RAMPAGE: When Total Knobs Lose Their Marbles

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[@brainblaze6526]

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[@Kiefsti]

Strangely, I feel more like cereal today

[@chuckyb_]

I think you mean 14BRAZE

[@shawngreen3476]

Congratulations on your new child Simon.

[@acepilot1]

thought it was Magic Spoon with that juggling act

[@chuckyb_]

@@acepilot1 classic sleight of hand

[@bedazzledmisery6969]

Simon: "I'm a pretty chill person." Also Simon: *screams at any random thing out of nowhere*

[@brainblaze6526]

SILENCE INFADEL.

[@alexandrialucius8351]

To no one too.

[@runed0s86]

@@brainblaze6526 That's not how you spell infidel.

[@m4taylor780]

@@runed0s86 it is now

[@anamkarajoy]

*”AM I RIGHT, PETER?!?”*

[@MuseEgo]

Simon: My wife and I just had our second child Simon: I don't have anything in my life that I'm really looking forward to

[@mechtechpotato4249]

Danny please make a script that is 90% intro.

[@verofitzaqua214]

No one that is 24000 words and 23900 are intro 🤣🤣

[@mortal3256]

Yes

[@andywilson5828]

And don't hint to Simon what you've done

[@TheCrowAngel]

We need this. We can gather the money to pay Danny under the table to do so. Lmao

[@thenovicewildcamper9192]

Think we are at about 55%intro atm FFS DANNY STOP FUCKING SLACKING 😤😒!!!

[@keeganmishler815]

Simon: "Danny this script is gonna take so long to get through" Also Simon: "think I can juggle boxes of Magic Spoon?"

[@anamkarajoy]

Suddenly his legs aren’t tired. Must be that whole *bionic arse* thing? 🧐

[@alexspayd2232]

@@anamkarajoy I thought it was those "bespoke boxes"

[@PD-mi3qj]

And now all I want is an Epic Blaze of Simon attempting to juggle random things from around the office, preceded by a 15 minute introduction from Danny about circuses, interspersed with the brilliant meming of Sam.

[@debshaw680]

That would be perfection. 😆

[@ClubsOG]

I would love a BB video to start with Danny on screen, and we are all like wait who the fuck is this guy? OH MY FUCKING GOD ITS DANNY, and then Simon juggling in a basement (also interspersed with Sam’s brilliant memes) Oh how the tables could be turned 😈

[@rjgaynor8]

I am game

[@epkesel]

I'd watch that god-level of shenanigannery

[@GcTheHardstyler]

Genius. Peak blaze.

[@AletuatheFallen]

I'm having such a bad brain day and watching Simon just go on a full ADHD "And now we're going to juggle random sh*t and we're not even through the into yet" was just *chefs kiss* Thank you to all three of you brilliant mad men!

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

Simon: "DANNY! SHORTEN THE DAMN INTRO'S!" Also Simon: "Now, what can I juggle?!"

[@sarahcoleman5269]

Two things I learned about Simon today: He can juggle. Poorly, but he can do it. And he goes absolutely rabid about the idea of people not getting paid for their work.

[@kiwi_commander]

Simon: I am my own boss and life is good. I even provide housing for my employees. Danny: That's called feudalism!. Simon: WHERE IS MY NEXT SCRIPT DANNY?!

[@Stunningandbrave]

Danny's scripts come from Absolute Mad Lads on Count Dankula's channel.

[@mickaleneduczech8373]

You are correct in your analysis of the Shawn Nelson situation when you said 'Just don't do meth'. There were some attempts to cast his troubles in a sympathetic light, ie losing his job and girlfriend. But it turned out he'd lost his job 'cause he'd stopped showing up, because he was doing meth. And his girlfriend left because he'd become physically abusive, 'cause he was doing meth. When the police shot him, he was attempting to take the tank over the freeway barrier into lanes that were packed with vehicles that were trapped because the traffic had been stopped ahead.

[@Leidyloveslibros]

The chaos of Brain Blaze makes it my absolute all time favorite Simon channel. I didn’t watch it for a while because I don’t care about business. So I thought.. I’m so glad I ventured over. Stay chaotic fact boy ❤️

[@brainblaze6526]

legend. Welcome back.

[@Pennywise-nx4jz]

Oh please. After about the first dozen videos this channel has had nothing to do with business

[@IKMcGwee]

I tried to get my friends to watch and had to start with "Its called Business Blaze but dont worry its not about business he just etc etc"

[@geekdivaherself]

How far into Business Blaze did Simon start blazing at full Brain Blaze speed? ... allegedly...

[@ignitionfrn2223]

10:15 - Chapter 1 - Driving over san diego 19:15 - Mid roll ads 22:00 - Chapter 2 - Checking in the travel lodge 29:35 - Chapter 3 - The legend of the killdozer hero - Chapter 4 - - Chapter 5 - - Chapter 6 -

[@bigtguitars7312]

The prevailing belief here in Rotherham is that Danny is your boss Simon

[@anamkarajoy]

Wouldn't he require him to learn how to properly pronounce it? Or does Danny prefer to keep his masterdom low-key?

[@bigtguitars7312]

@@anamkarajoy definately low key I drank in the same pubs for 20 years and have friends in common but we never spoke until he moved away and became a KZbin megastar

[@anamkarajoy]

@@bigtguitars7312 I think he's delightful.

[@bigtguitars7312]

Everyone in Rotherham’s an artist

[@anamkarajoy]

@@bigtguitars7312 And as clever and snarky as our beloved Danny?

[@CarlSteevens]

"accurate title" 8 minutes in and a total knob looses his marbles and starts to juggle

[@Joe_Potts]

"...the killdozer destroyed a playground, various trees..." NOT THE TREES ANYTHING BUT THE TREES

[@frost.bytten2023]

The Lorax is gonna be pissed.

[@Lena_K0711]

I love watching Simon defend his feeling about dogs. It's like when my boyfriend eats an edible, then starts petting my arm then tells me he's not high. Unprovoked.

[@dialaskisel5929]

"When Total Knobs Lose Their Marbles" **Fact Boy rants and promises to kill dogs and begins juggling cereal boxes** That's the spirit! Lead by example!

[@patrickjordan2233]

Role playing... allegendly....))))

[@chillcannongames5758]

@@patrickjordan2233 no no. It's a renactment.

[@treebasher]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thepartysjustbegun5557]

Brilliant 😂 I'm too blazed to be that on point 😆

[@pr0xZen]

I imagine anyone seeing Marvin's Google Maps travel route that day, may have been scrathing their heads seeing so many lines going straight through buildings. Until they turned on the telly.

[@Infamouslbx]

8 minutes in, intro is still going, Simon is now juggling cereal boxes, and has stated he'd kill dogs. Today is going to be a great day.

[@Lunch2391]

must be his new sleeping schedule due to the new baby sleep deprivation can do funny things to brains

[@bedlamkids4845]

ALL HAIL ME!!!

[@jessegaspard]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffsorrows]

Other youtubers struggling to make 10 minutes and 9 seconds of conent: 😭 Danny with the intros: Hold my beer. 😏

[@amandajones661]

😅😅😅😅

[@chillcannongames5758]

Sam is doing an incredible job. He keeps doing references that are both obscure but very memorable if you seen where it comes from. Ackmed was a boss play.

[@PhilosoShysGameChannel]

It's official... Simon has started being a cannibal. He's braising Blains

[@nibblitman]

But only Blains so at least Danny is safe.

[@Dubmaster3]

Nothing better than a good brazed Blain. Delicious.

[@PhilosoShysGameChannel]

@@nibblitman well, thank goodness for that!

[@PhilosoShysGameChannel]

@@Dubmaster3 what IS the correct way to prepare brains? XD

[@Dubmaster3]

@@PhilosoShysGameChannel wouldn't know, I am not a zombie. But if you mean Blains then brazing them it is.

[@rosiehawtrey]

What we call a significant emotional incident... And as for hospitals - my local one murdered my grandmother by giving her morphine for flu (she was allergic) and then threatened the nurse with being sacked and blackballed if she told the truth at the inquiry. Thank you so much Colchester General Shithole.

[@DouglasParkinson]

There is so much more to the Killdozer story that got glossed over, like how the armour was two sheets of thick steel with concrete poured between. The local police had nothing that could damage it. If you haven't already, it is definitely a subject for one of the other channels.

[@jaymzx0]

Like Sideprojects 😁

[@cpuwizard9225]

@@jaymzx0 speaking of side projects, I have a Komatsu that I need a little help with.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

True Crime Loser has a pretty good video about Killdozer, although there aren't any visuals to go with it, he just tells the story to the camera.

[@joshpaulson9607]

Count Dankula

[@psychoMAULER]

There was a documentary on Netflix about it not to long ago.

[@benshaw9951]

That sausage sandwhich meme nearly made me choke on a pringle. Well played

[@GcTheHardstyler]

Absolutely off the rails, Blaze Boy just started juggling... like wtf is even happening 🤣

[@slcpunk2740]

Juggling cereal boxes too ... Wtf indeed!

[@GcTheHardstyler]

I was also impressed he had the boxes going as long as he did 🤣

[@matthawkins3584]

Simon going on a random juggling spree was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the Blaze.

[@kevinnaber790]

In most motels like Travelodge the utility room is directly adjacent to the lobby, so when he raised the bucket of the digger into the ceiling, he was essentially ripping out the electric and data for every room in the building as well as any security (CCTV, fire alarm, door access). From what appears to be a 3 story motel, I’m surprised that the damage wasn’t higher. As for the Killdozer, he purchased a shop at auction without doing due diligence as to zoning and utilities then succumbed to emotional problems. Also, after the concrete plant was built, the cost of connecting to public water and sewer was significantly reduced so he could have continued with his muffler and welding company. As for access, arial photos and satellite images show that his shop had a shared access road with the concrete plant, just no evident signage.

[@StevenLockey]

Simon: Danny's intros are too long Also Simon: Extends the intro by 5 minutes juggling

[@wyattdemotte7920]

Danny: "Once I send it off and they decide not to pay me, then it's not like I can reverse time and get that work back." Simon: "Uhh yes you can, it's called DCMA..... They'll pay you sharpishly quick"

[@WDCallahan]

I was legitimately impressed when he juggled the magic spoon boxes. I did not think that was going to work out!

[@vickiewallace415]

I prefer the juggling to the slurping while doing ad copy! I'm sure hello fresh was saying...juggle OUR PRODUCT SIMON!!!

[@trashboat2708]

New channel! 50% intro / 50% rant While juggling! 😂❤😂❤

[@alexandershin413]

Fact Boy you have once again graced us with a Brain Blaze. Thank You. However we require the Korea Cut Edit: while nothing will replace the Korea Cut Fact Boy discussing the killdozer is acceptable

[@Kiefsti]

Korea cut. Please. 🙏

[@stopyourshit1641]

Blaine Braze

[@rattyratstuff7125]

killdozer is americas last hero

[@rattyratstuff7125]

killed zero. utterly destroyed city gov buildings that had targeted him and his families business literally the day they moved there thus destroying their investments then blatantly lying in court about why he did what he did

[@CrazyBear65]

We all need to build our own killdozers and go smash Wall Street. Take all the unearned and undeserved wealth away from the 1% and watch them squirm like fishing worms.

[@Doskious]

Boss: "Why were you late?" Me: "A complex combination of reasons that seem relevant to me, but that will be utterly meaningless to you. Suffice it to say that while I always make an effort to be on time, in this instance I was unsuccessful. Let's move on, shall we?"

[@mikeselvage380]

"Blain Braze" 🤣 Love you and Danny!

[@meridien52681]

Congratulations on your new son/daughter...it was so cool listening to you enjoying how sweet your little daughter is. Awwww.....

[@SiriumDivision]

Yo that juggling section had me slayed. I had to pause to cry out my laughter before I could watch the rest. Prime editing.

[@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus]

The man in the dozer was far from a total knob. The town he lived in tried ruining his life so he gave it back to them. I think he's a hero.

[@stephanredding3558]

I love all your channels because I'm a super nerd but this channel is my favorite because of your banter especially about Danny during these videos. Cracks me up every time

[@twocvbloke]

I think the Travelodge guy was probably the best one, for just £600, the company could have stopped all that destruction and his prison sentence from happening, but nope, they chose the expensive route instead...

[@erkdoc5]

Damn Simon sounds like a surprisingly good employer for someone who keeps a basement worker farm. Getting angry over someone not getting paid, and even teaching his staff and everyone how to legally get to people who don't pay them if they work somewhere else.

[@D1rk266]

i loved it when Simon completely lost the plot and started juggling things XD

[@Kenzie.Avrahm.Fraser.Gelbart]

Simon, you must make a channel to explain how you are so functional, because even your moderately sized brain can clearly organize and do more than most of us. Basement dwellers, go!

[@Baconpotato710]

Cocaine... Allegedly

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Omg the random "Simon Juggles Shit in His Office" segment is the fucking best! That's the stuff we come for lol.

[@brianwoodbridge88]

It took me a whole 10 minutes into the video to realize that the knob losing his marbles in the title isn't Simon 🤣 keep it up fact boy 😁

[@morgangallowglass8668]

Congrats on the new kid! Looks like our favorite Fact Boy is finally going mental and it only makes it all better!

[@lil131313]

The big G "sorry to be late, I was making coffee *sips*" Simon "Yes daddy, as you wish."

[@hypocriticalcritic6915]

Simon: Want to see me juggle? Me: I have never wanted anything more in my life.

[@piparalegal2019]

Congrats on the new little one!

[@tmanknoll9702]

I think the killdozer guy will always be my favorite folk hero!

[@mitchsbecrazy1902]

My mother and father had just brought me home from the hospital after my birth when the tank guy rode by our apartment. My dad, old army, loves this story.

[@amandajones661]

I love Simon teaching people about DCMA. Photographers get screwed all the time because they don't know this.

[@Stunningandbrave]

DMCA? I love big KZbinrs ripping off content, near verbatim, from smaller KZbinrs like Count Dankula's coverage of these exact events.

[@emilholmgrenmusic]

"Thanks for wasting my motherfuckin' time" *Bleep* Great editing there 😂

[@johngavin2570]

"I was late making coffee" "UNACCEPTABLE" "But it was for you..." "Oh"

[@tired1923]

Simon: Danny shorten your intros the videos are too long! Also Simon: * practices juggling cereal boxes *

[@WoW12931]

Gotta love how it just derails to the boi with the blaze juggling random shit 😂

[@cadillacmonte]

Danny and Collin should have a script off as a holiday special! That’d be hella dope

[@abefroman9110]

I see the bionic collar bone is working gloriously. I could watch Nomis try to juggle items for hours on end. You should take requests on items to see you juggle in future viddys

[@RHCole]

The skull and two solo cups.

[@j-bob_oreo]

abe froman ? the abe froman ? the sausage king of chicago abe froman ?

[@abefroman9110]

@@j-bob_oreo the very same...

[@midnightrambler8866]

Nomis! Too funny!

[@Turtlejohn8]

You've got it wrong. The killdozer guy was a chad. Basically people in his town government had been screwing him around and so he got a bulldozer, put armor on it, and then destroyed their houses in a bunch of government buildings. He didn't even hurt anyone

[@Opethjunky613]

Simon's wife is like "COOK FOR ME FACT BOY!"

[@medd-lee]

This man actually juggled magic spoon boxes lol

[@nicholeayt509]

Oh my God Simon. Lol... the juggling...wtf, I can't even.... Actual tears in my eyes...

[@dogstar7]

07:15 Simon is off camera looking for something to juggle, 3 diversions off script...no idea if this intro ever ends

[@danielpickett8560]

I grew up in the the neighborhood right next to Clairemont when this guy lost it! We watched the cops take the guy out from my friends backyard. Absolutely brilliant what he did!!!

[@JerryEricsson]

As you read this, it sort of shocked me upright in my recliner. You see, I was born in South Dakota in 1951, and I have driven through Colorado many times in my 71 years on this big blue marble. I have done the things he did, I have seen the things he saw, and when I get pissed off, the training I had in the US Army before going over to fight in the Jungles of Vietnam surface, the fighting blood that developed in that little police action surface as well, but luckily the 24 years I spent as a police officer also surface and like a good ant-acid after a meal of brats and German Potato Salad at "The Pub" on Dyer Street in El Paso quell my anger and save the surrounding folks from such things as this fellow did. Nature or Nurture? Who the hell knows?? GO MAN GO!

[@aprilkurtz1589]

Simon, our cops are "shoot first, ask questions later" horrible. Sam, once again, your sound effects and memes are perfect. Also, I can vouch for Hello Fresh. They're excellent.

[@Jack-Tactical]

Nah, when you steal a tank you should probably expect lethal force in response.

[@matthewwhite2155]

Congratulations on your new arrival and your new home, Simon!

[@berandol88]

Less than 8 minutes in and Simon has gone totally of the rails! I love it!

[@Kari.F.]

Congrats with the expansion of your family, Simon! I hope your little princess enjoys being a big sister already.

[@ButWhyWasTaken]

31:24 Danny should write a script about the worst construction failures, houses without doors, etc..

[@phoenixsixxrising]

pro tip: don't juggle the Magic Spoon unless they're going to pay you more, I bet their other advertisers can't pull that off!

[@angelashoson8900]

I was like unnaturally excited about the juggling, like a toddler.

[@jdb47games]

15:43 '...at least, not the way he intended' haha!

[@binknbaby]

I grew up in San Diego and totally remember the tank being on the news. And you're right. It sounded a lot more exciting to watch than it actually was. It was mostly just... weird.

[@TheSlizzer348]

Having a big dog in the city is really cruel, they never get enough exercise or stimulation. You wouldn’t keep a Shetland pony in a flat in London why are you keeping a fucking Great Dane.

[@regmatshiya1437]

He actually juggled the magic spoon 😂 Legend👌🏾

[@Netasuke]

Sam I don't know if Simon allows you to read the comments but just in case he does. The edit after Simon doesn't juggle for us was *chef's kiss* legendary you turbo legend!

[@staytuned2L337]

"Hey, Danno. Could you like...shorten the intros maybe?" *watches simon tangent and juggle for 7 of 9 minutes* 😂

[@kurotsuki7427]

Him getting distracted juggling things is great

[@kakumee]

That guy who made his own " tank dozer" in Colorado......I'll never forget being in Colorado and watching that.....

[@LacieWhy]

This happens a lot in construction. The air force base my husband & father-in-law worked on refused to pay their entire company. The base told them to work/build more & the base “would definitely pay them this time”.

[@gager5436]

sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things

[@RHCole]

*no meme*

[@Kjt9653]

"Do you think we can juggle boxes of magic spoon??" I. Love. This. Channel. Dont ever change Simon.

[@rivertrickster4013]

Bless BlainBraze and Danny's fondness for classic Hammer films.

[@mlroeder]

I actually did walk off a job like that, and resigned as well. I worked the front desk an a crappy hotel. They wanted me to cover the shift after mine as well as my usual shift, which would mean working for 16 hours that day. Not only that, but I'd specifically told them that I had important plans I couldn't miss two weeks earlier. They had two weeks to find someone to take the next shift. I talked to the manager almost everyday about it, and he still did nothing except saying that the person who usually had the shift after me, who'd only been working there for a couple of weeks got priority to have the day off. I talked to him several times that day over the phone, 'cause he wouldn't even come in. Finally, an hour or two after my shift had ended I told him I couldn't stay and was going to leave. He told me that if I left I would no longer have a job there. I said that I was still leaving and proceeded to put all the money and important papers in the safe. I'd talked a lot with the man who ran the car rental kiosk during our many slow times, and when I asked him to hold onto the keys until the manager came back he agreed. I gave him the keys and walked out. I was only a little bit late to where I needed to be. I didn't feel too bad about it, as the manager said he'd come, and I knew it would t be long before he arrived, all the guests who were leaving were already gone, and there were no more people with reservations left to check in.

[@loneghostone6883]

Modern tanks are simple to drive. The "anti-theft" of them is that sometimes they put a lock bar on the hatches.

[@mr.nobody2191]

And drain the gas tank

[@laurachapple6795]

ME: looks away for twenty seconds SIMON: starts juggling

[@Dariushellstrome]

Traffic can be a reason. One of my coworkers got stuck behind an accident that happened, he wasn't involve but the 4 cars down the road blocked 2 lanes until tow trucks showed up

[@FortuneZer0]

Killdozer did nothing wrong.

[@glasswhisperer]

Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things.

[@hacker4chn841]

Shit. I came here to say this

[@prestonjennings9549]

Beat me to it too. He was pushed way too far. He wasn't a knob

[@paintballthieupwns]

When the enforcers of the law are corrupt they lose all authority

[@jasonstinson1767]

Watch the doc. Hear his words. Follow the numbers. Destroyed a town because he got $450,000 for his 50k investment

[@Foxiz]

I don't know why, but I actually broke out in laughter at the "BlainBraze". That rarely happens, but that one fit just right 😂

[@fatcat6984]

Best part of brain blaze…. Simon goes so far off the rails he’s fucking throwing boxes of cereal in the air 😂😂😂

[@MikeFougnie]

You don't realize that Marven and his Killdozer is an Americn hero and icon respectively, and the irony of the killdozer being built from concrete and because of concrete.

[@Foolish188]

Danny gets "Payed" in the food that Simon drops while "Juggling".

[@demekagamine]

It's 1130 pm and for whatever reason I'm sitting here high as a kite watching an angry British man juggle cereal and yell about meth.

[@jsl151850b]

29:34 *Killdozer was a Sci-Fi story in the 1940s, a Made for TV Movie in the 1970s. Also adapted into a comicbook.*

[@robertwinterhalder6718]

Blainbraze and the juggling tangent made this my favorite episode on this channel and top 3 of the 100+ whistler videos ive seen

[@pacolet2994]

17:42 That was my initial reaction to, but on second thought he's still operating a tank with officers on it and surrounding it. Plus the cops only used bolt cutters because they didn't know how to open the hatch. So with them being that unfamiliar with the vehicle they probably weren't sure if it had ammo, or if the guy in it could figure out how to fire it. Lastly looking down into the hatch wouldn't give you a clear shot on anything below his shoulders, and the tank was still rocking around so aiming at anything in particular would be pretty difficult. Not saying it was the best way to handle it, but it's understandable.

[@dannyharbour3951]

They could have tazed him instead of killing him. But cops know they can kill someone and get away with it. All they have to do is say those magic words " I was in fear for my life". Works almost every time for the police, but if you're just an ordinary civilian those words aren't so magic.

[@pacolet2994]

@@dannyharbour3951 1. At that time officers didn't have tazers. They weren't around until 1998, and they were still kind of rare until the early 2000's. 2. Have you seen someone high on meth and freaking out get tazed? It's not usually that effective. Even if it works for a bit, it's not an off button. They'd still be spazzing out at the controls. So the tank would still be rocking around endangering the officers and making it impossible to pull him out of the hatch, and again they have no idea if he can start using it's guns. Life isn't that simple, it's full of gray areas. Police are humans, so of course some of them are awful, some of them are great, and most are somewhere in the middle.

[@dannyharbour3951]

@@pacolet2994 I didn't think that this happened that long ago, as I've aged my memory seems to get a bit messed up when it comes to timeframes. And yes I have seen someone get tazed while they were on meth, in my front yard no less. Some guy was walking down my street when a cop drove by and he tried to get me to let him in my house because he had a warrant for this arrest. I wouldn't let him in and he resisted arrest and he got tazed. The cops found a meth pipe on his person.

[@trli7117]

12:00 Simon shows that he's never heard of an ambulance.

[@bookcat123]

I’ve never had a mic drop, walks out on job moment, but I did work at Borders when they went under. That was more of a mic drop, we don’t care anymore, the boss can walk out if they want to. Because we were all pre-fired a month or so in advance, we all knew it, we’d all hated it there, and we also all knew that they could hardly fire and replace us because who’s going to apply to work for a store in liquidation? That… went off the rails. We built Stonehenge and forts out of boxes instead of packing stuff. We rearranged the letters on the wall to spell out random crap. We played our own CDs on the loudspeaker. It was basically just a party. No one was actually taking care of the remaining merchandise and the cash register might get sold out from under you while you were trying to use it anyway. Also, Borders still owes me two weeks’ pay, and probably bonuses and withheld benefits as well since I was “part time” for 40 hours a week for over a year. Since I think even publishers didn’t get fully paid for their books, however, I just cut my losses and consider that last month as my compensation.

[@senditsimon4913]

Simon, Simon here...😐 anywho... Granby, Colorado is indeed VERY small. Even today, this picturesque town nestled against the Never Summer Mountains and bordering breathtaking Rocky Mountain National Park is the kind of place where it's not hard to know just about everyone in town. Everyone that LIVES there, anyway. The problem is, as this absolutely stunning area is highly desirable real estate to out of town interests, including ski and resort concerns, the town council and planners are often, correctly, suspected of caring more about the foreign interests, ( and their money) inundating the county than the hardscrabble locals that have been carving a living out of the mighty Rocky mountains for generations. Even today, Marvin is admired as a man that embodied the spirit of the area.