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Usually, I get annoyed by KZreadrs having 57 channels, Simon is the exception. I love all the content, appreciate your obvious respect for your writers, and your narration is excellent. Honestly, you could read the nutrition facts on items in your fridge, and I'd listen to it

@murrayscott9546

Жыл бұрын

Sucha fawna. Hope you get some pay-back - from somewhete

@ravenhellfire1307

11 ай бұрын

So true

@deathincluded3706

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@Edward-sx5yf

10 ай бұрын

A bit of a weird take, but you have a point. I actually used to think why does _this guy_ have 15 different channels, I almost got sick of looking him. As an Australian of English decent, I kinda like his reserved nature and understanding of the indulgence of nicotine 😂 People who are doing the right things, _can_ make a second or third channel, but, there are a bunch of people with 6 or so that don’t follow a real formula which negates the point of having all the additional channels. A cartoonist I like, posts comments on his X channel from his Y account and vice versa to promote the other. He acts like it’s not him, so it kinda adds to the humour. People do weird things for seemingly no reason. Don’t try to make any more sense from the internet than what you would get on the street, is my advice.

@extropiantranshuman

10 ай бұрын

idk - I like youtubers having multiple channels. If it was me, I'd have multiple channels myself.

My day isn't complete until I've had a Square Space ad followed by details of a horrific crime against humanity.

I lived in Cayenne. I’ve been to iles du salut many times. I believe many of the inhabitants of French Guiana are descendants of the prisoners. It’s true “papillon” was never there. It’s commonly known in the area. The islands are quite a nice spot to go to now. You can stay overnight if you wish. There’s a population of deer as well that are completely tame having been around humans on the islands for generations. It’s a very cool place. Worth a visit.

@mattdixon6396

Жыл бұрын

One day I will 🤞🤞🤞🤞

@guitinwidit

Жыл бұрын

I recall a History Vs Hollywood episode that said a lot of the Papillon film was exaggerated.

@marthaperdew

9 ай бұрын

On my bucket list

"The light that fills my lonely cell, Is blocked out by the key, That locks the door to this hell, The place they wanted me. Time's racing like the wind, Execution's near. Oh Lord, I wait for death, And yes, I have no fear." ~Megadeth (Devil's Island)

@RicoX829

Жыл бұрын

Megadeth rules

@lutymcshooty2556

Жыл бұрын

Fuckin BASED

@StoffelDilligas

Жыл бұрын

🤘

@magicbulletdancers

Жыл бұрын

Yes absolute 💯 Thank you to remind me !

@buenapilapil5513

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad somebody made this reference.

Papillon - in french is saud as papiyon (with a soft n) in english is papeeyon (with a harder n). It means butterfly.

This is fascinating. We learned about the Dreyfus Affair in school but only that he was in French Guiana, nothing more about the island. Great video.

Watch the 1973 film, Papillon starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.

History deserves to be remembered.

@Demun1649

Жыл бұрын

Especially the theft of Texas, the plight of slaves in the southern states, the murders of the First Nations, the hatred of the whites towards anyone not white. History deserves to be remembered. ALL OF IT.

@staytuned2L337

Жыл бұрын

@@Demun1649 you okay, mate?

@Demun1649

Жыл бұрын

@@staytuned2L337 Aye, for sure I am. For a start, why am I OK? The first answer is always, "Of course I am. I am not a Yenghi" Yenghi live in the most evil country in the world. Worse than the Russ, worse than Iran, worse than Afghanistan, worse than Mali, worse than Kenya, worse than Uganda, worse than Sudan. The US belongs to Satan. Just look at how many massacres have happened in your sick country just in 2023. As to your lists of so-called muzak. Terrible shite, most honky trash, and it has clearly affected your GOP thought, (you only get the one a year), and you worship the High Priest of Satan, Trumpanzee. So, I am OK because I am not a Yenghi, and sold out to Satan.

@christopherfanelli8821

Жыл бұрын

I would substitute ‘need’ for deserves.

@Fruitflyonyourwall

Жыл бұрын

Without doing so, it is doomed to be repeated

If I remember a tale from the prison, some of those to be punished by the guillotine were able to return alive because the humidity and wear and tear of a tropical environment blunted the execution device. One man was beheaded and found that while it created a very nasty gash on the back of hs neck he survived. They gave him a reprieve because of it and he lived.

@brightlight3520

Жыл бұрын

Find it hard to believe they wouldnt be paralyzed for life . A death sentence back then

@MegaKat

Жыл бұрын

​@@brightlight3520 well, it only caused a gash on the back of his neck, it didn't break his spine. The spine protects the spinal cord, so you'd have to break the bone or sever it to get to the cord.

@brightlight3520

Жыл бұрын

@@MegaKat im not an expert on guillotines but a 80+ pound piece of metal falling on your neck , no matter how dull, will result in alot more than a "nasty gash". Typically a guillotine post is 14 feet high and falls at a rate of 21 feet a second. If this story is true than they were very lucky

@snowyowl2784

Жыл бұрын

​@@brightlight3520 and yet, it didn't

@jwenting

Жыл бұрын

@@snowyowl2784 or more likely the story is a myth

If I remember correctly, Ile de Diable gets its name from the treacherous waters around it, not because conditions on the Ile were so bad, although the guards would still have been abusive. Would have been awfully lonely for the prisoners but not as fatal as in the mainland colony.

@jwenting

Жыл бұрын

correct. The island itself was called that well before it became a prison, and was chosen to become one because it was so inaccessible. Conditions there were actually preferable to those on the mainland, better weather, better food, less harsh (generally) regime. More boredom, but that was preferable to slugging through the disease ridden jungle all day.

Part of the storyline of the 1944, Humphrey Bogart film, "Passage to Marisella," involves a plot to help several prisoners on "Devil's Island" escape in order to join the fight against Nazi Germany at the beginning of WWII. The escaping prisoners eventually to become a part of the "Free France" military force. -It's a good movie and does a great job of showcasing not only the horrors of being imprisoned at the penal colony, but also the perceivably impossible task of escape. 😉

@moodybluesgurl

Жыл бұрын

We're No Angels is another Humphrey Bogart film set in French Guiana when he and two other men escape devil's island.Great movie!

@skyden24195

Жыл бұрын

@@moodybluesgurl nice. I've got to find that one so I can check it out. Thanks for the tip.

Henri, you lied to me. I trusted your book, Papillon, as a true account. Damn. I've been fooled all these years. Nearly 50. It was a good read, though. I read Banco, too, but that didn't leave any lasting impression on me. But, Papillon, you bastard.

Papillon is the best book I've ever read. Best part? Little to no romance.

@llamasugar5478

5 ай бұрын

I remember the story, not from the book or movie (which I was too young to see at the time), but from MAD Magazine.

@TFrills

5 ай бұрын

Oh man. Please read the book. I usually h8 every book I read, but this one is the best!@@llamasugar5478

Right as I need more content, Simon comes to the rescue.

@critt3r33

Жыл бұрын

was scrolling through youtube looking for ANYTHING to watch rn 😭😭 it’s perfect timing

@tomh9391

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, I concur 🤘😎🤘

@TheMattC9999

Жыл бұрын

If what you need is more content then Simon pretty much always comes to the rescue......

@staytuned2L337

Жыл бұрын

🎉 truth

@Demun1649

Жыл бұрын

Why praise him, he gets ALL of his information from Wikipedia.

Papillon? Omg no. Pap-ee-on

@xraysteve

Жыл бұрын

Is this, in any way whatsoever, surprising? There is almost always at least one word per script that gets screwed up.

@kasenerrikkssonn7030

Жыл бұрын

Seriously, you can react to the cringe, and still appreciate everything Simon does.

@kasenerrikkssonn7030

Жыл бұрын

@Matt M Yes because simon needs you to jump in and defend him. Lol we can cringe if we want to cringe

@kasenerrikkssonn7030

Жыл бұрын

@Matt M yeah. Because I thought it was funny seeing as I watched this movie 5 hours ago

@kasenerrikkssonn7030

Жыл бұрын

@Matt M sounds to me like a found a few bub

Pap-ee-yon.

Love every channel with Simon as host

Always ready for Simon says!

i was waiting and hoping for this topic video here. thank you.

Awesome video as always!

The light that fills my lonely cell, Is blocked out by the key, That locks the door to this hell, The place they wanted me. Time's racing like the wind, Execution's near, Oh lord, I wait for death, And, yes, I have no fear. I recall that night, my every breath, And, step along the way. Closed my eyes, walking, As danger paved the way. The devil, and the darkness Let her evil wander free And, here on Devils Island, The final stop for me. Devils Island, Devils Island. Oh, there is no escape, The sea is full of sharks. The tide takes you away, and Smashes you on the rocks. The sun is shining, But feel not today, It's warmth, it's dying, And fading away. Devils Island, (here I stay) Devils Island. Oh, hear the call, From the grave beyond. Oh, so pernicious, Her soul it creates song. As there is no man, that is Here upon the earth, Able to terminate our Noisome will since birth. The priest that reads the sermons, Is walking next to me, To the stake, my last request, To have her burn with me. But, so it did, the heavens opened, Rain began to fall. The final judgement came, and Was spread before you all. Final judgement. Old, weak, and feeble, But the lesson taught to me, To stay away from evil, She doesn't care for me. She haunts me in my sleep, Though I tore that page away. And, here on Devils Island, I'll always have to stay. Devils Island, Devils Island. (Devils Island, Devils Island.) Here I am. Devils Island, Devils Island. Devils Island, Devils Island. Devils Island, Devils Island. Devils Island, Devils Island.

12:09, I don't think the Dreyfus Affair happened in 1984...

@llamasugar5478

5 ай бұрын

I thought I imagined that . . .

"Pa-pill-lee-on" good effort, good job

@allezlesrouges

Жыл бұрын

Thanks friend

There was one inmate whom the guards called “An hysterique of the dark cell.” Every time he was about to finish his most recent spell of solitary confinement he would spit on the guards, curse France and much more. His favorite phrase was “Another punishment, if you please!” He survived his imprisonment and was among the mass repatriation to France. An acquaintance said that he soon grew morose and depressed. After 3 months he committed suicide. It was said of him that he could survive French Guiana, but he could not survive freedom.

Have read Pappilon many times through my life. Yes, Henri Charriere may have elaborated much of his exploits, it is a good read.

I'll be honest. Megadeth brought me here. Devil's island is a great song.

The author of Papillon lived in Venezuela and owned a brothel, he actually got his hand of the manuscript that will later be the book from a guerilla fighter back in the 60s. Thankl ou for acknowledging that he never was a prisoner.

2:05 - Chapter 1 - Shoplifters were sent to devil's island 3:35 - Mid roll ads 4:55 - Chapter 2 - A voyage into the unknown 6:40 - Chapter 3 - Escape attempts were common 8:50 - Chapter 4 - Liberes aided escapers & guards 10:25 - Chapter 5 - Political prisoners on devil's island 12:00 - Chapter 6 - The dreyfus affair scandal 13:55 - Chapter 7 - Devil's island brutality exposed 15:35 - Chapter 8 - The dry guillotine 17:20 - Chapter 9 - Papillon's "escape" from devil's island 18:35 - Chapter 10 - From prison to tourist attraction PS: Ah enfin, ze "french touch" on penal colonies !

@TheMattC9999

Жыл бұрын

Word Edit- @3:35= 💯👍👍👍

@kingnaga619

Жыл бұрын

Doing gods work ❤❤❤

@BonShula

Жыл бұрын

@@kingnaga619 Or you just watch the video. This is worthless

@kingnaga619

Жыл бұрын

@@BonShula This allows me to skip around the video at my leisure, skip the ads, and skip towards topics in the video I might like more if I am limited on my time. Try not being such a douche nozzle

@BonShula

Жыл бұрын

@@kingnaga619 Just watch the video. Stop being on the spectrum

Be grateful for the better life you lead.

Thanks

The photo of devils Island with the light house, erosion caves, and pine trees is devils island in Wisconsin 😂 right outside of Bayfield

The island shown at 10:50 is Devil's Islane in the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin. Dangerous waters at tines, but decidedly NOT shark-infested!

@kitsimmonds.344

Жыл бұрын

Well spotted, it's pretty obvious they've used photos of at least two Devil's Islands now you've pointed it out.

Simon's beard becomes a little more majestic with each new video.

@brightlight3520

Жыл бұрын

I would never shave with a "lions mane" like that

Hey Simon, do a video on Juan Bautista De Anza and his expedition exploring the west coast. Nobody has done a decent video on it, you could even make it 2 parts. Or a separate Geographics and Biographics videos.

a 'Whistle-Out' to Whistler~

Where oh where did you get that hat please??! Can’t wait to see this new garden growing and then flowering!! ❤❤

0 seconds ago Enjoyed your video. We were supposed to visit there yesterday, but the seas were too rough to land. Maybe someday we will make it.

4:56 That boat looks really weird. Specifically, it's got a French flag on the back as per standard for a french vessel, but the top of the mast features the Portuguese Naval Ensign. Anyone know the story behind that or was it maybe the artist not knowing his flags very well?

You never stop fact boy I love it

Outstanding! My first trip into the Whistlerverse today. Cheers

@bunyipdragon9499

Жыл бұрын

Welcome - with the number of channels and for the amount of back content you'll be here a long time. Good luck not being addicted 🤞

@Hillbilly001

Жыл бұрын

@@bunyipdragon9499 You may have misunderstood. I've been subbed for over a year with Simon's channels. Just that was the first video of the day, thus first trip into the Whistlerverse TODAY. Top 10z was my first sub, then CC, Brain Blaze, ect. The Whistlerverse. Cheers

@bunyipdragon9499

Жыл бұрын

@@Hillbilly001 oh well 😂

@Hillbilly001

Жыл бұрын

@@bunyipdragon9499 I wish I hadn't got addicted to Simon's channels. Allegedly. But, my day revolves around his channels. Thanks for caring though. Allegedly. Cheers

My father was actually sent to the Guiana Space Center by Space Systems Loral to babysit a satellite he'd helped build. Had no idea that that facility and Devil's Island were the same place. Cool

Papillon with McQueen and Hoffman 1973.

Thank you

Here's a related suggestion: Port Arthur's inescapable prison, including the Separate Prison and Isle of the dead.

There’s a reason it was called the “colony of the damned.”

I have a rock from the island. My grandfather snagged it in the 60’s and had a placard made for it.

What is with the audio mix on Simon's channels?

Ha.. sharks don't infest waters. They live there :)

Hell yeah! *pardon the pun* Love your videos man!

Papillon is my most favourite recollection of survival against all odds. It was my dads most fav book and it got passed to me at a very young age. Great content as always

@redplanet7163

10 ай бұрын

I too read it when I was young. It left a deep impression. I was just thinking that I should get a copy for my 15 yo boy to read. But he probably won't read it. They have the attention span of a ticktock video. Reading's so last century.

@houseofoddity2031

10 ай бұрын

@@redplanet7163 I have a 19 yo son and it’s exactly the same. Have you read Banco? That’s also a great book. That was set after his escape when he opens a casino. It’s also a great read. I believe there are actually 3 books in total. 😃😃😃

@redplanet7163

10 ай бұрын

@@houseofoddity2031 Haven't read that one. I'll look it up 👍🏻

England had the Fatal Shore (Australia), the French had Devils Island and the United States has Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, penal colony.

I heard of Devil’s Island from the show The Time Tunnel.

I have been to Saint Laurent du Maroni in French Guiana 🇬🇫 and saw where those condemned prisoners were housed and imprisoned.

Did you say 1984?

@SwampSurferPDX

Жыл бұрын

Big difference between 1984 and 1884.

The acount called Guillotine sèche was by René Belbenoît later published. Was the main driver of French penal system refom. Thas how I heard it. ??

You have to get to people's minds and hearts to make them see that change is beneficial to them. But there's also their experiences. Brutality never solved anything. These poor men.

Papillon biography next please

@kasenerrikkssonn7030

Жыл бұрын

Only if he says the name right 😂 love y’a Simon but oof. ❤

@lottiecharman6946

Жыл бұрын

​@@kasenerrikkssonn7030 it's one word 😭😭 chill

@kasenerrikkssonn7030

Жыл бұрын

@@lottiecharman6946 It was a joke. Right back at y’a…??? Tf

@kasenerrikkssonn7030

Жыл бұрын

Also, this is my favorite movie. I watched it last night, hence me thinking it was hysterically funny. Hence, hence…. The 😂

You're pronouncing Papillon wrong, the L's are silent.

7:05 This picture is trippy as it plays on the screen.

This will probably give suella braveman ideas

Simon you should do and episode on Ramree island during ww2

“Stealing a loaf of bread could see you incarcerated alongside a murderer…” Jean Valjean, no!

SIMON NOOOOOOOO😂😂😂😂 Papillon; Butterfly in French.

Wow. How weird that I hear about this island today (5/7/2023) and decided to look it up and this video has only been posted 11 days earlier.

Anyone interested in learning more about this subject, I would recommend reading Rene Belbenoit's books - Dry Guillotine and Hell on Trial

Henri Charriere should had a Brain Blaze feature along with another greatest "non-fiction" fiction works. Specially the part where he's well greated by an tribe that always murdered whoever came close

I only looked up about this prison, because of a Woody woodpecker episode where Buzz buzzard has some adhesives on his luggage, from the worst prisons he spent some time, like he was on vacation 😂

At .75 speed Simon sounds like a derpy royal villain 😂 yeerrsss… mmhmm yeerrss…

What happened to the El Salvador video?

It's uncanny and quite interesting just how accurate the film "Papillon" was. Bribing guards and liberes as well as the forced labour in the jungle was quite well portrayed.

Papillion 😂

Sounds like Andor with that whole *SPOILER* you’re not allowed to leave the prison after your sentence is up.

Kay man

I have a copy of the book “Condemned to Devil’s Island.” It’s a very good read.

pah pill yon?

hard core place

Devil’s Island itself is now a rocket and missile tracking station; there was a forced labor camp on the mainland, called Kourou which was fever ridden and greatly feared by the inmates. Today it is a naval base and the EU’s satellites are launched from there aboard the Ariane rocket series. Thanks to the space industry and its technicians French Guiana has the highest standard of living throughout South America.

0:14: 🏝 The Devil's Island was part of the prison colony of French Guiana, where prisoners were subjected to brutal treatment and had little hope of ever leaving. 4:47: 🚢 Prisoners were transported from Lara shell to French Guiana, enduring harsh conditions and uncertain futures. 7:05: 🏝 The prison complex in French Guiana was difficult to escape from, with dangerous wildlife, harsh conditions, and the threat of punishment. 10:44: 🏝 The case of Alfred Dreyfuss revealed the horrors of the French prison system in Devil's Island, where political prisoners were isolated. 14:06: 📚 The French penal colony in French Guiana, known as Devil's Island, gained notoriety for its harsh conditions and mistreatment of prisoners. 17:58: 📚 The history of French Guiana's prison system, including the false claims made by a famous author and the eventual closure of the prisons. Recap by Tammy AI

Last time I was this early, there was a worm.

I visited the island with the hotel, twice. Of noteworthy mention, the plaques in the Prison Guads children's graveyard reflect the harsh conditions, endured by both convicts and guards alike. Families of the guards we're almost doing time themselves ..

all they bugs n rats sound like they'd just be more food haha

Ha, you ain't seen my tool shed.

Even though the Salvation Islands are small, they large army.

Simon, you can't hide the door by darkening the background. We want our video on the door. Avoiding the topic would lose an opportunity to do some awesome satire-style humor. Of course, it wouldn't have to be politically motivated or even serious.

@maccurtis730

Жыл бұрын

Rumor the door leads to the famous basement where Simon keeps Danny and writer friends.

Danny! Reply if you need rescuing.

Honestly, same for any judicial figure. If you were wrong or ended at a verdict made via personal convictions etc. Should be sentenced to double if not triple the sentence.

A former leper colony... Damn! Those poor buggers had it hard, for the misfortune of developing leperacy. .. in another culture, they might have been revered as sacrifices to a god. But damn! Those poor buggeres had it hard

I prefer the movie" We're No Angles".. with Humphrey Bogart..Aldo Rey..Peter Ustanov.

Devils Island megadeth 🤟🤟🤟

I did read "Papillon", and it's obviously inaccurate, and romantized. However the reality of the Cayenne deportations can not be questioned, and I feel ashamed for my country of birth, and the failures of the "Declaration des Droits de l'Homme"...

You meant 1894? For the Dreyfus affair

Fun fact. Napoleon III, Marie Antoinette, and H!tler all have something in common: they share a birthday. You know who else shares a birthday with them? Me! 😂😵‍💫 But at least I have Weed Day to suffer with.

Sadly Simon's team doesn't check the script for errors, the LeAffiar took place in 1884. Not 1984

Did you guys intend to have the end of the video just be a cut to black?

Megadeth has a song devils island

Idea for a video. Why do some Argentinians speak welsh?

1984? Who edits these things?

The French really are cartoon villains

@MrSniperfox29

Жыл бұрын

The Affair is one of the most ridiculous cases of a miscarriage of justice ever We have this letter as proof he is guilty But it's not in his hand writing and tha't's the only "proof" you have That's because he used a different style to fool us, but we are smarter than him

@LANCEtheBOIL

Жыл бұрын

thier all white military flag is awesome too

@obscureogre4547

Жыл бұрын

See what you did there lol

Why didn’t they pick up the guns the French Army had dropped and escape.😂😂