The Guy Who Drove Across America For A $50 Bet

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

Hey everyone. This video was written and edited by my brother Tyler. The production improvement are all thanks to him. I like fun history tales, and I figured you all do too. So I want to start uploading more of these little stories from time to time.

[@sergioventura2595]

Good job Tyler

[@deleted-something]

I can actually looks the improvements :), pretty cool

[@Mr_Mandolorain]

Nice :D

[@theshenpartei]

Yes do more of these fun little stories

[@JustArt0]

please tell your brother Tyler that I say hello, thank you.

[@drewski25]

Respect the hell out of a guy willing to spend thousands of dollars and two months of his life to prove his point

[@Edax_Royeaux]

It's like the world's first Top Gear challenge special.

[@kaydoeteccc7741]

No

[@JmMateo933]

​@@kaydoeteccc7741 Yes

[@user-xp8nq5mf9y]

no rimworld music under this video?

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

I wonder if that the birth of road trip culture

[@tonythetanuki]

The biggest form of "It's not about the money, it's about sending a message"

[@xenamorphwinner7931]

Beat me to it😂

[@basementdwellercosplay]

It's about the Mets baby

[@riazortho]

Drew

[@ryanadams0922]

Beautiful and perfectly said

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

I'm more impressed that Oldsmobile called themselves Oldsmobile, even when they were clearly Newmobile

[@steveiguana6887]

During WW1, Horatio personally contacted former President Roosevelt to be put on active duty orders, as he had been originally considered too old for active service. He served as a surgeon during the war, was wounded, and was awarded several medals. What a Chad.

[@Theodore-Teddy-Roosevelt]

i remember that. an absolute hero

[@occam7382]

@@Theodore-Teddy-Roosevelt, Mr. President! What are you doing here?

[@memevondank1197]

"Mr president let me cook"

[@alinkbetweengames4328]

I thought it was Teddy from the thumbnail.

[@Techno963]

"It's a dog named Bud on an automobile Horatio, funniest thing you'll ever see" - Some legend in Idaho, 1903

[@TheWizdWiz]

W Bud

[@captainak2996]

A man, a mechanic, a dog and a car, made a 63 day journey across the United States, truly awesome.

[@ReatExists]

this implies that mechanics aren't people and i support this

[@TheCelticCowboy98]

Honestly it should be a movie

[@notmitsukiyolol]

@@ReatExists They are psuedodeities

[@damenwhelan3236]

Without roads.

[@Yunghorsecock]

@@TheCelticCowboy98sadly they don’t make good movies anymore, just remakes and shit. If only they’d take cool historical events like this for movie ideas.

[@hindenpeter1]

So no one's going to talk about how people were trying to beat Horatio's 63 day trip. Wouldn't he have technically caused the formation of a speedrunning community around cross country driving

[@Justowner]

The original cannonball run.

[@Taishisama]

Forget DOOM, this is THE original speedrun

[@bluscout1857]

The first ever speed run fr💀

[@twistednipzz]

​@@Justownerimagine telling him that someone would make this journey is less that 26 hours one day lol faster than the trains of the time

[@syroco]

Speed run...? You mean race?

[@michaelman957]

The editing is hilarious, and befits what a wild character this guy was. Props to the mechanic too. "Want a mascot?" "Yes."

[@travishillsthedarkangelbun504]

😅

[@Googledeservestodie]

"qualifications?" "Woof" "You're hired."

[@luvenstein1852]

You mean props to the rich guy for funding the repairmans achievement. Sounds like the repair guy deserves most of the credit.

[@bobamer932]

@@luvenstein1852 i mean, its not like horatio didnt put in a lot of genuine effort into this

[@luvenstein1852]

​@@bobamer932 if rich guy was the primary driver he gets half the credit imo. If he paid the mechanic to do the repairs and the driving then it's the mechanics accomplishment. I don't know how much effort beyond footing the bill he did. The video and OPs comment put most of the credit on the rich guy, which was my issue. The mechanic deserves as much credit as the rich guy, if not more.

[@aidenlosh9518]

It's truly amazing that this first trip took 63 days, and the current record to get between New York and Los Angeles sits at less than 26 hours.

[@asdfoifhvjbkaos]

wait what how fast was that guy speeding down the interstate 💀

[@rednovastrum2475]

i mean if they want to make it more fun they can try it with older vehicles instead of the top of the line ones....just a thought

[@caseyh3541]

@@asdfoifhvjbkaosit was during Covid, IIRC. But it’s part of a race called the cannonball run. It’s really fascinating.

[@AmosDohms]

Yep, pretty incredible. This is definitely a bigger achievement though. Absolutely crazy to do what they did.

[@johngamer453]

I had no idea there was a NYC to LA speedruning community

[@theshenpartei]

across America in 90 days sounds like good name for a book and it was worth it for fifty bucks

[@Historyguy-xu5ht]

Hell yeah!

[@TauGeneration]

man, imagine if the race was organized by the president of the united states or something?

[@chimney8535]

Written by Vules Jerne

[@t84t748748t6]

like around the world in 80 day'?

[@somerandomcanuck9432]

​@t84t748748t6 basically

[@panqueque445]

Imagine being the CEO of Packard. You meticulously plan a cross country trip, for months. Only to have 2 random guys beat you to it.

[@hydromancer4916]

Imagine being the CEO of Winton. Your rival is about to claim the title of first cross-country road trip, and then two random guys beat them to it in YOUR car just for fun, and even deny your sponsorship.

[@panqueque445]

@@hydromancer4916 LMAO yeah that'd suck. But hey, at least your brand is in there somewhere.

[@CesarGarcia-nd5xz]

And a dog 😊

[@javieraravena5345]

​@@hydromancer4916 actually that was even more impresive. The other company planned everything and still came second. Those 2 dudes refused assistance, said "LMAO, YOLO" and did it by themselves

[@RogerAlan]

Yeah, how do you think Alex Roy felt?

[@Angelo-r-b]

I could eatch that animation of Horatio and Crocker driving in various scenic locations for HOURS

[@Longshanks1690]

This story needs to be made into a movie. An ambitious premise, dynamic characters, interesting sights, drama, competition, history, themes relating to man vs nature, perseverance, greed and so much more! Please Hollywood, this story is just BEGGING for an adaptation! 😩

[@maxgrozema1093]

Let's not forget the Disneyesque sidekick dog

[@louisduarte8763]

I can easily see either Ben Affleck or Christopher Nolan directing.

[@toastnjam7384]

Ken Burns did a documentary of it: Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)

[@JARV9701]

More like a comedy

[@EnclaveOfficer1776]

They will just make everyone a black trans woman and ruin the story.

[@cmoney3163]

How is this not a movie? Not only is it funny as hell but it's absolutely inspiring. This man did something everyone thought was impossible just because he liked cars and someone said it couldn't be done. No matter how hard it got he never gave up and kept up a positive attitude. We should all aspire to be like Horatio.

[@MeatyGorak]

Not a movie or tv show but, Noah Caldwell-Gervais made a travelogue of him journeying through the route himself recently kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ6pgoVmftGnerM The writing in the travelogue is absolutely amazing. The way he was able to intertwine the history of the Lincoln Highway, the places he’s travelling through and his own experiences were just magical.

[@miserablySleepy]

​​@@MeatyGorak because of your comment I can't wait to watch the video later on in the day ✌️✌️

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

​@@MeatyGorak Is that the one narrated by Tom Hanks?

[@shakzor]

Would have been a film by now if Horatio was a black handicapped trans lesbian woman.

[@kingkoopa64]

Unfortunately, Alan Fisher is keeping movie producers by gun point to not make the film

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Two men, a dog and a car. Now that's a story.

[@troybaxter]

Not just any story. But an American one. ** KAKAW! **

[@IMINSIDEYOURMUM]

Two men One car.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

This story was one of the best American Experience episodes.

[@JS-ti2gk]

I loved Horatio’s Drive! Watched it several times!

[@jtgd]

Thanks for the recommendation

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@jtgd It's also narrated by Keith David and Tom Hanks.

[@julienielsen3746]

I have the DVD.

[@boomstickbro9166]

This man was the embodiment of being optimistic

[@kluhnahgoh5911]

Hey Ya

[@young_nomad_]

As a frequent US road tripper, I appreciate this guy getting the ball rolling

[@noytelinu]

The tiny, shaky png of the car is just so charming and makes this way more fun than it would otherwise.

[@Enderborn272]

It's pretty accurate of what riding in those old cars is like.

[@noytelinu]

@@Enderborn272 Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

[@OGXenos]

I love the stock photo of a dog inserted into every single scene after they pick up Bud lmao

[@SangerZonvolt]

While I admire the ambition of Horatio, I find corcker to be even more amazing. 22 years old and good enough of a mechanic to get a car across the continent without a steady supply line. Repairing it in the middle of nowhere. I would love to know how often he actually had to do major repairs on the car. A shame that he died so young.

[@SumeriyaYaxlaka]

Damn shame indeed😕

[@bombomos]

Literally could have started his own mechanic company or school by his name alone

[@michaelcaaarez2361]

This could be like a comedy movie

[@carking0138]

I love Horatio Jackson, he made this grand journey because he wanted to, not because he wanted others to care about him, but to prove a point, he's just great.

[@philosophy_bot4171]

Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught" ~ Oscar Wilde

[@carking0138]

@@philosophy_bot4171 Alright, cool.

[@carking0138]

@@philosophy_bot4171 I just realized that this perfectly explains the U.S. schooling system.

[@schrodingersmoose]

I find it funny that after this historic achievement, it basically became a speed running challenge. I guess we’re more similar to our ancestors than I thought.

[@johnfraire6931]

Ug bunga: Arm hurt from hitting rock with rock. Me need more strong. Tree strong. Next sun I use tree arm to hold my rock when hitting other rock. But how Ug make tree arm right shape... Guna Bun (already sharpening favorite rock-hitting rock): Tree arm go fall, any percent

[@randomintrovertedspider7510]

Things like this prove how we aren't in a simulation - at some point in history some person would have figured out how to glitch himself into a tree, and due to code manipulation make himself have two thousand wheels of cheese.

[@Mistwolfss]

Cannonball!

[@Xfier246]

You mean race?

[@schrodingersmoose]

@@Xfier246 I, in fact, did not

[@MattFacerson]

Currently trying to travel from NYC to L.A. this is incredibly relatable and appropriate.10000% subbed

[@thevirtuaIscience]

Did you succeed?

[@MattE-t4e]

Yes, it was in an electronic car too which made things very confusing and interesting to say the least in rural areas

[@TimeBucks]

Love the dog part.

[@yourhandle7416]

👍

[@momotazzparvin3026]

Good

[@sanashueb5188]

Nice

[@ajsweety4077]

Very good

[@abhisheksaha6975]

Hi

[@alexcoffey8804]

Using a blacksmith to repair your car is WILD.

[@D3D3D]

sounds like something from a steampunk story.

[@benn454]

Steel is steel.

[@seronymus]

That's like a level 4 or 5 civilization in Elder Scrolls coda lore

[@normanclatcher]

Welcome to 1903, stranger.

[@NikoCoy]

A blacksmith helping repair a car is like learning that one of your teammates in a Destiny raid is 65

[@zaynecook9235]

Guys at the club: cars are a fad Horatio: *casually becomes the spark for car centered infrastructure in America*

[@Kacpa2]

Thats turns most of the country into carcentric hellscape

[@Longshanks1690]

Me and the boys planning that cross country trip we talked about in High School. (It never happened because $50 in 1903 wasn’t on the line.)

[@C0lon0]

Im still raising funds to make my trip from Brazil to Ushuaia to Alaska and back to Brazil.

[@ninjajagyr]

this man really just went "its not about the money, its about sending a message"

[@Pills2]

He really said "aight bet"

[@sheevhernandez3869]

And won 🗣️

[@HeisenbergFam]

This is a man of focus, commitment and sheer feckin will. All of that over $50 bet, not everyone has that willpower

[@jimmyseaver3647]

$50 was a pretty decent chunk of change back then. Imagine someone being paid a grand to try and drive across America in under 36 hours.

[@charlesc.9012]

Most workers did not make $50 in a month back in 1903, a surgeon made $1600 a year, and that was considered very high

[@redline841]

An age where "doing something better" instantly wins arguments

[@epiccrusadr8583]

Please stop being everywhere

[@DiseasedMoss]

Focus, commitment, and a wife who comes from old money**

[@notaspy1227]

“Things are kinda rough right now, but once we get to the next town I am sure it will get easier.” That's the quote of my life.

[@edixonvc5101]

"It never got easier"

[@_Mr.Tuvok_]

2:49 Dude got Tuberculosis and said “shit, I must be a bad doctor” and quit. Respect.

[@horseenthusiast9903]

Tuvok??! :D

[@supervoltekka593]

How this story never got made into an Oscar-nominated biopic we'll never know

[@charlesevanshughes3638]

Owen Wilson as the car.

[@SjWiz-jr8qr]

Imma send this to Warner bros

[@rowdyeggplaad578]

Directors: Christopher Nolan Horatio: Henry Cavill Crocker: Tom Holand Bud: Random Dog we found on set The guy Horatio betted against: Cillian Murphy

[@free_at_last8141]

I remember seeing a documentary on this story a long while back and thought the same thing. The ending scene would be him pushing the car into a barn and walking away with the camera zooming into that one part that hadn't broken over the course of the journey and showing it snap.

[@mike_y0st]

@@rowdyeggplaad578 I vote the dog to be Danny Devito

[@TheRavenLord1]

Love the dog part. Horatio: Shoot, I left my jacket. Gonna go back and get it. Crocker: Did ya get ya jacket back? Horacio: Even better, I got us a dog. Crocker: …Okay let’s just finish this.

[@dani.2479]

...What? Its an absolute win

[@duchuynhvuong1733]

ok

[@michiganmajin7284]

“They then adopted a goggle wearing dog as their road trip companion and mascot.” Gentlemen, at first, you had my curiosity, now you have my attention

[@Kodeb8]

based profile picture

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Same doggo best part of it all

[@goodhelmetjunior3399]

“First you had my curiosity, now you have my erection” -Mr Perfect Cell

[@Frostaltered]

@@Kodeb8another tomboy aficionado I see

[@BestOfTsars]

Surprised that air bud is yet to make movie based of Bud and have an excuse for a descendant for air bud to have helped Bud with Jackson’s cross country trip.

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

What a beautifully american story. I'm canadian and this is still amazing. Props to Horatio for pursuing what it truly means to be a free man, doing what he wanted when he wanted and how he wanted

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

@nmt3f and that’s what makes it beautiful- he doesn’t even have to be a born American

[@cwovictor3281]

Doing what you want, when you want, how you want, the way you want. By using someone else's money. Truly the American way.

[@bellphorusnknight]

@@cwovictor3281 your wife's money no less

[@basileus_angelos_v]

Part 2: What if Horatio didn't like cars? • 2 companies start a race to be the first to go across the country • The amount of trouble of going by car, even if possible, wasn't worth it • The Car companies start declining • The Great Depression comes and practically dismantles the car industry. Now cars are just eccentric toys that are barely used in towns due to being short distance traveling vehicles • With cars failing, rail companies take over the monopoly on transportation • Mussolini makes the trains arrive in time • Totalitarian global train empire This is Cody, from alternate history hub

[@Moose_elk]

The better timeline

[@albanianantivirus6849]

@@Moose_elk Trains suck ass

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

@@Moose_elk ew, with fascists and cyclists? Nah

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@Moose_elkbased

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

I like how this starts out semi-realistic and then devolves into madness

[@garvat2246]

I find it incredible that a person can now travel from San Francisco to New York in 43 hours, it really makes you appreciate infrastructure

[@LEGOMANIAC419]

Bud was *clearly* the MVP of the entire trip. That goodest of boys probably single-handedly kept the spirits up for both gents, and motivated them to keep going and forge on ahead. I hope he got plenty of biscuits and belly rubs once it was all over.

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

🐶😊

[@giuseppezeppelo8289]

I particularly love the story of Louis Bleriot. He was a french plane builder and in 1911 flown over the english channel. He crush landed on the English cost and said: "Well the important thing is that I made it!"

[@throwback19841]

I've seen one of his original planes fly at Old Warden aerodrome (Shuttleworth collection) in the UK. Well worth seeing if you are ever in the UK. It is the oldest airworthy aircraft in the world.

[@Attaxalotl]

“Any landing you can walk away from is a good one”

[@danielbishop1863]

@@Attaxalotl: And a *perfect* landing is a one that lets you reuse the plane.

[@spaceboi1472]

He really decided to go on a bizzare adventure

[@thegregorys7800]

I get the reference, if you were referring Jojo.

[@Genshin_7708]

Jojo ( my profile is my stand btw)

[@Crazak53]

The fact Horatio called his wife "Swipes" is the cutest thing.

[@benpowell-punmaster1214]

Agreed

[@camarofish344]

True

[@spaghettitime1124]

Can't believe Horatio won the Steel Ball Run, who could have seen it.

[@him.7001]

I was looking for this comment.

[@Kodeb8]

I knew someone would comment this!

[@xXFlameHaze92Xx]

you know, the cannonball run are a series from movies from the 80's, way long before part six of jojo

[@notaco2hu]

@@xXFlameHaze92Xx seven

[@Bobbies1]

​@@notaco2hu he's still right lol

[@martinvarela1270]

HOW IS THERE NOT A MOVIE ABOUT THIS

[@oceanman6887]

This has got to be the most American story there is in American history, also kinda inspirational, he just did this for fun lol

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

For Horatio to prove his message.

[@Rand0mGypsy]

It's quite ironic that he was born in canada lol

[@literallyanidiot2880]

@@Rand0mGypsy It's not a place of birth, it's a state of mind

[@Rand0mGypsy]

@literallyanidiot2880 I thought that was New York lmao

[@literallyanidiot2880]

@@Rand0mGypsy I mean yes that too

[@austinschwartz7424]

I'm so Glad he lived until the 50's he got to see his dream not only of crossing the country in a car but to see the first transcontinental highway, the birth of the modern highway, the assembly line, and the growth of the modern car culture. seeing cars go from just a decoration and status symbol for the rich to being a vital part of the country and seeing his vision of every household in America having a car, with automobiles becoming the Primary transport of choice for the country. Man it must have filled him with so much pride to make a prediction so outlandish becoming so true maybe even truer than the first thought God bless that man.

[@zg3342]

It’s wouldn’t be the primary transport of choice if we actually funded more buses, high speed rail, and more subway systems where applicable. The car is the main choice because we don’t have another choice. Even owning a car in cities I’ve lived in I use public transit more when I live in areas that it’s efficient and useful. *The US was built for cars which made cars more central not the other way around.

[@facepalm7345]

@rhamlet5290 car manufacturers bribed for this once they got going, what better way to make sure everyone buys your cars than forcing them to own one?

[@facepalm7345]

@rhamlet5290 pretty much how it was done, yeah. Back then it was pretty much the government spending, building and maintaining infrastructure like that but the second you try to mention it it's suddenly communism or something, lmao

[@ideologybot4592]

I read the initial comment and somehow just knew the responses would be about how America conspired to make everyone own cars. I hate the internet.

[@artbk]

​@@ideologybot4592 the thing is, now car dependency has become a cancer. If your society is built around creating and supplying demand for cars, it ceases to function around people. If you only have one option, you don't have an option. Transportation is a real demand. Cars are a bad answer for most people, but with other real options, it's a matter of preference. And if 50 people that sit in traffic in 50 cars could be in a bus, there would be less traffic and you could drive more, faster and safer.

[@HeadHunter-mv2ht]

Once again I learn something about history that sounds like it came from a cartoon with how ridiculous it is.

[@TheGreekModeler]

Fun facts the American Coast to Coast record today stands at 25 hours 39 minutes from New York City's Red Ball Garage to the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach near Los Angeles.

[@KayJblue]

I hope someone magically manages a sub 24h cannonball.

[@kowa8846]

How?

[@TheGreekModeler]

@@kowa8846 Because of the Covid-19 lockdowns the was no traffic on the roads.

[@kowa8846]

@@TheGreekModeler Ohh, cool!

[@filiprohn1643]

Over 110mph average. This person had no fear.

[@casteddu6740]

17:41 no way, they invented speeduns! Jokes aside this story is amazing. A man did this Homeric level undertaking just to win an arguement. This story has all the ingredients to make an amazing movie out of it, and I need that to happen!

[@DismantleHAARP]

No. They were cooking, cleaning, running, racing horses and other things and said also how fast could we do it. Hey Bill how fast can you drink that cola. You know I'm sure competition was there before this challenge.

[@quck5651]

Casteddu torna

[@Comkill117]

That’s honestly a really incredible story. These guys started this whole adventure on a bet, just got up and drove across the whole country in n age when the car was an unstable rarity, and ended up as heroes basically, the first people to cross the country in a car. You have to respect that.

[@Patterrz]

I'd absolutely love more silly history stories animated like this, really fun video

[@panqueque445]

"He just kept saying that. For every new town. And it never got easier" LMAO

[@alysskuriyama5538]

Horatio was a total madlad! Respect. Respect and love to Bud - best traveling buddy ever.

[@paeshooter7132]

I literally just saw this guy mentioned on Drew Durnil's most recent video. You history nerds are very good at coordinating.

[@ThatRandomGuy0]

Same, that was just what I was thinking!!!

[@Yehoria]

@@ThatRandomGuy0 Yup, same story. Is it a coincedence, or did they plan it for the seven people, that are gonna notice?

[@mockingbird7144]

Same here

[@FillieYT]

Same

[@LaneCorbett]

The Hivemind Decided it was 1903 $50 car cross country bet week

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Horatio did something no human had ever done before because he wanted to win an argument, because he thought it would be fun. Man, Horatio would make a fantastic internet troll.

[@tuerculosisgaming6307]

He did it for the vine

[@U.Inferno]

He spent more money many times larger than the prize before he even left SF. What a guy

[@Oath_Of_The_Ancients]

he would 100% be the first person to reach a world border in 2b2t if he was born like 30 years ago

[@LemonAide132]

This man related to Gen Z 100 years before they were even born.

[@ar0568]

@@tuerculosisgaming6307😂😂😂

[@SwagBroPlays]

In a world so full of darkness its really nice there's still stories like this of human ingenuity and determination to discover. Really wholesome and beautiful

[@julienielsen3746]

Alice Huyler Ramsey the first woman to drive cross country in 1909 in a green Maxwell Touring Car. The first woman to drive from New York to San Francisco . She had two older sisters-in-law an a 19 year old friend along with her. Only Alice knew how to drive.

[@shanemurphy3186]

Best part of the journey is that upon reaching the very end (the threshold of Jackson's garage) the Vermont's drive chain snapped. It was one of the few original parts never replaced during the entire journey.

[@seronymus]

I love "wholesome" yet riveting stories like this. Definitely filmworthy and we all could take inspiration from Horatio Nelson Jackson.

[@zstarzzz7]

Not going to lie Cody, when I first seen the title I told myself "That's it. The man's ran out of stuff to talk about." But I was pleasantly surprised by the history shared and rather impressed by the editing skills done in the video. (I'm assuming you did it so I'm praising you, but if it was someone else, I apologize!) Please 👏 Keep 👏 Making 👏 Videos 👏

[@fissionabledolphin]

this is truly the alternate history of all time

[@JoeBurgerCinematicUniverse]

it's not alternate history 💀

[@bunglebutts3163]

@@JoeBurgerCinematicUniverse i think that’s the joke bluud

[@Jerry-tg7zx]

@@JoeBurgerCinematicUniverse sometimes alternate history is the friends we made along the way

[@JoeBurgerCinematicUniverse]

@@bunglebutts3163 who are you, BRITISH?

[@JoeBurgerCinematicUniverse]

@@Jerry-tg7zx damn...

[@donpollo3154]

Sometimes history really just throws you jojo plots doesn't it

[@samueltitone5683]

Knowing Araki, this whole thing was probably his inspiration for Steel Ball Run.

[@Technocolor00]

Joratio's bizarre adventure

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

@@samueltitone5683 Pretty sure it was Cannon Ball Run races.

[@Daniel-nf1gq]

​@@mikhaelgribkov4117 iirc there was a character who initially tried to compete on a car

[@samueltitone5683]

@@Daniel-nf1gq indeed. I think he was some German nobleman.

[@georgealearnedjr855]

Thank you, one of the better videos I have seen in awhile, good job.

[@rocketlauncher6207]

It's incredibly funny that Cody got into an argument with some anti car on Twitter and then this came out today

[@filiprohn1643]

I thought the same, but I think it was a small teaser.

[@gunjfur8633]

How do I find said argument?

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

Cars have destroyed my city so I’d love to see the points they were both making

[@x900fulanito4]

Man, was it adam something?, that guy has a hate borner for cars so bad, that i belibe a car steal his girlfriend or something.

[@dieidiotten]

@@donaldtrumplover2254 cody literally just kept making jokes about running over people with trucks lmao

[@EisenSMT]

I'm glad Tyler still has some interest in these fun history stories. I love Whimsu but do miss these kinds of videos

[@csabaszabo6859]

the Whimsu guy is his brother they have a pretty different voice.

[@shamefuldisplay9692]

@@csabaszabo6859 KnowledgeHusk used to do these too but for different topics

[@crazy_adventures6326]

This is a guy who I would buy a beer for at literally any time of the day.

[@justicedunham4088]

So much of human achievement is based on proving someone else wrong. Spite is a great motivator.

[@edwintrinidadperazacaraban4650]

Oh yeah, it is.

[@lalalu641]

Because it's one of the best feelings in the world when ya do. haha

[@occam7382]

We went to the Moon because of spite. Never underestimate the capacity for humans to do absolutely insane things just for the sake of bragging about it.

[@rogueascendant6611]

@@occam7382 Too bad that achievement is littered today with conspiracy nutjobs who dismissed that we ever got to the moon. We lived in a world with crazies like this.

[@bigorna4875]

The way this real story is uncannily similar to "travel around the world in 80 days" is actually amazing. At first, I Verne had been inspired by this, but then i remembered it came before it

[@randomintrovertedspider7510]

It also reminds me of Jules Verne's From the earth to the Moon book as well. Random Americans deciding to do something crazy on a whim? Check. Americans somehow achieving said crazy thing? Check. Really makes you think that perhaps the idea that America being team Earth's "Hold my beer," member isn't just a recent creation.

[@alexsiemers7898]

@@randomintrovertedspider7510 and even the actual moon missions had that sense of working against all the odds considering how unwieldy space travel was at the time

[@darkness74185]

@@alexsiemers7898 space travel is still unwieldy to this very day, people going to the moon back then was probably sure that they'll never return, one way or another

[@nautical2014]

This needs to to be a buddy road trip comedy

[@wahtx7717]

This guy also has the Distinguished Service Cross (Second highest military decoration for soldiers in the US army) And the Legion of Honour (Highest French order of merit, both military and civil). Absolutely insane.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

Now I wanna know his war stories, earning those metals while living to receive them is no small thing, especially in The Great War and as someone past their prime.

[@wahtx7717]

@@RipOffProductionsLLC If I had a penny for every time someone mispells medals as metals in yt I would be a millionare.

[@rimfire8217]

Wow. This is amazing. A real life Tortoise and the Hair story. The first ever American Roadtrip.

[@Hakari-lets-go-gambling]

this is literally just jojos bizarre adventure part 7: steel ball run

[@silentnight6810]

I'm surprised no studio has decided to make a movie out of this.

[@rimfire8217]

I will write a screenplay.

[@toastnjam7384]

Ken Burns did a documentary of it: Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)

[@stefanoraz27]

​@@toastnjam7384 a documentary isn't a "movie" movie we need a catch me if you can movie for this if you understand what i'm saying

[@richardarriaga6271]

​@@stefanoraz27 But real. Abignale made the whole story up.

[@SteveGamesFTW]

It would make for a good comedy! I can imagine scenes where they get the dog or when they finally find out they’re in a race or when they even deny the sponsorship.

[@wetwillyis_1881]

I'm convinced that anyone named Horatio, is instantly a badass, who's will will be imposed upon the world. This guy is a legend, to me, he just did what we believed in.

[@josephrutkin5017]

Horatio is Captain Crunch's first name 👀

[@wetwillyis_1881]

@@josephrutkin5017 Yet, more proof.

[@spartanx9293]

Make Horatio great again

[@Andyliberty0923]

This dude just proved a point, and went home with his supportive wife and fought in WWI. An absolute chad

[@animargaming2979]

It's not EXACTLY Horatio, but Horacio Pagani is one of the most passionate men I know. His cars are some of the most "form equaling function" cars in the world. Badass.

[@leppardman4779]

I think this is my favorite kind of histories, the "first people" to experience something we take for granted Imagine the first mongols that saw gunpowder in action, the first romans to see an elephant, the people on these towns seeing a car for the first time, heck, imagine the first hominids/humans that saw fire or even crazier, saw another tribe or member of their own tribe controling fire, etc

[@miserablySleepy]

That is so true we always take things for granted what do everyday or experience things in our lifetime

[@knighthunter1791]

​@@miserablySleepy it's pretty hard to not take anything you see everyday for granted, but it would be nice to experience something common in your life like it's something fresh and new.

[@homelessperson5455]

What a couple of legends. Made history just to prove a point, and grabbed a little dog mascot along the way like they were doing sidequests.

[@Sakurball]

You forgot to mention the part where Horatio and Sewell had to fight the president after the Oldsmobile team hired a driver that could transform into a prehistoric creature.

[@richardarriaga6271]

They won because the dog used the power of the Allspark

[@slyseal2091]

Oldsmobile couldn't have kept up if they wanted to, now if team Packard didn't drive straight through a sharknado...

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

I mean Teddy R. Valentine is a bona fide badass of a president so...

[@viktorrodriguez5660]

A porn bot copied your comment Jsyk

[@Quadro_Papa_2002]

I like the new animations. It is always very stunning when you see how channels are developing.I am happy to see this content for free.

[@nicholasrodriguez5375]

Worlds first speedrun

[@netherhigal]

I can't believe Horatio managed to navigate the Illinois Lava Caves. what an american hero

[@nonamelegend_vapor]

This actually does cover alternate history. Specifically... What if Jon Bois never stopped making episodes of Pretty Good?

[@warlordofbritannia]

It’d be pretty good, prob

[@aaronstreitenberger6012]

Asking the real questions

[@bananacat3109]

Well Jon is making them again, funny how that works

[@scooterdescooter4018]

cody, this video dropped a few hours before my fathers funeral and it was really nice to watch with my gearhead uncles waiting for everyone else to show up that morning. thanks cody. this created a postive memory during a very bad day. you are the man.

[@ASMoney13]

Rando: How are you paying for this? Horatio: With my wife's money of course! Morgan Freeman: He was, in fact, a trophy husband.

[@gni8031]

XDD

[@benn454]

His wife: Whatever makes you happy, pumpkin.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Doesn't mean someone is a trophy spouse. Rich people can't get marry to nonrich people then? Horatio could've had some wealth of his own too. Horatio had good traits of strength and optimism. You don't think that attracted his wife?

[@shinsenshogun900]

When the swipe is the ideal waifu

[@clan741]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c the comment was clearly a joke, dude. Calm down.

[@deleted-something]

When rockets become available to at least a trillionaire someone should accept a bet if they can get to mars in one year just so we can se what happens.

[@15Redstones]

Getting to Mars takes about half a year, for robots. For humans it wouldn't really be that different, just bringing all the life support, supplies and the equipment to return home means you need a bigger spacecraft. Speed would be the same, as it's based on the motion of the planets.

[@ov10bronco9]

and its gotta be some random dude who likes rockets

[@brandonwilliams6221]

@AzureWolf You’re on!

[@Croz89]

​@@15RedstonesYou'd want to get there quicker since it reduces your radiation exposure.

[@cheeseninja1115]

Fun fact: rockets are available to millionaires! ~$60 million to get to the ISS. So I'd say a billionaire could get to Mars in under a year as the estimated journey of the closest window is seven months. The future is already now, all we have to do is go out and do it

[@jcthedumb3930]

This is definitely one of my favorite videos from you. It just feels like a lot of effort was put into it.

[@Arrzarrina]

I did not expect for this video title to be one of the most wholesome stories I've heard this year. Great video, man. Kudos to Tyler's writing and your delivery.

[@rambysophistry1220]

This has copious amounts of "This is the future, you ignorant f-sticks", energy. I love it.

[@Pcat0]

Yeah it really does. The dude really just said bet and then drove across the country.

[@mrpalaces]

We can only imagine the smug energy he irradiated as he got to see cars everywhere in the 50s

[@Bundpataka]

And now urban planners and other experts say we need to get rid of as much car dependence as possible, as the level of car dependency we have in America has proven to be an economic drain for the suburbs, makes cities much less livable, and cause a ton of other issues for society

[@rambysophistry1220]

@@Bundpataka Cars, in general, are awful for society at large, unless you literally live in the rural environment, either for work or out of communal connection.

[@piscessoedroen]

@@rambysophistry1220 modern cars seems to be more useful for recreational activites for places with excellent public transportation

[@vesk4000]

I feel like the title of this undersells how cool the story is. A man was the first to ride a car across America and he did it for fun (and a $50 bet)

[@redmistbluemiss]

Literally whenever a guy has a, "I'll prove it bro." moment you know history is about to be made.

[@mfenix911]

One time my truck broke down 80 miles from the nearest city in the Utah desert, and I had to wait until 2 am for a tow truck that cost me $400 to tow to SLC. I thought that was a massive inconvenience, but this video really puts things in perspective lol. Just being able to call on my cell phone from almost anywhere to get help is a blessing compared to 100 years ago where there was a significant chance you would just die if your car broke down far from a city.

[@fluke5173]

I remember reading a book about this back in elementary school. Glad I’ve found this video

[@BOS_C.O.]

Horatio and company was running on just faith and vibes lmao, what a legend I'm sure Bud helped their sanity

[@Thefrogking234]

Bud obviously saved them

[@concept5631]

Bud was the key to all of this

[@Alexander59059]

I’ve been been more inspired in my life. This guy did the impossible and made history for no other reason than that he felt like it.

[@sebastiancintron29]

How this hasnt been made into a comedy/drama about 2 guys and a dog going cross country in America is beyond me. This was such a fun and fascinating story that i legit would love to see a movie about it.

[@jaden144]

“Year and a half of a worker’s salary” Damn… I’m no different than folks in 1903

[@Justowner]

I had to actually think about this. A new corolla is about half of the average American's salary per year. Cars got cheaper, by about half, and only at the low end.

[@ideologybot4592]

@@Justowner average cost of a new car in America is currently $48,000. I know he said the "year and a half of an average worker's salary" referring to low end cars, but if you define worker as working class and not average American salary, we're probably pretty close to an low-average car costing a year's working class salary.

[@brendanrisney2449]

Considering all the media recreations of this story- particularly in anime, oddly enough- it's a shame this is the first time I've every heard of the real story. Then again, what a wonderful video to learn it in. Thanks for making this, and I hope you make more like this!

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

in anime?

[@brendanrisney2449]

@@BigBoss-sm9xj Appare-ranman is about that and, iirc, the next season of jojo's bizarre adventure is steel ball run which is basically that as well

[@bernhardtbruzzel5]

Fun fact the Car in Germany had the same story on how it became popular.the Wife of Karl Benz took his Car and made a roadtrip and on the Way she bought Washing Alcohol, all the Washing Alcohol. It was weird seeing a car on the road but a car driven by a woman was something else. I love this story so much.

[@julienielsen3746]

Alice Huyler Ramsey the first woman to drive cross country in 1909 in a green Maxwell Touring Car. The first woman to drive from New York to San Francisco . She had two older sisters-in-law an a 19 year old friend along with her. Only Alice knew how to drive.

[@epicanimedude2011]

It’s funny, because the way you describe how people viewed cars back in 1903 is exactly how I feel about VR technology today. A niche product that barely grasp what most people imagine it could be (think Sword Art Online, Cyberpunk 2077, Player One, etc). Heck Apple just released a product dedicated to it, about $3,000. And I thought, “well a lot of what it can do I can already do in my phone” which is what you exactly brought up how people had horses that traveled faster than the earlier iteration of automobiles. So kinda interesting to think about in terms of what the future has in stored, great video.

[@9051team]

Well you have the ability to introspect your beliefs. That's already quite great.

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Apple like for most of it's history is merely trying to cash in and take credit for the work of others But I guess morons will worship that marketing department of a company regardless

[@starsixseven9259]

In ten years time, AR is going to be an industry necessity. VR, an entertainment standard.

[@danieltobin4498]

Here's the thing, VR CAN achieve quite a bit. I just don't have faith in the soulless corpos that are shilling these expensive plastic toys. It can have potential, but we're far from that point

[@BongoThe]

history tends to repeat itself, doesn't it?