Lewis Black | 1/16/20 Hattiesburg MS: Living in a Dry County

Carla shares the challenges faced when living in Walthall County Mississippi, a dry county. Over half the counties in Mississippi are dry, some, apparently, drier than others.
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[@NewMessage]

Anger used constructively. Brilliant.

[@artistsometimes2729]

THaaaaaaaaat's Lewis Black

[@cartoonman81]

Thank you Lewis Black for coming to my hometown, you made this Hattiesburger with Asperger's enjoy one hilarious night.

[@BardovBacchus]

Here's a story I will never forget. It happened in Birmingham AL, not MS I know but still. I swear this is true. I spent a week in Birmingham, attending a training class for work. During the week, I decided to stop at a 'package store', as the call them, and pick up a 6 pack of beer. As the lady behind the counter finished ringing up my purchase, she went to bag the sixer. Being the type of person to not waste stuff, and not needing a bag for something that already had a handle, I said, "That's alright, I don't need a bag". The woman look at me like I had just grown a second head which had then insulted her mother and in astonishment she replied, (and I will never forget every single word) "Well, you just have to have a bag! Ya see, we love jesus here and jesus doesn't want the little children to see what you have in this here bag". Somewhat taken aback by this "logic" I asked, "Does the bag really fool them? Because, if these children can see a person walk into a liquor store, walk out with a black bag, and have no idea what is in the bag, then you have a education problem on your hands"

[@alphabeta591]

Why was she working in such a disreputable establishment? BTW Heysus turned water into wine.

[@betenoireindustries]

they absolutely do have, among other things, an education problem on their hands. 😄

[@BardovBacchus]

@@alphabeta591 I can only assume that judgemental christians also need to eat...

[@marcddailey]

Lol 😁

[@LordNanfoodle]

@@alphabeta591 That woman should know that kids would be smart enough to know bag or not that he just wanted to enjoy the smooth refreshing taste of Jesus, just in a more malty complexion. :3

[@jimhaverlock9784]

As a resident of Mississippi, let me just say: all dry counties accomplish is making people drive farther to get drunk. Fun fact: I can’t buy beer in my town, but we have a head shop full of CBD oil.

[@maggierezac5820]

@jim haverlock, that is priceless! My own bloody red state of South Dakota used to always bag the booze in a brown paper bag... to conceal it from those 'sensitive' eyes? Who the hell do you think was buying it?? My mom?.... maybe??? Good to giggle!

[@hanspy2]

CBD is not a drug. Alcohol is, and it is one of the worst.

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

@@hanspy2 it's a psychoactive......

[@AmazingAutist]

@@transsexual_computer_faery No, THC is the psychoactive one.

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

@@AmazingAutist yeah, that too. either way , it is a drug, the same as other natural herbs.

[@jackpinesavage1628]

At one time, Boyle County Kentucky was dry as well. I lived there. Back in the day, it was fun to drive to Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, a wet county, purchase Millers pony beers by the case, then sell them for a dollar a piece to the old guys sitting on park benches near the Boyle County court house,.

[@alanjackson4104]

And whats on the county line of every dry county? A liquor store.

[@cosmothewonderdog8602]

And all roads lead out.

[@davidturk6301]

Incorrect. A whole bunch of liquor stores.

[@cskibb67]

North Korea Mississippi!

[@Raykibb1]

I grew up in New Orleans, where you can drink 24/7. I went to college where the bars closed and liquor sales stopped at 2:00am. Where do you think we were at 1:55am? A convenience store buying ten cases of beer. Incredibly dumb laws, and the college cops who enforced them were my college experience.

[@stardust-rebel]

Back in the 1970s, my old man would drive across the Mississippi River to go to bars in Illinois where the drinking age was 18. In Missouri, his home state, the drinking age was 21. It was roughly a one to two hour drive but for a night of burgers, fries, beer and the tasty food of Fast Eddie's (a local favorite), he made the trip...and so did everyone else.

[@victorhawkins3461]

Lewis -- it's crap like that (and there's WAY more) that convinced me to leave my native Mississippi 30 years ago.

[@wesb8159]

I was born in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1957. Left with my parents in 1958. Because I was driving from Florida to California I had to drive thru Mississippi. I stop in Biloxi to gas up and eat something. Never been back, never will.

[@nubianprincess2771]

I remember Biloxi from my Air National Guard days in the early 80's. Just about the entire town was off limits after dark. The locals had bumper stickers that read "Keep Biloxi clean. Kill an airman!" on their cars. The Air Air Force base was the biggest employer there. I guess they hated the "guvmint". Go figure 🙄

[@nubianprincess2771]

Sorry, Air Force

[@chaddavis1]

I travel to Ohio on route 70 often. One of the first exits in Ohio is Quaker city. I stopped to get gas there. I noticed that there was no beer in the coolers. I asked why, they told me it was a dry county. Mind you the gas station Was tied to a huge fireworks distributor packed full of explosives and on the opposite side of the interstate there is a massive porn shop. Heaven forbid you have a beer while blowing stuff up and watching porn.

[@jackmabel6067]

Mississippi: Always on my "No Go" list.

[@byronp2311]

I don't know if this is still true or not, but back in 1970, Dallas was a patchwork of wet and dry areas. It was quite possible to buy, say, beer at one place and not be able to a block over. It was nuts.

[@jjhpor]

I was stationed at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma in 1964-65. this was before pop-top beer cans. If you wanted to buy a six pack of beer you had to go to a liquor store. They only sold liquor. You had to go to a different store to buy a can opener. Bars could only sell beer with 3.2% alcohol, no wine, nothing else. If you wanted to a nightclub you had to go to a liquor store to buy a bottle, then go to a "club" where you bought a "membeship" (usually one dollar) then order "set-ups" which consisted of a paper bucket of ice and some soft drinks. Utterly insane.

[@byronp2311]

@@jjhpor This is what happens when you let religious nuts run things. And it ain't pretty, Well, with pot getting legalized right and left, maybe things can change a bit. Hell, alcohol isn't ever going away. But look at Canada. Sales are slipping a tad. Maybe people will buy less, but better, beer. We'll see.

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

@@byronp2311 that would be awesome tbh. Alcohol is a destructive substance. Both my parents are alcoholics and I used to drink a lot. I did a lot of shit I regret and more I don't remember. So, yeah. I'd rather smoke pot any day than drink.

[@byronp2311]

@@ArkaeaFCL3 Well, yes. Got that. But I can buy beer. I can't buy pot. Well, not easily. I'd tell you about what I can't remember, but I can't remember.

[@mingusapril]

That's true. Never trust a town with more churches than bars.

[@BrayTube]

I would have put money on there beng nothing funny about a dry county until just now. 20-some years ago i found out about dry counties the hard way one Sunday morning while on holiday in Boston. From Ireland. We'd spent the night before in the city having a great time (*after* finding out 'bring ID' wasn't a joke) including a brew pub where we drank raspberry beer and smoked cinnamon cigarettes. With no phones to inform or steer ourselves with we did what seemed natural - let's keep walking, there's bound to be a pub around here somewhere. Worst Sunday ever.

[@BrayTube]

​@Jim Curram Not necesarily, Jim. There's a difference between having a drink and being drunk. Bear in mind that we weren't walking to find a pub, we were looking for a pub having had a walk. ;¬)

[@terencejay8845]

I was in Lubbock in 1976. A Dry, University town. Couple of bars had a liquor licence - Main Street Saloon was packed with the over-21 students. But, you could possess alcohol. So, every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening there was a procession of cars and trucks driving out to The Strip, right on the city boundary. Case after case dropped in trunks and flat beds, and then back to town. The Strip guys must have been Killing it out there.

[@93Jubilee]

Oh Carla! Get out, my dear! I grew up in MIssissippi and fled years ago. Get out!

[@swingrfd]

Mississippi: Where everybody writes but nobody reads.

[@ThePlutarch44]

@Mr. White How about the White House??

[@whyyoutalkingtome]

Im from the Gulf Coast of Ms. and we laugh and laugh, as we go to the bank with all of the lottery, casino and alcahol tax revenue from these counties, LOL

[@gplito]

Right, it's a regular laugh riot...and where does ''all of the lottery, casino and alcahol tax revenue'' go exactly? Bet it goes straight into the Governor's pockets. By the way...it's ALCOHOL, not alcahol. Maybe all that 'wealth' you' re collecting should go to schools.

[@gplito]

Hubertus Minerva huh?

[@utah133]

Kentucky has a messed-up system too. At least I never heard of simple possession being illegal. It's just a pain in the ass to drive 20 miles to get a 6-pack. I like Arizona. Whiskey in the grocery stores.

[@WadeKingston]

I live in Kentucky, and only 15 of the 120 counties are "dry," though it certainly isn't illegal to keep alcohol in your home. It's called "local option," and if a county is dry it's because the citizens voted it that way.

[@waywardgoddess1153]

Watcing this while enjoying an ice cold beer in my non dry state. Mississippi is really fkd up

[@prestonkorey5024]

Sitting here in Mississippi having a legal PBR in my home.May smoke some illegal cannabis before the days over,,it how ever is illegal though but i bet they cant catch me before i smoke it ,... Yep just like i thought, to late ..Its in rhe air... Jezzzzzzzz i guess that make me a criminal ,i feel so ashamed.......Ok I'm not ashamed ,but i am elevated . Fellow Mississippians we shouldn't tolerate this kind of injustice to plague our fine state in which we live.So if you live in a dry county ,its your constitutional right to fo vet some booze and break that unjust law.If a law is unjust its your duty to break it or change it.Or both which ever comes first..So get your ass to the store and get brown bag of illegal booze take to your dry county county and drink that shit and show them whats what.

[@sunrisemorninglory9109]

Thanks! You took my mind off of the Senste Impeachment Trial.

[@RonJohnson-so4no]

Mr. Black I really appreciate the heads up on my phone when you upload a new video.

[@captainamerica9028]

I spent 5 years in Mississippi prison when caught with 5 cases of beer. Judge said I was a kingpin and threw the book at me.

[@community1949]

I love this guy.

[@brettfavreify]

I'm guessing cousins are allowed to marry in Walthall County Mississippi.

[@rohypnotist6263]

That will make the family dog jealous I bet .

[@edwardhoulton8725]

🥳🤣🤣🤣❤️

[@mingusapril]

@@rohypnotist6263 I hear banjo music...

[@JMeara]

Cousin Dad? What's inbreeding? I don't know. Go ask yer mama sister.

[@DunderHead.5000]

And that's what makes up the local government.

[@noahbrown6970]

2:03 "Sorry sir, but I've got reason to believe the invisible unicorn pulling your car isn't properly chipped, so it's gonna be a ticket citation and a $100 fine" 😂😂😂

[@cmd_f5]

That's a messed up place... Well I know one county/state I'll avoid lol.

[@keltirowell]

Lewis, WHEN the hell are you coming to Oklahoma City?? We're dying here because there is no Lewis Black to keep us from going F.ing Insane !!!

[@rutabagasteu]

Prohibition is over.

[@malcolmtudor8039]

Not in that county.

[@louisjones6708]

Think that's bad. Come to Lumberton, Ms.Lamar Country.

[@cpu554]

In Pennsylvania ,you have to be 21 to buy non alcoholic beer.. Cork screws are no sold at the state run liquor stores because it might facilitate public drinking. It ain't just the south.

[@oldschoolman1444]

Glad I don't live there, I'd get arrested for the manufacturer of alcohol !! That's just nuts!!!

[@sgtmajvimy]

Glad I’m in 🇨🇦🧐🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺 giv’er eh ?

[@ScooterFXRS]

Illinois has that same stupid "open" alcohol law.

[@serpentisma]

Oh man, Lewis, I've got one even better than a dry county! I live here in Oklahoma. Prohibition ended in 1933. Oklahoma accepted the 21st amendment in 1959, 26 years later. In Oklahoma, there are still dry counties, but we even went a step further. There are a few counties, where there are bars, but they don't serve any alcohol. You have to bring your own. So at the end of your long work week at your shitty job, and you're ready to knock back a few with your friends, first you have to go to a county that has a liquor store, you buy your bottle, then you go to the bar and drink up with your friends. What baffles me is the question that I'm sure most people reading this comment are asking right now: If you have to go get your own alcohol, then WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU BOTHER GOING TO THE BAR?!??!?! Just invite your friends over to your house, and drink there! You even have full use of the tv, so you can watch whatever the fuck you wanna watch without the hassle of the bartender giving you shit, because, go fucking figure, you ARE the bartender. Drink your vodka in the comfort of your own home and just get shit hammered while watching Black Mirror for the 10th time on Netflix! No need for the middle man of an alcohol-free bar that serves no other purpose than you aren't in any hurry to go back home yet.

[@arx754]

Larry David needs to have :Lewis Black on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" at least occasionally, so we can listen to the two of them yell at each other. lol.

[@jaylittleton1]

Wondering what the rate of depression diagnosis is in Walthall County.

[@jeliarra]

When I moved into this one apt building smoking wasn't even in question. Four years later the landlord renovated the building; after tenants had two choices, 1 sign a new lease (despite being due or not) to agree to no longer smoke in their home OR be homeless. I smoke and put in a 30 day however, while there the onsite manager played "Smoke Police" going as far to get on the round and smell at tenants front doors cracks. Wait, also in the new lease, tenants were prohibited from burning incense. And yes, one county here in NC is completely dry and others and some variation of dry. I understand a landlord has the right to make their building smoke free however, DON'T switch in the middle of a lease more so without proper warning of said switch. I feel anything "legal" should not be prohibited in an American's got damn home!

[@gerdawhite6012]

I think this clip is shorter than the original stream. Too bad. MORE BLACK !!!

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

It is like the ban on Anasha ( cannabis ) in Lithuania. Completely unenforceable. People likely just ignore it. You can buy Anasha in compressed grass blocks the size of kilogram block of cheese. I mean people cook with it like basil.

[@johnIZaUWL]

Preach Lewis ❤️✊️❤️

[@allenjenkins7947]

If you ever visit Wales, you'll find the definition of a dry county there is that the pubs are closed on Sundays. That's about as far as the religious lobby gets in the U.K. these days. In fact, as I haven't been back since 1975, there may not be any dry areas left.

[@jharnden7931]

No Sunday sales. Have a closet to pre-buy beer. Just plan ahead. Pandemic: they had to change stay at home orders to allow liquor stores, legal pot shops, and deliveries.

[@artsypurplewitch]

I love Lewis Black lol and this makes me appreciate Connecticut a little bit more

[@eligebrown8998]

I'm promise you one thing, I'd tell a cop or a city official where to cram their laws and I wouldnt use polite words either.

[@nicklang7670]

I never knew... yeah sounds insane.

[@Mimi-cq4bg]

Land of the free, amirite

[@amnielove5660]

That's the ...ssippi for ya. LOL.

[@paulsdancing5429]

Sick-Sick-Sick. God help us!

[@TheNoodlyAppendage]

My county in Oklahoma a is semi dry. Liquor stores cant sell anything but alcohol, no cups no ice etc. Unless they are Walmart.

[@user-og3di4ub2e]

Beer is Proof God loves us and wants us to be happy..

[@murrvvmurr]

1:19 I thought he was going to break into song "red solo cup!..."

[@musicauthority674]

Lewis Black is absolutely and completely correct. the person that sent in that rant has the answer to their problem. get the Fuck out of there. the people that made those laws are insane. no one should have to live someplace where they are unhappy, and even worse miserable. seriously good advice from Lewis Black. that just happened to be hilarious.

[@maxnullifidian]

Alcohol is not a privilege or a right - it's an obligation! LOL

[@jharnden7931]

They had a good point. Great stores across county lines. Related, cigarette taxes so high in Canada. U.S. states nearby jack up rates to just below Canada's and wave at the Canadians smuggling cigarettes back in.

[@serenasorensen6734]

We have the same open-container in North Dakota, but only if it's inside the vehicle. If it's in the trunk, no problem.🤣

[@tinaworley9137]

I visited haitisburg Ms. Once...the reason I thought it was a dry county was because the people are hunters and sports fisherpeople. And to keep from hallucinating or whatever when hunting and mistakenly miss your shot.

[@adamf663]

Regarding open containers, that's why you should always toss empties out the window. It's the law.

[@terrycollins7706]

Dam bro thanks bro 😎

[@eltorocal]

Mississippi... where your mamma is your sister and your daddy is your uncle... where they KNOW the true meaning and need for a "tooth" brush.

[@austin1839]

The police there will come for your aftershave lotion.

[@Jim19826301]

isn't just Mississippi! Many states have dry counties and even more have the ability to become dry!

[@billmapp6103]

No criminal activity? Anyone who thinks that is PSYCHOTIC!

[@lookingforonetruechristian7396]

Never been to Mississippi for the same reason I've never been to Haiti.

[@michaelmurphy5916]

The people who wrote these laws never got rid of their childhood imaginary friends.

[@Candylyn1975]

Move!!!

[@filz4461]

3:12 I got short of breath

[@doriensutherland8893]

An alien myself I did have occasion to pass through East Texas and stayed in a dry county. Odd, I thought. It had to be explained. About 15 minutes away was another County with FIVE huge booze stores right at the line. So ... is the USA weird or what? BUT I could not go into any store there without a shirt or carrying a gun. Right?

[@vincentb251]

He does the best ranks

[@UnasGamingChannel]

A dry county!? Fuck that! Thankfully im a Texas, with a bottle of JD. Keep up the good work Mr. Black, love ya work

[@markbleichwehl]

In Wisconsin we drink the most brandy in the United States. We know how to drink!!

[@jamesscully529]

Toronto used to have one neighbourhood that was dry. Across the street there would a bar that could serve, but twenty feet away, you would get ticketed and fined and if it was systemic, even arrested for serving alcohol. At least you could have it in your own house. It went on like this for decades.

[@LiveMusicOntario]

I recall that but I can't pinpoint where that section of TO was. Somewhere in the west end, i.e. near High Park is my guess from a vague memory. I do remember you couldn't even pick up your drink and carry it with you to talk with friends at a different table. This was in Ontario in general. You had to wave over a server or bouncer and they would carry the drink for you and place it on the table you pointed out. The same returning to your own table. I also remember "Ladies" and "Gents" entrances and divided off sections. You can still see two identical doors visible on the outside of some old establishments, especially in small out of the way villages. Meanwhile, I remember bar hopping in New Liskeard and Cobalt and if we were still able, scooting over to Quebec at 1 a.m. because their bars were open until 3 a.m.

[@debbie541]

@@LiveMusicOntario omg THAT WAS 50 years ago ladies and escorts

[@debbie541]

@@LiveMusicOntario OMG that was 50 years ago ladies and escorts

[@terrydouglas5008]

That used to be the Utah law. So utah was the king of miniature bottles. You could not have an open bottle in your car. And a bottle or can out of a 6 pack was an open container.

[@mattw337]

Meanwhile in Oregon heroine is perfectly ok. Haha.

[@michaelrief4424]

One more reason I will never travel to several Southern states for any reason.

[@treyb387]

This is why Mississippi was invaded by General Grant, someone who enjoyed his whiskey.

[@theduder2617]

The person yelling "yay!" should not be allowed to vote, have a job, nor obtain any form of public assistance.

[@mopthermopther]

I lived in Biloxi. Plenty of brewski.

[@druemmert2246]

I love Lewis Black! But at this time I cannot afford to subscribe- didn't mean to : actually and for real My Dog turned it on! How do I unsubscribe?

[@davidt2291]

I don't drink alcohol of any kind and I think it is a dangerous drug ,in the wrong hands. I will not ever agree with the laws he talked about . I also do not ever hold responsible people to blame for the few who abuse it with anything.

[@chipmunk4kids1]

In one of the dry counties in North Carolina in the 80s while I was in the Marine Corps, I was pulled over and the pig looked through my trash bags in the back of my truck and found over 30 empty containers. Guess what, I got arrested for multiple open container violations and had to post bail. It was eventually dropped though by the prosecutors office since I was just passing through.

[@NotIfWhen]

This pisses me off. That could have ruined your military career. They could have Thrown you out. and then you carry it with you every time you applied for a job for the rest of your life. All because some stupid law and some cops small ego. Then they wonder why there is animosity toward police. It used to be they were here to help you. Now it often feels they’re here to get you. I’m glad it got thrown out. You got lucky. BTW I’m not anti police. I’m anti stupidity.

[@betenoireindustries]

acab

[@marcddailey]

So much for recycling!

[@NotIfWhen]

marc dailey true. Ahhh f**k the planet.

[@wuxiagamescentral]

And that's why moonshine is a thing

[@brianw4brian]

That'll keep property tax down dry county. It costs money to train police have right alcohol testing equipment and laws to prosecute duis

[@maryettamoody5079]

The best moonshine and booze is made in Mississippi. My uncle was a Louisiana but he said the best he ever drank was in missy. From pistol ridgein Lamar county. Dry

[@austintrousdale2397]

Is Hattiesburg a diamond in the rough? More like a Black and Gold nugget. 😉 ✌️

[@wingnutofcoolness]

Hattiesburg is a dump.

[@hannahmore9118]

Half my recipes use alcohol. It is needed for EVERY FRENCH DISH! What is wrong with these people?

[@osmanjeffrey]

Probably not. They will settle for anything.

[@dianat228]

I’m still suspicious that “dry” countries are only dry and illegal for those who “don’t belong” I start with the most severe scenario and work my way back.

[@jerrycallender9927]

To be sure there's no prohibition on the number of weapons of death one may have in their house!

[@Lexekon]

If I am understanding the dynamics of this area properly, you might conceivably have counties that are OK with weed, but will bust you for alcohol possession... I find it fascinating how wildly different this area is from the rest of the country at large...

[@tootsla1252]

Rosario Beach, Mexico grocery store: two giggling teenage girls handing out wine and liquor samples - like it’s COSTCO! I swear you can get a beer in f-ing Confession in Mexico! Viva Mexico!

[@dayrohan]

If it's illegal to have alcohol... They could just go somewhere else. That alcohol proabition sounds dangerous, it sounds like it could increase the chances of them driving drunk, because they have to leave their town.

[@garryferrington811]

Well, that explains the popularity of narcotics down south.

[@notthatdonald1385]

But you can have as many semi automatic weapons, and ammo as you want.

[@toniacollinske2518]

States' rights gone amok

[@gbereterbide6440]

Everyone who cares, MOVE to a state that doesn't give a damn.

[@sanfrancisco9661]

Precisely. The crybabies ALWAYS snivel and complain rather than just move. Samo. Samo. Yawn.

[@jharnden7931]

Some Kansas dry counties. Open container law, drive down the dirt road and throw the dead can out the window...just not in front of the cop. There is a driving range/Golf Club. $1 annual membership with paper card. All you want, promise not to drink it until you get home. They will swear you drank it on the club premisses.

[@davidt2291]

Blue laws are every where in this country . They are not just about alcohol . They have laws about selling Cars and many other things ,adult books ,gambling on so on. Most are only enforced on Sunday is what this guy is not telling you. It is not in anyway just Mississippi or the south . New York ,PA. Ohio and even California have old crazy laws on the books. Law in Florida says you can not hang wet underwear out to dry, or take a shower in the nude. A fun fact about alcohol is that over 80% of emergency room cases involve drink directly and indirectly. Even most snake bite cases are because of being drunk.

[@schrodingerscat6437]

Yet i bet you are allowed to walk down the street with a fully loaded AR15

[@schrodingerscat6437]

@Jim Curram You dont see how stupid it is that you cant buy a beer but you can walk down the street with a d AR?

[@wingnutofcoolness]

@@schrodingerscat6437 The most dangerous places in the USA are places where its hard to legally buy a gun.

[@henrynewton8809]

This is the reason all people need t vote at all levels no matter how obscure the ballot!