1940's FREAK SHOW!!!!

[@hetherm9171]

What people don’t talk about is the so called “freaks” loved their job it gave them a freedom that they usually wouldn’t have They were upset when their profession ended and they were out of work

[@hatemkhrouf8955]

Not all of them. I am sure that most were too prideful for this and felt insulted by the ones that did this kind of work. It is also important to consider that their jobs reinforced the insulting perspective the rest of society had on them, so all things considered, ending that profession was a net good.

[@Kelvyoliveiragamer]

is not because they like, is because there is no other opportunities for them in that time. if there was option "freak show or normal work" the would choose normal work

[@funnyusername8635]

@@Kelvyoliveiragamer Freak show or institution. There would have been no hope for anything like a normal life for some of these folks.

[@Kelvyoliveiragamer]

@@funnyusername8635 read what i said again

[@kamilkorab6830]

For the tigers however its wasnt such freedom

[@karaleighjones7847]

Zip and Pip were a part of my family. Their names were Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow and they were also in the movie Freaks 1932. They were from Hartwell, GA! My family members have great memories of them and plenty of wonderful stories about their life!

[@la_flaka.macias]

Wow! That's amazing!

[@matamaremoarta8839]

KaraLeigh Jones woah. At what age did they die? What disease did they have? Sorry if my questions are kinda disturbing, but I'm pretty curious :)

[@upupupuh3178]

Wooaaahhhh

[@mikefortier7081]

Tell more

[@hypercumstone44]

Wow

[@hatemkhrouf8955]

the tiger and the human attractions are disgusting . the thing with the spinning disks looks great though .

[@7up167]

Hatem Khrouf 100th like

[@wrubies9055]

@one punch god he probably isn't a vegan, you can clearly see they are distressed though

[@tabbyyzz]

@one punch god vegan? that has nothing to do with being vegan. I'm not vegan and still think this is cruel towards the tigers. the man was literally opening the tigers mouth wide open to the point where his jaw could've snapped. it hurts. they were obviously abused (and its proven that circus animals are abused just to do little tricks) obviously they are intimidated when the man raises his hand at them. so im fucking sorry that his comment didnt satisfy you, dragon balls z fan.

[@kyokohitsuji]

The video is so awesome, but the part with the tigers makes me sad, poor little things.

[@annawebb5420]

Kyo Jane poor fuckin tigers poor freakin people

[@misscoolgirl7166]

wtf woman????? the frekin ppl who are being called freaks arnt makin u sad????

[@allegramarzulli3596]

I agree with you. Poor animals 😣

[@loverbuglight]

Erm- poor everyone.

[@overdosedmiawallace]

@@misscoolgirl7166 they weren't forced plus it was the only job they could ever get (they god paid A LOT)

[@SamBoyd-yy9wh]

Just goes to show you, people were still just as vile and evil back than as they are now! There's no such thing as "the good ole days"

[@ryanthemainhoee1273]

ofc it wasntgood ole days....duh ,forgot about how they treated blacknppl

[@traviscrusa6337]

They decide if they want to be their

[@michaelt3308]

MAGA

[@supdawgydawgboi]

Depends who you are

[@valkorion8958]

We are probably in the most peaceful era, just go back a few decades and major powers where at war with each other.

[@planetbloptogon133]

Announcer: *with the tigers* Playful ones, aren't they? Me: Yeah, if by "playful" you mean "ready to tear your ass apart"...

[@KateFlint]

If by playful you mean abused :(

[@vastixj]

True

[@Teeheehee093]

Why don't narrators sound like that anymore? :(

[@chrisneedham4871]

Accent has evolved

[@465marko]

@@casketbutter I don't think anyone was in danger of being offended. Imo, it was more because England was much more dominant as a cultural power, until the US superceded in that role. And natural evolution of language, as said.

[@charlieorr2875]

@@casketbutter @465Marko actually it’s because lower voices couldn’t be picked up by radio waves so they had to adjust their accent to be specifically higher on the range so people could actually hear them and when people on the radio started doing it, it just caught on.

[@charlieorr2875]

@@465marko actually it’s because lower voices couldn’t be picked up by radio waves so they had to adjust their accent to be specifically higher on the range so people could actually hear them and when people on the radio started doing it, it just caught on.

[@user-cl5cd8po7h]

@@casketbutter your stupid it’s not so it won’t offend anyone it’s called the transatlantic accent it was considered upper class stop spouting complete shit and conjecture

[@girsandhollycup]

Poor tigers.

[@annawebb5420]

I have 1 question y is everyone so tied up with tigers ehat bout the people

[@kaassaus4230]

Poor you for having that face.

[@sahara4229]

kaas saus idiot...

[@kaassaus4230]

@@sahara4229 great answer. You probably thaught allot about what you would react to my comment.

[@supdawgydawgboi]

@@kaassaus4230 *thought, alot

[@bricksbrickman]

the 1940's still scare me

[@Ana-bj1tv]

Same

[@bloof394]

@@Ana-bj1tv u talking to a person 11 years ago lmao

[@Ana-bj1tv]

@@bloof394 oh.

[@匚-k5y]

this whole world scares me

[@匚-k5y]

@@bloof394 is there a problem with that?

[@FangTheWerewolf]

Those tigers are scared, you can see it deep in their eyes.

[@goaway1115]

I am 95 now but I remember going to this with my 71 year old son

[@jellytaboada2714]

What a great memories you had there with your son.

[@jxckeatsass9586]

🖤

[@Mcrismylifehelp]

Awh that's nice :) but It's sad about the tigers. Poor things.

[@lennypayne4241]

Well, after 4 years of this comment existing, you should be about 99 years old by now … you still alive, mate?

[@ahumannn]

Yeah u still alive

[@fire1ce]

What they did to the tiger, pulling its jaws so crudely like that.. It breaks my heart.

[@leaderlamby]

That's all I can think about. Humans shouldn't be allowed in a circus imo.

[@jimmybinder2850]

American Horror Story season 4

[@georgiosz.9493]

Yup.

[@KennethV2000]

Jimmy Binder shutup

[@annawebb5420]

Yass my dude

[@orleanslouisian3886]

Jimmy Binder Jupiter Florida not Coney island. Also freakshow is set in the 50s not 40s but I get what your saying😉

[@ハム太郎]

Rommel Martinez no, freakshow takes in place in the 40s

[@natalieninetales1]

Actually cringed when he forced that tiger's mouth open.

[@Chuuchion]

ㅤ

[@Toastybreadcatz]

Fr

[@zinnycat1597]

Man, I don't know if I'd feel bad for the trainer if one of those tigers took a swipe at him!

[@kimmyfreak200]

society in a nutshell all the people considered normal get all this fun, rides, popcorn, entertainment, and the ones with physical deformities get displayed and looked at like freaks so that the normal can admire and appreciate how lucky they are... i can't believe this was a real thing and those poor tigers as well

[@MrNR96]

wanna bet that pepper from american horror story is based on the girl at 0:47

[@Llamacoints]

She's not actually lol

[@TheRockyou78]

Actually, Pepper is based in Schitzer from the movie "Freaks" (1932).

[@chahklet]

TheRockyou78 That was a real person too.

[@funnyusername8635]

Pepper was based on a man named Schlitze Surtees. By all accounts, he adored life as a performer, and continued on as a sideshow performer until 1968. He loved being the center of attention, and would sing a song or do a dance for just about everyone he met.

[@froggiechair_4735]

poor tigers ;(

[@AgustinaVids]

I'm getting ready to AHS freak show

[@natalieninetales1]

definitely didn't add to my pleasure, comfort or relaxation...

[@tacotoucan2177]

That tiger wanted to bite his head off so bad

[@Mimblesthefan]

damn some of those rides look sick... why dont we have them stil...

[@mommabearmanga3758]

Health and safety

[@17clon2cwr]

because at some point a 6 year old decided to stick their finger in the gears and instead of accepting the repercussions of their child’s actions, irresponsible parents like to step in with lawsuits designed to shut entire parks down.

[@marykatherinegoode2773]

The real answer: after the Depression Coney Island lost some of its popularity. The neighborhood started to decline as well: Coney Island was never exactly a clean place to live; lots of gambling, underground gambling and the mob. The way it was run was that a person was responsible for his or her own private ride. Eventually some got too expensive to operate, plus changes in safety codes. Robert Moses was also a culprit. That man was an idiot and what you see on Coney Island now are old housing projects that he put up. Where they stand now used to be part of the Amusement park. Moses stupidly crammed a bunch of very poor and very desperate people into a small area, rhen added a healthy heap of social upheaval and crime, similar to what happened with Cabrini Green in Chicago: by the 1970s, you can imagine why the area looked like a war zone. And the true cherry on top of the shit cake was Fred Trump, Donald Trump's father: he destroyed the very last of Steeplechase park. When this newsreel was taken, Coney Island would've had three classic wooden roller coasters: The Tornado, The Thunderbolt, and The Cyclone. Alas, by the time the movie the Warriors was shot, the Tornado got destroyed by fire. The thunderbolt, the original one, can only now be seen in the movie Annie Hall: it stopped operating in 1986. Giuliani illegally tore it down in the 90s. The cyclone is the only one left. It's nearly 100 years old. Go ride it. She's an old girl, she's kind of Choppy, but she is one of a kind.

[@jjrolay9960]

@@marykatherinegoode2773 No it was mostly health concern honestly would you find it safe to go on a ride where you are on a skinny circle with a car seat belt and have to rely your life on gravity to keep you on the ride? No if these rides were still around today nobody would go to it because it’s a literal death trap besides the crazy daredevils, The only reason they even had riders was because at the time people were struggling and to cope with what was going on they decided to try out their luck which is kind of the only reason why Conley island is still around…

[@lori5551]

This was a better choice then going into the State Hospital as so many did as they needed care.This was a life they could experience some freedom at being around the same people who understood what they dealt with emotionally and physically and they were friends.The hospital would have treated them as Throw always no one wanted and would receive the littlest of care and treated as animals without feelings.

[@gader2023]

Can we get to know each other please?

[@cypherarcade06]

I personally have never seen a freak show or know much about them but I think that nowadays no one would be forced to be attractions because most of the people considered freaks back then are just people with disabilities and most of them who can't "think" have family that can speak for them and say yes or no to them being in the show or not

[@supersexysadie]

When I was a teenager in the 90’s, I saw the Jim Rose Circus. It was basically a modern day freak show. The main attraction was the dude with a pierced penis who would lift heavy things with his chain piercing. I still have Jim Rose’s book and it’s basically an instruction manual on how to be a con artist lol.

[@AceyMari]

Wow coney island looks nothing like this anymore :p

[@Aar0nDavis]

I know. Sad, right?

[@aliciaramirezcoronado5576]

AceyMari f

[@jamesflaa]

Why? Too many builds on the place lately?

[@del_rides]

Oh, those poor tigers..

[@evangelinadervusoski3022]

I felt so bad for the poor tigers

[@harmonyquinn2557]

It’d be great if someone recreated the park exactly as it was then. I’ve never seen rides like some shown here, and of course the freak show. It looks like a lot of fun.

[@lennypayne4241]

Me and 8 other people agree with you, (assuming you didn’t like your own comment, ‘heh heh’). That should he enough people to support your decision and make it happen!

[@leaderlamby]

Like with the animal abuse too or just the rides?

[@lenkaido1357]

​@@leaderlamby if theyre ok with the "freak show", why wouldnt they be ok with animal abuse

[@leaderlamby]

@@lenkaido1357 If they're okay with any kind of abuse as entertainment, they need to reevaluate themself. Humans actually don't belong in the circus.

[@kayiness]

@@leaderlambylol yes we do

[@lillyfleeman6932]

Smh- 1940’s cameras we’re a thousand times better than todays cameras!!!! 🤣😂🤧 Even the 2000’s cameras were better!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Now they lag, sometimes grimy, and don’t focus, like the 1940’s cameras, or the 2000’s cameras.

[@wrestlingisdeadmoveonwithy8939]

"American horror story: Freakshow"

[@dbgaming4763]

1:36 so sad and cruel. Avoid circuses!!!

[@Mcrismylifehelp]

Don't worry,it's banned now and circuses are much more friendly:)

[@TimSantillanes]

Wow! Interesting times! They were actually more technologically advanced then what I gave him credit for!

[@dexterlovejoy2855]

Deceptive title! 10% freekshow. 90% carnival.

[@TropicalPUNCHr]

I agree, 1940's people had no regards for deformed people or animals. What a horrible society :'(

[@sangielissa]

@MSN production Thank you. I wrote comments of the same content on another site. Today's shows do not resemble, in any way shape or form the meaning and existence of carnivals and circuses in days of yore. These people built communities in these traveling shows; lives.I wouldn't be the one to tell you about this lot in Europe and the carnival music? It is so disfocused from reality-it's eerie, it's dissonant, it's eerily distant, can be haunting and far away, mesmerizing.It is a fascination

[@rippedjeans5855]

I'm crying those poor tigers 😭 I fucking hate those rude humans

[@notan_alien881]

I bet people felt good when they made these people lose there jobs and go homeless because they felt it was wrong, despite the fact most of them loved there job and was the only work they could get

[@KingHuman]

The only One Very true! None of these people were being forced into this. From what I have seen on this the people that were in these shows were glad to have a job and be able to provide for themselves.

[@iRaps1]

@@KingHuman that's delusional. They were bullied by society everywhere else, don't act like anyone would love being presented like a weird animal you little rat

[@MischaDitamparOma]

@@KingHuman they r capable of doing regular jobs that doesn't hurt their dignity. at that time people are cruel and unfair to people with disabilities and special conditions that they had no options. normalizing this is just what I hate about old people like you.

[@CelestialDraconis]

No, they did not "love their jobs". Being circus freaks were the only job they _could_ do, so of course they were upset when they lost it, because *they weren't allowed to do normal jobs.* You and KingHuman's logic is as asinine as people who try to argue that slavery was necessary because after it was abolished, many black people all cross America became homeless.

[@chichiro8625]

One of the most ignorant comments i have seen So after that logic, slavery was also great because black people couldnt get different jobs? The real problem is that they still didnt got real jobs but they schould have never be seen as freaks

[@agoodpotato844]

Please don't judge me I just can't imagine 1960's and years before that with colors except black and white😭

[@Mcrismylifehelp]

Same honestly

[@Anonymoose]

Wow! I do remember these short features from way back when. Never made it to Coney Island, but my parents first took me to Ocean View when I was 6, in 1950. To a 6 year old, it was the most awesome thing on the planet, and the freak shows were WEIRD. I think the last time I was there was around '70, and it hadn't really changed much.

[@emilythestrange1997]

This is soooo cool! It brings me back to when I was a kid I always wanted to run away and live with the circus that came to my town every year.i thought that was awsome but that carnival sucked in comparison to this! Are freak shows still around? Ive always wanted to go to one

[@ownerfate]

those rides looks better than some we have now...

[@brhe2280]

i hate the fact that it’s called “the FREAK show” like theyre so unique-

[@anne123480]

some of those old fun fair rides look cool even today

[@legobrickprince]

The women and guy at around 50 seconds look like pepper from AHS Asylum.

[@oddcoreytv]

Brick Prince The character was based off Pip and Zip.

[@senorwhaffles5988]

CoffinBox SideShow Spectaular! actually it was based on schlitzie

[@oddcoreytv]

Now that you mention it, it could very well be based on Schlitzie alone.

[@davedave872]

Odd Corey It?! Don't you mean she!

[@andaccount3]

I feel sorry for those tigers 🐅

[@TagalogTime11]

I think this is "The Greatest Showman" movie inspiration

[@itsjustnopinionok]

We now know that teasing 400-500lbs tigers can get you on the freak show line up.

[@lillianetsmith]

Tiger part makes me sad, the only reason they were acting up when he grabbed the whip is they were abused by it and things like Peta we not a thing back then so they most likely died in that cage. Even though now he ive in heaven happily that does not make the abuse okay.

[@beatrizavila687]

One of them looks like pepper from ahs

[@RebeccaLeanneL]

I think that was the point in ahs. the new season that just started has pepper and another guy that looks like zip and pip from Coney island in this video. this new season is called freakshow and its based on freakshows from the 1800's I think.

[@altarseni4553]

Jaman dulu memang banyak orang yang disabilitias dijadikan pemain sirkus. Namun seiring berjalan waktu hal tersebut sudah tidak bisa diterima dengan alasan kemanusiaan.

[@genericfun9571]

Now a days the freak show would be considered harassment, offensive, and discrimination. And taming the tigers in that manor would be animal cruelty.

[@WackaDoodleFreeZone]

Now that is called living without much fear of having fun! LOL Hey now I didnt say it was smart I said it was FUN! HUGS xoxo

[@CMAV8202]

Let's petition to bring this back

[@bonniesmith640]

hey I want them to bring back the wolring disk

[@AtomicBombProdutions]

and people wonder why tigers attack humans...

[@itsactuallyegg]

The fact that the tigers are taught like animal slaves 🙁 that’s like not ok Poor tigers

[@tnewm39]

Hahahahah omg the whirling disks!!!!! They looked so funny!!!!!! LOOOL

[@ellahyena3154]

I feel so sorry for the tigers in this they are held captive I n cadges that have barley room to turn around and punished by being shocked , whipped and hit with bull hooks barley fed enough food and water and torn away from their mothers at birth like if you at against animal cruelty

[@akmalbruhaha4658]

People with body defects should be treated like humans. No freaks. Put their bodies into freak show/display is a blank show of disrespect.

[@bearyhot]

Good observation...we should be treated like humans.... because we A R E human! 🙄🙄🙄

[@KemalMaulana]

Who's here after watching *THE GREATEST SHOWMAN* ?

[@ggwrites3083]

me

[@πελαγιαΚουτρομανου]

Ahhhhhhhh...the old bad times...

[@juliapanol7334]

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelcraig9449]

I want to see some geekery, some double geekery!!

[@jonathanshitrit6344]

My great great grandfather ran that freak show! His name was Sam Wagner.

[@shadowfax800]

People in the comments are so dramatic about the tiger, it's just a performance they are not like trying to break the tiger jaws

[@user-kc6wk9nr6p]

Bruther u sure like bruh wonder if that happens to u

[@BabbleOn777]

Have you Ever seen the Hilton sisters film? I have it, it's crazy. I used to screen FREAKS, and to the day, it still gives people the heebie jeebies

[@maeam]

This is the time the only time that PETA would be ok stopping something like this.

[@rhuann9122]

Certeza que o ryan murphie viu esse video pra fazer "freak show"

[@googleuser6247]

Safety out the window 😂 the roller coaster had no safety bars 😳😳😳

[@eljesperado]

Cute pop art nostalgia. Thanks for posting!

[@57waldo57]

i love the freakshow channel. i think they call it TLC. thats where i get my freakshow fix at nowadays and YT of course

[@princessmarshella654]

I wanna go to the hoopla and slide thingy but I'm scared of heights

[@strawberrios]

why am i here this was 11 years ago .💀

[@shamrockwhite]

Its amazing how they managed to build all this at the time but still did not invent the cell phone or computer yet. Also men have been fooling with tigers forever and today they are still not tamed and will still eat us muhahahahahaha!!!!!!

[@bebziebebzie981]

Most of the time the tigers were aggressive from the people not feeding them for days, it’s so sad.

[@soundrone]

that was cool ...what an innocent time ...it looked like those roller coasters did not even have a seat belts then ....big tuck and roll leather wood carts.....haha !

[@alexmthegoat]

Bro the tigers seemed fine he didn’t even hurt them y’all trippin

[@Mcrismylifehelp]

Did you even see? That's animal cruelty and they live in a bad environment when in a circus freak show thing.

[@luzrodriguez156]

We don’t pay to watch them at amusement parks anymore now we watch them on tv & we still pay to watch.

[@usedtobe803]

whirling discs look like fun!

[@gothsmoker2158]

Any one else come hear because Freak Show is coming haha

[@sevenseasonsofbrown]

Haha! Yes😆😆

[@justmanic9673]

People are seriously saying 'Poor Tigers'...Oh yeah cause the tigers are really the ones we have to worry about. Never mind the people, seriously, who cares about the tigers?! They get fed, and sheltered, that's all they want. They are animals for crying out loud!

[@justmanic9673]

I bet you say that to people too, disgusting that you care more about tigers then people

[@Raquel.maksoud]

Sophie sorry for my previous stupidity i can see now how you were right

[@justmanic9673]

Excuse me?

[@MrDanybe]

+Sophie excused

[@braindeadyouth9037]

i would rather care about defenseless animals than humans who are destroying the world

[@karrenpinero24]

1:23 i remeber this when uncle grandpa lost tiger

[@letstalkaboutmusic8056]

Poor tigers😢

[@nirvana613]

hey king human where do you find these videos ?? i mean how what where ? :D i really want to know

[@scottandrewhutchins]

@KingHuman Coney Island's gotten pretty kitschy since the old days. Mostly unsafe-looking state fair type rides.

[@milkyrxt3869]

Poor Tigers!😣

[@LordBruuh]

If you want to enhance your experience watching this. Open another tab and listen to "Entry of the Gladiators" While watching this vid. It makes you feel like a gentlemen watching a good ol freak show! :D

[@smarmar400]

Ten years later, and it still works! Gentlemenly, indeed.

[@pinkrat1070]

so is anybody else curious about the headless girl

[@bigaltripleseven]

fuckin hell, health and safety bods would blow a gasket if they saw anything like this

[@alexys.g2306]

You know what the tigers and the people in this video I feel said for because they were probably the nicest things in the world because they knew what pain was and how to treat people and they probably knew that you must can for ALL LIVING THINGS not just the animals or just the people

[@elliemm557]

I had this on 1.5 speed!!! Good LAWD!!

[@idklol1868]

I feel bad for those tigers

[@IronReef77]

Am I in the weird part of youtube again?

[@ccurulu]

1940年代のアメリカはもうこんな発展した遊園地があったのか・・・。 さすがだな・・・。

[@karu-271]

Let the tigers slay him...!!!!

[@Hamsters_areCute]

YES!!!

[@sarat-t6895]

Who's watching this in 2019????

[@itsjustnopinionok]

Some of these people had medical defects. But they got to travel and see things and places for free that we work our asses of and still can't afford to see.

[@CandleFlameFilms]

Where can I download a higher quality version of this?

[@L3ased]

I don't agree with a bunch of the things here but you have to admit seeing this is pretty cool

[@mypfpismyocformario8427]

Sad how they use disabled people for money The only freaks I see is the guy talking and the employees

[@KingHuman]

But on the other hand this was giving them a job and giving them some self empowerment. The alternative was to shut them away, out of sight and force them to live on the meager amount of money (if any) they got from social assistance. They weren’t slaves forced into this. They said they loved it. It gave them a community of peers that accepted them and they felt good that they were able to be self sufficient. There are always two sides to every coin.

[@Ia-wt2fe]

That's proper animal abuse