British Guy Reacting to Prohibition - OverSimplified 

Saloons were basically bars with hotels, barbers, and brothels attached. A one stop shop for food, beer, a haircut, entertainment, and lodging for the night.

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The shanty town built for the homeless were called "Hoovervilles"

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Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better; hope tomorrow brings further improvement.

America's history of Prohibition proves to me that the war on drugs is a case of history repeating.

And dozens of southerners still make moonshine. We get some from our family in Mississippi every year

Fun fact: during Prohibition, the Seattle Police Department sold confiscated alcohol to help fund their department

I'm pretty sure we have sauces for meat with a higher % of alcohol than 0.5% here in Belgium. We have sauces with wine, scotch, beer, etc. Pretty sure in our household most of the alcohol goes into meat dishes.

Strangely enough, one of the counties in the US that still has a “dry law” is Moore county in Tennessee. Where the town of Lynchburg is located. That’s where Jack Daniel’s whiskey is produced.

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yes this is truth, actually history.

Wow, I never considered the possibility that the guy in that picture was him.

Let’s get Luka to 100k 💯

The thing with the guy not getting charged for murder is called Jury Nullification. It's when a jury knows someone did something and know they are guilty but don't charge them. It's also known as jury equity

My man realized most of his viewers are in America and now keeps reacting to videos on it 😂

The Jack Daniels distillery is located in Lynchburg, Tennessee, which is in a county that has remained dry since the prohibition. The irony is that that people who produce JD must travel to a neighboring county in order to consume the product they manufacture.

Kinda sad they didn’t go into how Al Capone pushed massive food industry reform. He saw how disgusting meat and milk factories were and hated it so much that he shoved loads of money into lobbying for cleaner conditions and tighter regulations. He’s one of the main reasons why it’s so hard to buy unpasteurized dairy in the US. He also had a swank-ass jail cell.

You should check out Franklin D. Roosevelt a lot more. He was one of the most influential presidents we've ever had. He not only got us through the Great Depression and WWII, he basically revolutionized America in terms of social security, energy and industrialization. He's one of my favorite presidents ever, maybe even my absolute favorite.

Loved that you talk about being human at one point. We are all the same, my biggest enemies and my closest friends, we are all the same.

28:10 One of my great uncles worked for Al Capone. Unfortunately he died just before I was born. I would have loved to have tried to talk to him.

a bow shows respect through submission; a salute shows respect for one's position of authority

This is the ultimate lesson about national prohibition of any sort, especially if it is popular or makes money.

Watch the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire" if you want to get into this era. So much fun.

As I understood it: Bars are usually a standalone business that strictly serves alcohol and characterized by the long "bar" where you order drinks. Saloons are basically a bar but in an open layout and part of a larger business like a boarding house, hotel, or theater. They may or may not serve limited food options. Most people hear Saloon and think Old West wood and/or adobe style. Pubs were short for "Public House" of drinking as opposed to private drinking clubs which you can still find in Utah. Now they usually serve food and are also considered restaurants.

A saloon was considered more upscale than a bar and served a wider variety of drinks than a bar.

Shocking... it's as if the same things that happened under Prohibition happened with our "War on Drugs".

Fun WTF Fact: Our boy Al Capone is responsible for the "sell by" dates on milk to protect kids from food poisoning. He also opened the first soup kitchen during the Great Depression and even served meals.

The first time Luka lets Oversimplified “get his money”.

You're correct about people breaking laws. It's basically a challenge or the mindset of "I'll do as I please." For example, my parents told me if I came home with an earring they would rip it out. So I pierced my ear twice instead!

My grandfather’s cousin was a bootlegger I have a photo somewhere of his tripped up model A with a engine swap and tune under the hood

Love your videos man! Thanks for all the great content

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I would love to see you react to “The American wars every one kinda forgot about” by alternatehistoryhub

Great to hear you’re feeling better, take all the time you need❤️

From word-detective.com: “Tavern” is one of the older of the terms you cited, and first appeared in English in the 13th century meaning “a place where wine is sold to the public.” English had borrowed “tavern” from the Old French “taverne,” which in turn was derived from the Latin “taberna,” meaning “a shed constructed of boards, a hut, workshop.” That “taberna,” by the way, eventually also gave us the English word “tabernacle,” which is a definite step up from “hut.” Today “tavern” is exclusively used to mean “drinking establishment,” and, at least in the US, “tavern” has a somewhat more refined connotation than “bar.” “Bar,” perhaps the most basic term for such places, dates to the late 16th century and comes from the barrier or counter over which drinks are served. This is the same “bar” as in common use meaning “long rod or barrier” and comes from the Latin “barra,” meaning “barrier.” A similar railing or bar separates lawyers, et al., from the public in courtrooms, and aspiring lawyers must pass a “bar exam” to join their ilk. “Inn” comes from the Old English “inn,” probably related to our preposition “in,” and originally meant simply “house.” By the 14th century, “inn” meant “lodging house,” usually offering drinks as well. Today many places with “Inn” in their names are merely bars putting on airs. “Pub” is simply short for “public house” (dating to the early 17th century), an establishment that is licensed to sell alcohol to be consumed on the premises by the public (as opposed to private clubs, etc.). In the US, “pubs” ordinarily also serve food. “Saloon” (early 18th century) is an Anglicized form of the French “salon,” originally meaning a large reception room or hall, often in a hotel. That “big room” meaning has been carried over into “saloon” used to denote private railroad cars, large automobiles, or deluxe cabins on ocean liners. “Saloon” meaning “place for drinking” dates to the mid-19th century. “Saloon” does imply a larger establishment than a simple “bar,” but the words are otherwise interchangeable. As to why “tavern” and “inn” sound cozy to us, but “bar” seems seedy and “saloon” reeks of cowboys and breaking chairs, we can probably thank Hollywood. All these terms are essentially synonymous.

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This is where getting smashed comes from. If you were out at a bar during the early prohibition movement, good chance you got caught up in smash, smash, smash.

Prohibition didn’t stop drinking, it increased it. There’s a story about one of my Great Grandmother’s setting the bathtub on fire while making bathtub gin. She had to call the fire department and explain WHY the bathtub was on fire. I’m sure they found that very amusing.

Capone was the definition of "the monster you make"

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The Mayflower Pilgrims stopped at Plymouth Rock Massachusetts (which was NOT where they were originally headed) because they had run out of beer on the ship.

Since you watch so many of the OverSimplified videos, I'd recommend any of the Mini-Wars! They're pretty interesting, especially the Battle of Hastings and Emu War. Also funny.

Definitely do a video on the great depression

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Basically, a saloon is a less reputable drinking establishment than a tavern or bar. More rowdy, etc.

Bro I can’t believe you’re almost at 100K subs that’s awesome. Who else was here from the beginning?!

Very glad to hear you're feeling a bit better! Don't worry about forcing yourself to make content if you don't feel well enough for it, take care of yourself first :)

Remus' wife sold everything he had and gave him $100, attempted to have him deported to avoid his wrath after taking all the money, then hired a man to assassinate him when deportation failed. Instead, the would-be assassin snitched about everything. Remus killed her because she deserved it. He used an insanity defense to get free but if he revealed what she had done in full, a jury could have declared him innocent anyway as the act was just retaliation. It's a common misconception that a jury's choice is 'Did they do the crime?' In fact, a jury's choice is 'Are they morally culpable for the crime?', and they hold the right to essentially throw out charges by returning an 'innocent' verdict even if a crime did occur.

Part of why women also didn't like all the men drunk was they were more prone to fighting and domestic violence. So they went to the other extreme and wanted it gone.

I don't particularly care to delve into it, but my guess would be that honey makes money by either A) showing you ads every so often, or B) directing you to a seller's website based on a certain preferential order. (in other words, maybe companies and sellers can pay Honey to bring in business by moving their search results to the top of the list when it's showing you "coupons")

I agree with you in terms of what is a bar, tavern, saloon, pub...I think its often semantics. I've a local pub that is technically called a "tavern." I don't know, it feels like a pub to me.

Capone killing the 2 people with a bat is a real story. He was brutal.

Yo Luka, props to you for your dedication to the great videos! Hope you get better seen and hope you keep on bringing us "sumfin a lil' different" 😂😂😂😂

Kentucky allows individual Counties to determine if they want to be "Wet" (alcohol sales legal), or Dry (no sales, but companies are still allowed to make it). Bourbon County is dry, while Christian County is Wet.

My great grandfather got arrested for runnin' moonshine. And in case you don't know what that means, it means he used to deliver moonshine (alcohol) to other people and places while trying to avoid and dodge the law.

There is still lots of places with some form of Prohibition. The town where a live only allows the sale of beer within city limits so there are a bunch of liquor stores right past the city limits loaded with hard alcohol. Also, all alcohol sales are not allowed on Sunday so if you wanted some drinks for Sunday football, you better have already stocked up the day before.

The Great Depression is an extraordinarily important and terrifyingly sad story. My grandfather grew up as a farmer in Saskatchewan during the Depression and times were very hard, especially because for many farmers in the southwest of the U.S., it was coupled with a large dust storm which killed a lot of crops. There's a guy named John Green with a series called Crash Course. The videos are older, but it does provide the educational content I think you're looking for. Here's his on the Great Depression. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GCQfMWAikyU.html Great to see you as always. :)

Glad you're feeling better brother. You definitely look better than the earlier video...no offense. But I've been waiting for this reaction from you lol. Hope you're well my dude. Stay safe. - Mark (NYC, USA)

25:50 - the reason people want to do stuff more when laws are put in place is because of the secret ingredient that gets introduced "crime"

I went to college in Louisiana in the late 1970's. The Parish (county) I was living in was a "dry" parish. The solution? Bars, clubs, and package liquor stores 100 feet over the parish line to one that was "wet"...😂

Bars serve alcohol, pubs serve alcohol and food, saloons serve alcohol, food, and hotel service

Just found your channel a few days ago and every day at work i find my self watching your videos. Just what someone thinks about usa events, geographically, and ethics. Really enjoy these videos. Im basically forced to watch every ad unless i want to stop what im doing to skip it.

25:25 another thing to keep in mind is that compared to quality-regulated, industry-made booze the stuff you brew in a big pot in the backyard shed has a lot more potential hazards. There's a lot that can go wrong in the brewing process, and poorly made hooch can potentially blind or even kill someone even in relatively small quantities.

During the time my great grandfather grew grapes and made wine in the basement, we still have his wine press. Way to pull one over on em 🍷

My family is actually related to Al Capone, he was really scary. But it makes it very awkward when a documentary comes on about this stuff.

15:21 On the contrary, that's probably the smartest question you can ask.

You're a hero, chappy...

During Prohibition my Great Grandfather brewed illegal beer for his own enjoyment in his home on the farm he sharecropped. The Sheriff of Henderson County where my Grandfather lived was famous for arresting peoole for making illegal whiskey but everytime he stopped by my Great Grandfather's house he help himself to a bottle of home brew and leave a nickle (5 cents) on tne dresser.

My county was a dry county on Sundays until about 5 years ago when we voted it out. Now any alcohol products can't be sold before 12 on Sundays, but that's it. Out of towners always throw a little hissy fit when I have to take their beer away because I can't sell it to them. I've had one guy stand and wait for noon time for like 15-20 minutes so that he could buy his beer and not have to make another stop. You do what you have to, I guess.

Watching this as I drink my big glass of red wine. Hurray!

I used to work at a cave called Endless Caverns here in Virginia. Back during Prohibition they used the cave as a Speakeasy. I did alot of maintenance in the cave when I wasn't giving tours. I would find loads of old liquor bottles from that period behind rocks in different parts of the cave.

I just hope that you feel better. Do what you need to do, take what time you need. Your videos are great, we will be there!

If you’re able to, one series of videos you could check out are the ‘Absolute Mad-Lads’ videos from Count Dankula, where he talks about the lives of various people from history who are considered by many to be “absolute mad-lads.” He made a very in-depth video on the life of Al Capone.

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Fun fact: in Detroit in the winter bootleggers would drive cars across the frozen river into Canada to smuggle in alcohol.

As he mentions there are a lot of counties that are still dry. The county I live in is dry. One of the cities in my county is wet (allows alcohol) though. In some places it’s part of the culture where alcohol is frowned upon.

I’m binge watching your channel as a new subscriber lol so you probably won’t see this comment but when the Great Depression topic came up and they legalized alcohol again to help save the economy...I had a lightbulb above my head moment lol..we’re kind of seeing a similar circumstance happening here in the US again after the “Great Recession” when the market crashed in 2008. That crash was actually worse than the depression for us here. The US is legalizing marijuana, which was also banned and now being brought back because of its widespread illegal use. Now it’s being legalized everywhere and soon enough will be a strong revenue and taxed nationwide. Wether you partake or not there is money to be made when it’s made legal as well as taxable income. Oh...second thought lol saloons were commonly men’s bars with female entertainment lol and bravo for trucking on despite being sick ❤️

The anti saloon leagues tactics were so successful, it became the norm for politicians to use them too manipulate the citizens.

I got a Jack Daniel's Whiskey ad while watching this 😂

Ben Franklin, a founding father, flew a kite with a metal key attached to test conductivity. So yeah kites have been around for a long long time. Probably well before the 1700s too

My great grandparents owned a speakeasy in Pittsburgh before they moved to Southern California to open a sandwich shop. Crazy.

Saloons are often associated with "old western" towns of the late 1800's. A bar can refer to the counter where the bartender pours drinks or also the business as a whole. Either way, they're both drinking establishments

One unfortunate lasting side effect of prohibition is the organized crime. After alcohol was legal again the big syndicates still had the infrastructure in place to sell illegal goods at volume, all the while at war with or coercing law enforcment agencies and carrying out violent crimes. And now they were moving hard drugs, even trafficking humans, and now mobsters recieved particular interest in the media and public opinion

14:39, that's what he looks like.

32:00 Oversimplified: *has tommy guns* Actual picture: *shotguns

How ironic is it that I got a whisky ad before watching this

To answer your question about how Honey makes money, when you download you give permission for the program to track your search history and what sights you visit and then sells the information to advertisers and anyone else willing to pay for it.

oh and history repeats itself. giving up our liberty to "feel" "safe". bless

Yes kites were a thing at that time Look up "Benjamin Franklin electricity"

My great-grandfather was a bootlegger in the Midwest. I’d be proud of his legacy, but he also abandoned his kids and changed his identity. 😬 Hope you’re feeling better now!

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Al Capone was able to bribe his guards at Eastern State Penitentiary when he was arrested in Philadelphia for carrying a gun into a movie theater, they have a mock-up of the cell he stayed in with a record player, rugs on the floor, and other amenities

Your videos bring me so much joy. I hope you feel better soon!

In 1924 the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII & Queen Elizabeth's uncle) was banned from visiting the US after a picture was taken of him leaving a speakeasy/jazz club with some ladies of questionable reputation!

You want to react to real underground American culture, react to Rush. Rush is a band than many people know the name but so many don't know the music. They have the third most consecutive gold and platinum records of all time, only behind The Beatles and Rolling Stones. Check out "Tom Sawyer" and "Working Man live in Cleveland"

My grandpa got kicked out of college for brewing his own moonshine in his dorm