In Search of Creepy Toys with Dan Snow

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  • čas přidán 28. 02. 2018
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    Massive thanks to Joanna Bolitho and Will Newton from V&A Museum of Childhood, London. It's right next to the Bethnal Green tube station - we strongly recommend a visit.
    Thanks also to these lovely people: Dan Snow, Nathan Williams, Natt Tapley and Justin Gayner.
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Komentáře • 745

  • @TheGoldSwordSquad
    @TheGoldSwordSquad Před 6 lety +1306

    Ashens had to be removed from the museum after trying to burn the toys with his blowtorch

    • @housr
      @housr Před 6 lety +3

      😂😂

    • @klynk5107
      @klynk5107 Před 6 lety +13

      Thought that said he tried to bum the toys

    • @ThumpertTheFascistCottontail
      @ThumpertTheFascistCottontail Před 6 lety +40

      .... and attempting to eat the three thousand year old toy.

    • @Castodas
      @Castodas Před 6 lety +12

      You all make him sound like he's lost his marbles... Unless, do you think he tried burning those too?

    • @a.samism
      @a.samism Před 6 lety +4

      Brilliant

  • @Zepplinite
    @Zepplinite Před 6 lety +77

    A series of Stuart visiting odd museums needs to be a thing.

  • @randywatson8347
    @randywatson8347 Před 6 lety +483

    So weird seeying Ashens in a suit cosplaying an adult lol.

    • @TheMonstermandude
      @TheMonstermandude Před 6 lety +15

      Synthusiast how do? He’s in a suit in the beginning of every video.

    • @RageQuitGirlOfficial
      @RageQuitGirlOfficial Před 6 lety +18

      Cosplaying as an adult! I love that! I usually say I'm pretending to be an adult, despite actually being 23.

    • @Fnorgh
      @Fnorgh Před 6 lety +23

      While he used to wear the black suit and red tie from his logo every time he appeared on camera in his early videos, these days I'm used to just seeing him in the light blue Barshens shirt.

    • @TewdPlays
      @TewdPlays Před 6 lety +1

      Im not sure I've ever seen him without a suit? Even in his logo he has a suit on.

    • @Offensive_Username
      @Offensive_Username Před 6 lety

      Synthusiast, did you actually laugh out loud after writing that grammatically wrong comment?

  • @alexc1485
    @alexc1485 Před 6 lety +107

    I know this is just an ad but I could genuinely get on board with more of this type of informative/documentary style video, Ashens really suits it! Not that I would ever want the normal content to end of course

  • @burlz
    @burlz Před 6 lety +81

    The Gary Busey Aunt May figure deserves its own glass case in that museum!

  • @gilgammesh1
    @gilgammesh1 Před 6 lety +183

    An excellent tour.

    • @RSwizard101vids
      @RSwizard101vids Před 6 lety +10

      An excellent comment 😃

    • @smb-c3po
      @smb-c3po Před 6 lety +1

      An excellent Chef Peepee.

    • @harryemmott8597
      @harryemmott8597 Před 6 lety +3

      I wonder how many people on CZcams are called Chef Excellence...

    • @gilgammesh1
      @gilgammesh1 Před 6 lety +1

      One too many i daresay.

    • @smb-c3po
      @smb-c3po Před 6 lety +1

      +Chef Excellence
      How many Chef Pee Pee accounts are there?
      Just imagine what your life would be like if you worked for Bowser.
      And had to do whatever his spoiled bratty son told you.

  • @DominoMiahGames
    @DominoMiahGames Před 6 lety +50

    We laugh at toys of the past now, but just imagine how freaked out our descendants will be when the see Bratz dolls.

    • @javierrico1996
      @javierrico1996 Před 6 lety +3

      Domino Miah Games They'd probably die of a fear-induced heart attack if they saw *these.*

    • @FiorinaArtworks
      @FiorinaArtworks Před 6 lety

      oh god, those are abominations...
      If we're lucky, the paint will rub off with time and they'll just turn into the Tree Change dolls xD

  • @CursedShrine
    @CursedShrine Před 6 lety +37

    I love his sofa, but I would totally watch a TV series like this if Ashens was the presenter.

  • @chriscryer7087
    @chriscryer7087 Před 6 lety +27

    Suddenly I feel like Stuart would make an amazing TV presenter

    • @maxscardanelli6185
      @maxscardanelli6185 Před 6 lety

      Chris Cryer He used to be on the BBC. Search “Ashens tech dump”.

  • @Clay3613
    @Clay3613 Před 6 lety +520

    Ashen's should be a proper TV host.

    • @luketfer
      @luketfer Před 6 lety +61

      He has done TV stuff in the past, mostly for Channel 4 if I remember correctly and it was only shorts but he has done some actual TV stuff. Still I would love a show based on his books where he talks to developers and the like of the old school 1980s computer games.

    • @artmadaofficialyoutube
      @artmadaofficialyoutube Před 6 lety +18

      luketfer I would watch that series. I enjoy watching Ashens present things other than dollar store crap and ancient food items.

    • @Clay3613
      @Clay3613 Před 6 lety +8

      Yeah it's just charity stuff or that online BBC series he had for awhile.

    • @ssj2matt
      @ssj2matt Před 6 lety +5

      Was thinking this myself. He should audition to the BBC or whatever.

    • @BrawnyBuddha
      @BrawnyBuddha Před 6 lety +12

      He'd host like a Top Gear-style show about weird knick knacks and geeky things. HEY That should be the title:
      Weird Knick-Knacks and Geeky Things.

  • @CLaw-tb5gg
    @CLaw-tb5gg Před 6 lety +49

    I always feel disorientated when I'm forced to realise how famous Stuart actually is.

    • @RageQuitGirlOfficial
      @RageQuitGirlOfficial Před 6 lety +8

      Ye same, I've been here for about 9yrs so I still think of him as young Dr Stuart Ashen with only a few thousand subs!
      When I see him doing bigger things I feel proud of how much he's grown :D

    • @CLaw-tb5gg
      @CLaw-tb5gg Před 6 lety +20

      He'll always be our Stuart, reviewing shitty plastic pirates from Poundland on a nasty 80s sofa.

    • @ken131
      @ken131 Před 6 lety +3

      But he still deserves to be famouser

  • @BigGrimaceFan
    @BigGrimaceFan Před 6 lety +20

    I personally would love more videos like this with the historical vibe

  • @burlz
    @burlz Před 6 lety +44

    “An excellent advert”

  • @scottcowan7343
    @scottcowan7343 Před 6 lety +226

    Love the filming on this. You should really do your own documentary one day.

    • @Fnorgh
      @Fnorgh Před 6 lety +20

      Yeah, it feels like a clip from some BBC documentary. How does the Beeb pick who gets to host those things? Somebody slip Stuart's name into the Goblet of Fire, please.

    • @kaaaallll
      @kaaaallll Před 6 lety +16

      TAT - A documentary by Stuart Ashen

    • @YokiDokiPanic
      @YokiDokiPanic Před 6 lety +3

      IQ is thicc
      Yes. Perfect. Make it happen. I would pay good money to see it.

    • @HistoryHit
      @HistoryHit Před 6 lety +2

      This is a VERY good idea...

  • @Enbious
    @Enbious Před 6 lety +16

    How many Dan's does Ashens know? NerdCubed, Cousin Dan, the Dan in the "10 Reviews in 10 Minutes" videos, and now this Dan?! IT'S DANPOCALYPSE!!!

    • @superspacehero
      @superspacehero Před 6 lety +6

      What many fail to realize is that there is, in actuality, only one Dan - have you ever seen two Dans in the same room?

  • @RoyHess666
    @RoyHess666 Před 6 lety +15

    How can people dislike this video? Seriously, whats wrong in your boring life?
    I absolutely like this video, the script, camera script and movement, the music.
    So professional.
    So Ashens!

  • @woolenhat5796
    @woolenhat5796 Před 6 lety +232

    How many Dans do you know....i mean really stuart. How many?

  • @Insertdiskgames
    @Insertdiskgames Před 6 lety +3

    There needs to be a part 2 to this episode where you repay the favour by giving Dan Snow a tour of the local Poundland.

  • @loganjorgensen
    @loganjorgensen Před 6 lety +2

    I can just imagine if you had a time machine. "These toys are creepy and scary." and the craftsman "I worked really hard on that.". :(

  • @Larry
    @Larry Před 6 lety +220

    Ooh, trading standards wouldn't let that Egyptian doll out nowadays, some kid would have their eye out with that neck spike! :D

    • @rossvegas7
      @rossvegas7 Před 6 lety

      Larry Bundy Jr it had a head on it originally

    • @suitedpenguins4640
      @suitedpenguins4640 Před 6 lety +10

      rossvegas7 its a joke, dont take it so literally.
      But i do wonder how the head looked, did it have hair? Was it a 3D head or flat? Was everything painted on? We may sadly never know.

    • @drwhoscumrag
      @drwhoscumrag Před 6 lety +3

      I read this with your accent.

    • @Anex952
      @Anex952 Před 6 lety +1

      Larry Bundy Jr it's funny but it's true

    • @DoctorBastard
      @DoctorBastard Před 6 lety

      It'd be all over the front page of the daily mail. BAN THESE KILLER TOYS! They'd cry.

  • @HighTen_Melanie
    @HighTen_Melanie Před 6 lety +6

    This should be on mainstream tv.

  • @MelissaAndersonTheFutureLegend

    When is BBC / ITV going to give Stuart his own show ? I can watch him all day !

  • @ChaseFace
    @ChaseFace Před 6 lety +2

    "And yet they survive."
    Ashens is so smooth with his segues. I would have just said "Uh, cool! Alright, thanks for watching!"

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. Před 6 lety +599

    So when are you gonna eat them

    • @aa-mx9yp
      @aa-mx9yp Před 6 lety +3

      you need to get out more

    • @joemontgomery6658
      @joemontgomery6658 Před 6 lety

      Another one?

    • @timothyhilditch
      @timothyhilditch Před 6 lety +11

      This guy uses like bots

    • @adryelyel1794
      @adryelyel1794 Před 6 lety +3

      Timothy Hilditch Most definitely.

    • @CybermanBill
      @CybermanBill Před 6 lety +1

      Justin Y.
      ???? Eat what?????
      (What am I missing?..... or is this person just one of those morons who think they are so smart and being so witty?)
      🤖🤓

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke Před 6 lety +81

    How did you tear Dan away from doing 20 documentaries a day for the BBC? He never seems to be not on the telly doing a documentary!! :P

  • @GeorgiaGeorgette
    @GeorgiaGeorgette Před 6 lety +1

    PLEASE do more of this sort of thing, it's brilliant! I love your usual stuff but this is such a nice addition.

  • @DokkaChapman
    @DokkaChapman Před 6 lety +15

    Did anyone else see folks running around inside as they left the museum?.... I think Ashens may have set fire to something.

  • @VillaFanDan92
    @VillaFanDan92 Před 6 lety +61

    Ashens is only one point removed from an appearance on The One Show now.

    • @mrflibble1259
      @mrflibble1259 Před 6 lety +3

      I can fully imagine this on an episode of the one show. I'm half expecting an overly energetic segway from Chris evens at the end

    • @edbadyt
      @edbadyt Před 6 lety +2

      I thought the exact same thing. I'm not overly keen on the one show but, when trying to be mainstream, his cheesy presenting style would lend its's self perfectly to it and it would be a good thing for both him, and the show.

    • @spookyghost7524
      @spookyghost7524 Před 6 lety

      that would be a step down for him

  • @neo_corgski4618
    @neo_corgski4618 Před 6 lety +17

    Wow now that's production value

  • @Colormebadd17
    @Colormebadd17 Před 6 lety +26

    It's weird knowing you're more than a pair of hands

  • @Anon-.-
    @Anon-.- Před 6 lety +1

    Lenci dolls look like they came straight out of the shinning. "Come and play with us"

  • @herbertorendorff6323
    @herbertorendorff6323 Před 6 lety +106

    Awesome video ashens

  • @turniphead986
    @turniphead986 Před 6 lety +8

    Seriously... Ashens for Toy Hunter UK spinoff, dangit! Why is this not a thing yet?

  • @carmel4378
    @carmel4378 Před 6 lety

    This was wonderful! I cannot think of anyone who would do a better job at searching for historical silliness.The BBC are missing out, this should be an amazing series!

  • @nerdofgod4167
    @nerdofgod4167 Před 6 lety +4

    Ashens could be a television host of all things weird.

  • @TheRenoReviews
    @TheRenoReviews Před 6 lety +4

    That’s bloody Dan Snow off the telly!!

    • @ElMoppo1
      @ElMoppo1 Před 6 lety +3

      I kept thinking he was familiar. :o

  • @Yarumasi
    @Yarumasi Před 6 lety +2

    This was cool - I hope you do more, and longer ones at that! I could have watched well over an hour of you guys just chatting around these strange things. Well, everyone's strapped for time I guess.

  • @Dan-mw1le
    @Dan-mw1le Před 6 lety

    History and Ashens, two of my damn favorite things. Words cannot describe my immense confusion and joy.

  • @GodotOfficial
    @GodotOfficial Před 6 lety +477

    I miss your sofa

  • @unfazed37
    @unfazed37 Před 6 lety +6

    Underrated video, your effert is showed in this video, good job keep it up!

  • @FuzzelFoxGame
    @FuzzelFoxGame Před 6 lety

    I'd actually love to see a full hour long special like this, it's very well produced.

  • @MaliceLaStrange
    @MaliceLaStrange Před 6 lety +5

    Such a super neat and different video from you. I realize its supposed to be an advert at the end but it was just a nice change and makes me realize i probably would have loved your channel no matter what it was about

  • @rebeccah3091
    @rebeccah3091 Před 6 lety +142

    I don't care if this is an ad I want to watch more

    • @QueenAwesomenes
      @QueenAwesomenes Před 6 lety +19

      Rebecca Hanley especially since its an ad for something actually real cool and not just like a brand of razors or something. I love this!

    • @SpeedDemonStar
      @SpeedDemonStar Před 6 lety +1

      It's Ashens, they'd probably have him selling toilet paper or blowtorches. (Honestly, I could realistically see him doing a sponsored brand deal with a blowtorch company.)

    • @AlexanderRenard
      @AlexanderRenard Před 6 lety +1

      He could team up with The Boring Company for their not-flamethrowers.

  • @MuensterQ
    @MuensterQ Před 6 lety

    “He looks like a clown escaping from a burning circus” amazing

  • @Nanonic001
    @Nanonic001 Před 6 lety +4

    Now go do the same at the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford, you'll love it for its batshit insanery!

  • @ObiMace
    @ObiMace Před 6 lety

    I love this. So proper, so professional, so good. As an outsider, or someone who still thinks CZcams is for 10 minutes of cat videos, you wouldn't guess to find this on the same channel as _burning tiny toys on a couch_ . And that is the beauty of *ashens* .

  • @nobel11
    @nobel11 Před 6 lety +4

    An Excellent Advertisement.
    Seriously, well done.

  • @OtseisRagnarok
    @OtseisRagnarok Před 6 lety

    Honestly, it's always kind of nice to see Stewart outside of his house.

  • @cooleyeking7779
    @cooleyeking7779 Před 6 lety

    can't wait to see pop stations in this museum in like 50 years

  • @samuelcunningham3099
    @samuelcunningham3099 Před 6 lety

    I grew up going into that museum. Havnt been there in years. Brought back memories of being freaked out and interested in some of the toys.

  • @evilhairyrat1235
    @evilhairyrat1235 Před 6 lety +10

    Stuart knows a lot on Dans...

  • @1revjay
    @1revjay Před 6 lety +50

    This video wasn't long enough.

    • @FiorinaArtworks
      @FiorinaArtworks Před 6 lety +7

      When your viewers wish your ads were longer, you're know you're doing it right.

  • @samvimes9510
    @samvimes9510 Před 6 lety +1

    I really hope you do more videos like this. All those videos you did at that technology center were fascinating, and this was pretty great too.

  • @zirconium2014
    @zirconium2014 Před 6 lety

    i absolutely loved this. felt like real tv even. brilliant

  • @YourTypicalMental
    @YourTypicalMental Před 6 lety

    Whenever I watch one of these big, milestone ashens video comes out I am reminded of the first time I watch his first pop station review all those years ago.

  • @Urahara08
    @Urahara08 Před 6 lety +1

    More of these please! Really love Ashens out on the town

  • @underbutlers
    @underbutlers Před 6 lety

    This was genuinely useful, as i'm working on the outline for a dissertation on the history of toys. Very nice

  • @joannegray5138
    @joannegray5138 Před 6 lety

    Wow - THE Dan Snow. Great video - I'll have to check out the museum the next time I visit London.

  • @dinorap1
    @dinorap1 Před 6 lety

    This is great I was not expecting this to be so well-made! Very nicely done

  • @TheClosetNinja
    @TheClosetNinja Před 6 lety +1

    Really enjoyed this more serious/informative format. I hope there are more of these in the future; great work!

  • @marthapozo4881
    @marthapozo4881 Před 6 lety

    Loved it Stu! A series like this with you presenting it would be awesome!

  • @4looming
    @4looming Před 6 lety

    Omg I love this format! I'd to see more like this, Ashens fits the role of docu host very well.

  • @adamhooper2476
    @adamhooper2476 Před 6 lety

    Cool it's Dan Snow. Love his documentaries aswell as his father's.

  • @gabrielle5847
    @gabrielle5847 Před 6 lety +1

    Ashens has the best narrating voice.

  • @okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

    this is exactly my kind of niche, thanks for letting me know a museum like this exists!

  • @kiruppert
    @kiruppert Před 6 lety

    Those Lenci Dolls at the end look like they're trying to light you on fire with the power of their minds.

  • @jsb8261
    @jsb8261 Před 6 lety

    Brilliant video. More to come, hopefully.

  • @TheHeroOfTomorrow
    @TheHeroOfTomorrow Před 6 lety

    Steve Blum: "Honey, you couldn't HANDLE my creepy toys."

  • @paulnash9851
    @paulnash9851 Před 6 lety

    Thanks Ashens sir, this video was a nice little treat. You are a scholar and a gentleman.

  • @WeatherInOrlando
    @WeatherInOrlando Před 6 lety +1

    This video needed to be at least 20 minutes longer. Loved it!

  • @mongooseonaunicycle2056
    @mongooseonaunicycle2056 Před 6 lety +3

    Next I want ashens and dan snow to tour Poundland

  • @RockaRaven
    @RockaRaven Před 6 lety

    Legend has it that for every breath Ashens takes, he meets another man called Dan.

  • @lisaking1021
    @lisaking1021 Před 6 lety +1

    Love this ad, I'm sold. I want to visit the museum, I'm off to the website. You host a show in this style really well. They couldn't have picked a better person for the promotion

  • @alexander1995ah
    @alexander1995ah Před 6 lety

    Two of my favourite people in one video.

  • @vdochev
    @vdochev Před 6 lety

    Great and interesting toys! I would be very happy if I could visit this museum.

  • @morganivory2320
    @morganivory2320 Před 6 lety

    This is an amazing collaboration. And one I never thought would happen

  • @MRRED-nm7vt
    @MRRED-nm7vt Před 6 lety

    I use to go to this place! well mostly for drawing classes but the funny thing is i didn't draw any of the toys, ever...
    But I did walk around and enjoyed looking at them.

  • @spiritofthetime
    @spiritofthetime Před 6 lety

    Sharp suit, Stuart. Always wondered what the Museum of Childhood exhibited, looks well worth a visit. Thanks!

  • @Dellaluna13
    @Dellaluna13 Před 6 lety +1

    “...and over here we have some unsettling mechanical monkey musicians, a pair of cloth-skin dolls with disturbingly sinister eyes....and over here is a Super Soaker.”

  • @GroxXx777
    @GroxXx777 Před 6 lety

    It was kind of surreal to see this kind of professional filming and editing in an Ashens. While I have no problem with the regular brown couch videos, I welcome more of these kind of videos too, even if they are ads.

  • @Zulf85
    @Zulf85 Před 6 lety

    Dude, you knocked this one out the park! Well done.

  • @robott6696
    @robott6696 Před 6 lety

    I remember dan use to go by al, he'd come out with head to breathe by the prodigy, had the snowplex finisher... miss those days

  • @mcopado
    @mcopado Před 6 lety

    This is one of my favorite vids you've done!

  • @pancakepower1006
    @pancakepower1006 Před 6 lety

    I actually really liked this, i hope we get more content like this soon.

  • @TwesomE
    @TwesomE Před 6 lety

    Imagine those last two dolls the boy and the girl walking to a narrow hallway in some kind of an old creepy hotel and see them in front of you!

  • @vickimew7366
    @vickimew7366 Před 6 lety

    I LOVED this museum when I visited. It's out of the way a bit but really, really worth it. If you're in London check it out :) it only takes a couple of hours to go round and is very good.

  • @danahimrich4066
    @danahimrich4066 Před 6 lety

    Those last two dolls remind me of the "My Little Stepchildren" skit from SNL.

  • @theworstgamer7064
    @theworstgamer7064 Před 6 lety

    This was pretty cool! Those dolls at the end were the creepiest

  • @P747
    @P747 Před 6 lety +2

    Bit and bobs, gubbins, mingle-mangle, mishmash...the english language (UK) is so great sometimes. ^^

  • @RoyalRefraction
    @RoyalRefraction Před 6 lety +1

    It's like I'm watching daytime British TV, but with a weird twist

  • @sekirk
    @sekirk Před 6 lety

    I really enjoyed this departure from the sofa! I’d like to see more of you looking at old curio’s since you’re knowledgable about things usually. I think it works quite well. Though perhaps less regimented feeling format and so short (tho I understand that’s hard when it’s an ad and a real museum)

  • @OfficialChrissums
    @OfficialChrissums Před 6 lety +1

    fun video. I like when stuart turns on his professional mode

  • @Nanowith1
    @Nanowith1 Před 6 lety

    Really brilliant video, thoroughly enjoyable and interesting to see the toys

  • @TheDarkestPhoenix
    @TheDarkestPhoenix Před 6 lety

    This is actually really well done, bravo.

  • @QueenAwesomenes
    @QueenAwesomenes Před 6 lety

    You should do more stuff like this, it's wonderful!

  • @dokidokiDoro
    @dokidokiDoro Před 6 lety

    I could enjoy more of these!

  • @SciFiFangirlsFTW
    @SciFiFangirlsFTW Před 6 lety

    I love this museum so much. It's my favourite place. :D

  • @MysticJhn
    @MysticJhn Před 6 lety

    This was a very interesting video, I do wish to see more of you visting the V&A Museum of Children and showing off more.

  • @SomeConch357
    @SomeConch357 Před 6 lety

    the production value is amazing since its normally a couch good on you man would love to seem more of this kind of stuff

  • @Defensive_Wounds
    @Defensive_Wounds Před 6 lety

    Loved the Katamari-esque music at the end Ashens!!!