The Messed Up Origins of Johnny Appleseed

[@JonSolo]

Where did YOU first learn about Johnny Appleseed? 🍎 And what figure or story from folklore should I cover next? 🧐

[@nellywilliams2776]

Elementary school in the 80s

[@matthewcummings1853]

I have absolutely no idea

[@itsjustwhy]

First hour Squad

[@shejwjjwbsnsjs]

Folk tale

[@Roscoetherev]

I live in the area that he lived prior to moving to Fort Wayne. I used to be a part of the Scout Troop 106, that he ran from Mansfield to Mt. Vernon to get reinforcements for the Blockhouse in Mansfield during the Indian uprising in 1812. The Blockhouse is still open and on display now from that historical time.

[@funkydirk3797]

Wasn’t there also a thing about property ownership at the time if you planted trees/crops on it, making Johnny one of the largest landowners in US history?

[@darriendastar3941]

I don't know if he was one of the largest landowner, but I can vaguely remember there beign some long-running legal case about who owned all the orchards he left after he died.

[@MrChristianDT]

He didn't keep the land. I've heard two interpretations- one was that this was his job. He would create these orchards, raise them until he got legal control of the land, then sold it to other parties from back east. The other interpretation was he was just giving the land away to other settlers.

[@Loralanthalas]

The Homestead Act required improvement and also living on the claim. Even then: US government stole back anything they want for mining. They still do that through today, actually.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

No.

[@AGP510]

I hear he kinda taught farmers how to take care of the apple trees in a community then leave when they knew enough and mov to the next town so the farmers would own the land and his precious apples would live on

[@jackiewepps4694]

As a European, my first introduction to Johnny Appleseed was... This video. Thank you! I learned a lot of new things today.

[@JonSolo]

That’s so awesome! I’m glad to share a little of our culture with ya. Thanks for watching!

[@fathomgathergood7690]

I thought you had Disney in Europe

[@1LimitedGirlEdition]

​@@fathomgathergood7690We do have Disney in Europe, but Ive never heard of this movie nor Johnny Appleseed

[@ChrisGradyAMVs]

​@@fathomgathergood7690 most people have not seen that movie

[@admiralmonocle3874]

​@@fathomgathergood7690 Yes, we have, but not everything is popular here. Like this is something only hardcore Disney fans would've watched.

[@laroyabutler8388]

Your videos are THE BEST 🙌🏾

[@pyjamallamam7979]

Honestly I love your accent so much, the way you said “Ontario” is adorable 😂❤ As a Canadian from Ontario I approve.

[@Wolfbane382]

9:45 So that's where the writers of that god-awful movie got their idea.

[@bethflanders1608]

I'm sure I knew of Johnny Appleseed earlier, but in 5th grade we put on a musical about him.

[@allenclayton4809]

I was first introduced to johnny appleseen in the episode johnny applesauce form johnny test on cartoon network

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

That description of his clothing makes him sound like a Hobo Dobby... Dobby the House(less) Elf? What a fascinating human, if the details are even just 'mostly true'.

[@hollieginoza7935]

Pretty sure I learned all of the American folk heroes through Disney. I honestly can't remember seeing any other representation of Paul Bunyan till years later.

[@glenjennett]

Another fact about apples is that all apples are the same species and the type of apple that gets produced is random chance.

[@pierrebuieii3908]

The organ trail was a hard game I played in middle school on computer people dying every second you started moving how the hell was you supposed to beat that game

[@DoravilleN]

Mr. Beast is forever catching strays on these KZbin streets😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this third video today mentioning him

[@SongWolf27]

Ontario (on-TEAR-e-o [Tear as in rip])

[@arthurmadison3396]

Your visual description sounds like Charles Manson.

[@ice9snowflake187]

I don't think they called it "the U.K." back then. I think they just called it "England".

[@YouPapaPeep]

Who else first heard of Johnny apple seed form Johnny test “Johnny applesauce”

[@uaccordingdifference55]

Lol "Leo menster" is actually "lemon-ster"

[@MamaCat956]

I have the 3ds game of Oregon trail.

[@One.DeSanctis.]

Apple jack.

[@Crowned_ladyd]

This I did not know 😅

[@thomchapman2352]

My last name is CHAPMAN so I am sure its one of my fucked up relatives

[@dylanjbanner]

You pronounce Appalachian wrong but I'll forgive you cuz I love your videos

[@RedneckWarlock]

I care more about Johnny Ragweedseed

[@yogosapphire]

My grandpa was an orchardist and had a tree that he used for practicing grafting. When we were kids, we called it the tree of many apples because it grew different varieties on one tree.

[@Evilnor7]

The Johnny Appleseed gravesite is also the site of the Johnny Appleseed Festival, held around Labor Day. Historical reenactment, music, entertainment, craft vendors, and a farmer's market (which you can buy cider at, fyi) make for a good time, every year.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

"OH the Lord is good to me and so I thank the Lord for giving me the things I need the sun and the rain and the apple seed the Lord is good to me Johnny Appleseed Amen." This is the grace my public school JK teacher (can't remember her name but I remember her doing this before religion was banned in public schools) would always sing before we ate lunch. It was the first grace I remember learning.

[@catherinemerrill5511]

We sang that too, when gratitude to a gracious and benevolent Father were understood!

[@cristlejohnson4900]

In Girl Scout camp, it was a grace we only said if it was raining because otherwise it would make it rain. We had other graces to sing for sunny days.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

@@cristlejohnson4900 Do they still say grace in the scouts? Might be an American vs Canadian thing cause I think in Canadian scouts they don't encourage religion.

[@cristlejohnson4900]

@@davidfitzpatrick6535 Well I'm 37 and back when I was a Girl Scout it was very Christian (you didn't have to be though) our Scout promise for both boys and girls has serving God and our country in it. I know it's been changed a little though. We always sang one fun grace or another at actual camp.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

@@cristlejohnson4900 Yeah I think that shows the decade age gap (and possibly country) as im 29 and I remember when I was in JK in 1999 and September 2000 (I moved in October 2000) we sang that at lunch and then in PS we were allowed to advertise for our Church March break (Spring break in the States) camp but when I was in HS the gov't banned religious material in the schools so we're no longer allowed to advertise a bible camp or sing traditional Christmas carols etc. It depends on where u are for example if ur'e in Northern Ontario they still do tradition carols because its f u govt u cant tell us what to do while in the cities like Toronto its very no traditional Christmas songs that mention the Nativity. Some school districts dont even do a holiday concert anymore.

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

I remember Adam Ruins Everything telling me the real JA created a safer way for people to drink And that was by creating enough apples for apple cider, which was healthier than the water they had at the time

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Even if Johnny Appleseed's origins aren't all sunshine and rainbows, He's still one of my all time favorite American legends! Hell, It's because of him back when I was in school I took up a habit of collecting appleseeds every time I ate an apple for lunch! I collected enough seeds to plant an orchard, Though I never did plant any of them.

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

There was someone in my class who was all about agriculture so we called him Johnny Apple For me, I was 6'4 so I was Paul Bunyon

[@TheCommenterDragon]

@@theanimeunderworld8338 I see, Also fun fact: Even though I never planted any of the appleseeds that I collected, I still kept them all and they're still just sitting in a box to this day. Because you never know I might plant them someday.

[@Behold_I_am_Egg]

I have a jar of apple seeds sitting in my fridge still too, after years of collecting them, that I continue to add to (though I've only sprouted a few of them so far). My main issue holding me back is that I have depression, so when the sprouted lil baby apple plants that I had been taking care of all died when I forgot to tend to them as much as I should, I got too disheartened to try again, until I have the energy to remember to take care of them better. They just sit in that jar for now, waiting for better times to be sprouted and planted. 😅 Someday I'll have a bunch of apple trees, though! 😁

[@beckythornton6470]

@@Behold_I_am_Egg You could sit and wait for EVER! I have an idea, make one small task a day. Like to brush teeth well, or get dressed, or read one page of a book you want to read. Build on these. We can talk ourselves into catatonia if someone lets us, LOL! One small thing towards my health and well being is a requirement I live by. It may be anything. Connect with life, by watering a plant, feeding your dog, washing your body, or any task that furthers life and connection to it. This advice saved me when I thought I couldn't go on. As well as approaching life by being immensely grateful for what I have, as opposed to bitching about what I perceive as lacking in my life. I think about the fact that I don't have to go to the river and beat my clothes on a rock to clean them, That I store a weeks worth of food at a time because I have a fridge, that I can go 70 miles an hour in a car and be far away in a couple hours. These are amazing and wonderful things. And if I am thinking on these kind of facts.....I forget to get sad and broody. And I didn't have to swallow a pill to do it. I understand that there are conditions that require other approaches and meds, but I wonder if some simple stuff can actually help a lot. So before we haul out the big guns....lets try some small things, and not talk ourselves into being utterly helpless and wishing for some nebulous and ethereal "someday, when I feel better, I will_______(fill in your own blank). Start doing one tiny thing towards "someday" everyday . The results can be surprising. And this comes with a lifetime money back guarantee . You really can't loose.

[@pamelamays4186]

I grew up believing that Johnny Appleseed was just some dude bebopping around the frontier tossing apples seed as he moseyed along.

[@ender4652]

Not just me then

[@cutekitten5298]

OMG LEOMINSTER THAT'S MY HOME TOWN!! every year we host the Johnny Appleseed Festival in honor of this tale and the man himself. its a fun little block party I've been going to since I was 4 years old. ^^

[@shaylabradwell7651]

I'm from worcester, hearing it pronounced like that was so weird😅

[@ziggydoesstardust7144]

I'm from Fitchburg haha was funny to hear Jon say it like that. Everybody does the first few times lol

[@Kimar7779]

@@shaylabradwell7651 It's LEM-INSTER, no? I have family from that area we used to go to both Leominster and Worcester (WOO-STER) every summer!

[@shaylabradwell7651]

@Kimar7779 yeah but can't blame anyone for mispronounced it, the names here are ridiculous

[@trinigirlcharlie6559]

I'm in Eastie (East Boston for those unfamiliar!) and got a hoot out of his pronunciation! I came to the comments section to see how many folks chimed in with the correct pronunciation 😂😂! Quincy is another fun one to hear pronounced! 😊😊

[@SeXiMoNkEy95]

"Leominster " is pronounced "Lemon Stir" Thanks for another great video!

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

And Pecos is pronounced "Pay-kos" not "Pee-kos."

[@serenalunara7533]

I heard about Johnny Appleseed from the Disney cartoon one morning as a kid. Thank you for another great video.

[@Rylosalex]

me too

[@YouPapaPeep]

Johnny test “Johnny applesauce”

[@Roscoetherev]

Th ere are a few history books from the 1800’s at the Mansfield Richland County Public Library in the Sherman Room that have some first hand stories about John Chapman and his heroics during the Native American Uprising in retaliation of the Gnudenhaten massacre near Schoenbraun Village. Shortly after this, he ran over 20+ miles for reinforcements to save Mansfield, Ohio. Local native author to Ohio, Alan W Eckert mentioned some of these stories in his books.

[@bellissimo9048]

Wow I’m from Leominster Massachusetts (it’s pronounced lemon stir btw) and I didn’t even know he was a well known name in the rest of the country!

[@pikminguy55]

Please do messed up origins for... Robin Hood (thats one Disney classic you have yet to cover) Sword in the Stone (I know you covered that in the Lion King somewhat but some more would be nice) Oliver and Company (It is based on Oliver Twist after all) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (The original book Who Censored Roger Rabbit...wowsers) Treasure Planet (It is based on Treasure Island) Tom Sawyer Three Musceteers

[@solidonseraindogthetenth1679]

Yes. That sounds cool.

[@gingaddict]

I would like to suggest Davy Crockett and Billy the kid- it ties into the idea of myths and legends

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Back in the 1940's and earlier, it was common for women to sew dresses from flour sacks, and the companies selling the flour even gave pretty patterns to the sacks for this practice. I can see how a coffee sack would be as good a clothing as any other.

[@cristlejohnson4900]

In Girl Scout camp, it was a superstition that singing the "Johnny Appleseed song" would make it rain.

[@SpachelForeman]

you should talk the Mabinogion branch 2 and talk more about King Arthur, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Norse, and English Mythology. Talk about Tam lin and Thomas the rhymer, and Fionn mac Cumhaill. Talk more about elves, fairies, Tylwyth Teg, and the Tuatha De Danann and the Daoine Sidhe.

[@beatrizjardim8308]

I loved learning about Johnny Appleseed. Love from Brazil.

[@ericacook2862]

Fort Wayne here. Fun fact about his grave: it's actually one of a dozen or so graves claiming to have his grave, but ours is the oldest one on record. I was taught that we can't know for sure that it is his, but we can show it respect as if it were for the good he did in life. Another little fact about him is that when he would visit families with children, he would make dolls out of dried apples for the little girls because usually there weren't extra materials to give little girls toys to play with. He would take the dried-out apples and make them little old ladies in scraps he had or found so they would have something to play with. There's also a Jonney Apple Seed festival every September here, but that's become a cash grab. It's still cool to see, though, because it's all period, and everyone involved in booths and alike must be in period clothes and sell period items.

[@masonsellers5190]

To be honest it’s been a minute since I heard the name Johnny Appleseed

[@VictoriaGates]

Swedenborgs books are super fascinating. I can see why Johnny followed it.

[@Goz86]

Johhny Appleseed is from Leominster MA. (Pronounced Lemon-sta. Its a massachusetts thing we dont pronounce our Rs) . His shrine is on Johnny Appleseed Lane. Ive been there a few times, its a nice setup that the town did for him. I went to JA school for 3rd and 4th grade.

[@rebasack21]

I knew that the apples he grew were not really edible and almost soley used for booze. I didnt know about the religious angle or the extreme hate for grafting. I think i assumed he grew from seeds since keeping any cuttings to graft with from dying while traveling would have been near impossible considering he walked everywhere and even a wagon train would be very slow.

[@brianadiaz926]

Awesome video as ALWAYS! Have you ever read the villains by Disney series? If not there is a great read and interesting story line laced in each one. Would also make a GREAT video or series😊

[@penguin-schluppstudio]

I'm a resident of Ontario, Canada. It's pronounced On-Terry-Oh. Dw, you were close. ❤

[@DPWFG]

I was just about to comment

[@haileydurovick3846]

I was scrolling so hard to find if someone corrected him. I’m from Alberta. But damn that hurt hearing Ontario pronounced like that. I actually wasn’t even sure if he was saying Ontario and it was something completely different 💀

[@penguin-schluppstudio]

@@haileydurovick3846 I was also thrown off at first, but once Canada was mentioned, I knew what he meant.

[@DPWFG]

@@haileydurovick3846 yeah, I had to look at a map to see if he was randomly talking about a specific city in Ohio.

[@3ch1dna07]

My oldest son is training to be a forest ranger and they say that Johnny Appleseed was the first eco terrorist. They said that he probably ruined more habitats by introducing a foreign plant than helped.

[@thecrippledpancake9455]

Ruin is a strong word here

[@RoseWaltz]

not too mention that apples don't grow true to seed - you need to graft cuttings onto a host tree to ensure you get good apples

[@agentorange81]

The last thing anyone worried of back then was eco systems if he was a eco terrorist he wasn't alone at all

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

​@@agentorange81The history of Life was being foreign. "Invasive" species is a rtarded term. Hell the only actual ecoterrorists are those trying to ban the essence of Life, CO2

[@y345vash9]

🙄

[@blackknowledgewisdomempowement]

I first learned about Johnny Appleseed when I was 6. Ain’t NOBODY told use about him making booze…Nobody!😅😅😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jostoney6501]

Thanks so much for the Johnny Appleseed video! I learned about him six decades ago and primary School don't really talk too much about him other than he was wandering around the countryside putting apple seeds. Now I know the whole story and it's a lot better than they told us in elementary School😊

[@amyeaton882]

So, I don't know if you are aware or not, but David Crocket was a real person. He died at the Battle of the Alamo and is considered an American hero. While there were legends made up about him killing a bear when he was a toddler, he was a real person. He was originally from Tennesse and was a frontiersman, and a politician. A couple of his belongings along with his hat and rifle are currently on display in the Alamo.

[@Fruitflyonyourwall]

Only British people call it the American War of Independence. It was the Revolutionary War, that’s how it’s taught throughout the USA

[@IAmNotDiluc]

Im not gonna lie i thought Johnny appleseed was a fever dream that i just made up in my head when i was like 7 because i heard it once and never again until this day.

[@pipermeh3350]

Wow. Totally forgot about Johnny Appleseed. I learned about him in elementary school. I remember being mad at him because I have always hated apples so much. I did love coloring all the activity pages about him tho.

[@TDay-uk6dq]

wow, mr. beast really caught a stray

[@monikaalee9083]

I live in the Leominster area and the town is ALL about Jonny Appleseed. Stores, plazas, schools are all named after him. lol. ❤ also this is one of my fav channels. Never stop posting 😊

[@monikaalee9083]

I just fan girl squealed that you hearted my comment. lol. 🤣🤗🙃🥰

[@mooncat6491]

I’m related to him. I did a project on it when I was a kid.

[@eileenchapman6208]

Yes he’s in my family tree. Hi cousin 👋🏻

[@SangoProductions213]

Why does it have to be a "sanitized tale that masks the tragedies of westward expansion"... and not just a tale about Johnny? Not everything needs to fit into some grand narrative.

[@ElicBehexan]

I heard about him so long ago I really don't remember the first time. I do know I saw the Disney version. I was pretty aware the apples he was growing wouldn't have been fun eating - without a LOT of sugar anyway. Oh, while she may not have nation-wide legends about her, Penelope Stout might be an interesting subject for a study... I mean, she was shipwrecked, scalped and partially disemboweled and lived to a ripe old age, some suggest over 100.

[@bunyipdragon9499]

I hadn't heard of her so I googled the name. It'll be hard to do a story on her as there are so many variations of her story. Also many historians seemed to have debunked any factual details in all the stories regarding dates of battles and much more. Even withstanding all that she sounds very interesting 💜

[@ElicBehexan]

@@bunyipdragon9499 I think it would interesting, and going through all the different stories, trying to find the real one. I think the story in "Four Women in a Violent Time" might be the closest. I did read one where her future husband rescued her. And, lots of 'facts' to debunk there.

[@bunyipdragon9499]

@@ElicBehexan absolutely it'd make for a good Jon Solo story. Some of the different versions are incredible. Whoever she was and whatever she went through she was certainly inspiring. Thank you for mentioning her 💜

[@ElicBehexan]

@@bunyipdragon9499 What do Rex Stout, Johnny Depp and I have in common? We are all related to her. My mother was a Stout. I've known about Rex Stout (descended from an older son) for over 40 years. I discovered Johnny Depp on a list of descendants just a few years ago. I tell people that one great-grandparent came in early settlement days and the other 3 great grandparents had immigrated here. My father's father's side of the family came with William Penn. His mother's mother's side of the family came from the Bahamas.

[@tempestnova6715]

You know I find it really annoying that you and other people keep on saying "Westward expansion bad!!! Because Colonialism!!!". You do know that many people traded with the Native Americans (I'm shortening it to Indians for the rest of this comment) not just for goods but for land too right? Also just like how there were bad people among the settlers there were also bad people among the Indians. There were tribes that preyed upon other Indian tribes as well as preying on peaceful settlers. Dumbing it down to "WHITE MAN BAD!!!" is just being extremely disingenuous.

[@zombiepiecesgaming5018]

Yeah, I watched you die in every conceivable way. Except for you, Francine, you just kept dying from dysentery. Couldn't stop drinking that mud water, could you? -Roger Smith 👽

[@jorynickila7760]

I'm not going to lie..... Applejack and apple Brandy are absolutely scrumptious! But I got to warn you. The Hangover is brutal!!!😳

[@JennieOkami]

My first introduction to Johnny Appleseed was the Disney version when the Disney channel would have a movie on Sundays. It's kinda funny that I never heard of him before, considering my dad was born and raised in Ohio

[@capnthrash2240]

I love your videos, Jon, but I winced just a bit when you mispronounced "Leominster".

[@yolman25]

Nice to see you back with your regular content. It's rare when mythology and reality collide like this

[@AntoinettexKitten]

When the world's overrun with too much land who's it time for? John Chapman

[@grapeshot]

Supposedly he planted an orchard down by Old Man's Cave in the Hocking Hills State Park🍏🍏🍏

[@TWSTDSHDW]

Judging by the graphics, I'm guessing The Oregon Trail is an older game?

[@OmooOmoo]

I am a cider Maker by trade and talk about John Chapman in the tasting room. People still make cider today on the East Coast of America from the apples he planted

[@tell-me-a-story-]

Sounds like a really good guy. Not so much of a messed up past if you ask me.

[@NinuFulMetal]

Being from a smaller area, i had heard about johnny appleseed. The basics anyway.

[@boxier7gaming]

Hey Jon Solo can you cover The Girl With The Green Ribbon and its origins?

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey Playboy 👋 I have something that once belonged to him. John Chapman planted Hemp across Kentucky Ohio and Tennessee

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

He's got one of the most beautiful Disney shirts endings of all time.

[@jesussaucedo8133]

Ooof. This aged poorly for that Mr. Beast reference. 😂

[@ShroomedMisterCraft]

Gebbers owns most of Johnny's land now. Gebbers is a mean rich old man here in okanogan county Edit: you didn't mention that in Washington state all the apple orchards he planted became his land by state law and so he was one of the richest land owners with the most land in all of the state. When he died that land got bought and began to be sold and passed on. Because of all this johnny Appleseed is really well known in Washington State.

[@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds]

None of that sounds like that story is being depicted accurately.

[@eyescream8743]

The modern day Swedenborgianism is called The New Church, they are located in Bryn Athyn, PA. I know a lot of people there.

[@SteveFuller-w3n]

I'm from the glenview il branch, but have many relatives in brynathen many of them are 1st and 2nd cousins of mine. Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal's father was part of the new church in PA and went to school with my aunts and uncle

[@kirtisawant9288]

So basically a missionary planting some apple seeds along the way.

[@katherinevallo2326]

I learned about Johnny Appleseed in school. Of course, I later learned when I was a teen that he planted cider apples from my history teacher.

[@airjordon7734]

Love you and your videos Jon always got me watching since 2018 😂

[@aryah66]

I would love to see you do a video on Paul Bunyan!

[@Kit_Kal_2016]

Tbf all he did was plant the trees and move on, not really his fault that people decided to use the apples to get drunk lol. Judging by the way he lived he probably liked the bitter apples

[@SteveFuller-w3n]

To be fair

[@casli98]

The first time I heard the name Johnny Appleseed was in the animated show Johnny Test. I forget the name of the episode, but in it, the titular Johnny Test learns about the story of Appleseed, which inspires him to become "Johnny Applesauce" when the lunch lady refuses to serve applesauce to the kids.

[@alianna0130]

This isn't where I first heard about him but my first thought was his planting the trees for apple cider might be the inspiration for Johnny Applesauce giving all the kids applesauce. XD

[@littlepixy2]

I'm from Fort Wayne, Indiana where they have an annual Johnny Applesead festival...near his burial site... Which confused me as a child being told he's a mythical character lol

[@baskawilki1975]

I know I must have read a book, or watched a video, or something when I was little. But the main thing I remember about Johnny Appleseed from when I was a kid is that my brother dressed up as such for several years for Halloween

[@Real11BangBang]

Sorry I think I missed the messed up origins portion of the video as it would seem with most of your videos

[@queeniesongs]

Also, you have to keep in mind that potable water wasn't pouring out of every frontier tap in the early 1800s -- if you didn't have access to a spring, you had to boil water in order to take out botulism, E. coli, staph, various byproducts of pooping and peeing animals, etc. Hard cider was the beverage of choice because it was easy and safe.

[@geoff6835]

dude was literally tom bombadil

[@christydethlefs9850]

Disney cartoon was the first time I saw him

[@kenjr.ostrum7360]

Disney was where I first heard of Johnny Appleseed. But this episode is so awesome too. Thank you good sir.

[@zehavathezamboni]

That painting of Johnny Appleseed makes it look like he’s Lincoln wearing a disguise

[@сесилияалександрова]

Slavic folklore has Яблочный Спас [Yablochniy Spas, or something, I don't know] and he didn't even get a mention!

[@raccoonvallie]

The earliest memories I have is Jonny appleseed and Paul bunion

[@jenniferstine8567]

My name's Barney Gumble. I mean I'm Johnny Appleseed. *burrrp* Nintendo Switch has a more pc version of Oregon Trail. I gave up on writing decent grave markers and just went for whatever weird one they generate. Unfortunately, they don't auto-generate hemorrhoids as a cause.

[@stardust949]

Hi Jon---I've been happily eating apples now for over 6 decades, and as an Ohio Native (um...white, non-Native American Native) I truly enjoyed the historical ass-kicking your video has so jovially provided, sprinkled amongst the facts. I may be old but can also enjoy laughing out loud with the sparkiest of you youngsters. Been binging on your messed up origins lately---thanks for all your hard work and twisted sense of humor! Great video-making too. As I went through grade school in the 1960s, Johnny Appleseed, the cleaned-up versions, were definitely a part of my childhood lore. Very funny, and very interesting---thanks!

[@sarahmayvencrocker1263]

pronounced "LEH-muhn-ster" Leominster, "KON-kurd" Concord, "on-TARE-ee-oh" Ontario. Sorry, Bostonian here lol

[@aleksandarvil5718]

0:20 USA doctors: 😡🤬😡🤬🤬😡🤬

[@SweetReed17]

I went to college in Fort Wayne Indiana and they have a huge Johnny Appleseed Fest every year at the park where he's buried. Their Minor League baseball team is also called The TinCaps, which is kinda fun. lol

[@DrDolan2000]

Grafting? Like Godrick? My introduction to Johnny was a picture book I read in elementary school. I forget who made it, though