Balloonfest 86... And Other Publicity Stunts that Went TERRIBLY Wrong

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  • @brainblaze6526
    @brainblaze6526  Před 3 lety +23

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    • @swarajaggarwal
      @swarajaggarwal Před 3 lety +3

      As you wish, my master.

    • @stcm
      @stcm Před 3 lety +2

      Looks like the Simon Whistler site needs updating. The Whistler takes over CZcams project has a lot more channels now.

    • @rogueviking9268
      @rogueviking9268 Před 3 lety +2

      All Hail Lord Simon,
      our CZcams overlord,
      hallowed be thy Cocaine,
      Thy basement come,
      Thy facts will be learned on the blaze as it is on the "normal" channels...
      #FlogDannyForLongerIntros

    • @runed0s86
      @runed0s86 Před 3 lety

      This is obviously capitalist propoganda.
      Do a blaze on how communism was good before countries started messing with russian citizens... Russia was actually one of the countries with the least amount of hunger or homelessness, and lack of hunger/stress allowed for art and science to progress significantly until even the late 1800s.

    • @EyesOfByes
      @EyesOfByes Před 3 lety

      11:56 You went all Harvey Dent on us 😆

  • @wut274
    @wut274 Před 3 lety +462

    Publicity stunts that went terribly wrong:
    "Hey guys, check me out, I locked my entire production crew in my blazement!" 😉🤣🤣

    • @deemariedubois4916
      @deemariedubois4916 Před 3 lety +41

      @Stephan MacLean Let’s keep this a secret between us and the other 266,000 subscribers. It will just be one of those ridiculous conspiracy rumors but none of us will cave if questioned. We need Danny and Sam right where they are Blazing for our boi. We should send them a Christmas basket.

    • @wut274
      @wut274 Před 3 lety +22

      @@deemariedubois4916 I like this idea. 😂 The police having an interrogation list 1/4 of a million long. 🤣

    • @deemariedubois4916
      @deemariedubois4916 Před 3 lety +7

      @@wut274 Keeps them employed I guess during defunding.

    • @derigelfisch3776
      @derigelfisch3776 Před 3 lety +28

      Honestly it would be absolutely hilarious if, at some point, Simon actually had Sam and Danny come to Prague just to have a picture taken with them being locked in a basement. Allegedly.

    • @SzymonP
      @SzymonP Před 3 lety +5

      @@deemariedubois4916 B-anon? Blaze-onan? xDD

  • @battlebeard2041
    @battlebeard2041 Před 3 lety +54

    Years and years ago for my wife’s (then girlfriend’s) 16th birthday I filled her bedroom with 100 balloons. Being an especially deep thinking I elected to order the balloons, fully inflated, from a party store about 1/4 of a mile down the road from her house rather than get a helium tank and inflate them in her second floor bedroom. The folk of the town were treated to the site of myself and her step father DRIVING his p.o.s. GMC Sonoma pickup truck with the 100 balloons in tow; held by yours truly riding in the back. I somehow made through the congested streets and up the narrow stairway to her bedroom with 96/100. I suspect that onlookers believed us to be actual clowns. Sounds like it still went better than this debacle... we’re still going 13 years and 3 kids later 😅

    • @harriffanconshertini8804
      @harriffanconshertini8804 Před 2 lety +8

      Now THAT is a story! Legend!

    • @ak43darkhell
      @ak43darkhell Před 6 měsíci +3

      Man you only lost 4 balloon looks like it was inflated did the 4 ballooned with the wind?

    • @ak43darkhell
      @ak43darkhell Před 6 měsíci +1

      That was heliumerius

    • @ak43darkhell
      @ak43darkhell Před 6 měsíci

      But you only need 16 tho how many will you give her in her 60th birthday a balloon trip?

    • @Sasheenka
      @Sasheenka Před 20 dny

      Three kids by the age of 29? Ugh. Nice story though.

  • @havokvladimirovichstalinov
    @havokvladimirovichstalinov Před 3 lety +218

    Cleveland be like "But at least we're not Detroit. WE'RE NOT DETROIT!"

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue Před 3 lety +10

      Meanwhile, here in Buffalo, we're all like, well at least we're not Cleveland.

    • @KarenRose70
      @KarenRose70 Před 3 lety +9

      Detroit is cool.

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 Před 3 lety +10

      At least Detroit doesnt have a hall of fame and museum dedicated to rock n roll where only half the attractions are actually about rock n roll

    • @hilarymol6607
      @hilarymol6607 Před 3 lety +10

      To be fair, both Cleveland and Detroit are a lot less.... terrible... than they used to be. Detroit's at least gotten past the "Hey, Where'd Everybody Go?" phase, as well as the "Come to Detroit and Get Shot!" phase. And it has been years since I've heard Cleveland referred to as "the mistake on the lake". So, bonus.

    • @llamasandanime
      @llamasandanime Před 3 lety +3

      @@hilarymol6607 well, "Cleveland, the mistake on the lake" is not nearly as catchy as "Dreary Erie, the mistake on the lake"

  • @darkholmemega8707
    @darkholmemega8707 Před 3 lety +231

    Simon pronounced Cleveland's river correctly the second time. I'm not mad, cheers from Ohio.

    • @claytonmckee8392
      @claytonmckee8392 Před 3 lety +18

      Have you ever seen the fake Cleveland tourism video on youtube? It's magnificent.

    • @TitularHeroine
      @TitularHeroine Před 3 lety +4

      Hey *I* am lucky if I can pronounce "Ohio" correctly twice in a row. So kudos to fact boi.

    • @darkholmemega8707
      @darkholmemega8707 Před 3 lety

      @@claytonmckee8392 Cleveland's tourism has nothing to do with whether if Simon pronounced Cuyahoga correctly

    • @darkholmemega8707
      @darkholmemega8707 Před 3 lety

      @@TitularHeroine if you consider yourself luck to say Ohio correctly you is not a true Ohioan

    • @shinjukucalling763
      @shinjukucalling763 Před 3 lety

      Akron's river but yeah

  • @dilanbrinkley3587
    @dilanbrinkley3587 Před 3 lety +175

    "I always thought Florida was my natural place." -As a born and raised Floridian, this brings me both pride and concern for Simon's "alleged" grip on sanity....

    • @otakuman706
      @otakuman706 Před 3 lety +8

      Hey, shhhh, we might have a shot at getting him here.

    • @Corvus__
      @Corvus__ Před 3 lety +8

      @@otakuman706 Though it's probably best if we don't, for his mental sake.

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 Před 3 lety +8

      He'll be okay. It's when he's at a bar and someone tries to rob it using a live alligator, and he barely notices, we have to worry.

    • @otakuman706
      @otakuman706 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Corvus__ ehhh, true. But it'd be a hell of a show. Certainly lots of blow...

    • @Immudzen
      @Immudzen Před 3 lety +3

      Simon doesn't have a grip on sanity. He let go long ago and is just swept along by the crazy now.

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Před 3 lety +64

    Simon: I've been trapped inside way too long.
    Meanwhile, Danny, from the basement: Am I a joke to you?

  • @DarthErika
    @DarthErika Před 3 lety +166

    Clevelander here. Can’t say I’m surprised we made it into one of these. You also did a piece on 10cent beer night a while back if that gives you any idea what it’s like here. Things are better these days, there’s better beer, decent food, a good arts scene, and nice parks... Maybe that’s not the most compelling argument but at least we’re not Detroit, okay?!

    • @0mn1vore
      @0mn1vore Před 3 lety +2

      Okay. :-)

    • @TheBeavadelic
      @TheBeavadelic Před 3 lety +17

      WE'RE NOT DETROIT!

    • @Dr.RichardBanks
      @Dr.RichardBanks Před 3 lety +7

      I'll give ya that, you aren't Detroit 💀

    • @davidschaftenaar6530
      @davidschaftenaar6530 Před 3 lety +1

      Not to worry, 98% of time all I see in my head when people say place names in America is TV-static. It's good that you're not Detroit though, I see something other than static when people say Detroit and It's not pretty.

    • @Dr.RichardBanks
      @Dr.RichardBanks Před 3 lety +1

      @Nikk Faith the communism there actually makes it worse than Ohio 😬

  • @eliscanfield3913
    @eliscanfield3913 Před 3 lety +179

    Simon: All the people from Cleveland are triggered.
    All the people from Cleveland: Oh my God, he accidentally pronounced Cuyahoga correctly!!

    • @jrfish007
      @jrfish007 Před 3 lety +4

      He still said Medina wrong about a dozen times 😂

    • @stormythelowcountrykitty8463
      @stormythelowcountrykitty8463 Před 3 lety

      Fairly impressive. But he didn’t mention Mentor … .

    • @ewoodley82
      @ewoodley82 Před 3 lety +7

      He can't pronounce city names in his own country correctly, can we really expect him to pronounce city names in US correctly?

    • @genevievelesher3503
      @genevievelesher3503 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jrfish007 tbf, Medina is also pronounced like that for other cities.

    • @dcviper985
      @dcviper985 Před 3 lety +2

      Right? He got it in two which is really impressive!

  • @nickmiller7680
    @nickmiller7680 Před 3 lety +32

    "In the town of...good lord, somewhere in the south of Holland"😆😂🤣☠

    • @RatPfink66
      @RatPfink66 Před 2 lety +1

      South Holland - which is the only part of the Netherlands officially _called_ "Holland" - includes such juicy jawbreakers as Oegstgeest, Leidschendam, Krimpenerwaard, Waddinxveen, and Hellevoetsluis. Any one of them would have Simon flipping his toupée, that is if he wore one.

  • @faithmiller1365
    @faithmiller1365 Před 3 lety +85

    Simon." Sounds like Florida "
    Me: sometimes but cold.

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 Před 3 lety +1

      Plus, many more River fires than you will ever find in Floriduh

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 Před 3 lety +1

      And people from Florida can get mad at me all they want. I do actually love the State of Florida, I just had to.

    • @Logan_93
      @Logan_93 Před 3 lety

      Ohio isn't cold lol

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 Před 3 lety

      @@Logan_93 lmao- you come on up here to the ridiculously named town that I live in and spend a winter- I invite you to spend a winter, a typical winter that I've been thru since moving back here in 2013- with nothing more than a space heater in a trailer... Now, it may not get as cold as long as other places on the planet but it's cold, LOL. I've been through several years with negative temperatures over the winter.

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 Před 3 lety

      @@Logan_93 as for the town I live in, sigh.... It's called Hicksville.

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto Před 3 lety +48

    Simon nails the "unpronounceable" river name Cuyahoga on the second try. Kudos.

  • @DrNothing23
    @DrNothing23 Před 3 lety +56

    WKRP in Cincinnati: Les Nessman and Herb Tarlek's Thanksgiving Turkeys from a Helicopter onto a Parking Lot Massacre.

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue Před 3 lety +11

      my favorite old show. "I swear as God is my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly!"

    • @jefffarris3359
      @jefffarris3359 Před 3 lety +3

      Dude you read my mind I immediately thought of that turkey stunt. Funny stuff

    • @rashakawa
      @rashakawa Před 3 lety +4

      So that was actually based on a true story out of Texas I believe. If you thought the episode was funny look up "true story behind WKRP thanksgiving episode". What really happened and how it leads up to the episode is gold!

    • @DrNothing23
      @DrNothing23 Před 3 lety

      @@rashakawa REALLY?? Wow! lmao! I never knew that! I'm from Toledo and am old enough to have seen that on its debut and not until 45 years later am finding this out... WOW! hahaha

    • @DrNothing23
      @DrNothing23 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jefffarris3359 ...and the way Nessman was reporting it live, using the same verbiage the guy used during the Hindenburg... CLASSIC!

  • @AlatheD
    @AlatheD Před 3 lety +12

    "Did I just shout so loudly that that cup fell off of Peter's head?" The power of Simon's voice. That's why we can't stop watching.

  • @christinak1053
    @christinak1053 Před 3 lety +42

    Love from a suburb of Cleveland!! It feels strange having Simon talk about us. I'm simultaneously honored and worried. 😘

    • @jesswalton6094
      @jesswalton6094 Před 3 lety +2

      Simon belongs in the Ohio City borough, plenty of people to yell at, plenty of beers to kick back.

    • @jefffarris3359
      @jefffarris3359 Před 3 lety +2

      And then there's the Browns

  • @crazyeyez1502
    @crazyeyez1502 Před 3 lety +24

    That Mickie Mouse beat-down meme. .. that giggle in the middle of it..... 🤣🤣☠

    • @johnathanrhoades7751
      @johnathanrhoades7751 Před 3 lety +5

      one of South Park's best episodes :)

    • @BartOppeel
      @BartOppeel Před 2 měsíci

      @@johnathanrhoades7751 I have no idea how they got away with airing the episode, but it is effing genius lol !

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary Před 3 lety +21

    I’ve long heard that the most difficult thing about training police horses is teaching the horses not to panic when they see a balloon. Apparently, balloons just scare horses to tarnation and back. Since police horses are often used for crowd control at parades and street fairs, where balloons are likely to appear, equine balloonophobia is a real problem.

  • @TheIamyourmother
    @TheIamyourmother Před 3 lety +24

    Context: Arabian horses are known for spooking even more spectacularly and at even dumber shit than most other horses.
    ... Not always true, some have fantastic minds, but there are enough nutcases in the breed to keep the stereotype alive and well.

    • @TitularHeroine
      @TitularHeroine Před 3 lety

      Does being jittery have anything to do with them being racehorses?

    • @Luubelaar
      @Luubelaar Před 3 lety +7

      Even more than regular horses? Oh boy. My friend who has horses has told me of the truly terrifying things that have spooked her eventing horses: their own blankets draped over the fence, a plastic bag flapping gently in the breeze, their own shadow. But the grand prize definitely goes to her show jumper who got spooked by the puddle of his own urine, while he was still peeing. *facepalm *

    • @avalanche1990
      @avalanche1990 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Luubelaar 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @lisapt6702
    @lisapt6702 Před 3 lety +36

    I thought you were going to talk about the “The Terminal Tower Softball Incident” where the Cleveland Indians did a PR stunt of throwing softballs off a tall building, smashing a car and injuring people. I grew up in the area and can say Cleveland deserves its reputation. I also get to say, when the young complain about pollution, that back in my day it was so bad rivers caught fire

    • @Cat-tastrophee
      @Cat-tastrophee Před 3 lety +6

      I shouldn't have laughed, but it was a reflexive response. Who thought throwing softballs off a building was a good idea?? SMH.

    • @stanislavkostarnov2157
      @stanislavkostarnov2157 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Cat-tastrophee can just imagine the conversation.... (for some reason in Trumps tone of voice)
      It's a softball... totally safe, soft is safe, nothing to worry about, soft & ball, softly, squishy, gentle... why would it be called that, that's what they don't want to tell you, all they say is tall, tall, tall...they want to say danger, they don't want to discuss how soft a softball is....
      albeit, I myself was surprised how hard a softball is (compared to say a tennis-ball)

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese Před 3 lety

      I've never heard any negative things (or anything at all really) about Cleveland before this video, but I'm glad to see y'all taking the razzing so well all over these comments! I was thinking the video had been quite rough on you guys, up until he made reference to Columbine and then Aurora both right in a row (I'm from Colorado) and I was like ah dangit I forgot our rep has even more negative connotation haha

  • @jeffdewald3851
    @jeffdewald3851 Před 3 lety +13

    I was at balloonfest 86, it looked amazing from the ground! My mom and I were stuck in downtown Cleveland for hours

  • @matthawkins3584
    @matthawkins3584 Před 3 lety +8

    A stadium I work for once had a concert where they shot off confetti cannons. The confetti all blew with the wind right onto the nearby highway bridge. It caused a huge traffic issue. We were ordered by the city to no longer use confetti cannons at that venue.

  • @drboze6781
    @drboze6781 Před 3 lety +4

    Anybody else recall the stunt by fictional radio station WKRP in Cincinnati involving dropping turkeys from a helicopter?
    Poor Arthur Anderson: "As god is my witness, I could've sworn turkeys could fly!"

    • @sandybarnes887
      @sandybarnes887 Před 3 lety

      I remember it. Arthur Carlson

    • @drboze6781
      @drboze6781 Před 3 lety

      @@sandybarnes887 - That's right, Carlson, "AC" "I drive a Dodge, for Pete's sake!"

    • @sandybarnes887
      @sandybarnes887 Před 3 lety

      @@drboze6781 Mama Carlson was a firecracker 😆

  • @spookayitsme
    @spookayitsme Před 3 lety +22

    Confirmed: Simon is the Dovahkiin - his Fus-Ro-Dah is so powerful that it knocked a cup off the shelf!

    • @RatPfink66
      @RatPfink66 Před 2 lety

      let's see him pronounce those correctly on the first try...or second or third

  • @MikeHarris1984
    @MikeHarris1984 Před 3 lety +9

    3:35 - Wow, if someone just skips to that part, that will be taken out of context, LMAO!

  • @jayhom5385
    @jayhom5385 Před 3 lety +10

    Simon's shadow making the black chair fade in and out was eerily fascinating for me.

    • @TitularHeroine
      @TitularHeroine Před 3 lety

      After seeing your comment that's the thing I was watching for. (Yeah, was reading while trying to watch anyway....)

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 lety +8

    5:00 - Chapter 1 - Balloonfest 86
    10:45 - Mid roll ads
    13:15 - Chapter 2 - A town called crush
    20:05 - Chapter 3 - A stark climax
    24:15 - Chapter 4 - Shit sticks

  • @georgehill8285
    @georgehill8285 Před 3 lety +40

    The only thing I know about Cleveland is that Guinan once on the Holodeck claimed to be Picard’s cousin Gloria, from Cleveland.

    • @novaiscool1
      @novaiscool1 Před 3 lety +2

      I would recommend the Cleveland tourism videos. They are quite funny and fairly short.

    • @Freddles279
      @Freddles279 Před 3 lety +1

      That and the song used on The Drew Carey Show, "Cleavland Rocks."

    • @martind349
      @martind349 Před 3 lety +1

      As I understand it Cleveland could teach you more

    • @kevtheis
      @kevtheis Před 3 lety +2

      That's all you really need to know about Cleveland.

    • @ZeusTheIrritable
      @ZeusTheIrritable Před 3 lety +2

      That was a great episode.

  • @ericdreblow8564
    @ericdreblow8564 Před 3 lety +36

    I need to know, where that clip of the man and woman screaming their lungs out while doing finger guns comes from or at least what the hell was going on there😂

    • @dustinbergmeier1771
      @dustinbergmeier1771 Před 3 lety +4

      YES, please Simon any background you could share on that clip would make my day. I’m sure i’m not the only one who would be ok with that clip being in every single episode from' here on out,

    • @PD-mi3qj
      @PD-mi3qj Před 3 lety +2

      Yes! Sam is an absolute Legend for finding that one!

    • @noodlelynoodle.
      @noodlelynoodle. Před 3 lety +1

      I just saw that and immediately came to the comments to find info on it

    • @noodlelynoodle.
      @noodlelynoodle. Před 3 lety +9

      I found it lol czcams.com/video/b9CK37sqoz0/video.html

    • @mulgerbill
      @mulgerbill Před 3 lety +3

      @@noodlelynoodle. Awesome! You're an OG legend!

  • @cravenmoordik
    @cravenmoordik Před 3 lety +21

    It is GLORIOUS!
    This is my first day back to work in over a year. What better way to spend in than by BLAZING!

    • @sarahrosen4985
      @sarahrosen4985 Před 3 lety +3

      Congratulations! Enjoy the new paycheck .

    • @ZeusTheIrritable
      @ZeusTheIrritable Před 3 lety +3

      Congratulations! Glad to hear about all these people getting back to work.

    • @cravenmoordik
      @cravenmoordik Před 3 lety +1

      @@sarahrosen4985 Thank you for the kind thoughts. It's a nice feeling to not have to live off of the tax payers anymore

    • @cravenmoordik
      @cravenmoordik Před 3 lety +2

      @@ZeusTheIrritable Thank you. It's been a tough year for all of us. This feels like we'll finally be back to "normal" again soon.

    • @ZeusTheIrritable
      @ZeusTheIrritable Před 3 lety +2

      @@cravenmoordik Here's hoping. Good luck my friend.

  • @jaymevosburgh3660
    @jaymevosburgh3660 Před 3 lety +20

    Sam. You are fvcking legendary master!
    Loved the editing, it just gets better & better.

    • @doctorlolchicken7478
      @doctorlolchicken7478 Před 3 lety

      I liked the bald guy who did thousands of videos. Took me a while for the penny to drop.

  • @adrianne2859
    @adrianne2859 Před 3 lety +14

    I live in Cleveland and this is gold

    • @sarahrosen4985
      @sarahrosen4985 Před 3 lety

      Used to live in Cleveland. Thought everyone knew Cleveland. Who’s visiting the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame? Did no one watch Drew Carrey? Is no one still pissed about the Shah of Iran getting treated at the Cleveland Clinic? Do you people live under a rock in Simon’s basement?!

    • @sarahrosen4985
      @sarahrosen4985 Před 3 lety

      What was the little bar by Case Western University where they filmed a scene for a Michael J. Fox movie?

  • @davidgreen3423
    @davidgreen3423 Před 3 lety +32

    Simon you’ve convinced me to use square space in order to create a website to take donations for Balloonfest 21

    • @mikebar42
      @mikebar42 Před 3 lety

      Is it Eco Friendly?

    • @zeusathena26
      @zeusathena26 Před 3 lety

      You'll probably have to plan further out than that. 2022 is half over. I think we should have Simon's face on every balloon! 🤣🤣

    • @mikebar42
      @mikebar42 Před 3 lety +1

      @@zeusathena26 Did you use your god power to jump ahead to 2022

    • @zeusathena26
      @zeusathena26 Před 3 lety

      @@mikebar42 if they just starts collecting money. Then applied for permits, etc, ( most cities is a hard no!) Very few, if any. So I'm seriously doubtful anyone could do that except a billionaire. We can wait, & see!

    • @mikebar42
      @mikebar42 Před 3 lety

      @@zeusathena26 I'm just saying u said halfway through 2022 already... I'm still in 2021 I think 🤔

  • @zacharythebeau163
    @zacharythebeau163 Před 3 lety +6

    Love the "I'm white" clip from the Boondocks from the explanation of n***** moments. Fits so well.

  • @Ultraporing
    @Ultraporing Před 3 lety +8

    Simon, the original Cleveland man confirmed 😂

  • @elizabethfreymezzo
    @elizabethfreymezzo Před 3 lety +3

    SIMON YOU PRONOUNCED CUYAHOGA CORRECTLY! (On your second try). You deserve a medal.
    I've lived in Cleveland for a decade now and it's actually quite nice! The bad parts of town are no worse than any other city, and there are beautiful parks and nice restaurants. The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the most prestigious orchestras in the world.
    ***We're not Detroit!***

  • @Big_Tex
    @Big_Tex Před 3 lety +11

    You forgot the infamous WKRP Turkey Drop

  • @jesswalton6094
    @jesswalton6094 Před 3 lety +26

    Man, being from Ohio and hearing Simon talk about belonging to Cleveland sat right with my soul. What an absolute legend to feel he is an honorary Ohioan. I feel he would fit right in with all the yelling.

    • @genevievelesher3503
      @genevievelesher3503 Před 3 lety +1

      He definitely would! He's got a sense of humor that would fit in.

    • @thehumanconsensus
      @thehumanconsensus Před 3 lety +2

      I mean he looks like he's from Tremont and sounds like he'd fit right in Lakewood

    • @tommytomthms5
      @tommytomthms5 Před 3 lety +2

      Been to Columbus in 2012, I'ts an alright place with alright folks. Went to the Linux Users Festival met a few people while there including Bryan Lunduke and MC Front A Lot.

  • @kukalakana
    @kukalakana Před 3 lety +5

    Disney's new marketing slogan: "At least our balloons never killed anyone."

  • @mbmteam3350
    @mbmteam3350 Před 3 lety +5

    Dude... I had a hard day today. And you made me smile in the first 50 seconds. Thank you, for real.

  • @SquishySenpai
    @SquishySenpai Před 3 lety +2

    Dammit! The "Yaaay" at around 18:40 sent me into a flurry of "I've got mail, yaaaay! I've got mail, I've got mail, yaaaay! " 🤣

  • @thelastremainingmoderate1997

    Usually, when a video bad-mouths Cleveland, someone will comment, "At least it's not Detroit". Just figured I'd throw that in.
    The mayor who set his hair on fire was Ralph Perk. Maybe, just maybe, that's a name Simon can actually pronounce.

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 Před 3 lety

      Someone did it a few hours after you commented. I brought up a certain music museum that at best only half the attractions have anything to do with the genre it's named for

  • @CDRaff
    @CDRaff Před 3 lety +4

    What usually happens with helium balloons is that they go high enough that the lack of atmospheric pressure causes them to expand so big that they pop.

  • @adamsovel1297
    @adamsovel1297 Před 3 lety +32

    I love this from Cleveland!! And omg I just love this, no one really even talks about this but mistake on the lake, was gold!! If Simon only remembers Cleveland or Ohio from just this I think Ohio did its job right, from being the state with the most astronauts in the most presidents everybody just wants to get out of Ohio

    • @gmoney4980
      @gmoney4980 Před 3 lety

      Then move to Florida... lolz! I see it everyday.

    • @KS-PNW
      @KS-PNW Před 11 měsíci

      Ohio is a great place, to be from...
      Seriously though it wasn't a bad place to grow up. I just wouldn't ever move back.

  • @mooniejohnson
    @mooniejohnson Před 3 lety +2

    With the two trains smashing into each other... what's the definition of a bomb? A container that can no longer hold the internal pressure; like, I don't know, _two locomotive boilers smashing into each other_ The hell did they think was going to happen?!
    Good one, Sam, for "probably *boils* down to whether or not you're the one getting your eyes gouged out." Please give him extra rations, Simon.

  • @ryanc473
    @ryanc473 Před 3 lety +10

    Definitely thought this was going to be about that incidence with the red balloons in Germany during the cold war that set off the Soviet nuclear missile alarms, thus almost causing a nuclear war. The one that that upbeat sounding German song is about

    • @dyamonde9555
      @dyamonde9555 Před 3 lety +5

      99 Luftballons,
      auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont...

    • @ryanc473
      @ryanc473 Před 3 lety +4

      @@dyamonde9555 Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All
      Darum schickte ein General...

  • @Freddles279
    @Freddles279 Před 3 lety +6

    Hey, I know another record they could have taken. How about "The largest clean-up of balloons, ever?" Or, "The most people simultaneously involved in a balloon clean-up?"

  • @ethanmcgill4560
    @ethanmcgill4560 Před 3 lety +17

    Us ohioans can give you an entire blaze about us from "ope" too the burning cayahoga (properly pronounced on the 2nd time by the way) to the end of 5 cent beer night to our drive ins to pop its all blazable

    • @danelynch7171
      @danelynch7171 Před 3 lety

      Dude... I've heard about this "5cent beer night" and simon definitely needs to cover it on one of his channels!

    • @KillaBasel
      @KillaBasel Před 3 lety

      OPE!!! LOL!

  • @jenniferconners6921
    @jenniferconners6921 Před 3 lety +29

    Can you do a video about Aviation Blue Ice (when the potty leaks high up in the air and gravity has fun with it.)

    • @zeusathena26
      @zeusathena26 Před 3 lety

      🙄🤬ᕙ(--😅

    • @canaan5337
      @canaan5337 Před 3 lety +1

      Joe Dirt.

    • @HovektheArtist
      @HovektheArtist Před 3 lety +1

      @@canaan5337 i would have been very disappoint if nobody had mentioned joe dirt

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer Před 3 lety +2

      Ah, yes. Boeing Bombs.

    • @RatPfink66
      @RatPfink66 Před 2 lety

      I just got a great idea for a cocktail involving Aviation gin and Blue Curaçao. Possibly including partially melted Tootsie Rolls.

  • @C.L.Hinton
    @C.L.Hinton Před 3 lety +2

    I think Danny meant that the balloons sink once the helium "degrades," but accidentally wrote "biodegrades." He'd probably benefit from a little fresh air down in the basement to keep his mind clearer. Go down and breathe heavily in his face, Simon. Or shout. Shouting more in his face should also work to "motivate" him.
    ETA: even though those balloons were allegedly biodegradable, they'd drop long before they'd break down.

  • @katies7158
    @katies7158 Před 3 lety +4

    You pronounced Cuyahoga perfectly (the second time), I'm impressed

  • @travisslack4655
    @travisslack4655 Před 3 lety +4

    I love your videos about the different currencies and the elusive 50 note. Can we see an episode about counterfeiting as a whole? Maybe crazy cockups or craziest purchases with fake cash that got people caught? Anything of the sort!

  • @marvthebass
    @marvthebass Před 3 lety +13

    Who tries to set a popsicle world record in the summer?! 🤦‍♂️

    • @Adiscretefirm
      @Adiscretefirm Před 3 lety

      If you tried in winter it would last for months.

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 Před 3 lety +11

    Danny, & Sam are still making progress on their tunnel! They're causing things to happen behind the walls.

  • @pmgn8444
    @pmgn8444 Před 3 lety +6

    28:29 - No Simon. We will NOT leave you alone. ((evil laughter))

  • @jamesbain8167
    @jamesbain8167 Před 3 lety +4

    Damn, but I love the chaotic energy of this show, and Casual Criminalist. Keep it up, team!

  • @AliasUndercover
    @AliasUndercover Před 3 lety +2

    So you finally made it to BalloonDeath.
    Iä! Iä! Balloonfest fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Balloonfest Cleveland wgah'nagl fhtagn!

  • @melodywilliams8720
    @melodywilliams8720 Před rokem

    I know how much Simon will love this.... Simon when the cup fell, it was definitely ghosts. Yep Ghosts. LOL

  • @thefourshowflip
    @thefourshowflip Před 3 lety +6

    It’s calculexia…
    And it made it LOADS of fun to get a physics degree. 😓

  • @NathanCassidy721
    @NathanCassidy721 Před 3 lety +5

    “Blizzard of Balloons” sounds like a great parody disaster movie.

  • @korstmahler
    @korstmahler Před rokem

    Cleveland: Releases Killer Balloons
    Junji Ito: I for one would like to know more.

  • @mhsteamupbro
    @mhsteamupbro Před 9 měsíci

    0:00 I love how usually it starts with a long quote but this time it's just

  • @BIBSTERSrepairshop
    @BIBSTERSrepairshop Před 3 lety +5

    New tag line for video “this is why we can’t have nice things”

  • @abrahamkline8812
    @abrahamkline8812 Před 3 lety +6

    I knew we made jokes about Cleveland here in Pittsburgh all the time. Didn't realize this was a national thing. And, yes, I'm aware people hate Pittsburgh as well.

    • @neoleo593
      @neoleo593 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes, but we have 3 rivers and prettier scenery

    • @abrahamkline8812
      @abrahamkline8812 Před 3 lety

      @@neoleo593 that's true

    • @RatPfink66
      @RatPfink66 Před 2 lety

      People may hate Pittsburgh, but you don't hear Clevelanders saying "At least we're not Pittsburgh."

    • @abrahamkline8812
      @abrahamkline8812 Před 2 lety

      @@RatPfink66 I think that quote may be based on the historical differences on the football teams. I remember hearing that a lot when the Steelers would have a bad season. I've also heard some call Cleveland The Mistake on the Lake. I, myself, have nothing against Cleveland. I've been there a few times. My only real complaint is how bad the roads are. And this is coming from someone who lives in South Western Pennsylvania (We have pretty awful roads, as well) 🤣

  • @isaacwilson5284
    @isaacwilson5284 Před 3 lety

    Dear Danny: I'm still laughing at the "on board" pun 🤣😆😂 thanks!

  • @beach81959
    @beach81959 Před 3 lety

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is legendary

  • @EportChris
    @EportChris Před 3 lety +6

    Shit, who knew that Business Blaze has so many viewers from Ohio!?! 😂

  • @lindah3879
    @lindah3879 Před 3 lety +16

    It's Mid-eye-na And he said Cuyahoga right the second time!

    • @jessicaevans7847
      @jessicaevans7847 Před 3 lety

      Beer moth!

    • @genericacct1
      @genericacct1 Před 3 lety

      Simon doesn't care.

    • @eliscanfield3913
      @eliscanfield3913 Před 3 lety +1

      I know, and it's practically a record, lol

    • @beagleuk3233
      @beagleuk3233 Před 3 lety +1

      He's finally started saying Rotherham properly

    • @lewzero
      @lewzero Před 3 lety +2

      I was dying laughing, he's trying to make a big deal of how hard Cuyahoga is to pronounce, but he got it almost instantly.
      I always get kinda sad when I think about how many native american names ohio uses, because I assume we just stole the land with the name, not named it after them to honor their heritage

  • @serveauxproductions
    @serveauxproductions Před 3 lety

    5:43 Oh my Simon! Do we finally know who Peter is now?! ISN'T THAT RIGHT PETER?! 💀🥤🤣

  • @cynthiasimpson931
    @cynthiasimpson931 Před 3 lety +1

    I live in Oregon and worked remotely for a transcription company based in Cleveland. There were times I was the only one working because everyone else was snowed out of the office because of a blizzard.

  • @robotbattler
    @robotbattler Před 3 lety +5

    3:36 Bet that never comes back out of context

  • @garrettfields6972
    @garrettfields6972 Před 3 lety +3

    Ahh yes another blaze. I knew this was happening today, I felt it in me loins.

  • @louth2882
    @louth2882 Před 3 lety +2

    That takes from the crypt meme had me in stitches wtf was that 😂😂😂

  • @Magalicious420
    @Magalicious420 Před 3 lety

    I love how absolutely savage this one is 💜💜😂😂

  • @mack.attack
    @mack.attack Před 3 lety +3

    lmao Simon you accidentally said Cuyahoga right

  • @kultur-vultur
    @kultur-vultur Před 3 lety +17

    "This is the balloon stage, I'm solo on this." Meatwad (Sealab episode)

  • @angelomastri1416
    @angelomastri1416 Před rokem

    HE PRONOUNCED THE RIVER RIGHT! Gotta love when my hometown gets a shoutout lol

  • @velvetonecustomshop5026
    @velvetonecustomshop5026 Před 3 lety +6

    Anyone acknowledging the lights flicking off and the troubling red mark on Simons head?

    • @popded
      @popded Před 3 lety

      Simon got SWATted, this was his last video...

  • @scruffiestofnerfherders7397

    No mention of the great WKRP turkey drop giveaway?

    • @roryregina
      @roryregina Před 3 lety

      1st thing that came to my mind too.

  • @Doramius
    @Doramius Před 3 lety

    EPIC BLAZE!!!! Thank you for the Balloonfest '86.

  • @connorwillie5023
    @connorwillie5023 Před 2 lety

    The editor of this video deserves a raise. Doesn’t have to be large (even .50 cents)

  • @geekborne628
    @geekborne628 Před 3 lety +7

    Being from Ohio, the beginning of this video was hilarious 😂

  • @aarghitsjesta
    @aarghitsjesta Před 3 lety +8

    Yay I suggested this a few weeks ago!

  • @maggotsfuckedup
    @maggotsfuckedup Před 3 lety +2

    The skull is named Peter? Lmao

  • @LizRealGirlBeauty
    @LizRealGirlBeauty Před 3 lety +1

    The 80s was weird with balloons. When I was in elementary school I remember all of us having to put pieces of paper with our names and address of our school on it, with a note to "please send this back with a note of how far it's gone" into a regular old rubber balloons and then letting them all go at once in some bizarre kind of "event." Most of us never heard of it again. Guessing the birds ate our balloons. Which I guess worked out great for them.

  • @anthonyC214
    @anthonyC214 Před 3 lety +3

    Cleveland is very close to Canada, right across one of the Great Lakes

  • @bradbrad6521
    @bradbrad6521 Před 3 lety +5

    Im from Florida, let me queue you in on a secret.
    Most of those Florida man stories are actually people from the northeast ( often Ohio and New York ) that moved here because the headlines ' Ohio man " does crazy shit doesn't get them enough fame or meth idk

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Před 3 lety +3

      Yep! People think I'm kidding when I tell them that native Floridians are extremely rare, and most of those stories are transplants from up north.

    • @PD-mi3qj
      @PD-mi3qj Před 3 lety +3

      I know! All the "local" nut jobs are from up north and not actual Floridians. They really give the few of us that are actual Florida born legends a bad name

  • @poletooke4691
    @poletooke4691 Před rokem

    24:46 You know it's hard when he doesn't even try lmao

  • @phillipwiles5581
    @phillipwiles5581 Před 3 lety +1

    Tag line for rotting turtle, "smell like Mitch McConnell"

  • @IntrepidFraidyCat
    @IntrepidFraidyCat Před 3 lety +8

    Good Lord, the river actually caught fire? 😳

    • @fonttalk8065
      @fonttalk8065 Před 3 lety +5

      Caught fire multiple times

    • @clancaster2588
      @clancaster2588 Před 3 lety

      Mostly due to pollution, but yes it burned several times before our local government got involved

  • @paulherman5822
    @paulherman5822 Před 3 lety +3

    Another video from the Lord of the Internet! Thank you, Simon (or whichever one of your replicants made this.)

  • @_________3235
    @_________3235 Před 3 lety +1

    A blessing from the lord a new video

  • @mladlenarostenko2041
    @mladlenarostenko2041 Před rokem

    So love the old ones when Simon is still standing and rage- reading😁

  • @johnwatson2251
    @johnwatson2251 Před 3 lety +22

    We need to start a GoFundMe to get Simon's neon fixed or just send him a new one.

    • @aalhard
      @aalhard Před 3 lety +1

      Don't send him shit, he doesn't want pay customs to get it

    • @adamsovel1297
      @adamsovel1297 Před 3 lety

      Yesss

  • @alexandershin413
    @alexandershin413 Před 3 lety +6

    Once again asking BLAZING FACTBOI to release the Korea cut covering our most GLORIOUS LEADER KIM and our most GLORIOUS DEMOCRACY North Korea

  • @doranconall9995
    @doranconall9995 Před 3 lety +1

    oh the fact boi started his morning with a big old line of "cereal" today...

  • @FluffieXStarshine
    @FluffieXStarshine Před 3 lety +1

    One that I will always remember was the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie bomb scare. Back in 2007 they were releasing a movie for the cartoon show and in several cities across the US they put up LED boards, similar to the Light Bright kids toy, with a deception of the space alien from the show. Well in Boston a passenger on the train saw one, and reported a strange electronic device to the police and it escalated from there ...

  • @Catbirdmom2
    @Catbirdmom2 Před 3 lety +3

    Cleveland, also home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for some reason

    • @vansongs
      @vansongs Před 3 lety +2

      You've never heard, Cleveland Rocks!

    • @fionasfineries
      @fionasfineries Před 3 lety

      The term Rock and Roll was coined here in Cleveland and many of the early performers got their start in Cleveland

  • @Maazzzo
    @Maazzzo Před 3 lety +21

    Simon: I have to stop shouting, I'm damaging my vocal cords.
    Also Simon: SHOUTS SO LOUD THINGS FALL OFF THE BOOKCASE

  • @stephenboon7129
    @stephenboon7129 Před 3 lety

    The picture I got of Simon tilting back a fat man to save his life had me laughing hysterically. Love how Business Blaze allows him to let lose his thoughts like a patient out of his straight jacket.

  • @KyouRein
    @KyouRein Před 3 lety +2

    As soon as you said "unpronounceable river" I knew what word you meant. Man I hated Cleveland, but it isnt the worst place in the world