Bubble Lights: The Weirdest Christmas Light?

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@TechnologyConnections 3 года назад

This year, I'm all experimenting-with-colorsed out, so we won't be doing the traditional Painting of the Fairy Lights. Perhaps we'll do it again next year, but I've been seeing some small progress on the "make colored LED light sets exactly how I want!" front - a few people have sent me some sets where they 1) have a yellow (!) and B) that yellow is really just a white LED with a yellow cap! So maybe next year the mysterious festive lighting conglomerates of the world will finally get their act together in the particularly pedantic way I want them to.

@christophercoleman3162 3 года назад

Are LED Lights or conventional Christmas lights better?

@TechnologyConnections 3 года назад

@@christophercoleman3162 I am firmly in the incandescent camp for multi-colored light sets because those blue LEDs are just too dang piercing. For plain warm white, I'm cool with LEDs except for my all-time favorite light sets, the twinkling kind, which just can't be duplicated well-enough in LED. If you haven't seen the earlier experiment videos, what I hope is that some manufacturer starts making multi-colored sets which have warm white LEDs but colored caps, therefore achieving their color through filtering and not the monochromatic color canons of LEDs today, but I fear they wouldn't sell well because people are monsters.

@Majromax 3 года назад

@@TechnologyConnections Inexpensive LED lights also flicker, being built around a half-wave rectifier with little to no smoothing. The resulting mains-frequency flicker is noticeable to some and _really annoying_ to a subset of those. I'd love to see an LED string with an adjustable constant-current power supply ("dimmable," no flicker), but no dice on those in big box stores.

@josegljr 3 года назад

Your jokes are priceless

@christophercoleman3162 3 года назад

@@TechnologyConnections Thank You, my family has always used incandescent bulbs. Last year we purchased LEDs to save energy, and the tree didn't look the same after that. This year we decided to go back to incandescent bulbs. I think that they are just the perfect balance of warm light and color.

@Dick_Kickem69 3 года назад

"when you compliment a midwesterner on a personal possession, it is customary for him to explain that he obtained the item at a substantial discount"

@KougajiCalling 3 года назад

This is absolutely true... My mother and grandma do it all the time...

@Andytlp 3 года назад

@@KougajiCalling Thats how shops get people.

@wallykramer7566 3 года назад

I always wondered why one friend did that and did not seem to know to say "Thank you" instead! She was from outer Chicagoland.

@TransistorBased 3 года назад

Well yeah, I don't want people to know how much money I blew on crap

@Kaepsele337 3 года назад

That's also a thing in a southwestern part of Germany (Württemberg). Except it goes a step further, if you give a gift to someone and they like it you brag about how cheap you've gotten it.

@andymation 3 года назад

When I was a kid, I was helping decorate our tree one year. We had already strung all the bubble lights, and they were lit up and bubbling. I went to hang one small but heavy little ornament, but it slipped from my fingers. As it fell, I naturally followed its path down with my eyes. And at that moment it struck the tip of a red bubble light... which then exploded liquid into my face and onto the ceiling. I then ended up at the ER getting my eyes flushed with water. Needless to say, we never used bubble lights again. Despite that, I still actually have fond memories of watching their dangerous bubbling glow.

@aaroncarson 3 года назад

Well that’s a rollercoaster of a comment.

@my3dviews 3 года назад

You should have been wearing safety glasses and a respirator while decorating the tree. What were you thinking? LOL

@aaroncarson 3 года назад

@Pennsylvania _Mike National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation comes to mind

@matthewcalifana488 3 года назад

That,s Cool ! think might have thrown out but maybe one or more in thje attic , i,ll take a look when the snow flys .

@Flimzes 3 года назад

@Pennsylvania _Mike 19th century

@tichu7 3 года назад

I'm so glad Alec lives in the age of RU-vid. 20 years earlier, and Alec's humour and passion would be wasted on a class of Gr 12 Physics students waiting for the lunch bell.

@zsin128 3 года назад

Ikr

@mgelliott86 2 года назад

Man I'd have loved him as a teacher

@sirpretzel822 2 года назад

I could imagine him doing vhs educational videos that the teacher rolls out when they're too hungover to teach class

@vwestlife 3 года назад

I'm sure you'll be amazed to learn that people actually used to clip candles to the branches of their Christmas tree. Yes, *candles,* which you light on fire, directly attached to a highly flammable object! To be fair, they were only lit for a short time, and kept under constant supervision when lit. But these clip-on candles were what the first electric Christmas tree lights were designed to emulate, and were initially made by telephone company engineers using the tiny light bulbs (made by Western Electric) used in telephone operator switchboards.

@OhNoTwist 3 года назад

Can confirm. My family has a book that covers Christmases for different generations of our family members going back as far as late 1700s. I cannot remember which decade, but there is a story in there about one of the Christmases and lighting the indoor Christmas tree with candles. Apparently each family member had a section of the tree to watch to look for fire. Was written in a way that made it clear this was pretty common at the time.

@mynameismads2516 3 года назад

We still use candles

@jonaslinter 3 года назад

@@mynameismads2516 So do we. Although our christmas tree is actually a tiny very much alive tree so it is less dangerous

@hardrays 3 года назад

revival!

@philiproszak1678 3 года назад

Yes! I always thought that bubble lights were meant to replicate candles on a tree. I thought they were really interesting but had a hard time finding them as a kid. Eventually, I found a single bubble light night-light.

@introvertairways6380 3 года назад

“Seasonings Greetings” would make a great quote for a towel or kitchen apron. He needs to make this into some merch.

@cosmicrider5898 3 года назад

I thought he was talking about blues clues...

@roorunstronghammer 3 года назад

Problem with that. You would be miss spelling "Marry Christmas."

@KnappstersaurusRex 3 года назад

Buddy have you never been to a TJ Maxx or Marshalls or any other store ever? It's already a thing, I'm pretty sure my mom has multiple things that say that.

@SelecaoOfMidas 3 года назад

I smell a merch opportunity for this channel...

@rkan2 3 года назад

Don't give his merch any ideas!

@adamradford8053 3 года назад

"Where is he..." "Seasonings greetings" Oooh. Oh. You sneak.

@adrinavarro320 3 года назад

I lost it

@qualle9257 3 года назад

At first I honestly thought he just had a little too much nutmeg....

@lindendrache8998 3 года назад

Is this a joke that only Americans get? I don't get it, can you please explain? ^^

@AtomicBoo 3 года назад

@@lindendrache8998 seasoning (as in seasons of the year, winter, summer) and seasoning as in stuff you put to your food, garlic powder, salt, onion, peper. "Seasoning greetings" something like that.

@deathcamel 3 года назад

I had to pause the video and collect myself after that one.

@bimlauyomashitobi421 3 года назад

And just like that, this man has near single handedly brought back bubble lights.

@LegoClone17 3 года назад

Literally about to go out and get some rn lol

@stellanstafford6025 3 года назад

@@LegoClone17 same

@cetheral1881 3 года назад

@@stellanstafford6025 yes indeed

@JerrSpud 3 года назад

they never went away...I've had a set for years

@bimlauyomashitobi421 3 года назад

@@JerrSpud and people still have old cars with tailfins, doesn’t mean that they’re making a comeback.

@JayLeePoe 3 года назад

_ah, yes, the lightbulbs that double as lvl 1 alchemical weapons_

@jefftitterington7600 2 года назад

True genius to use "alchemical", not boring old "chemical!" 🤣

@phobozad 3 года назад

I lost it at the 11% rebate line. For a second I thought you were going to break into a full Svengoolie-like Menards commercial parody.

@neillthornton1149 3 года назад

It must be some kind of inside Menards joke, cause I didn't get it... I didn't even know what Menards was until I googled it. West Coast doesn't have them.

@calvinkatt662 3 года назад

@@neillthornton1149 In the part of Indiana I live in, we have one Lowes, one Home Depot and two Menards. It's a midwest thing.

@woodlandwonders6887 3 года назад

@@neillthornton1149 Menards is famous for offering a 11% rebate on purchases. Rebate comes in the form of a store credit so it's a way to get you back to the store.

@jrunsvold 3 года назад

@@neillthornton1149 This may help you understand: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y7BtecERapk.html

@Arbbal 3 года назад

@@calvinkatt662 You save big money, you save big money, when you shop Menards.

@PhilipHowson 3 года назад

Surely these should be rebranded as "RGB Lights with integrated liquid cooling" and sold to gamers ?

@johnsmith-js9nv 3 года назад

Hilarious and true.

@donovanwisdom310 3 года назад

"Ruth Gator Binsburg"?? I'm not a gamer :-(

@williamreid6255 3 года назад

Yes, they should. And don’t call me Shirley.

@alexanderespinoza 3 года назад

Just picked up some 240hz Razer bubble lights myself

@ameliabrittain158 3 года назад

@@donovanwisdom310 this is outstanding and I wish I could give you more than one like

@steamnstuff 3 года назад

The "pop" the lamps make when they start bubbling is called superheating. In a nutshell it occurs when an absolutely flat surface (Glass) does not provide any starting point for the liquid to start bubbling. The liquid will become hotter as its boiling point till the stored energy its too much and - pop- it boils rapidly. you can observe this phenomena sometimes if you heat milk in an absolutely clean cup in an microwave. Everything looks good, till you touch the cup. Then the impulse you are causing lets superheated water in the milk boil rapidly, causing the milk to overflow. And burn your hand. In chemistry labs we use "Boiling rocks"; Small chemical inert stones with a high and rough surface area to disturb the liquid enough to form the first bubble. In reactors superheated material can cause big problems. Nearly burned the lab down with one...

@jamesmiller4184 3 года назад

These of course, would be an accurate physicist's explanations for the explained/proposed observed phenomena. Physics is (not are) fun ... but hard. . : .

@niles6159 3 года назад

I thought maybe that the crystals (salt?) were added to help prevent this superheating and act as "boiling rocks". Wasn't talked about much in the video.

@katrinajudeelle2740 3 года назад

❤❤❤

@siarles 3 года назад

I once somehow managed to superheat water in a pot on my stove. I was just starting to think it was taking longer than usual to boil and leaned in to get a closer look, when suddenly a single huge bubble of steam formed in the bottom of the pot and splashed about half of the water out onto the stove and floor. Fortunately there was enough water that it was too heavy to splash very high and thus didn't hit my face, but I still had a mess to clean up.

@nidking2400 3 года назад

Is that why you sometimes had to flick them to get them going? There just wasn't a good nucleation site so you had to make your own?

@Grow_Everything 3 года назад

You saying, "A and 2" while listing points at 4:30 is possibly the most subtle Home Alone reference ever. I love it.

@donhall3423 5 месяцев назад

Hmm, I would have said Car Talk. Good catch!

@Uultraaaviolettt 3 года назад

The “seasonings greetings” pun is way more clever than it has any right being.

@JanBabiuchHall 3 года назад

Straight up murdered me. Couldn't even blink for a solid 5 seconds

@jivjov 3 года назад

The long hold from the camera was phenomenal

@Firefin 3 года назад

wow my brain is so smooth that I didn't even get the joke until you mentioned it

@Uultraaaviolettt 3 года назад

@@JanBabiuchHall I could tell he was building up to something and I still had a visceral reaction to hearing it but that IS the mark of a good pun.

@TheGlock30owner 3 года назад

It is nearly "Dad joke" worthy!

@lasdernas 3 года назад

"a. This is a no-effort-november" "2. I like these things"

@Patrick94GSR 3 года назад

Home Alone reference 😂

@user-le8ul4nr5t 3 года назад

@@Patrick94GSR and consitency takes effort, too.

@human.earthling 3 года назад

I thought he was going to say, just kidding, I’ve taken it apart right here with the magic of buying two of them.

@xarin42 3 года назад

Imagining the people writhing at that brings me slight joy.

@jayhom5385 3 года назад

Hahaha. I do that unconsciously since my brain forgets where it is. I have internal pointer issues.

@ColdIronGaming 3 года назад

Dude, you're a Midwestern treasure. Don't ever let anyone take that part of you away and remain proud for all of us Midwesterners.

@RyanWAFFELYoung 3 года назад

I love bubble lights and grew up with them. When I finally bought my first christmas tree as an adult, the first thing I did was go out and buy two long strands of them. My wife had never seen them before and was so entertained by them, as well as me being that excited over something.

@ENCHANTMEN_ 3 года назад

"Menards" sounds like a pirate who just got kicked in the groin

@Pacvalham 3 года назад

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@tawabunny 3 года назад

@@Pacvalham perfect

@UnitSe7en 3 года назад

Save big money.

@jaredbaker5447 3 года назад

@Alec Mesa I work at one and I can confirm, if it isn't hardware related it's either menards brand or some weird off brand crap. Even with an employee discount I'd rather shop anywhere else for something

@crowing7 3 года назад

They have one of the most obnoxious yet catchy jingles. Even if you're not a fan, it will get stuck in your head for days!

@jmholmes83 3 года назад

“He probably just wanted to make... a thing... and these are them.” Made me laugh harder than it should have 😂

@haj98 2 года назад

I love bubble lights! These are really different from the ones I had as a kid in the 80s, which actually did have serviceable parts. They were smaller, the glass tubes were separate, and the bulb was a normal Christmas light. They basically took a normal string of lights and clipped the little plastic base around them and then slid the glass tubes into the base. You could sometimes get the base to clip around other random lights on the tree and space them out more if the lights were the right shape. They didn’t pop or make much noise either. I wish we still had those types of bubble lights!

@twistedscamp 4 месяца назад

If you look hard enough this type can still be found. I have found them at random craft and hardware stores.

@davidtt2525 3 месяца назад

I too grew up with these and they were smaller back then (60's). They did make the same bubbling sound as the larger ones. I'll have to see if I can find them and look at the construction. I don't think they could come apart. Great memories. ❤

@aschmelyun 3 года назад

These lights will always remind me of being at my grandmother’s house around the holidays.

@3Cr15w311 3 года назад

"metric degrees" - can't believe I've never heard Celsius called that before. It made me giggle.

@StefanBrodd 3 года назад

Wouldn't "metric degrees" be Kelvin though? 🤔

@vorrnth8734 3 года назад

@@StefanBrodd Both are metric .

@ElectraFlarefire 3 года назад

@@vorrnth8734 But which one was he using? He didn't say! He only narrowed it down to metric! (And I refuse to use the internet to look it up or even consider that 39 degrees could only sanely be in C, I understand it gets cold in that part of the world so I'm free to assume that 39k is the normal winter temperature there.)

@jakeaurod 3 года назад

Even Fahrenheit degrees are metric.

@huuskari174 3 года назад

@@StefanBrodd there isn't a thing called kelvin degrees, they're just kelvin

@maaltagabriel 3 года назад

"A: this is no effort november 2: I like these things."

@dewiz9596 3 года назад

No Effort November.. . finally, finally something to like about that horrid month. . .

@zachk7305 3 года назад

Omg, I didn't even catch that when he said it. Amazing 🤣

@davidt-rex2062 3 года назад

WE should extend it into Do no work December

@cryptid4351 3 года назад

@@dewiz9596 hey, be nice, it’s my birthday month

@s3mp3rfi 3 года назад

A sick reference to Home Alone

@VaultDwellerGal 3 года назад

My grandma has been using these bubble Christmas lights for years, and I never really gave it much thought until now. I’m guessing she’s had them since the 60s, as she has a lot of mid-century stuff that has come back in style recently. The lights are pretty cool now that you mention it.

@brothertaddeus 2 года назад

My mom loves bubble lights. Every year our Christmas tree was adorned with them, and the same set lasted for decades. When they finally burned out, finding replacements was a nightmare, but luckily I was able to score some on ebay on the cheap. And nowadays, I have a set of bubble lights for my own Christmas tree.

@twistedscamp 4 месяца назад

Look at small, independent hardware stores. This is where I have found the most bubble lights.

@AveryTalksAboutStuff 3 года назад

I now want a kitchen towel that says, "seasonings greetings".

@marbleman52 3 года назад

Avery....Good one...clever..!!

@FrothingFanboy 3 года назад

I'm sure that phrase has appeared on some kind of product before.

@AveryTalksAboutStuff 3 года назад

@@FrothingFanboy probably, but if this channel ever adds something of the sort to a merch lineup I'm totally there to support the channel XD

@charliesheehan4577 3 года назад

www.etsy.com/listing/879040972/seasonings-greetings-handmade-funny?gpla=1&gao=1&&:pla-4584894770611550_c__879040972&msclkid=ef2febb3e7ec1cda70d7b47784f13730

@RoryGlynn 3 года назад

Apparently this channel suddenly needs a teespring

@lauraainslie6725 3 года назад

I married into a bubble light family in the early 90's. Discovered the first year that the bulb bases fit beautifully into that other holiday decorating item that peaked in the '70s: The fake plastic candelabrum you put on your windowsill. We found bubble lights with white bulbs (not at Menard's) and now my mother is a fan.

@XCharger 3 года назад

i love how the list was made using both letters and numbers, "A... and 2..." 8D

@davidbarmann 3 года назад

A Mad About You reference I believe.

@dphoenix1 2 года назад

@@davidbarmann Or Home Alone, where Buzz is listing the various reasons it's no big deal Kevin got left at home. Because of this scene I use "A," "2," and "D" whenever I can for three-item lists. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gVGbDEAnDyo.html

@500spyder 3 года назад

My parents had these when I was growing up and they still do. Most of the bulbs are still going. Some light up but don't bubble anymore.

@TheKazragore 3 года назад

"But A: [...], and 2: [...]" This is the quality script writing we subscribe for.

@LelouchVee 3 года назад

Writing that was obviously actual effort in the No Effort November, so 'boo'

@christophersummers1939 3 года назад

@@LelouchVee copy & pasting from the 'home alone' script is minimal effort at most

@stonent 3 года назад

Buzz needed to go to D next.

@ianwetworkwolf7850 3 года назад

I didn’t even notice! XD

@l0os176 3 года назад

"Carl, it's 1941, and we're knee deep in the war! What have you engineered to help us?" "Bubbly Christmas lights!"

@raccoon681 3 года назад

I was thinking the same thing

@Turbobuttes 3 года назад

You need something to lift up your spirit in those dark times, watching your countrymen and potentially family members contribute to the chaos and destruction elsewhere in the world.

@skrenos 3 года назад

I mean, to be fair, he filed for his patent in November 6. Pearl Harbor happened on December 7.

@raccoon681 3 года назад

@@skrenos Well then it's a good thing he got in early.

@steveurbach3093 3 года назад

How many months HAD the patent lawyer been working on those drawings BEFORE filing?

@moose354 4 месяца назад

Thanks for doing this video. I first saw these lights when I was a little boy in the 1950's. My grandparents had them and I was totally fascinated by these lights. We have these lights today to relive that wonderful childhood memory.

@Kilo6Charlie 3 года назад

My mom had these as year-long lighting decor. Often we would find ones that had mysteriously vacated all of their fluid with no trace. Either the bulb wasn't fully sealed and the bubbling boiled it all off, or it burst somewhere and there was a quickly-dried puddle of the stuff in the carpet. Couldn't have been safe either way

@OwenOrsini 3 года назад

"this website I found" >Wikipedia screengrab never change

@oz_jones 3 года назад

No Effort November, using Wikipedia as a source. Tracks.

@user-le8ul4nr5t 3 года назад

I think this is the closest we've ever been to a no-effort-november video that's actually no effort.

@bubbledoubletrouble 3 года назад

So it took him plenty of effort to get around to no effort.

@reallyria1 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for this blast from the past! Growing up in the ‘70s we had these on our tree for sure. I had no idea they are still in production. Enjoy!

@fluffycritter 3 года назад

The solvent in these is the same stuff as what’s used in drinking birds. Versatile stuff for all SORTS of kitsch.

@dennis8196 3 года назад

Drinking birds more often use tap water, it's the evaporation that makes them work. No need to use anything more than water.

@kierenevans2521 3 года назад

But quite nasty. Use of chlorinated solvents is on the way out industrially and academically.

@theleva7 3 года назад

@@dennis8196 OP's talking about DCM or some other solvent inside the bird. The stuff that moves up and down the stem.

@orbitingancient 3 года назад

owo

@zombieslayer6656 3 года назад

@@dennis8196 It uses the solvent for the stem of the bird. You use water to cool the bird which then causes the solvent to climb the stem

@tjkilen8208 3 года назад

As a Midwesterner (WI), I just want to say I appreciate the Menard's gags.

@ericgulseth74 3 года назад

Wonder big he saved big money at Menards...

@morg777 3 года назад

Back when I worked there 25 years ago, every time that jingle came over the TVs we'd sing under our breath "shave big monkeys at Menards!" Ah, the memories.

@samuelhammons2528 3 года назад

@ TODAY!

@TV---kn2rl 3 года назад

In CO, never seen a Menards :(

@khatharrmalkavian3306 3 года назад

OMG, this thread has so many jokes that were lost by just a word or two. I mean look at this "Mx. TV-8-301" person... That "a" just ruined the whole joke! COME ON!

@lilitharam44 3 года назад

They are my fav lights! Thanks for doing a show on them. They got Really hard to find from the late 90's until recently and yeah, they are pretty expensive as far as lights go. Consider them more as entertainment than lighting and that helps take out some of the sting!

@fyrrydr4g0n 3 года назад

My dad had one of these when I was young, and over the years I figured out that it was an oddball; the base was green (one color, unlike every other one I've seen since), and the vial was filled with clear fluid (also unlike every other one I've seen since), and it was mounted in a candlestick instead of on a string. I ended up buying a different one at a garage sale a few years later. It was black on top, orange on the bottom and orange fluid in the vial, and it came in a night-light base. Probably a Halloween night-light, which I then used as a white noise generator and night-light. Yes, they do make enough noise while bubbling to be heard.

@jscollett 3 года назад

Quote from my Midwestern wife in the form of a jingle: "Save big money at Menards!"

@ZGryphon 3 года назад

The approximate equivalent here in Maine is "I shoulda bought it when I saw it at Marden's!"

@performa9523 3 года назад

ALL RISE FOR THE ANTHEM OF THE MIDWEST.

@songwriterjj6022 3 года назад

I always sing it as "spank your monkey at Menards!" Sorry.

@scheppa2000 3 года назад

My favorite Menards knockoff commercial ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VZAP-8z7_vo.html

@precisionguesswork5394 3 года назад

"Seasons Greetings to you all from Menards"

@KurosakiYukigo 3 года назад

That opening joke had me seriously questioning my Patreon pledge

@vect0r858 3 года назад

Do you feel a-salted?

@WarrenGarabrandt 3 года назад

It reaffirmed my pledge. Every time Alec makes a joke like this it proves to me that I'm in the right place.

@ZGryphon 3 года назад

I know, right? You just want to go and click to a higher tier.

@haxney 3 года назад

It made you question whether you needed to double it?

@YetiFell 3 года назад

I mean no effort november was on the menu, so you got what you ordered I guess :P

@dan13ljks0n 4 месяца назад

Bubble lights were the highlight of my Grandparent's Christmas tree each year. It was the only place I ever saw them - ever. I was fascinated by the bubbles, though the base would get pretty hot as far as I couls tell.

@reneejones6330 3 года назад

I love bubble lights! I wish I knew what happened to the replaceable-bulb ones that my parents had in the 1960's.

@aoeuable 3 года назад

Meanwhile, in Europe: Actual candles.

@dr.eldontyrell-rosen926 3 года назад

🔥 omg 😳 🔥

@endless2239 3 года назад

the best way to 'light up' a Christmas tree.

@Kaepsele337 3 года назад

To be fair, they are not left burning unattended and a fire extinguisher is kept close (or at least a bucket of water). It could be argued that unattended incandescent bulbs are more dangerous.

@Hans-gb4mv 3 года назад

Never seen them myself and I don't think anyone over here would still try that after a hotel once burned down after a candle on a nearby table lit up a tree during a new years eve party.

@camelopardalis84 3 года назад

@@dr.eldontyrell-rosen926 Is this a joke or are you really surprised to hear that? I know the US only from t.v. shows and films and now that I think of it, I think I've never seen a (fictional) US American have actual candles burning on their tree.

@JB2X-Z 3 года назад

"Seasonings greetings!" AAAAAUGH I cannot BELIEVE that caught me off guard like that

@pulsecodemodulated Год назад

I'm Australian, so I had never seen lights like until about a decade ago when I saw some RU-vid videos about them and ended up importing a few boxes from the US, along with a 300W 240-110V stepdown transformer. I also bought a couple of boxes of the potion bottle ones from ThinkGeek when that was still a thing. I love that noise they make as they first 'explode' into bubbles after powering on.

@Iron_Sights99 5 месяцев назад

My Grandparents had a set of these that they owned for a long time. I remember me and my siblings watching them all over the tree waiting for one to just pop and start bubbling, but in their final few years less and less of them worked. They lit up, but wouldn't ever start to bubble. Just for memory's sake I am tempted to go out and pick up a set

@DisasterxUs 3 года назад

That opening pun made me physically ill. Good start 😂

@kaitlinomalley5677 3 года назад

My grandparents still have these. They're probably from the 70's too.

@PanAndScanBuddy 3 года назад

You can ask your grand parents when they were born. They might be from the 70s after all.

@benjidog1514 2 года назад

My mom would put these on our tree. She loved them so much. These bring back so many nostalgic memories and make me miss her.

@jamesodenbach6876 2 года назад

I had a version of these that slipped onto mini lights when I was a kid! They were so cool! I wish I still had them. not sure if they used the same liquid or not, but they were a very similar design, just with essentially a replaceable bulb as they just friction fit on a standard mini light socket.

@danielbrendemuehl7841 3 года назад

50% off and an 11% rebate on EVERYTHING!!! I love the midwest lol.

@tkefan29 3 года назад

Until you have to wait for a rebate check to arrive xD

@TylerBundy260 3 года назад

"... and I got an 11% rebate on EV-" Season's Greetings from Menards!

@josephbennett3482 3 года назад

He was about to say: Amazon , but didn't want to advertise Amazon or encourage people to shop on Amazon.

@oz_jones 3 года назад

*Seasonings greetings

@Platitudinous9000 3 года назад

Nah, it's Menards. They've got 11% rebates sometimes

@TylerBundy260 3 года назад

@@Platitudinous9000 more often than not, lol

@jacksonbryantfilms 3 года назад

@@josephbennett3482 someone’s not a Midwesterner. Menards runs “11% rebate on EVERYTHING!” promotions quite often.

@julianzacconievas 3 года назад

I want this man to travel in time and be my teacher of every subject back in high school days. Cheers.

@googleplusisdead 3 года назад

Yup, remember my grandparents had these on a ceramic tree about 2-3' tall, loved 'em! Even found some within the last 10 or so years, no idea what happened to them now though. Thanks for bringing back that great memory. RichE San Diego, CA

@sparkysheep 3 года назад

I continue to love the fact that you do ACTUAL captions for every video rather than just having auto-captions!! I appreciate that very much (and nearly lost it at weird Christmas tree rustling 😂)

@sivalon1 3 года назад

TIL I’ve been missing out on additional TC weirdness by not having CC on.

@davidfrischknecht8261 3 года назад

Automatic captions are worthless.

@CRT.v 3 года назад

seconded! i usually don't NEED them here because he speaks clearly and doesn't mix distracting music in, but i always appreciate that they're there and that they're done right. accessibility is good and appreciated!

@TroaBarton 2 года назад

My dad loved these and had them on every Christmas tree growing up, they were my favorite as well. Thank you for the memory.

@HallowqueenCrafting 3 года назад

I have fond memories of these being on the tree at one of my grandparents homes. I grew up in the 80, so well past their heyday, but that set of grandparents was known for being especially frugal, so it doesn't surprise me that they're a throwback from even earlier.

@AliceC993 3 года назад

"This website I found..." _Wikipedia_ I lol'd

@DaedalusYoung 3 года назад

Fun thing is, many years ago, I actually did accidentally find Wikipedia for the first time, before it was so well known as it is today. And it was amazing how much useless knowledge I could spout and tell people "there's an awesome website I found that is like an encyclopedia, and you can help write the articles!"

@woohoo8315 3 года назад

I laughed loud and hard at the 11% rebate cutoff. As a fellow midwesterner, Menard's 11% rebate weeks are a big part of my life as well.

@paulbrogger655 5 месяцев назад

Our family had these when I was a kid. Most creative use: My dad affixed them at ~1-foot intervals along the rail lines in our extensive bedroom HO train layout. In the darkened room, the bubble lights turned an otherwise unadorned plywood base into a fantastical, colored landscape for nighttime runs of the Bubble Express!

@lynnbowers4722 3 года назад

Born in 65, these lights were on our tree all through my childhood and I loved them. Not really a surprise that the stoners of the 70's loved them too.

@raidergainzx5290 Год назад

Grew up in the 80s and my pops is getting ready to get them out of the attic tonight. It aint Christmas until I see them.

@donna30044 3 года назад

Our family had these in the 1950s, and they were my favorite things on the tree.

@matthewbulger6986 3 года назад

"He probably just wanted to make a thing..." That thing being money!

@VoidplayLP 3 года назад

"And this is them!"

@F7Ruggler 3 года назад

At some point in the opening half hour of home alone 2, it pans past a Christmas tree with these baubles. Merry Christmas everyone x

@donmoore7785 2 года назад

We only had two of these on our tree, and yes that was in the 60's and 70's. I have fond memories of them - one of my favorites. I have them in a box of my parents decorations somewhere. As a baker, I loved the pun at the beginning.

@ReverendTed 3 года назад

0:17 - I am so delightfully angry right now. You know the "don't laugh, it'll only encourage him" grimace? Yeah, that one.

@redyau_ 3 года назад

If you were following his Twitter, you'd have come prepared!

@ReverendTed 3 года назад

@@redyau_ My decision to stay off of Twitter has finally paid off!

@aigledemasyaf 3 года назад

Exactly how I felt.

@syd.a.m 3 года назад

I bet you didn't see that cumin.

@awo1fman 3 года назад

@@syd.a.m 🙄 Please, no more pun-ishment! 😎

@CRT.v 3 года назад

"I, a Midwesterner, obtained these at--" and in that moment, the sound of banjos mysteriously filled my mind

@horseenthusiast1250 3 года назад

Like Dionysus enchanting sailors with the sound of flutes, except Midwestern

@PengusKhan 3 года назад

If you've never shopped at Menards, you'll never know what its like to save big money

@Harey0407 3 года назад

Fun fact, I knew he was going to say Menards before he said it. Because I am also a midwesterner.

@epitomeofoops 3 года назад

@Wandy Wexler Weslon The Menards jingle features a banjo. Get wrecked.

@shinji391 3 года назад

Banjos are too far south for us in the Midwest. We play guitars and basses.

@Benni-rp9or 3 года назад

I actually saw these for the first time yesterday at an Ace hardware subsidiary. I was wondering what they were and why they were so expensive(I was in a hurry and couldn't be bothered to look at the box in detail). Now you've answered that, thanks for the info!

@davebeedon3424 3 года назад

We had bubble lights (among other decorations) on our Christmas tree in Rochester NY in the late 1950s. They were cool.

@vipermad358 4 месяца назад

I grew up in the 70s and these were pretty common, although my parents had kept the REALLY old lights because "THEY WORK PERFECTLY FINE" even though they regularly melted the "needles" on our 6' artifical tree and would literally give you an instant second degree burn if you touched them for one millisecond. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@menhirmike 3 года назад

"The Advent of electric lighting" - that's a good christmas pun.

@MichaelSteeves 3 года назад

You do recall some culture's traditions of putting lit candles in Christmas trees? No way that could be dangerous!

@lsorense 3 года назад

But they are pretty. I have no idea what we were thinking.

@Eidolon1andOnly 3 года назад

That's actually why electric Christmas lights were invented.

@VladMcCain 3 года назад

“Some”? More like everyone in Europe. Tho the practice came from the Norse combined with the invectus sol practices, that the mid (around the Lutheran reformation) Christian church adopted.

@Qardo 3 года назад

Well, originally, we just burn the whole tree and it is supposed to last the whole winter season.

@endless2239 3 года назад

yes, generally the same cultures that build their houses from nice and flammable wood.

@coreykirkpatrick4392 4 месяца назад

My family had these since the mid 70's and all the ones in the set are still running even now in 2024. And the fascination of staring at these is real.

@shibolinemress8913 Год назад

I lived in Ohio in the 1970's and 80's, and this is the first I've ever seen or heard of bubble lights. They look so cool! Thanks very much for this video!

@MidnightToTwelve 3 года назад

This drifted ever so closely to being an ad for Mendards lmao

@kennethd4958 3 года назад

Save big money at...

@SD-de4do 3 года назад

Have you ever been to a Menards and then not talked about it? It's like a circus full of wonderful, weird shit.

@sdstorm 3 года назад

"They were standing together on the countertop and cheerfully wished me a good morning. And that could only mean one thing," LSD!

@travcollier 3 года назад

Could you imagine him on LSD... Or even high? He's already inordinately fascinated by seemingly mundane things. It would be like double rainbow, but about a toaster. Now that I mention it... I'd watch that

@bryanp.1327 3 года назад

I knew a friend who swore, under the influence, that condiments in the fridge were dancing and singing la cucaracha to him.

@Formedras 3 года назад

@@travcollier Didn't he already do that?

@jakeaurod 3 года назад

Would that be Captain Disillusion?

@Maxaldojo 3 года назад

Grew up with these at my grandparents house. They are my all-time favorite holiday lights. Thanks for the memories!

@bradsbirds8502 3 года назад

I've only recently started following your channel and I have to say, I've really been enjoying your videos. I love the pace, humor, quality, analysis, presentation, and the content. I've watched several videos in their entirety and they were on topics I didn't even care about; I enjoyed every minute. 🥰

@SimuLord 3 года назад

"They actually make noise before they bubble! Just listen!" I was half-expecting musical tones and for the lights to play Jingle Bells.

@NicholasRankin46 3 года назад

As a Wisconsinite, the Menard’s gag definitely made the video for me. Keep up the amazingly entertaining and educational work!

@jonasistaken Год назад

Agreed, having been a 10 y/o boy it didn’t take long to turn into “Save big money at my na(r)ds”

@saltherilshaven 3 года назад

My grandmother had these on her tree and I have since added them to my tree, as well! I absolutely love these!

@Pickles1864 3 года назад

I've been looking for them for a few decades now since I first saw them on family friends tree and have never seen them since. I just found them today at a Wilco and bought them. So glad they're still around.

@someguystudios23 3 года назад

1:07 I was shook when I didn't hear the VSauce theme start playing

@alessandrogrillo1126 3 года назад

Or does it?

@MrTrickBrick 3 года назад

@@alessandrogrillo1126 🎵 Doooo--

@arfles 3 года назад

My grandparents have lights like these and I LOVED them as a kid and still do. Glad to see they are made still.

@Mike.Meaney 10 месяцев назад

I'm so glad to see these! Grew up with them and they're by far my favorite light!

@philliplopez8745 4 месяца назад

At one time , the bubble lights were the only " animation" available for Christmas decorations . I think that it was Whirlitzer juke boxes had tube arches surrounding the view port with liquid bubbling in them .

@Puddingskin01 3 года назад

You mean to tell me that my Christmas tree spontaneously bursting into flames isn't supposed to be a normal part of the season?

@patrioticanarchist991 3 года назад

The random fire brigade always brings the family closer together

@force311999 3 года назад

it was always that way on the Simson's

@tbryan5437 Год назад

We always had these on our tree when growing up, so I never feel like my tree is complete without them, but their cost prevents me from going all out with them. I don't know if I'll find a sale for them anywhere after Christmas this year, but I'll check. Maybe I could build up a long string one small string a year, assuming they can be connected. In any event, I love these things.

@educostanzo 3 года назад

During my childhood in the 80's Brazil, my family somehow assembled an assorted string of christmas lights, probably made with the remains of broken sets from christmas prior to that. There was ONE bubble light exactly identical to this one. Something was broken, because it never made a single bubble my entire chidhood. I only heard stories about how that weird thing was suppose to work. Watching this video kinda solved a mystery from childhood for me. I honestly felt JOY while watching the lights making bubbles, and I don't even like christmas. Plus, it was very interesting!

@jmc1295 3 года назад

if you watch Home Alone 2, there is a scene when they are in the auditorium in which you can see a Christmas tree full of bubble lights

@user-yw8sr3uj1w 3 года назад

I was about to say this

@ericw357 3 года назад

And Donald Trump!

@Coolwaermakes 3 года назад

@@ericw357 if you watch on Netflix they cut Donald trump out 😂

@ericw357 3 года назад

@@Coolwaermakes No kidding! Was watching it 2 nights ago w/the kids (3 and 5) on Disney+ and I jumped up and shouted "holy shit that was Donald Trump!" The wife was not pleased.

@Silly-g 3 года назад

They are also in the end of “A Christmas story” I think.

@nothanksguy 3 года назад

The menards references are appreciated greatly. Made 3 trips on friday to get my parents house decorated in festivus lights

@paulhaynes8045 3 года назад

Means bugger-all to us on the other side of the Thank God It's There Ocean though ...

@paulhaynes8045 3 года назад

@Pennsylvania _Mike that was in English - the clue's in the name....

@shadowhenge7118 2 года назад

We had a whole tree full of them in the early 80's. Was great.

@Srcsqwrn 3 года назад

Thank you for the fantastic videos. You bring me joy, and I can just chill out and learn. It really means so much to me.

@PixelatedH2O 3 года назад

In nearly 40 years alive I don't think I ever heard these existed until now.

@millomweb 3 года назад

I'll take that and raise yer to 55 !

@DasAntiNaziBroetchen 3 года назад

I gotta reduce that by 13, but I'll offer you a different continent instead.

@billkeithchannel 3 года назад

I seen them for the first time a couple seasons ago at a local donut shop tree.

@jasonashley9853 3 года назад

Lol we had them when I was a kid at like 10.

@psygnale 3 года назад

Really?? In the 70's almost every household in my extended family had those things! ...but then again we also had lawn darts so...

@JohnMichaelson 3 года назад

We had these, lawn darts, and the obligatory faux-wood paneled station wagon in the driveway. And yes, they were popular around our 'hood as well.

@pouringblood 3 года назад

I hope you kept the lawn darts... kinda hard to find banned items... (for a reasonable price) _which sucks because_ *LAWN DARTS ARE FUUUUN*

@jeffg.8964 4 месяца назад

I had an aunt who had a tabletop tree with bubble lamps that screwed directly into the branches. She finally gave up,on it in the late 80s when it got harder to buy the bulbs locally.

@VolcanoEarth 3 года назад

Aww sweet! I didn't know they were still gettable! My neighbours had a set on their annual real cut tree and it made such a wonderful smell. Also, I had a set in the 1990s that actually were just "covers" that fit on standard fairy-lights. They were smaller, and the bubbling took a little longer to begin, but they worked. I know folks these days like their immaculate white-lights-and-red-ribbons trees, their all-silver or all-gold ornaments, their carefully curated tree themes and such..but I'm old-skool and my aesthetic is a hodgepodge of ornaments blending store-bought, gifted, and made-by-little-kids lit by at least three different varieties of light. By the way, who here remembers the old painted large incandescent bulbs that required foil "reflectors" if you used them on cut trees? I recall those bulbs would become hot enough to melt the plastic icicles if one wasn't careful with them. I bet they also started many a house fire.