places like Hot Topic, Buckle, JC Penny, or Wal-Mart. Similarly, people often refer to anything beyond a fedora in brim or crown size as a cowboy hat, when the person is actually wearing an outback hat or something. I'm not the type to correct people, but the urge is there. Words mean things!
I am from Indiana and my last name is literally Jones. I have been obsessed for quite some time, with the franchise. I was lucky enough to live in Los Angeles from 2006 to 2009, where I stumbled across a shop the Iguana Vintage Shop, where I bought a Bailey brand Fedora. They had been in business since 1922. I had combed the Universal Studios shops and basic halloween shops for his hat. The only difference in my hat is a hemmed edge. I paid $40 for it in 2010, and it is still everything to my costume. I loved this episode, and was geeked to find out the super fans ended up making the hats for the movie. Stay nerdy my friends!! But for real if you are in LA visit the Iguana store as they get costumes off the Hollywood lots all the time. I wore my hat while watching this episode.
You find and then make the weirdest information so fun and interesting. Love the unique niche deep dives. Also, loving the transition humming. it's very cute 😊
I had one of those Stetson's in the 90s. I macramed a rainbow band for it and wore it often One night I'm sitting on the front porch of a friend talking with their neighbor (fellow on spectrum) about how much I adored Tom Clancy's books, which turned to him mentioning that Ford was his favourite actor. This prompted me to run in, grab the hat, ahow him the Indy logo and give it to him. His face absolutely lit up as he put it in his head and rode off on his oversized tricycle to show it to his mom and sisters. He was so happy to have it and so proud to show it off.
At least his boots never changed. Always the Alden 405, still made in Massachusetts to this day, great boot. They were Harrison Ford's own boots from doing carpentry also.
This was a major nostalgia trip for me. Even though I'm just barely turning 20, I grew up watching these movies with my dad. We'd even go to summits that some people on the forum hosted. They were some of the nerds that knew a lot about the different materials and makers of the hats- even getting some of their own. Dad's still got an Indie costume put together somewhere with one of those hats.
If you want a story of "crazy fans eventually become part of the thing they love", look up polaroid/impossible project. The tl;dr is when polaroid started going bankrupt and stopped making film, a company formed called impossible project to try to reverse engineer and produce new film packs for polaroid enthusiasts. But then they ended up buying the polaroid trademark and are officially polaroid now.
To be honest, you could do an episode on every part of that iconic costume. The whole costume is true in that at a glance, it appears like something you could find anywhere, but every article of clothing is not like anything you'll find in any store. There's even a story on why the boots wound up being the boots used. It's good that there's nerds and enthusiasts for genres of all kinds. Sometimes, those are the very people productions turn to when things would have otherwise had their history lost to time.
If you'd like to have a very close copy of the Fedora, I recommend Miller hats. It's offered in several colors besides brown. Differing shaping is also available. The "poet" hats in the UK are $400-$600. If you look at photos from the '30s to the '50s, nearly all men wore Fedoras. If a man was seen without his hat, it was assumed he'd either lost his hat or his mind. Humphrey Bogart was probably best known for his Fedoras before Harrison Ford. Watch "Casablanca".
I would suggest that one reason Indy's hat is so much more iconic than the earlier examples is that those movies were made in an era when men wearing that type of hat was not a big deal; looking at crowd photos from the 1940's and earlier, most men are wearing some type of hat when outdoors. It wasn't till the 50s that this started fading, and by the sixties where it became the exception. So when the character became a pop-culture icon in the 1980s it's not surprising that people immediately made the fedora emblematic of the character.
I think the hat he wears on the steps of the government building at the end of the movie, is the grey travel hat that he wears earlier on the plane journey to Nepal. How he got that hat back from there is a mystery too. Perhaps he just gets people around the world to mail his stuff back to himself. 😃
Fan fact: George Lucas didn't want Ford as Indiana Jones, he want Tom(he wanted him originally for Han Solo too), but it was Spielberg who convinced Lucas to do screentest with Ford.
Thank you Gabi I’ve been thinking of Indiana jones and how it had a decent impact on my childhood and figured everyone forgot about it, till this video so truly I appreciate it.
I love that fan story stuff, they love something so much they got into the field just to enjoy it and then get picked up by the IP. Something like that happened for someone they brought on to help with the Sonic movie redesign too. Really uplifting stuff
wow. my mom is gonna be SHOOK when i tell her tom selick was gonna be indiana jones. so will my grandpa, as raiders of the lost ark is his favorite movie ever. he talks about how it's a masterpiece a lot. it so wholesome.
Indiana Jones, like Star Wars, is designed intentionally to be a throwback to old fifties films. Indy's costume isn't "stolen" it's a visual reference. Saying it's stealing is like saying The Artist is ripping off silent films.
I'm sorry but I've never clicked on a video faster! I once went on an adventure to aquire said hat when the ride 1st came to the park. I had to return years later for the whip also from Disneyland. You're dad is the best & so are you! ❤
I was 5 or 6 when the kingdom of the crystal skull came out. Block busters had cheap Indy hats, and i bugged my mom so much about it, and i still own it. i love that hat
New info on the Dial of Destiny hat! "The Dial of Destiny Indy wasn’t made by Adventurebilt. Steve is gone (possibly dead), Marc has retired from hat making, and the name only lives on through a co-branded hat that John Penman makes with Adventurebilt branded supplies. The Dial Fedora was made (quietly announced a while ago, and formally/publicly announced an hour ago) by Herbert Johnson of London. Just like the hats for the original trilogy." I have a friend who is literally one of the people who pushed for the screen accurate hat--that message was from him. I knew him in college (where yes, he had a fedora!) but now he does props and costumes professionally so at least that lead to a career!
This is a great video. I am a huge fan of the Indy films and have always noticed that the hat changed over the films. It made sense to me because hats wear out. He even had various whips for each film. However... you pointed out facts I had no idea. I am now subscribed and ALSO think your dad should suggest more vids for you. Thanks for the info.
Great video! I'm one of those nerds too, and loved the mention of the site! Brilliant stuff! The hat for Dial of Destiny isn't AB sadly though, it's back at Herbert Johnson this last time out! And they did a really good job on it! Steve has retired and the director chose to take it back to the source, now that HJ have a superb block and a great hatter to nail the details! (She's a great person too!)
This is like when you work in a restaurant and then your parents come to eat. But the youtuber version. It's really cute you made a video for your dad!
The Indy boots have a similar problem. Harrison Ford insisted on using his favorite boots the Alden 405 that he wore while working as a carpenter. The boot maker Alden still makes them and renamed them the “Alden Indy”. But while it used to be an affordable high quality boot it now is a lot less high quality and costs over 800$
You missed one important detail: The older films came out when people still wore hats as everyday wear. So, those hats never had a chance to be noticed as something special. Same way we don't associate Indiana's trousers with him. There's just nothing special about him wearing trousers.
4:09 Fun fact: Lucas actually didn’t want Ford BECAUSE he used him in Star Wars and American Graffiti, and didn’t want to be a director who uses the same actors
Fun fact the reason there are three different hats in all three original movies is because the original buck mold that made the original raiders hat was lost or destroyed and they had to recreate it without the dimensions of the OG that’s why it varies so much. Eventually Herbert Johnson reached out to some HJ/Indy enthusiasts that had the same exact model that was made from the original bucks that the raiders hat was from they lended theirs and they were able to reconstruct the raiders hat that we are able to buy now. Also I believe Herbert johnson was contracted to make the dial of destiny hats. Loved the video!
I love Indiana Jones, I love Harrison Ford, I love Shrek, I love you. But I refuse to accept it’s a fedora 😭Thank u for this video 🤌🏼🤌🏼 10/10 as always
Not to be the biggest film nerd, but its well known that Spielberg has a lot of love for old 50's adventure movies. Indy is kind of an amalgamation of all 50's adventure movies. Same for Tarentino, he baiscally took all his favorite characters in other foreign movies and spliced them all together, kind of like a fanfic
It still bugs me to this day that the meme of the "fedora" got the make 100% wrong. The "niceguy" hat is a trilby lol. (Also yus my avatar has me wearing a fedora but that's just a coincidence).
gabi's dad needs to pick more video topics, this is gold
I second this I've never clicked faster
Just like when my mom remembers a weird-ass commercial and takes me down the wildest rabbit holes I can imagine. Except Gabi wrote a script and got paid.
😂😂
I'd sub his channel.
Real
Your dad being so excited that he sent you the box set and 4 hats is just so wholesome.
Who's the girl in your pfp?
Major dad move lol so sweet
@@Curlyheart sorry for the late reply, Lucy from Fairy Tail!
@@rambbler Thanks!
now i can go play tears of the kingdom goodbye
GOODBYE
Enjoy!!
Good luck
YESS!!!!
My job here is done she says
Hey Gabi, this video is SUPER relevant to me.
I live literally next door to the abandoned Cury factory in Brazil, everybody here knows about this, it's a protected city building.
There is even a documentary about the factory made by the granddaughter of the founder.
I know way more than I should about this topic, and loved the video.
Essa fábrica fica aonde, mano? Estado e/ou cidade. Nem conhecia.
@@BrunoFernandes-ty7mf Campinas. A fachada do prédio é tombada, mas demoliram o meio e estão construindo um prédio.
O documentário tá no RUclips?
@@OLucasZanella Tem um no RUclips chamado o chapeu do meu avô. Tem um outro chamado planeta fábrica, mas até onde sei não tem online. A mulher que fez chama Julia Zakia.
EDIT: Tá no Vimeo, tem 3 docs, um chama Planeta Fábrica, o outro chama O Chapéu do meu Avô e o outro chama Chapeleiros.
This video was made for you and gabis dad.
This channel is slowly becoming a chronicle of very specific pop culture phenomena, presented as short documentaries. I love it.
It's literally giving me good topics for my pop culture courses 😂
its awesome i love funfacts😂
Ikr, obscure pop culture phenomena/fandom history is one of my favorite things
This video gave me a feeling I hadn't had in a long while of "now THIS is a video I have to watch"
Oops I meant to comment that as a comment not a reply, well it's still on topic kinda
I can’t say shit about how crazed the fans are about the hat. I’m a cosplayer and used real wedding dress silk and spent over 30 hours just embroidering an obi sash just to cosplay as a demon from demon slayer. I even handcast my own beads out of epoxy because I couldn’t find beads like she had in her hair. I am only going to get more insane as I continue building my cosplays tbh 🤣
thats insane attention to detail but i bet it came out so good 👌
i want to cosplay but I can't find any characters that look like me
@@TornaitSuperBird there is a database where you can search for anime characters by characteristics like gender, hair color, age, etc
@@TornaitSuperBird choose someone you can relate to! Everyone wears wigs and 10 bras!
@@zoerose3478Do you have the name of the database?
I love that your dad calls it an episode like your RUclips channel is a show on TV
i also call them episodes tbh
I want more dad recommendations. Dad is doing a great job.
i'd say it thematically makes sense.
@@Unfortunately_Mickey o7 to gabi-dadi
Kinda like a channel ye old Tube?
As a lifelong indiana jones nerd i can say you definitely did your research. Well done.
I am one of those nerds. I actually own a hat made by Richard Swales, who shaped and trimmed Harrison's hat for "Raiders". I ordered it from him in 1999.
hats off to you !!!!
That's actually pretty cool!
My dad would sell is soul for that hat for sure
@ElizaLeo Rowe It's worth money, but not a soul. Hehe. I mean, it sits in the box it was shipped to me in on a shelf. One day I'll send it on down to a buyer I'm sure. I have a whole costume made by the original makers, and I'll have to do something with it. It's an interesting history that should be kept alive.
@@Pantheragem you should post a video of the indy costume that you have, for the rest of us nerds!
I know a guy who makes leather bullwhips for shows and cosplayers, he said Indy fans are the worst because they want the whip to look exactly right, hurt themselves using it and try to get a refund. Happened three times.
Not surprised by this at all. I do a lot of axe and knife work as a wood carver and the amount of times I've had to stop people grabbing my tools and running a finger along an edge...
lollllll oh my
Yeah no I’m calling bs on this as almost all Indy fans have whipped makers we trust and go to for our whips not to mention besides a few we all know how to properly crack a whip
I used to work at Disney world merchandise next to the Indiana Jones show, and I sold these hats. All day. Lots of hats. Never even considered the lore of the hat. And I was the Indiana Jones hat guy.
I needed this video
I'm sure they were helpful with dealing with the Florida sun
i still have a hat from the indiana jones show lmao! its totally inaccurate but i love it
My parents bought me one of those hates when we went there. I was around 7 years old so while I still have it, it doesn't fit me anymore.
Full circle life moment
I was probably one of your patrons. I obsessed over this hat most my life, but my parents could never afford it... Getting to the kingdom was hard enough. Finally snagged one when I took my kids years ago.
I never even wear it, save the occasional yardwork session, but I am pretty sure it's the object I'd grab while escaping a house fire.
So funny you didn't put much thought into it, but a neat life lesson for how much you can miss when you're just busy doin life.
I am watching this wearing my replica Indiana Jones hat while sitting at my desk covered with my Indiana Jones action figures. This is my special interest. Thank you.
Autistic people are fr my favorite fking people. Feel like I’ve found my tribe whenever y’all comment
Hot diggity damn, it finally happened. A video about a very obscure niche thing that actually concerns me. I remember the 8 years of research I did before daring to purchase my first Indy hat. And to this day I think that I might have been too hasty.
Another fun rabbit hole concerns the second-most iconic item of Indy's gear: the whip. Trying to find the perfect whip to complement a full Indy ensemble did indeed result in me learning how to make quality whips from scratch. I started learning around 16 years ago, and I'm now at a point where I'm reasonably satisfied with the results. Plus, I got to do some fun custom orders for my friend who works as a dominatrix.
Thanks for being so sympathetic towards us weirdos, Gabi. We love you back!
I love how fandom fixations and fetish functions overlap.
Ah, yes, the whip. Canonically one whip. Behind the scenes a hand full of different whips up to like a dozen different ones depending on which movie. Different lengths but all kangaroo hide, which costs an arm and a leg to get shipped to California, or else I would have made myself one.
@@jacobsnelson1Decades ago, I saw a David Morgan interview where he also says they even made some with steel cable cores that were fastened to objects for swinging on.
Can we PLEASE have an “episode” with your dad. He seems so iconic!
do you actually know what the word iconic even means?
@@RighteousBrother do you actually know what the word righteous means? Lmao
@@BajaBlast42 Going to take a wild guess that RighteousBrother is using the word in the context of the definition "good or excellent" which is in The Oxford English Dictionary. They could possibly be a fan of the singing duo The Righteous Brothers.
@@guyintenn bro get a life
@@BajaBlast42 they aren't wrong though "he seems iconic" doesn't make alot of sense, "he's an icon" or "he's exhibiting iconic behaviour" maybe 🤔
S/o to dad belle for knowing exactly kind of weird shit I’m interested in even though I’ve never seen an Indiana jones movie
Same. I agree. Yes.
Bruh, at least watch Last Crusade. It's the best out of the trilogy
they’re my comfort movies. definitely would recommend the trilogy, or at least Raiders and Last Crusade
“Tarantino later apologized” is way funnier than it should be
On god it is funny but its kind of unfair that she didn’t mention that 80% of hollywood also said the same shit.
The fact he sees nothing wrong with Polanski’s actions makes the subject of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood make so much more sense
The end story is so awesome. Imagine loving something, so much you learn a very niche craftsmanship of hats. And then end up being the ones to make hats for said film franchise you love. He must of felt like his life was complete after that.
He “felt”
For real, that's the ultimate fandom come full circle moment. I'm honestly so happy for the guy!
Similar to the guys who built replica DeLorean time machines so detailed, that Universal Studios commissioned them restore the actual movie props.
As someone who went through an entire “Indiana Jones is all I care about,” phase with my own replica fedora and everything… this was an absolutely FANTASTIC video. It made my whole week 😂
Harrison Ford has great comedic timing.
The sword/gun fight and “no ticket” made me laugh as a little little kid.
0:44 Fun fact! The classic neckbbeard fedora is actuall called a trilby, which is a specific type of fedora with a brim of 3" or less
the Adventurebilt guy learning how to make the hat himself and then not price gouging his fellow fans is so wholesome. what a nice guy. to have his hats in the film reboot must've been a dream come true.
*Petition for Gabi’s parents to dictate more of her video topics*
I was talking with my mom one day about an old movie that I watched with my grandma, and I told her that the main character was “the boyfriend from friends” and my mom got mad at me because Tom Sellock was “a Hollywood star” before Friends and how ridiculous it was that I didn’t know him from anything other than friends. So I thought that bit was pretty funny
So much same
No because gabi’s dad and her interaction is the most wholesome thing ever
I totally agree that what made Indiana's hat iconic was the cinematography - that scene where he grabs it under the door, all the shadows on the wall... I got excited just watching those scenes and now I want to do an Indiana Jones cosplay lol
i once saw a rotating museum exhibit about famous costumes from movies, and they covered the story of Indy's hat! The one thing I remember was the actual cap/center part of the hat is taller than most fedoras so the signature dent on top can be seen even when shot from below the wide brim of the hat!
Gabi's dad: I bet you can't make a video about this random obscure topic lol
Gabi: Hold my hat
Dad is such an icon for the low-key nagging support haha. It's so wholesome and he really does have an interesting and unique taste in topics. Him and Gabi are a power duo ❤️
Hey just wanted to say amazing video! I’m unfortunately one of those fans who care way too much about the hat history. I did want to say that Indygear is a great resource but it hasn’t been fully updated in a little bit so some of the pages don’t have the most recent info. A couple years ago Herbert Johnson got a new hatter, Michelle, who spent a lot of time sourcing hats from Mr. Swales during the raiders era in order to recreate the perfect Raiders hat and match weight and color of the felt. So Herbert Johnson is now back on the map and now considered THE place to get a hat among most Indy fans again.
As an enjoyer of Quentin Tarantino’s movies (not a “fan” but I’ve loved every movie I’ve seen from him). He’s definitely a weirdo. I don’t think anyone is denying that. But his film expertise is pretty unmatched for any famous director. Not just techniques, but knowledge of movies in general. He’ll pull some kind of style/editing/technique from some obscure 50’s Swedish B movie he saw as a kid and use it in a film he’s working on.
Great director. Does not always mean great person.
I really agree, it's very easy to just say he's "the feet guy" or "the violence guy" or "the overlong self-indulgent movies guy". None of those are wrong, but it's a pretty reductive way of looking at a genuinely creative and artistic director.
Guy's weird as hell and from what I can gather, has done and said his fair share of shit that's simply out of line, but as a filmmaker he clearly knows what he's doing, and hearing him speak about cinema and art in general is quite interesting.
I remember at the Great Movie Ride at Disney World, there was a fact about Raiders that they purposely had Indy never lose his hat because the 1940s serials usually had heroes' hats stay on during any fight or action scene. There was also something about how it was considered to be poor taste for a gentlemen to be without his hat.
Also respect to Gabi for being able to make a video about Indy and not resort to being one of those idiots that goes "hur dur there's only 3 films. What 4th film? We're so clever" KOTCS isn't that bad and the haters online are so annoying for trying to gatekeep the series
What?
She said she got the 3 films and tons of extra stuff showing the box with all 4 films.
Isn't that exactly what you are talking about?
*cough* simp *cough*
I'm a huge Indy fan and I never even noticed the hat differences. Now you've got me questioning if I'm even a real fan or not. Anyway great video
Her poor father, getting tortured by Gabi not making a video of Indiana’s hat
I seem to remember there being a behind the scenes bit during The Last Crusade where Harrison Ford jokes about the hat staying on and proceeds to take an empty staple gun and squeeze the trigger a few times while moving it about on the hat on his head.
No, he actually stapled it to his head.
I loved this! I think costume design is so interesting. I am always fascinated by channels like Mina Le or Modern Girls which break down costume design or fashion concepts and it can be so much more than just an outfit.
"I'M CONVINCED HIS HAT IS JUST A VINTAGE CAPPY"
Oh great, now I have an idea.
This was a nice adventure into weird and obscure film-related topics! Thanks for the video!
I've never even watched Indiana Jones, but now I know way too much about his hat
Here’s your chance to become the mega nerd you were destined to be
Same
Can't wait for Gabi to suddenly upload a 6 hour video essay on the youtube search bar
hat's off to you for making this video when nobody else would dare
I have been an indie fan since the 90's and although i knew a lot of what you shared Im still in love with the fact you so randomly dropped this video. Please, continue making random stuff for us.
We must all agree to protect Gabi's dad at all cost
The whole Indiana Jones fandom is rather unique. It spans generations, all nations, and all walks of life, and engenders a very deep love of the franchise, yet there isn't that much media to consume or that much merchandise compared to something like Star Wars, so you get people who are super into all of it and know everything about what little there is. These people often have high priced replicas (usually a collection of the artifacts) or real props displayed, they collect and replicate super detailed clothing from the films, and they have an encyclopedic knowledge of not just the films and their productions, but also all the novels, comics, the tv show, video games, and toy lines. They have the amount of love the most devoted fans of large franchises have, but it's focused on a much smaller area of culture. They also make a staggering amount of fan films, of varying quality. They train with whips in their backyards, just in case they ever have to swing across a canyon or disarm a gunman. They're dedicated, and I see hat specific posts almost every day.
Wholesome success story for that meganerd. We love to see it. Thanks for delving into obscure subjects. Hope your dad gives more recommendations like that.
I have the same DVD box set😅
Also, I loved this video and the fact the new movie hats are “fan made” just makes me indescribably happy! That’s so cool!
I love your dad.
Mr. Dad, if you're reading this, great job.
You deserve fortune and glory, sir, fortune and glory...
Great suggestion from your Dad. I liked how he knew you were covering a certain topic and he gave you merch relating to it. My Dad was the same way, I'd tell him that I was looking into an musical group and the next time I visit a CD from that group is in his hands.
I absolutely love the fact that your dad sent you a ton of stuff when you said you'd do the episode 😂
Send him the best greetings from random viewer 48651 ❤
I'd argue Clint Eastwood's hat he used in western movies like For a Fistful of Dollars is the second most iconic film hat.
I showed the new film's trailer to my mom without saying anything. She didn't know they were making another one. When the silhouette of the hat appeared she immediately got up from her chair and screamed "INDIANA JONES???", and her eyes glued to the screen. I think she didn't even blink for two whole minutes lol.
I'll be so mad if the movie ends up being bad... but there's hope. I trust James Mangold.
James Mangold I trust. It's Disney/Lucasfilm and Kathleen Kennedy that I don't trust.
Fun fact- The hat often used in the fedora wearing neckbeard "m'lady" memes isn't actually a fedora. It's called a trillby. Garbage-tier hats usually falsely sold as a fedora in places like Hot Topic, Buckle, JC Penny, or Wal-Mart.
Similarly, people often refer to anything beyond a fedora in brim or crown size as a cowboy hat, when the person is actually wearing an outback hat or something. I'm not the type to correct people, but the urge is there. Words mean things!
I love stories about fans making stuff that become official parts of the thing they’re fans of so much
I am from Indiana and my last name is literally Jones. I have been obsessed for quite some time, with the franchise. I was lucky enough to live in Los Angeles from 2006 to 2009, where I stumbled across a shop the Iguana Vintage Shop, where I bought a Bailey brand Fedora. They had been in business since 1922. I had combed the Universal Studios shops and basic halloween shops for his hat. The only difference in my hat is a hemmed edge. I paid $40 for it in 2010, and it is still everything to my costume. I loved this episode, and was geeked to find out the super fans ended up making the hats for the movie. Stay nerdy my friends!! But for real if you are in LA visit the Iguana store as they get costumes off the Hollywood lots all the time. I wore my hat while watching this episode.
You find and then make the weirdest information so fun and interesting. Love the unique niche deep dives. Also, loving the transition humming. it's very cute 😊
I had one of those Stetson's in the 90s.
I macramed a rainbow band for it and wore it often
One night I'm sitting on the front porch of a friend talking with their neighbor (fellow on spectrum) about how much I adored Tom Clancy's books, which turned to him mentioning that Ford was his favourite actor. This prompted me to run in, grab the hat, ahow him the Indy logo and give it to him.
His face absolutely lit up as he put it in his head and rode off on his oversized tricycle to show it to his mom and sisters. He was so happy to have it and so proud to show it off.
At least his boots never changed. Always the Alden 405, still made in Massachusetts to this day, great boot. They were Harrison Ford's own boots from doing carpentry also.
This was a major nostalgia trip for me. Even though I'm just barely turning 20, I grew up watching these movies with my dad. We'd even go to summits that some people on the forum hosted. They were some of the nerds that knew a lot about the different materials and makers of the hats- even getting some of their own. Dad's still got an Indie costume put together somewhere with one of those hats.
I need at least five subway surfers and family guy clips to stay stimulated, 0/10
you're right, i'm so sorry
If you want a story of "crazy fans eventually become part of the thing they love", look up polaroid/impossible project. The tl;dr is when polaroid started going bankrupt and stopped making film, a company formed called impossible project to try to reverse engineer and produce new film packs for polaroid enthusiasts. But then they ended up buying the polaroid trademark and are officially polaroid now.
To be honest, you could do an episode on every part of that iconic costume. The whole costume is true in that at a glance, it appears like something you could find anywhere, but every article of clothing is not like anything you'll find in any store.
There's even a story on why the boots wound up being the boots used.
It's good that there's nerds and enthusiasts for genres of all kinds. Sometimes, those are the very people productions turn to when things would have otherwise had their history lost to time.
As a huge Indiana Jones fan, I loved this video so much. Another nice one, Gabi!
If you'd like to have a very close copy of the Fedora, I recommend Miller hats. It's offered in several colors besides brown. Differing shaping is also available. The "poet" hats in the UK are $400-$600.
If you look at photos from the '30s to the '50s, nearly all men wore Fedoras. If a man was seen without his hat, it was assumed he'd either lost his hat or his mind. Humphrey Bogart was probably best known for his Fedoras before Harrison Ford. Watch "Casablanca".
Dirt/smog protection was important, especially when heavy styling paste was popular for hair.
As a huge Indy fan and plan on buying the fedora in preparation for the final movie.. I’m so happy I came across this video.
I would suggest that one reason Indy's hat is so much more iconic than the earlier examples is that those movies were made in an era when men wearing that type of hat was not a big deal; looking at crowd photos from the 1940's and earlier, most men are wearing some type of hat when outdoors. It wasn't till the 50s that this started fading, and by the sixties where it became the exception. So when the character became a pop-culture icon in the 1980s it's not surprising that people immediately made the fedora emblematic of the character.
only true gatekeepers remember when this was called "The Incredibly Unnecessary History of Indiana Jones' Hat"
As an archaeologist, I can confirm that Indie's perpetually sticky hat gave me deeply unrealistic expectations of hat performance in the field.
Who wouldn't want to wear a hat like Indy's, also "that's the dog's name Jr"
No one talks about how Indiana Jones leaves the hat behind on the ship in Raiders, and has a different hat at the end of the movie.
I think the hat he wears on the steps of the government building at the end of the movie, is the grey travel hat that he wears earlier on the plane journey to Nepal. How he got that hat back from there is a mystery too. Perhaps he just gets people around the world to mail his stuff back to himself. 😃
Fan fact: George Lucas didn't want Ford as Indiana Jones, he want Tom(he wanted him originally for Han Solo too), but it was Spielberg who convinced Lucas to do screentest with Ford.
Gabi is good at telling us cases we never knew were interested in 👀
Great video! Every part of Indy's costume tells a story, but the fedora itself shines brightest. Fortune and glory, kid!
Thank you Gabi I’ve been thinking of Indiana jones and how it had a decent impact on my childhood and figured everyone forgot about it, till this video so truly I appreciate it.
I love it when Indiana Jones says "Hey, I'm Indiana Jones"
I love that fan story stuff, they love something so much they got into the field just to enjoy it and then get picked up by the IP. Something like that happened for someone they brought on to help with the Sonic movie redesign too. Really uplifting stuff
wow. my mom is gonna be SHOOK when i tell her tom selick was gonna be indiana jones. so will my grandpa, as raiders of the lost ark is his favorite movie ever. he talks about how it's a masterpiece a lot. it so wholesome.
Indiana Jones hat da 🐐 no 🧢
so true zaqq
Indiana Jones, like Star Wars, is designed intentionally to be a throwback to old fifties films. Indy's costume isn't "stolen" it's a visual reference. Saying it's stealing is like saying The Artist is ripping off silent films.
I'm sorry but I've never clicked on a video faster! I once went on an adventure to aquire said hat when the ride 1st came to the park. I had to return years later for the whip also from Disneyland. You're dad is the best & so are you! ❤
I was 5 or 6 when the kingdom of the crystal skull came out. Block busters had cheap Indy hats, and i bugged my mom so much about it, and i still own it. i love that hat
Thank you Mr. Gabi's Dad.
New info on the Dial of Destiny hat!
"The Dial of Destiny Indy wasn’t made by Adventurebilt. Steve is gone (possibly dead), Marc has retired from hat making, and the name only lives on through a co-branded hat that John Penman makes with Adventurebilt branded supplies. The Dial Fedora was made (quietly announced a while ago, and formally/publicly announced an hour ago) by Herbert Johnson of London. Just like the hats for the original trilogy."
I have a friend who is literally one of the people who pushed for the screen accurate hat--that message was from him. I knew him in college (where yes, he had a fedora!) but now he does props and costumes professionally so at least that lead to a career!
This is a great video. I am a huge fan of the Indy films and have always noticed that the hat changed over the films. It made sense to me because hats wear out. He even had various whips for each film. However... you pointed out facts I had no idea. I am now subscribed and ALSO think your dad should suggest more vids for you. Thanks for the info.
Great video! I'm one of those nerds too, and loved the mention of the site! Brilliant stuff! The hat for Dial of Destiny isn't AB sadly though, it's back at Herbert Johnson this last time out! And they did a really good job on it! Steve has retired and the director chose to take it back to the source, now that HJ have a superb block and a great hatter to nail the details! (She's a great person too!)
We the public demand more Gabis dad. This was too wholesome.
Can’t wait to learn about something that’s never crossed my mind next
This is like when you work in a restaurant and then your parents come to eat. But the youtuber version. It's really cute you made a video for your dad!
The Indy boots have a similar problem. Harrison Ford insisted on using his favorite boots the Alden 405 that he wore while working as a carpenter. The boot maker Alden still makes them and renamed them the “Alden Indy”.
But while it used to be an affordable high quality boot it now is a lot less high quality and costs over 800$
"things probably weren't wondering but make you go 'huh'" is the best genre of youtube
Or "wow, I hate Tommy Tallarico"
You missed one important detail: The older films came out when people still wore hats as everyday wear. So, those hats never had a chance to be noticed as something special. Same way we don't associate Indiana's trousers with him. There's just nothing special about him wearing trousers.
I feel like it's also cosplay culture really going full steam. And like you said HF's charisma and also working in Star Wars put more eyes on it.
4:09 Fun fact: Lucas actually didn’t want Ford BECAUSE he used him in Star Wars and American Graffiti, and didn’t want to be a director who uses the same actors
Goddamn love Indiana Jones. Thank you, Gabi's Dad.
Fun fact the reason there are three different hats in all three original movies is because the original buck mold that made the original raiders hat was lost or destroyed and they had to recreate it without the dimensions of the OG that’s why it varies so much. Eventually Herbert Johnson reached out to some HJ/Indy enthusiasts that had the same exact model that was made from the original bucks that the raiders hat was from they lended theirs and they were able to reconstruct the raiders hat that we are able to buy now.
Also I believe Herbert johnson was contracted to make the dial of destiny hats.
Loved the video!
I love Indiana Jones, I love Harrison Ford, I love Shrek, I love you. But I refuse to accept it’s a fedora 😭Thank u for this video 🤌🏼🤌🏼 10/10 as always
What you and most people on the internet know as a fedora is closer to a hat style called a Trilby. The more you know *Star*
Im not even that big an indiana jones fan I just really want an indiana jones hat.
Gabi you can make a thing that’s so dull and boring interesting like MAGIC
are you calling this dull and boring...
No I’m saying it’s interesting
Not to be the biggest film nerd, but its well known that Spielberg has a lot of love for old 50's adventure movies. Indy is kind of an amalgamation of all 50's adventure movies. Same for Tarentino, he baiscally took all his favorite characters in other foreign movies and spliced them all together, kind of like a fanfic
the nerdiest nerd story I've ever heard and I love it so much. thank you Gabi's dad for pushing this amazing story forward to us
thanks for this video. i’m going to school for archaeology and now i have to buy one of these hats for archaeological and aesthetic needs.
It still bugs me to this day that the meme of the "fedora" got the make 100% wrong. The "niceguy" hat is a trilby lol. (Also yus my avatar has me wearing a fedora but that's just a coincidence).
Gabi: "Have you ever thought about Indiana jones's hat?"
Me: "part time"