The history of slipping on banana peels | Pretty Good, episode 14

[@bakersdozent]

Most people thought Pretty Good was a dead series. What they didn’t realize was that this video required 7 years worth of research.

[@alsharpe]

They’ve put out lots of Pretty Good episodes this year on the patreon, they’re just finally uploading them to youtube

[@abbiabshire7823]

@@alsharpeomg really? I love the Pretty Good series

[@Arip1010_Official]

@@abbiabshire7823yeah, they release a new one every month over on the Patreon

[@aster-disaster]

@@alsharpe Honest to god might be the strongest reason I'd have to join to a Patreon

[@AROAH]

Had to manually read every newspaper published in the last 150 years

[@matthamel9730]

The Jon Bois Banana Slip Incident deserves a deep rewind. Welcome to a moment in history

[@4077Disc]

best comment. thank you for your contribution to human culture

[@christophermanley3602]

👏👏👏

[@FlyingCIRCU175]

Surely there's surveillance camera footage of it so we can replay it...

[@AllAmericanGuyExpert]

You have to give Jon credit. I now feel that those cartoon Looney Tune shorts were 🍌banana peel PSAs in disguise. This video is like the first PSA about banana peels in over 50 years. 🍌🤕

[@DangerSwan333]

May as well do a Collapse episode, too.

[@imploder14]

This is actually a story about the destruction of local newspapers

[@imploder14]

Of course Jon is on this--gotta watch the whole thing before commenting

[@nahometesfay1112]

There's something so sweet about a local newspaper checking in on a sick kid.

[@bigjared8946]

Fighting in the Age of Loneliness is ostensibly about MMA but it's actually the best exposition on what's currently known as "woke" I've ever seen.

[@wildfire9280]

That, and how much littering we’ve always done.

[@treeprophet4812]

It's so true what he said about local newspapers back in the day reporting on anything an everything. I was in my local archives one time. And the stories were like "The johnsons' cousins are in from out of town. Come down and see them before they leave on Thursday." Or "Mrs white broke her last sewing needle yesterday. Does anyone have a current household catalog she can borrow?"

[@SRMkay]

Petition to recognize William Lytle as a Grand Oaf. He may have only suffered one type of oafish incident, but having it happen 10 times should count as Grand Oafishness.

[@yakub3601]

Surviving a devastating earthquake only to have your leg broken slipping on a banana peel is a great bit

[@noconsent]

was he walking around with his eyes closed or what?

[@IsiahTomas]

Little Willie, tee hee.

[@isthatrubble]

there's more than one comment referring to this term, what's the context/joke? is the grand oaf a secret base thing or from something else?

[@JohnDoe-ti2np]

@@isthatrubble It's just a variation on "high oaf" (see 11:46)

[@CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS]

In the fall of 2005, I saw a man slip on a banana peel in the parking lot of Naismith Dorm at KU, just behind the picnic tables. There were no other witnesses. Nobody believes me.

[@nahometesfay1112]

I believe you.

[@ATumbleOfTheDice]

I believe you.

[@pretzelhunt]

Wow! Hey, I almost really ate crap there, huh? And it wasn't in the Fall: it wasn't even Labor Day!

[@glenmorrison8080]

That was me who slipped on the peel!!!! Jk

[@TVBenSifka]

Average weekend at Naismith tbh

[@Fuzzalina]

I'm really surprised you didn't mention this, but before the 1950s, the banana everyone ate was the Gross Michel, but Panama disease wiped it out and now we eat the Cavendish banana. It may be that the Gross Michel had a much slipperier peel, making it much more dangerous.

[@MrCheeze]

This was my thought as well, but I can't find anything that actually says that Big Mike was any slipperier.

[@kyledavidson8712]

Gross Michel? I hardly know him.

[@adrianlikins1314]

Gross Michael? The guy from Tremors?

[@spybloom]

People tend not to get rid of Cavendish that much, as well. It gives a x3 to your mult, compared to the Gros Michel's measly +15

[@isthatrubble]

I wonder if increased nutrition as the 20th century progressed also lead to a reduction in injuries (especially broken bones) from falls, thus less report-worthing incidents

[@Pablo360able]

"Because... it happened... to me." No lie I actually gasped. This is more dramatic and impressive to me than when a speedrun history video narrator mentions the time they held the world record.

[@Averageautismenjoyer]

Summoning salt mention?

[@MrJohnlennon007]

SummoningBananaPeel

[@Pablo360able]

@ now I'm imagining a Karl Jobst video about Banana Anna

[@MrJohnlennon007]

@@Pablo360able”they claimed a Banana slip at 5.51 when the fastest is 5.57. However they implied they popped the knee cap on the other foot using the human element”

[@MetalheadSapling]

The Secret Base and Summoning Salt Fandoms are functionally similar

[@antoniobarry1486]

William Lytle’s possibly the highest oaf of all time

[@mr.slinky765]

Grandmaster Oaf

[@eddiehumetewa4069]

They've never seen me getting up to my usual oafary after a visit to the dispensary

[@RD-zx6py]

It's like that guy who kept getting struck by lightning.

[@JWex-jy7sk]

I’m just convinced one of his friends had to be following him around and messing with him. Cause ain’t no way someone just accidentally leaves a banana peel in the middle of a wedding aisle 😂

[@ronnoc5278]

@@JWex-jy7sk I mean several people at the wedding party must've known. But I wonder if they were horrified when it was called off yet too ashamed to admit guilt.

[@adumbusername1440]

Imagine slipping on a banana peel, getting hurt, seeing 2 people seemingly come forward to aid you and both of them immediately stealing your possessions. Most New York story ever

[@nw3473]

Only in new york 💀

[@alexbram2064]

What New York do you live in? That sounds nothing like New Yorkers

[@EarsoftheWolf]

Sounds just like the Homer Simpson New York flashback scene

[@audiosurfarchive]

​@@alexbram2064It sure sounds like NYC to me, especially one of a pre-1970s period.

[@MFMegaZeroX7]

@@nw3473 Nah, having lived in LA, I could see it happening in as LA as well.

[@corbums3927]

The section about William Lytle just absolutely getting pasted by peel after peel had me in tears

[@dfp_01]

Someone close to him had to be deliberately placing peels in his path. Maybe it was his double-ex-fiancee

[@owengette8089]

“The Michael Jordan of banana peel fraud” I’m so glad the events of my life led to my hearing those words

[@brendanthebomber.]

Same

[@andrefiremaster]

also the nickname "Banana Anna"

[@lunakid12]

​@@andrefiremasterYes, yes, that killed it dead for me.

[@hockeydude6]

MJ sure liked to scam people out of their money, so that tracks.

[@hairclipzable]

I live in California and for my best friend's bachelorette party, we spent the week in New York. We had to take separate flights and while I was in LAX fighting against the crowd I slipped slightly on a banana peel. Obviously I couldn't believe that this happened to me so I told every single person I was close to and was excited to share this cartoon gag that happened to me in real life. When I touched down in New York and met up with my friends we decided to walk to a bodega while we all chatted and caught up and of course I excitedly tell them about slipping on a banana peel. When we get to the bodega, we're all still chatting while browsing, so I wasn't really looking at the floor and I slip just a bit and catch myself and I looked down in horror. At another banana peel. My friends couldn't believe it. And that is how I slipped a little bit on two banana peels on opposite ends of the country within 12 hours of each other.

[@hairclipzable]

I have also fallen out of the same chair twice on the same day, in the same class session, due to the same best friend making me laugh. I may qualify for light oafdom or at least some sort of vaudevillian duo with my friend

[@andrefiremaster]

I'm starting to believe that New York is filled with banana peels

[@B_Skizzle]

By the law of banana mathematics, two almost-falls equals a full fall. Congratulations, you’re an honorary Minor Oaf.

[@ToniBoordane]

You’ve done it

[@kgaumont]

maybe this falls under the malnutrition explanation, but it almost seems like people have gotten better at catching themselves from falls??

[@RyeBread271]

Dudes named William in pre-WWII New York were simply getting bodied by banana peels

[@chrisbartolini1508]

Jon saying “bananas have made it inland” as if bananas are some kind of virus took me out. I haven’t laughed at a joke so subtle in a while.

[@dfp_01]

Now I gotta play a game of Plague Inc using bananas as the disease

[@bobbyyyallswell]

i love when i see a classic combo irl. mouse eating cheese. dalmatian in a firehouse. man slipping on a banana peel. timeless classic.

[@GogOnMagog]

I knew a big, big kid in high school who got such a kick out of playing the sousaphone for himself as he walked. Here's hoping you're well and not diabetic, Steve! 🤘📯

[@Fryguystudios]

Giant canes mysteriously pulling people off stage.

[@Loctorak]

Guy in a fancy suit cops a pie to the face

[@funnymango571]

16:32 "A man stood on the corner by the National bank for an hour and a half this afternoon." Minneapolis residents in 1905 really live the most thrilling lives

[@JWex-jy7sk]

Nah this was Ionia, Michigan. Minneapolis journal really got word of this story from 600 miles away and said… “Well we got nothing better for news in this city. Let’s write about this!” 😂

[@BlazingBlasian]

Doesn’t this imply that the eyewitness and/or journalist who reported the story also stood there or at least in the general vicinity of the street corner for the hour and a half to observe? The people need to know.

[@magnusengeseth5060]

If he was meeting his drug dealer at a pre-arranged time, a 90 minute wait wouldn't be too uncommon. And back then he wouldn't be able to get status updates via mobile, so he couldn't have known if the meeting would be in 5 or 50 more minutes, so no way he'd go and burn through some of the wait time in a cafe or something.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

That had me rolling!

[@ricardobortolon5929]

​@@BlazingBlasian nah could be someone telling someone else when they first saw him

[@HBMmaster]

thank you Jon

[@hiimemily]

I am completely unsurprised that jan Misali is a Jon Bois fan.

[@AirventOS]

​@@hiimemily jan misali coated

[@wynnexed]

hey its jan misali! i didn't know you like jon bois (although actually it makes perfect sense)

[@ratedpending]

hi jan Misali!!

[@SamAronow]

Over here, Funky!

[@willpodolny4178]

I never comment on KZbin videos, but I need to let you all know that I have also slipped on a banana peel. It was in Astoria, and I have a witness: my friend who immediately burst out laughing. I didn’t fall, but like Jon I’ve also committed one of the other oaf requirements (sitting on a chair which immediately broke). This video is the most seen I’ve ever felt. Thank you for this important work Jon Bois and the SB team

[@willpodolny4178]

I have also tripped on a flat surface, hit my head on countless low hanging trees, doorways, pipes, and have walked into a sliding glass door, none of which should count for the status of high oaf but which certainly cement my minor oaf status. I am a clumsy man

[@nate_storm]

@@willpodolny4178sliding glass door or window collision should absolutely count. bonus points if you slowly peel away before falling to the ground with a thud

[@skittybug6937]

Walking into a sliding glass door is a minor oaf act, by my judgement. You, ​@@willpodolny4178, are a certified High Oat.

[@OzymandiasWasRight]

Astoria, OR? Are you one of the Goonies?!

[@tiger5869]

I've also broken a chair I sat on. No banana peel incidents yet, though. Perhaps I can fall down a well or something.

[@peterm246]

Another thing which almost certainly led to the victory over the banana peal: in 1950, trash bags were invented. Trash used to be just put loose into bins making it a lot easier for stray bits to become litter.

[@herzogsbuick]

i had never considered the origins of trash bags. wikipedia, here i come :-D

[@uuh4yj43]

lets credit street cleaners while we are at it.

[@doggosuki]

somehow i read that as become hitler. banana hitler?

[@rickastley8214]

The Will Lytle era was truly something to behold.

[@carterf3585]

Modern peel slippers couldn't handle the physicality of the Lytle era

[@drewwalls1000]

When I was in the fourth or fifth grade, roughly a decade ago, for some unknown reason there was a half browned banana peel in the parking lot where we would go out for recess. I vividly remember gesturing to it, and making a jovial comment, saying "make sure to avoid it so we don't slip," but that "it would be very funny if someone did". Then, fate's twisted and cruel sense of irony decided to shine its devilish spotlight onto me. In front of 20 people whom I considered my equals, during a game of freeze tag, I was looking behind me and running away from my pursuer. Suddenly, I felt my heel land on something softer than the hard asphalt that made up the school lot, and in the next moment I was completely airborne. Sadly, gravity is not something that can be reasoned with, and thus it is a law of our world that all that goes up, must come down. I fell. Against my will, I was forced into a full 180 flip in the air, landing on my shoulders and head, and came to with a circle of my peers surrounding me, staring down like I had now been relegated as lesser for such a comical incident. In such a case, what is one to do, but find amusement as their own misfortune consumes them? I began to laugh. It was the laugh of a broken man. The laugh of one who knew that this is a fact they would have to live with for their entire existence. The laugh of a man who is no longer a person, but has been relegated to the status of cel animation's consistent losers. I am Wiley Coyote. I am Elmer Fudd. I am the punchline. I slipped on a banana peel. Thank you, Jon. To know there are others, it makes this pain... bearable.

[@g2rox1]

“for every 1 reported banana fall incident there are probably 100 unreported” that doesn’t sound correct but then again I did willingly click on a video about the history of banana slips so what do I know

[@zenosAnalytic]

Now Im curious what William Lytle did to draw the attention of Hermes, as divine pranksterism is the only possible explanation for that string of banana-doom.

[@Wote89]

We may never know, but you know by the time of the wedding that *he* realized the truth.

[@EebstertheGreat]

My guess is that he did it to himself. It's hard to see what other way he could have brought that with him across the country. It's not like a prankster was just hounding him that whole time. He may have done it to convince his fiancee that he was "cursed" and thus call off the wedding, or for notoriety, or for some other reason.

[@OhJustSomeRandomGuy]

@@EebstertheGreat It's like the Jaws franchise.

[@tompkinssquaretrackclub]

Jon Bois slipping on a banana peel outside of Brooklyn Whisker Cafe/Orinthology Jazz Club makes a lot of sense tbh

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

Using the (very rough) numbers I learned in accident report training years ago as an engineer: The ratio of Banana Deaths to Banana Serious Injuries is roughly what we would expect, so extrapolating I would estimate that there were approximately 7000 total 'peel slips' including harmless falls and near misses.

[@columbus8myhw]

What are these ratios?

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

@@columbus8myhw Ok so, these are very rough. For every death you'll get around 7 serious injuries For every serious injury, you'll get about 7 minor injuries For every minor injury, you'll get about 7 'near misses' where nobody was hurt and finally you have the largest group "unsafe situations" (bananas skins dropped that nobody stepped on) which is often unknowably huge Now you might be asking "if these ratios are inaccurate, what use are they?" This is a fair question, but even these broad ranges can still be helpful. Say you've got a huge factory complex, every so often they report a serious injury or a minor injury at about the same rate. Well, then you know that for some reason the number of minor injuries is being underreported, and only the ones that can't be hidden are being reported. Maybe the management is faking the numbers, or maybe staff fear reprisals. Alternatively, you might get loads of minor injuries, but nothing else. For example, maybe your city has seen dozens and dozens of people slipping on banana peels in train stations.... but they never seem to suffer more than a sprained ankle or bruised leg. Well, that's suspicious, we should expect at least some of those people to be tragically unlucky. But if they are only ever suffering minor injuries, then maybe the incidents are being faked...

[@Loctorak]

It should be compulsory to report all peel slip incidents (PSIs), especially in the workplace.

[@simonsaysism]

Banana Death Ratio is my new metal band name btw

[@COBALTCOVERT]

This is the most Jon Bois of Jon Bois videos. I look forward to his comprehensive video of the bread industry

[@thrownstair]

This would be completely rhetorically justified by working to include the clip of New York TImes journalist Binyamin Appelbaum saying "You worked for a company that was fixing bread prices." to Pete Buttigieg during an interview for the 2020 primaries. The delivery of that line has not left my head to this day, it's so cinematic.

[@COBALTCOVERT]

@thrownstair funny coincidence, Im from South Bend, the city Pete was Mayor of. Lol

[@taari1]

I am still waiting for Jon Bois analyzing the complete history of Jon Bois videos.

[@samrowe2782]

I stepped on a rake when I was three years old. I had never seen a rake before and didn't understand the context of how funny it was. The handle hitting my face immediately gave me a bloody nose.

[@Loctorak]

Please tell me you gave a Sideshow Bob-esque grumble in response to this misstep, before proceeding to accidentally step onto several more rakes that have been inexplicably laid out in front of you...

[@kenk7875]

I’ve heard that the banana peel was a “PG” vaudeville stand-in for pedestrians slipping on horse poop - something all audiences at the time would understand, but a link that has since been lost to history leaving only the banana peel gag remaining as a stub of a joke.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

Why would it be too taboo to talk about in a low class comedy act when the streets outside were full of horse poop, hence it being an exaggerated version of a common experience. I think part of the reason kids love gross out humor is it's something that isn't appropriate for serious situations, but it isn't something they're entirely ignorant of. Wouldn't horse poop slipping jokes fall in this category? That said I could see it as a short-hand that instead developed because realistic looking fake poop had yet to be invented.

[@uuh4yj43]

i've heard the opposite, that they were incorporated because it was common happenstance in urban centers after the advent of modern farming and transport.

[@Uruz2012]

​@@AbsolXGuardianUS tv and mobies didn't show toilets for a long time either. People can be wierd about stuff like that.

[@Jbot123]

@@AbsolXGuardian Vaudeville was performed on stage in a theater. While horse poop may have been commonplace out in the street, my guess would be that very few theater owners would have allowed it to be part of the act.

[@Prog242]

I saw this video about 2 minutes ago and though it was a joke, it wasn't. Jon really slipped on a Banana Peel about 6 years ago and made a spreadsheet out of people slipping on Banana Peels. Great Content, keep it up Chief. 👍

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

John’s visuals are like living in a spreadsheet with some 3-d graphs from Office 2000. Just a little spreadsheet mite.

[@baconlettucepotato69]

11:21 so THIS is why Juice was waiting for someone to step on a garden rake in just the wrong way in 17776... because Jon had personal experience with this LOL

[@muenstercheese]

WOAH.....

[@Squabsss]

i wonder how many people slip on banana peels in the world of 17776. are they eradicated because of nanobots or can it still happen?

[@rivques4516]

that was my IMMEDIATE thought too lol

[@InterimName]

@@rivques4516 same

[@toxiccakeee]

my favorite part of watching jons vids is that i find what inspired certain parts of 17776/20020

[@ThePandaKen]

I feel like the William Lytle thing was a running gag by the writers of the paper that got out of hand and believed over time

[@OhJustSomeRandomGuy]

Like Bat Boy with the Weekly World News?

[@jimboeth]

Fellow banana-peel-slip survivor here. Thank you for raising awareness. I didn't fully lose my balance either, but my shopping bag hit a garden wall, which broke one of the six eggs I'd just bought.

[@andybrice2711]

I do suspect that _"slipping on a banana peel"_ was quite often a cover story for _"getting drunk and falling over"._

[@Crazy56U]

This is a prime example for why we _needed_ Pretty Good to come back.

[@broncosboy000]

Immediately sent to my family before watching because (1) it's Jon Bois but (2) my grandma broke her hip at a Jewel-Osco 3 years ago after slipping on an old overripe banana that had found its way into the aisle from stocker error. Regret to say I laughed. She's recovered thankfully

[@Hey_Aqualung]

DAAAAA JUWULZ

[@Kaheksajalg]

A 30 minute video about banana peels? I expect nothing less from Mr. Bois

[@dreamcast.0]

I wish local papers would report more on people just standing around or going to the store. I also like that the graph looks like half a banana. Thank you for this video and the happy ending, I really liked it.

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

I’ve been re-reading 20020 lately. It makes you wonder why Juice is written like that but then you rewatch a Jon Bois video and go ‘oh never mind that’s just Jon’

[@yukonhyena2957]

does jon feel strongly about lunchables i wonder

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

@ you’ve seen his work, of course he does

[@chinesemassproduction]

I should've known earlier that JUICE was Jon's self insert

[@Ben-15]

32:12 to the end is one of the most hopeful yet clear-eyed summaries of societal progress. Yes, not slipping and hurting yourself on a banana peel is a small thing. Yes, there are many, many reasons why this doesn’t happen anymore. And yet…it’s happened. Society came together from ten thousand different perspectives and made this happen. We like narrative stories because we can see the cause and effect. But this story shows the power of people moving together. It’s not one story, but thousands of them. And in this case, they all have the same ending. Jon’s right-we won.

[@juneguts]

i respect the patience to sit on this comment for what was probably months

[@Ben-15]

@ the ending of this video hit so hard when I watched it on Patreon! As you can see I’m still thinking about it months later.

[@RAINMAKEEER]

One of the most random Secret Base video idea out there, but we're talking about Secret Base here

[@4077Disc]

PLEASE don't take this the wrong way, but you must be new here. This is actually very on par for a classic Pretty Good video. The majority of the old ones had basically nothing to do with sports either. i suggest the one about the guy who strapped a bunch of helium balloons to a lawn chair. The one about calendars, working out, and the dumbest boy alive is one of my favorites, too.

[@LargeDivisor]

@@4077Disc It’s been 7 years since the last episode of Pretty Good, so it’s inevitable that some people will be unfamiliar with the format.

[@hawkcawcaw]

@@LargeDivisor Holy crap, I couldnt believe this until I looked it up myself

[@b00biejingles]

@@LargeDivisor Good thing now is Jon does them monthly on Patreon

[@erc6943]

Just WAIT for the mattress one… this is just the tip of the iceberg for how random the topics can get…

[@Otto910]

Only Jon could make a 20 second coffee break story into a half hour documentary. And make thousands of people want to watch it immediately.

[@mcanix]

I remember hearing at some point that the Gros Michel banana peel was significantly more slippery than the Cavendish banana peel which might explain some of why it seems like there's fewer than there used to be

[@therufflife4121]

Hmm. I grow 25 varieties including those two. I'll test that when they fruit next probably this summer

[@anthonypaparo]

Well, one is only a +15 multiplier, while the other multiplies the whole thing x3

[@unrvled]

This is how I find out why the balatro cards are called what they are

[@DanielGMedley]

​@therufflife4121 if you are growing a variety of the Gros Michel banana then you should be rich beyond your wildest dreams. Gros Michel banana used to be the most popular banana in the world, its flavor is the source of the faux banana flavor we get in many banana flavored things, 40 years ago it was the most sought after fruit, this is because it is also went EXTINCT due to a fungus that happened to take over Panama in 1980s.

[@DanielGMedley]

​@@therufflife4121don't lie. You don't grow Gros Michel bananas. They are extinct

[@98loud]

My brothers and sisters in humanity, we have conquered the Banana menace. Our children, our children's children, even their children will never have to fear a Banana again. This victory will go down in history, to be forever recorded in song.

[@sedeuphadude80]

I wouldn't be so sure about that, if I were you.

[@k3nnyisaw3som3]

It was me, Jon. I was the banana peel.

[@nahometesfay1112]

How dare you!

[@k3nnyisaw3som3]

@nahometesfay1112 Jon was unharmed however, and it ultimately necessitated the telling of this anecdote. I like to think I've done a good thing

[@michaelkitchin9665]

The ones that really get me are the people slipping in their own house. I've slipped on one outside before. No big spill, just my foot slips but I kept my balance and I realised, "Oh, that actually happens."

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

This was fantastic! Completely random algorithm suggestion, and by the time I stopped to think, "what on earth?" And picked up my phone, I was hooked already. Liked, subscribed, AND shared! Outstanding work!

[@joseywales6168]

Guy 1: "You threw that banana peel and want me dead!" Guy 2: "Oh it didn't work? Thats what THIS GUN is for!" Insane banana peel lore right there

[@youtubersingingmoments4402]

That's the thing with widespread urban legends (and even stereotypes), they don't just materialize out of nowhere. It's had to have happened enough times and in enough places to cement some kind of legacy, for better or for worse.

[@EebstertheGreat]

They don't "come from nowhere," but they don't always contain any truth either. The idea that ostriches stick their heads in the sand has some origin, but that origin sure isn't factual. Plenty of urban legends develop out of fiction, hoaxes, and mistakes. But this one doesn't.

[@4077Disc]

I feel like this video should have come out in October. As a human approaching middle age, slipping and hurting myself for the rest of forever is one of my biggest fears. The premise of this video is far more nightmare-inducing than all but the best horror/thriller movies.

[@SophomoricMan]

Pretty Good: The oaf emergency

[@Jashmaful]

“It happened to me” has never sounded more chilling

[@_mcdrew]

I was half expecting the super-long-zoom-in to end with a satellite image of Jon himself lying on the ground.

[@ashleymeggan]

My seven yr old and I have been having this argument for WEEKS. He insists that “there are banana peels in trashy alleys.” I think it just happens in cartoons.

[@ashleymeggan]

I am stunned to find out that my seven yr old is absolutely right. People apparently slip on banana peels in trashy alleys all the time.

[@jbejaran]

I eagerly await the follow-up edition of "Pretty Good" detailing the rich history of the hazards and risks of pies in the face.

[@S0RGEx]

The William Lytle saga had me in stitches. I'm choosing to believe it's all true.

[@nateadkins1919]

Thank you for the offhand mention of stepping on the rake and getting hit in the face by the handle. I too had this happen just a couple of years ago and as soon as I did, rather than recoiling in pain, was in awe of the fact that something I only thought could happen in cartoons, actually happen to me. I have also sat on a chair and had it break underneath me. The wooden chair had been outside for a good while, and all the glue joints had evidently all but dissolved. As soon as I sat in the chair, every joint separated and I was on the ground with a pile of kindling. No permanent injuries, thankfully. I have achieved full oafdom.

[@russellst.martin4255]

Cancer claimed my sweet pup this weekend; the best friend I ever had. There are a but a few people whose work could afford me a moment of distraction right now, so thank you for doing what you do, Jon.

[@fireballninja01]

My pup is 13, and yesterday came back from cancer removal surgery. Hopefully she can keep going, in memory of yours. I’ll keep your pup in my heart tonight, and Sage in my lap when she feels like it. Stay safe out there, I hope it gets easier. Don’t forget that the good memories last forever too, not just the grief. Hope ya got something to hug, and if not, maybe yourself. You deserve one. Sending hugs from out here if you’d like one.

[@stef100111]

19:42 - Just a clarification, he was not caring dynamite, but the blasting cap for one. It is not dynamite, but as was reported, still cause injury when set off

[@G_Rez]

I'm so happy the public can finally enjoy this. Non patrons have been missing out

[@pbagosy]

Wound up watching this over the course of two days, and on my walk home today, I kid you not I saw a banana peel on the sidewalk. Like an Easter egg from heaven sent by the angel Jon Bois.

[@ShadyLife101]

This video is peak journalism.

[@KristofskiKabuki]

Now this is the kind of quality content I come to KZbin for

[@joelman1989]

I slipped on a banana peel in a parking lot one time. Completely random banana peel in the open.

[@mrjoe5292]

Same! Well, I was getting into a car.

[@blakelester1776]

I thought we were never going to see another pretty good ever again… Jon you honestly should be working for the history channel.

[@willytombstone]

While I have never slipped on a banana peel I too have fallen victim to the classic rake bit. I saw the rake lying on the ground, thought to myself "you know I wonder if stepping on a rake really will hurt... might as well test it out. I bet I can catch the handle before it hits me anyway." It turns out that thing picks up some serious speed as you're stepping on it, and I did not catch the rake before it hit me. I do not envy anyone who's had that happen to them unexpectedly

[@Loctorak]

Yeah haha it's a painful lesson in levers and mechanical advantage/conservation of momentum- that stick comes up real fast!

[@puttiplush]

Getting a Good Grade in High Oaf: a title that not only exists but is possible to attain.

[@zch7491]

The banana speedrun world record progression... your up salt

[@uGotGot1618]

“Bananas have now officially made it inland and with them they will bring catastrophe”. That got me lol

[@NOOOOOOOOO]

wishing you the best on your lifelong journey to high oafhood

[@wombatgirl997]

I've been watching a bunch of old Mythbusters episodes, and one of them was about slipping on banana peels, so this is an unexpected wombatgirl crossover!

[@chaosof99]

I've already watched this video on Patreon several months ago. I was hoping the KZbin version would have an update or addendum on the end regarding what seems to me a major oversight in the research which several Patrons (including myself) pointed out: In the 1950s Panama disease almost wiped out the entirety of commercial banana production. Part of the reason was that the then widespread cultivar of the Gros Michel banana was susceptible to the disease. This prompted banana farmers (or rather the companies that owned them) to switch to a different cultivar that was more resistant, the Cavendish banana which is still the regular banana cultivar used today. Reportedly the peel of the Gros Michel is much more slippery than the Cavendish, which would account for the steep decline in banana peel incidents after the 1950s. This is also the reason why artificial "banana flavor" for candy and other stuff doesn't really taste like a banana you buy at a grocery store. The switch from Gros Michel to Cavendish is also referenced in the clown-themed hit video game Balatro which came out earlier this year.

[@Givens43]

I laughed so hard at the William Lytle part that I got tears in my eyes. That is ridiculously funny.

[@big8dog887]

Prepackaged junk food has replaced fresh fruit as the snack of choice for most Americans, which means litter is now paper or plastic wrappers instead of banana peels and apple cores.

[@saddlebags2423]

I know Jon has done a bunch of other projects over the years but it’s awesome to get another pretty good after 7 years

[@AlchemistJijo]

there's a ton more coming :) patreons have been eating good this year, get ready for more Pretty Goods coming soon to youtube

[@Loalrikowki]

Comrade Banana conducting resistance within the imperial core.

[@z50king29]

HELL YES THE JON BOIS CONTENT WE NEED NOT THE CONTENT WE DESERVE

[@Personal_Chizo]

12:09 Remembering the magical Matt Christman moment when his chair broke during one of his Cushvlogs.

[@AwesomeReshiram]

he became a landed oaf that day

[@duffman18]

I already watched this months ago on patreon but I'm definitely gonna watch it again right now, to help the video get better engagement statistics, but also just cos it's a bloody great video. Jon Bois you are the king of KZbin

[@Just.Kidding]

So, interesting fact, the origin of the banana peel joke - back in the vaudeville days, garbage services were a _huge_ problem, especially in big cities like New York. If it seems like there is trash everywhere in New York today, it's practically a Japanese suburb compared to then. So tripping over trash was a daily frustration of urban life. Meaning the banana peel gag, in its time, wasn't so much the apex of thoughtless slapstick as we see it today, but rather a legitimate social commentary.

[@tohrazul]

The internet's Jon Bois has come out of retirement, ready to begin his next championship run, and we are all here for it. Watch, for we are witnessing greatness!

[@petercollin5670]

Such fantastic writing. I admire this guy.

[@johnho9393]

Sometime 1980ish I did a "banana split". One foot stayed planted, the other hit the unnoticed banana peel. I did not hit the ground, and I was young so the hamstring somehow remained intact. I remember the exact spot on East Main St.

[@Starbrahan72]

I as a native New Yorker can add my experience to the ranks. I slipped on a banana peel in the kitchen as a 10 year old. It was the first time I had slipped and fallen on my tailbone. I busted my ass, lost my voice and was left writhing in pain for a few seconds. The pain didn’t dissipate for months. Never saw it coming. I’m just glad I never hit my head.

[@nolananderson4782]

The most difficult task in the world is predicting the topic of the next Jon Bois video

[@austintomlinson7863]

2014 I was in DFW and slipped on a banana peel that had fallen out of an overfull trash can Additionally, I have sat in two chairs (2011, 2023) that have immediately collapsed. I have also sat in one couch that collapsed (2015). I will accept, with grace, my ascension to the ranks of high oaf. Thank you.

[@egg2242]

Worth noting is that bananas used to be more slippery. Up until the 1950s most bananas sold internationally were of the 'Big Mike' variety - these were larger and slicker than the bananas of today. They were largely eradicated by disease and most bananas sold presently are of the more OSHA compliant Cavendish type.

[@mykel6268]

Now I got a deadline Before I never had a deal Stormed out of business meetings Slipped on mass banana peels

[@blanktoblank]

Im crying laughing at William Lytle slipping on a banana peel 10 different times. Every time Jon Bois said a new incident during his plight I started laughing all over again.

[@adamallen4178]

Banana Anna never overcame a 3-1 deficit against the 73-9 Warriors. Not my GOAT

[@Goigigandfriends]

The dig in and glide that your heel experiences is unreal. It’s only happened to me once in my life, probably 20 years ago, but I’ll never forget.

[@StKildaFan]

My primary takeaway from this video is that Sideshow Bob is a high oaf.

[@owenbarstrom3806]

Remember when you slipped on that banana peel but regained your balance? It was me Barry: I went back in time and shifted it an inch to the left so you would stay standing and lose your high oaf status!

[@bjtgaming]

John uploading a new video is slipping on a banana peel in itself🍌

[@sarahmeg4811]

I was in 4th grade. I was walking down the hall between the gym and the cafeteria. Somehow, it was just me and the music teacher in the hallway. I was wearing my slipperiest shoes and a heavy backpack. All of a sudden, I had fallen on the floor, butt first. Music teacher started freaking out. I started hysterically laughing. Next to my foot, there was a piece of a banana peel, about one square inch. Once the music teacher realized what had happened, she was laughing too. Now, whenever I’m asked to provide a fun fact about myself, I always say “I’ve actually, unintentionally, slipped on a banana peel.” Tells them nothing useful about me but makes it clear that I’m willing to laugh at myself.

[@joshhale7004]

I slipped on a banana peel. I was getting out of my car at the Torchy’s Tacos in Columbus near Polaris. Luckily, I caught myself on my car door. I looked down and someone had discarded a banana peel on the curb and it was gelatinous from exposure to the sun. My wife witnessed it.

[@dominickpissegga2128]

You would think that after banana peels ruined his relationship and hopitalized him like 10 times william would AT LEAST look at the ground while hes walking. I respect him for not recognizing the pattern even after the 10th time.

[@cloudmime6000]

oh hey its jon from that card show

[@shannonpincombe8485]

I have waited my whole life for a pointless yet perfectly hilarious video such as this. How you manage to pour over all of these tid bits of information to put these videos together I'll never know. Jon...you are a legend. Cheers all around.

[@milesnugent5916]

This Lytel fella couldn’t catch a break, Jesus

[@Wote89]

To the contrary: I'm pretty sure he caught *several* breaks, along with some sprains. :P

[@coryshannon3815]

William Lytle should have a movie made about his life, and all of his banana peel bad luck.