I'm a professional. His on-camera shots show a lot of wasted space and make him appear small. Drives me a little nuts. I do enjoy his history lessons, though.
@@kurtb8474 What wasted space, the background showing his hats and other memorabilia is much more interesting than seeing a too close close-up filling the whole screen making me want to back up away from the screen, or are you one of the new professionals trying to push everything to a 3X5 dumb phone?
As always, another historical gem excavated by the History Guy. Never a dull moment when P.T. Barnum is involved. That man had marketing down to an art, before the world really knew what "marketing" was.
Barnum's funniest manipulation of people was how he got people to leave his NYC museum so he could keep people flowing through..."This way to the Egress." As an aside, another legacy of P.T. Barnum is his affiliation with Tufts Univerity, where he was a trustee and benefactor. To this day, Jumbo is the school's mascot and Jumbo's stuffed hide stood in Barnum Hall until 1975 when the building burned. it was a tradition to put a penny in Jumbo's trunk before an exam for good luck. Jumbo's story would also be fun on this channel.
After going through the door to the amazing Egress, they found themselves in the alley, the door locked behind them. Joining the list of those born every minute, as they sheepishly bought another ticket.
In my neck of the woods, Jumbo is slang for bologna to the utter confusion of visitors. Your videos are never white elephants and I hope the good folks at Skillshare aren't paying you peanuts. You never fail in the mammoth tusk of finding more forgotten gems from our past, History Guy!
Seriously. I’m not trying to butter you up. Your show, in my opinion, is fantastic. I can listen to this almost all day, it’s so insightful and really helps me to appreciate just how we got to this world today. I encourage you to keep up the good work. Thank you
Ok, look. I've got way too much to do this morning to be screwing around on RUclips. I am not ready for my 11 o'clock call. I need to get on that guy about putting his rewrites up on the cloud. My boss is already pinging me...I do not have any time at all. The History Guy has posted a new video? And it's about an elephant?! Work can wait. The boss is a fan, too. She'll totally understand why I'm ignoring her until after I enjoy these 15 minutes. Thanks, History Guy!
Hello, I have watched a number of your stories and I love them all!! I am a big history lover myself but a lover of cars even more so. If I can make a suggestion on a video, You could make an episode on the history of the Felix Wankel's rotary engine. He is best known thanks to Mazda mass producing his engine in the 60s- to early 90s. But few really know the interesting story of the young German inventor and his journey with his new engine. its history that I think deserves to be remembered. :) P.S Excellent job on the "The great race from New-York to Paris" video, It's one of my favorite!
Hey history guy, your videos are amazingly edited and super informative... If I could add a suggestion, the history of the farm colonies the fight of tuberculosis and the beginning of the Willowbrook houses on Staten island would be a great watch.
Being as I was born in Bridgeport and still live nearby I actually already knew about this one!😀 Mr. P. T. Barnum is still very much alive and well in spirit here in southern Connecticut. That's for sure.
Thank you, good sir! Two expressions that I heard in my youth have been explained. "Going to see the elephant" and " I was sold a white elephant"! I hope both sayings come back in style!
"According to Barnum - who didn't always represent events accurately . . . " I nearly choked laughing at that understatement/dry humor, History Guy! White Elephant War - now that was an intense competition. The rest of your presentation was as good as the beginning; another superb job. A jumbo-sized thank you, THG.
Have you done an episode on the disappearance of a military plane in the Monongahela river near Pittsburgh in the early 50s? That is history that deserves to be remembered.
He could have run for office in the US! And been considered the Most Truthful! It would have been the first time a Jack ass rode in on a White Elephant! Thus representing BOTH parties!
63bplumb Actually he did. He was originally a Democrat slave owner, but by the 1850s he had changed his mind on the morality of slavery and became a fairly active abolitionist. He was elected as a Republican to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1865 and served for 4 terms. Later he would be elected mayor of Bridgeport.
When you say; "I hope you enjoyed this episode of the History Guy", I always find myself saying; "Yes, I did, thank you" to my computer. I am a Scout Leader in south London and one of our other Leaders came from a Troop that sadly, no longer really exists, but was called 1st Balham & Tooting 'King of Siam's Own'. The Troop was very old, started shortly after Scouting started in 1907 (as, I think, the 1st South London) and quickly grew to be large and popular. At some time in the nineteen twenties, the Group Scout Leader - who worked for the Foreign & Colonial Office - was sent to Siam to liaise with the Siamese Government and, in doing so, met the King. Long story short, the Scout Leader ended up starting Scouting in Siam and it grew in popularity and effectiveness very quickly. To show his gratitude, when the Scout Leader eventually returned to London and his beloved 1st Balham & Tooting, the King of Siam granted the addition to their name; 'King of Siam's Own'. It was a tradition that all members of the KSO, from the very youngest, when they had been in the Group for (I think) five years, they could wear the White Elephant (actually silver embroidered) badge on their shoulder. After ten years (thus Explorer Scouts and Leaders) they could wear the much coveted Silver Elephant badge, embroidered with real silver thread. My colleague still wears his (as he is allowed.) The Group has changed and no longer holds to that tradition, which many of us regret, even though we were never in the "KSO".
I saw an ad for skillshare, I think it was on vet Ranch. I went to sign up for a free trial. They wanted a credit card. So the only thing I've ever gotten from skillshare is many many many many many many many many pieces of spam. There were more emails than many's above, but I think I've made my point. They may be a fine and useful company, but they misled me into giving them of my information, didn't give me a trial of anything, and sent me crap loads of useless emails. And that is scumbaggery that deserves to be remembered
Another thumbs up, History Guy! How the world has changed: Keeping those animals in captivity is one thing, but chemically altering the colour of their skin?!?
Dear History Guy, Would you please consider doing a story about Masumi Mitsui. He was a man born in Japan and served in the Canadian Army during World War One. Despite his service he had a Hell of a time during World War Two. He was ill-served by the nation he served. Also, how about doing a story about ties; cravat, bow, long ties. You might want to investigate the old chess master Frank Marshall and his combo bow tie and necktie.
I look forward to each of your presentations. May I make a suggestion for a future episode? U S Navy created wooden hullled minesweepers in the mid 1950's. Only 102 were ever built for the U S Navy and foreign Navies. Unfortunately, none were saved intact as with other types of vessels One , USS Lucid MSO 458, is presently being restored after being sold to a private party but it needs a lot of work. The phrase "wooden ships and iron men' is very symbolic for these work horses.
Your stories, cantor, inflection, and format remind me of a radio man from my youth. His name was Paul Harvey. I’m betting others will know ...the rest of the story! I miss his stories so. Thank you for filling this void. If you have never listened to him please do. You may even find some good ideas to share in your own fashion.
hey history guy, just found this channel I'm a history guy to love it history matters deeply and most people totally disregard it and think it's boring dates and dead people, hardly the truth. Where did you go to school for your education? And do you teach anywhere now?
Many years ago I read a book called "P.T. Barnum: The World's Greatest Showman" It was a very insightful and interesting read, and of course it ended with the story of Barnum's circus which later merged with Ringling Brothers to be come the "Greatest Show on Earth". Now lets talk about your next video! How about a quick tour of all the wonderful toys behind you?
Loved this as always! FYI, there's an excellent two-part American Experience documentary by PBS, "The Circus", which not only goes in the history of circuses, period but also covers the rivalry between Forepaugh and Barnum. I'm not a circus fan but I decided to give the documentary a try specifically because of this THG episode. Also, rather than having to buy it from Amazon or the PBS store, if you contribute to PBS, you get access to PBS Passport, which lets you stream all their current documentaries (and quite a few of their past ones) online through PBS.org. Well worth the money, IMO, to get all the American Experience and NOVA you can eat. And no, I have no commercial connection with PBS -- I'm just a documentary nerd and it's a great source.
Somewhat ironic that faced with the real thing he was just as disappointed as everyone else. I wonder if it was because he was so used to being a trickster that he could not appreciate the real article when he had it.
I was once told an interesting story concerning RAF Sculthorpe in Norfolk England. The base during the 1950s/60s was Europe’s largest Atom Bomb base and home to around 10000 personnel. Unfortunately in 1958 Master Sergeant Leander Cunningham suffering from Stress locked himself in the bomb store threatening to fire a pistol into an Atomic Bomb. The siege lasted 8hours before the Serviceman was talked down. The story remains largely forgotten in the UK and was denied by UK government until a few years ago despite the US government releasing records years ago. It would be great if you could produce a documentary on this so the story is remembered. Cheers Mark
P.T Barnum was one of my great, great, uncles. In fact, my mom's maiden name was Barnum. Given how controversial he is, it's not exactly something to brag about, but I've always found him interesting.
Ahoy! Love your Channel and have a topic for you. When I was young growing up on the farm in the 70's I found a medallion in the barnyard one day that said : 25th Annual Convention of the Indiana State Haymakers Association. I'm not real sure now but I believe it was dated 1916. I've tried to research it but I've not really been able to find any info concerning the Indiana State Haymakers Association so perhaps you can find it?
Hey! I love the channel and the content! I have a video suggestion! I think there should be a video about the creation of fanta soda by the Nazis in 1940 in Germany.
If ever a movie is made about my life, you can rest assured I will make every effort to have them cast an actor who looks exactly like me, flaws and all. I'm thinking maybe Chris Hemsworth. ;-)
P. T. Barnum got his flare for pranks from his grandfather. Growing up, Barnum's grandfather would play jokes on him and he watched his grandfather play jokes on other people. Barnum loved those jokes. After Barnum got married his grandfather passed away and left him some land. It was described as being beutiful. When Barnum and his wife went out to see the land, Barnum began to laugh. His wife did not understand why he was laughing. Barnum told her that the land was the 10 square foot grassy island in the middle of a river. His grandfather played one last joke in his beloved Phineas.
His grandfather sounds like a riot. He either planned that joke for a very long time or he went out to buy land shortly before his death just to fuck with someone. Either way it's an awesome prank to pull.
A story idea: the Australians who spied on the Japanese during WW 2. I read a book about them in high school many years ago and thought their bravery was an example of history that needs to be remembered.
Very informative and interesting. As we all use the phrase 'the white elephant' frequently without knowing it's origin. Perhaps a series can be started on the forgotten history about the origins of popular phrases and idioms of the English language. On a side note, Yangoon/ Rangoon ceased to be the capital of Myanmar/ Burma recently as they switched to a new planned capital city.
I have been an History Guy subscriber for a while now. I like to give thumbs up but I might not continue to if there are personal advertisements involved.
We understand that some viewers do not prefer sponsored content. That is why we made it clear from the opening screen that the episode was sponsored, in case viewers would prefer to choose one of our approximately 300 episodes that do not include sponsored content.
I know that you take suggestions for future subjects so here are mine. Col. David Fanning of the Loyalist Militia during the American Revolution. Free black Confederate soldiers and sailors. Col. David Marcus also known as David Stone and his part in the birth of modern Israel.
As a child in New Bedford,Ma the circus train would unload at the north station and the entire circus parade elephants and all would pass by my grandparents house on its way to Sargent Field for an engagement. What a thrill !
Old Pitt. Plus 100 year old circus elephant. Struck by lightning and killed. Buried where she dropped, in the field by the railroad in Dillon, MT. 1943
I like P. T. Barnum, mainly because I love animals. I can't imagine seeing any elephant for the 1st time, much less a white one ☺ thank you for the lesson 😉
Love your channel and its "short snippets" format, but would appreciate an occasional longer-format piece. A good one for starters would be the true story of P.T. Barnum. The recent "biographic" film whitewashed his character & behavior as thoroughly as one of those unfortunate elephants.
as always, a very interesting factual video... never knew of that story. however, one thing makes me unable to make this comment 100% positive . I strongly believe there should be a limit on non promotional videos, as to what percentage of the video content can be promotional, and what percentage needs to be on themed in-line with the title, if you have a promotion of this length, I feel the video needs to be at least 20-25 minutes long. (I do like the idea of skill-share and such products, so this has nothing to do with the advertised content). hope you do read this, and consider making your excellent videos longer.
Be interesting to hear about the "galvanized" soldiers of the civil war. My great, great grandfather was one, conscripted confederate but joined union after Shiloh.
I would like to suggest a subject. The Great Barrier Fence in Australia. One of the longest structures on Earth. With all the talk of Walls nowadays might be interesting.
I love the History Channel and your channel I think you should do more shows maybe social on black history I just want to see if it's a great show I love it watching it you learn something new every time I watch this show
My great grandfather worked in the copper mines ( Red Jacket mostly ) in Calumet Michigan he came here from Serbia and the owner of the mining company’s house is still standing he actually had elephant skin wallpaper! It made me feel sick that someone could spend their money on something so very cruel. You can look the house up if you ever are in the area we didn’t get to go in because after we toured the mine my great grandfather worked in the place was closed but from what I saw and read it’s a very beautiful home.
History guy, I swear I heard and read this story somewhere. It was during the invasion of either Sicily or Italt during the second world war. A british destroyer or gunship, if my memory is right, used its ballast to angle itself in the water to fire inland much farther. Can you help me?
I have watched this channel for quite a while and liked every one. But if I need to watch 3 minutes of advertising on every new one, I will stop as quickly as I started!
The major league baseball team the Oakland Athletics uses the white elephant as its mascot. John McGraw, the New York Giants (baseball) manager called the Philadelphia A's that back in the 19-aughts. Connie Mack , the A's manager liked it. The term proved prophetic as the A's have always not been able to keep their talent because of money concerns.
I think the simplicity of your video setup is part of the charm. Go history dude
The audio quality is superb, plus the lack of jump cut shows a high degree of preparation and professionalism.
I'm a professional. His on-camera shots show a lot of wasted space and make him appear small. Drives me a little nuts. I do enjoy his history lessons, though.
@@kurtb8474 I like THG just the way he is' "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It"
@@kurtb8474 What wasted space, the background showing his hats and other memorabilia is much more interesting than seeing a too close close-up filling the whole screen making me want to back up away from the screen, or are you one of the new professionals trying to push everything to a 3X5 dumb phone?
@@kurtb8474 he's not the star of the show, the history is... and if you look closely you'll find a bunch of history in that wasted space.
As always, another historical gem excavated by the History Guy. Never a dull moment when P.T. Barnum is involved. That man had marketing down to an art, before the world really knew what "marketing" was.
It is about time @The History Guy got a corporate sponsor! Congratulations 🎉!
Barnum's funniest manipulation of people was how he got people to leave his NYC museum so he could keep people flowing through..."This way to the Egress."
As an aside, another legacy of P.T. Barnum is his affiliation with Tufts Univerity, where he was a trustee and benefactor. To this day, Jumbo is the school's mascot and Jumbo's stuffed hide stood in Barnum Hall until 1975 when the building burned. it was a tradition to put a penny in Jumbo's trunk before an exam for good luck.
Jumbo's story would also be fun on this channel.
Id like to hear more about PT Barnum and Tuft University, also.
He came to sad end.
@@robertphillips6296 Assuming you mean Jumbo, you are right, he was hit by a train.
@@JarethGarza Here is info about Tufts: www.tufts.edu/about
After going through the door to the amazing Egress, they found themselves in the alley, the door locked behind them. Joining the list of those born every minute, as they sheepishly bought another ticket.
How can your videos get even better? They are the best in the entire RUclips universe.
"I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know!"
LOL! Groucho Harris.
David Harris Thanks! It reminds me of good old fashioned Groucho humor! Sadly missed.
An elephant and a naked man meet on the savannah. The elephant looks at the man, then says, "Hey, that's cute! Can you breathe with it?"
The old ones are always the best 😊👍
@@catjudo1 no, but I can write my name in the snow.🤣
So sad that a truly unique elephant was not fully appreciated - even by PT Barnum. 😢
In my neck of the woods, Jumbo is slang for bologna to the utter confusion of visitors. Your videos are never white elephants and I hope the good folks at Skillshare aren't paying you peanuts. You never fail in the mammoth tusk of finding more forgotten gems from our past, History Guy!
"Jumbo is slang for bologna"? Yinz got to be kidding. I prefer chipped chopped ham sandwiches,... especially from Isaly's. Just being nebby though.
Your Dad Jokes have reached your daily limit. Please refrain from any more Dad Jokes or suffer the consequences.
@@Kenatius mmmm bolangna
Seriously. I’m not trying to butter you up. Your show, in my opinion, is fantastic. I can listen to this almost all day, it’s so insightful and really helps me to appreciate just how we got to this world today. I encourage you to keep up the good work. Thank you
Ok, look. I've got way too much to do this morning to be screwing around on RUclips.
I am not ready for my 11 o'clock call. I need to get on that guy about putting his rewrites up on the cloud. My boss is already pinging me...I do not have any time at all.
The History Guy has posted a new video? And it's about an elephant?!
Work can wait.
The boss is a fan, too. She'll totally understand why I'm ignoring her until after I enjoy these 15 minutes.
Thanks, History Guy!
Love it. I listen at work while doing a few tasks
I share your plight.
😂
YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!!!
history dude it's nice to see someone find his place ... thanks for all you do ...
Glad to see you're sponsored and getting some of the recognition you deserve, you run a great channel
Great video and congratulations on more sponsors!
Absolutely delightful! Thanks much
Splendid, as always -- but I was particularly delighted to learn that our word "jumbo" started with Barnum's elephant.
Such a sad story with regards for the treatment of those magnificent animals.
So glad you are getting sponsors. :o)
Hello, I have watched a number of your stories and I love them all!! I am a big history lover myself but a lover of cars even more so. If I can make a suggestion on a video, You could make an episode on the history of the Felix Wankel's rotary engine. He is best known thanks to Mazda mass producing his engine in the 60s- to early 90s. But few really know the interesting story of the young German inventor and his journey with his new engine. its history that I think deserves to be remembered. :) P.S Excellent job on the "The great race from New-York to Paris" video, It's one of my favorite!
thank you ☕ugh, the entire story, which you present brilliantly and I enjoy immensely, I'm so distracted just thinking the poor animals ... 🙄
Love your programs Keep them coming. More please? I will not give you ideas because I love being surprised.
I’ve been listening to you from the beginning!👍
Hey history guy, your videos are amazingly edited and super informative... If I could add a suggestion, the history of the farm colonies the fight of tuberculosis and the beginning of the Willowbrook houses on Staten island would be a great watch.
Stunningly beautiful elephants, regardless of how they may have been described and misinterpreted at that time
awesome channel.
Being as I was born in Bridgeport and still live nearby I actually already knew about this one!😀 Mr. P. T. Barnum is still very much alive and well in spirit here in southern Connecticut. That's for sure.
Thank you, good sir! Two expressions that I heard in my youth have been explained. "Going to see the elephant" and " I was sold a white elephant"! I hope both sayings come back in style!
I've not only seen the elephant, I've smelled his breath.
Man, I live this channel. keep doing what you do.
Have you done one on the war on the emus?
I have not- there were quite a lot of RUclips videos on it already. I may come back to it.
Your channel is two years already time flies when you’re having fun it would seem
"According to Barnum - who didn't always represent events accurately . . . " I nearly choked laughing at that understatement/dry humor, History Guy!
White Elephant War - now that was an intense competition.
The rest of your presentation was as good as the beginning; another superb job.
A jumbo-sized thank you, THG.
Have you done an episode on the disappearance of a military plane in the Monongahela river near Pittsburgh in the early 50s? That is history that deserves to be remembered.
HG: _"According to Barnum, _*_who didn't always represent events accurately..."_*
Now THERE'S an understatement if ever there was one...😁
Much if the story of Toung Taloung comes from Barnum's autobiography, so yes, it has to be taken with a large grain of salt.
He could have run for office in the US! And been considered the Most Truthful! It would have been the first time a Jack ass rode in on a White Elephant! Thus representing BOTH parties!
@63bplumb - Well said and hilariously put!
63bplumb Actually he did. He was originally a Democrat slave owner, but by the 1850s he had changed his mind on the morality of slavery and became a fairly active abolitionist. He was elected as a Republican to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1865 and served for 4 terms. Later he would be elected mayor of Bridgeport.
I thought it was about a gift party he hosted at first lol, didn't know you could buy one at the time in all honesty, really loved the video!
Sorry I missed this one. Keep up the good work.
When you say; "I hope you enjoyed this episode of the History Guy", I always find myself saying; "Yes, I did, thank you" to my computer. I am a Scout Leader in south London and one of our other Leaders came from a Troop that sadly, no longer really exists, but was called 1st Balham & Tooting 'King of Siam's Own'.
The Troop was very old, started shortly after Scouting started in 1907 (as, I think, the 1st South London) and quickly grew to be large and popular. At some time in the nineteen twenties, the Group Scout Leader - who worked for the Foreign & Colonial Office - was sent to Siam to liaise with the Siamese Government and, in doing so, met the King. Long story short, the Scout Leader ended up starting Scouting in Siam and it grew in popularity and effectiveness very quickly. To show his gratitude, when the Scout Leader eventually returned to London and his beloved 1st Balham & Tooting, the King of Siam granted the addition to their name; 'King of Siam's Own'.
It was a tradition that all members of the KSO, from the very youngest, when they had been in the Group for (I think) five years, they could wear the White Elephant (actually silver embroidered) badge on their shoulder. After ten years (thus Explorer Scouts and Leaders) they could wear the much coveted Silver Elephant badge, embroidered with real silver thread. My colleague still wears his (as he is allowed.) The Group has changed and no longer holds to that tradition, which many of us regret, even though we were never in the "KSO".
Great story!
I saw an ad for skillshare, I think it was on vet Ranch. I went to sign up for a free trial. They wanted a credit card. So the only thing I've ever gotten from skillshare is many many many many many many many many pieces of spam. There were more emails than many's above, but I think I've made my point.
They may be a fine and useful company, but they misled me into giving them of my information, didn't give me a trial of anything, and sent me crap loads of useless emails.
And that is scumbaggery that deserves to be remembered
Love your channel.
If I may, Have you done a video on the 1752 massacre at Fort William Henry in Lake George, New York?
For a year long channel you've done good for subscribers
I am glad you have chosen to share your stories. Thank you
Another thumbs up, History Guy! How the world has changed: Keeping those animals in captivity is one thing, but chemically altering the colour of their skin?!?
Dear History Guy, Would you please consider doing a story about Masumi Mitsui. He was a man born in Japan and served in the Canadian Army during World War One. Despite his service he had a Hell of a time during World War Two. He was ill-served by the nation he served.
Also, how about doing a story about ties; cravat, bow, long ties. You might want to investigate the old chess master Frank Marshall and his combo bow tie and necktie.
I look forward to each of your presentations.
May I make a suggestion for a future episode?
U S Navy created wooden hullled minesweepers in the mid 1950's.
Only 102 were ever built for the U S Navy and foreign Navies.
Unfortunately, none were saved intact as with other types of vessels
One , USS Lucid MSO 458, is presently being restored after being sold to a private party but it needs a lot of work.
The phrase "wooden ships and iron men' is very symbolic for these work horses.
Your stories, cantor, inflection, and format remind me of a radio man from my youth. His name was Paul Harvey. I’m betting others will know ...the rest of the story!
I miss his stories so. Thank you for filling this void. If you have never listened to him please do. You may even find some good ideas to share in your own fashion.
Well we'll, good morning THG, and viewers!
Good morning fellow enthusiast, and have a good day.
Great video, as always.
hey history guy, just found this channel I'm a history guy to love it history matters deeply and most people totally disregard it and think it's boring dates and dead people, hardly the truth. Where did you go to school for your education? And do you teach anywhere now?
My history degree is from the University of Colorado at Boulder. No, I don't currently teach.
I love it when you have sponsors!
Episode suggestion I would love to see the history of the "Boston Molasses Disaster". Keep up the good work!
As always an interesting video. Now for my request........ Alfred Beach and his subway deserves to be remembered.
Horse drawn in NYC right?
Many years ago I read a book called "P.T. Barnum: The World's Greatest Showman" It was a very insightful and interesting read, and of course it ended with the story of Barnum's circus which later merged with Ringling Brothers to be come the "Greatest Show on Earth". Now lets talk about your next video! How about a quick tour of all the wonderful toys behind you?
Cool. Love your channel.
Loved this as always! FYI, there's an excellent two-part American Experience documentary by PBS, "The Circus", which not only goes in the history of circuses, period but also covers the rivalry between Forepaugh and Barnum. I'm not a circus fan but I decided to give the documentary a try specifically because of this THG episode. Also, rather than having to buy it from Amazon or the PBS store, if you contribute to PBS, you get access to PBS Passport, which lets you stream all their current documentaries (and quite a few of their past ones) online through PBS.org. Well worth the money, IMO, to get all the American Experience and NOVA you can eat. And no, I have no commercial connection with PBS -- I'm just a documentary nerd and it's a great source.
Somewhat ironic that faced with the real thing he was just as disappointed as everyone else. I wonder if it was because he was so used to being a trickster that he could not appreciate the real article when he had it.
one could say such of many of that ilk, including the the 45th.
I was once told an interesting story concerning RAF Sculthorpe in Norfolk England. The base during the 1950s/60s was Europe’s largest Atom Bomb base and home to around 10000 personnel. Unfortunately in 1958 Master Sergeant Leander Cunningham suffering from Stress locked himself in the bomb store threatening to fire a pistol into an Atomic Bomb. The siege lasted 8hours before the Serviceman was talked down. The story remains largely forgotten in the UK and was denied by UK government until a few years ago despite the US government releasing records years ago. It would be great if you could produce a documentary on this so the story is remembered. Cheers Mark
P.T Barnum was one of my great, great, uncles. In fact, my mom's maiden name was Barnum. Given how controversial he is, it's not exactly something to brag about, but I've always found him interesting.
Ahoy! Love your Channel and have a topic for you. When I was young
growing up on the farm in the 70's I found a medallion in the barnyard
one day that said : 25th Annual Convention of the Indiana State
Haymakers Association. I'm not real sure now but I believe it was dated
1916. I've tried to research it but I've not really been able to find
any info concerning the Indiana State Haymakers Association so perhaps
you can find it?
I've never seen a white elelphant, but I've been followed home by quite a few pink ones.
Lol
So have I.
@perfect stranger Now that's what I'm talking about.
I wouldn't know. I'm colour-blind and find the difference between pink and white is often hard to tell.
"Thanks Pinky, you've always been there fo me"
Banney Gumble
I love this History Story!
Hey! I love the channel and the content! I have a video suggestion! I think there should be a video about the creation of fanta soda by the Nazis in 1940 in Germany.
If ever a movie is made about my life, you can rest assured I will make every effort to have them cast an actor who looks exactly like me, flaws and all. I'm thinking maybe Chris Hemsworth. ;-)
P. T. Barnum got his flare for pranks from his grandfather. Growing up, Barnum's grandfather would play jokes on him and he watched his grandfather play jokes on other people. Barnum loved those jokes.
After Barnum got married his grandfather passed away and left him some land. It was described as being beutiful. When Barnum and his wife went out to see the land, Barnum began to laugh. His wife did not understand why he was laughing. Barnum told her that the land was the 10 square foot grassy island in the middle of a river.
His grandfather played one last joke in his beloved Phineas.
His grandfather sounds like a riot. He either planned that joke for a very long time or he went out to buy land shortly before his death just to fuck with someone. Either way it's an awesome prank to pull.
Hi History Guy! I love the channel! Just a correction, the modern day capital of Myanmar is not Rangoon (Yangon) it's the city of Nay Pyi Taw.
I never knew Tom Delonge was an elephant before his Blink 182 days. Thanks!
That was funny.
Well done, Allan Foster, well done.
Terrible, but well done.
Ba dump bump!!!
Allan......we have a winner!
You should make a video of the American farm strike from the 30s to the 70s. Love all these videos. Keep it up bud!
A fascinating story, as usual.
Quite an interesting story but I was sad for the elephants.
A story idea: the Australians who spied on the Japanese during WW 2. I read a book about them in high school many years ago and thought their bravery was an example of history that needs to be remembered.
It's ironic that Barnum took so much grief from one of the few times he was being honest!
akin to the fable of the boy who cried wolf methinks.
the in-program commerical: a tradition that deserves to be remembered.
We don't expect to do more than one or two sponsored episodes a month.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel I'm just giving you a hard time! Keep up the good work! Your videos are great!!
Very informative and interesting. As we all use the phrase 'the white elephant' frequently without knowing it's origin. Perhaps a series can be started on the forgotten history about the origins of popular phrases and idioms of the English language.
On a side note, Yangoon/ Rangoon ceased to be the capital of Myanmar/ Burma recently as they switched to a new planned capital city.
I enjoy your videos very much, keep up the good work. However I am a bit disappointed to see that you are now putting adverts in them.
I have been an History Guy subscriber for a while now. I like to give thumbs up but I might not continue to if there are personal advertisements involved.
We understand that some viewers do not prefer sponsored content. That is why we made it clear from the opening screen that the episode was sponsored, in case viewers would prefer to choose one of our approximately 300 episodes that do not include sponsored content.
History rules. The history guy rules.
I know that you take suggestions for future subjects so here are mine. Col. David Fanning of the Loyalist Militia during the American Revolution. Free black Confederate soldiers and sailors. Col. David Marcus also known as David Stone and his part in the birth of modern Israel.
I was just wondering who did your editing..Now I know...hehe..I still miss the panzer opening
I actually had and read a copy of that book, it was fascinating!
As a child in New Bedford,Ma the circus train would unload at the north station and the entire circus parade elephants and all would pass by my grandparents house on its way to Sargent Field for an engagement. What a thrill !
P.T. Barnum was both a great entrepreneur and con-man!
Most great entrepreneurs are great con men.
Old Pitt. Plus 100 year old circus elephant. Struck by lightning and killed. Buried where she dropped, in the field by the railroad in Dillon, MT. 1943
:D you got a new sponsor. Congratulations
Thank you! I don't think we will be moving beyond maybe one r two sponsored episodes in a month, but I am happy to give a minute to a good product.
Excellent as usual. Better that this video be about a white elephant than be one.
I like P. T. Barnum, mainly because I love animals. I can't imagine seeing any elephant for the 1st time, much less a white one ☺ thank you for the lesson 😉
*P.T. Barnum: The man who looked **_NOTHING LIKE_** the actor that portrayed him on film.*
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Love your channel and its "short snippets" format, but would appreciate an occasional longer-format piece. A good one for starters would be the true story of P.T. Barnum. The recent "biographic" film whitewashed his character & behavior as thoroughly as one of those unfortunate elephants.
Will you do one on jumbo the elephant? Thank you you do great historical events
Possibly yes.
as always, a very interesting factual video... never knew of that story.
however, one thing makes me unable to make this comment 100% positive . I strongly believe there should be a limit on non promotional videos, as to what percentage of the video content can be promotional, and what percentage needs to be on themed in-line with the title, if you have a promotion of this length, I feel the video needs to be at least 20-25 minutes long. (I do like the idea of skill-share and such products, so this has nothing to do with the advertised content). hope you do read this, and consider making your excellent videos longer.
Lol, barnum brought a real deal white elephant and was immediately called a fraud.
Aesop had a similar fable about "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".
Be interesting to hear about the "galvanized" soldiers of the civil war. My great, great grandfather was one, conscripted confederate but joined union after Shiloh.
After hearing about the elephant bleached white your use of the word galvanised certainly raised an eye brow.
PT would fit in nicely on TMZ
I would like to suggest a subject. The Great Barrier Fence in Australia. One of the longest structures on Earth. With all the talk of Walls nowadays might be interesting.
To keep rabbits from moving in right?
How about the Great Salt Hedge of India?
No, that is a white elephant story if I ever heard one. Thank you!
I love the History Channel and your channel I think you should do more shows maybe social on black history I just want to see if it's a great show I love it watching it you learn something new every time I watch this show
That's really sad. The ignorance and disrespect of greedy men, causing such sadness for beautiful animals.
My great grandfather worked in the copper mines ( Red Jacket mostly ) in Calumet Michigan he came here from Serbia and the owner of the mining company’s house is still standing he actually had elephant skin wallpaper! It made me feel sick that someone could spend their money on something so very cruel. You can look the house up if you ever are in the area we didn’t get to go in because after we toured the mine my great grandfather worked in the place was closed but from what I saw and read it’s a very beautiful home.
History guy, I swear I heard and read this story somewhere. It was during the invasion of either Sicily or Italt during the second world war. A british destroyer or gunship, if my memory is right, used its ballast to angle itself in the water to fire inland much farther. Can you help me?
Your new profil pictures is nice, THG.
Thanks!
Elephants should be respected. They are better in many ways than some humans.
I have watched this channel for quite a while and liked every one.
But if I need to watch 3 minutes of advertising on every new one, I will stop as quickly as I started!
How dare he make any money! Just skip forward
RIP Tongtalong. Poor guy just wanted to be an elephant
Toung Taloung.
good like always
The major league baseball team the Oakland Athletics uses the white elephant as its mascot.
John McGraw, the New York Giants (baseball) manager called the Philadelphia A's that back in the 19-aughts. Connie Mack , the A's manager liked it. The term proved prophetic as the A's have always not been able to keep their talent because of money concerns.
Have you done an episode on the Whiskey Rebellion?
I have not yet, no, but quite possibly will.
Uncommon Sense What about the Root Beer Rebellion?