Best of: Halloween

[@angelachouinard4581]

Nice to add Houdini to the Halloween compilation. My grandmother told me about attending a Houdini performance and described his intense, mesmerizing gaze. She said he was quite amazing to watch and I was very envious of her. Happy Halloween, Lance and thanks for a great episode.

[@samanthab1923]

I’ve loved hearing about Houdini since I was a girl. I truely believed he was magical. Dying the way he did on Halloween. Spooky 👻

[@victorkreig6089]

​@@samanthab1923can't think of a better day to go on

[@HM2SGT]

*Happy HallowThanksMas y'all!*

[@cindystrachan8566]

Re: used/extra pumpkins - check with your local zoo. Many of the animals at the zoo would be delighted to have the pumpkin and seeds to add to their diets.

[@lynemac2539]

Elephants tend to like pumpkins. They also like to throw them around!

[@stephenrogers3367]

Hello History Guy, I have been following your videos since I stumbled across your video on the Halifax Explosion. I am a retired Halifax Firefighter who actually worked with relatives of members who were involved in this tragedy. I really enjoy your videos and would like to make a suggestion for a video. This year is the 85th anniversary of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, I found the Robert May story quite interesting. Yes there are stories about this on You Tube already, some of them very good, the subscriber counts are low and like you say “history deserves to be remembered”. Thanks for your time and keep the history coming.

[@davidmorse8432]

Just listening to Lance talk has somehow improved my diction. He has mastered the technique of English communication.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Thank you!

[@michaelmanning5379]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Just today you corrected my pronunciation of Pliny.

[@angelachouinard4581]

Yes indeed, he is well spoken in the best sense of the word, not only correct but interesting.

[@robertjensen1438]

My friend Brian is having a rough time of it this Halloween. He was attacked by dyslexic zombies.

[@bretthess6376]

"Brians! Brians!"

[@brianmorger2174]

I resemble that !

[@pattycoe7435]

Being brought up in the South, we couldn’t enjoy a carved pumpkin very early in the Halloween season because of the high temperatures. You were lucky if your pumpkin lasted two days!

[@johngregg5735]

In most of the animal kingdom, the alpha male is the dominate. Not so in the root vegetable world. There it's the beta carrot teen.

[@the80hdgaming]

Bah dum tiss ... 😂😂😂

[@joelbrown3479]

BRILLIANT 😂😂😂😂

[@davidmorse8432]

Very clever, John! 😅

[@jonnybravo3606]

Ba dum bum. Ohhh!

[@lindacox3662]

I see what you did there.

[@artrickard4494]

The only time we did not have a carved pumpkin was Halloween 1966. That night our house caught fire. Thus , my history has changed forever. That was 58 years ago. I always have a carved pumpkin in my home on Halloween. Better safe than sorry .

[@LymanPhillips]

I think the longevity of candy corn is that it's the only candy that makes really good fake fangs and fake teeth when you stick them behind your lip. That never gets old.

[@SugarandSarcasm]

I like separating them at their layers. All tastes the same ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@LymanPhillips]

@SugarandSarcasm dude! Thts some twisted thinking. Of course, i like to take 2 different colored gummi bears and slice them in parts at the exact same place and swap the parts. I guess I'm like Dr. Frankenstein.

[@BuriedUnkind]

I LOVE all three of those candies. And I'm not afraid to say so.

[@victorkreig6089]

I can't do licorice sadly, but I am ravenous for candy pumpkins

[@fearthehoneybadger]

More chocolate is sold for Halloween than any other holiday except Valentines Day. More money is spent for Halloween than any other holiday except Christmas.

[@JanelleVocate-Ames]

and why the candy companies are so against daylight savings changing, they want max. time to trick or treat...=more MONEY!!

[@sarge4455]

That’s why women are getting so big

[@cynfulpsyko420]

I always wondered why the thing to light fireworks was called a punk! Super interesting!

[@hermittao]

A wonderful story of a fun Tradition.. It also brought back remembrances from when this 73yo man was a boy. Thank You Jim

[@myragroenewegen5426]

The one thing that I feel sure of, when it comes to pumpkin carving tradition, is that there was some pre-existing tradition, because this is an easy and fun thing to do, and then, when people discovered pumpkins in North America there was a great collective thought of "Wow. We should use THIS!". Big and round and plaesingly coloured orange to emit warm light. And so symbolically powerful that multiple traditions lay claim to the roots of their harvest and Halloween connection, all contradictory-yet-thoughtful mythmaking. I just wish I'd been there when a bunch of folks looked at a pumpkin for the first time and said "You know what would be awesome --"

[@SugarandSarcasm]

I imagine easier to carve into as well

[@victorkreig6089]

White gourd 👻!

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

Okay, who is going as .... A pirate?

[@fearthehoneybadger]

Happy Halloween, everyone.

[@blueskieskoda2833]

👻 Happy Halloween!🐈‍⬛

[@ImBlackjackYo]

​@@blueskieskoda2833Happy All Hallows Eve. God Bless You.

[@kellys.6047]

Pumpkins are SO much easier than turnips! The scarecrow in Howls Moving Castle has a turnip head❣️🎃🎃🎃

[@shawnharrington9548]

My favorite holiday, thank you.

[@michaelfarrell5101]

i remember that 10 cent stamp ! I'm old.

[@magistrumartium]

I remember when stamps were just 6 cents!

[@jameslovelady7751]

Ii grew up with 3 cents for a letter, 1 cent for postcards.

[@danperry3116]

I was going to say the same. ​@@jameslovelady7751

[@nilo70]

@@jameslovelady7751 I also remember those times, but we are thin on the ground now.

[@thomaskirkpatrick2897]

Happy Halloween to the History Guy and all who listen and watch his great work!!

[@WendyDarling1974]

Re pumpkins and jack-o’-lanterns:,I recently learned that my mother, who was born in the 1930s to German immigrants, celebrated a different pumpkin tradition as a child. Today we have pumpkin-shaped candy baskets, typically out of plastic, but back in the day the pumpkins were made from paper mâché and were lanterns not baskets. The faces on them were grotesque, with eyes and mouth turned into windows, covered with colored celluloid to let candlelight through. My mom says they didn’t exactly go trick-or-treating, but rather families lit the lanterns and walking around singing a song having to do with fall and lanterns (and probably the devil and grisly stuff). It was in German, so it was some sort of German tradition, which may have blended with what they found in America. (They don’t really have pumpkins in Germany, certainly not back then.). Meanwhile in the early 20th century a ton of Halloween decorations were actually made in Germany, as Germans had the lock on scary images as well as printing. Anyway, I thought this was interesting in terms of all different immigrant cultures in America sort of adopting the same object into a fall tradition.

[@victorkreig6089]

Max Miller at Tasting History covers this a bit in his Halloween episode from a few years ago

[@Anderson-f4t6c]

Imagine being such a chad both Satan and god are pissed at you

[@Joe-ym6bw]

Not good

[@WinterInTheForest]

The story sounds Christianized when there are undoubtedly pagan roots. Satan doesn't exist in the traditional Celtic world.

[@victorkreig6089]

​@WinterInTheForest well yeah, Christianity is literally a religion founded on the idea of copying myths and traditions of other cultures and religions just to steal followers. What did you expect?

[@blueskieskoda2833]

I do adore your channel and got a serious giggle out of this historical information. Thank you so much for being part of the youtube verse.

[@cathipalmer8217]

banana and I *loathe* marshmallow, but circus peanuts give me happiness. I think I'm broken.

[@cruisepaige]

I dislike all of the ingredients in a ruben sandwich individually, but together they are my favorite sandwich!

[@sarahcoleman3125]

I have actually loved (black) licorice since I was a child. My father has always loved it, too. Maybe it's genetic, like how people don't like cilantro.

[@jeanne-marie8196]

Very illuminating! All of the productions were well done, so thank you for doing the research. As soon as the three divisive candies were mentioned, I knew THG “gets” me! Boom! My top three strongly dislike candies! Ugh to all three! My father loved black licorice, but then he also liked liver (??!), my grandmother loved circus peanuts, (I can’t believe they strive to make that texture), and my granddaughters both love candy corn!! (they are so sweet that I actually get shivers up my spine!). Boo to them all! Keep them out of my hollowed out beet! Houdini probably ate them before his death on Halloween

[@ghowell13]

What a great content conglomeration, thanks! I'll watch it again with my family tomorrow, as I've left it late this evening. The whole of my family, both sides, ate candy corn when I was a child. Didn't know too many people that didn't, honestly. My wife has a great disdain for it. However, her mother LOVED it. And after we found that out about each other, even before my wife and I were married, it was a race to see who could produce the fist bad of Brach's candy corn (or the pumpkins) and send them along to one another first. It's yet another of the myriad things I miss about my mother-in-law. Both my in-laws, honestly. We lost them both little less than 3 years ago now. We'll put another bowl of candy corn out, Judy, and I'll think of you fondly❤

[@rayvandenberg4574]

always enjoy the way history is presented.

[@DanielCarrillo-qh9li]

Hello History Guy and all you fellow commenter's- I have been so caught up in all the political news and wars and stressful stuff going on these days that haven't taken time to listen to our favorite and most positive history teacher . Thank you for this video and all the nice comments, I wish all of you and your families a wonderful and safe holiday. season

[@dawnt6791]

I still love circus peanuts. Very rarely eat them because their sugar content is really not compatible with chronic health issues, but I sure love them. LOL

[@johnburns2940]

I am quite fond of Circus Peanuts, also The Dutch double salt licorice. Such a crazy candy😂

[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you History Guy

[@ivonekowalczyk5823]

All of us who watch are better and more educated because of it. Thank you!

[@PopCultureFan_]

Blackies are the best! I used to own one, he was the most affectionate cat ever. You probably cover it in the video but there is an that old shitty superstitious view of them that they are witches in disguise ☹️lol, and because of that they are the least to get adopted out. Its shocking to me people still really buy into this in this day and age. Anyways i wanted to mention we have two black cats who regularly hang out at our house now lol, they fight, i try to break it up, they say you shouldnt let cats just fight it out, and they are easily distracted and lose interest in fighting. We are constantly running out of treats now lol, but i think there is room enough for both, i love cats ✨. Anyways, i always thought what are the odds we have TWO solid black cats hanging around, we often get them confused, one has a collar but sometimes she loses the collar and so we don't know which is which.

[@janelinley3624]

Love this channel! Happy Halloween 🎃

[@martagaines7272]

Pope night 😂 I've never heard that one! That don't make no never mind. It doesn't surprise me. Ayuh. (Hi from Maine)

[@KK-uu7zf]

Happy All Hallows Eve!

[@ralphstacey5743]

A Great story and Happy Halloween and may History always be waiting for you Cheers

[@ironman1518.]

AWESOME explanation and loved the reference to Houdini!!

[@MBMCincy63]

26:45 and previous " ... to seek treatment the blows that he took on NOVEMBER 22nd..." Two mentions of the wrong month, if he in fact died on 10/31 prior to November... Great stories, thanks for them.

[@patriciafeehan7732]

On the Anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death he promised if there was another side he would try to come back and send a message. Every year on Halloween, Houdini fans gather at his tombstone in NYC to see if he will send a message. His real name on the grave stone is Weiss.

[@SanBrunoBeacon]

Great video History Guy!!!!!

[@katestyrsky329]

I love "Feathertop!" A magical and romantic and just marvelously written tale of a witch and her scarecrow. "Bring me my pipe, Dickon!"

[@jamesbrown4092]

I've seen Dubbel Zout - salted Dutch licorice - touted as the world's most feared candy.

[@SatSun-op9dp]

Black licorice can be an excellent laxative, also you have to be careful eating it if you have high blood pressure.

[@trees1trees]

Absolutely wonderfiul.

[@Cs13762]

Spoopy season!

[@jpharrod2]

We, as an older generations, like to keep things in our lives that remind us of our childhood. Whether it’s tradition or just a favorite pastime. 😊

[@lucasvincent2875]

I love all three 😊

[@sinbient]

I actually like candy corn haha

[@rumpleforeskin5064]

Happy Halloween indeed, booooo🎃 great video

[@chrisingle5839]

I watch this every year! I am one who is under 80 ( 44), and like black licorice ( not red), Candy Corn, AND Circus Peanuts.

[@katestyrsky329]

I once tried to carve a turnip-- it was incredibly hard! I don't know how a person shapes that thing without electrical equipment! {but I still love the idea of a traditional carved jackolantern that you could carry around in one hand.)

[@Shatterverse]

I would totally eat a candy called Satan's Earwax.

[@ikeyschultz4969]

Lance is awesome!

[@mccallosone4903]

40 years ago my great grandmother, a folklorist from scotland, told me origin of jack o lanterns. she explained that a jack is a spirit that can occupy an object to serve a purpose, like jack of the green to ring in the spring, jack frost to bring the winter, and the jack o lantern to protect your home on the eve of samhain, when the evil spirits sought to enter. the candle inside should be lit from the flame of a special bonfire called a need-fire. at dawn on november 1st the candle should be extinguished, so that family members that have passed could visit you that day, and an extra plate should be set out with every meal for them. anywho, thats what she said.

[@thedukeofweasels6870]

I really love both candy corn and circus peanuts. I think part of the reason they're so hated is they're both candies that need to be eaten when they're very fresh because they go horribly stale very quickly. Which completely changes the flavor & texture. If all you've gotten his cheap blend waxy candy corn. No wonder you hated, but the good stuff. That tastes like honey and vanilla and has a soft. Juicy texture is a completely different experience. The same with circus peanuts. They're not supposed to be hard And sticky!

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

The liquorice root is good for bowel movements

[@robertlussier2944]

There are still "spiritualists" in Lily Dale NY.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Yes Good and Plenty is my Dads favorite. He is 87years old. Which I have to remind myself every now and then. My husbands favorite was always Black Licorice. he was from WA state I don't know if that had anything to do with it. He was only in his 60's. I guess if you like it you like it.🤷🏼‍♀️ My kids told me not to give any option on Twitter. Because of the reason you said. Thanks for another informative show. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Oh my Dad did tell me about the Harry Houdini thing when I was a kid.😉

[@JM-zk9ou]

Good and Plenty are delicious. Try those or black jelly beans with a spicy red wine. 😋 They pair perfectly.

[@karenh.]

I love Circus peanuts and Good N Plenty, but draw the line at candy corn 😂

[@michaelhewitt258]

Interesting 🤔 bit of history Interesting hat collection

[@johnburns2940]

Satan's earwax 😂😂😂 Yes! It's really Good!! haha

[@bronwynecg]

Good morning, professor! 👋🏽 😊

[@jonnybravo3606]

A History Guy segment on 60 Minutes could bring some credibility to that zombie network.

[@burningsandsexploration3711]

I've now heard 3 different versions of Houdini's death.

[@sharlenezuhlke1561]

I like all 3.

[@bardmadsen6956]

Halloween is the last of The Festival of the Dead that remains on time. The Halloween Fireballs are The Taurid Meteor Stream which is our most recent. My work proves that virtually all anciently derived Traditions, Mythologies, and Religions describe, in detail, said inner solar system space debris that in all probability was the causation of The younger Dryas Impacts Theory / Fact (Firestone),(Zamora). For some examples, The Thunderbird, The Feathered Serpent, and The Rainbow Serpent, are from the radiant, The Pleiades. It is shown in cave art to Gobekli Tepe (Seven Birds in a Row under Pillar 18), to Tauroctony (placement of blade), and even The Statue of Liberty with its Seven spikes on the diadem. I have been researching this since 1969, it really should be ~November 8 as it slips via The Precession of the Vernal Equinox. At the end of the Pleistocene it would have been ~May first, it has nothing to do with Autumn.

[@anthonyC214]

I am 73 years old and when I was 4 my appendix burst. To this day, I still remember the pain whenever I hear the word appendix.

[@michaelmanning5379]

I suddenly have an urge to crunch some Popeye Cigarettes.

[@figmo397]

With Harry Houdini and spiritualism, the crux point was allegedly when he was at a seance in England and the medium claimed to have heard his mother speaking to him-in English. Houdini's mother didn't speak English. He immediately knew she was a fraud.

[@patriciafeehan7732]

No one could break the Houdini code. It was the inscription in their wedding rings. Rosabelle, My Rosabelle I love you more than I can tell🎶🎶 It was a song they heard on a circus organ.

[@jeanneratterman4174]

I loved candy corn, as a kid. Not now. Hubby loved black licorice. And those peanuts! Love/hate them as a kid, but completely over them. Chocolate, dark! with almonds are tops! 😁😋😋😋

[@dnile50]

Since going on a Keto diet, the candy I miss the most are circus peanuts (must be fresh and soft! Old, hard circus peanuts are awful). I also miss licorice -- and Good & Plenty.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

[@jamesbrown4092]

Banana-flavored circus peanuts... Oh so THAT'S what they're supposed to taste like. 😉

[@rickbrandt9559]

"Wild Flowers' will get one to Interesting History

[@toddtourville984]

Up till 25 years ago, my favorite candy was those circus peanuts. I never knew what they tasted of until 30 years ago. They also taste differently. Hmm

[@joeanderson8839]

The taste of candy corn was a lot better when I was a child.

[@katrussell6819]

Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns that have NOT been bleached or painted can be left outside for wild animals to eat. Please don't poison them with toxic ones.

[@Keylimelife]

7:40 The settlers had milk but wouldn't have had butter? That does make sense. I get not having flour, but you just shake or stir raw milk long enough and you have butter.

[@Judgewrath1]

Butter was, I believe, sold for profit. It was considered too valuable to consume

[@Keylimelife]

@@Judgewrath1 sold to whom?

[@shellOceans3083]

Peanuts were fed to circus elephants and that's why they are called circus peanuts

[@Shatterverse]

I wonder if that appendix injury simulator that they came up with took into account what would happen if the appendix was already swollen. If it was already close to rupturing anyway from appendicitis, could the punch of pushed it over the edge?

[@MikeTXBC]

So-called "black licorice" is a misnomer. It's simply licorice as it's only licorice if it contains (drum roll) licorice! Alternatives, like Twizzlers, are simply red candy shaped like relatively thin ropes and it's incorrect to call them licorice. In fact, Twizzlers itself doesn't refer to its red candy ropes as licorice at all because it isn't licorice. I think this is a weird phenomenon where people call something a specific name because it resembles something else. A good example would milk alternatives. People refer to these as "almond/rice/cashew/hemp milk" but if you look carefully, those products never call themselves milk. They use the term "beverage" or something similar. Why do people call it milk? Because it looks similar and its used in a similar fashion with cereal or coffee or whatever. It's still absolutely incorrect to call these products milk,however. That said... people will probably continue to those products almond/rice/cashew/hemp milk," just like people will probably continue to use incorrect terms such as "red licorice" or "black licorice," and I doubt they'll stop anytime soon.

[@Joe-ym6bw]

Interesting

[@garycarpenter6433]

I always decorate for the holidays and I use the same decor I've had for years and I do get something new but I still have the same jack o'lanterns I've had for years they are ceramic and I painted them every time and I've got a blow up owl 🦉 wearing a witch hat and it lights up I love the Halloween specials each year no horror movies for me but the universal monsters I do enjoy..I despise candy corn, circus Peanuts, marshmallow and I'm allergic to dark chocolate 🍫 and I don't really like coconut 🥥, cherries 🍒 and Peanuts 🥜 but only the cartoon characters I Do like

[@onliwankannoli]

Circus peanuts must’ve been invented by a drunk: I wanna candy made out of marshmallow, shaped like a peanut, and tastes like banana. *freak banana oil accident occurs*

[@ohnoohyeah3205]

Can't remember the last circus peanut I ate. Black licorice is repulsive. Candy corn tastes like dried up vanilla frosting.

[@AHLUser]

The best part of carving a pumpkin 'Jack-O'Lantern' is baking the pumpkin seeds after..!! I recommend NOT washing them and leaving some of the 'pumpkin stuff' for natural flavor and sprinkle some spices over the messy seeds, such as salt & pepper, and your favorite flavors, then slow bake at low temp. Be sure to stir & flip them a few times, and enjoy the 'Treats'..!!

[@Duececoupe]

Got to love liquorice....❤

[@danemal7469]

We hated those candies but when you ate all the good stuff and those were all that was left, we ate them gladly.

[@sorchaOtwo]

Good n Plenty, YUM! My grand kids like them too ; )

[@patriciafeehan7732]

I wonder if people knew back then that their child was allergic to peanuts? The Circus Peanuts would be a sweet alternative snack.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Engaged in (3) pleasurable 🤗 " Trunk or Treat " events. Weekend of ( 10-25-24 ) Melbourne Fl🐊.

[@AIM54A]

I'm convinced there is some genetic component to liking black licorice. You either Love it or hate. I've never seen a middle ground.

[@hobbyfarmer62]

Ah yes the Styrofoam orange peanuts are so weird and considering everyone who bad mouths them it is amazing they are still being made.

[@angeljaneann]

I am not 80 but I love all 3 candies

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Stingy Jack is not as endearing as Simple Jack!

[@alexmclean760]

😂😂😂😂😂 you are simple jack

[@samanthab1923]

Better haircut too 😂

[@lungcancer69]

This comment m-m-m-makes me happy.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

@@samanthab1923 You Make me Happy 😊

[@samanthab1923]

@@constipatedinsincity4424 say it for me one time! 😂