This guy was born almost 150 years ago and we get to watch video of him. What a time to be alive
@axa.axa.2 жыл бұрын
The time would be more impressive 1000 years from now
@michaelkelemenToronto2 жыл бұрын
That is something but, in fact, there are lots of people around today - baby boomers - who were alive when this show was broadcast. It was only 64 years ago.
@brianmatthews43232 жыл бұрын
@@michaelkelemenToronto When I think I was born just 100 years after the Civil War it just makes me feel old. And I'm only 57.
@lonetardigrade2 жыл бұрын
@@brianmatthews4323 that's because you are old and that time-frame shows that. Not in the range of 70-80 years old but you are an older man Brian. Hope that's a good thing for you instead of bittersweet and melancholic like I hear it is for many.
@hmq90522 жыл бұрын
I think you'd have lived a richer life then, living life, rather than watching about lives lived.
@jcnunny2 жыл бұрын
I went to lunch with my Grandma in 2000 when she was 95, and asked her what it was like to see so many changes in the world. From horse and carriage to the space shuttle program, she saw so much. She looked around and said she didn't know why she was still here, as her husband, siblings, and friends had all passed, and she was losing her eyesight. I said "Grandma, you're alive today to buy my lunch!". She leaned across the booth and punched me in the arm and laughed. She lived to be 101, and I miss her.
@Dwightaroundyolips2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@kingmichaelthelastwarrior2 жыл бұрын
Sweet story
@kendaullary41022 жыл бұрын
I can’t love this enough
@johncastino27302 жыл бұрын
You are a good grandson
@matthornton442 жыл бұрын
Mine said the same thing when I asked her, didn't know why she was still here. She got to 97 and still lived on her own/ She used to say, 'you're going to have to shoot me', I responded, 'what out of a cannon?' If she had been cremated I would have but she is buried with my Grand father and their baby son.
@CurtisEWipe2 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother was born 1899 and died 2000......she literally lived throughout the whole 1900's... amazing.
@trscsaeg2 жыл бұрын
That’s fucking crazy and awesome
@chidoquest87592 жыл бұрын
My great grandma was born right at the turn of the century, died in 1993 when I was 20 years old. I knew her very well. She was the last child of a large family and some of her siblings were 20 years older than her. Her dad was born in 1850 and she had uncles who fought in the Civil War. She literally may have had a conversation with her dad that included the phrase, "when I was a teenager during the Civil War", blows my mind to know that I knew someone who knew people in the Civil War.
@CurtisEWipe2 жыл бұрын
@@chidoquest8759 it's insane. Crazy to think about...
@sweetroll17232 жыл бұрын
There was a short story we read in middle school of a great grandma like that. It was called the three century woman.
@joe19722 жыл бұрын
That's amazing. My great-grandmother was born the same year 1899. She lived a long life but not as long as yours. I often wondered what she was doing at various times during her life like ww1, Spanish flu, ww2 etc. Amazing yours lived every year of the 1900s as you said.
@curly874 Жыл бұрын
I am just approaching 70 and so much has changed in my lifetime 1. We had a party-line telephone with about a dozen other farmers when I grew up. You had to carefully lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone, if someone was talking then you hung up very quickly. 2. We got a TV when I was about 8 of 9 years old. Big black-white box TV. There were three television stations back then and they went off the air at midnight. 3. We used to sit out on the porch and listen to the radio in the evenings, Dick Tracey, The Shadow, Jackie Gleason and major league baseball games. Dad used to go up on the roof and adjust the antenna when the wind blew hard. 4. We got three pair of pants and three shirts for school every year from the Sears & Roebuck catalog, also six underwear and socks and immediately got out of your school clothes when you got home from school. Mom used to use iron on patches when we tore our pants at the knees. 5. I remember eating out at a restaurant twice before I got to High School age. 6. I had 55 cousins growing up. Farmers had lots of kids, and lots of kids passed away from accidents and ailments. My older brother drowned at 9 years old. There are five of us kids left, mom is now 89 and still active. 7. We were allowed one hour of TV a day and two on the weekend. Unless it was a sports game, then we could finish the show. 8. Dad and several uncles added a bathroom to my grandma's home when I was about six years old. Dad was so proud to help his mother. 9. One of my first memories was pulling weeds in our 1/2 acre garden. I was so proud when mom said I was big enough to snap green beans for canning. Mom canned most of our food for the winter. She made bread about every five days or so. 10. Mom used cloth diapers for all six kids. She used to originally wash them out in the toilet, then the washing machine, then hang them on the clothes line to dry. She had a washing machine with a ringer to get the moisture out of the clothes. 11. I remember opening sluice gates when we had irrigation water twice a week; sometimes at 2:30 AM in the morning. Irrigation water was vital to farming. The county had ditch riders and they carried pistols to enforce irrigation times between the farmers. 12. I remember pushing cow manure to the trough in grandpa's barn so it could be washed outside and digging the six inches of sand from ditches every year before I started school. School used to close for two weeks in the last of September for potato harvest, so that us farm kids could help with the harvest. So many memories of times gone by. A person's word meant everything back then. No one talked back to parents then, you would get knocked down and miss supper for that sort of thing.
@222ableVelo Жыл бұрын
That is fascinating. Thank you for sharing. That is real history.
@kristenkaz3080 Жыл бұрын
There’s a book there. You should be a storyteller for us all.
@azurephoenix9546 Жыл бұрын
@Kristen Kaz 100%! Definitely a good book in there!
@redssr1193 Жыл бұрын
As a farm kid, now 76, I share many of those same memories. Times were hard. For entertainment, the neighbors would come to the house and bring their instruments and have jam sessions. My dad was a drummer and fiddle player and my mom played the piano. Mom sewed clothes for my brothers out of my dad’s old suits and she sewed dresses for us girls out of feed sacks that were colorful at that time. Hard times but, looking back, good times, as well.
@curly874 Жыл бұрын
@@redssr1193 That was a very good way to grow up. Lots of fun and responsibility - The retire accountant
@oliphauntsneverlie62272 жыл бұрын
Around ~80 years old and his mind is still sharp as a tack and physically fit. Impressive.
@pepsiccolausa88572 жыл бұрын
Yes Also Biden is 79 And trump is 76 The two oldest to be president after Ronald Reagan
@kris8562 жыл бұрын
no BS food available then - which purpose is solely to keep you alive but sick, to sponsor big pharma.... no BS TV shows to make you dumb, just books of wise men, no BS biography of music stars, who at his times were there ONLY to keep you eintertained, and nowadays they claim to be better than you, know more than you do and show you the direction of your life... During his time honesty and honor were words which meant sth, now most of the young guys don't even know how to spell these, not mentioning to understand the meaning or comprehend the significancy of these virtues in the life.
@integrityminded19832 жыл бұрын
He wasn't raised on processed foods, nor has he spent hours in front of a computer or playing video games
@classact91442 жыл бұрын
@@integrityminded1983nor was he fed pills by the pharmaceutical mafia
@joebowl83152 жыл бұрын
Video games aren't bad, anything can be abused, but I get your point. You're spot on about the diet though. There was no bs when it came to food. Everything was organic, for better or sometimes worse
@lelandlewis72072 жыл бұрын
What is cool about this is that he didn't learn all that, he lived it.
@Meekerextreme2 жыл бұрын
Living it is apart of learning too. But yeah I get what you mean.
@YourRoyalMajesty.2 жыл бұрын
Some of it was from before he was born as well! 😊
@RM360CR2 жыл бұрын
what is weird here is that people often uses the term wild west when they refer to violent crime mass shooting today when in reality today society is vastly more violent and uncivilized than those days it seems from what he said..... so the real wild west is today
@jimwednt12292 жыл бұрын
Oh, he learned it alright . On the job education.
@harryteevee95692 жыл бұрын
Leland... allegedly, if the history is true. You know J James only targeted the criminal banksters etc. that funded the civil war, like a robin hood. But the spin is real and this shows exactly how the propaganda was perpetrated. thru a fancy new tech, the television.. Bells and whistles and you don't question the facts...easy digested propaganda
@josemartin17272 жыл бұрын
The fact that this man was born 14 years after the Civil War and to still have the razor sharp mental acuteness that he displayed at the age of 79 in this historic remastered footage was incredible to watch.
@ChiralSpirals2 жыл бұрын
meanwhile I could name a certain 79 year old who can't stay on top a bike, let alone string together one coherent sentence....
@jjhack3r2 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing what a lack of technology and synthetic chemicals in your body can do to keep you sane.
@jerkyboy88972 жыл бұрын
@@ChiralSpirals ooooh bazinga
@josemartin17272 жыл бұрын
@@ChiralSpirals Lmao 🤣
@thechosen2542 жыл бұрын
@@jjhack3r 💯
@mikethemonsta15 Жыл бұрын
This guy answered way harder questions than any game show host of our day, well deserved money
@cockeyedoptimista Жыл бұрын
Ah, spoiled the ending! I shouldn't look at comments b4 it's done.
@danontheair Жыл бұрын
I get the feeling it’s all rigged though
@cockeyedoptimista Жыл бұрын
@@danontheair One wonders. But it could be real. The wife looks genuinely hopeful/surprised.. It looks real, it'd just hard to believe. But why not? He had years of experience as the sole sheriff, or whatever it was. Good question though. Who knows?
@Chuck--11 ай бұрын
The question about the brands almost seemed unfair but he got them right. Who today would know the answers?
@HooksBill2 жыл бұрын
I've never heard a single question turn in to so many questions. I thought he'd never end. That's hilarious. 😂
@derschnuff88192 жыл бұрын
yeah, you have to answer the next question for the 32.000 $....Reads a bunch of completley different questions in a row. I This dude had to know more things just for one step up, than todays gameshow winners for an entire match.
@kaltaron12842 жыл бұрын
I was wondering about that as well. Would have been even more hilarious if he started every additional question with "But wait, there's more..."
@ajolillen2 жыл бұрын
Really, like... One question at a time, would make more sense...?
@zolo49noname452 жыл бұрын
I was starting to think poor Virgil would die of old age before all the questions even got asked.
@DennisTedder-wj5ln2 жыл бұрын
I got lost!
@jbeard822 жыл бұрын
How did one question turn into 100 questions?
@stephenfiore99602 жыл бұрын
…good catch
@cwe19232 жыл бұрын
back then they were not going to give away 32 grand which was a lot of money just for answering 1 question
@zyxwut3212 жыл бұрын
@@cwe1923 Yeah, $32K back then would probably be more like $320K today.
@abajaj15102 жыл бұрын
They had longer attention span than folks today…..
@txhunter1442 жыл бұрын
@@zyxwut321 That’s very accurate. But at the current inflation rate I think by next week it will be double that! lol
@Gmtar2 жыл бұрын
People of this mans era are noticeably different to people today. He appears very stoic and direct. No nonsense, someone that could be relied upon thoroughly and totally honest.
@stevencoardvenice2 жыл бұрын
You probably didnt last long back then if you had a bad reputation
@thomass71402 жыл бұрын
Not sure you can use an Earp as a reference point for the common man. Built different.
@oscarilp2 жыл бұрын
@@stevencoardvenice Most probably
@electricdreamer2 жыл бұрын
You must be from California.
@DM-kv9kj2 жыл бұрын
You have literally no idea what this man might have done and to whom in his life. You do know the sorts of things that were considered normal back then, right? Often involving kids too. Idealizing complete strangers after merely seeing them present themselves for a few minutes on a tv show 🙄
@scottcupp81292 жыл бұрын
Could you IMAGINE going back in time and talking to that man, or Wyatt Earp? They were living story books. This is the next best thing. Amazing!!
@derek_30542 жыл бұрын
Was he the guy who saw Lincoln get shot in 1865?
@AceGoodheart2 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine the Earps being here in today's America? I'm sure they'd say what happened to this country.
@nooooo75732 жыл бұрын
@@AceGoodheart They’d probably die again of a heart attack! With all this lawlessness going on.
@haunterdragon45802 жыл бұрын
Would be terrifying to see them react to the state of the world now
@AceGoodheart2 жыл бұрын
@@haunterdragon4580 The FBI would arrest them and call them extremist.
@ZENMASTERME12 жыл бұрын
I knew my great grandmother pretty well as a child, she was born in 1879, and died in 1979. I remember thinking, in her lifetime there was no refrigeration, cars, airplanes, electricity, antibiotics or even radios. But she got to witness all that and more. I asked her what was the strangest thing she’s ever seen in her lifetime, her reply was, “we landed a man on the moon.”
@michaelcorbidge79142 жыл бұрын
I still marvel at this digital device in my hand with a screen giving better and sharper picture than the old TVs . And it's also a calculator, language translator , camera, phone, navigator , torch .............
@armyvet82792 жыл бұрын
NOBODY has EVER landed on the moon. It's impossible.
@haroldhumerickhouse87312 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcorbidge7914 It’s absolutely amazing isn’t it! I’m 70 years old and I can only imagine the wonder it is to 80 and 90 yr olds.
@harryteevee95692 жыл бұрын
Oh man, you believe that fat lie? How did they get through the van allen belt? the moon landing is a grift, = theft of amercan's wealth by the military industrial complex. just like the coof wars.
@themotiondoctor2 жыл бұрын
OTOH, you’ve seen as much of a paradigm shift in your lifetime. Maybe more.
@alexball24462 жыл бұрын
My super great grandpa was born in 1861 and died in 1958, nearly aged 100. To think that he was alive for the Civil War and both World Wars is astounding
@svMazy2 жыл бұрын
That's wild as hell to think about
@voldemort008 Жыл бұрын
Even more crazy is the fact he wouldn’t have had to fight in any of them due to age lol.
@maryjanedavidson2804 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was born in the 1880's and passed in 1981, my dad was born in 1918 I wish I had paid closer attention to their stories. I am a Mennonite Canadian and one story that always got me was when my dad would tell the story of how his dad first lived in a "Soddy". For those who don't know a Soddy is a sod house, think of an Igloo but instead of blocks of snow it is blocks of dirt and sod and built part way under ground. They immigrated from Prussia, fleeing religious persecution at the time and moved to Manitoba, Canada...now imagine living in a Soddy with the temps at -40 in the winter!!! Oh and they had to make a soddy because there wasn't enough or any trees in the area at the time.
@svMazy Жыл бұрын
@@maryjanedavidson2804 wow that's incredible!
@GamingAmbienceLive Жыл бұрын
scary that all he knew during his life was war war war, whereas for our generation its all lgbt and racism, and only now we have war in ukraine thats super conserning
@T34-E2 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to see a 60 minutes style interview of this man instead of a gameshow questionnaire, but to even have this is simply amazing
@arsenioseslpodcast31432 жыл бұрын
How many black people did you think he saw strung up by their necks?
@clindsell61112 жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 its very telling that is what you got out of this. not how far we've come, not "wow look how long ago that was", not I wonder how many first nations he saw die during a genocide that by most estimates dwarfed the holocaust. that seems like a very self-centered viewpoint and you should think about that and what it says about you. Because if you scroll through the comments you wont see very many like yours.
@terryshrader3909 Жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 While I sympathize with what blacks went through, it is now history and we progress from it. The man probably was a racist but he was born of innocence. We are merely beings of our surroundings and in no way are any of us perfect.
@nicetryb0z0 Жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 good question I wonder if the blacks back then made up over 60% of all violent crime and murder like they do today
@megancrager4397 Жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 why would one WANT to continue to live in a slave mentality? Making oneself the victim of something they never lived through. I'm willing to bet if your ancestors could speak to you today, they'd say how disappointed they are in you coopting something THEY suffered through, while spitting on the ground we've made, which is exactly what they fought for.
@peterturner56182 жыл бұрын
Virgil deserved 64 million. He answered a lot more than one question!
@olenfersoi88873 ай бұрын
I agree, and not easy questions by any means. BTW, apparently, Buffalo Bill was awarded 2 Medals of Honor, because the first one, awarded in 1972, was rescinded in 1917 along w/ over 900 others. Then, it was restored, awarded to him again, obviously poshumously, in 1989, as well as to 4 other Indian scouts.
@williamrawls46802 жыл бұрын
Legend has it, he's still reading the question today
@tezhug18902 жыл бұрын
lol very good
@emdee77442 жыл бұрын
Good grief!! The QUESTION has a gazillion parts. That isn't a question, it's an essay test!!
@MasterTiarnan2 жыл бұрын
OMG thats good, I liaghed so hard I hurt my rib LOL
@regisidec54782 жыл бұрын
and he is still more relevant than you will ever be 😂👊🏼
@DWOlsen2 жыл бұрын
@@regisidec5478 Cringe reply bro
@Gl66192 жыл бұрын
I love how Virgil immediately recognized the song and was basically singing along…he probably sang it more than a few times in front of a campfire in his youth..
@courtesyofdickboak2 жыл бұрын
It’s still popular in bluegrass and stringband music today
@OldFartFilms2 жыл бұрын
@@courtesyofdickboak Nick Cave gives a rendition in ‘The Assassination of Jesse James...'
@Abutado2 жыл бұрын
I can't describe how watching this made me feel. It's a bit surreal. To go from horses and cowboys to game shows in a single life. Wow
@charleyjr.iriarte74282 жыл бұрын
He was a very diligent man!
@petergbrooks2 жыл бұрын
To be fair he was born into the industrial revolution but he obviously spent a lot of time as his father did despite that
@Noitisnt-ns7mo2 жыл бұрын
My G-pa was born before the wheel.
@Lawrence_Talbot2 жыл бұрын
More like the guy went from riding a horse for a whole day just to visit a neighbor as a kid to being able to get on a plane and flying to NY in a few hours so he can appear on a game show that afternoon. That’s crazy
@charleyjr.iriarte74282 жыл бұрын
@@Noitisnt-ns7mo AHAHAHAH
@mr.crighton94912 жыл бұрын
That "question" was an 8 part examination....who put this bizarre thing together????? they left out pt. 9 of the question: what caliber of pistol did Billy Clanton use when he shot a rabbit when he was 12 years old, and what kind of rabbit, and what type of tree was the rabbit sitting under when it was shot, and what color was it, and what spice did his mother use in the rabbit stew, and which of his 3 brothers got diarrhea after eating the stew, and what did they give him to drink to stop the diarrhea?
@elizabethezell87492 жыл бұрын
Lololololol I agree !!!! I thought for the love of mercy ,you gonna have to repeat those questions again I done forgot the first question!!! 🤷🤦
@janetclaireSays2 жыл бұрын
I think people were smarter and more focused back then. They were used to using their memories.
@MG-fn9xw2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahah
@michaelcorbidge79142 жыл бұрын
Well it wasn't bugs bunny anyway .
@theresaadams38022 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@flowerpow84722 жыл бұрын
I love how he said, The rancher went broke "as far as money". It reminds us that there are other things that speak to our true worth and value than money.
@wrench2462 жыл бұрын
Land and cattle and probably other possessions
@devinvez38692 жыл бұрын
Things are different now....money plays a bigger role in our lives now. We depend on it way more to survive these days
@MysticAustin2 жыл бұрын
Back when you were allowed to own land in the United States.
@DT-yt2zh2 жыл бұрын
@@MysticAustin You'll have to explain for us uneducated how we are not allowed to own land today?
@AnonningAnon2 жыл бұрын
@@DT-yt2zh You are allowed, you probably just don't have the money to afford to own enough land (or animals) to feed your whole family as you did back then. Most people living in the cities means the prices of land owning and live stock owning went up to compensate.
@oldjunkvet2 жыл бұрын
I love how understated, and matter-of-fact people were in those days. Very dry, serious, and learned. We could still learn a lot of lessons from those earlier generations if we chose to.
@shaffer42202 жыл бұрын
As a boomer in WI we grew up learning with this character style in many (not all) of our classrooms. Strong, up front, wisdom telling, holding true to word, dedicated & focused. They did not mince words, they taught with clarity. Yes, it was somewhat dry and monotone but there was an undeniable forward momentum of learning. Today, it is as though we dance around the center point of truthfulness.
@californiaplant-basedeater27612 жыл бұрын
The writing in books was often that way too. Great stuff.
@Kingx902 жыл бұрын
I believe this forwardness died with the WWII generation. This, to me, was the last of real men. Truthful, hard working, personable, knowledgeable, charming. I am ashamed to say I do not feel the same about my generation. Good men create good times, good times create weak men and women.
@johnmcmahon85132 жыл бұрын
AMEN TO THAT
@manoo20562 жыл бұрын
All our current education is because the old generation ;).
@kellyhollywood50362 жыл бұрын
This guy is a gem, his time came a long time ago but I feel like I got to meet him. Thanks KZbin
@JustinCopacetic2 жыл бұрын
Even though this video is over 60 years old, I was so happy when he got all the questions right and won the money! Well done Mr. Earp!
@ramen69592 жыл бұрын
There was a moment , wasnt there? I was in suspense with the XIT question/answer lol 😆
@mickeymcmurphy31792 жыл бұрын
after seeing movie Quiz Show about the game show scandal 21, I'm a little skeptical, can't help but think its all staged.
@michaelcorbidge79142 жыл бұрын
I'd figure 32 grand back then to be like somewhere like 300 to 500 grand in terms of purchasing power today . It's another discussion but i can remember prices of a lot of things in 1960s compared to prices for today such as building materials , tools , fence posts , bail of wool n straw , fuel .......
@sausage69842 жыл бұрын
@@mickeymcmurphy3179 sure looks staged
@wildmilne2 жыл бұрын
sadly, it says this video is from 1958 and he died in 1959
@mercurialpierrot70732 жыл бұрын
This is like someone born in 1979 answering questions in 2059. Just imagine how different the world got for this guy between his birth and 1959. Dang...
@rizon722 жыл бұрын
Went from horse and buggy to airplanes and space along with two world wars.
@nelsonvanvickle88622 жыл бұрын
Hey I was born in 1968, and I could answer questions about the 1970’s, otherwise known as the “dark era of primordial internet-lessness”
@rizon722 жыл бұрын
@@nelsonvanvickle8862 Remember when you had to get up to change the channel?
@thenewvoice82 жыл бұрын
wow - did you work that out all by yourself?
@hlhs422 жыл бұрын
@@rizon72 How about fixing the horizontal hold & vertical hold on the TV?
@MH3GL2 жыл бұрын
Listening to him say "people were more honest then" hits home... Hard.
@wiscgaloot2 жыл бұрын
Wyatt was the opposite of honest. For $1k he threw a boxing match when acting as referee.
@AnAdorableWombat2 жыл бұрын
@@wiscgaloot that's just boxing politics. That doesn't mean he wasn't honest lmao
@wiscgaloot2 жыл бұрын
@@AnAdorableWombat Um, no, it completely ruined his reputation for the rest of his life, and it is utterly dishonest. Good job proving your complete lack of any ethics whatsoever. What are you, 12?
@AnAdorableWombat2 жыл бұрын
@@wiscgaloot no bunt. I'm not 12 and why are you so mad? Are you over 200 years old and bitter because my opinion differs from yours? Sir, seek help. I don't care about this mess. I just commented🤣🤣🤣🤣
@wiscgaloot2 жыл бұрын
@@AnAdorableWombat ah, if you aren't 12, then it is clear you rode the short bus.
@imonit1177 Жыл бұрын
He carried himself with more dignity over 10 minutes then most men have their entire life today. A different time, a different breed.
@kennethblevins61722 жыл бұрын
My great grand mother was born 1876, she use to tell me stories when I was a kid that kept me awake at nights and some that would make you crack a rib from laughter. I think of her often and loved her dearly
@WillowMurdock2 жыл бұрын
Did anybody else get straight played by this guy?! Like, he shuffled on out here all quiet and unassuming, softly mumbles a little bit of small talk with the host, and then when it came time to answer that 4000 part question, he snapped up sharp as a tack and answered every question as if he were a walking encyclopedia/history book! What a dude! 🤯😍🤩🥳👏
@trigger4552 жыл бұрын
I forgot the first question after the 4th!
@Murasame2 жыл бұрын
I did for sure, I was super worried for him and then the cuts to his daughter being scared didn't help.
@incitingariot99252 жыл бұрын
He was a law man in a lawless Era. He knows how to play people.
@wallraven552 жыл бұрын
@@incitingariot9925 your sentence is nonsensical. You can’t enforce laws if there’s no laws to enforce. So by definition if you’re a law man there has to be laws to enforce.
@WALTRIPFLAIR2 жыл бұрын
The $64,000 dollar challenge was one of the game shows cancelled for being fraudulently run by the networks in the late 50's I believe. Possibly he was coached? The movie Quiz Show was based on one such show.
@Chuckles..2 жыл бұрын
This Virgil Earp was 20 years old before the turn of the century. The people he met and history he saw unfold is mind boggling.
@biggordo4822 жыл бұрын
We’re living through the roaring 20s V2 although in reality it’s the Great Depression V2
@misguidedangel65502 жыл бұрын
The same will be said of people born in 1980 one day, look at all the history they have witnessed. Cell phones, microwave ovens, stealth bomber, electric cars, the internet, HDTV, 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, Donald Trump
@sebastienbolduc56542 жыл бұрын
@@misguidedangel6550 yes, exactly! We tend to not view ourselves in the same historical light. It creates a disconnect, so-to-speak, from those folks of the past to ourselves within the present. We view them as being "different" in many ways, but in reality they weren't. Instead, we view ourselves as living in the new age. I'm sure folks from his generation probably thought the same about themselves. It's a good way for us to keep things in perspective. This is how people in the year 2122 will be viewing us. There will be people saying, "That dude on The Price Is Right was..." lol
@cavemandelta2 жыл бұрын
@@biggordo482 Damn...didn't even think of it like that...
@brian4rmthewood2 жыл бұрын
@@biggordo482 I be thinking this when I’m alone in my thoughts 😂
@jamfan79372 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine with our 4 second attention spans these days any of us can retain information as well as this old man!
@eluminaryxarrais77352 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't be too sure of that for this particular show it ended up being canceled over a scandal of it giving it to contestants the answers. They may have done so with him since he was a likeable entertaining guy and they wanted to keep him on. Fun fact it was also the basis of Jeopardy giving answers to the contestants and then they have to supply the question
@diceymaan Жыл бұрын
Don't believe all you read in the tabloids. The actual attention span of an average adult is 36 - 54 minutes. Attention is not one measurement, it's divided into three. The sustained, selective, and divided attention. The problem with the fact that we have so many things competing to take our attention in the digital world, is that our brain struggles to decide what to give sustained and selective attention to. But in a setting like this, unless you have add, you'd have the same attention span as people before us.
@arthurmorgan2026 Жыл бұрын
@@diceymaan exactly!!! Anyways what were we talking about
@salazam Жыл бұрын
Don't believe anything you read on the internet either. One's attention span is entirely and completely relative to how interesting he finds the subject. I can spend 3 hours reading a book on WW2 history and it feels as though only 5 seconds has passed. Try to get me to study the taxonomical classification of deciduous trees and I'm blanking out after 30 seconds.
@2012escapee12 жыл бұрын
He must have been 80 years old. And a very healthy and intelligent elderly gentleman.
@zyxwut3212 жыл бұрын
Don't know how healthy he was. He died only a year later. Certainly very intelligent, though. What priceless footage. Truly a link to a lost world.
@holdingcopsaccountable65542 жыл бұрын
His grandpa lived till he was 97 years old.
@MrT672 жыл бұрын
79
@scottphipps35772 жыл бұрын
If only Biden could be this lucid...
@MrT672 жыл бұрын
@@scottphipps3577 There's always one.....
@Jamedia662 жыл бұрын
Love watching the way that our predecessor carried themselves, w seemingly fewer words, yet a more profound sense of integrity.
@bertkilborne64642 жыл бұрын
There's something impressive about the man, no doubt about it
@biggchungus55122 жыл бұрын
Advice from John Wayne to a young Michael Caine on acting "Talk low,talk slow and don't say too much"
@frank68422 жыл бұрын
@@biggchungus5512 John Wayne was also a closeted gay and coward so I wouldn't take much on his voice
@ZACH_95_2 жыл бұрын
@@frank6842 And this coming from a nobody on KZbin don't say much either. If you weren't around him back then, then you have no clue how he was. You can believe what others said but again...
@serpentines63562 жыл бұрын
@@frank6842
@zudemaster2 жыл бұрын
Amazing when you think of how many changes someone like him would have seen. When he was born and a little kid, modern transportation was a horse and wagon or if you were lucky a train. You used lamps and candles for lighting. Eventually he saw the invention of cars, electric lighting and airplanes. The invention of telephones, radio and TV. Wars - WW1, WW2 and Korea. The nuclear bomb. The beginnings of the space race. Imagine trying to explain those things to someone the year he was born.
@jsflm2 жыл бұрын
You want to see him go crazy? Put him in a room alone with an iphone
@zombeat73762 жыл бұрын
@@jsflm drives me crazy too 😂
@JohnJohn-qv4mg2 жыл бұрын
Actually for someone who is his age today, they went through as many changes as he did, just different types. I mean imagine if you were born in the 1940s and what's that light compared to today; the exact same as what that guy went through. The only thing that makes him more fascinating is you can still talk to people who were born in the 1940s and some people can even speak to people who were born in the 1930s. So fascinating, yes, but different than anyone else, not really.
@Camcolito2 жыл бұрын
Same idiots, different century.
@traymilligan28652 жыл бұрын
@@JohnJohn-qv4mg I kind of understand what you're saying but in a way you are also wrong. We are talking about who was then a living legend not only him but other members of his family. Definitely, Not like everyone else. That can never be replaced in history. Sure others lived through changes of technology but that was about all. This man literally has his place in American History books. Not just anyone can say that and he was not just anyone.
@squidward66 Жыл бұрын
He speaks so much better than us modern "advanced" people. Much admiration for this man, and for America of the past!
@jacklambert15212 жыл бұрын
Guy nailed those questions like a carpenter.
@HadoukenSpammer2 жыл бұрын
This guy made me remember my grandpa. He was born in 1912. Saw almost every major event in the 20th century. He also was a law man. Died at 95. Miss him and my dad greatly.
@denisonpizzato1311 Жыл бұрын
As my grand pa here in 🇧🇷👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@Tatorvision Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was born 1915 and he always had stories. I was lucky enough to live with him and grandma for a short time. I wish it could have been longer. He passed in 2000.
@michaelmerta89562 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable gentleman with an valuable experience and information. He is humble and I could listen to his stories forever without getting bored.
@RAWTEN Жыл бұрын
Despite the modern day chaos, we live in pretty amazing times to be able to watch this man on camera.
@conniecrawford52312 жыл бұрын
I remember being a young child and watching this for each week it was on - so glad someone posted it!
@vincentperratore43952 жыл бұрын
I remember actually seeing that particular show of the "$64,000 Question", back in the late fifties, when it was aired.
@gothamarea2 жыл бұрын
@@vincentperratore4395 who was watching it with you?
@zurcfamily2 жыл бұрын
You must be 104 years old ! God bless you!
@nejmcabdudsalaam1682 жыл бұрын
What happened next week?
@conniecrawford52312 жыл бұрын
@@nejmcabdudsalaam168 Virgil won the $64,000 top prize!
@Visceralreality Жыл бұрын
My grandad was born in 1907, he left us in 1996. His life saw such changes that he was always excited about the next new thing. His attitude was infectious. Miss that old fella, he had amazing stories.
@fastsetinthewest Жыл бұрын
I remember my g grandparents born in 1872. They died in 1964. I feel like I lived back in those days with all their stories. I was 17 when they died.
@tailgunner22 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. The man lived from having little to no electricity, two world wars, radio, television, and left this world in an era of modern appliances and automobiles.
@tyyamnitz84082 жыл бұрын
He was 23 years old when the wright brothers first flew an airplane and lived to see the first satellite launch into space
@phillipkulas23022 жыл бұрын
He was fortunate to live when Caucasian males were creating the greatest innovations in all of history. No other race or females could have ever achieved what the Caucasian male did in that time.
@mantirig41392 жыл бұрын
Makes Me wonder about the Bible verse that talks about end times. Things that have never been seen before, man rode a horse for thousands of years.
@Knight_of_the_Old_Code2 жыл бұрын
@@ronmexico8383 And just look at what's going on now. I truly believe we're living in the end of times.
@nonow13532 жыл бұрын
@@Knight_of_the_Old_Code Hopefully this doesn't start any sort of pointless argument, because I would tend to agree, but I'm of the opinion that this isn't the first time we have been through this. I believe this isn't even the second time that we by our misguided actions, cruelty, greed, ignorance of the divine reality of which we are very much a part along with everything else, but through our huberous and arrogance and following those who promote said vanity and selfish pride, come to believe we are separate not only from nature and creation but by this stage we not only believe that but also deny God or anything greater than ourselves, it isn't until a flood or some cataclysm or another comes along that people suddenly remember and for awhile live at first in proper reverence and respect to the order of things, then as direct memory is forgotten people live in fear of Gods wrath as remembered through the stories and writings of those who witnessed said end times, then ...... You see where I'm going with this? Virtually every person with an NDE to report or some other humbling experience like that will all tell you that the point in life is to learn to be truly good and loving and that it is only your deeds towards others and strength of character as well as your ability to live in a place of love that matter once you die...or we all do rather. So end times or not, I think what is important has never changed and no matter the circumstances if you strive to be truly good and live without doing others harm and without regrets then the worst that could happen is you live happily and loved by those around you and die comfortable in that knowledge and at best you will understabd the rest afterwards. It's not rocket surgery but we are so conditioned by this world especially in these days of only fans and Instagram fame that it can be easy to lose sight of what matters
@bewhitey2 жыл бұрын
$32k was equivalent to over $300,000 today. Virgil Edwin Earp lived a wild life, born in a wagon train campground in Tombstone Arizona in 1879. Was sheriff of Paradise Valley Nevada at the age of 18. Killed 3 men by the age of 21, first one being a man that molested his sister. He saw the birth of the automobile, birth of aviation, birth of television and radio. Witnessed the conquering of the west and expansion of the railroad. He lived through two world wars. 13 years after the end of WW2 he appeared on this television show. The $64,000 question....a big deal. When it first aired in 1955 it held the #1 rating spot knocking out I Love Lucy, but it did not last very long and was cancelled just 3 years later in 1958. The same year Virgil appeared as a contestant. What happened you ask? Well just a little thing known as THE QUIZ SHOW SCANDAL! In the fall of 1958 other similar quiz shows were under federal investigation due to contestants coming forward saying they were "coached" or given answers before hand. This became known as the era of the "Quiz Show Scandal" and the $64,000 question was very much a part of it. America knew the dirty secret behind game shows, they were all rigged and game show ratings plummeted. Did Virgil ever get his money? Was he given these answers in advance? We may never know for sure. What we do know is all the television networks pulled their high stakes game shows off the air. Replaced them with westerns and detective shows....and the very next year in 1959 Virgil passed away.
@patrickoneil59132 жыл бұрын
Great comment - thanks for the info
@marcodesalud70342 жыл бұрын
wow, great info!
@popeantichrist88472 жыл бұрын
Now we just have beta bun boys
@FuhqEwe2 жыл бұрын
Except the story pertaining to his life was all BS. He never killed anyone, never worked in law enforcement. He bounced around random jobs, like selling sewing machines door-to-door. He was a grifter that used his last name, and the lack of google, to fabricate lies for profit.
@hermdogg18462 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the info.. great history knowledge...
@cmarbormaster Жыл бұрын
What a class man. He definitely has the presence of a sheriff.
@payrocoin2 жыл бұрын
This is incredibly impressive. Such a sharp man. The Earp family is quite a family.
@arsenioseslpodcast31432 жыл бұрын
How many black people did you think he saw strung up by their necks?
@ryand.3858 Жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 probably his fair share. I don’t know which I find more peculiar: your implication that he was targeting black men, or that none of those hanged were deserving of their fate by virtue of their skin color. Black, white, brown…they all got hanged back then.
@grawman67 Жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143Why did you comment that under so many people? To get a rise?
@jennytalks58822 жыл бұрын
I can look at this man's face and read the hard lines embedded from years of being in the sun, late nights and hearing sad heavy news, seeing so many men lying there shot and killed. I picture a man who walked into any room and got respect. Can you imagine the crime scenes he has stood at? He stood among circles of law enforcement men on dusty trails and streets and was considered one of the best of men. I really like him. They don't make men like him any more.
@jackieM888902 жыл бұрын
The way Virgil talked crime (men shot and killed you mentioned) was more rare in those times so I doubt he witnessed a large amount of men being killed.
@daniellebcooper71602 жыл бұрын
Well said, we need Man like him in society now. He knew exactly what his gender was.
@janebaker9662 жыл бұрын
They certainly don't.
@thekid15972 жыл бұрын
@@daniellebcooper7160 Exactly 💯 🤣👍
@jolo40362 жыл бұрын
@@daniellebcooper7160 Yep, one big heap of testosterone. lol
@DDLTex2 жыл бұрын
My grandmother born 1903 passed away at 103 Feb 2007 she was born in Guanajuato Mexico in a Military family serving Porfirio Diaz he father was a colonel with the Federalist . She saw, the Mexican Revolution , Influenza ( Correction : Spanish flu) World War I and WW II her both Sons and husband fought, she saw Vietnam and much more . In the early 60’s we slept with the doors unlocked , trusted everyone walked in the evenings without a care those days are missed . I must say, Mr. Earl is an intelligent man.
@jimhoffmann2 жыл бұрын
Very, very cool, DTdL!!!
@neapanther4972 жыл бұрын
I’m assuming by Black Plague you mean Spanish influenza?
@syndan92452 жыл бұрын
@@neapanther497 thought the same thing lol, that's not the black plague XD
@sirhcffoh2942 жыл бұрын
Titanic
@OurLargeFamilyLife2 жыл бұрын
Wow thank you for you sharing
@waltermurch55702 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was born in 1875 and died in 1976. She was born before sound recording, movies, light bulbs, electric motors, airplanes, cars, telephones, rockets, computers, and men on the moon. When she was 99, I asked her what invention made the greatest impression on her. She answered: hot water out of a tap in the home. When she was born, water (cold water) came from a pump outside the house. When you wanted it hot, you had to pump it, bring it into the house, light a fire in the wood stove, wait for an hour (at least) until it warmed up.
@dorkydragon-6 ай бұрын
I think your story will stick with me forever. Thank you so much for sharing it!
@olenfersoi88873 ай бұрын
Somewhat like my father who, tho born in 1907. At one point, I realized that was not only before TV, but also before radio. I asked him what people did for entertainment. He said we read books. And, otherwise (then getting a sas look on his face), we were forced to talk to each other. LOL
@ron.v2 жыл бұрын
What a great video. My grandfather was born in 1870, died in 1955. I'm so glad I got to know him before he passed away. He never owned a car and went everywhere either by bus, by train, by wagon, or on the back of a mule. Listening this this video makes me think of him and my other grandfather who was a lawman who once lived in Texas and traveled back to Alabama in a wagon.
@arsenioseslpodcast31432 жыл бұрын
How many black people did you think he saw strung up by their necks?
@NihilisticHatred2 жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 not nearly enough.
@fortunateson78522 жыл бұрын
I remember speaking with an old law man who was a sheriff in a Texas border town in the 1920’s. He said he rarely carried a gun back then. Was stowed in the car most of the time. Just a different time.
@RossLemon Жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 Dang I didn't know there were gamers back in those days.
@knowur10sand18s2 жыл бұрын
These interviews of people who lived in thr 1800s are so amazing! I always end up watching the entire video amazed of the times they grew up in. The fact that there's video of them recounting their time is memorizing.
@productofapathy2 жыл бұрын
*mesmerizing. After you edit it I'll delete my comment so it looks like you had it right from the start.
@Ruffi02 жыл бұрын
People will say the same about the kids from the 80s and 90s soon enough
@sethjansson56522 жыл бұрын
@@productofapathy Grab some friends
@Iloveflowers20242 жыл бұрын
@@productofapathy 😂
@edvardthomson72642 жыл бұрын
How is it mesmerising? A video is a video. What's mesmerising is how completely pathetic the world has become since this time...
@GordiansKnotHere2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most amazing pieces of film I have ever seen. I did not know that this was even out there. Excellent.
@moragosullivan2879 Жыл бұрын
This man is a great comedian. I’ve started to watch him wherever he comes. A very, very intelligent man. X
@hannahkirchner16562 жыл бұрын
That's so weird that Wyatt Earp's nephew is on a TV game show. I am always awestruck by people in the distant past, as if they somehow think, look, or act differently from living folks. So strange to see such living history.
@BlommaBaumbart2 жыл бұрын
@@softan The thing W. Earp is famous for happened before the grandparents of my grandparents were born. That's not close history, the TV show Virgil is on is close history.
@brianvogt81252 жыл бұрын
@@BlommaBaumbart - It depends on your perspective. My older grandfather was born in Feb. 1876, in the middle of those infamous events - fortunately on the opposite side of the world. I was alive when the TV show was recorded, and can remember staying with friends during the time my brother was born that year.
@brianvogt81252 жыл бұрын
@Hannah Kirchner - We can easily get a distorted opinion of people from TV shows. Almost 60 years ago, I enjoyed watching shows like Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Tombstone Territory. Characters are whoever the script writers imagine. They contrasts with the brutally honest (warts & all) descriptions of the ancient "heroes" in The Bible, up to 3,500 years ago. Human nature hasn't changed a bit since then.
@bretagnejean24102 жыл бұрын
It s not strange he do a tv game because all american west story create big history and business around that.... Between myth, reality and lies.
@Jimmy911ism2 жыл бұрын
We usually only see non-movie footage of people born before 1900 in ww2 docos. You're rihht Hannah, this so rare, a live interview featuring a person born in 1879. Telling that he only lived another year; part of the reason is people had shorter life spans. This is the oldest person on live TV, as far as I know and it's fascinating.
@X-Prime1232 жыл бұрын
Dude asked him about the history he was a part of. That's pretty cool. Different people, tougher than we are, by a mile.
@ohhhyeahhh11742 жыл бұрын
These men would break us apart with 1 word, today's America has nothing on the wild west specially now that everyone has gone fr uity with their pride months.
@X-Prime1232 жыл бұрын
@@ohhhyeahhh1174 Tell me about it. Back in my day, fruit loops was a cereal.
@betterthanyesterday39122 жыл бұрын
@GreenGoSpanish It's possible to have both. I live a life that would be considered luxurious by many, but hunt and fish, and can handle myself in the woods. Your comment is very accurate, but there are exceptions.
@ThinWhiteLuke2 жыл бұрын
@@betterthanyesterday3912 yeah that’s pretty true. Look at Joe Rogan, he’s extremely rich but he also bow hunts and is a rugged man that can handle himself in the woods and in physics combat. However, I do believe on average people these days are softer than they used to be. Sorry for getting political but especially people on the left.
@gringofilet4742 жыл бұрын
@@ohhhyeahhh1174 Many were trash, racist scumbags. Good riddance!
@CYCLONE44992 жыл бұрын
Impressive. These legends are long gone but these videos are a testament to their legacy
@MrMuaythai842 жыл бұрын
Racist white people those days are gone now we got white people who not open minded and enjoy sharing their wife with brown people
@High-Performance-IQ2 жыл бұрын
No one has ever gone. Death is an Illusion.
@stuartredman15502 жыл бұрын
@@High-Performance-IQ Death is real.
@julius434612 жыл бұрын
@@stuartredman1550 Well we certainly can't prove it. I can't prove that someone ever died, any more than I can prove that someone other than me had a thought. Solipsism all the way lol
@rantsupreme26702 жыл бұрын
Im so glad i found them. I’ve always been fascinated with how people from the 1800s lived
@dj3114 Жыл бұрын
My Gosh, I smiled the whole time listening to him answer the most complicated questions I've heard.
@NachoMamaNow2 жыл бұрын
Yikes! They called that A question???? He was an encyclopedia of history of the west.
@danpatch47512 жыл бұрын
Absolutely was, no doubt
@VariedVids2 жыл бұрын
Except the show was canceled in a big scandal for giving answers to the contestants.
@davewanamaker36902 жыл бұрын
It was more like an interrogation. Whoa there. Slow down with them questions. He was incredible!
@VariedVids2 жыл бұрын
@Paul Perreira No he didn't. Do some research on him.
@dutchray88802 жыл бұрын
The was quite a fund of knowledge demonstrated there, as had occurred quite a few times on this show. At times, you would think it was almost impossible for one person to be able to answer a multitude of complex questions...turns out the show was fixed at least sometimes. I can't say that was the case with Virgil Earp. I do find him quite likable.
@johnevans57822 жыл бұрын
This is such an amazing part of history. So much has been forgotten, and when we read history books, we forget that real men and women lived that history. Just brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing this!
@IsraelCountryCube2 жыл бұрын
Yes my mother would say a man's still a man if he has his testicles removed suppose the opposite sex female has the same principle applied but with vagina. Although Id rather say real men aren't just those with testicles a real man doesn't go around murdering other men you know? And a real woman doesn't go around sleeping with every man she sees. It's strange but true. Not everyone is true to their sex and how they should behave.
@Perception_2 жыл бұрын
Just listening to someone's voice you quickly establish a sense of him being the real deal or not. He's definitely the real deal.
@arsenioseslpodcast31432 жыл бұрын
over a fucking voice? Wonder how many blacks did he see hung?
@clindsell61112 жыл бұрын
theres a reason people used to respect lawmen this man exudes that reason with every syllable
@RustyShackleford76 Жыл бұрын
This was great! I couldn’t even imagine everything this man has gone through. All the history and changes in technology and society.
@rboston332 жыл бұрын
I went to a Toastmaster's meeting in Phoenix a number of years back and his son was the speaker. He told a fascinating tale about his family and their adventures.
@rockandrollrabbit2 жыл бұрын
What did he talk about?
@rboston332 жыл бұрын
@@rockandrollrabbit Hi. He did a 20 minute talk on Earp life after Tombstone. How they finally moved to California and how they built a real estate business. He did a great job telling about the family
@knightwalkr2 жыл бұрын
My dad went to school with one of Wyatt Earps older brothers grand kids. (They lived in central Kentucky for a while and some stayed behind)
@TrentCantrell2 жыл бұрын
Its great seeing someone out of our history books walking and talking. I would love to see a recoding like this where someone from the 1800s is just allowed to tell stories for a while - if such a thing exists.
@arandom10242 жыл бұрын
There's quite a few if you search for them, you can hear from both slaves and slave owners, civil war veterans, etc. I even saw a very old man who as a child witnessed lincoln's assassination. It's all incredibly fascinating.
@michaelversace4562 жыл бұрын
@@arandom1024 I just wrote a comment talking about the kid who saw Lincoln get shot! Its absolutely amazing.
@arandom10242 жыл бұрын
@@20alphabet that's like saying michelle obama (love her or hate her) isn't a historical figure because she wasn't the president. Such a close relative of one of the most famous figures of the wild west is of course a historical figure.
@janebaker9662 жыл бұрын
When I visited my cousin in Victoria BC Canada I unexpectedly had a chance to do some family history research which meant I spent some time at the library scrolling through the old newspapers on rattly old microfilm,it was years ago. In around 1900 to 1910 the Victoria newspaper did a regular feature of interviewing some local resident man or woman who was there,in the Old West. It was fascinating and I was very distracted from my main task(which I did acheive),it seems that every cowboy and gunslinger of the old West who didn't end up on Boot Hill and actually lived to get old,moved to lovely Victoria BC to end their days. It was better than any movie or story to read all these first hand memories and testimonies of life in the Wild West from actual people who were there.
@judyjones50892 жыл бұрын
Yes, this channel features just that. Happy browsing. I love this channel!
@williampalenik73062 жыл бұрын
WOW the only Earp to be on early TV show from the 1950's, He sure knows his history
@AdamTheGuitarist2 жыл бұрын
He lived it
@ermano582 жыл бұрын
Born in 1879 in tomstone he was 21 in 1900 old west ended about 1910 hes a plethora of information
@justmeldin60622 жыл бұрын
Oooo man how he behaves and holds eye contact. Calm, serious and to the point. You can feel confidence, seriosness, and wisdom in him. I would love to watch and listem the likes of him just to see and learn how to behave and think properly.
@david11322 жыл бұрын
So awesome to see how clean and respectful the crowd was and host etc.
@yepiratesworkshop79972 жыл бұрын
I wasn't going to click on this. Now, I'm sure glad I did. Virgil was the 'real deal' as my generation used to say.
@j_rainsgoat39292 жыл бұрын
My granny was born in 1898 died in 1998 with all her faculty's. She could remember birthdates for great grand kids without a calendar. Her stories were amazing.
@AshtrayAnnie2 жыл бұрын
You’ve totally missed the point of the entire video. Clearly you didn’t know anything about the Earps before clicking on the video.
@mscommerce2 жыл бұрын
@@AshtrayAnnie As you have. The clip prompted J_Rains GOAT to share some personal family history with us all. What a rude reply!
@Anon543872 жыл бұрын
My great aunt was born around then and lived to 104. I had to interview her for a college history class. She was still sharp as a tack. My only regret is that when I got out of college and gained more experience in life I would've been able to ask her better questions. Still, it was a real education.
@AshtrayAnnie2 жыл бұрын
@@mscommerce nah mate. I’m speaking facts. Just because you got butt hurt about it doesn’t mean it’s not factual. It had nothing to do with this video. The Earp family goes hand in hand with ‘the wild west’ which is what this video is really about. Not people who also lived 100yrs ago lol
@EvaLasta2 жыл бұрын
Ok? Why are you posting this story lol its unrelated to the video
@maxwarboy36252 жыл бұрын
The television year said 1958, at that time Virgil answering the questions must've seemed like an old man, being quizzed on history - already old to that audience. In 2022, it has been over another 60 years since Virgil Earp's death. This is a gem of a video indeed.
@thomascefalo9382 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video to watch. Brings to mind my 103 year old aunt, born in 1919, who tells us of how it was back then with cars that had to be cranked etc. She's seen a lot in those years.
@MoonKnightH82 жыл бұрын
She still alive?
@FG-bn3qq2 жыл бұрын
Your aunt probably saw movies before they had sound
@Madara2B2 жыл бұрын
ah that why some say ' cRANK IT"
@Nephilim17172 жыл бұрын
I have an aunt born then and still alive to boot! She lived quite a life so she always had a few stories to tell us kids.
@SirManfly2 жыл бұрын
Wow, Virgil Earp !! 😯
@222ableVelo2 жыл бұрын
This history is fascinating! I hope you can find so much more like this. Thank you for uploading.
@bassdojo2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing gentleman! Glad he won and able to live out his life in a little comfort. I bet he had a million and one stories.
@windwarattack23002 жыл бұрын
He got to live a year of comfort with the winnings then died
@BbBb-vd2sj2 жыл бұрын
@@windwarattack2300 but died with the knowledge that he left something for his children. That's something all parents appreciate
@constitutionman90262 жыл бұрын
Great job in doing this. The crazy thing is there has now been enough time passed that the time between his days as a lawman and the time this show aired is equal to the show until now.
@92Kbear2 жыл бұрын
I got to talk to my Great Grandfather a lot when I was younger, who was born in 1880 and died in 1974. I have always thought that it was weird that he was born only 15 years after Lincoln was assassinated (15 years ago the iPhone was invented for perspective) which is now 157 years ago, cruised a horse and buggy on a dirt Woodward Avenue in Detroit, and watched a man land on the moon before he died. Simply awesome. When my father was born in 1934 (now 88), only 35% of houses had full plumbing, 70% had electricity, and 35% had phones!!! My father in law who just passed at 94 years of age just a couple of years back, was literally alive for 7 years when Wyatt Earp was alive!! It proves that life is short, our views are very short ... sighted too, and technology is moving really fast. Wonder what another 100 years will bring.
@janboomstam17272 жыл бұрын
well spoken
@davidwhittington76382 жыл бұрын
Total legend.. That show, really didn't want to give that money away....
@plooker392 жыл бұрын
You're right. Big scandal at the time that answers were given. Still fun to watch and root for your favorite.
@michaelcollins2372 жыл бұрын
@@plooker39 one show did that pal one show
@dbadagna2 жыл бұрын
And no multiple choice!
@jonkomatsu81922 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful! I found myself rooting for Virgil all the way through those numerous questions, especially agonizingly as he pondered those brands. Whew! Wonderfully sharp minded, so humble and soft spoken. A great man. Thanks so much for posting! 🤓👍
@rubiesofgold7698 Жыл бұрын
There’s something I really like about the way people looked and acted. They looked older but seemed very mature and respectable.
@danielesposito97052 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, thought he would never end with the questions
@stephanieyee97842 жыл бұрын
Wow, Virgil is a mine of information about the Wild West. What an amazing video and a fantastic piece of history.
@colinglen45052 жыл бұрын
I got every question right except the brands, and i'm an old Englishman. ;)
@sarahjackson18602 жыл бұрын
Compare the standard of questions and his knowledge to today’s quiz shows and contestants. Also note his restrained reaction upon winning, the smartness of the audience and their polite applause after he wins the $32k (a huge amount in the 1950s). No whooping and screaming. A different era.
@sarahjackson18602 жыл бұрын
I’ve just used a historical money converter to find out how much 32k in 1958 is today. The answer is 321k. Yet he doesn’t flinch when he wins.
@TheDanEdwards2 жыл бұрын
@@sarahjackson1860 "No whooping and screaming. A different era." - you don't believe there was "whooping and screaming" in the 1950s?
@sarahjackson18602 жыл бұрын
@@TheDanEdwards What’s your point?
@hikerx93662 жыл бұрын
What an honor to be able to be in the same room with this man. Wish I could have met him but I wasn't born yet. 🤠
@leewatkins16102 жыл бұрын
i was born ...in 1958,,and i was quite likely in my basinet listening to this man,,,but my memories of it are weak
@FuhqEwe2 жыл бұрын
He was a liar, and a grifter. An honor? What a joke.
@BbBb-vd2sj2 жыл бұрын
@@FuhqEwe why do you say this? Do you have any proof of your claim?
@simon5evans522 жыл бұрын
KZbin is a time machine. All of these wonders would have been lost to the public without the brilliance of the younger generation.
@sminem65722 жыл бұрын
The trivia he knows is even more incredible considering you couldn’t just look it up online back then. If you had a question, you had to ask someone or go to the library and find it in a book and read it for yourself.
@MD-fu6ly2 жыл бұрын
that was true even 25 years ago for the vast majority 🤦
@arsenioseslpodcast31432 жыл бұрын
How many black people did you think he saw strung up by their necks?
@clindsell61112 жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 99.999% < first nations killed but i guess you dont care about that huh cause it doesnt relate to you
@ludara86972 жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 You're not a victim
@denverscott372 жыл бұрын
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 not as many as your generation will see vaporized by a nuke... Lots of ways to die, lots of ways to live. You'll get the chance to do both at least once.. Choose wisely grasshopper....
@AlderaansRanger2 жыл бұрын
It’s a lot easier to remember events that you personally witnessed or were around to hear about than it is to just study the past.
@369Sigma2 жыл бұрын
This was certainly a real treat to watch. History come alive. We are blessed to have this on video.
@p.g.38062 жыл бұрын
‘Now Virgil, I’m gonna ask you an 82 part questions and ya better listen up now….’
@scottcurtin25982 жыл бұрын
I spoke with my great grandfather from Ireland in 1978. I was 10, he was 90. Loved the accent and he asked me What I go for Christmas. I tell people today that I spoke. With someone born in the 1800’s. Great and only memory I have of him
@paddingtonlaw24912 жыл бұрын
I just watched this video smiling the whole time! This gentleman is so smart he has probably forgotten more than any of us will ever even know! What I wouldn't give to spend the day with him and hear all of his stories! God bless him and keep him!
@Eppu632 жыл бұрын
What you wouldn't give to spend the day with him and hear all of his stories??
@paddingtonlaw24912 жыл бұрын
@@Eppu63 Don't you understand? Shall I elucidate? Ah your one of THOSE people who reads everyone's comments and just has to reply if you think there is anything grammarically incorrect.
@workingclasspatriot50012 жыл бұрын
My God what a great video. My Grandmother helped raise me and she was such a Western fan. I remember playing a trivia game with her when it was asked " Who killed Billy the Kid" I was floored how easily she answered. Virgil made me smile so calm wide as he sand the song to hi.self in the booth. Its sad th had we don't see men of this caliber anymore. Thanks for turning a deal day into a better one.
@godessofyouguess Жыл бұрын
What an intelligent man. Tyfs this amazing story
@antcway2 жыл бұрын
I never comment on videos, but as a history buff, I just had to admit how cool this really is 💯
@bentonrp2 жыл бұрын
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... never 😀?
@wesleyAlan91792 жыл бұрын
I find it very funny when people feel the need to point out they never make comments on video🤣. Why you gotta say that? Just make ya damn Comment! 🤣🤣😂
@UNLTDvision2 жыл бұрын
Quite amazing how the question he was asked was very complex but at the same time he was able to answer everything without being flustered
@whengrapespop57282 жыл бұрын
People weren’t so distracted at the time, they allowed their brain to keep thinking without swiping to the next video.
@nickanderson95532 жыл бұрын
Too many questions.
@SuperKnifemaster2 жыл бұрын
Because he lived it, he was alive during all the history in these questions.
@guilhermecaiado53842 жыл бұрын
That's because it all made sense and was related to what he knew for real
@arsenioseslpodcast31432 жыл бұрын
How many black people did you think he saw strung up by their necks?
@JP-ob2tp2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing piece of footage. Just to imagine how much he has seen and for us in 2022 to watch a man who was born in the 1800s with such sharp IQ, now that is mind boggling. RIP sir!
@khshkhshkhsh2 жыл бұрын
You an adult?
@JP-ob2tp2 жыл бұрын
@@khshkhshkhsh I identify as one.
@jacobb43572 жыл бұрын
People back then didn't have distractions like today I assume most would have been more intelligent then today's average person
@ronniepirtlejr26062 жыл бұрын
@@jacobb4357 I agree! Today they are full of useless knowledge but have no wisdom!👍
@humbol8082 жыл бұрын
People was way smarter then today
@ObVoid Жыл бұрын
He sounds like my great grandpa who still lives today, though was born in the early 1930's. Even then he had stories of throwing live dynamite into abandoned barns with his friends, because that's what teens did back then lol. What a crazy time it was back then.
@eyegafas85962 жыл бұрын
That song put a smile to his face, he recalls his younger years.
@theUroshman2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the privilege to see Wyatt Earp's nephew, but to pose a 1000 part question to him is just ridiculous!
@liecrusher35062 жыл бұрын
I guess, with less electronic clutter, brains were more efficient?
@OrcaStree2 жыл бұрын
He answered those questions like it was everyday common knowledge and earned himself over 300k in today's dollar amount. So cool to watch
@77ukfan2 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is none of the millennial generation will ever meet anyone born in the 1800's, even if they were born in 2000 and someone was born in 1899, they would be 101 years old and chances would be VERY slim they would live long enough for them to have any memory of them. I was so blessed and fortunate enough to remember three of my great grandmothers and one great grandfather all born in the 1800's. My great grandmother (Bowman) Taylor was born in 1882, and her older brother, uncle Jess Bowman was born in 1880, she also had a younger brother and sister, Younger born in 1890 and Huldah born in 1895. I remember all of them very well, I was a teenager when my great grandmother died in 1972 at the age of 89 and uncle Jess died in 1977 at the age of 97, uncle Younger died in 1981 at the age of 91, aunt Huldah died in 1971 at the age of 76. My great grandmother would tell of a story about how her family was on a wagon train when she was a little girl going from Kentucky to Texas, and then back from Texas to Kentucky, that was a FIRST HAND account from someone who did it. Her father in law Robert Taylor was a Civil War veteran, so stories she knew about life then was just ONE generation away from the people who lived it. Her firstborn was my great uncle John born in 1899 and died in 1994 at the age of 95. The stories about how they lived, their struggles, triumphs and the way things were done are stories that I treasure more and more each day as I get older because they are part of my history and my heritage and not everyone has been blessed like this.
@Bob-li5vs Жыл бұрын
Millennials were born in the 80s and 90s.
@jake8855 Жыл бұрын
Many millenials already have met people who were born in the 1800s.
@RyllenKriel2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing record. Virgil is sharp as hell on a midsummer's day. I had to laugh at one point when Jesse James came up. One of my relatives sewed him up after he was shot and Jesse wrote my family a very nice letter about his treatment and his recovery from the wounds. It always amazes me how history seems so far away till we connect the dots and realize it is just a spiral through space time.
@VitaKet2 жыл бұрын
Just fyi... many people on this show later admitted to have been given the answers.
@redsteam12 жыл бұрын
JJ was a POS. 😊
@sjagain2 жыл бұрын
So your family has a signed letter from Jesse James thanking them for sewing him up after he got shot? I call BS until you post a link. Bonhams Auction House sold a letter by Jesse in 2019 Signed ("Jesse W. James") denying accusations of being a horse thief. It Sold for US$ 212,575 inc. premium. Your family letter would be valued more than that.
@RyllenKriel2 жыл бұрын
@@sjagain You assume that we would want to sell it or have to do so. Call "BS" all you wish. It is the internet and you can claim anything you wish. I have nothing to prove to a rude stranger but why would I relinquish any personal details otherwise? Have a good day!
@RyllenKriel2 жыл бұрын
@@VitaKet Ah. that would be a shame. Still, it's amazing to see people who were privy to that era.
@jeffreydavis7172 жыл бұрын
These questions are congruent. I was amazed of how he recalled the circumstances related to them. Virgil definitely is knowledgeable of the events during that era. He didn't need a book to give him these answers. Bravo
@bendayho2 жыл бұрын
Isnt this the era when shows were rigged. Answers were given to contestan...hence the booth.
@chasesmith93982 жыл бұрын
@@bendayho even if that's true all these questions were from virgils life time and had to do with his industry so its like asking a surgeon about surgery.
@JonFrumTheFirst2 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was born in Sweden in 1886. She came to the US right around the time the Wright Bros. took their first flight. I sat on the floor in her room and watched the first men walk on the Moon.
@NicotineRosberg2 жыл бұрын
U sir are old. Good for you
@ricksan87262 жыл бұрын
On the moon lol
@xhaltsalute2 жыл бұрын
Totally cool
@ky.gambler52812 жыл бұрын
You thought you saw them walk on the moon. It was filmed in the desert. No way they had communication to the moon, they don't today except for satellites...
@billyjackbuzzard2 жыл бұрын
Your grandmother could truly pleasure a boy
@5DNRG2 жыл бұрын
This man is absolutely fascinating, his face shows an amazing life.