Celebrity Endorsements That Backfired

[@brainblaze6526]

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[@RHCole]

23:22 "Tucker Nelson on Fox" 😆 wut?

[@stephjovi]

Ah it's back congrats. I remember you recently mentioning that you still use it but they haven't sponsored you in a while ❤️

[@billdehappy1]

its nike air but has added 'force one' too is probaly since first time i heard of it tho

[@BillyBedlam85]

I seen my dude Simon plug keeps and bosley as a fellow bald dude I'd prefer any ad I can skip through without having to wait! Way to not sponsor est titles it's absolutely a scam and he called them and est titles out lol there out of china a d a strait scam no trees or land are yours or planted

[@ConstitutionallyProtectedMedia]

SIMON, THE ONLY REASON APPLE PEOPLE THINK THE APPLE PHONE IS BETTER, IS BECAUSE APPLE PEOPLE ALWAYS TAKE THE DANGLING CARROT(a NeW pHoNe EvErY yEaR) LOLOLOL. That equals a new battery every yearly update, sooooooooooo yea no wonder the apple iphone battery "lasts" so long lmfao

[@brittneyschultz7344]

I was managing a Subway when the Jared stuff went down and corporate literally had us cutting his pictures out of our menu boards

[@MS-jp3op]

Oh god, I worked there then too. I remember breaking down the cardboard stand up. We didn't even bother with the menu, we just had a blank board for a few days as waited for the replacements.

[@badluck5647]

Hopefully Jared was removed from the kids menu first, so he no longer offer kids the *six-inch*

[@Annie_Annie__]

I used to go to Subway a lot back then because it was the only place in walking distance of my job. I remember the news came out, and then all of a sudden the store was almost empty. All the menu boards were down, the advertisements in the windows were down, ads on the glass guards taken down, and of course the cardboard cut out of Jared was gone. The place looked closed aside from the food in the case and bread baking. I think it was a while before they had menu boards again too. Something about the major cities getting priority, so we were towards the middle of the list.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

A BUNCH of Subways went out of business (or very nearly) out in my stretch of "Bumf*ck, Nowheresota"... It's understandable with so many little shops sitting some distance off the 50 mph zone around 15 or 20 miles from the nearest otherwise cluster of societal structure... or much of any structure, really. Around here, the common habit of drivers is to try to discern if a place is operating (and if there's traffic in the lot signifying that anyone actually WANTS to eat the food) as they get closer... AND by the time the neon "Open" sign is visible enough to greet the weary travelers at speed, they're trapped into the choice of some maniacal evasive style maneuvering or just giving up for the next likely spot to pick up quickly nutritious food, like a McD's or Taco Hell, which has NOT suffered the catastrophic publicity of a public paedophilic endorsement... ;o)

[@treed5953]

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 stuff like that baffles me. It's not like corporate thought, " he does what to children? THAT'S our man!" People aren't so picky about where they worship

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

The reference to Kanye's sponsors dropping him "like a hot potato pancake" is very clever, given that latkes are a well-known Jewish cuisine item that is popularly eaten during Hanukkah, which is in effect as I write this and as the video launched. I bet it went right over Simon's head. Well done, Danny.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Simon's head is a pretty low bar. ;)

[@roempoetliar7995]

i would not know it if i'm not watching tasting history just before this video

[@austinredenius2724]

Latke!!

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@austinredenius2724 if you're thinking of "Taxi", it was Latka with an ending "a". 😉

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@roempoetliar7995 I have the advantage of being a New Yorker. You learn a lot of cultures in this city. 😉

[@Turbendido]

The problem with making people who use iphones use a samsung isn't because it's worse or cheaper. In fact, samsungs often have features that iphone will have in a year or so and are the same price. But the biggest problem with getting a celebrity to that uses an iphone to use a samsung is simply that people do not like changing what they regularly use. If I'm used to a samsung I won't want to use an iphone and if I'm used to an iphone I won't want to use a samsung

[@nicoler5713]

Yep. I have a Samsung phone but an ipad and the transition to the ipad is so disorienting every time because I don't use it nearly as often. Also tbh the price difference between (flagship) Samsung and Apple phones nowadays is practically negligible, really.

[@chriswarr641]

also, apple does its darndest to make as much of their software exclusive to the apple ecosystem as they can, making it harder to switch once someone has gotten into the apple ecosystem.

[@richtravis9562]

well, that and how they self justify being in the Apple Cult.

[@Synthwave9]

And the Iphone uses Samsung Ram. But you know Samsung phones suck or something despite the fact that they help the Iphone function.

[@believeinmatter]

Been a South Park fan for a very long time, and it’s been kind of surreal to see Kanye slowly turn into his character on that show lol

[@eliharper6616]

Has always been years ahead of its time

[@ashtonturner2862]

Slowly? South Park literally nailed who Kanye is back then.

[@TIMMAAHHrabbit]

@John Diamond i mean... he did fuck a Kardashian. that shit causes brain rot in every male they lure into their web. Remember Lamar Odum?

[@badluck5647]

A gay fish?

[@arcturionblade1077]

"I'm a lyrical wordsmith genius!" He should just embrace his gay fish persona and disappear into the sea already.

[@jimcappa6815]

When Kanye was on with Alex Jones, Jones was the voice of reason in the room. That's how far gone Kanye is.

[@Chrisfrom_Dallas]

I watched that interview. Made me glad that I didn't pursue a career in mental health.

[@2011blueman]

It was probably the most surreal thing I've ever seen. It was a train wreck from start to finish that I just couldn't turn away from.

[@aniE1869]

I watched the his "interview" on timcastirl. Definitely unhinged.

[@Lecterl]

In all honesty you are talking about Alex Jones though. The bar is so absurdly low there that it would be a feat to not sound more reasonable.

[@phantomechelon3628]

He really needs his own personal insane asylum as he'd get turned away from most regular ones.

[@steviet9452]

That established titles line had me in stitches well played simon!

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Perfect video subject to make that under! 😂

[@StreetPreacherr]

I thought he was going to say: "However, we now represent Kamikoto Knives!" :)

[@steviet9452]

@The Legacy I know right he's a certified legend is our simon!

[@gabbyn978]

@@StreetPreacherr Which would be more or the less the same, as both are/were run under the same umbrella corporation - by the same CEO

[@steviet9452]

@@StreetPreacherr the ultimate troll!

[@thelethian]

I always love hearing Simon bang on about how he couldn't figure out a Samsung phone ten years ago.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Exactly lol

[@Dunybrook]

@@RemoWilliams1227 Honestly, they seem pretty interchangeable these days. People still think iPhones are cooler but that's mostly just peer pressure nonsense.

[@threeballwilly]

I have a Note10+ and have used an iPhone 7 & 8 for work. They're just different enough in casual use that both Samsung and Apple can't really point a finger claiming copyright/patent infringement. The biggest differences I noticed is that Android has icons and text to bring up context menus whereas Apple if you can't find something you just start holding down icons to see where they've hidden their context menus. The iPhone 7 & 8 seemingly had better battery life than my Note10+. From my understanding that comes from a mix of more streamlined proprietary firmware and background app management. I'm casual af on my mobile devices so take this all with a grain of salt. :P

[@terencehubley1476]

"Don't start banging on at me in the comments Android people..." and yet here we are.

[@notaspy1227]

I've owned an iPhone and don't need to or feel like switching if you aren't the same that's cool well message you outside the group chat. Peace!

[@zeitxgeist]

Simon's inability to comprehend an Android is my favourite bit of Whistlore.

[@AramisNailz]

Simon: "I don't think Subway knew this. Subway isn't endorsing pedophilia". Subway: "Eat Fresh"

[@markkarasik2211]

😎Excellent point! 13:41

[@randisallah]

Damn!!! That is amazingly cold, I like it. Well done 👍.

[@carlireland5049]

I suspect Subway did know since he was using the Jared Foundation to fly around and groom children across the country. I find it somewhat inconceivable that Subway didn’t receive any complaints and never checked in to see what he was doing

[@kyley69woyote]

😬

[@robertmartin995]

They had an employee report Jered requested dates with her 12 year old daughter. They knew.

[@drewlovely2668]

Vessi shoes are fantastic, I ordered a pair last year and I have worn them almost every day. Perfect for work or for a run. Simon seems to be pretty honest with his sponsors. I appreciate that.

[@brainblaze6526]

It's the middle of winter, there is snow everywhere, and I am wearing the same pair of shoes I did in the height of summer, and I am just as comfortable.

[@mikieswart]

@@brainblaze6526 dammit, i guess i should get a pair then i get shoes and you get money… that’s a win-win

[@bayoubilly5176]

Totally agree drew. I only shit on his hello fresh love. They are the raid shadow legends of food delivery.

[@AlexisS998]

Which style do you use for running? I just got my first pair but I don’t feel like I could run in them

[@drewlovely2668]

@@AlexisS998 @Alexis S I have the everyday classic, my main running shoes are ASICS but for a rainy run you can't beat Vessi.

[@lynnkay417]

"Life is better when you cover your ass." ~ Simon Whistler, 2022

[@AIIen.alledgedly2]

“Life is better when you cover your ass” needs to be on a t shirt

[@Thehomelessathlete]

Sigma Basedd grindset Gabagoolianaire Tony soprano mindset grindset dababy kangaroo urbanrescueranch mindset grindset

[@tonytaskforce3465]

@@Thehomelessathlete Yes of course; I had one, but the wheels fell off.

[@TrineDaely]

It probably is. CYA is a old govt/military thing, i.e. "CYA - Everything and in triplicate."

[@LexAnnalyn]

Seems like the phrase would go better on a dress, long coat, or pair of pants/trousers than on a t-shirt.

[@inkandesk]

I need it on a thong

[@hesjustthisguyyaknow]

samsung was paying the awards show for the product placement. she was the host. she was being paid by the awards show to do the product placement samsung had paid them for during the ceremony.

[@tomstorey8559]

Business blaze forever

[@RHCole]

You're god damned right.

[@MadDragon75]

Bring us the BLAZE!!

[@Thehomelessathlete]

Sigma stay Based on Gabagoolianaire Tony soprano mindset grindset dababy kangaroo urbanrescueranch mindset grindset

[@guillaumecourtens9594]

The north (of France) remembers

[@lloydster9000]

OGBB

[@matthawkins3584]

Best comparison for iPhone vs Android I can think of is this. IPhone is user friendly, Android is tech friendly. If you want something easy to use and not too complicated to understand go with iPhone. If you want something more customizable and with the ability to download a wider range of tech especially gaming like emulators and mods, go with Android. It's personal preference. Nothing more.

[@polmoro]

Exactly. Nothing but Blazing bias here in this video. I find most of Simon's perspectives amusing, but this was nothing but Apple shill! Don't get me wrong.. I own a Macbook and use an iPad (and yes.. I like them). And for me it isn't about price. It really is a preference. I know someone who had used three generations of iPhone consecutively, and switched to Android on a Samsung s21 and never looked back!

[@thefloop2813]

Iphone is not user friendly. Ive tried to make the transition for security purposes on many occasions for work and just end up running two phones, one being a personal android. Not only does literally everything take an extra step beyond the process in android (LITERALLY everything) and it constantly second guesses my abbreviations and cursor placement even with autocorrect and text correction disabled. Even when i install gboard it forces itself into my experience and work flow every chance it can get. Hey Ios, i promise, PROMISE i meant tp type "yup" and i swear to god if you flash my cursor placement where i clicked before putting it somewhere i didnt because you think its what i meant ONE MORE TIME. (on two occasions i have broken an iphone over my knee and happily replaced it with a much more user friendly $100 android from walmart. You cant even bus power USB devices with an iphone and you can do that with $40 androids now a days. Hmmm? i cant disable notifications all at once for all my apps? i have to do it manually by app or silence the entire phone? Interesting, i could do that with an android in 2012 and when i add my own abbreviations to the user dictionary it sticks User friendlness hasnt been a thing iphone wins out on over android since the iphone 3g. Period end of discussion, and this is the generalized overarching opinion of literally anyone i know personally that has to use both as well (mostly people im working with. The only ones of us who like anything at all about the iphone are the employees who were already using one before they worked here as their personal phone.) The only reason were even on an iphone is workplace security. thats it There is literally no other reason in 2024 to be using iphone besides "just being used to the UI and not wanting to learn something new" A flagship iphone has less functionality then a $100 android in 2024. Fact. Inarguable fact actually lol. Its genuinely unfortunately some people actually think Ios is more user friendly and functional then android. Thats called technological illiteracy, not an objective observation.

[@LizHellsing]

This was my experience too. I also have to use one for work but use android as my personal. I found it anything but user friendly lol.

[@shadowdemon2272]

The reality is that Ye has never been as much of a musical genius as people have held him up to be. The closest comparison I can make is to Ernesto de la Cruz from the movie "Coco": not without talent, but definitely dependent on others who he never gave credit to, and more concerned with the fame the art gave him than the art itself.

[@Pooky1991]

Im one of those people who felt College Dropout was his peak and his second and third albums had some bops: All of the Light being his best in my opinion. His more recent stuff is trash to me, especially Bound 4 being one of his worse.

[@chrissyboy7047]

@@Pooky1991 I have to agree. I always felt he was a better producer than an artist. Or person for that matter 😂

[@jasonconrad4314]

I see we all agree. College dropout was probably his high point for me. His production for everyone else at the time was outstanding. Once he started getting some mainstream popularity, he started turning into his south park character

[@bentucker2301]

You need to look into his production credits before fame got him. Other than that yeah he's an absolute Muppet.

[@audreymuzingo933]

The 'Coco' comparison is an odd choice albeit not unjust, lol.

[@stanleyhyde8529]

Simon's surprised me with this one. Not only did he know that p-diddy used to be puff daddy but he also managed to throw in an unprompted Korn reference I had no idea he knew that caught me completely off guard. Well played sir.

[@brainblaze6526]

I don't even know what the Korn reference was.

[@stanleyhyde8529]

@@brainblaze6526 Yeah. A rock band at it peak in the early 2000s had a song called A.D.I.D.A.S. it stood for all day I dream about sex. I thought it was funny that you used it like they did and somehow it's better knowing you stumbled on it independently. Stay weird.

[@mikieswart]

completely lost it at “All Day I Dream About anti-Semitism”

[@loke6664]

@@stanleyhyde8529 In all likeliness he had heard that, forgot about it and it popped out without him really remembering where he heard it or even that he heard it before. The brain do work in mysterious ways and it is actually pretty common. More then one comedian have been sued for similar things (or at least so they claim and it is certainly possible). The other possibility is of course that Simon is a secret Korn lover but that seems less plausible. Our brains do tend to log smart lines, but not always the context. Simon probably either heard the song or someone told him about it in the pub back in 1996 and now it popped into his mind.

[@stanleyhyde8529]

@@loke6664 In not so many words that's about what I figured. He's done so many lists on so many channels by this point the title has probably been a script somewhere. I just think it's funny how we can get pop culture references in our head and the context about where it comes from and what it means is all but gone. The brain is indeed strange mass of cells.

[@jerrywood4508]

Kanye West is one of the reasons I know I'm an old man. I can't believe it's taken this long for him to lose his sponsorships. Or that people still say, "Yeah, I know, but I like his music..."

[@Pooky1991]

Same. I feel like I'm one of the few people not surprised and am only shocked it didn't happen sooner.

[@pmsavenger]

I have never met anyone who actually listen to his music, not one. Kinda fells like he's mostly an absurd meme. Or maybe I'm old, too!

[@bayoubilly5176]

@@pmsavenger Naw most of my friends are homies and we're all old now. None of them or their kids. About forty couples and calculate about two per... Not a one listens...

[@richardsanchez5444]

Well look at Michael Jackson.

[@jerrywood4508]

@@richardsanchez5444 Not sure what you mean, but I don't listen to his music, either. And I cannot watch Tom Cruise without thinking about what a whacko he is.

[@katfromthekong414]

Simon calling "air jordans" for "airforce ones" made my day 😂

[@stalkingtiger777]

The original Air Jordan's were Air Force 1's, iirc. Hello from the 90's.

[@katfromthekong414]

@@stalkingtiger777 hahaha really? That's a real hole in my pop culture knowledge 😄

[@tommyxboy101]

Could we please just have a channel where Simon goes on tangents for 35 minutes, I guess you'd just have a list of random things and as you read through them they inspire you to go off on some rant about bollocks. I'd love this

[@brainblaze6526]

I could absolutely do this. At least an hour of shit each day that pisses me off. But I don't think people would watch it ;)

[@mikieswart]

@@brainblaze6526 boi - your tangents are half the reason brain blaze, decoding the unknown, and casual criminalist are the best channels

[@KingXulthaar]

@@brainblaze6526 I mean that is a HUGE part of it. I know I'd subscribe day one. I hear a whistle, I go to the sound.

[@AveCaesar2025]

@@brainblaze6526 We would.

[@scott8919]

@@brainblaze6526 with your voice you could read an instruction manual to an air fryer and I'd be hanging onto every word.

[@lilyofthevalley2048]

“Added ass” 🤣 I love you, Simon. Never change.

[@brianartillery]

That's what they are called - they were invented by a German called 'Adi Dassler', which is why we Brits say 'ADDY DAS'.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

5:30 - Chapter 1 - All surface, no feeling 13:50 - Mid roll ads 15:30 - Back to the video 17:10 - Chapter 2 - You only had one job 20:15 - Chapter 3 - Here comes kanye - Chapter 4 - - Chapter 5 - - Chapter 6 -

[@One.DeSanctis.]

*Simon, the Blaze Boy; Simply speaks in his native, English, accent *Americans embarrassing ourselves; "What is an Adi Dassler? Add-e-dahs? Made in America, baby. Who is German!?!"

[@StfuFFS]

Oh, by all means, "correctly" say the name of the company. Pay homage to the Notsee named Adolf who started a shoe company. You're so cool to be respectful to Adolf Dassler, the guy who refused to talk to his brother because he thought he was the "BETTER" N*zi in WW2.

[@evan5935]

Nah, as a canadian, im stepping in. It's ah-dee-dus. I dont care if its german, i dont say volks-vah-gin, so im not saying add-a-dass either 🤷‍♂️

[@One.DeSanctis.]

@@StfuFFS Dassler, the other, hand made cleats for J.C./Jesse Owens during the 1936 Olympic games. Puuuma.

[@One.DeSanctis.]

@@evan5935 to be fair, Simon is British. The accent in question is that of a Brit. I do like the topic change to Germans in WWII. Germans in WWII had a belief in their superiority. Anyone who believes there the only one way to "correctly" pronounce a name is their very own way of pronouncing a name is asserting their intellectual superiority over other. Based upon country of origin. Almost as if you-cannot-see very well. See that absurd pivot I just made. You post a comment and I call you a facist, racist supporter of genocide. Classy move.

[@evan5935]

@@One.DeSanctis. yeah.. i dont fall for that bullshit homie. Writing and speaking follows conventions because we need to actively communicate and understand each other. Dont turn my wanting to pronounce something one way, into some kind of racial superiority bullshit. You're actively diminishing what has happened to humans at the REAL hand of perceived racial superiority, by reducing it to simply pronouncing words a single way (as if most words dont already have a defined pronounciation..)

[@jerrybaughman4340]

Took me a minute to realize he meant Adidas (a-dee-das) every time he said a-dad-ass.

[@brainblaze6526]

UK represent.

[@JoshuaBurgess]

@@brainblaze6526 Also "Niek". I kinda like "Ah-did-ass" and "Neik" better anyway, the pronunciation sounds like a joke, much like those companies.

[@t.jefferson6365]

@@JoshuaBurgess Yeah it's so painful that I am done. *taps out*

[@Lynn.knepper1280]

@Brain Blaze I'm from the Midwest but I choose to use the German pronunciation

[@mattakins3422]

Simon should take a poll across all his channels to see who the favorite writer and memeologist are. He should make a new channel with them. The writer will just throw out random words and subjects for a script and Simon will use them to simply tangent the hell out of it.

[@inkandesk]

That channel already exists mate, you’re watching it

[@skunkrat01]

@@inkandesk I liked the original comment because without it, your reply would not exist. A+ no notes 👌

[@audreymuzingo933]

I would watch the hell out of that.

[@maurer3d]

11:55 Simon "I won't talk about it for free. Also Simon "Raid Shadow Legends!!"

[@mavadelo]

"I don't talk about your product for free" Proceeds with a 3 minute free iPhone advertisement LeBron is just like Simon, they need an idiot proof phone.

[@richardfeldkamp1707]

On my first trip to Japan in 1989 I saw two TV commercials with American talent, haven't been able to find them on the internet but they are priceless. The first was Sylvester Stalone hawking canned ham. (Insert your own joke here). The second was Madonna warbling about Golden Shochu (a Japanese spirit) while wearing gold coloured armor with oversized gleaming, pointed breast cups while fighting a golden dragon. Your horniest anime fantasies come to life.

[@TheFreeBass]

I cut/ pasted "Sylvester Stalone hawking canned ham" from your own comment & plugged it into Google. Found it immediately. Madonna took effort & I had to type Madonna japanese commercial. Found one w/ a golden dragon for Takara, but no armour (had a black kimono type thing). Not a big enough Madonna fan to bother looking further.

[@pakde8002]

I love the series of commercials Tommy Lee Jones did for a Japanese company (soft / energy drink??). He's really a funny guy.

[@maggiemae7539]

They all do.

[@andiward7068]

Celebrities have managers, publicists, agents, stylists and assistants. *Someone* can keep her endorsements in mind before she hits a red carpet event.

[@blackoak4978]

I actually use a number of "apps" through the browser. KZbin for example allows me to skip some ads on the browser that I would be stuck watching in the actual app. Other things like Amazon I use the browser because Bezos has enough information about me without adding a 24/7 tracker on my phone. As for social media apps, aside from denying them access to my phone, I just don't use them enough to justify using the app

[@devikwolf]

The best part about this video is that Simon doesn't realize he's just describing how fundamentally evil celebrity endorsement contracts are.

[@blaked7532]

YARP!

[@MrEshah]

What's evil about them? Non-transparent and in-your-face sometimes maybe

[@wordforger]

13:26 Fun fact, Apple products aren't actually substantively 'better' in any way. They're more expensive only because they are proprietary and control their product at every level from peripherals to repairs and charge through the nose.

[@GimmeJimmy23]

Simon, a friend of mine did tech support for the team that launched the Surface device, allegedly. So, with the initial launch of the surface, there were two versions of the device. the RT version, which utilized an ARM processor, which could only run apps from the app store, and the Surface Pro, which was a full Windows device, which was the much better version, and cost nearly twice as much at somewhere between $800 to $1,000, as I recall. I bet you bottom dollar that she gave the RT version as presents, not the full Windows version as presents. (I can guarantee it, because of the price tag.)

[@NadarCosainAmber]

My company tried to use a bunch of the Surface Pro 'full Windows device' version, and had such a bad experience with them breaking that the CTO banned any Surface devices being purchased/used by the company :D (Which makes it interesting for me, in the current procurement team, when some VP of Perceived Importancy demands one and we have to tell him no repeatedly)

[@dexter111344]

If Oprah actually gave anyone the Surface as a present, it was likely a Pro. She is Oprah. The price difference is nothing to her. But she clearly doesn't use them herself. I am posting from my Surface Pro 8, by the way.

[@geroffmilan3328]

You're talking about the woman from the meme "everybody gets a car", right? I'm not sure she's worried about cost.

[@DeathRaven.]

You guys should make a “Simon’s best tangents of 2022” video at the end of the year.

[@Amarianee]

In the US, yes, you have to disclose even if you received the product for free. That's why you see KZbinrs giving the disclaimer, "I'm not sponsored, but they did send this to me." The reason KZbin has cracked down so hard, is because of the disclosure laws in the US (because YT is a US company) that were being violated by SOOO many KZbinrs. The FTC came down hard on YT and, iirc, they were threatened with nullifying their "safe-haven" status if they didn't do something to prevent the violation. So, as long as they're putting measures in place, they can't be held liable for a creator who screws up, putting the liability directly on said creator.

[@diyeana]

Simon: "The iPhone is superior." Also Simon: "The battery always sucks."* Both Samsung and iPhone are good phones. They are designed for different markets. Samsung/Android for people who like to customize and have more control over their environment and iPhone for those who like to keep it simple and get on with it. All phones have battery issues after a while. :)

[@benmoody5469]

I love how Simon didn't bother with an allegedly for R Kelly.

[@brainblaze6526]

He's been convicted. No more allegedly :)

[@pakde8002]

Yeah we're past that point. He's guilty, full stop 🛑

[@jasonconrad4314]

An energetic, bouncing around Simon is not what I thought I needed in my life. But surprisingly, when you got all animated, I instantly got a huge grin. Very entertaining video Simon. Keep it up

[@doctorstrange7768]

oddly enough i watched a 2 hour piece of jared from subway; simon they did know they even paid for his lawyers and hush fees at first trying to sweep it under the rug lol

[@JediBearBob]

You couldn't pay me to use an iPhone. I'll just be over here with my phone that's objectively superior in every measurable respect and actually gets a signal.

[@scottarhart6094]

Funny that you mention Hulk Hogan at the beginning. He claims that his team was approached to endorse a two sided grill but turned it down. It went on to become the George Foreman grill and sold tens of millions of units.

[@pakde8002]

I thought George invented the grill

[@scottarhart6094]

@@pakde8002 The story is that Hulk Hogan had a VM on an old school tape machine from his agent. His agent Sam Perlmutter said he had two offers. A grill press and a blender that runs on 4 AA batteries. Sam’s two clients for the items were Hogan and Foreman. George answered the message first and got the grill and made about $500M, while Hogan got the blender that didn’t work.

[@AfroNerd-cv1dl]

I'm a young engineering student, so I'm really into that executive type stuff. If my company were paying somebody any significant amount of money to endorse our products, they had better get it right. You are at the status where these type of mistakes should not occur. Think about it, if you were offered a few million dollars to wear a watch, you wouldn't forget it. The fact that she did, is merely pure negligence.

[@OXMStudios]

Omfg Simon how do you manage to appear so cultivated and still avoid some of the most known stuff is fascinating 😂😂

[@audreymuzingo933]

Examples of most known stuff?

[@shae113]

@@audreymuzingo933 How to correctly pronounce Adidas for one. Every time he says "add-i-ass" instead of "a-deed-us" kills me.

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@shae113 Business Insider: "Americans have been mispronouncing Adidas since at least 1986, when Run DMC made the brand famous stateside, with 'My Adidas.' Germans, Brits and other Europeans pronounce it by stressing the first syllable, "AH-dee-das." It was originally a German brand, so Europeans are saying it properly. " Also I was asking the OP to give HIS examples. 😆

[@AveCaesar2025]

@@shae113 But it isn't a-deed-as bit a-di-das [short 'i'] and it stands for Adi Dassler who came up with the brand in 1947 after a row with his brother left their combined company finished [a company that was insanely popular with US servicemen] and two new companies in its wake [Adidas and Puma].

[@shae113]

@@AveCaesar2025 after looking it up on Google, it's uh-dee-duhs. I didn't get the exact official version, but it's not a short i, it's a long e sound. And I checked how Adi is pronounced, it's Ah-dee, so that lines up with the long ee sound.

[@lekiscool]

Oooh Please do “Weird Celebrity Endorsements.” Like did you know Arnold Schwarzenegger did cup noodle in Japan.

[@bayoubilly5176]

Just Japanese ads by famous celebs would be good too. They're always messed up... My fave is that ufo milk commercial.

[@lekiscool]

My fav Japanese ad series in general is LONG LONG MAAAAAN!

[@b3ans4eva]

Hulk Hogan doing air conditioners Keifer Sutherland doing protein bars

[@mikieswart]

@@lekiscool love long, long maaaaaan! it’s so wholesome

[@FrankLeeNacty]

Can you do an specific detailed episode on Kanye’s recent cringe downfall ? It will get a lot of views

[@TrineDaely]

Give it a bit, Ye probably isn't done yet.

[@badluck5647]

Remember when Kanye found out that he was a gay fish?

[@AfroNerd-cv1dl]

I've always said, the price of being rich and famous, is that you have to give up the ability to have a public opinion. People like your average guy like me, we can pretty much say whatever we want, and it will be forgotten about. For the most part. But if I'm rich and famous, always in the media, I cannot say what I want, because even those simple words can cost me my career. So the real question is, for all of those who want to be wealthy and rich, are you willing to give up your opinion, or at least he ability to just say what you want when you want

[@skorza212]

And lance Armstrong was just the cyclist that got caught, they were pretty much all doping. For some reason it’s endemic in cycling, probably rivalled only by body building

[@Mike504]

Of course Simon loves his iPhone. He is a smooth brain. Allegedly. In my opinion.

[@brainblaze6526]

Lucky you said allegedly, or we'd currently be involved in a legal battle.

[@TesterAnimal1]

Rough brains are good? When was this decided?

[@PensiveOmen]

@@TesterAnimal1 wrinkle brains hold more smarts

[@crazydinosaur8945]

@@TesterAnimal1 in the animal kingdom, the smoother species brain is the dumber (less intelligent) they tend to be the brain's processing happens on the surface, and more wrinkles means more surface area

[@thomasmeyer6407]

Kanye West on South Park was absolutely hilarious! loved it ! as soon as I saw the clip at the beginning it cracked me up😅

[@umbrella_lemming5766]

Don't be sad for me guys.... I'm going home!!!

[@nugboy420]

Lol Danny back with the intros wooo Christmas has come early.

[@arcturionblade1077]

"Tucker Nelson" got a genuine chuckle out of me. Brilliant!

[@RobVespa]

What's bad is that sponsors stayed with Kanye West for such a long time prior to breaking ties. They're all morally bankrupt and awful.

[@christiangrantz6906]

The nice tangent graphic need to end with a picture of treebeard so that simon won't at all get it

[@MadDragon75]

🤣

[@fattz360]

I love how he mispronounced Adidas every time lol

[@theoffbeatarchive9225]

He pronounced it the English way. He’s English after all.

[@badluck5647]

​@@theoffbeatarchive9225 The English way is how you mispronounced words 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🎇🎆🔫🤠

[@NJRDC]

I finally bought Vessis just because FactBoi loves them so much.

[@stevefox3763]

iphones are for people who want a basic over priced phone, android is for people who want to have actual control over their phone and also customise

[@RAS_Squints]

This Brain Blaze will be spicier than a 6 alarm chili

[@Xman_supreme]

It's perfect the way Simon says ADIDAS. "I am ADDED ASS"

[@fredblonder7850]

“Didn’t Hulk Hogan go through a phase of endorsing Macaroni & Shit?” Macaroni & Shit sounds like the worst product EVER.

[@konstantinavalentina3850]

I like the very conspicuous product placement of the Coca Cola can while you're talking about sponsors. :)

[@LtColShingSides]

Simon watches Lord of the Rings on his Samsung Galaxy. With how much be bangs on about them that's the only thing we can infer.

[@Eric_1991]

You had me with the Established Titles thing 😂

[@keithwoodcrest]

If iPhones are actually better than androids then why does Apple tap Samsung to make their screens for their devices? Apple is also routinely at least 4-5 years behind android when it comes to development and features and in side by side comparisons their picture quality never performs as well as Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy series

[@niravdarmesh5278]

Simon, we are all here for you, and we love you. FIX THE FUCKIN' NEON SIGN!!! EDIT: If anything, turn it on for your add reads, and turn it off when you're doing the Video Proper and have a loom in the background (like in this video) above a lamp like a selling a scary story. EDIT 2: Thank you for the piece of your mind about our peace-of-mind.

[@StitchingUpChaos]

i usually just watch casual criminalist so the sheer chaos energy of brain blaze is always hilarious

[@drewrobinson5562]

He made Alex Jones have to take a step back. That's how wild he's gotten

[@route2070]

With the whole thing with Ellen, I think part of the issue is that Samsung sponsored the awards, and probably used that money to pay Ellen. So Samsung indirectly paid Ellen through the awards. That said, I think that is more on the awards to tell Ellen about this if that is true, and maybe make that part of her contract.

[@deltatango6793]

Adidas and Puma were founded by brothers, and Puma was actually founded by the brother that was FOR the Nazi party and the war, and Adidas was founded by the brother who was AGAINST it… His name was Adi, short for Adolph, and the last name was Das, hence Adi Das. You should do a video about those brothers (Rudy, short for Rudolph, was the Puma brother) and “The City of Bent Necks”.

[@sp3lllz]

I was getting worried about Danny been a few Kevin scripts in a row and I wondered if there was an accident in the basement.

[@keit99]

Danny escaped from the blazement. Simon was recapturing him

[@umbrella_lemming5766]

Didn't we come to conclusion that it's actually Simon in the basement, held captive by the writers?

[@shaneabel8716]

Love your work Simon! I subscribe to all 27 of your KZbin channels! 😁 That being said...... your pronunciation of Adidas is killing me! 😂 (It's uh-DEE-duss)

[@markcarey67]

Kanye should get a sponsorship with Hugo Boss I hear they made some sharp threads back in the day.

[@LocozillaYT]

@Brain Blaze lol I actually smiled when I heard Established Titles lol. Quiet lil chuckle to myself ehe

[@jmanj3917]

The shoes are called Air Force One because the USAF wouldn't allow them to use the term "Chair Force One"...

[@MichaelOKC]

I Couldn't help it! After this video I Had to watch My Adidas by RunDMC ... and picturing them pronouncing it like Simon! Got to "My Add-did-ass touch the sand of a foreign land With mic in hand, I cold took command My Add-did-ass and me close as can be We make a mean team, my Add-did-ass and me" and I lost it! Lol!

[@MadDragon75]

😆 Simon you're funny when you rant about the iPhone versus Android. I'm an Android man .... and *I* *will* convert you from the dark side. 😁

[@MadDragon75]

Wait back in the day Simon? How far back are we talking LOL never mind I'm going to leave you alone.

[@raylouis7013]

Hey I'm an Android person... Mainly because all the tech professionals I know use Android and the people who don't know tech use Apple - yeah I said it...

[@cornishcat11]

@@raylouis7013 shots fired i repeat shots fired

[@TheNewRidore]

​@@raylouis7013 100% the same here.

Easy, just try a Pixel instead of any of those unusable Samsung/Huawei/whatever devices that keep ruining Android.

[@jlindsey79]

The way simon pronounces Adidas makes me laugh.. it's ah/ dee/ doss simon ahdeedoss😂😂😂😂 love you don't fight me lol

[@whittar]

Can't believe Simon got bought by the iPhone people

[@brainblaze6526]

Bro. I wish.

[@ShinareAeruil]

Quite understandable if he tried a Samsung phone. The software on those is awful.

[@ikhoonyejelem2967]

@@ShinareAeruil maybe 7 years ago

[@meyou3353]

@@ShinareAeruil the software that introduces innovations and is incorporated by Apple 2 years later? The same company that literally makes iPhone screens? It took iPhone a decade to get a camera that could take a picture. Meanwhile prepaid Android phones have 15 megapixel cameras and HD video

[@Bacopa68]

Q: Why can't Lance Armstrong host a croquet tournament? A: He's only got one ball. 😄

[@RichTeer]

The real question is, would Simon accept a Raid Shadow Legends sponsorship for $100 million?

[@RHCole]

He allegedly demanded a high 5 figure sum to do a sponsorship and they lowballed him, so gonna go ahead and say probably yeah.

[@archstanton6102]

Yes, he loves money

[@PhantomNull13]

For a hundred million? He'd probably become a professional Raid twitch streamer.

[@darkermatter125.35]

Appropriately for this video, at one point he saw a watch he really liked that was SUPER fucking expensive. So he threw out the amount for this watch (I don't know how much fancy watches are that are in the 5+ figure range, so can't fill in those blanks. Let's imagine a calculator watch but with titanium and diamonds lol) and they turned that down, so he didn't do it. But he said if he ever REALLY wants an expensive thing, he will toss the number to them. So if he does one, he just bought something really expensive lol

[@RDSwords]

We'd be watching RaidBlaze right now hahaha

[@bobbismith1675]

Simon's rant about his Samsung is my exact rant about iPhone. Samsung has their own version of a cloud. People just like what they like. I will never understand anyone feeling superior because of a phone. It's so silly. Love Simon though.

[@MarkHarrison-bo3kf]

Thank-you for pronouncing Adidas correctly.

[@piperjaycie]

I will buy you some A Dee Dus!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🤣🤣

[@darkermatter125.35]

Post Alex Jones, Kanye did an interview with the founder of the Proud Boys, Gavin McInnis. Gavin asked him what Kanye would "do about the Jews" as president. I don't really know what else to say about that. Just don't think someone who is talking about "his final solution" should be like... allowed outside or on any media doing more interviews after that.

[@emilywalker3352]

Did Simon just question whether or not Oprah Winfrey was getting paid to endorse a product?!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brainblaze6526]

Recently discoverd all about this on a TIFO video I just recorded! "Oprahs favourite things that she allegedly gets paid to talk about"

[@lagoo1982]

Every vid I've seen you in has seemed like you've had a Hugh Grant sense of dapper. Now you're being directed by Guy Richie! This was rad!

[@DFSJR1203]

I now have 2 pair of Vessi shoes and love them Simon. Another great episode Danny and Lord Simon.

[@justins6134]

Just recently switched from a Samsung s21 to an iPhone. Will definitely be sticking with Android for my next phone

[@devikwolf]

lmao it's adorable that Simon thinks a social media app from 10 years ago was anything but minor window-dressing bloatware designed to collect and sell even more of your personal data than the browser version allowed.

[@philiprizek6384]

That extra punch of energy and to have that coffee and Coca-Cola mix

[@jacobhonaker9929]

Simmon is the type of person to fall for the Payless scam when they changed their name and raised the prices all these fashion designers praised the shoe then got mad when they found out it was actually like a 50 dollar shoe not a 500 one same thing with apple and Samsung you pay for the name not the technology

[@ceciliayus7385]

The first Vessi brick and mortar store just opened up in Metrotown and goatta say… I understand why you song their praises now.

[@chewysaiditfirst]

Really pegged Simon as a sneaker collector up until this video 😆

[@niravdarmesh5278]

12:24 A parallel universe where Georg Rockall-Schmidt and Simon Whistler are the same person.

[@stevendyke6725]

Nik and Adidass??? 🤣 That's one of the many reasons I come to Simon's channels. Brought to you by Simon's 4 year old pair of Vessi.

[@bayoubilly5176]

To be fair to vessi they put better materials in their work and charge less. Nike and Adidas make shit shoes equal quite literally in quality to no name brands... They've become 100% fashion status loser items.

[@One.DeSanctis.]

@@bayoubilly5176 Q: They assertain the relative success of strangers by comparing labels on the clothing worn. A: Who are middle-school aged children?

[@lynnkay417]

7:43 !!!! LMAO 🤣 🤣 🤣 The Editing made it even FUNNIER!!!

[@lekiscool]

OMG I forgot that Adidas was founded by the Dassler brothers IN GERMANY IN 1924.

[@badluck5647]

It is bad when a company found by Nazis was offended by Kanye's comments about Jews.

[@blackryan5291]

13:26 - I mean iPhone Android comparison is not fair cause one is truly a phone while the other places calls as its main feature but its not really a phone per say. Saying iPhone is better than Android is like person A saying his wife is better than person B. Both are good devices. Both have strong points. But in terms of the device vs other devices like it...Android is factually hands down without fail better hence the reason roughly 60% of the market is on Android. They both exist for a reason so use the one that works for you. The same way that Linux is factually hands down without fail better than Windows but still the majority of users use Windows. If you need a phone the end...you get an Apple. If you need a phone and a laptop you get an Android. If all you need it for is communicating then Apple. If you need this device to do more than communicating then you get an Android. On both sides they are just status symbols for people to feel cool. New iPhone or Galaxy users get the phone and then what? Less than 10% of users even need and utilize even 90% of the horsepower these devices have. They buy the phones and it has all the new features but heck...they did not upgrade cause they need HDR 4. They don't even know what HDR is or how to tell if its even working. 2532‑by‑1170-pixel resolution at 460 ppi. What is that? Can they tell the difference with the old one? No they can't. They don't give AF. They are getting the iPhone 14 or that S24 cause it makes them look cool. I am not even hating. I am just aware that both have things to offer. But...One device is without fail more capable than the other. One of those devices can do things that you would never ask a phone to do. But you you can if you wanted to. Cause its not a phone per say

[@zogar8526]

It is only when the company continues the endorsement after things come out and are proven. Jerard and subway, subway really has no blame there. But adidas and ye, they should have dropped him way sooner.

[@bayoubilly5176]

Adidas is quite literally named after its founder Adolph who was quite proud of his name and only changed it once the war was over ... Puma was the same... Simon did the story. Pretty sure adidas didn't care from day one and only when the public took a turn did they bother. There are hundreds of HR complaints about kanye

[@JonatanRaven]

I have no idea what I just watched except that it was filled with hilarious cursing and rambling, keep it up though, was a blast!

[@khironkinney1667]

I work for a big baking conglomerate in America and it was pointed out to me because I sing the praise of some of our products cuz they're fantastic "Dave's Killer Bread" that if I do say things on social media about the product I should disclose the fact that I do work for the company. Flowers Foods

[@emoryogglethorp8180]

Well to be fair anybody who tries to say you're lying about Dave's being awesome is themselves a big fat liar LOL