Joshua Norton, the Only United States Emperor

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  • @SamONellaAcademy
    @SamONellaAcademy  Před 5 lety +30710

    Had to re-upload cause old uncle sam forgot to put in the title promo like a nitwit. Pls dont lynch me

  • @thatrandomguy2385
    @thatrandomguy2385 Před 4 lety +8944

    fun fact: joshua norton had a longstanding feud with a guy who thought he was george washington

    • @RezaChity-G
      @RezaChity-G Před 4 lety +341

      TIMOTHY DEXTER!

    • @Reignor99
      @Reignor99 Před 4 lety +310

      the other guy thought Norton was Washington, or the other guy thought himself was Washington?

    • @shronkler1994
      @shronkler1994 Před 4 lety +119

      @@Reignor99 he was born after Washington died, so its the first option you said

    • @smallmailman3992
      @smallmailman3992 Před 3 lety +97

      @@shronkler1994 we are talking about a guy who thinks someone is washington, who is dead at this time. it could be either one.

    • @Xyxle410
      @Xyxle410 Před 3 lety +2

      hmmm?

  • @polandballhistorian8537
    @polandballhistorian8537 Před 5 lety +22773

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention that the Hawaiian government actually recognized Norton and refused to recognize the “other government.”

  • @thescroteobliterator
    @thescroteobliterator Před 3 lety +9008

    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

  • @lukekelchner5471
    @lukekelchner5471 Před 3 lety +2498

    He also dubbed himself “protector of Mexico” when they were invaded and by god does Mexico owe a debt of gratitude to this man.

  • @wppb50
    @wppb50 Před 4 lety +9640

    "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."

    • @themachine9366
      @themachine9366 Před 3 lety +553

      "The best government is that who governs least."

    • @SpiderPig42
      @SpiderPig42 Před 3 lety +86

      This comment aged quite well

    • @danielsteger8456
      @danielsteger8456 Před 3 lety +18

      @@SpiderPig42 what do you mean

    • @kairo3201
      @kairo3201 Před 3 lety +131

      @@SpiderPig42
      Do not hold your tongue. Spill thy secrets, magic man

    • @riverded767
      @riverded767 Před 3 lety +10

      @@kairo3201 Haano?

  • @mattyboi7491
    @mattyboi7491 Před 4 lety +8610

    You forgot he also proclaimed himself as "the lord protector of Mexico"

    • @patricio7081
      @patricio7081 Před 4 lety +1252

      As a Mexican I can confirm that I constantly feel his presence protecting me

    • @hulkito852
      @hulkito852 Před 4 lety +469

      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.

    • @bruhgaming6154
      @bruhgaming6154 Před 4 lety +68

      @@hulkito852 what does this. Mean

    • @javierrivera1586
      @javierrivera1586 Před 4 lety +423

      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”

    • @bruhgaming6154
      @bruhgaming6154 Před 4 lety +110

      @@javierrivera1586 thanks for translating because I'm too lazy to use Google translate

  • @joshc5613
    @joshc5613 Před 2 lety +4188

    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

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 Před rokem +33

      Good point 👉 👈

    • @peefromtmv
      @peefromtmv Před rokem +68

      If only america could act the same nowadays...

    • @corsojames
      @corsojames Před rokem +172

      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

    • @nonamesorry7135
      @nonamesorry7135 Před rokem +144

      @@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.

    • @DeezNutsOvaYoFace
      @DeezNutsOvaYoFace Před rokem +13

      @@peefromtmvright, most people nowadays would be like, if this man can do it so can I. And freaking twitch stream it or some shit.

  • @Calimbandil87
    @Calimbandil87 Před rokem +927

    "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

    • @mythcat1273
      @mythcat1273 Před 7 měsíci +13

      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.

    • @Calimbandil87
      @Calimbandil87 Před 7 měsíci +11

      @@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.

  • @Deday457
    @Deday457 Před 3 lety +4413

    $25 fine for saying frisco? This man would’ve had my vote

    • @occasionalart7597
      @occasionalart7597 Před 3 lety +125

      @Noodle Danger Even better

    • @kennyp4670
      @kennyp4670 Před 3 lety +21

      @@occasionalart7597 I second that motion

    • @pancratius602
      @pancratius602 Před 3 lety +61

      There also needs to be a fine for anyone who refers to San Francisco as "San Fran." It's becoming all too common.

    • @melario8298
      @melario8298 Před 3 lety +1

      Pretty sure i had frisco coffee one time

    • @oliveracleveland
      @oliveracleveland Před 3 lety +8

      That'll be 25 bucks, you felon

  • @Will-gq6gn
    @Will-gq6gn Před 3 lety +22381

    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

    • @embop1266
      @embop1266 Před 3 lety +415

      i feel like some youtuber could legit do that and we would all be like “lol ok”

    • @spacecthulhu296
      @spacecthulhu296 Před 3 lety +455

      Bert: I am the machine
      Igor: fuck it. He's the machine

    • @merovekh
      @merovekh Před 3 lety +189

      That's pretty much how monarchies work.

    • @guyfieri148
      @guyfieri148 Před 3 lety +20

      @@spacecthulhu296 ah I see

    • @Sarah12471
      @Sarah12471 Před 3 lety +90

      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

  • @mrxsatyr8459
    @mrxsatyr8459 Před 3 lety +881

    He really just said: Im in charge now
    And everyone without hesitation was like: *yes*

    • @chaosreaver3597
      @chaosreaver3597 Před 2 lety +32

      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.

    • @themoldysausage
      @themoldysausage Před 2 lety +3

      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.

    • @thatdamncrow9197
      @thatdamncrow9197 Před 2 lety +3

      @@chaosreaver3597 apparently he actually didnt do that stopping a riot thing
      But it was a well known myth
      I checked wikipedia

    • @user-mg7wh8zq6v
      @user-mg7wh8zq6v Před 2 lety

      @@chaosreaver3597 what was that race riot?

    • @sandeepgill9975
      @sandeepgill9975 Před 6 měsíci

      @@user-mg7wh8zq6vIt was an anti-Chinese immigrant riot I believe

  • @mallisme6656
    @mallisme6656 Před 10 měsíci +228

    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

  • @cracklasco
    @cracklasco Před 3 lety +10153

    Never seen someone slaughter Redditors this hard

    • @iamthepersonwhoasked5639
      @iamthepersonwhoasked5639 Před 3 lety +264

      Truly a legend

    • @wspann1967
      @wspann1967 Před 3 lety +153

      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

    • @rayenaouadi3190
      @rayenaouadi3190 Před 3 lety +449

      All you have to do is mention where musk gets his cobalt and they lose their shit

    • @epath4957
      @epath4957 Před 3 lety +55

      @@rayenaouadi3190 where musk gets his cobalt? xd

    • @rayenaouadi3190
      @rayenaouadi3190 Před 3 lety +351

      @@epath4957 Child labor in Congolese cobalt mines

  • @catboysephiroth560
    @catboysephiroth560 Před 3 lety +6636

    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.

    • @ashj_2088
      @ashj_2088 Před 3 lety +44

      I hope Sam makes more videos one-day 👈😎👍

    • @romanwolfli6273
      @romanwolfli6273 Před 2 lety +83

      Don’t you mean “His Majesty”

    • @jackthesnack7058
      @jackthesnack7058 Před 2 lety +9

      @@ashj_2088 still hoping

    • @ashj_2088
      @ashj_2088 Před 2 lety +13

      @@jackthesnack7058 yep one day ..it was for told of his return🛐

    • @mdsystems4463
      @mdsystems4463 Před 2 lety +72

      When a freaking homeless guy is more useful than every influencer that has ever lived

  • @_smallmac_
    @_smallmac_ Před 2 lety +283

    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

  • @jeremytung1632
    @jeremytung1632 Před 2 lety +211

    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.

  • @dominic2009
    @dominic2009 Před 5 lety +22039

    This guy maxed out on charisma lmao

    • @grugg3108
      @grugg3108 Před 4 lety +354

      How many vagrants became famous 'leaders' winning over many people.

    • @j0858
      @j0858 Před 4 lety +542

      Charisma: 10
      Luck: 0

    • @h.plovecat4307
      @h.plovecat4307 Před 4 lety +278

      "You know what....I'm God now.."

    • @TheRealEvilRoy
      @TheRealEvilRoy Před 4 lety +77

      @@h.plovecat4307 are you still God?

    • @elnico5623
      @elnico5623 Před 4 lety +53

      @@TheRealEvilRoy i hope he is

  • @armchairrocketscientist4934
    @armchairrocketscientist4934 Před 4 lety +4068

    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."

    • @acebalistic1358
      @acebalistic1358 Před 4 lety +19

      lol

    • @fireshort3984
      @fireshort3984 Před 4 lety +38

      I never even knew he said that

    • @armchairrocketscientist4934
      @armchairrocketscientist4934 Před 4 lety +91

      @@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.

    • @acebalistic1358
      @acebalistic1358 Před 4 lety +113

      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'

    • @armchairrocketscientist4934
      @armchairrocketscientist4934 Před 4 lety +62

      @@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."

  • @slightlyistorical1776
    @slightlyistorical1776 Před 2 lety +277

    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
      @MG-ud2jo Před 8 měsíci +6

      And history teachers doesn't teach us this ???
      OH MY GOD !

    • @Gamer3427
      @Gamer3427 Před měsícem

      @@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.

  • @LazerLord10
    @LazerLord10 Před 2 lety +327

    That dog-barking reddit sound effect always gets me.

  • @FinkPloyd504
    @FinkPloyd504 Před 4 lety +6555

    Back when the townspeople appreciated their local crazies

    • @reliomese2873
      @reliomese2873 Před 3 lety +65

      Sometime in the 1700s they'd burn em
      Or if you're lucky, you get hanged!

    • @mikewatson7762
      @mikewatson7762 Před 3 lety +156

      I don't think the sane ones were burning the crazies, the crazies were burning the sane ones

    • @damperemu4445
      @damperemu4445 Před 3 lety +6

      the power of science is amazing! They weren’t burned dum dum

    • @god1613
      @god1613 Před 3 lety +4

      The good ol days :)

    • @defaultkoala2922
      @defaultkoala2922 Před 3 lety +32

      We still do! We made one president

  • @billyparr3901
    @billyparr3901 Před 4 lety +8144

    Timothy Dexter
    Luck: 10
    Joshua Norton
    Charisma: 10
    Michael Malloy
    Endurance: 10
    Lol

  • @thepylonperspective
    @thepylonperspective Před 2 lety +128

    How…
    How did Norton not take the brilliant opportunity to sponsor this?

  • @ST-kr7hz
    @ST-kr7hz Před 3 lety +67

    Always heard "dont call it Frisco" growing up. Never knew it was Emperor Norton who started that.

  • @IrvingIV
    @IrvingIV Před 3 lety +3933

    You missed the part where he stopped an anti immigrant panic mob by standing in the way and _praying._

  • @Katzunowo
    @Katzunowo Před 5 lety +23572

    "There’s someone criticizing Elon musk" I lost my mind you don’t understand

  • @Real_Iron_Smith
    @Real_Iron_Smith Před rokem +57

    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.

  • @jehru5
    @jehru5 Před rokem +87

    Pretty sure O'nella rubles are worth more than actual rubles at this point in history.

    • @malegria9641
      @malegria9641 Před 4 měsíci

      Suchka BLYAT Boris our ruble cannot buy a single shit stroganoff!

  • @johnburnett5377
    @johnburnett5377 Před 3 lety +3896

    I paid my respects at the emperor's grave a few weeks ago. Rest in peace, emperor Norton.

  • @darealduck6945
    @darealduck6945 Před 4 lety +23109

    Sam accurately portrayed redditors

    • @jerepulli443
      @jerepulli443 Před 3 lety +1963

      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

    • @ivory7612
      @ivory7612 Před 3 lety +30

      @@jerepulli443 it was a joke idiot.

    • @jerepulli443
      @jerepulli443 Před 3 lety +713

      @@ivory7612 r/woosh

    • @ivory7612
      @ivory7612 Před 3 lety +101

      @@jerepulli443 😐

    • @jerepulli443
      @jerepulli443 Před 3 lety +546

      @@ivory7612 if you haven't noticed yet I wasn't serious either

  • @Guitarsey
    @Guitarsey Před 3 lety +78

    "12 cents per pound"
    *Has .012 cents per pound written on screen*

    • @arandomsupra
      @arandomsupra Před 2 lety +8

      "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"

    • @kargaroc386
      @kargaroc386 Před 2 lety

      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.

  • @GippyHappy
    @GippyHappy Před 2 lety +32

    What a gracious man, pardoning the cop who arrested him. One of the few good emperors.

  • @dreadlordhg360
    @dreadlordhg360 Před 3 lety +4077

    Norton is such a nice guy, pardoning the policeman like that. That’s some Ghandi-Jesus level mercy right there. Legend

    • @nicholashernandez7908
      @nicholashernandez7908 Před 3 lety +105

      If he didn't they would have fed the cop to the lions

    • @worldofmusic1058
      @worldofmusic1058 Před 2 lety +31

      Who's Ghandi, it's Gandhi

    • @dreadlordhg360
      @dreadlordhg360 Před 2 lety +35

      @@worldofmusic1058 who cares

    • @worldofmusic1058
      @worldofmusic1058 Před 2 lety +22

      @@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.

    • @dreadlordhg360
      @dreadlordhg360 Před 2 lety +9

      @@worldofmusic1058 I'm not offended it's just a bit nitpicky

  • @zoth-ommogsunwantedspawn3359
    @zoth-ommogsunwantedspawn3359 Před 5 lety +3800

    *someone he likes gets arrested*
    Sam: *turns to cat*
    Cat: oh god please no

  • @addyxinwonderland1473
    @addyxinwonderland1473 Před 2 lety +47

    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.

  • @ArbiterRequiem
    @ArbiterRequiem Před rokem +27

    The elon musk joke 💀 it has aged so well.

  • @GanerRL
    @GanerRL Před 3 lety +2870

    i want to just have some random people that we all just kinda worship for no real reason

    • @rishidas9731
      @rishidas9731 Před 3 lety +78

      Then we have just another religion

    • @MegaAnonymoussupport
      @MegaAnonymoussupport Před 3 lety +332

      That's called the kardashians

    • @WICK_3D
      @WICK_3D Před 3 lety +6

      What the heck were you doing here flippy boi

    • @redsus3866
      @redsus3866 Před 3 lety +178

      We already have that.
      They are called "celebrities".

    • @TheMuffinManIsHappy
      @TheMuffinManIsHappy Před 3 lety +57

      You must not be American, because we have an entire culture around that.

  • @roccimo
    @roccimo Před 4 lety +1414

    Fun fact:
    He is also the U.S's first and only foreign "ruler".

    • @DCT-tt8ib
      @DCT-tt8ib Před 4 lety +59

      Roccimo Conservatives: But what about Barack *Hussain* Obama?

    • @expandsodiumchloride9725
      @expandsodiumchloride9725 Před 4 lety +9

      Martin Van Bueren

    • @thomasraahauge5231
      @thomasraahauge5231 Před 4 lety +5

      What about Lorde? Oh, she only applied for being ruler . . .

    • @EasterTurkey
      @EasterTurkey Před 4 lety +21

      @@DCT-tt8ib Yeah that guy wasn't even born in the US! It was on an island! /s

    • @thomasraahauge5231
      @thomasraahauge5231 Před 3 lety +1

      @Emily Barclay Illuminati: confirmed! Wait. Aren't illuminatis supposed to be smart? Like intelligent and stuff?

  • @disappointmentdepartment2699

    The only man to ever objectively win at life

  • @TylerAndSnowi
    @TylerAndSnowi Před 3 lety +65

    I read a story about this guy in the Sandman graphic novel! I had no clue he was a real person!!

  • @BalsamicJeebs
    @BalsamicJeebs Před 3 lety +2970

    I love how the cat is only mildly inconvenienced by being thrown in a wood chipper.

    • @jonathanh.p1997
      @jonathanh.p1997 Před 3 lety +133

      Because that's just 1 of its 9 lives

    • @karlisulmanis3810
      @karlisulmanis3810 Před 3 lety +21

      @@jonathanh.p1997 representitive of the nine circles of hell

    • @Attaxalotl
      @Attaxalotl Před 3 lety +19

      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.

    • @karlisulmanis3810
      @karlisulmanis3810 Před 3 lety +13

      @@Attaxalotl nice, haven't played tf2 in 3
      days.

    • @eeee3029
      @eeee3029 Před 2 lety +8

      " Barely an inconvienience"

  • @thecraftfather517
    @thecraftfather517 Před 5 lety +1805

    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!

    • @myohmy9000
      @myohmy9000 Před 5 lety +357

      Nice economy you got their.
      _would be a shame if someone..._
      *_flooded the market_*

    • @randomgamer3964
      @randomgamer3964 Před 4 lety +111

      Make a bank and do loans and shit

    • @snakezase2998
      @snakezase2998 Před 4 lety +7

      The Craftfather I have to dislike you comment but know I really like it

    • @kishinasura1504
      @kishinasura1504 Před 4 lety +45

      Isn't it....isn't it ilegal?

    • @legacy0685
      @legacy0685 Před 4 lety +9

      Your a legend

  • @masonyoung1502
    @masonyoung1502 Před 2 lety +24

    It is truly baffling the power that memes have. In my home town there is a tree that owns itself, it’s not that significant and most people don’t think or care too much about it on a daily basis but if that tree was torn down people would flip their shit.

    • @teresarivasugaz2313
      @teresarivasugaz2313 Před rokem

      I've read about it! Very cool 🌳

    • @barrettross3772
      @barrettross3772 Před 11 měsíci +2

      “Memes, the DNA of the soul.”
      Monsoon to Raiden “Jack The Ripper” (Metal Gear Rising)

    • @mcgaming6387
      @mcgaming6387 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I’ve never liked the power memes have over a lot of us. It’s just never made sense to me.

  • @michiganmajin7284
    @michiganmajin7284 Před 2 lety +28

    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!”

  • @gamerkakyoin4824
    @gamerkakyoin4824 Před 5 lety +6471

    The court can eat my shorts
    The house can eat my blouse
    Peru can eat my shoe
    This is the content I subscribed for

  • @miamafalda1118
    @miamafalda1118 Před 4 lety +4022

    You: The death of Franz Ferdinand caused WWI
    Me, an intellectual: Joshua Norton’s death caused WWI

    • @AAArnold
      @AAArnold Před 4 lety +37

      That was one slow development

    • @SeabYT
      @SeabYT Před 4 lety +3

      Bruh wat

    • @dontlookatmyvideoREE
      @dontlookatmyvideoREE Před 4 lety +6

      @@niackniack9740 that's WWII if I remember correctly

    • @coco-ro9pb
      @coco-ro9pb Před 4 lety +55

      @@dontlookatmyvideoREE But what lead to WWII? Exactly. WWI, which happened thanks to Ferdinand's driver

    • @dontlookatmyvideoREE
      @dontlookatmyvideoREE Před 4 lety +10

      @@coco-ro9pb *M I N D B L O W N*

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Před rokem +10

    "Hey, look over there, it's someone criticizing Elon Musk!"
    That unironically aged phenomenally, dinnit?

  • @cinders5305
    @cinders5305 Před 2 lety +9

    It's actually kinda sweet how everyone around town just decided to treat this random poor lunatic nicely

  • @lastprism5115
    @lastprism5115 Před 5 lety +3395

    Should've been sponsored by norton vpn.

  • @soulman4292
    @soulman4292 Před 3 lety +802

    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.

    • @KingRidley
      @KingRidley Před 4 měsíci

      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.

  • @lapirinolaepica1876
    @lapirinolaepica1876 Před 2 lety +22

    Lmao i remember i had this friend in highschool who was worshipped by the entire class as a god for no reason, like, literally no reason. He was just a normal guy, a little bit on the smarter side and funny at times, but that was it and it was so funny, he also went along with it most of the time

  • @What4Fun
    @What4Fun Před 9 měsíci +3

    “Gits and shiggles”
    - Sam O Nella

  • @nothisispatrick4644
    @nothisispatrick4644 Před 5 lety +1304

    Either you live an ordinary life or live long enough to become an emperor

  • @goobertsnoobert9015
    @goobertsnoobert9015 Před 4 lety +1887

    0:45 no that isn’t a typo, the baby’s name is actually X Æ A-12

    • @jolez_4869
      @jolez_4869 Před 4 lety +37

      I really hope that is a joke on their part.

    • @gamingman2720
      @gamingman2720 Před 4 lety +91

      Jolez _ it’s not

    • @jolez_4869
      @jolez_4869 Před 4 lety +25

      @@gamingman2720 Oh my...

    • @NoSubsWithContent
      @NoSubsWithContent Před 3 lety +31

      That part made me lose my shit

    • @xd_joe
      @xd_joe Před 3 lety +18

      This video is 2 years old, xae a 12 didint exist back then, i get the joke but just saying

  • @Gilhelmi
    @Gilhelmi Před 3 lety +12

    Emperor Norton is the leader that we need.
    He was truly a man ahead of his time.

  • @SagaKing-wd1of
    @SagaKing-wd1of Před 3 lety +3

    I Get It Now, In West Of Loathing: Near The end of the game you fight someone who proclaims himself to be Emperor Norton, who says he rules a place called "Frisco" A place your trying to get to. Genius.

  • @YFZriderdude15
    @YFZriderdude15 Před 3 lety +866

    "Unlike nowadays, people then liked having Norton updates shoved in their face"
    Hahahahaha omg

    • @richardcollier1912
      @richardcollier1912 Před 3 lety +40

      Boy, I'm slow. Norton Anti-Virus. Now I get it.

    • @TorIverWilhelmsen
      @TorIverWilhelmsen Před 2 lety +13

      @@richardcollier1912 Yes. "Is your computer too fast and responsive? Norton can fix that!"

    • @teresarivasugaz2313
      @teresarivasugaz2313 Před rokem +5

      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.

  • @lasagnalover1185
    @lasagnalover1185 Před 2 lety +10

    There's a timeline where Emperor Norton prevented WW1, and subsequentily WW2.

  • @noriyakigumble3011
    @noriyakigumble3011 Před rokem +4

    I love how the actual Wikipedia article has a section called “reign as emperor” god bless

  • @paulmahoney7619
    @paulmahoney7619 Před 5 lety +773

    If I ever find myself ruined with no real chance of recovering, I am declaring myself Second Emperor of America.

    • @roc6836
      @roc6836 Před 5 lety +30

      An Inquisitor claiming to be second emperor? Sounds like heresy

    • @ally939
      @ally939 Před 5 lety +3

      Please continue my boy Joshua’s legacy

    • @Jrue774
      @Jrue774 Před 5 lety +11

      “Yes inquisitor, this post right here”

    • @sebastianrunne1339
      @sebastianrunne1339 Před 5 lety +1

      Cant happen, the emperor protects

    • @NebulaOldChannel
      @NebulaOldChannel Před 4 lety +1

      Please do.

  • @FiSH-iSH
    @FiSH-iSH Před 4 lety +509

    “the court can eat my shorts,
    the house can eat my blouse,
    peru can eat my shoe.”
    -Emperor James Norton

  • @johncleese-mogg365
    @johncleese-mogg365 Před 3 lety +5

    2:56 Jacksfilms reference appreciated

  • @javyz6197
    @javyz6197 Před 9 měsíci +6

    The Elon Musk reddit bit is really funny now

  • @nothisispatrick4644
    @nothisispatrick4644 Před 5 lety +1577

    Emperor norton sounds like a dr seuss character

    • @biffkin1229
      @biffkin1229 Před 5 lety +66

      Norton Hears a Who

    • @deaugh985
      @deaugh985 Před 5 lety +7

      No this is Patrick Imagine Norton deploying secret police on that dust cloud.

    • @whileyouwerereadingthis
      @whileyouwerereadingthis Před 5 lety +11

      Horton hears a who
      Norton necks a knee 🤷🏽

    • @Olivia-ot6up
      @Olivia-ot6up Před 5 lety +3

      Well, he inspired a character in Huckleberry Finn

    • @varis9828
      @varis9828 Před 5 lety

      Shat ap

  • @trashbeast
    @trashbeast Před 4 lety +596

    "as mortals sometimes do, he decided to drop dead on a street corner."

    • @skrrrrrrrrt
      @skrrrrrrrrt Před 4 lety +8

      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.

    • @nahuelc.9551
      @nahuelc.9551 Před 4 lety +2

      @@skrrrrrrrrt yes

    • @VCRK888
      @VCRK888 Před 4 lety +17

      Grammar Police Reject No wonder you were rejected from the force

    • @Stinky_Inky
      @Stinky_Inky Před 3 lety +1

      @@nahuelc.9551 yes

    • @chaziguess5914
      @chaziguess5914 Před 3 lety

      That’s what I do everyday.

  • @nathanmartyn2403
    @nathanmartyn2403 Před 3 lety +4

    I can't get over the barking sound

  • @andythedishwasher1117
    @andythedishwasher1117 Před 2 lety +10

    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.

  • @MarceauxBTK
    @MarceauxBTK Před 5 lety +584

    1:56 2018 Award for CZcams’s Most Epic Fight Scene goes to...

  • @H1PP1E88
    @H1PP1E88 Před 3 lety +612

    I want a shirt that says
    "just for gits and shiggles"

  • @DoctorLoudonclear
    @DoctorLoudonclear Před rokem +20

    The dude actually had some pretty valid criticisms on the corruption and disfunction in government that are still relevant today. But it’s absolutely hilarious that he just one day woke up and decided he was emperor.

  • @littlefishiesinthese
    @littlefishiesinthese Před 9 měsíci +3

    The Elon Musk joke at 0:45 was ahead of its time omg

  • @alphaxalex1634
    @alphaxalex1634 Před 5 lety +1743

    This seems familiar

  • @CatVader1O1
    @CatVader1O1 Před 5 lety +554

    Lmao, I'm from San Francisco and when he talked about "Frisco" I wanted to scream! It's not Frisco!! Norton is my emperor.

    • @elgatochurro
      @elgatochurro Před 5 lety +14

      but San means to remove... remove what from San Franfrisco? the Fran right?

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo Před 5 lety +7

      @@elgatochurro That's Franist.

    • @phoule76
      @phoule76 Před 5 lety +3

      sans = without, in French, not Spanish, which is "sin"

    • @Lia-rb9rh
      @Lia-rb9rh Před 5 lety +1

      To anyone who thinks SAN FRANCISCO is FRISCO, you are wrong.

    • @mrpellagra2730
      @mrpellagra2730 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Lia-rb9rh
      fRIsCo

  • @buttturkeyclips4891
    @buttturkeyclips4891 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Holy shit I forgot about the Elon musk worship. People practically hate him now.

  • @rhysbaldwin1152
    @rhysbaldwin1152 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I like the idea that someone can talk typos

  • @ms_scribbles
    @ms_scribbles Před 3 lety +519

    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!

    • @orolokjunda5268
      @orolokjunda5268 Před 2 lety +29

      So you're a San Fran Frisconian, eh?

    • @blox3400
      @blox3400 Před 2 lety +10

      How about "San Francs"?

    • @jaypatil5029
      @jaypatil5029 Před 2 lety +1

      how about just "francisco"?

    • @sydssolanumsamsys
      @sydssolanumsamsys Před 2 lety

      can you just call it francisco

    • @austindaigle8431
      @austindaigle8431 Před 2 lety +3

      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

  • @kostasakas816
    @kostasakas816 Před 4 lety +564

    0:40 never before has Reddit been so brilliantly summed up

  • @thegamingeagle4737
    @thegamingeagle4737 Před 2 lety +7

    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.

    • @lordhellstrande7188
      @lordhellstrande7188 Před rokem

      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

  • @FerrumBlade
    @FerrumBlade Před rokem +6

    And now thanks to this I genuinely understand Norton and Frisco in West of Loathing. It’s not just a funny joke but also a genuine historical reference.

    • @noahangeloff52
      @noahangeloff52 Před rokem

      Same

    • @DingusTheArtist
      @DingusTheArtist Před 8 měsíci

      Its also historically accurate that Norton revived himself a few years after his death in 1880 and was murdered by the railroad manager of the manifest destiny railroad just a mere 15 years after his first death.

  • @andrewcabrera505
    @andrewcabrera505 Před 3 lety +133

    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

    • @nefariousgremlin7554
      @nefariousgremlin7554 Před rokem +5

      Was looking for someone to mention the sandman issue. That issue is terrific, and likewise inspired my interest in Norton.

    • @aldrensiscar3988
      @aldrensiscar3988 Před rokem +5

      I just read it! Came here to say this.

  • @1993smoker
    @1993smoker Před 4 lety +793

    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?

    • @rachelroberts1880
      @rachelroberts1880 Před 3 lety +107

      That was him, he stood in middle of the crowd

    • @peterknutsen3070
      @peterknutsen3070 Před 3 lety +323

      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.

    • @charityquill4965
      @charityquill4965 Před 3 lety +173

      @@peterknutsen3070 wow, what an actual legend.

    • @Nope-en9bo
      @Nope-en9bo Před 3 lety +157

      Peter Knutsen
      What a fuckin chad. Straight up humility beat up the riot.

    • @profsusansatsumas
      @profsusansatsumas Před 3 lety +46

      well buddy you just earned yourself a $25 fine

  • @ObamaTron
    @ObamaTron Před 2 lety +7

    “Unlike nowadays, people loved having regular Norton updates shoved in their face.” I’M DYING

  • @DDlambchop43
    @DDlambchop43 Před rokem +3

    just to support his Imperial Highness, everybody in SF pretty much loved him. He basically was the one who suggested a bridge across the bay, which is why there's a petition to rename the Bay Bridge after him.

  • @aufladekabel83
    @aufladekabel83 Před 5 lety +581

    If you do something, do it for the *gits* and *shiggles*

  • @cyasteri
    @cyasteri Před 4 lety +556

    "The courts can eat my shorts
    The house can eat my blouse
    Peru can eat my shoe" -Sam O' Nella

    • @BudderB0y2222
      @BudderB0y2222 Před 4 lety +10

      I knew some simp would quote this

    • @startrader9503
      @startrader9503 Před 4 lety +15

      @@kgpspyguy people just throw the word simp around now, it doesn't even mean anything anymore

    • @helpful8228
      @helpful8228 Před 3 lety +5

      "The courts can eat my shorts
      the house can eat my blouse
      Peru can eat my shoe" - Joshua Norton

    • @dreadcthulhu5
      @dreadcthulhu5 Před 3 lety +5

      @@startrader9503 Like the word racist.

    • @Stinky_Inky
      @Stinky_Inky Před 3 lety +4

      @@dreadcthulhu5 yeah like that

  • @thomasgardien5749
    @thomasgardien5749 Před 7 měsíci +3

    He described Redditors perfectly.

  • @fakemoth1068
    @fakemoth1068 Před 8 měsíci +4

    The Elon musk bit aged well

  • @EmersonHacker
    @EmersonHacker Před 5 lety +268

    I got really excited for a moment before realizing it was a reupload.

  • @MrMogi-zg2ud
    @MrMogi-zg2ud Před 5 lety +1326

    When I got the notification, I thought CZcams took like 10 shots too many.

    • @tincanmaniac1931
      @tincanmaniac1931 Před 5 lety +6

      Same

    • @f.b.i.1457
      @f.b.i.1457 Před 5 lety +9

      I thought it sent thw old notif

    • @tincanmaniac1931
      @tincanmaniac1931 Před 5 lety +1

      First name Last name yeah same

    • @mvpmlg6973
      @mvpmlg6973 Před 5 lety +9

      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.

    • @gravynavy516
      @gravynavy516 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah me too

  • @MawDaws
    @MawDaws Před rokem +15

    5:11
    “SOMETIMES”???

  • @maplecandy3531
    @maplecandy3531 Před rokem +7

    This intro aged well

  • @gustavgnoettgen
    @gustavgnoettgen Před 4 lety +162

    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.

    • @myalt3019
      @myalt3019 Před 3 lety +12

      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.

    • @farukdelikaya5395
      @farukdelikaya5395 Před 3 lety +4

      Oh, you're Turkish.

    • @gustavgnoettgen
      @gustavgnoettgen Před 3 lety +8

      @@farukdelikaya5395 I'm german, but Sabri is of some sort of southeastern heritage.

    • @ericosborne4122
      @ericosborne4122 Před 3 lety +4

      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

  • @ThatOneGuy-fi5su
    @ThatOneGuy-fi5su Před 5 lety +591

    *_emperor Norton: the man we need, but don't deserve_*

  • @nevermind-he8ni
    @nevermind-he8ni Před rokem +2

    I love gits and shiggles. It's my favorite part of the day.

  • @jekanyika
    @jekanyika Před měsícem +5

    That Musk joke hits differently now

    • @mallow2902
      @mallow2902 Před měsícem +3

      I bet some of those same redditors will act like they never liked Elon Musk in the first place. Crazy how some peoples' opinions can be so easily reprogrammed.

  • @jakinno6192
    @jakinno6192 Před 5 lety +2875

    Can you make a video on rasputin

    • @arazec1014
      @arazec1014 Před 5 lety +153

      PLEASE! THAT GUY WAS THE ORIGINAL *ULTRACHAD*

    • @jakinno6192
      @jakinno6192 Před 5 lety +146

      The original big dick energy

    • @goopfella1385
      @goopfella1385 Před 5 lety +56

      R A R A

    • @abointedtoyblingofmats
      @abointedtoyblingofmats Před 5 lety +22

      Pretty sure his history is based entirely on anecdotal evidence

    • @jakinno6192
      @jakinno6192 Před 5 lety +23

      shh it doesn't matter and yes technically but the majority of the 'legend' can be backed up with science.

  • @declanmadan2134
    @declanmadan2134 Před 5 lety +418

    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

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo Před 5 lety +39

      Two sides of the same Imperial coin, my friend. ;)

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos Před 4 lety +31

      This video is still pretty respectful.

    • @rizonzzz9986
      @rizonzzz9986 Před 4 lety

      I new this would be a comment

  • @absolutedingbat
    @absolutedingbat Před 2 lety

    this video has indeed inspired me. So much so that i've decided to make my essay about Emperor Norton. I will be using this video as a source

  • @kyuura4324
    @kyuura4324 Před měsícem +2

    Imagine this happening today. A local New York hobo declares himself king of the world and everyone just kinda goes along with it for the meme