@@MaleviahBurned Oh, you are in for a treat, my friend. The Office is my favorite tv show, and will probably remain so for a long time. Enjoy the rest of it!
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanks Giving in the US. It is the day where nearly every business ends up with their books in black ink (profit) rather than red ink (losses) because of all the holiday season shopping and sales. The Market crash was Black Monday. Not quite sure how it got it's name, possibly because it was the single worst day in stock market history. (The Great Depression was a slower decline but lasted much longer).
Please do one of Ray Kroc the founder of McDonald’s lol. I watched the movie today and I feel as if something is missing and his story wasn't fully told! I love your channels your voice helps me with my insomnia
Lord Gordon Gordon would be a perfect match for General Gregor MacGregor. I wonder what type of ingenious cons this pair of swindlers would have been able to pull! 😁
Simon would you please consider doing a biographical, or perhaps a today I found out about the American folk singer Woody Guthrie. I’m from Oklahoma, and would love you to do something on one of our native sons. Remember this machine kills fascists. Thank you, love all your channels. A. Ferguson
As originally planned the Erie ran from Piermont, NY to Dunkirk, NY. Built with a track gauge of 6’ vs the North American standard of 4’8.5”. That was a headache the Erie had to spend scarce cash to rectify. Piermont wound up becoming a ferry connection north of New York (the City) to New England. As for Dunkirk, it wouldn’t amount to being a rival to Buffalo. Problems with this route were steep grades and sharp curves. Dunkirk is a small shallow harbor. Competing routes were built out of Hornell to Buffalo and Corning to Rochester, with a connection to Buffalo via Avon and Attica, NY. So, all that left the Erie at a competitive disadvantage to Vanderbilt’s longer but standard gauge route connecting the majority of important cities across the state.
@cmdrflake Thanks I'd forgotten that the New York and Erie's original southern terminal was in Piermont, NY instead of at the Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, NJ ("Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City was open from 1861 to 1958" -Wiki) 1960 was when the Erie merged with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western" to form the Erie-Lackawanna, with its terminal in Hoboken, NJ
YES! savanarola burnt florence to terrorism under the Pope Borgia. Alexander III I think. I'll Google real quick (edit Pope Alexander Sixtus I revoke my own nerd card)
Please do videos on the following people: 1. Dennis Rader 2. Jack London 3. Upton Sinclair 4. Jack Ketchum 5. Jane Austen 6. Anton LaVey 7. Annaliese Michel
I went to his his school lakeside in Spring Valley NY and I loved it and us kids who went there in the 70s we still keep in touch today . Edwin gould was his name.
Prob never gonna happen, that would be too weird. Most people enjoy their privacy and don't like talking about themselves for 15 minutes straight or telling their life story to the world. Also, while Simon is not bad looking (I'm not a gaf or a girl so what do I know), if he's the best Prague has to offer I'd hate to see the worst.
I just watched a video of your 4 years ago when you didn't have a beard and well I have been converted I don't normally like beards but on you Simon you look so much better. Go the beard💕
If the press hated him these days then the public would probably love him. Its likely he was no better or worse than many others just didn't play up to the press.
I dont know why the title remains me of 'Jay and the Americans' lmao love that band! "Come a little bit closer, your my kind of man, so big and so strong. Come a little bit closer, I'm all alone and the night is so long."
I will not stop asking. Please make more videos covering the people in the American Civil War, for example; Thomas Jackson, better known as Stonewall General William T. Sherman, who I really couldnt say anything about without someone getting pissed Confederate President Jefferson Davies Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first African-American Regiment in the Civil War Ulysses S. Grant, who needs no introduction Etc. I just wish there were more videos that tackled the people in the Civil War on your channel
His heart was as cold as ice. His love was money and only money. When he improved the infrastructure of a rail line it was only for a gain in his investments. Cold and calculating.
Im a direct descendant of Gould. Still have some of his possessions, including some of his rather cryptic gold watches. And yes, he is an unsavory person for sure.
@@simplez4ck Yes of course. I will take my Cannon back to the 1800's, and get high def. pictures and video just for youtube. Be back in a moment, or more like never...
Sounds like just about any billionaire today, the difference is the ones today simply seldom get caught (with the few that do thanking those responsible for getting them caught with car bombs), so legality of tactics doesn't matter.
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Problem is with those that dont or only do it to avoid taxes. The real value of a man is how they use that money to invest in what and how they live in private.
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Well, that would depend What am I getting out of it For instance, currently, in the US our healthcare system costs us 49 fucking trillion dollars A proposed socialized healthcare option is 32 trillion dollars Sooooooo
Roxbury, NY was a small town. That photo looks suspiciously like the Boylston Street Station on the Boston Common. One of Gould's biggest miscalculations was leaving the bulk of his business interests to his eldest son, George. George lost money and control of several businesses while Frank, Howard, and Edwin made fortunes. What does it say about E.H. Harriman that when he took control of the Union Pacific, he was looked on as "the second coming" of Jay Gould by many.
Question for you. What would you do, you have bought something that is failing, you fixed it, and then resold it for a profit. What are you suppose to do?
Do a video about a Canadian famous person, specifically Agnes McPhail who was Canada's first female Member of Parliament that managed to reform the prison system here at the time. i'd love to see that
Gould was a free market trust buster and fought against price fixing done by the railroad cartel. This didn’t help his image in the eyes of the yellow press who criticized him for even this.
So this is who Jan Levinson was married to before she met Michael Scott. That explains a lot..
Lol as someone who just started watching the office recently, I appreciate this comment
@@MaleviahBurned Oh, you are in for a treat, my friend. The Office is my favorite tv show, and will probably remain so for a long time. Enjoy the rest of it!
You win sir!!
@@ciobanubucur oh I'm into season 5 already, it's amazing
@@MaleviahBurned be prepared to cry a lot
That one time when something exciting ALMOST happened in Minnesota.
LOL !!
How u saying that after we started a worldwide protest movement 😂🤔
@@Boogalyhu I was being facetious.
I've heard curtiousness is contageous, I believe it's corruption.
Jay Gould has always fascinated me as a historical figure. Thank you for profiling him. 😊
❤️/ love jay gould got his books
@@loydkline4686 can you recommend a book about him?
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanks Giving in the US. It is the day where nearly every business ends up with their books in black ink (profit) rather than red ink (losses) because of all the holiday season shopping and sales.
The Market crash was Black Monday. Not quite sure how it got it's name, possibly because it was the single worst day in stock market history. (The Great Depression was a slower decline but lasted much longer).
Please do one of Ray Kroc the founder of McDonald’s lol. I watched the movie today and I feel as if something is missing and his story wasn't fully told! I love your channels your voice helps me with my insomnia
He introduced corn syrup on a mass scale to American kids
0:56 A technique still employed today, "Click bait"
If I could request- I'd love to see a Biographics on Jesse James!
Gould sounds a bit like 'Galt' in Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
a man who probably feels like his "genius" isn't being appreciated? I can see the connection.
I would love to see a biographic on John Brown (The Abolitionist)
Check out History no chasers channel. There's a a lot about him there. It's an amazing channel for black history. ✌🏾
Jay Gould. A huge influence on my business career. Be ruthless, be cunning, out work your competition and win at any cost.
Lord Gordon Gordon would be a perfect match for General Gregor MacGregor. I wonder what type of ingenious cons this pair of swindlers would have been able to pull! 😁
Your channel is growing faster than my hair
Big fan of your voice
Love from India♥️
Simon would you please consider doing a biographical, or perhaps a today I found out about the American folk singer Woody Guthrie. I’m from Oklahoma, and would love you to do something on one of our native sons. Remember this machine kills fascists. Thank you, love all your channels. A. Ferguson
Apparently Mr. Russel in Guilded Age is partially based off of Gould so here I am
As originally planned the Erie ran from Piermont, NY to Dunkirk, NY. Built with a track gauge of 6’ vs the North American standard of 4’8.5”. That was a headache the Erie had to spend scarce cash to rectify. Piermont wound up becoming a ferry connection north of New York (the City) to New England. As for Dunkirk, it wouldn’t amount to being a rival to Buffalo. Problems with this route were steep grades and sharp curves. Dunkirk is a small shallow harbor. Competing routes were built out of Hornell to Buffalo and Corning to Rochester, with a connection to Buffalo via Avon and Attica, NY. So, all that left the Erie at a competitive disadvantage to Vanderbilt’s longer but standard gauge route connecting the majority of important cities across the state.
@cmdrflake
Thanks
I'd forgotten that the New
York and Erie's original
southern terminal was in
Piermont, NY instead of
at the Pavonia Terminal
in Jersey City, NJ
("Pavonia Terminal in
Jersey City was open
from 1861 to 1958" -Wiki)
1960 was when the Erie
merged with the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western"
to form the Erie-Lackawanna,
with its terminal in Hoboken,
NJ
Here's an idea.
Girolamo Savanarola: Florence's Bonfire of the Vanities
YES! savanarola burnt florence to terrorism under the Pope Borgia. Alexander III I think. I'll Google real quick (edit Pope Alexander Sixtus I revoke my own nerd card)
Lmao wasn’t that an assassins creed 2 dlc?
@@Cj-xt6tv Yes. I actually liked that one.
Hi Simon, love your channels! Any chance we could get a bio on Charles Upham, the only combatant double VC?
Can you do one of these on Robert Todd Lincoln and all of The Descendants from President Abraham Lincoln? I think that would be really cool
The Gould family owns SO MUCH land in my area.
Please do videos on the following people:
1. Dennis Rader
2. Jack London
3. Upton Sinclair
4. Jack Ketchum
5. Jane Austen
6. Anton LaVey
7. Annaliese Michel
Upton Sinclair??? Huh?
interesting fact
Gould bought the Wabash railroad, UP, and a few other railroads in hopes of creating the transcontinental railroad.
@UCvmEbKC9djKwQc6f59w-APQ thank for the additional information :)
His daughter Helen financed the construction of a major building at Robert College in Istanbul. It is called Gould Hall.
Can you please do one about ed catmull , one of the founders of pixar.
Thank you for this video. I love his castle, Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown NY.
I have an idea for a video Mustafa Kemal:Defender of Gallipoli
And father of the modern secular Turkish state
@@jamesharvey3993 yep
Technically we already have 21st century "Robber Barons". Jeff Bezos, for starters.
George Soros
I went to his his school lakeside in Spring Valley NY and I loved it and us kids who went there in the 70s we still keep in touch today . Edwin gould was his name.
Lived by Gouldsboro my whole life and never heard anything about this guy. It is crazy how history gets lost.
You didn’t go to school? Robber barons is an 8th grade topic
@@Cj-xt6tv lol you learn that in school, i wish i was from the US damn
My home town is named after him Gouldsboro Pennsylvania
When are we getting a Lord Byron Video
A credible historian studied Gould and found that he only ruined people who attempted to double cross him first.
EmperorJuliusCaesar, if the library is open I’ll go find the book, assuming the Friends of the Library hasn’t sold it.
That’s awesome! I’m glad You finally did a video about someone from DELCO
I have to do an assessment on this guy thx for the stuff really appreciate it!
Waiting for the Biographics on Simon Whistler, Prague's most attractive man.
(I was just joking y'all I know Simon wouldn't actually do that)
Prob never gonna happen, that would be too weird. Most people enjoy their privacy and don't like talking about themselves for 15 minutes straight or telling their life story to the world. Also, while Simon is not bad looking (I'm not a gaf or a girl so what do I know), if he's the best Prague has to offer I'd hate to see the worst.
Prague? I thought this was filmed in the US? Plus, Simon's quite obviously a nicely spoken British chap.
I stand corrected, I never knew this was filmed in Prague.
ALLEGEDLY
If you want to learn the occasional bit about Simon, go watch Business Blaze.
As an aggressive business man I dont think he is worse than Vanderbilt.
I just watched a video of your 4 years ago when you didn't have a beard and well I have been converted I don't normally like beards but on you Simon you look so much better. Go the beard💕
If the press hated him these days then the public would probably love him. Its likely he was no better or worse than many others just didn't play up to the press.
I live in a town named after him!! So very interesting!!
I dont know why the title remains me of 'Jay and the Americans' lmao love that band! "Come a little bit closer, your my kind of man, so big and so strong. Come a little bit closer, I'm all alone and the night is so long."
Funny, I was at Little Jay Gould Lake in Northern Minnesota yesterday.. I had no idea who Jay Gould was. Nice lake... Greedy guy.
I’ve got respect for these guys. At least they did something
I will not stop asking. Please make more videos covering the people in the American Civil War, for example;
Thomas Jackson, better known as Stonewall
General William T. Sherman, who I really couldnt say anything about without someone getting pissed
Confederate President Jefferson Davies
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first African-American Regiment in the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant, who needs no introduction
Etc.
I just wish there were more videos that tackled the people in the Civil War on your channel
Davis*
His heart was as cold as ice. His love was money and only money. When he improved the infrastructure of a rail line it was only for a gain in his investments. Cold and calculating.
Im a direct descendant of Gould. Still have some of his possessions, including some of his rather cryptic gold watches. And yes, he is an unsavory person for sure.
Did you know him personally?
@@SL4US yes he sure did. it's not like the man died in 1892 or something
His daughter Helen financed the construction of a major building at Robert College in Istanbul. It is called Gould Hall.
Pics or it didn't happen
@@simplez4ck Yes of course. I will take my Cannon back to the 1800's, and get high def. pictures and video just for youtube. Be back in a moment, or more like never...
This is by far my favorite era in American history
Theodore roosevelt III , the oldest man on d-day and 1st president of the philippines . Please consider doing him sometime .
The business world is for tough people
Double names are a treat almost every time
Sounds like just about any billionaire today, the difference is the ones today simply seldom get caught (with the few that do thanking those responsible for getting them caught with car bombs), so legality of tactics doesn't matter.
Most of them yeah. But there are some exceptions. You can really see the difference in their investment and private life.
Many of the billions donate money yet people still bitch about not being enough
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Problem is with those that dont or only do it to avoid taxes. The real value of a man is how they use that money to invest in what and how they live in private.
Excessum Gaming so what they do it to avoid large taxes. No one wants to pay a lot of taxes no matter what pay grade you have
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Well, that would depend
What am I getting out of it
For instance, currently, in the US our healthcare system costs us 49 fucking trillion dollars
A proposed socialized healthcare option is 32 trillion dollars
Sooooooo
Would love to see an episode on General Smedley Butler USMC!! Oorah
Have you ever read butler's book war is a racket? Quite interesting read!
7:57 , it was illegal back than, yet, tht is what the stock market is.
Utter bs and its even worse today.
The most ruthless people are the most successful people
Do a video on Chadwick Boseman!! RIP😢
He’s just an actor. Hardly deserves a biographic on him
Gordon Gordon???? Cmon man that's a dead giveaway
Roxbury, NY was a small town. That photo looks suspiciously like the Boylston Street Station on the Boston Common.
One of Gould's biggest miscalculations was leaving the bulk of his business interests to his eldest son, George. George lost money and control of several businesses while Frank, Howard, and Edwin made fortunes. What does it say about E.H. Harriman that when he took control of the Union Pacific, he was looked on as "the second coming" of Jay Gould by many.
no surprise that Minnesota is involved in one slightly interesting thing and our schools here still never taught us about it lol
Simon....once more, well done.
So Gould made the tribe angry by using their tactics without being one of them???
Ssssh🤐
Biographic idea: Tupac Shakur.
Great idea but the end of that tale is both sad and unclear. I doubt we will ever hear the truth about who killed Tupac and why.
@@davekennedy6315 yes it is very sad and unfortunate, but I think Simon and his team would do a great job telling his story.
@@ghostofluck1811 yeah Simon is a great storyteller (and his team do great work on research) I second your choice.
has anyone made a movie about this guy?
I used to love lecturing on Gould.
My hero ,too
His business practices remind me of someone currently running a western country.....
Elizabeth II isn't that bad..
Question for you. What would you do, you have bought something that is failing, you fixed it, and then resold it for a profit. What are you suppose to do?
Hmmmm.... 🤔.
Christ, can you guys go 5 minutes without displaying your TDS? Get a hobby.
Stephen Schaal they seeming can’t. Can’t wait to see the reactions this November
Do a video about a Canadian famous person, specifically Agnes McPhail who was Canada's first female Member of Parliament that managed to reform the prison system here at the time. i'd love to see that
Hmmmm might have to look a bit more into my family history......
Next do a bio on Seargent York. WWI veteran that even had a movie made about him.
This uh, Gould individual: his eyes point in 2 different directions
That's awesome
Hello Simon !
We are back to robber baron times
Hey fun - it’s my great, great, great grandfather!
Hopefully doing Jim Fisk soon.
Do a vid about Desmond doss
Could you do Willem of Orange
Have you thought about doing Pompey the Great? I feel like he would make for an interesting video.
James Fisk's story is also quite fascinating. how wild he was, it's kind of hard to imagine Gould and him in similar social circles.
Please make a video about Bob marley
Was he the worst? We can't be certain, but he very well Gould be.
Would love to see one on Mary Rippon
Jay Gould is my cousin. The stores shared in the family certainly do not depict things like this but I’m sure that’s just the POV we’re given
It would be great if you please make a video on Leo Tolstoy.
You should do your biography
Mae West please
So glad stuff like this doesn't happen nowadays..........
Reminds me of Leviticus Cornwall
I'm located in Houston Texas and just found his personal organ with his name stamped on a medal seal on it. Found it in a old mans container
Anyone else think the cartoon of Gould looks like Simon with hair?
Ok who else ears and eyes perked up hearing this story and know about ":Russell-Jay: Gould"
You should cover Oswald mosley or George lincoln Rockwell
Gould was a free market trust buster and fought against price fixing done by the railroad cartel. This didn’t help his image in the eyes of the yellow press who criticized him for even this.
Lol. A statue of that PM, MacDonald, was ripped down today. Timely, Simon.
Make one from Stephen girard
That's Sir John A. MacDonald Simon, whom you should do a biographics about 😉
Ive always wondered if Elliot (M A S H) was related to Jay.
“I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half”
Jay Gould
You should Chiang Kai Shek since you've done Mao Zedong
So Pulitzer is the guy to blame for the absolute trash we call the news today?
I would like to see a bio graphic of Zheng He. The Chinese admiral
I would love to see a "Biographics" on Gordon!
American politics and money - the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Please make a video about Gordon Gordon
Hey Simon please do the ruthless businessman "Henry Clay Frick"! he was affiliated with Andrew Carnegie.