Alan Abel - The History Of The World featuring the Snare Drum

Legendary percussionist/humorist/media hoaxer Alan Abel talks about the history of the snare drum and its effects on civilization. Originally aired on Cablevision Connecticut Public Access Channel 27 (Ch.12) sometime in the 1980's. www.abelraisescain.com

[@grandpow]

this was the greatest youtube recommendation ever!

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Mark Dice sent me here.

[@elunico13]

Me too!

[@VeritasTemplar]

lol, me too

[@mico6691]

You guessed it , Me too..

[@fahq6703]

Yes. Yes he did.

[@naomin5397]

Ditto! 😂

[@MaxPowers]

Mark Dice for the Win

[@maximvsdread1610]

Oh wait what's this? ...lol...

[@dennisvance4004]

A standup comedian who can do his own rimshots. Genius.

[@DustinBarlow8P]

Nobody does this type of humor anymore! Something that sounds legit to the simple minded, but to the intelligent observer it is FREAKING HILARIOUS!!!!

[@mrwullieblake]

Hilarious, just watched the documentary about him, Abel raises Cain on vimeo, can't believe I hadn't heard of this guy, genius!

[@7karlheinz]

Yup, it's a cable access production - three hot chics dancing for the end credits and the camera stays focused on Alan and close-ups of the snare, which I have to admit is a sweet Rogers piccolo!

[@fahq6703]

Keep America Great!

[@7karlheinz]

"Let's take Germany as they say in Russia"; "It's so impossible I can't play it"; hilarious! Besides being a percussion legend he is very phunny. He must have been a blast to take lessons with! Does anyone out there who had him for a teacher have any stories???

[@morgankara]

Wonderful! "What you must do, do with play." Joseph Campbell

[@TellYourFriends]

dammit Alan i love you

[@t42press15]

thank you mark dice and sorry i missed alan when he was current; things were censored in the 80's too y'know. PBS is for profit...cancel their charter

[@michalpawel1582]

Mark dice got me here

[@jmusto2116]

Hinton, you have to do a show like this somewhere between James Blades and Milton Berle.

[@gdsnuff]

Thank you Mark Dice!

[@Willwhite5809]

Mark Dice

[@MrJonmccann1972]

Gold!!

[@John-he1ep]

Cave men n women tribe used grunts to comunicate with each other, the sound,length and how many grunts they understood and made the first known language called grunt,created alphabet too.

[@whatabouttheearth]

What? The alphabet, as in the western system of letters, was made by semitic people of the Levant, (Phonecians, Canaanites, Hebrews etc.) who created their own psuedo hieroglyphs at places like the mines and Hathor temple of Serabit El Khadim in the Sinai that was based on syllables and phonics and modeled after the Egyptian hieroglyphs

[@robwigglezz944]

"...and danced like hail." Hahahaha this guy is epic.

[@SightNSoundBand]

lol...Great stuff...dry deadpan delivery...really funny! :)

[@sonicevolution5139gdae]

Hahaha! 😝 Tha real history of tha drum 🪘.

[@MandoPercussion]

RIP Mr. Abel

[@derrecklastname720]

Omg that France drum beat ty Mark dice
U have to really be smart as fuck to do what he's doing tho amazing

[@TellYourFriends]

RIP King

[@adbarnes57]

Make sense to me!!!

[@since1876]

Even back then everyone knew the way to get views was to have a few cute girls dancing in the video 😂

[@KeeperOfKale222]

🤣 the French drumbeat

[@millertime2645]

Cover it with skin from neighboring tribes lol

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Lol

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😂🤣😂

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🤣😂

[@JLAPERK]

Tried to
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