The Fyre Festival Disaster
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Fyre Festival 2 Promo Video: • Rick Astley - Never Go...
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Twitter: / simonwhistler
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This video is #sponsored by Fyre Festival 2.0 (Not really)
Simon's Other Channels:
TodayIFoundOut: / todayifoundout
TopTenz: / toptenznet
Biographics: / @biographics
Visual Politik: / @visualpolitiken
Highlight History: / @highlighthistory
Geographics: / @geographicstravel
Shit, realise I should probably link to the merch, rather than just a Rick roll: outloudmerch.com/collections/today-i-found-out
I've just learned to do my own research if Simon says he's going to link to something lol.
at 5 minutes you mention an interesting video and you don't link to that, but with your merch, you definitely link it up no problem. If you want people to support business blaze you should just genuinely put in more effort. Knowing that, something really easy like googling your own video and linking it would be not only good self-promotion for you but it would also show that you're not lazy, which is way easier to support. After all, there are only so many viewers on youtube and people only support who they really like.
Business Blaze Wow, Simon! That’s awesome that you bought some merch from Vsauce’s channel! 😜😊
Cool story Luiz. I’ll let you know when I start giving a shit.
Sit tight.
Edit: Okay okay, I found the link to the vid: ua-cam.com/video/oHg5SJYRHA0/v-deo.html
Luiz Castro bruh it’s one link you’re google-foo must not be too good
Simon on Biographics and TopTenz: here's my well researched and professionally presented video. Simon on Business Blaze: IDGAF and FU for noticing. Keep going!
It's my outlet ;D
@@brainblaze6526 You're basically channeling Karl Smallwood on this channel, I love it. I dare ya to do a TIFO in this style.
Or stand in front of a green screen wearing a green t-shirt.
I just discovered this after the two mentioned above and GeoGraphics and it's amusing to see Simon with an 'after a few cocktails' flavour!
@@brainblaze6526 I think it's awesome your shirts are paying homage to Celine Dion's late husband, René Angélil @ Hospice, especially the ones in Dark colors with white screen-print.
Sam........we're gonna need a few memes. xD_
"Serial entrepeneur" sounds suspiciously close to "failure expert".
It sounds suspiciously close to "serial UA-cam channel creater" which is exactly what Simon is
at the age of 25...definetely not shady
I'm not gonna lie. With his accent, it sounded like cereal entrepreneur. Which for a 25 year old rich kid, sounds more believable
Add serial into anything and it gets worse, like serial killer. 🤔
That's why everytime a startup founder says "oh i sold a lot of businesses", I always think that either they got successful and so they decide to just sell it off, or they failed so they had to sell it. Often times it's the latter.
I remember one guy had fun at this thing cause he won his ticket for free and just enjoyed watching all of these “influencers” freak out over everything
Nostripe361 to be fair that would be REALLY fucking entertaining and actually worth $500 to see
He was like "Yuh wow, a tent." And then, "Woah, this food reminds me of when my middle school flooded and then we were moved into a school that was closing down and had its kitchen stripped out."
That makes this story 100,000 times better. Lmfao. 😆🤣
was that the "f it were here to party dude" who shows up in the fire festial videos as the only one happy and dancing in a crowd of angry hunger hungover people?
He would still have to endure the shitty food, feral pigs+dogs and mosquitoes of the Bahamas. So the joke is as much on him as everyone else who turned up.
one thing i love about this channel is how self aware simon is “ i like wearing a blazer, makes me feel like im not wearing shirt or im having a midlife chrisis” hard cut “im gonna buy a Porsche” that killed me XD
Disco biscuits = drugs, more specifically ecstasy. Dodgy disco biscuits = Dodgy drugs
Yeah, I caught it right away, but then again I've tried dodgy disco biscuits, lol.
@@rickc2102 yeah me too, not a fun night
Lsd can be referred to as a disco biscuit as well. I've heard the term used for both MDMA and lsd many times. But adding Dodgey to it implies ur trying avoid bunk/bad hits of acid or molly
No one does that anymorr
@@willg4802 correct. cuz nicknames and slang constantly change
I love that you listed off a bunch of models/self-proclaimed influencers, and had no idea who they were. And more importantly, didn't care. 😂😂
That shirt is Fyre!
It's funny, the other shows are like your favorite classes at university, Business Blaze is like going to the bar or pub and finding your professor and having a beer with him and a few laughs.
Love this channel!
BA DA BUM BUM THSHSHSHSH
@@brainblaze6526 - Yessssssss!!! ^_^
The perfect description of Simon's channels!
That reminds me - I had a Russia Prof at QMUL that actually only had me and one other student show up to the last day of lecture... so he just said "shall we adjourn to the pub?" and the other student and I looked at each other and were like "um it's 9 in the morning... so no..."
so awkward.
Simon basically is a professor, if you've never been to college (like me).
"Starship" is the remnants of the band that used to be Jefferson Airplane. Dang Millennials! ;)
It’s hilarious to this old hippie, that “White Rabbit” is now used in a pharmaceutical tv ads in the States. Yes the song was about pharmaceuticals but not the kind you had a prescription for.
Starship sucks
“We built this party on rock n roll”
Hot Tuna is a far better remnant.
Starship is the remnant of Jefferson Starship (after Kantner left and sued). Which, along with Hot Tuna, were remnants of Jefferson Airplane.
JS wasn't bad at all.....Jane, Miracles (I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you, girl). S, not so good.
Business Blaze. Soon to be renamed And Then Simon's Meds Wore Off.
And we're thankful they do
Simon RAW
Or when Simon got hold of the disco biscuits 😉
@@jennylawrenson1712 But are they dodgy enough?
Maybe he found that Escobar cocaine.
it reminds me of fact fiend
when you're going down simon's list of channels and finally hit the 7th channel like it's the seventh circle of hell... hello we have cocaine, unscripted cocaine and cocaine accessories on the merch store.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love it how the censoring of swearing is not that effective. Bleep the “s-t”, keep the “f-k”.
Bleep the "shit", keep the "F***" as my priest used to say, with a belt in one hand, a wrench in the other, and communion wine balanced upon his p***s in one of those tiny shot glasses.
@@KneesBitten I'm not sure if I'm disturbed by that or impressed by his skill.
fatal gravity I’m disturbed THAT I’m impressed by that skill. Godsdamned priests.
Fuck censorship.
Fucking is nice. Sh*t is not nice.
9:23 It really was the "edge of paradise". They weren't in paradise, but paradise was nearby
Paradise adjacent?
Literally within the first minute-
Simon; "just because you've heard of something doesnt mean everyone else has.....you knob"
I love business blaze
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"But my feet edgar"
Yay- I'm an 'og'
Garrett Thacher
Well, it is a mystery why he has so many subscribers when he seems to make several mistakes each episode and doesn’t even know Jefferson starship or guns and roses. Maybe people tune in to watch him pretend to be smart? After all, how many people have clearly changing accents and speech inflections as videos go on?
“Go back and watch some of my videos!”
...yea, we did that and... why does it sound like you are faking the accent?
@@AFantasticCat I'll leave your comment, and try to get this across in friendly context -
As of at least 8 or 9 years ago my mum moved to London england, from canada. Recently shes begun to pick up their accents, phrases, and mannerisms after prolonged exposure and adjustment.
Icant claim to know where Simon might be recording from, as he often gives vague pronoun statements like "usa, we're number one" and "when I lived in england" followed by others. So I'm inclined to think he's in the United states.
After prolonged exposure, even Simon would be able to adjust the way he speaks. Adjustment also helps further improvement on a language, dialect or even just accent.
I'm sure if you or someone you knew lived somewhere else for long enough you would be able notice it eventually. Again my mothers been in england for at least 8 years and Its only just begun to phase in
Garrett Thacher
True that it can happen.. but you seem to make the impression that English has one type of inflection to copy.. as I understand there are many and not each localized. If you actually went back and forth in these videos you would see in this case it is an odd one. The top video vids he does are especially notable and in fact the way he speaks distracts from the content (and not in a fun way like Chills).
That needs to be on a t shirt. Now
Garrett Thacher, he lives in Prague but didn’t leave Britain till after university. Many of his working partners are American as well as British and lord knows where else. He was taking Czech classes a couple years ago. I don’t know Simon I’ve just been watching his channels for, like, forever.
Otherwise your point is accurate. Accents and phrases do creep into speech after a while.
The extremely fast "Ok Boomer" screen shot, had me rolling, especially your response😂😂
I was really hoping for a follow-up to it! I was curious if "Doug Van Dom" got the 4 other Boomers that know how to use UA-cam well enough to file a report to actually do it.
The shade at Gwyneth Paltrow 🤣🤣🤣
Samantha R That comment alone led me to subscribe.
Timestamp?
@@giannaraediaz1440 1:45
13:32 Simon acknowledges that cocaine is his fuel. I consider that, ladies and gents, my OG shoutout
Also, Billy wasn’t as clueless as this script infers. The Netflix doc has just about everyone on his team telling him that they needed more infrastructure, more expertise, more everything, even more toilets and he responded by firing folks and bullying his way through. And then when he was out on bail after being arrested, HE WAS CAUGHT RUNNING ANOTHER, MORE BLATANT SCAM. So there’s that
He's a Jersey guy with a nice smile - either could've become a comedian or a con man
Gee, sounds like this orange dude I've heard of.
Huh like Billy Mays the pitch guy. I was always impressed just how ecstatically enthusiastic he could be about a frying pan, but then the downside death by heart attack.
With a name like McFarland he must be Irish American... and his parents are in NJ real estate. Yeah that just screams "give me your money".
@@jeffk464 HI BILLY MAYS HERE
The $12,000 VIP package included a free padlock I think...
Sweet
SigmundFred7 Was it solid gold? Lol.
@@deemariedubois4916 well no but for an extra $1000 they would give you the keys after you locked up your stuff
Well, at least it wasn’t a Master brand padlock given how quickly the Lockpicking Lawyer seems to be able to open them up as of late, so that’s gotta be a positive, right? 😋
Simon Whistler 2016: A peaceful guru.
Simon Whistler 2020: A drunk soccer hooligan.
This clickbait is strong with the one.
trolling his own channel
@@mikebutler7237 Always.
@mxt mxt Who? Never heard of her.
@mxt mxt if ya gotta explain ... yeah,... not as well known as you think...
@mxt mxt ok.. you missed the point... you and say 200 million and you recognize her and affirm the obv... "She is hot." ... out of over 7.8 BILLION? the media ? why would i be here if I let the 'media' rot my brain? .. fan boi
Billy Macfarland went to jail for defrauding investors... NOT for the failure of the festival.... which goes to prove that in America ripping people off is OK as long as you don't lie to "investors" (which means banks or funds or very wealthy individuals). That is how we roll.
it has more to do with jurisdiction. The alleged festival took place outside the USA. The crime in the US he could have been prosecuted for was fraud.
If the festival hasn't fail would there have been fraud? Soooo regardless of the charge he went to jail because of the Fyre Festival's fraudulent failure
PS that's capitalism
The attendees didn't sue. They could have done a class action lawsuit.
America heard 16% inflation and raised prices 24% What else do you expect from society that worships Kardashians and STILL beat up the smart kids?
OMG I watched the documentary about this farce...this guy was such a con. artists. The people that bought into it, pretty people with loads of money and no brains...perfect storm of stupid. Wonderful job Simon and Danny.
*IS a scam artist. He's still alive and still at it. At least one of the 2 docus shows the moment he stepped out of jail, he went right back into fraudulent business practices - while he was insuring the people filming it "it was not".
except most of the people who went WERNT rich billy had afford this whole thing for as low as 500 dollars which for a bahamma vaction is a steal aka most of these people wernt spoiled rich kids but normal people who thought they finally had a chance to go to something like co chella without being high class or loaded with money
50,000 subscribers! Well deserved. This is a terrific channel. I expect another 50,000 by Easter. Keep up the good work Senor Whistler.
Thank you :). I hope so.
I make sure to always watch to the end😄. I had no idea that was the key to algorithmic success until you keyed me in, so if that means more business blaze, I'm happy to. (I always did anyway, but now I feel like I'm contributing.)
I've seen Simon's "Turbo Ultimate" card; it's just a prepaid Visa, with Turbo written on it with a black Sharpe... I totally want one!
And it works only in one place, Far Harbor.
I'm gonna start selling this is march.
@@brainblaze6526 Still waiting for it in the merch store ...
Me: "That blazer over the t-shirt makes him look like a So Cal hipster."
Simon: "I feel this makes me look like I'm having a mid-life crisis."
Me:"Eh, six of one, half dozen of the other."
New motto: “Welcome to business blaze, you’ll get there”
I’m living for all the references to older episodes and jokes
"You knob"
Simon Whistler 2020
For a channel named Business Blaze you would not expect these videos to be that damn funny
Making business interesting :)
It’s pretty appropriate, as clearly a business blaze is what you get after you roast a venture this hard.
when I saw your tshirt - it made me think of that children's novelty toy where you move magnetic shavings around on a man's face to make hair or a beard or both....now that would be fun merch 😉
Wooly Willie!!!
Me: Where is the coffe mug?
Simon: "... And cocain, for this channel, my fuel."
Me: HOLY SHITE :/
This one killed me 🤣 he'd be a laugh down the pub
Makes sense to to me lol
Willtown townsville Definitely a guy I could have a beer with!
COCAINE IS MY GOD AND I AM A SERVANT OF ITS WILL
This is comedy at its finest 😂👌
This is a hot mess of clickbait and I love it.
There was a documentary on this festival on Netflix. I only feel sympathy for many in the 'islands' local community who were given contracts to work on this festival and promised big pay checks at the end of it. They never saw that money afterwards.
the reference to the guy who promised to cure trench foot and came up with a toy or something; priceless!
"But my feet Edgar!"
Screw off, I've invented water bombs!!!
OG legend
I loved that episode of Business Blaze! I laughed SO hard when I saw your comment 😂
Nothing like a bit if trench foot
Lol, I need to go back and watch some old eps of BB!
I've watched every episode, but I dont get the reference 😭
Ahhhh, memories
When you hit 150k subscribers on business blaze you should wear a bad toupee on a video
And then I remove it to a full head of hair. Which I then remove. Hairception.
@@brainblaze6526 : I feel that one of those Play-Dough "growing hair" toys should somehow be involved.
@@brainblaze6526 🤯
@@brainblaze6526 i would definitely spend $20 on a Simon Whistler Chia-pet
Simon: I have no idea who Axl Rose is.
me watching: "It's a well known myth..." or "It's common knowledge that..." and then you start telling me something I've never heard about.
Hahha true.
Now we know how Simon puts out 3 videos a day across his channels, he found Pablo's Coke on an island.....
Naturally.
And it's natural.
So good for you... Right?
@@brainblaze6526 Lemme guess. You watched Narcos.
I thought, "Why is Simon wearing a Babish shirt?" Love business blaze.
It looks like a vsauce shirt.
My first thought was ‘why is Simon wearing a Tshirt of himself?’
Simon is babish, they’re doing the Clark Kent/Superman thing. Have you ever actually seen babish and Simon in the same place?
@@theeemightybuck1 And there is that comment ;D
I can't focus on what he's saying. I'm hoping to have to start it over. Is that Simon or Walter White?
Simon you are hilarious!! The Fyre Festival was a hot ass mess. Keep up the great work
Thank you :). Will do!
pause at 7:49. OMG that is hilarious. Why do people in the internet think its a threat to unsubscribe??? Bye Doug........ you will be missed :)
lol. yeah. Especially people who clearly don't like my shit.
What kind of Ass doesn't like your videos?????
I really enjoy all your channels. The recent Amazon video was exceptionally great! Keep making them, i'll keep watching them
it’s official, Doug is the World’s Biggest Pussy🏅🏅 (or rather just a Blue Waffle)
I do think that boomer is kinda rude because it shows how we went from respecting the old and wise to not giving a fuck but I think he took it a bit serious
I'd like a Simon's Turbo Ultimate Card, but I'm just a hundredaire. 😕
Being no more than a dollaraire, I look up to you with envy. :)
I'm a pocketaire. I have nothing but air in my pocket.
@@damiendarke1842 aire*
@@timmorton8918 Did your parents put your English lessons in a camp? Because you're killing the language, Word Nazi. That's not how you spell air. My play on words was fantastic; differentials in spelling and similarities in sound/pronunciation are what make Word Play a witticism in the first place. Please educate yourself; and don't come to a battle of wits, unarmed, again.
Baller asf
4:32 How appropriate: wearing a blazer on Business Blaze.
Y'know, every time I hear about this story, I start to feel bad for all the schmucks that got screwed over, but then I remember that they're all rich people that already live in the lap of luxury, so. . . . Live like a poor person for a few days. Not like anyone died.
EDIT:
Please take time to peruse the comments.
I realize that not everyone there was a rich kid. It is specifically the rich kids I don't feel bad got screwed over. For everyone else that saw it as a vacation to save for, I feel sympathy for.
I thought that too, but hearing that most people paid $500 for tickets I feel that there could have been a lot of normal people who bought the hype and saved really hard for those tickets.
I don’t feel bad for them at all. Every time I hear about it, I laugh.
@@rivertam7827
I mean, $500 for an all expense included music fest isn't that expensive, really. I mean, I used to go to cons whenever I could (and no, I'm not nor have I ever been rich). Say $100 for the lowest tier entrance fee, around $60-100/night at a hotel, food, and travel, and you're looking at a fairly expensive vacation but not outside the realm of feasibility.
So I agree, it's very possible that there were people that weren't rich present, and I do feel bad for them. Some cons I've gone to were exactly that: a con. Especially Wizard World, the most generic, corporatized convention ever. Frankly, its amazing they don't charge you for every time you use the bathroom. . .
But for all the rich kids that /were/ there that have never had the End of the Month Blues get no sympathy from me.
It was a mixed crowd, not rich brats.
@@isaacschmitt4803 yeah I went to sonisphere a few years back and even that was £350 ish for 3 nights camping.. £150 more for a private island and blink is a steal worth saving for... not to mention it was endorsed by semi reliable celebrities.. or at least ppl you would trust...
Where is the "Shut up, Danny!" shirt?
Good suggestion.
I wouldn't mind one of those, it gets a bit cold down here.
I don't suppose we do dressing gowns and scarves?
Or a zebra mask tee 🦓
Hey! I recognize you!
Dodger & Crendor remix!
Tomorrow on "Today I Found Out": What city did the band Starship build on rock and roll? And how were disco biscuits involved...
The city is no big mystery, for anyone who ever listened to the song or bothered to look up the lyrics anyway, but someone playing a mamba should be the real video. I don't get it, and Bernie Taupin, the guy who wrote it, doesn't either. So, I guess there is no need for a video of made up nonsense.
Back to the Disco Biscuits...
@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou "Marconi plays the mamba / listening to the radio.."
Marconi invented the radio.
@@Baalek1
Sure, he did, but as far as I know, Marconi was never a snake handler. Who knows‽
I missed the part where they mostly sold $500 tickets, while it was in the news cycle
Doesnt get as much attention I guess, even Danny left it until rather late.. but at least he did mention it >
Almost like the news media are garbage!
Does the "SW" neon sign actually stand from "Salter & Whistler" (aka the dream team) and not "Simon Whistler" like we've been led to believe?
Glastonbury is the absolute shiz....my husband proposed to me there, overlooking the crusty hippies who were spaced out on the dodgy disco biscuits 😉
It stands for both.
What a View 🥰 Lol!!
@@brainblaze6526 knew it! 😂
I watched a documentary about Fyre Festival. The best thing was they originally DID secure Norman’s as the site but signing the contract the owner strictly asked them NOT to mention Pablo Escobar as he felt it would reflect negatively on him etc. Then when the ads came out pretty much the first thing they said was that it was on Pablo Escobar’s private Island..... so their contract was voided and they were kindly asked to do one!!!!
Note: I don't get advance notice of the publication schedule or any warning about content. These posts are 100% unaffiliated with nor sponsored by Simon...
Business Blaze Meme Count:
Script Slaps: 3.
Badaboom/TSCHHH... 0 (What???? None in a video about music festival???).
Swearing: Lots (as usual).
Singing: Hmmm. Lets just move on, shall we?
Simon - places with the name of "something or other Cay" - the word Cay is pronounced Quay (as in Key in British English).
By the way, I like the Tee Shirt.
I'm glad I'm not the only person to wonder where TF the extended rim shot was.
Pronunciation is my favorite meme of his
Lol clap clap clap
If it's quay, then why don't they just spell it quay?
@@CrazyBear65 Because. All sorts of French, Latin, German inputs. English is a bastard of lots of crazy inputs. In the end, it just is. In spoken British English, as I learned it in London in the 1950's", its "key".
I personally LOOOOOVE the printed t-shirt + blazer look, the only reason I don't wear it is because I find the blazer part uncomfortable, but I try to do it every time I'm practically obliged to wear a blazer bit I can get away with a printed t-shirt underneath. It's SUCH a great look!
I need that t-shirt pretty badly...
Simon wearing Simon is next-level cool.
@@rickc2102 Simonception
It's amazing that someone who does all the information related videos can know so little about so many things, especially anything to do with popular culture over the last 40 years.
A disco biscuit is a slang term for drugs used at raves clubs and music festivals.
Oh. I thought it was just a British version of a disco cookie.
A disco biscuit is a gurner mate
My kid has a school project on the Fyre festival that's due tomorrow and asked for my help. He watched the documentary over the weekend, but I just need to get the general idea of what happened to help him out, so I'm watching this instead. Brain Blaze FTW!
Today I Found Out What a Disco Biscuit is :)
The instant you stopped reading, looked directly into the camera and said "and cocaine" broke me 😂😂😂
SELL YOUR SLAPPED SCRIPTS!!!
kopf auftischhau he said he will, maybe, eventually, and give the money to charities.
@@lynnhoffman247 but are you willing to wait for that? ;)
kopf auftischhau Yep, unless it’s being shipped from one of those places that don’t exist 🤣 So Simon, where’s my script coming from? 🤨
The longer I wait, the more popular the channel becomes, the more the scripts are worth.
It's called Business Blaze for a reason.
Although I'll give the money to some nature tree-hugging charity. So I guess that's not the best business move ever.
@@brainblaze6526 well, it could be a genius move, we all know about big tree, they are the ones who control the reptile people, and they are going to reward their worshippers
The channel has honestly become my number one! Never stop being the really you Simon!
Also, your merch should come with Velcro eyebrows and various beard/ goatee combos for us to have fun with :)
Hahaha, and a bald cap ;D
"Build that wall!" "Dude what a piece of s***!". Simon Whistler, the legend we never knew we needed.
I couldn't stop laughing! And I already knew about this during the fiasco. There was a documentary. But Simon kept making me laugh. You didn't mention Billy asked one of his organizers -- true story -- to take one for the team (that's how he framed it) and offer a BJ in lieu of payment for water. (They didn't have the money.) And the guy, who apparently considered Billy a friend (huh?), was going to do it. He's in the documentary talking about it.
Came here because of the content (and the bio channel), staying for the Simon! Subbed.
I know the marketing for Fyre said it was for the elite, but it really wasn't. The average person who went was a normal college student. When Fyre started selling their tickets, there was an early bird special that only cost about $2000. There is no evidence that anyone spent over 10,000 dollars, or the 200,000 VIP ticket. Most of the people who came, were from middle class families, not rich.
Wow!!! Tickets for $500?! I've paid more than that for a long weekend at a US Doctor Who convention!!! No wonder this was a failure!
I think you look great in a T-shirt. My personal tip would be if you're going to wear a blazer over a t-shirt, personally not a huge fan of the look but, you should wear a solid color Blazer. In this case probably blue but black would work as well.
Adding a band to your festival lineup who didn't even agree to come in the first place is such a bold move. I'm astonished this didn't blow up on social media well in advance of the event. I mean, say you ask your favourite band on Twitter which songs they are gonna play on Fyre festival and they reply with "What the Fu*** is Fyre Festival?".
I went to visit my cousin in Costa Rico, they had a old American school bus ironically from my high school and I was like huh...I’ve seen that before
Simons energy in literally every video on Business Blaze is the stuff of legends. Like I’m here for the random rants and occasional censorship of swear words.
I could listen to Simon talking about bands he doesn't know all day. What a legend
Georgia Army National Guard, USA, 2004 Camp Blanding Florida. They did not have enough space for us so they put us in a huge circus clown tent. 500 people jammed inside this massive tent in Florida in July. The top brass decided that a carpet would be good for morale so they lined the tent with carpet and we had out cots on top. BUT we were in a flood plain and it rained and the carpet got soaked. To make matters worse we do not know when they set up the carpet or the tent as mosquitoes started coming up threw the carpet to attack us. It was disgusting, the stench was unbearable, and most of us came down with Ring Worm. . . .Allegedly. Topping off this mess was that we were training with the Canadian military in Florida of all places. So our cooks thought it would be nice to issue packets of maple syrup with every meal. It was a ruddy nightmare.
11:36 Jokes on you, I'm already going back and watching all your old episodes 😎
I just enjoy watching Simon interacting with Danny's script. This is a fun show and you still learn things.
Lol... Simon, you make me wait to take a course on AMAZING British insults/derogatory terms! Love it, Bud! Thx from Houston, TX
I'm getting equal enjoyment between watching the video and reading the comments.
This is easily my favourite channel in the Whistler Empire.
One of the things I always wondered.
These people wanted to go to a party in a remote, private island.
How in the fuck did they expect fucking luxury villas? You're in the middle of a remote private island in the caribbean, you'd be lucky to have electricity and plumbing.
Your channel is on par with the Libertines with the amount of joy is given out
I would ask if you are having a stroke but all the videos are like this - every thought just falling out of your mouth :) love these videos
Bella Had-it. I snorted 🤣
3:33 - Ironically, despite now being remembered as "the greatest music festival ever", at the time Woodstock was considered a massive fuckup. They didn't have enough food and water or toilets for the number of attendees and the weather was pretty bad too resulting in the field turning a giant muddy mess. Maybe in 50 years time people will think of Fyre Festival the same way we now think of Woodstock. Probably not, but it's still funny to think about.
I think you’d have had to have had actual performance to qualify.
I agree with Barbara. While the accommodations at Woodstock were certainly lacking, at least there were a solid 3 days of drugs and musical acts. Actual famous ones. Fyre had I think a sound system. So yeah probably not gonna be brought up in the same context.
Um, not at all comparable. At Woodstock everybody knew it was out in a farmer's field, influencers hadn't been created yet, people brought their own tents, and many major big name acts did actually show up and play. The rain was beyond the promoter's control.
The attorney I worked for a long time ago had a black card. We used it to pay for everything at the firm. You can lose your "invitation" for not spending enough in a year.
Simon really missed a good joke after he uttered the words "final destination" in the first few minutes. Danny, dude, I feel you.
When your meant to b in bed but sneak down stairs and listen to your parents being hilariously drunk and giving zero fucks at a dinner party.
Ahahahaha
" wtf is going on, what is business, where am I?"
Im so glad ive found this channel!!!!!..... I like Simon even MORRRE!!! 😂👑😍
Simon- "What is business"
Board member- "Dont you run a channel called Business Blaze?"
Simon- "oh no"
The most expensive ticket gets you a bigger disaster relief tent. LOL
Thanks for that. I've been curious about what happened for a while but found it difficult to get much info.
Simon, can combat any copyright strike with only the power of his voice.
If I understand it correctly, the 70s rock band "Jefferson Airplane" became "Jefferson Starship" and then just "Starship" over the course of about 15 years. (I'm not looking it up for a six-week old video.) Also: Bananarama = "Cruel Summer", "Venus" (Lyrics: "I'm your Venus/I'm your fire/At your desire") and "I Heard a Rumor".
Sending kids to a military base for summer camp sounds like the beginning of a lawsuit.
People used to dig tunnels under the fences at Glastonbury festival, they charged a tenner to go through. Part of the reason security went up in the mid 90s was because me and a mate took gate two (traders gate) off its hinges at 3am two years in a row to get in (though I had free tickets) and driving back through the site next day, back to gate two to get my vehicle pass.
That kinda showed a bit of a security flaw.
The next year the whole fence was bigger and gate 2 became a mass security zone.
Whoops, sorry.
Originally they got Pablo's island but the owners said "Don't say it was owned by Pablo" so Billy had ONCE OWNED BY PABLO ESCOBAR on all the promo material. They then told him to piss off
From the Netflix show done on this, (internet Historian was the first BTW) I heard that there was a retired US Navy SEAL who was a staff member. He most likely quit as a staff member but stuck around for the disaster. Most likely finding an attractive lady in distress and rescuing her from the carnage enjoying the general disaster from someplace off site set aside just for himself and whoever is lucky enough to spend the night with him. Anyway that is how I would play it as a former SEAL. At least I bet his camp was comfortable and nobody was messing with him.
My favourite part was the complaints of thefts.
Everyone there was rich, so you know they're criminally minded.
Starship was the corpse of what used to be The Jefferson Airplane. They went from "Jefferson Airplane' to "Jefferson Starship" to just plain old 'Starship", and classics like "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" to utter trainwrecks like "We Built This City" and then thank God they faded away into nothingness.
As an OG to the channel I rather do enjoy watching the subscribers go up, been here since the 2 thousand mark
Pro tip for international travel: order currency of the country you're traveling to from your bank.
Yes, you can exchange most currency at most banks, post office and airports in the world, but for emergencies, or if you're traveling to a vastly different time zone and won't have the time to exchange cash right off the plane. Also, always check that your credit / debit card is accepted in the country you're going to and how common credit / debit is accepted in general - for example, in Japan, it's EXTREMELY difficult to find businesses (outside tourist hubs) that accept credit or debit, it's actually a drinking game here to find a business that'll take a card of some type.
Every time Simon doesn’t know who or what such-and-such is I suddenly get this uneasy moment of clarity that this grown up looking guy is in fact almost a decade younger than I am which must mean that I’m older than I have realized the last fifteen years.
It’s like you forget you’re aging after 25. But you do. You do.
He got stopped using Pablo's island as the contract said he wasn't allowed to mention Pablo anywhere - but did! The 'Fire Bands' came about when the organisers started running out of funds and thought of making these to get people to top them up well in advance to inject money in to the event organisation.
There was a Mock Trial Case based on Fyre Festival. It was a fraud case, and while our team got our asses handed to us, it was a whole lot of fun. Basically, the defendant was a social media influencer who made a whole lot of promotion tweets per her contract, and then someone got hurt when the festival went sideways, so they're suing. good stuff
I love how you bleeped the word shit and let so fucking windy fly by. Lol you're awesome Simon
Starship is short for Jefferson Starship, who used to be called Jefferson Airplane. You would know the songs White Rabbit (their most popular and best song in my opinion) and Somebody To Love (the later being used in The Cable Guy.)