@@nyx9353Though, as genius as it is, it's still very scummy. Sure she got rich big time, but no one knew before she retired that she was unable to laugh. It's an ingenious scam
@@nyx9353yep.. She could've been 40x richer if she was her own boss but at least she's not stressed and exhausted, being a showrunner is not a job for everyone.
@@riardomilos8014 no she wouldn't have been 40 times richer. did she have a club to set this all up? did she have the skills to invite tons of famous comedians? did she have anything to add to the set up other than her inability to laugh or smile? no. So no... in fact she would have been a nobody without her boss.
@@joebungus3447they came knowing they might not make her laugh, they didnt lose money because it wasn't like gambling, a scam would mean she took something from people without delivering on a promise, people paid to come to her show, not to try and make her laugh.
@@joebungus3447 How it is that evil ? She was paralyzed, she was able to live her life happily and each of the people only paid for the show not a large amount of money and they did got something back as many comedians made jokes to make her laugh which is also for the audience
Exactly, I thought she’d be treated like a side show (like the world’s ugliest woman story Andy has shared in the past, etc). But honestly, this wasn’t a bad deal.
I was left permanently disabled by the people who bullied me, but it appears I might have a magic buff to balance the physical nerf. I lost everything, but perhaps now I can have anything I want. 🎁
@@amazingfireboy1848oh they did. You have no idea just how F'd a paralysed face can make life. Try looking up what happens to babies raised with no facial cues for example. Ever seen how life can go for some one raising a little psychopath? having never developed emotive cue responses as a baby can set up some bad juju down line.
She wasn't getting used, she wasn't the joke, she sat there laughing every day while getting paid. Yall crazy if you feel bad forbher or mad at the theater owner.
I’m the opposite of her. I laugh extremely hard at pretty much anything. Once, I laughed for 25 minutes straight. One day, I will probably die of laughter.
@@WishfulWind basically when someone tells you "English or spanish", they're immediately going to follow it up with "whoever moves first is gay" which means you gotta lock tf in.
@@GameCatastrophe I assume the OP knows that and is fine with that, but in this video Andy put a big red arrow pointing to the girl's face right when he said "this girl". I don't necessarily think he was intentionally trying to fool people, but it accidentally comes across as him saying that was an actual photo of Sober Sue.
@@k.elysium6819 I googled it and there are no known photos of her. If you actually click into the articles you'll see that they have captions like "not a real photo" or "some random grumpy woman, not Sober Sue."
Humans are a social species and facial expressions communicate countless unspoken nuances that us regular folk take as social cues. In a nutshell, for her entire life everyone would consider her to be an arrogant stuck-up stone-faced bitch. Her wealth would only make this problem worse. Her husband(s) would for the rest of their lives be accused of agalmatophilia, at best, but most of the time, necrophilia. They would begin to suspect themslves of having these issues as well. This would for the rest of this entire family's lives be a constant catalyst for infidelity, and we all know how much that alone ruins the lives of everyone involved. Every time her children submit family drawings in school, everyone will be smiling except her. No matter how many of their graduations or sports events she attends, she will never be able to smile to show them how much she loves them and how proud she is of them. What a dream life indeed.
She probably had an amazing time too! Just because she physically couldn't laugh didn't mean she didn't find things funny or engaging. Free shows from the best comedians and 3k a month probably made her very happy despite everything
Okay if I did the math right: $1000 is equivalent to $35,000 in today's money Sue's monthly payment: $3000 x $35,000 = $105,000 per month Therefore her yearly salary in today's money like made was about $1,260,000 In the span of 45 years of Sue's career from 1907 to 1952; this woman made about $56,700,000 thoughout her life. Which was $1,620,000 by the span of 45 years was how much she made last century ago before retirement in her time.
@@maxpro751unfortunately yes, I did try to apply this into my calculations which was tricky for me since I wasn't taught financial stability or the literacy of math during my high school years. But I can learn a few things from the formulas of math money. However that wasn't the actual reason. The actual reason is that there wasn't clear information about the place where Sue worked at; just modern information about it. All I know is that her work place (Victoria Theatre on Broadway) was destroyed during and after the Civil War; got itself investments to be rebuilt before she was employed and tickets were possibly $1.50 in her early career. This lack of info made it difficult for me to figure out how much she getting paid per hour, per week, and per month. Including making sense with the change of inflation rate from 1900s to 1950s with some sources saying that inflation rates were less than 2% OR more than 91% What so confusing about this is that there's barely any information about this woman. It mostly talks about the challenge and the performances getting herself paid $20 from the theatre or boss and her confession as well. For God's sakes, I even searched her real name to get more clues and hidden leads for my math calculations. It just only shows me the name of her contractor: Harry Reichenbach. Which concludes she is a forgotten person with no autobiogtaphy, no references and no notes about herself from first person pov or third person pov from history. That extended research had sort of diminished my luck to reimprove the math. I was deeply determine to find more info, but instead I have to face the realization that it is impossible to continue. But I am glad that I had fun doing this since I'm a bit of an average level mathematician. I also deeply sorry that it has to end like this.
Yeah, it's similar to a genetic condition where you can freely dislocate your bones without discomfort, which often saw these people in shows where they could use it. Sadly, the condition is also fatal, I don't think you live much longer than 30 years with it. Internal decapitation due to having your head fall of your spine tends to be bad...
We was paid good money to hear some of the funniest people of her time. She was probably laughing really hard on the inside despite her condition. I would wager that she lived a good life.
I've heard her story before. It's honestly great as everyone in these cases were winners. Performers got to have shows, even smaller ones who may not have gotten a stage otherwise, she got paid well, her managers got paid, the viewers got good shows... Win for everyone
The girl in the photo has taken a good care of herself considering she looks so youthful with eyeliner, despite being a stage performer in the early 1900's.
