This is the third Bingo documentary I've watched in the past two days, it's fascinating and I don't really know why. I think it's the people playing it that's so fascinating.

@markjoke3069

8 ай бұрын

Same here it's been in my recommendation recently

@kylemc8851

6 ай бұрын

Makes you feel better about yourself? You can say it!

@ralphhilton-bc9yf

4 ай бұрын

Same here @Macho_Fantastico

Just looked it up. Dr.Krauss passed away earlier this year. RIP she seemed very kind

@user-dg2kl7xc1e

8 ай бұрын

rip

I used to call bingo at a volunteer rescue squad and I learned that even a little old lady will drop the f-bomb if you say bingo before she does😂

Love it, when the guy cleans the toilets without gloves on! BINGO!

@davidsuggs3025

Жыл бұрын

And cleans the sink with the same rag.

@matthewfluke7957

Жыл бұрын

And the tables 😂

@issacbrown7485

9 ай бұрын

watching this 3 years after these comments & i'm glad i saw someone with similar thoughts as me 😂

@themadplotter

9 ай бұрын

I used to be a cleaner, we used to use the toilet rags on peoples desks if they were dicks.

in case you're curious this was made in 1999

@cozza819

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. That is always interesting to me.

@sid3fx1122

8 ай бұрын

I was born in 1982 and when I was watching this in my mind I was thinking the footage came from 1990-1994 ish I was surprised by 1999. But these were vintage places with vintage ppl even for that time so it can be deceiving I guess.

@i504_Allah

3 ай бұрын

Ok thank you. The camcorders and clothing style and hair gave it away

Remember smoking inside? Wouldn't do it in my house or car but loved smoking in restaurants.

@colcostello160

8 ай бұрын

Having a full English fry up and smoking a fag whilst eating it... Ahhhh takes me back 😂

This was filmed 23 years ago, God bless all those who were there and probably not with us now!

@Orthodoxyandlife

8 ай бұрын

Wow, I was 12 when this was filmed. It looks much older than that

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

It was filmed between 1994 and 1999. Time flies. We're hoping to have a restored version available in the next year.

@joutoob9

7 ай бұрын

They've all died from lung cancer. Bingo Halls in the 80s and 90s were the cigarette smokiest of all smoky places on earth.

@jylatron154

2 ай бұрын

i was thinking this was all acted haha@@Pygarr

GREAT documentary! I worked in a bingo hall as a young teenager, memories of the cloud of cigarette smoke hanging over the players and nipping off for a can of beer after the national game, great days!

This is literally the greatest documentary i've ever seen, this little piece of cinema has changed my life. Thank you for making this & thank the algorithm for suggesting this.

@MrJames-tw3so

9 ай бұрын

are you a 90s kid?

@dogfoot1874

9 ай бұрын

You've gotta be sarcastic

@jamiegwhite30

9 ай бұрын

agreed

@aurorahutchinson9823

9 ай бұрын

you should watch the grim realities of edwardian england you have no idea

@magpai1444

9 ай бұрын

I just got here. Are you messing with me? I'm confused.

this documentary was so good i spent all my savings on bingo

This and real stories bingo documentary is gold. This should easily have 1mm views

@Aaron-mj9ie

9 ай бұрын

They're great companion pieces.

@steveschu

9 ай бұрын

1mm is pretty small measurement lol

If they ever outlawed bingo, you'd see the largest loss of life from old age. This literally keeps some people alive and kicking.

@alexleal7643

7 ай бұрын

Maybe thats why the statistics were high during covid for elderly deaths 😂

It’s addictive. It’s gambling. The owners of these places are making a killing. It’s like the casino owners in Vegas. They are smiling all the way to the bank. But I also think this keeps some old people occupied. So they don’t go crazy. Loneliness too. So they do this.

@MrSk8ingrules

9 ай бұрын

Sounds diabolical

@steveschu

9 ай бұрын

Just a long game of chance. No real skill needed. It is a social gathering for them. The ones that can afford it I’m fine with. It’s the people with no money putting the last $50 they have and if the hope, pray, and rub the lucky cup all will be paid and happy and they never win. Waste of money.

@MrSk8ingrules

9 ай бұрын

@@steveschu it’s all also occult and superstitious (all the little trinkets they have thinking it’ll help them win). Hence the diabolical aspect. Putting your faith, hope, or charity in anything other than God, let alone an addictive and ultimately meaningless pursuit of material and temporal gain is idolatrous.

I used to volunteer at a charity Bingo game and I always thought a documentary about the culture would be really good.

I’ve never played, I feel like I’m too young yet to fit in. I always think of that Roseanne episode from the 90s, she got obsessed and brings all these good luck tokens and icons. She says it’s just for fun, and you can have one of her lighters if you want, so someone grabs one and she goes NOT THE YELLOW ONE!

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

Never too young, never too old.

Some ladies got in a fight over seats at a bingo event I helped with once. It was silly, they weren't young either lol. I had no idea how huge Bingo really is.

This is my favorite Bingo documentary. And Dr Krauss’s enthusiasm was fun.

27:40 hope he changed up blue rags lol

I didn’t know Bingo was this big.

@judichristopher4604

Жыл бұрын

Me either... I was looking up things about how to do Bingo for a Fundraiser... and found out, if you don't have the right licences and tax stuff... the Police will shut you down!! I'm sure if it was a one time only thing... but "Little Ladies" having fun at the Bingo Hall" those days are over... This is like the Big Leagues... Not $1.00 buy in for ONE card... but most of these people can do 6 at a time... WOW!!!

@thestudioofhopecorporation3356

Жыл бұрын

Depends on state bingo and raffle statutes. We are opening a bingo hall in Albuquerque this year to raise funds for our nonprofit, we are fully exempt from licensing!

@judichristopher4604

Жыл бұрын

@@thestudioofhopecorporation3356 That is crazy!! I'm moving back to ABQ NM... to RE-Open my Acting Studio for acting students and also have Mystery Dinner Theatre too... I want to do BINGO... (only once in awhile) to raise money for our Acting Studio.

@judichristopher4604

Жыл бұрын

@@thestudioofhopecorporation3356 Where will you have your business? I will have to come by and play Bingo.

"I'm going to the Bingo, (bingo) I'm going to the bingo, (Bingo)

Lots of lung cancer and obesity going on in bingo

11:54 Sounds like they should recruit air traffic controllers from BINGO halls. Also, too bad they didn't provide any sour cream for those nachos 5:35 😂

This is amazing. The memorization skills the Dr. mentions at about 13 minutes in, whoa.

Great documentary. Thanks for uploading.

Very nice Documentary. Thank you!!!

Awesome. Loved it. What a beautifully made film about such a random topic.

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! It was definitely a labor of love.

So excellent, especially with the benefit of hindsight.

Great doc! Bravo

Such a hidden gem doc.

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

It's nice to see it suddenly finding a new audience. Thanks for your comment!

Great documentary, totally charming!

@dolinaj1

8 ай бұрын

Totally pathetic; so many with nothing better to do. How is that possible? Smoke, booze (?); junk food, desperation, addictions.

@colcostello160

8 ай бұрын

Isn't that how many people make a living on KZread nowadays.. Eating and drinking themselves to death?.. Yet now it's called entertainment 😮

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for your comment!

Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill

this was so fun to watch

My grandma loved bingo and she went to it every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday without fail.

I will make a guess...this was first filmed in 96...so that man speaking on retiring at 70...would now be 97 years old...wonder if he ever had time to enjoy his retirement...

David here from Sebring Florida I just saw this, Very well done!👍

Oh my God, seeing that guy cleaning the urinals with no gloves made me sick

@darlahaines6928

8 ай бұрын

As for me, I'd like to try modern bingo out of curiosity, for people-watching, also a good cup of coffee and cookies. However, seeing this particular janitor at work all over the bingo hall has a deterrent effect for me. I can't unsee these worst housekeeping practices!!😝

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

It made for a good scene though, one of my favorites in the movie!

Will somebody tell new janitor to use gloves

I was 16yo when my parents told me my Aunt Duffy (whom I had never met) was coming to stay the weekend with us. My thoughts...."yeah, so?". On Friday night I told my mom that a friend and I wanted to go see a movie and she said I had to ask my dad. I never asked my dad about those things because he preferred (and so did I) that we not be in the house at the same time any more than possible. So I go ask my dad who says "Nope! Someone has to take Duffy to play bingo". Blink, blink! No way in hell does a 16yo boy want to go to bingo with his weird Aunt on a Friday night. In order to continue breathing.... I took Aunt Duffy to bingo....and I won $300! One and only time I've ever been.

@aurorahutchinson9823

9 ай бұрын

dude you should so go back you'll definitely win more money imagine how good that will feel

@colcostello160

8 ай бұрын

Jeeeeeeez that took me back to being a youngster reading razz mags 😂

@magnusgranskau7487

8 ай бұрын

wow that sounds like such a ungrateful disrespecting 16 year old

Hold your sheets - we got a bingo!

That wee Bingo song is really catchy 😂😂 that's gonna be living rent free in my head for a while 😂😂 also gonna have my gay card revoked for not realizing gay bingo was a thing 😂😂 it's so suited too drag queens it makes perfect sense. Excellent wee documentary 👌

@daz222

8 ай бұрын

Drag bingo is amazing and really good fun!!! Are you on about the song just after that segment? I've just been Googling to find it and can't find it anywhere!! If anyone knows about it, who sung it and what it's called then that would be great!! So catchy haha!!

why on earth would you think bingo is a social club

@marcuslinton310

10 ай бұрын

They just use that as one of their many other BS justifications for playing. It's called deflection. They will tell you any other justification they can before ever telling you it's because they are addicted to the gambling aspect of it. Like any gambler, they have spent so much money that they desperately need a big win and so that justifies even further spending to them because they are already so deep in to it. Then, when they don't win, "Ahh, it's all about the social aspect, something to do, blah blah blah, in order to pacify themselves until the next round of losses.

@steveschu

9 ай бұрын

Because it easily can be and is.

@shivanj1

8 ай бұрын

​@@marcuslinton310while you go to bars and pubs just to "socialize" 😂😂🍻🍺🍻🍺 drink up

@marcuslinton310

8 ай бұрын

​@@shivanj1 I don't go to bars or pubs, don't even drink alcohol, so try again.

I went to Bingo once at a hall and the ladies were so rude - no socialization just obsession with winning. The social dynamic they mention in the doc was totally missing.

@scorpion777silvermoon3

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah they might have been PROFESSIONALS and they have to stay focused like playing a card game i guess

@kathleenking47

Жыл бұрын

@@scorpion777silvermoon3 its slower than cards, so, you don't lose as fast

@xForbin99

10 ай бұрын

​@@scorpion777silvermoon3lol professional bingo player. Like there is any skill involved whatsoever

@aurorahutchinson9823

9 ай бұрын

then dont come back you casual

Knowing what we know now about gambling and gambling addictions, this is actually quite sad.

My dad was the man who invented bingo- Michael Bingo. It was named after the family

@commentresurrection1841

8 ай бұрын

It was actually named after my grandfathers dog...he was a farmer

@kvk1960

Ай бұрын

They explained the name origins at the beginning and that's not it. It was called BEANO originally.

When I was in Matsue, Japan there was a guy handing out cards on the street and BINGO on a big screen outside. Of course I had to stop and play. I don't know how this video popped up on my suggested but I'm glad it did.

have done maintenance work in bingo halls, fascinating, massive sheds with people sitting in their favourite seats, do not, i repeat do not sit in a regulars seat, you will have eyes boring into your head. it's all full of rituals, game finishes and you see all these women running to their favourite fruit machine to play until the next game. i will say it is brilliant for pensioners, see their friends and can get a hot meal for pennies and a cheap drink, why heat your home when you can sit in a bingo hall

the seedy side of Bingo Halls would be much more fascinating. grandma pimping herself out behind the hall for more Bingo cards. Bogus Bingo daubers galore being sold from car trunks and more

@margieb.4346

9 ай бұрын

Love, love, love your sense of humor. Also loved this doc.

@badkarma1289

9 ай бұрын

I'm a certified GILF hunter, so I'm constantly cruising the local bingo halls, looking for that special someone who can take her teeth out, give me an old fashioned, offer up her balloon knot/shame cave/prison wallet, or at least let me split her ham for a few minutes. When I empty my ball bag of baby batter down her gullet, I scream "B I N G O !".

@dianad6090

8 ай бұрын

​@@badkarma1289pervert

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

Perhaps I'll have to make a sequel...

“ So what do you think about the concept of cruise bingo?”…. Oh I think it’s great! When I gamble all my money away I can just jump ship and drown myself. How convenient 😊!

at 23:20 if that lady is actually playing bingo, she is missing a ton of numbers 61 and 71 was called but not dotted fully

I had absolutely no idea Bingo was such big business! Wow. 😮 I’d go for the food! Looks good, I’m hungry!

If there is anyone from the north west of England ..try Bongo's Bingo in Liverpool

@19:50 - she is describing the "rush" which is actually the anticipation of winning, and is what makes gambling an addiction.

34:31 would have definitely helped that poor old woman out of the ocean

Amazing! Now I have solid justification for my gambling addiction.

Is John Jeffcoat any relation to Don Jeffcoat from Wild & Crazy Kids fame from 1990s Nickleodeon? Please tell me there is some relation. Of course back in the W&CK days he was called Donnie Jeffcoat.

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

Alas, no relation -at least none that I'm aware of!

46:12 is Edinburgh, Scotland and not the Northwest of England. It looks like the Bingo hall at Meadowbank in the city which is still a Bingo hall today now called Buzz Bingo.

AH where is his GLOVES!?!

watching it while playing poker

I would have mixed feelings about bingo if my ancestors invented it. just like the casinos. people lose their lives and livelihoods over gambling.

That guy traded a drug addiction into a gambling addiction Was this filmed into the pacific northwest?

@Pygarr

8 ай бұрын

It was shot primarily in and around Seattle as well as in NY, England, Ireland and the Caribbean.

Are the winnings more prevalent in Bingo?

I love that they call it THE bingo. ❤️🇨🇦

@ErthBeer

9 ай бұрын

...how is Canadian bingo?

@loiscassels8966

9 ай бұрын

@@ErthBeer Don’t know. I never play. I’m not sure if it’s as big as in the States.

@ErthBeer

9 ай бұрын

@@loiscassels8966 ...in what states?

@loiscassels8966

9 ай бұрын

@@ErthBeer the USA

@ErthBeer

9 ай бұрын

@@loiscassels8966...I never heard of Canadian bingo in the states.

It's cruel to keep birds in cages

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I thought this was a mockumentry!!

Watching this while taking a huge dump.

Watching addicts try and justify why they play is hilarious and sad at the same time. Even worse seeing those who know they have a problem and wont stop playing it. Just like the one woman saying she had a problem doing it but doesnt have anything else to do so she plays. Seriosuly if you know its starting to have a problem with playing to much then stop and go find a better and healthier hobby to do that doesnt cost that much money. I get its addictive and takes time to break a habit. But not getting help or not stopping doesnt resolve the issue

54:00 dan rather and hunter s thompson, put together, lol!

@jamiegwhite30

9 ай бұрын

and a hint of carson..

It's from Il Gioco

The guy cleaning the toilets without gloves 😮😮😮

Pony tail Paul Ryan seems cool. Completely unhygienic in his cleaning practices, but cool lol

People have a right to zone out and chill with their buds however they please but sheez these people could go for a movie or dinner and drinks with their BINGO buds a couple nights a week instead of blowing it on BINGO. In gambling the house always wins. Spend your money on yourself !

For the longest time I thought bingo was made up for US TV shows lol such a weird game I guess kinda like a more instantaneous lottery but also way more expensive

Bingo Masters Break out

Great Video... EXCELLENT. Background noise/music is annoying, loud and unnecessary.

@judichristopher4604

Жыл бұрын

34:20 Great music...

The only thing I heard that I agreed with was it helping keep an elderly person brain active, unfortunately they have to gamble/give there money away.

@dolinaj1

8 ай бұрын

Read a book; put together a jigsaw puzzle; play word games; play math games; socialize in a smoke-free place; learn another language; play a musical instrument; chat with another; take a walk = all activities that keep the brain healthy and young v playing bingo.

So you would rather play bingo than travel. Unbelievable 34:01

@commentresurrection1841

8 ай бұрын

Some people have no interest in travelling at all.

Non smoking killed the bingos. A lot of charities lost out and closed

@jeisselima

9 ай бұрын

A lot of smoking killed the bingo players

interesting just not for me

Gay bingo?

@colcostello160

8 ай бұрын

LGbtqwxyrz1 it would be called now 😂

God protect America Joseph Biden and I love coffee✌🏻😊

There is no skill in Bingo.

Dr. Kraus - you seem to conveniently leave out addiction and loneliness. You’re ridiculous. 12:36

@kc3654

9 ай бұрын

Well she is dead now. You are ridiculous

20:51 People on welfare love to play Bingo... (let that sink in). Somebody had to work for the money they are gambling. One man works - gives 30% of his check to the government. Then government gives his money to someone who is lazy so they can gamble. And YES they are lazy. If they can get up, get dressed, drive to a bingo hall, sit there for HOURS - they can work!

So this is where the most pathetic human beings in the world can be found…

@onemorething100

10 ай бұрын

They also reside at your house too.

@troutfitter547

9 ай бұрын

I agree with you! Bingo halls are packed and libraries are empty, says a lot about the people of the world.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 1 Corinthians 15:3 that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 💗

@BmanNL1

10 ай бұрын

Someone sniffed a bit too much from the bingo daubers.

@dolinaj1

8 ай бұрын

You are from a racket much older than bingo.

@colcostello160

8 ай бұрын

Pulp fiction?

“Makes me feel special”-inventor granddaughter. Hey u did nothing dummy

4 1/2 years on welfare???? There is a big world out there and these people are wasting time playing bingo.

@badkarma1289

9 ай бұрын

That tweaker was getting paid to rub one out every day. Serious pedo vibes as well. I could feel the dad's disappointment through the screen.

Literally had a heart attack playing bingo😢

This is one of those weird things where its gambling addicts justifying gambling as a fun game of bingo