The Museum Of Failure in Downtown Los Angeles
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2018
- The Museum of Failure is a pop up exhibit that first displayed in Sweden and has since moved to Los Angeles California for a limited time . More info can be found on their website www.failuremuseum.com
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I'm enjoying putting together these occasional vlogs . No longer daily but getting back in the groove . Thanks for watching
adamthewoo really enjoy them Adam! I loved the daily Woo but I can honestly say this is just as good! Thanks Adam, safe travels!
Hey man, can I borrow $45?
I knew after the pressure of making them daily faded away you would come back to it! Thanks for what you do and hope you continue having fun with it!! Love you man!
Adam the blockbuster franchise . when it went out of buisdness my grandfather still had a movie he forgot to return so he still has it.
Earl lee Grace Me too dammit!!
The *Museum of Failure* in Los Angeles is City Hall.
Ditto in my city.
This scoop just in from our man-on-the-scene reporter Bernard "Just call me Barney" Bunsagger: The so-called government of Portland Oregon has just surpassed, I repeat, has just surpassed its counterpart in Los Angeles (no mean feat, I might add) to win the coveted "Epic Fail 2020 Award". For those keeping track at home, it was the concentration of human feces and used syringes per square block downtown that gave Portland the edge. Go, City of Roses! Take that, City of Angels! Keep trying, City by the Bay!
Signed,
I grew up in Portland, but I'm quite happy to be living ten time zones away now, in Helsinki, where I ended up mostly because my wife is Finnish. Never in my worst nightmares would I have thought that such a once-beautiful city as Portland, regularly voted one of the most liveable cities in the US, would end up as it has.
Seems to me the Museum of Failure in the U. S. is the House of Representatives. It's a majority of Democrats right now, and Nancy Pelosi is the curator!
exactly!
@@mike-6139 Democrats bad, a lot of Republicans bad. A few Republicans good.
I went to the zoo yesterday and saw a baguette in a cage. The zoo keeper told me it was bread in captivity.
Badum tsss
tj d Fantastic! 😆
😂😂
Is it Full Bread?
That's really corny.
A lot of these weren’t failures, like Blockbusters, just companies that had a niche market that went away with time, as happens continuously.
yeah including Blockbuster is like including Kodak. They should have had Sega dreamcast and Cybiko and other real failures. The Trump thing is super cringy
Ya, but you got to think about that Blockbuster and Kodak not being around no more or their bad reputation nowadays. Blockbuster didn't do Movies in the mail until it was to late and Kodak didn't see digital cameras being the future until it was to late. So you can say that they are failures nowadays, but not in the past. So, you are both right if you are not talking about the present day times, but instead when those companies were still at the top of their game.
Yes. Blockbusters only started to fail in the early 2000s, but in the last quarter of the 1900s it was booming
Laserdisc didn't fail. The people failed it. Superior quality compared to VHS. No deterioration after each view although some discs failed to play after a few years from laser rot. Uncompressed high quality audio. Way ahead of VHS. It was out for 20 years before being replaced by DVD in 1997.
Blockbuster became aware of Netflix before they got big and the CEO of Blockbuster refused a proposal to go the same route. He famously said " no one will watch a movie on their computer." That's a huge failure.
This is stupid...all those Oreos were just limited time offers. You cant say mint Oreos failed...
Mint oreos failed because they were disgusting and nobody bought them
@@reversomatic8004 Then why are they still being sold?
@@merlinsclaw
I like them. =)
I like PB Oreos
You took the word right out of my mouth.
Weird... I didn’t see my life in the museum...
Spree Gaming Too recent?
hilarious and original
Same
How strange
Haha guys look at me I'm so quirky
the Oreos shouldn't really count. I don't think Nabisco is expecting to produce any of these wild flavors for the long haul. I think part of the fun is the anticipation of a new flavor every few months in the snack aisle.
also the peanut butter ones sold like candy coated crack.
Ya, if they the Oreos count as a failure, then they could of had Japanese KitKat in the museum too.
There was a guy from the Netherlands who, after the was wanted to publish a book he had found. One publisher called it "Teenage drivel that, even if the context was still irrelevant, would be utterly uninteresting to everyone who tries to read it."
The man was, in fact the author's father, but he didn't give up and eventually had the book published where it became a best seller. It has been in print continuously now for nearly 70 years. The book was the Diary of Anne Frank.
I read that book when I was in 7th grade.
As Paul Harvey used to say: "And now, for the rest of the story!"
And that author actually grew up to be Albert Einstein
@@hawtdawgz1337 WTF? 🤔
@@eknaap8800 sh sh sh it's ok let it go hawtdawgz1337 is a Californian
Not sure Blockbuster can be considered a failure. Technology just finally ended their highly successful run.
k re When our kids were little, they loved going to Blockbuster! It’s part of their childhood memories!
k re, I totally disagree. Very poor management and shitty employees drove it into the ground. They had a chance to acquire Netflix and decided not to. Doesn't matter anyway. I've always had bad experiences with these drunk clowns. They frequently treated me like they couldn't care less and the assholes wouldn't even accept their own gift cards! Had to throw away a $75 gift card because they refused to let me rent certain titles with it. I'm glad they went under. They are an example of the worst customer service. I think part of it has to do with hiring very immature people. They should have tried raising the minimum working age to 21 since I've only seen high school students in their chains.
@@largol33t1 netflix would not have helped it still would have become an entirely different service and only remained in name, blockbuster was a huge success, everyone knew it everyone used it and indeed technology just put rental stores out of business, if it was only blockbuster all the other small rental stores would still exist, they dont. I think you are basing your opinions on one negative experience or one store lacking in training because I never had a problem with them or the staff here in the UK
Blockbuster lasted for a good minute...thats not failure. Times evolved bigger than what blockbuster was all about mainly.
Blockbuster wasn't a total failure... Don't think they would have made good netflix owners. Their business model was just too different. Netflix is more of a tech company with some movie production. Blockbuster was a rental retail store. Totally different ball game.
I remember the first time I watched a laser disk, I think in the early 80s. I was blown away at how good the quality was. Way beyond a VHS.
fixpacifica was likely a CED player, not laserdisc
Johnny Ruttley Plus you could record shows and movies on VHS, which laserdisc never could.
@@johnnyruttley1598 the reason there were side A and B is because the data on them was a bought the same as a cd.
C.D. stands for Compact Disk.
@@JackReace360 Laserdisk wasn't digital(though the audio could be, much like digital audio can be on film strips etc), CDs are.
@@TruBluYahoo CED seems largely considered worse quality than VHS. Laserdisk was around in the early 80s, it lasted a surprisingly long time, ending up with high definition capability (albeit so did VHS/D-VHS, with very similar capacity to blueray!).
The last blockbuster is still very popular in Bend, Oregon.
Not the last one . There's still one open in canada
I actually kinda miss the video stores. But maybe I’m just too nostalgic.
How did they know internet was going to come along? For awhile, they were hugely successful!
@@phlushphish793 right?
@@Sul_Opreym wrong. Even block buster has said that's the last one
The biggest failure note shown here...... the $15.00 admission price!
Is the video of your infamous "bike jump" in the museum? LOL ... I couldn't resist.
Thanks for sharing!!
How do you classify video stores as failures? They were around for almost 40 years.
Johnhitbox agreed. Yes they’re almost extinct, but they still had years of success before their downfall. In defense of Blockbuster being a failure though, Netflix gave Blockbuster the chance to buy them but they passed. Big mistake.
Lord knows they got a LOT of my money!!
Just lost there product..be came obsolete..
It wasn't all video stores, it was Blockbuster. They weren't a huge chain because of good business practices but despite having bad ones and eventually deservedly succumbed to them.
Johnhitbox Video stores were a thing, much like a drive in. No, they were ,none of them failures, just not the best ideas. Some were great ideas whos time was too late, or too soon. The persons that came up with the museum apparently do not understasnd, many great ideas came about because someone never gave up. The person who gives up his dream is the one that fails.
This museum is in the perfect location! Once Los Angeles falls the whole city can easily transition into being a museum
Yeah, they just need to put signs on the city limits
"Temporary closure date of the temporary museum " I guess you could say they had a " failure" to close on time.
You learn more from your failures than from your successes. Have a great day buddy.
Quotes make me cringe
Then I can't imagine what my videos would do to you...
Adventures by George 💚
Adventures by George Just heard Will Smith say the same thing over at his CZcams channel. But your right.
"It ain't no fun, unless the homes can have some." -Nate Dogg
thanks Adam i'll take vlogs every other day or so you look relaxed and the content is great. Keep it up stay awesome.
I'm excited! I recently found out that Bend Oregon is home to the last remaining Blockbuster in the world! That's my home town!
I wonder if Corona Extra will make the cut, right next to Ayds.
Hey Adam!! This was a really cool museum tour. Thanks for showing us around. I liked seeing what the failed items are of the past. The world of Coke museum in Atlanta tells a good history of the 2 type of cokes the classic and new. I hope this pop up museum comes to Georgia so I could tour it. Love you Adam!!
My mom used to use Ayds. I found them in her closet, assumed she was hoarding candy, and ate several in one go. It was summer time but I got to spend the entire day inside while my friends were out playing because I didn't dare stray too far from the nearest toilet. Hard lesson learned. lol
Whoopsy Daisy yeah my mom had aids too.
I used to sneak my mom's back in the 70's. 😂
You story mixed with your user name made me laugh :)
RIP Blockbuster, even though I couldn't afford to go to your store when I was younger. I still wished I had the money to gaze upon all of the new releases you provided. You always had the most up to date movies and cool cardboard cutouts of movies. Lost but not forgotten.
OMG, I forgot all about Orbitz!!!!
If you're looking for a total failure for this attraction, then include the US Senate & House of Representatives, they are a total failure.
The world today wow
California needs to be an exhibit in the museum of failure.
LOL. Those Oreo cookies were just limited edition!
Probably their excuse for a failure! :D
You're right. Good call 👍
F in the chat
The red velvet is definitely still around
Get the peanut butter kind occasionally. They have been around for a few years.
Thank you for the tour! My producing partner and I designed the exhibit for Dr. West and SEE Entertainment. Little Miss No Name was one of my childhood toys that I included in the LA museum - she's creepy but I still own her to this day. I really enjoyed your tour!
Failing has to occur in order to learn and or grow. My regret is not watching you more than a year. You sparked my interest to explore and I could have been exploring for years. You have made my life more exciting. Thanks.
New Coke is now available due to the Stranger Things season 3.
oh yeah. lmao!
I personally liked the Columbian coke in my 20s .Now i like old recipe coke made with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup you can get at most Mexican stores in glass bottles
COOL Vlog Adam! I remember the purple ketchup, it was weird! I've been wanting to go to that museum, great job on covering all the interesting failures! Awesome!
I love your tours, you always find very interesting places! Makes me feel like I’ve been traveling ☺️👍🏻
Mr. Woo, thank you for posting these wonderful vlogs. I'm learning so much. Your LA cemetery episode is great and also I enjoyed the MLK museum and motel. And thanks for your hard work.
This museum seems great - I am a 20 year old college drop out (hoping to return some day as I have dwarfism so a college degree will help me as far as getting any job) and I feel like in HS when I graduated there were 4 paths college, work force, armed forces and failure. People talking like this exhibit would have helped me feel okay with it a lot faster than I have. I always try to remember at my age, JK Rowling wasn't successful and Walt Disney was fired from a job for not being creative enough. Bet the guy who fired Walt was kicking himself.
YOU LEFT OUT A FEW THINGS FROM YOUR LIST... TRADE OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND SELF EMPLOYMENT... MY AUNT SYLVIA, WHO WAS A MILLIONAIRE, USED TO TELL ME ALL THE TIME THAT J C PENNEY DIDN'T BECOME SUCCESSFUL UNTIL HE WAS 65 YEARS OLD...
@Colorado Strong I'd imagine it's because skill-based employment (the type which requires a degree or certification) places less emphasis on public perceptions of an individual than do jobs in hospitality or the service sector. I know from experience- being short and looking young- that employers in those sectors often pay and promote based on superficial judgments rather than actual competence; that what you are capable of doing does not matter so much as what it's assumed a person is capable or incapable of doing. In a skill-based job, you're being hired because it's known already that you are qualified for the job.
Another great video from Adam the woo. Glad to see you vlogging again they're getting better A lot better. Please show your support to the fish sandwich thank you
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The hubby and I took our grandson to visit the museum of failure. It was interesting to see all of the fails that I had forgotten about.
That was a lot of fun, Adam! Thanks for bringing us along.
I don't think Blockbuster should be in 'The Museum of Failure' it only failed due to the popularity of on demand tv and movies. It was ok for many years. That said had they merged into that market they would still be here, so maybe it does.
NO way. Their employees are the worst of any brand I've encountered and it wasn't just ONE store. It was at a majority of them. They deserved to go under. The way they treated customers was despicable. Complaining to the manager got nowhere. Oh, and $3.25 to rent a movie for a measly two nights? Their local competitor offered FIVE nights for $1.99 and even had 2 for 1 rentals after 8pm on Tuesdays! Blockbuster NEVER offered deals like that.
so.... them not existing anymore makes them winners?
I'd pull up a chair in a dimly lit corner of the museum and sit holding a sign that read:
"meaningful relationships with women"
...and at regular intervals flip the sign to read "attempts at self deprecating humour on the internet" on the other side.
Mgtow
Thanks for the video, that was a surprisingly enjoyable virtual museum visit.
I'd take a few people to go see that if it came to my town.
More cool museum visits please.
When our museum almost shut down they decided to travel from place to place with the museum items on a train. A small admittance fee. They ended up saved from having to close down and now get awesome displays in that people are truly interested in like Egyptian displays, with the historical narration at the push of a button. Very cool.
Adam please tell me that you confessed about the time you rode your bike down that sweet side
Great video! The RokBlok is the new portable vinyl player. It's crazy that Vinyl sales are about to pass CD sales for the first time since the 80's!
Joshua Chancey Really? How does that actually work?
Those OREO limited edition flavors have been huge sellers. Shocked to see them in this museum.
I am so sad I missed this exhibit. This is the quality content I come to YT for.
I'm old enough to remember New Coke. The problem wasn't that it tasted bad, tasted like Coke but was sweeter, like a fountain drink where the syrup/carbonated water balance was tweaked more toward the syrup. If it were introduced as a soft drink under another name no one would complain about the taste. The problem was that it wasn't Coke and people who preferred the taste of Coke over the sweeter Pepsi were upset that the original was no longer available. I personally think it was a change made in the switch from cane sugar to high fructose corn syrup. I don't know that for a fact, but I thunk that was around the same time.
So, does the museum closing make it it’s own failure? What a conundrum.
No, it didn't close, it's just a pop up museum that travels across Europe and the US. Sounds pretty successful to me.
It did fail to close on time...
You guys are too silly! This is my comedic relief for the day. Thank you for doing this!
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LaserDiscs don't belong in that museum. Unlike RCA's SelectaVision discs (a much better choice for the museum), they were on the market for over a decade and were very popular with those who could afford them. When higher definition laserdiscs were released in the form of DVDs, the technology forced the retirement of videotape. It's also a little unfair to pick on Blockbuster and video stores because they were wildly popular, but it was too expensive to convert to the new technologies. Like Kodak, they did what they needed to do at the time. However, I remember stocking Ayds in our drug store. Even before the 1980's, the brand didn't sell very well.
Kodak absolutely did not do what they needed to do at the time. They literally invented the digital camera but sat on it in fear of losing business, until other companies.... went digital. I would put them in the museum as well.
I've actually tried those Peanutbutter Oreos, they're pretty good
logan kerr, the pumpkin spice Oreos were good!
I wonder why the peanut butter Oreos are in the museum, they still have them... I just saw them on jet.com
I had the cinnamon Oreos a few weeks ago! They are amazing!
the golden oreos are too. i like the flavored ones better then the regular
They were delicious.
7:47 OMG the best!! That stuff was so awesome with all the colors. I loved it.
Great video, I love watching your uploads thank you
Mint oreos are not a fail! They are so good.
Agreed
They still bring out the mint oreos for limited runs
New Coke was ok. Just tasted like Pepsi. A little sweeter. By changing it was essentially admitting Pepsi was a better recipe.
I only checked in to see you safely made it. Glad you did!
Glad your back I missed you just recently started watching Jordon the lion to fill in.
I think the only Blockbuster Videos are up in Alaska.
Although I did hear on the radio recently that one here in Texas finally closed, the last remaining one in Texas supposedly. I was so upset, I didn't even know there was one down here! I would've made the trip otherwise.
I just checked Blockbuster's website. They claim to have 6 stores in Alaska, 2 in Oregon, and 1 in Edinburg, Texas.
I was saddened when I heard that. Be lucky that store lasted through two decades of brainless idiots who actually think today that Blockbuster WAS a failure. They only think this because they didn't have as much fun as we did growing up with that franchise around.
For a Split Second, I saw a Model of the Titanic! That definitely belongs as it was a Massive Failure!
The needles on the portable record player were simplicity in itself to replace. By the mid to late eighties, stylus' were contained in a plastic unit which clipped into the front of the arm. They did their job well and fidelity was great at the time. Some upmarket record players had proprietary fittings but the most common used by many brands was that red one pictured. You can still get them
I'm glad to see you back Adam!!!!!
Hi Adam! Hope you're having a great day!!
the peanut butter oreo sells pretty well where i live
So Glad you’re doing Vlogs again Adam
You did not fail me. I enjoy watching this.
I remember Ayds - coincidentally these were a dietary aid to help weight loss and as we know AIDS also causes weight loss
I remember them too. They always made me really hungry so were not a success.
@@hawkpaul8735 - I figured they were so chewy, you burned calories just working your jaw.
American spelling deficiencies is why we dont have AYDS today
The Sound Burger was not a failure, in fact the design has been widely copied in the last 10 years due to it's popularity!
Calling those Oreo flavors a fail is quite disingenuous, you can still find many of those in stores.
Betamax was not a failure, it just sold less than vhs. It still sold a LOT of units.
it was super popular in japan
I still have a Laser Disc machine and several movies. Haven´t used it for movies for more than 10 years, but still use it to play CDs
The whole museum should just be a picture of LA.
That's what I figured too
@Vladimir_Bone Spur_tRump a little too much Truth for you there Vladimir! You go away snowflake!
The city is actually pretty successful, if anything the rust belt or some parts of the south should be highlighted
Museum of failure is a "fail" they let you record the exhibit. now i dont gotta spend $15 entry. or go search the place out and travel there. thanks :)
LOL
This was uploaded on my birthday, I'm not surprised. 😂😂😂
Totally unexpected! Great Museum and video.
Is the " war on drugs" in there? How about Beto? How about Hillary's term as secretary of state? So.many. questions.
How about Trump' s term?
How has he failed? You must mean Eric Garcetti
Wow. Using someone's vlog about a museum as your own "special" little political platform. How low-classy. Dude, get your fat ass up, walk away from your TV set, and get a life!
Steffen Rosmus How about President Trumps Re-Election. Going to be funny watching all those leftist cry and scream. But I guess the biggest question is what is the demonrats going to blame their failure on this time?? Because we all know they can NEVER be wrong.
@@darrenp428 Dumbass can't even capitalize his name lmfao
11:23
Only designed for Def Leppard drummers.
The oreo one is not correct. Most of those flavors are still on store shelves and they are good sellers.
Awesome. I'm going to show this to my students. I am a shop teacher in New Jersey and I value failure highly. In fact my grading policy is called A+ for failure.
A lot of these aren't even failures. Selling your company isn't a failure..etc.
The Edsel was Barney Fyfe 's car in Mayberry...
Hey Adam I have one of the first Barnes and Noble Nooks and I LOVE it!!!
I had one of the Sound-burgers. Changing the needle was easy, the top cover popped off giving access to the cartridge and needle
Actually the Oreos didn’t fail. Some of them are still available in Canada. But I can say for sure that I’ve never seen the peanut butter one here..
Those weren't really failures, they were just temporarily available.
They still sell most of those! They are at Publix here in Florida.
They are still for sale, they just sucked
One post it on the failure confession board says “dating men” and another one said “my brother 😂
Brilliant!! Great Video!!
I remembered a bunch of these and also the commercials of the items.
"Museum of Failure". Sounds like that should be Mexifornia's new catch phrase. Put it on a billboard out in the NV desert as you cross into the state!!
Riding a bicycle down a slide? Not in the museum Adam?
This popped back up in my suggested viewing again today. That museum is a failure because I am not featured anywhere in it.
Oh man,, this is so cool,, and also i was around and remember almost every one of these failures, with only two exceptions. The Jim Neighbors sound burger and Henry Ford's 1959 Edsel. But i remember every single one of these...lol..
That's a nychos piece behind you in the beginning..the power glove yes! morning adam
The "Museum of Failure" and Los Angeles - how appropriate!
hey, i actually helped (in an odd way) this museum get their virtual boy! i had been interested in this project since it started in sweden, and i emailed before their launch. they didn’t have one yet, but my email prompted the curator to check ebay and he found one at a decent price! i think i still have the email exchange. it’s only a little thing, but this popped up in my feed and i was reminded of how i helped in a very small way.
Thumbs up, and I just subscribed to your channel. Very interesting journeys.
To bad they can't fit the entire city in there.
Too
They could if by the exit there is a sign saying and now the show continues
3:44
Wait....are those flavors all failed? I love the PB ,always hope to get my hand on mint ,and since the red velvet has just became a limited flavor in my nation this month(July 2019) , I was going to try it.
Mint Oreos are delicious. Taste just like mint choc chip ice cream!
I'm just reading comments waiting for someone to say
"wHy Am i nOt iN tHEre" xD
1 minute later found 4 people
Some of these are just examples of obsolescence rather than failure. For example, laserdisc was around for about 25 years and was the high end choice for videophiles. Quality was actually much better than VHS and pioneered the use of letterboxing, anamorphic widescreen, digital surround sound and the inclusion of the extra features (like audio commentary, deleted scenes, etc) we now enjoy on DVD and Blu ray.
There was a fight over whether Maxine Waters or Nancy Pelosi's district would go in the museum.
Did you see the giant display dedicated to all trump's failures?
So you want to know what "New Coke" tasted like?
Pick up a Pepsi.
WOO! Great video man ... love the MOF!
omg those cinnamon bun oreo cookies WERE NO FAIL ! also, i just ate those this last christmas 2019 in canada they still release some of those flavors around the holidays. the hot chocolate ones, too !