In the late 1990's I told my wife they were making a new movie called "Twister". She replied "About the game?" Ever since then I have wished the movie HAD been about the game.
Or whatever the actual word for music is in latin. Or wait, is that latin or old greece? I can never tell those two apart and I know neither aside from specific words. But either way, it's a suffix, so you just take whatever the word for music is and then slap on "phile" and you have music lover right there.
Well sorry however pedophile does not mean love of children it (literally) translates to something like strong love of little boys not children and the direct translation of a word is not its definition
Emma Newson In Greek there are 4 words for "love" -philia means friendly love, -eros is physical or romantic love. So the actual translation of pedophilia would be "child-friend" or something. However, none of that matters. In English it has come to mean "romantic or sexual love of children."
Same thing with cabbage patch. Things are not worth millions if they have 10 million of them floating around. You have to wait 50-80 years when they've all been ruined or thrown away, then the 50 left over perfect beanie babies will be worth money.
Stephen Full Back when people were going nuts over them. Sorry I don't have exact dates. Lets just say some time between 1999 and 2010 to be on the safe side.
I remember having Mr Potato Head when I was a child - with the requirement of a real potato! (they were better than the plastic potatoes that replaced them because you could stick eyes, ears, etc absolutely _anywhere_ on the potato; not just into predetermined holes) - and, yes, I grew up with Captain Kangaroo...and Engineer Bill.
Yeah I tend to hear audiophile used when you are talking about headphones. They tend to categorized as people who appreciate high quality/accurate sound
In the UK we often say that someone who is obsessed with sound quality is an audiophile, whereas someone who loves music is a musicophile - I realise that it is a portmanteau word, but it is in regular use.
My grandpa lives in Cleveland GA. I refused to sleep when I visited him once after a terrifying and mentally scarring visit just one mile down the road to good ol' Babyland. It still haunts me to this day.
***** Me still being very much of a child on the inside, I would love to find slides somewhere that are big enough on which adults can have fun too. :)
My little cousins play candyland like this: my 7 year old cousin, Michael, controls the cards. Whatever cards you want, he will find it and give it to you. But my 6 year old cousin, has to win, so if you choose a card that puts you way ahead, he will make you put it back and pick one that make you go backward or only a few space closer
Since the concept of this show is very straight-forward i suggest you make an episode on "eightytwelve people who's names have interesting meanings in other languages" like johnny depp -> german for twit; Robbie Motz (from equals 3) german for grouch etc.
John, as a frenchman I must thank you and congratulate you on your pronunciation of "mélomane". I'm not being sarcastic or anything; it was really on point.
In the late nineties, Rhode Island had the opportunity to choose a tourism mascot. Statues of the mascot would be placed all over the state as a fun way to explore the state and "catch 'em all." The choice was between Mr. Potato Head and Pokemon. In 2000, Rhode Island chose Mr. Potato Head. Yep.
John I had the same problem with my ant farm when I was little. So I went out and found a ant colonie in a old log and just... adopted a few loyal workers lol
The hair-eating cabbage patch doll!!! I had one of those and when it was recalled my mom refused to take it back because she had waited in line to get it for me.
Ok, how about 30 mental floss trivia bits for the history of animation? I would find that fun. Let me start you off with the Theatre Optique, The Sinking of the Lousitania, and Betty Boop starting out as a dog just to wet your appetite. Look those up and you probably will get on a good roll
Call me stupid, but I've been watching this show for a long time and found out less than 2 minutes ago that this is the guy who wrote The Fault In Our Stars.
I live in Helen ga ( where the cabbage patch kids hospital used to be ), and when I was little I went there, and was forever creeped out and had so many recurring nightmares, so many
Random Street Theater But they require no paper and lasts a very long time. You can easily store hundreds if not thousands of books in one, so that's a lot of paper saved.
***** The calculation I've heard is that one would need to read about 35 novels/year for an e-reader to have a smaller environmental impact than paper books.
I'm not kidding. We still have a huge cabinet and several large bins filled with Beanie Babies. In fact, I am staring at it right now. It's probably all worthless now.
It's interesting, when I was little I had very fine hair and it got caught to everything! Buttons in clothing, a train set, car doors, etc.. I had the chew time doll and my hair never got caught. In fact, it was one of my favorite dolls for a while.
Twister ! Oh hell yeah... as a 12 yr. old boy going to parties in the 70s ?... Well... learned more about "Biological Sciences" than I ever did in school !
I wanted to play Candyland once when I was younger, but my mother wouldn't let me so I went to stomp down the hall but biffed it instead. One hospital trip later, I returned home with a bandaged broken nose. I now old a bitterness towards that game.
Ant farms are so difficult. I mean, where do you even get tractors that size?
I definitely feel like I am better off in life for now knowing these facts about toys.
The first Mr. Potato head was actually a potato?! That's so creepy xD
Yeah, Sic. XD
Tasty*
As referenced in Toy Story 3.
Hence why Mr Rotten Egg never caught on.
...why is it creepy?
"Candyland uses no skill", um John, I used the skill of cheating and I beat my little sister every time!
Every time I watch one of these videos all I can think about is "Im so glad its not my job to dust those shelves" there the mum coming out in me lmao
The Fault in our Toys
In the late 1990's I told my wife they were making a new movie called "Twister". She replied "About the game?" Ever since then I have wished the movie HAD been about the game.
Would "audiophile" not apply for music-lover?
that's what i was going to say
Or whatever the actual word for music is in latin. Or wait, is that latin or old greece? I can never tell those two apart and I know neither aside from specific words.
But either way, it's a suffix, so you just take whatever the word for music is and then slap on "phile" and you have music lover right there.
No. An audiophile refers to interest in the quality of the sound reproduction not the music itself.
Well sorry however pedophile does not mean love of children it (literally) translates to something like strong love of little boys not children and the direct translation of a word is not its definition
Emma Newson In Greek there are 4 words for "love" -philia means friendly love, -eros is physical or romantic love. So the actual translation of pedophilia would be "child-friend" or something. However, none of that matters. In English it has come to mean "romantic or sexual love of children."
THEY TOLD US BEANIE BABIES WOULD BE WORTH MILLIONS! OH THE LIES!!!
Just wait longer.
Same thing with cabbage patch.
Things are not worth millions if they have 10 million of them floating around. You have to wait 50-80 years when they've all been ruined or thrown away, then the 50 left over perfect beanie babies will be worth money.
They were worth millions at the top of their prime.
Which was when?
Stephen Full Back when people were going nuts over them. Sorry I don't have exact dates. Lets just say some time between 1999 and 2010 to be on the safe side.
All I could think about while watching this video was damn, that shelf behind him looks like a nightmare to dust.
I remember having Mr Potato Head when I was a child - with the requirement of a real potato! (they were better than the plastic potatoes that replaced them because you could stick eyes, ears, etc absolutely _anywhere_ on the potato; not just into predetermined holes) - and, yes, I grew up with Captain Kangaroo...and Engineer Bill.
You guys should do a video where you do nothing but answer mind-blowing questions!
The cabbage patch adoption, crystal tree thing was a little disturbing.
i have family that lives near helen i went there once and i swear to this day there is always a cabbage patch kid watching me
Audiophile is a term commonly used for those who are REALLY into music, not sure how you guys missed that one.
Audiophile refers more to the obsession with sound quality than with music itself.
Yeah I tend to hear audiophile used when you are talking about headphones. They tend to categorized as people who appreciate high quality/accurate sound
In the UK we often say that someone who is obsessed with sound quality is an audiophile, whereas someone who loves music is a musicophile - I realise that it is a portmanteau word, but it is in regular use.
I like when John does these, none of the other hosts are very good at this sort of thing (except maybe Hank and Michael).
My grandpa lives in Cleveland GA. I refused to sleep when I visited him once after a terrifying and mentally scarring visit just one mile down the road to good ol' Babyland. It still haunts me to this day.
LOL the Chipotle iPhone Wagon? So an overpriced wagon that gives you diarrhea?
High resell value though
***** Me still being very much of a child on the inside, I would love to find slides somewhere that are big enough on which adults can have fun too. :)
Need to paint the wagon the colors of a prison cafeteria.
Your comment made my day! XD
Love you, John!!
I remember reading somewhere that Furby's used to be able to record conversations and send the audio files to the government.
It's so funny to hear you talk about Play-doh because I was just listening to a podcast from Stuff You Should Know all about the history of Play-Doh.
I've always heard and used Audiophile for music lover, even though it's technically inaccurate as being "sound Lover"
I usually hear "audiophile" applied to people that are obsessed with the best sound quality, rather than the music.
i guess but it "sounds" better than Musicaphile
I remember all these toys. Damn I'm old.
Koosh- the favorite classroom object of teenagers
YAY! John is back!
i only watch the mental floss videos hosted by john :x he's my favorite part
I really want a Chipotle-iPhone wagon. It sounds like the most fun thing you could ever have.
My little cousins play candyland like this: my 7 year old cousin, Michael, controls the cards. Whatever cards you want, he will find it and give it to you. But my 6 year old cousin, has to win, so if you choose a card that puts you way ahead, he will make you put it back and pick one that make you go backward or only a few space closer
And here I thought silly-string was just annoying to clean up, but to think they could find bombs in the dark!
The Radio Flyer wagon picture is a picture of the large scale one in Spokane Washington. You can see the stairs in the back that lead to the slide!
The "BABYLAND" sign looks ridiculously similar to the Benadryl logo!!
How DARE that boxing robot imitate the TRUE Blue Bomber, the worlds only super fighting robot, Megaman!
WELCOME BACK JOHN! :D
Slinkies...I would always get them all tangled when I was a child :(
Since the concept of this show is very straight-forward i suggest you make an episode on "eightytwelve people who's names have interesting meanings in other languages" like johnny depp -> german for twit; Robbie Motz (from equals 3) german for grouch etc.
Eightytwelve?
my name means son of star in Polish, So I might be Jewish.
***** I think that title goes to eleventy-six. It rolls off the tongue better.
John, as a frenchman I must thank you and congratulate you on your pronunciation of "mélomane". I'm not being sarcastic or anything; it was really on point.
The Rock 'em Sock 'em robots are the Red Rocker and Megaman.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27Em_Sock_%27Em_Robots
www.ehow.com/about_5047961_rockem-sockem-robots-history.html
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7308/rock-em-sock-em-robots
What are you trying to tell me by these links?
The names of the robots! I have one here in my dads collection of toys and it has their names on the papers in the box. One is not named Megaman.
Back in the 80s when we were kids, my brother was pants shitting terrified of the Bears at Disney Land.
I have been to the Babyland General and I can confirm this about cabbage patch kids. They actually upgraded to a mansion, I am not kidding.
Get well soon, John!!
I have been to the cabbage patch place in georgia, I swear to god that place is like walking into an acid trip
Every time John says "metal floss", I always hear "menopause"
Asked my magic 8 ball once "do you lie to me?" To which it answered "without a doubt." 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Ahh . . . Magic of editing. I wish you get well soon John
YAAAY john's back
Who else understood that the hippo "Homer" is rumored to be blind because of the Greek poet who wrote "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?
'If you feel the need to adopt a cabbage patch doll' ... Seek professional help
Didn't mention LEGO at all. I am impressed.
In the late nineties, Rhode Island had the opportunity to choose a tourism mascot. Statues of the mascot would be placed all over the state as a fun way to explore the state and "catch 'em all." The choice was between Mr. Potato Head and Pokemon. In 2000, Rhode Island chose Mr. Potato Head.
Yep.
John I had the same problem with my ant farm when I was little. So I went out and found a ant colonie in a old log and just... adopted a few loyal workers lol
The hair-eating cabbage patch doll!!! I had one of those and when it was recalled my mom refused to take it back because she had waited in line to get it for me.
Anyone else miss John Green?
hes dead?
The story goes that Theodore Roosevelt didn't want to shoot a helpless bear. He probably said something like "Give me a bear that can fight back!"
Sea Monkeys are the best! Our beta fish loved them, and they get to hunt when you drop one in the bowl.
OMG!!! I figured out tht John green in this video wrote the best book ever...THE FAQULT IN OUR STARS!!!
Excuse me sir as a Rhode Islander.....I have to agree.
My nephew's ant farm is alive, not 100% probably about 60%, but alive
Also the Teddy Ruxpin helped sell the Nintendo Entertainment System in the U.S.
Are you joking, John Green? I always found the country bears to be the most terrifying part of Disney Land.
Get well soon John!
Ok, how about 30 mental floss trivia bits for the history of animation? I would find that fun.
Let me start you off with the Theatre Optique, The Sinking of the Lousitania, and Betty Boop starting out as a dog just to wet your appetite. Look those up and you probably will get on a good roll
Hey, you showed a picture of the Giant Radio Flyer Wagon from Spokane, WA. I worked at that park for 5 years.
Hey, get better John!
(I guess we know for sure that these are filmed ahead of time now.)
Call me stupid, but I've been watching this show for a long time and found out less than 2 minutes ago that this is the guy who wrote The Fault In Our Stars.
In 5th grade our class had a Antfarm, with bull ants. They always escaped.
I once got an ant farm. They shipped us a packet of fire ants we had to put in ourselves. They spilled all over our living room.
I live in Helen ga ( where the cabbage patch kids hospital used to be ), and when I was little I went there, and was forever creeped out and had so many recurring nightmares, so many
lol My parents dragged me there as a kid, but I ignored the creepy human dolls. The bunny-bees were really cute. ♥
I'm sorry, but Babyland General (the cabbage patch kid hospital) has always been in Cleveland, Ga.
Method to my Madness it has moved closer to Helen a few years back but it is still in Cleveland
Bit surprised that you didn't mention the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY!
Mind blowing question: Why do gnats fly around your head when you sweat?
What would happen if Pinocio said, "I'm lying."?
One time I accidentally spilled my friends sea monkeys in the dogs water bowl 😂
Cool as a doll collector I find this cool talk about dolls
Which is better for the environment books or E readers?
Good question... Books require paper but aren't as versatile as e readers but are easier to produce...
E readers require power for the duration of their use and can't be tossed in the trash.
Well trees are renewable, but Conflict metals, are not.
Random Street Theater But they require no paper and lasts a very long time. You can easily store hundreds if not thousands of books in one, so that's a lot of paper saved.
*****
The calculation I've heard is that one would need to read about 35 novels/year for an e-reader to have a smaller environmental impact than paper books.
Actually you pronunced mélomane nearly perfectly!
Great video!
Here's one from my childhood: Can a quarter sized drop of Crazy Glue really pick up a Buick if it is done perfectly?
David Mathis try a Hot Wheels one 🤣🤣
I remember playing Candyland with my stuffed animals as a kid...
Someone who loves music is an audiophile!
Hey, don't be hating on the Easy Bake! I loved that thing growing up!
Has Henry beat you at "Risk" yet?
What makes us roll over when we're asleep?
Ok, it was like 20 amazing toy facts...
I'm not kidding. We still have a huge cabinet and several large bins filled with Beanie Babies. In fact, I am staring at it right now. It's probably all worthless now.
once yellowstone volcano erupts and chinese invade the USA the beanie babies would be worth a lot of bottlecaps
It's interesting, when I was little I had very fine hair and it got caught to everything! Buttons in clothing, a train set, car doors, etc.. I had the chew time doll and my hair never got caught. In fact, it was one of my favorite dolls for a while.
I am actually allergic to silly string, so in other words I never got to play with it as a child, I did it once and was hospitalized
Unsurprisingly, in Germany we do have a word for a person who loves music: Musikliebhaber ;)
Surprised the Mr. Potato Head box doesn't just say "potato not included" and be just a box of parts.
Yay shout-out to the DnD players!
And what about Lisztomaniac for a word for music lovers?
Mindblowing question Who invented the toothbrush?
Twister !
Oh hell yeah... as a 12 yr. old boy going to parties in the 70s ?...
Well... learned more about "Biological Sciences" than I ever did in school !
I love twister!!
*raise eyebrows*
Ya sick, lol.
I think I had one of those updated phones when I was little.
I've still got my Beanie Babies somewhere.
Mind blowing question: Who invented the bagel?
Did you get the Play-Doh facts from the "How Stuff Works" podcast that aired yesterday?
I wanted to play Candyland once when I was younger, but my mother wouldn't let me so I went to stomp down the hall but biffed it instead. One hospital trip later, I returned home with a bandaged broken nose. I now old a bitterness towards that game.
Your Twisting my Mélomane !
Teddy Ruxpin isn't terrifying! He was my favourite as a kid.
I live near Babyland!!!! My city's in mental floss & side note my brother had his prom there.
I had a viewmaster. I used to watch stills on it from the first Toy Story
20-sided DIE? I so freaking scared!