Making a big splash with the Super Soaker

[@LangansBulldog]

Thanks for enriching our childhoods Lonnie! Nostalgia…😢

[@jakeryan2805]

The inventor of my childhood. Long live this man.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

This man, made my childhood and many countless others a wonderful time every summer! :D

[@Okla_Soft]

Same here

[@glidershower]

Ditto. God bless this fun-loving genius.

[@drewberning1237]

This man gave me my childhood

[@kalel311superman9]

it was fun right?

[@Rearmostbean]

Such a great toy. I had the purple and blue one in the commercial, it had a pressure gauge on it too. It was so fun

[@BobbyJ1998]

This man is a genius.

[@bosef9727]

Zach quite literally 😂

[@vman245]

The super soaker I always wanted was the CPS 3000 in 1997 or 1998. It had a backpack attached to it. It got released again in 2000 but they change the color, it was called 3200 model.

[@Nate-wn2ef]

Wasnt it 3500 🤔 yeah i remember i had the 2500, i destroyed everyone

[@juha2031]

my friend had that andnaniwas super jealous of it.

[@zedig6580]

@@Nate-wn2ef its the 3000/3200

[@donnagill9956]

Enjoying reading the book "Whoosh, Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions" to my elementary students. His book is up for the 2018-19 Arkansas Diamond Award!!

[@YOSHI_RIOT]

What a brilliant man. Thank you for making our childhood summer memories. ❤️

[@kalel311superman9]

i finally know who invented my favorite toy of all time thank you sir

[@TELOVR]

The super soaker, a very simple but effective invention. I can't believe it took a NASA engineer to come up with the idea!!! Thanks for making every summer amazing with your incredible invention, The Super Soaker.

[@Okla_Soft]

The Super Soaker is one of those DEFINING toys of my childhood. This man is a f*cking legend…

[@overkill5263]

This man made my childhood.

[@martial_matt]

Amazing to hear the story of my favorite toys. God bless this man.

[@samanthamambu32]

Hooray for Lonnie Johnson

[@TruckerDave215]

That guy seem like a cool as guy man bless him he made my childhood awesome n fun

[@PimpCoop]

The amount of joy Lonnie Johnson by creating a gun that shoots water out here, I don't think you're ever realized

[@kasibolden2955]

I share this video every year to inspire my students when I introduce the Rube Goldberg. I love how the interview focused on your humble beginnings through your college and your career.. the super soaker is a timeless invention.

[@michaelcommiso7622]

They should make a Super Soaker Cleaner so the vintage Super Soaker work again be cool

[@nunavyourbiznas8660]

1:29 Coolest scientist ever.

[@garygrinkevich6971]

What a treasure to the country, thank you science.

[@demoknightgaming7190]

Cps blasters and air pump guns where ahead of it's time

[@SaverGC3]

Now, after all these years, I know it was true! I did think it was only a rumor. Someone from JPL did invent the super-soaker! LOL

[@YNGRokstar]

MAN THIS IS WAS MY CHILDHOOD! 90S ALL DAY! LMAO

[@twczzkm]

Lonnie is a legend.

[@XeeroBliss]

RIP Super Soakers, we will never see them as they were in the 90’s.

[@sterilebroth8933]

They’ve rereleased a few, but ya.

[@jaydenchesslife]

Thanks Lonnie. So funny, "IN THE LIP".

[@Future_Kid2577]

This is like science if my teacher was teaching us this we would All just do it while we listen

[@MrJob91]

What a legend!!!

[@fatmaelshaikh2006]

He is awesome genius

[@SlamTheSlammer]

What a cool guy and a cool story

[@rowland5951]

This guy is the real Mr Terrific 🙌

[@Thaddeuspryor]

Living Legend

[@chevyDboyMike]

Really good interviewer

[@jooelkangslay]

Lonnie Johnson is a genius

[@jessestout9576]

thank you for my childhood.

[@wildsnaturalwoodworks3997]

Video games took over out door fun because we got read of these water bazookas of awesomeness. Kids today don't know what a water gun fight really feels like. I miss the sting from getting hit with the full force of the SCP 2000. Or holding one and feeling the small kickback it gave when pulling the trigger. ahhhh nostalgia... im pledging to buy some for my kids. Full paintball grade face masks of course. I don't want to over react like my parents and ban fun. Think smarter not harder. wear safety. 😆

[@ZeacorZeppelin]

that double barrel super soaker I only saw once in my life. It was heavy, I think it was several hundred dollars too.

[@davidturbo8566]

Matthew Cassidy I had one it was around $80 bucks ...

[@wesleyorrin]

Zeacorzeppelin10 originally there were $40, now they are all over the board. The Monster XL. You see them listed for $200-300 dollars. I think they sell for 120-150.

[@jaii4945]

I have one too

[@jaii4945]

It was my uncles

[@mianrowan]

It was insane every year they got bigger and stronger one even has a backpack for water what happened to this type of innovation

[@KaiNLinda]

Ah make sense now, a nuclear physicist designing super soaker. XD

[@demetriusevans2730]

The GOAT

[@meltz1781]

Lonnie is the best

[@josephragosta89]

This is such a crazy and nice story, guy was making rocket fuel in the kitchen and then made the super soaker on accident while working for nasa

[@jimmywhyte7181]

A genuine black hero and not some made up one from the past.

[@Theoretically00]

This is awesome

[@zechariahfrink3707]

Yeah and they had to stop making them like everything else good. Now kids want i phones to stare at all day and not have real fun like you did with these. The CPS 2000 was the greatest water gun ever made. I had the Monster which was a close second.

[@josephcalabrese6337]

Your comment made me think and ask about kids and smartphones. Maybe younger and middle aged kids will still run out side to the playgrounds. But older kids by ages 10 and 12 might get their first smartphones.

[@zedig6580]

The 2000 was the strongest but honestly the 2500 is better

[@DA-of9sv]

Cheers mate 35 year old Brit who's favourite water gun was super soaker 50 yellow and green one.

[@creationofpros7431]

Imagine life without water guns

[@ronlindo1984]

He is the micheal jordan of water guns

[@Jinxcity84]

Crazy he had to sue to get only part of what he should’ve been paid. This was my childhood 🙌🏽

[@goabparty9574]

Based black dude from Alabama makes it to JPL. Breaks the narrative.

[@knowledgehunter8919]

Bring back the super soaker. 👇🏻

[@calicoesblue4703]

I agree.

[@503redbull]

Bring back the CPS 2000

[@Jellyg00se]

Amazing

[@knIfebOmb769]

Super soaker AND nerf gun? Impressive

[@oswaldcobblepot502]

Genius engineer has super soaker fight feet away from electrical distribution panels.

[@MostlyFaded]

Look at that hairpiece!

[@vitomark1613]

It’s so easy to make but this guy did it first. Great invention. Enjoy the money bud

[@Dominickudo]

A early day Blerd

[@lotus2126]

So he played with lava to?

[@loischesson309]

Yes he did

[@DudelikeYEAH100]

LONNIE IS SO MUCH COOLER THAN GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

[@Maniac_2084]

I bet this dude makes trump furious. Hahaha. Hey Donnie a black dude is WAY smarter and has made a way more positive impact on the world than you EVER will. 😂😂

[@Timboslimbo]

Bruh why do you have bring in politics to this comments section on a video about water guns.

[@advancespark]

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[@relldafox]

Black Tony Stark

[@Demboyzrunnin1991]

Every since they had to pay him millions in back pay you don't see many super soaker on the shelves anymore talk about WORK RETALIATION and unethical behavior but at least he still has the NERF

[@derrypurnamasari5644]

Wait wait so lonnie johnson is still alive in 2011 and why is google telling me that he died in 1970 june 16

[@d0ntreply]

super soaker now the nerf gun. is he just trying to make kids extremely happy. and adults too.

[@williamworth2746]

Greed killed my child hood

[@gabrielvigil8538]

Wanna see the water guns now they shoot a little stream and not far at all

[@godzilla6490]

Just 1million in sales?🤔

[@trenken]

1 BILLION

[@fonsboogaard]

GG

[@alanbirsingh7163]

I’m sure growing up all his black friends called him white

[@Theoretically00]

Nahhh, we call him black an blacker than black

[@thecraplordsell4575]

Smh probably so, especially since he grew up in Mobile, Alabama.

[@2phonebabyjay199]

#BLM

[@colintahbaz1292]

Why do you have to make everything about race?

[@Mindfulnesswithayla]

You stole this ideal and I know from who. He is dead now but his children are still alive. You should give them their financial portion.

[@WALDENSOFTWARE]

Who?

[@15SilverSurfer15]

Yea who?...

[@trenken]

Lmao sure bud 👌

[@magisvita2937]

idea or ideal.....two different words. ill give you a tip success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.

[@PDritty]

Amazing