Victor Lustig and Binary Points: Citation Needed 4x05

[@gnyrinn]

These shows are a goldmine for band names. Victor Lustig and the Gullible Scrappies, Cello Scrotum and the Fantastic Deviants, etc.

[@oz_jones]

gnyrinn furious strumpets

[@EmmaLiza]

@@oz_jones This one is called "Behind the Flap."

[@TheHorseOutside]

Binary Points is an amazing indie album title

[@JSSMVCJR2.1]

*Johnny and The Fantastic Deviants.

[@radioanon4535]

Cello Scrotum and the Fantastic Deviants is definitely a punk band from Seattle

[@RacingStripeAV]

When you said that Poisson's wife thought that the deal was suspicious, I'm surprised no-one said she thought it seemed fishy... unless that one was left on the cutting room floor. (with apologies to anyone with the name "Poisson" or any variant of)

[@louyspoisson7220]

i accept the apology

[@thelastcube.]

ayyyy they should've aslo used that line on the fugu episode

[@TrulySpeechless]

Was thinking the exact same thing

[@timothymclean]

"The last name is just a French word you might learn in school...something you might eat with chips." "Frites." Ah, yes, that famous English dish, chips and chips.

[@gwenynorisu6883]

And spam.

[@awmperry]

That’s what we in Scotland call “a chip supper”. My favourite. :-D

[@danielchong5032]

Chips and Chips: British chips and American chips? Get me some of that!

[@Dog1818YT]

Daniel Chong you mean chips and crisps

[@danielchong5032]

@@Dog1818YT That was the joke.

[@EnteiFire4]

The French article has some very interesting information. For example, he apparently scammed Al Capone. He was imprisoned in Oklahoma, but managed to convinced the sherif to free him in exchange of a discount on his famous money printing machine. The sherif found him in Chicago, but Lustig explained to him that he didn't use the machine correctly, showed him how to use it, and then gave him $100 (of course, fake money) to pay for the travel.

[@Brannersatlarge]

IIRC we did talk about that when we filmed it but it didn't make the edit

[@MeghanaUppala-Flute]

what a legend, people kept falling for him, didn't they?

[@sophiew757]

tom's exasperated "that's a swimming pool" killed me.

[@postmasterspecific]

Gary was nearly piscine himself after that

[@PentameronSV]

@@postmasterspecific I'm actually surprised they didn't make that Life of Pi joke

[@dseray9494]

The French for pisces is poisson, and I have, in multiple exams, called myself a pool as a result

[@CraftQueenJr]

I think “Andrew Swimming Pool” from Chris was somehow even funnier.

[@fafnir242]

@@CraftQueenJr Agreed 🤣

[@adamfoxton6341]

"He's just drawn a picture of the Eiffel Tower and he's selling that" SEVEN YEARS AGO, and Chris had invented the NFT.

[@ccf3294]

Amazing !

[@theplumbum82]

That would imply anyone buying an NFT is buying an image and not a hyperlink they could easily type themselves 😂

[@timothymclean]

If anything, he accused Victor Lustig of inventing the NFT.

[@ShaunCheah]

I was feeling (almost?) depressed for almost a month and binging Citation Needed episodes really helped me get through a lot of days. Today I am feeling less (or maybe even not?) depressed but it is nice to have a Citation Needed anyway; it is a friendly fun way to pass the time and feel less lonely. Thanks to all the people for making this; I don't know why I wrote this comment but here it is anyway.

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

I hope, 5 years later, you still do fine compared to the global situation :3

[@meetaverma8372]

Oh I went through the same, they've been really helpful

[@theneekofficial8829]

Same but with Anxiety instead of depression. made me laugh and distracted me through it all. watched the entire thing like 10 times

[@xmlthegreat]

I imagine a worried and confused French waiter backing away from Gary who is asking to be served a swimming pool.

[@theflev-matic4892]

LOLOLOL

[@Slitheringpeanut]

@Gordon Freeman A swimming pool and chips?

[@WindInMyWings]

Sometimes you're just really that thirsty

[@natestertf757]

"Was it invisible ink? Quite the opposite. Was it visible ink?"

[@theswaff699]

NatesterTF no, translucent

[@Tonatsi]

Swaffle no it’s quantum ink

[@sinenomine8101]

No, visible graphite.

[@thelastcube.]

"and you get a biscuit" sometimes the whole gist of the show point system

[@futrey9353]

So ink

[@loganbrown898]

Tom should have "quite the opposite" printed on his t-shirt.

[@captainbeard3323]

I want that shirt

[@dittervancrook1735]

It is but it’s just printed in red

[@elifarmer3815]

Or "That is entirely plausible"

[@Jivvi]

Or "No, but you're getting a point anyway."

[@Finat0]

All of the above???

[@LazerLord10]

"How can a modern machine take any more than 6 hours to print something?!" 3D printing nerds be like

[@peetey897]

"Je Suis Andrew Swimming Pool" I spit halfway across my kitchen.

[@entropiCCycles]

+peetey897 And I was reminded of "Raymond Luxury Yacht" from Monty Python.

[@crystals-r2551]

And i though of life of pi

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

It’s the funniest thing

[@Alfa-deer]

It has me grinning to myself on the bus

[@adamboy7777]

If you're reading this, you've probably been binge watching the Citation Needed. It's okay friend, I'm on the same journey as you.

[@lauraireson6358]

It feels like I’m always on this journey.

[@thelastcube.]

Hello Mr prophet

[@CateMastro]

Yay

[@woodfur00]

_Wrong._ I've just _started_ binge watching Citation Needed.

[@DavidWillanski]

I was listening while doing the ironing

[@Armadeus]

to be fair, piscine aside, i can imagine chris saying "je suis Andrew Fish" and it'd still be hilarious

[@DaBaSoftware]

I know it's more of a figure of speech, but i always have an internal giggle at the end of these episodes when Tom says "I've been Tom Scott", because my American brain likes to think that he's only Tom Scott on Citation Needed.

[@oz_jones]

"i used to be Tom Scott. Still am, but used to be too"

[@losthor1zon]

@@oz_jones - Classic Hedberg!

[@vkillion]

I just realized that Matt won after Gary was like "Was he the bloke what sold the Eiffel Tower?"

[@DataStorm1]

@15:24 "I've been Tom Scot and... " He's no longer Tom Scot? who's he now? Oh, Victor Lustig.....

[@richardmillhousenixon]

Tom Scott, also known as Victor Lustig, also known as Andre Piscine

[@amyclarke6176]

They laugh about Andrew swimming pool but there is a guy my aunt works with who's name when translated out of German to Martin bicycle so I could understand swimming pool

[@leeroth4645]

I know a person who's name, when translated from Hebrew, is Oak Elefant.

[@misscutenar2333]

The dudes name is Fahrrad?!!

[@PandoraSystem]

I just realized Victor Lustig is the real-world basis of Moist van Lipwig from Discworld.

[@Balvald]

Lustig is a funny name.. quite literally

[@audiorage82407]

+Der Balvald My last name is also Lustig (pretty sure I'm related to the guy in the vid). My German prof in college had a field day with me when we were learning basic words along with describing ourselves. "Herr Lustig, bist du lustig?" "Ja, ich bin lustig" Light chuckles were had.

[@euchale]

+audiorage82407 Do you know Peter Lustig? He is/was a star in a children edutainment show in Germany.

[@audiorage82407]

Nope. We might be distantly related but as far as I know my Lustig heritage is American-born for at least two generations before me

[@stensoft]

Viktor Lustig didn't have any children and he wasn't born Lustig (his original name was Miller)

[@yogibear5995]

Reminds me of most von Ludwig from Terry Pratchett going postal story

[@anno0001]

Only Citation Needed manages to make me laugh uncontrollably even after watching each episode multiple times! I love this show.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

I hurt my lungs watching this for like the fifth time

[@jrimbault]

What were the chances that among your few French viewers there was one named "Jacques" ? FYI: in 2009, only a hundred children were named "Jacques" in France.

[@K9TheFirst1]

Well that's very sad.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Wait, "Jack" and "Jake" are massive in other countries? Is this French exceptionalism?

[@djsalad5752]

Everyone else when Gary says “ ‘ang on a minute, is this the…”

[@scruffyronin9382]

I’m on my second trip through citation needed during quarantine. Helps me relax for some reason

[@jamesgodden3]

5:40 7 years later and i'm Still annoyed they didn't make a 'somethings fishy' joke

[@gorgolyt]

how has nobody made a film about this guy yet?

[@kearygallagher]

they prolyl did

[@naproze]

It's so nice that you have subtitles now. I've always wanted to watch citation needed but you all have so amazingly terrifying accents that it was impossible! Turns out it is quite fun, thank you for the translation.

[@Robo0595]

gary: Is this the bloke what sold the eiffel tower? ... tom: at the end of that, Matt you win this weeks show!

[@oz_jones]

I think you have surmised it already but as it with British panel shows, the points are arbitrary.

[@brendanbethlehem999]

Chris: 5 Gary: 8 + Biscuits Matt: 7 Gary won!

[@ilexdiapason]

your research should not go unnoticed

[@thelastcube.]

This is going to the spreadsheet They don't choose the winner by proper points somehow

[@isaacbailey3681]

Could be points that didn’t make the cut.

[@Validole]

They're actually counting points? I thought Tom just picked the winner by intuition at the end...

[@zyaicob]

This show uses the QI points system

[@THB192]

Andre Swimming Pool: It looks like Antonio Stella Bottom Tile has a cousin.

[@isabellamorris7902]

Hello, Ashens fan!

[@spoods4628]

Just got that.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I've just started watching Ashens & am so glad I found this comment.

[@Liliou]

As a french, hearing you all saying random french words to find the last name with your cute little accent was quite hilarious!! 😂

[@IceMetalPunk]

I mean, what kind of last name is "Fish" anyway? :P

[@Liliou]

haha true! :P

[@amyclarke6176]

IceMetalPunk I work with someone with the last name fish

[@route2070]

As an American who doesn't speak French I found this hilarious.

[@louyspoisson7220]

i am offended

[@hotelmario510]

The "money printing machine" is a perfect example of the old maxim that "you can't con an Honest John".

[@notthere83]

The fact that the guy was too embarrassed to admit it for some reason reminded me of when I reported someone who scammed me on eBay to the police. Because I wasn't embarrassed about it. However, the policeman laughed and said "Weeell, why would you buy something on the internet?!". (This happened in 1999...)

[@panda4247]

Having seen this video many times (I listen to old TechDiff episodes often before sleep), but not recently, my mind randomly came with a realization today... The reason why Gary said "piscine" thinking it's fish, is *probably* related to the fact, that there is a constellation Pisces, which comes from latin word for fish. And that is the problem.... it's from Latin, not from French

[@oz_jones]

French is a Romance language

[@DCice13]

Tom, Can you show us how u prep for Citation Needed. I would like to play with friends. I assume u just read the article and build questions to move the episode to.

[@Quintinohthree]

I've been thinkimg about this as well. Could be a nice format for a quiznight.

[@maxximumb]

+Darkking Ice Citation Needed, the home game. I have an idea for a Kickstarter project!

[@Kishibe84]

That would be a very interesting video on its own!

[@DCice13]

+Guest91111 Sounds awesome, we need to create a page for articles that work well, awesome prices, and just general stuff like apps :D

[@Quintinohthree]

+Darkking Ice Ooh, make it as a wiki of sorts, totally meta.

[@essengeebee]

Je voudrais une piscine et des frites, s'il vous plaît.

[@MarcelRobitaille]

do you want pool noodles & cheese with that?

[@trinitygod863]

+Marcel Robitaille Que-ce que vous piscine (noodels) et des fromage avec ce (sry for my bad french)

[@ilexdiapason]

Chris God "what you swimming pool and multiple cheese with it"

[@uekishurei2006]

I think it's something like "Voudrais-tu une nouille piscine et fromage avec ça?" (learning French here)

[@sub2willne52]

I like a pool and chips please

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

Back for the yearly binge watch and show it off to a new person to get them addicted.

[@TheGlitchGuild]

My favourite episode ever, just because of "Piscine!"

[@JonatasAdoM]

Call the police: "this guy sold me a money printing machine" Good luck with that

[@daemonCaptrix]

Burly French name? "Gaston" :D

[@obliviousotterI]

NOO ONNES

[@Armadeus]

but now that ive grown i eat 5 dozen eggs

[@AgentTasmania]

Ferdinand (Foch).

[@richardmillhousenixon]

Piscine

[@faielgila7375]

"How could anything take 6 hours to print‽" 3D printers, Gary, those take forever for medium to large prints.

[@timothymclean]

They can print counterfeit bills quite a bit faster, though. Maybe counterfeiting requires really, really thin filaments?

[@scarylion1roar]

Burly French name: Jean Valjean

[@viperhalberd]

Wow, Matt actually won one! Awesome :D Sad the series is over so soon, but I'm looking forward to the live show and the next series!

[@sugamthakur055]

Random KZbin suggestion and now Going to watch full series. See you later. (July 2021)

[@TheSmegPod]

I want to see a "Catch Me If You Can" style movie about this guy now directed by the Coen brothers

[@IsaBella-ir4rf]

Yes

[@snowfloofcathug]

Lustig is an alternate word in swedish for funny

[@swunt10]

+Lucas Forsberg yes it's german

[@MishaNem]

Describes this episode alright.

[@hielispace]

I think rewatch this series every 6 months

[@andresantos708]

This is definitely my favorite show on the internet...

[@adammullarkey4996]

"$51k worth of counterfeit money." Well, why didn't he just sell the counterfeit money at it's actual cost? Seems like an easy way to get $51k to me...

[@oz_jones]

That might have been the plan, but he didn't get the chance

[@farmerboy916]

Adam Mullarkey That's money laundering, yes. You just use the money normally and buy stuff so that it enters into circulation

[@AlexanderNash]

@@farmerboy916 Using counterfeit money is not what money laundering is. Money laundering is specifically mixing in illegally obtained cash in with legally obtained cash such as in the revenue of a business. One that you own or have an agreement with. It doesn't have even be counterfeit to be considering money laundering. But if I take a counterfeit bill and go buy something at the store with it, that in and of itself is not money laundering.

[@tomihawk01]

I wasn't a fan of the previous Citation Needed videos, but this series has been excellent. Can't wait for more.

[@edwinkjellzahn]

I’ve seen this episode a dozen times and “piscin” gets me every time 😂

[@evanrigel954]

"that's a swimming pool!" god i almost pissed myself laughing

[@Becky_Cooling]

8 years later and 'Sebastian Vettel's metal kettle' still makes me laugh and smile.

[@creakyboards8517]

The idea of someone having "professional git" on their death certificate just kills me.

[@AlexmaxPL]

Damn, does it have to end?

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

+DestructionCoach Agreed .... would be awesome if it were two articles per episode.... that said, I could watch shitloads of this, all back to back.

[@zolika1351]

Or if it was just released uncut it would be awesome as well

[@ThatOverkillGuy]

i cant wait for more, i wish i could just pay for this show to go on forever

[@PhoenixClank]

I read this somewhere some time ago, was it here? I can't find it. Anyway The swimming pool is called piscine because it's what you piss in.

[@rosedandy5047]

Thanks for the laughs, I look forward more Citation Needed and the linguistics videos.

[@KenjiWardenclyffe]

i swear Tom's hair looks different colors in Citation Needed episodes than other ones. unless im just really tired.

[@wiet111]

+Kenji Wardenclyffe Maybe he uses a different camera or different lighting?

[@engineerwolf3692]

+Kenji Wardenclyffe aren't they recorded some time ago? like tv seasons.

[@Brannersatlarge]

+Engineerwolf Yep, we did these in early October

[@berni1602]

Loved this episode, has been the most hilarious so far. So sad that you didn't continue with it, but gosh, it was great.

[@bentoth9555]

What his tombstone should have read: "For sale, one tower in Paris. Inquire below."

[@DarleneLesmana]

ah yes, andrew hello, andrew fries, andrew horse, andrew the beach, andrew swimming pool, and finally, andrew fish. the boys.

[@MaitredeDieu]

thanks for subtitling this show, as french it gets tricky to understand 3:03 for instance. you guys are knowledgeable :D PS: piscine is pronounced "piss-in" btw

[@XaviMacBash]

i quite like that andre piscine has a doppleganger called bob swimming pool

[@JH1010IsAwesome]

"Visible ink."

[@gameofchoice931]

6:30 that is a *con*fession

[@thelastcube.]

I like you

[@ahreuwu]

13:15 that's the most aggressive wheeze I've ever heard

[@maxwellmilyern8732]

Also, Tom and Matt, can you cover Citation Needed on the Park Bench? I bet there are some hilarious anecdotes. Toast and Gary must be a hoot to work with.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Never happened.

[@me_n_the_boys_lookin_for_beans]

never happened

[@RainbowJesusChavez]

That ending felt a little extra special today on Sebastian Vettel's last f1 race being the day I rewatch this for the bajillionth time. An absolute legend

[@Juli414]

I really need to learn to go to the bathroom before watching these.

[@jaredmulconry]

Tom sold that swimming pool gag. I'm still laughing at that moment :')

[@CateMastro]

What's the translation of fish? ⬜Cheval ⬜Poisson ✔️ Piscine

[@SavageGreywolf]

"Git" seems like it would have been more accurate than 'apprentice salesman' XD

[@JSSMVCJR2.1]

also, git joke.

[@martinhill7304]

Was almost expecting a second Mystery Biscuits for finally getting the surname after that debacle

[@lutzjamesa]

You guys just absolutely can't help ribbing on France, can you?

[@timothymclean]

Their wheel is 50% France. And broken.

[@shiftcyclicity]

The piscine bit kills me everytime....

[@PokemonDiamondUS]

I needed the captions on this episode.

[@retroforager]

"What was his money printing machine?" "a michine that made money" "WRONG"

[@wlritchi]

Piscine would have been perfect for a Life of Pi reference (fantastic book and movie, recommend them both)

[@joshuahadams]

Watching this while reading "Life of Pi" is quite interesting.

[@joshuahadams]

Adam L you'd be surprise what you can do, if you put your mind to it.

[@dustybinproductions4779]

Ive been looking forward to this all week

[@KishoreShenoy1994]

2:04 Booted in that pun. Don't worry Tom, you will heel. Make sure the water is not laced with nitrous oxide

[@Sam-zd3dw]

I really like Gary's jumper in this

[@heretofore5817]

Oh no, last one! Really enjoyed this series - looking forward to the next one.

[@aasmund_ks6369]

Brilliant! Probably my favourite so far, can't wait til summer!

[@p1rgit]

somehow it reminds me of story, supposedly in soviet russia - or anywhere - where genius counterfeiters saved their arses by simple trick: they printed on their counterfeit money with tiny letters smth to essence 'this is not real money' and flogged them to ppl with bad eyesight or rather, in places with bad light. trick's beauty was that in case of getting caught, punishment for counterfeiting money was huge and unpleasant, depending on amount, like, life sentence in siberia or smth, but as they were technically not counterfeiting but just selling paper defined as _not money_, they only got relatively small punishment, that for, what's official term, cheating or smth. scheming. you tell me. chris? also, do you know that counterfeit dollars are also semi-official currency in russia? not in banks, but between, let's say, ppl who prefer cash. it's worth one third of real dollars.

[@datdabdoe1417]

Off to a good start not even 5 minutes in and Iv nearly passed out from laughter

[@maxpayne2574]

The conman set the Eifel Tower con up by renting an office in a building that also had government offices. He told the scrap dealers the the contract had to be kept quite to avoid public out cry.

[@TikoVerhelst]

5:40 something seemed fishy .... I'll see myself out

[@ZeZapatiste]

No grudge taken, Matt Grey ! The Lustig story is quite known in France and quite "abracadabrantesque" as we say here

[@jodd5534]

everyone is awesome, but seriously matt is another level of awesome

[@linkVIII]

These keep coming out right before lunch. it's great

[@linkVIII]

rip the season

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Minor point :- Would Lustig have fled to Vienna from Gare De Lyon or Gare De L'Est?

[@Alliien34]

this is the best episode of citatoion needed I've seen so far! thank you for making me laugh ^^

[@mistaecco]

Always sad to see a season end, I really love this series, Tom! Till next time! Also, as someone FROM Pittsburgh, what was the inspiration behind you saying "assumedly he ran away to Pittsburgh"? Was he caught there?

[@maxximumb]

+mistaecco en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Lustig#Later_years Yep.

[@SerpentStare]

I've watched the whole playlist of Citation Needed and all 33 episodes of the audio quiz show so far. I do notice though that the audio shows on your techdiff website have a habit of cutting off mid-sentence at the ends. Also, I wish I could have downloaded them to take with me. I look forward to more of this.

[@ThePsychicPineapple]

“Is the the bloke what sold the Eiffel Tower?”

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Sebastian Vettle's Metal Kettle. Which would become Matt's Scaly Kettle?

[@lodesmets9815]

Tom you should also make a playlist with the bonus material

[@joelgraves9392]

The lego minifigure changed!!!