I love how his reasoning to not drink wasn’t “oh I’ll lose control of my life” it was “oh I’ll gain control of everyone else’s life”.

@Karlach_

9 ай бұрын

Rich people amirite?

@wargriffin5

9 ай бұрын

In a world where everyone drinks, you get both for the price of one. 😉

@chico9805

9 ай бұрын

The difference in mentality between a sheep and a wolf.

@adamkotter6174

9 ай бұрын

As someone who doesn't drink for completely different reasons, I can confirm that this is a nice perk.

@Bentley7Cruize

9 ай бұрын

Lol if this was explained to me that way at a young age I might not have wanted to drink as much as I did

George really put all his points into perception and William put all of his into charisma.

@FairyRat

8 ай бұрын

Nah, they both maxed luck.

@JmMateo933

8 ай бұрын

True

@homoe7976

8 ай бұрын

Also Animal Friend. Excuse me while I buy more champagne for Charlie, my alligator.

@critickman

8 ай бұрын

@@homoe7976that comes with charisma

Lol, Will's dad not giving his son any preferential treatment besides handing him a pickaxe is pretty based. "Get yourself some black lung."

@Holesale00

9 ай бұрын

i think having him work the mines was a way to teach him whats its like to work from nothing to his fathers status, but of course dad could have went about teaching this lesson better lol

@thedemonhater7748

9 ай бұрын

…did you miss the part where he literally just gave him a newspaper?

@saryphx

9 ай бұрын

@@thedemonhater7748 An unprofitable newspaper that Will had to constantly beg him to reluctantly give up, even though he didn't even care about it?

@perhaps1094

8 ай бұрын

​@@thedemonhater7748i dont rhink thats a reasonable trade for years of child labour

@arisenspirit

8 ай бұрын

​@@perhaps1094he was a Harvard dropout by the time his dad sent him to the mines. I don't think he was a child

Imagine being 'The Rich Kid' at Harvard. The rich kid at HARVARD!

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

8 ай бұрын

Not really surprising. The folks that attended Harvard and other Ivy League schools aren't filthy rich but are established enough (read: has a lineage that stretches to a time period before America existed as a country) to be important pillars of that elite society (called "Old Money")...

@SumeriyaYaxlaka

2 ай бұрын

A nerds delight🤌

After hearings about his early life, I’m surprised Hearst was so against Citizen Kane when it came out because honestly it made his story seem WAY more sympathetic & complex than it actually was. Kane at least was this tragic tale of a brilliant person who was given everything expect the things he needed and went paranoid searching for it. Hearst seems to have just been a spoiled latchkey kid that was slightly charismatic, but more importantly wealthy. His whole disdain for the elite seemed less like a call to change the system, and more like petty grievances over not fitting in with their social cliques. Even his achievements ring a bit hollow when you realize he basically just copied someone else’s idea and simply threw enough money at it till it eventually worked.

@gratermccheesy9650

9 ай бұрын

One theory I heard was that he didn't appreciate the representation of his wife in the film. That could have been a reason why.

@michaelsmyth3935

9 ай бұрын

....and got away with murder.

@christianali5431

9 ай бұрын

But what if in an Alternate Timeline, William Randolph Hearst’s life story actually was the subject of the Film? What if, in an Alternate History, “Citizen Hearst,” happened?

@fish5671

9 ай бұрын

@@michaelsmyth3935impressive 👏

@DIEGhostfish

9 ай бұрын

@@gratermccheesy9650 Alegedly welles joked that Rosebud was something referring to Kane's wife's anatomy and that may have been what made him flip out.

Bros dad was really the embodiment of “back in my day we didn’t have it as good as you have it now, in fact when I was a child we would dig for lead in industrial refuse to make a few cents here and there” and he was not even kidding, that’s just what happened

How rich do you have to be to be known as "The guy with the rich parents" at *Harvard*?

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

9 ай бұрын

Harvard and other Ivy League schools are attended by the children of "Old Money" families that are more often than not modestly rich. Not filthy rich like Hearst, just rich enough to have a mansion and some property. Theodore Roosevelt is of the "Old Money" stock since he can trace his lineage to the Dutch settlers in the 1660's but his family's wealth can only get them to the top 500 families of New York City and not any higher...

@GodwynDi

8 ай бұрын

Old money doesn't tend to flaunt it in the same ways.

Big Head advertisement Cody getting legitimately fed up with Jimmy’s sardonic remarks is the twist that I never saw coming I like this increasingly dysfunctional duo. Also this video has me hooked I need part 2 😭

@louisduarte8763

9 ай бұрын

I almost heard Cody go "OH YEAH!", Kool-Aid Man style, as his giant head crashed through Jimmy's wall.

@JmMateo933

8 ай бұрын

Same

I actually lived a short trip away from Hearst Castle. Good to see someone cover all of that history!

@cedricjoshuapayne

9 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing! Haha!

@big_sea

9 ай бұрын

yes

@jacey320

9 ай бұрын

yome too

@jimmilton6644

8 ай бұрын

gross californians

Honestly this is the history I enjoy learning about because of how fascinating it is. It feels so….. normal and mundane. While also ridiculous and hard to rationalize.

@RSTBKT

9 ай бұрын

It feels more human and maybe relatable. Unlike a story of Alexander and him supernaturally pushing all the way to India lol

@SumeriyaYaxlaka

2 ай бұрын

It feels more like a story rather than a far off event..

@I-io8ee

3 күн бұрын

Its like hearing a story about one of your relatives

Tyler, don’t know if you’ll read this but you are a fantastic editor. My wife loved the Car video and when I put this one on she immediately asked “Hey was this one done by the dude’s brother?” Keep holding up Mr. Wimsu, and congrats on the family Cody

I vaguely remember seeing a fan video which took the frame of Citizen Kane, but made it Citizen Hearst instead - Hearst being the fictional character and Kane being the real-life figure. But Kane was at the height of his power while the real Hearst in our world had experienced some setbacks. So, Kane would succeed in not only destroying "Citizen Hearst," but also utterly discrediting and destroying the Orson Welles equivalent. The last scene of the video was the victorious Kane walking past a derelict who was the Welles character - totally lost. I can't remember where I saw it, and I don't see anything like it on KZread, but I believe it does exist.

@wehatetimmy

9 ай бұрын

@@BiggerK share the link when you find it

@breadpriest

9 ай бұрын

This sounds interesting

@Nekolaws

9 ай бұрын

I hope someone finds it fr

@justhere4637

9 ай бұрын

​@wehatetimmy I think youtube doesn't allow links to be sent So I think the video ID is what is going to have to be written instead

@anotheroutlier1227

9 ай бұрын

They allow links to be posted on comments.

I had no idea what this video is going to be about, but now I'm hooked and yearning for a second part!

Man, the video jumps right in, doesn't it? No intro or anything! Not that I'm complaining, but it took me nearly 3 mins to realize Cody wasn't just setting us up.

I can see why this guy got a movie inspired by his life.

First came 'Bud the Dog on a Car' and now we have 'Champagne Charlie'. Leave it to stories about the Guilded Age/early 20th century American history to always have an unexpected yet charming animal sidekick.

@kennethbesecker8395

9 ай бұрын

I personally love and adore the Gilded age and at-times pre-war America…

@enisra_bowman

9 ай бұрын

@@kennethbesecker8395 i mean, if you had been a white male person, that's not from Ireland, it maust haven been quite nice

13:44 they also married their offspring with actual european aristocrats, especially the daughters. They became known as dollar princeses. And as a matter of fact one of them was the mother of the UK prime minister, Winston Churchill.

Will's backstory plays out like a Wes Anderson backstory

An interesting tidbit about the Homestake Mine is that nowadays its occupied as a scientific research laboratory called the Sanford Underground Research Facility, working primarily on neutrino detection about a mile underneath the ground. There are still so many precious minerals in this region (Northern Black Hills, SD) that there are active mining explorations starting every other year.

I heard about this. The movie is based on William Randolph Hearst and his mistress was a sleigh. Timeless masterpiece.

As someone from Missouri, I find it funny that two of America’s biggest newspapers were run by people from Missouri

A vid on if the Sino-Soviet split never happened or was patched up in the 70s would be mega kino

@sergioventura2595

9 ай бұрын

Sup my man

The Cody/Jimmy dynamic has me in stitches every time 😂😅😆

@kennethbesecker8395

9 ай бұрын

Funny stuff…

Calling Jimmy a buzzkill in the ad is the best part pf this video

I randomly found this video and now I'm really invested, I hope part 2 comes out soon Edit: Ohhhh part 2 does exist! It's called "The weirdo who made the first media empire" Please add a (citizen kane part 2) or something similar to the title of that video for viewers in the future who are trying to find it XD

Cody is grown in power. We have to stop him from having more sponsors. It's giving him powers

@LoremasterFoxBuster

8 ай бұрын

Well, he's certainly able to blast a wall off. Not that he's able to fix it properly yet, so I believe he's not too much powerful... yet.

I've been watching your KZread channel since early 2014. Ever since I was 12, I'm 21 , and I'm a history nerd, and I love alternate history because of your content😊

@kennethbesecker8395

9 ай бұрын

History is a fascinating subject and discipline that people use to understand the world around them…. It can be used in conjunction with other disciplines…

It’s like a mix of The Great Gatsby and Citizen Kane

@kennethbesecker8395

9 ай бұрын

Both equally important and fantastic…

Always a good day when Cody uploads!

@Mintcar923

8 ай бұрын

I just thought of an idea.. What if Dukakis were president when Saddam invaded Kuwait? That event seemingly triggered the domino effect which led to 9/11 and many of today’s foreign policy debacles

Ok this is an actual MASTERPIECE and it's just part 1

As a child, he yearned for the mines 😂

Film majors: "Rosebud" is one of the most memorable quotes in all of cinema! Historians: Hahahahaha! Film majors: What? What did I say?

5:21. FYI The Homestake mine was in Lead, South Dakota. (Lead like leading a dog on a leash, not like lead the metal) If you've heard of Black Hills gold, that's from the Homestake mine. It closed in 2002 when gold prices went down. The site is now being used for research about neutrinos.

Ah, the creator of “Yellow Journalism,” what an innovator.

Just visited Hearst Castle a couple months ago. Had no idea it existed. Glad more people are gonna find out about this dude.

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

9 ай бұрын

No one would forget this dude. He's the great-grandfather of the modern-day media conglomerate and all the problems attached to it. He's Rudolph Murdoch before Rudolph Murdoch...

@noneofyerbisness8702

9 ай бұрын

@@theotherohlourdespadua1131I think you mean Rupert Murdoch.

@Durandal734

8 ай бұрын

​@noneofyerbisness8702 it's the Magellan effect

His reason for not drinking is close to my own. Though mine is more I don't trust other people enough to be vulnerable around them. Being clearheaded and ready for violence at moments notice is the only way to live.

@radicaledwards3449

9 ай бұрын

It's not much of a problem for someone who is at equilibrium, especially when battle is established

@RenStrive

9 ай бұрын

What a wolf

This guys name was William Randolph Hearst. The real Citizen Kane was the Film they made along the way. But what if in an Alternate Timeline, William Randolph Hearst’s life story actually was the subject of the Film? What if, in an Alternate History, “Citizen Hearst,” happened?

Today's Fact: The 'Black-Eyed Children' are a modern urban legend about eerie children with all-black eyes who reportedly appear at people's doors, with no clear explanation for their origins.

@teogonzalez7957

9 ай бұрын

PBS storied did a great video on them.

@LedosKell

9 ай бұрын

I've heard some believe they're modern incarnations of malevolent faeries.

@silverdays2909

Ай бұрын

Sorry my bad

The craziest thing is, I was reading about Hearst and Pullitzer a lot the other for an AH (FH?) project Very disappointed NordVPN won't protect my toast tho My toast is defenseless against the attacks of nature.

I'm so excited for the second part this is awesome!

You weren't kidding. He really was a real world Charles Foster Kane.

Part 2 dead in the water 💀

Production quality on this is great. Enjoying the video

Always a good day when Cody uploads!. The Cody/Jimmy dynamic has me in stitches every time .

its always a good day when Cody uploads a video ^^

Mark Felton recently published a video that implicitly suggests two alternate history scenarios and I’m thinking they might be worth exploring. 1. What if Herman Göring was removed from his posts and executed for treason at the end of 1939? 2. What if Herman Göring removed the aspiring Austrian painter from office and replaced him again at the end of 1939? Dr Felton suggests Göring was aiming for a peace treaty with the allies but you shouldn’t consider it set in stone for the second scenario.

One of my most favorite videos from you in a long time. I didn’t even notice the time pass by, I was immersered

Really high quality stuff, can't wait for part 2

Makes me really want to watch Citizen Kane and Mank again. Great video, can't wait for the next part.

Woahhh, cool. I was just re-watching a lot of your classic stuff. So funny, all well put, very entertaining.

I find it interesting that there was a time in Harvard's history where they had a "guy with rich parents" rather than most people who go to Harvard are part of rich families.

@Bundpataka

8 ай бұрын

It was always elitist but not full of people with filthy rich industrial tycoon parents

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

8 ай бұрын

"Old Money" families aren't really very rich, their elite status where more often than not established due to family lineage and historical provenance. Take for example the Lees: despite being poor for most of that family's existence, its status in the Virginia state elite remains due to the prestige of its members like Harry Lee who fought in the American Revolution and Robert E. Lee for fighting in the "War of Southern Independence" to the bitter end...

3:23 I don't why but the train going backwards like that makes me laugh a lot.

Can’t wait for him to cover Hearst castle. When obliged in California my family would sometimes go on the tours and this place is ridiculously huge. I feel he’ll need to make two more parts to really get into the whole history of this guy and the castle. Also the feud with orson welles idk why but I find it hilarious they had beef with each other

Cody, my man! Been 3yrs since ive subbed and got recommended your old if the cold war went hot. Its day 3 ive been sucked down the alt history rabbit hole once again. Still one of the best alt history channels on here bro, never stop

Imagine being a student at Harvard seeing another student walking a crocodile to class every day 😂

@stevenirizarry1304

9 ай бұрын

And that person is somehow not from florida

@oliversherman2414

9 ай бұрын

@@stevenirizarry1304 lmao 🤣😂

Thanks for all the awesome content and great videos!

Loved this video! Can’t wait to see part 2 :)

A new great video! I love your content and especially stories like the one with the guy driving across the usa and this one!

I love the Chronicles of Jimmy.

*Looks to the left* *Looks to the right* *deep breath* "Like Game of Thrones, Jimmy?"

Love when people make fun ad segments!

What if Calvin Coolidge ran for President in 1928?

I gotta say, this biographic videos are peak entertainment. Can't wait for part 2!

Hey Cody, when are we getting "What if Japan had remained neutral in WW2?" or "What if Japan had been part of the Allies in WW2?" It's very much needed and would be really nice to watch.

I have no idea where this video came from or why althisthub made it but i love it

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

FINALLY!!! ive been waiting for this video all my life!!!! Jimmy is a buzz kill and has a crxppy attitude

@Karlach_

9 ай бұрын

crappy

I love this format of video. Please go on

What if Korea converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the 19th century? What if China converted to Christianity? (like how could "Chinese Nestorian Christianity" look like if an Imperial Chinese Dynasty converted to it with maybe a lot of influences from Confucianism, Mohism & Taoism) What if Europe converted to Mithraism? What if Spain colonized Australia? What if France colonized Indonesia? What if Europe converted to Mithraism? What if China converted to Manichaeism? What if Mazdakism was a prominent religion today? What if Southeast Asia was Zoroastrian? What if successful Huguenot colonies were formed in the Americas? What if Ancient Carthage and Ancient Egypt industrialized with support from an already industrialized ancient Greece? What if a Lydian Empire emerged in Anatolia and industrialized? What if Ming Dynasty China wss Electrified first in history?

I live in Santa Cruz, and his mansion still stands, even though nobody's allowed in, plenty of us while young went in and smoked weed

props to cody for being alternatehistory that isn’t altright

probably one of the few youtube video i have recently enjoyed, thanks! cody cant for the sequel

Hey! That's the bad guy from Deadwood!

You really cranking out the content!!!!

I am glad that we are getting more of this type of videos

Remember guys, money is more important than love

@kennethbesecker8395

9 ай бұрын

It depends on circumstance…

Wow the quality of the backgrounds in this video is amazing! Overall very high quality video!

The storytelling in this video is... *chef kiss*

Love your videos man🎉🎉🎉🎉❤😊😊😊😊

I remember when Jimmy was a wide-eyed child that asked annoying questions but made up for them with enthusiasm. Now he's just like the rest of us: grown up and disillusioned.

Fun Fact: 'Homestake' is being used as SURF for DUNE.

The more time goes on, the sillier the Nordvpn-sketches are becoming. I love it.😂

This guy's a villian in my dnd campaign, God I hope my players don't see this

i love the lil classical music at the end. nice and cozy ending . on to the next video ❤

I remember visiting Hearst's Mansion when I was a kid. Things a tourist trap in California. Was kind of cool.

Video Idea: What if Alexander Hamilton became the second president? How would this affect the future of America?

The AI backgrounds are so much worse than if it had just been stock photos.

@johnchilds7893

9 ай бұрын

Stop pretending you have the moral high ground

@jermainereyem7635

9 ай бұрын

​@@johnchilds7893it's ugly tho

@duroburo7039

9 ай бұрын

@@johnchilds7893 Stop pretending that you have the moral high ground to negate people who have different opinions than you have

Alternative title: Newsies Episode I: The Phantom Menace

“And within 2 years, they were married and had a son, a boy named William.” OH GOD NO!

I like this type of content allot, feels like the old Knowledgehub vids

7:08 "Will had have the special distinction at Harvard for being the guy with the rich parents" Ah yes, back when that wasn't basically most Harvard students.

It's odd to say I'm excited for part 2. Imagine the end will be as lost and depressing, as his Dad's was.

If you’re looking for a suggestion for an alternative history idea, I think a video on the question of “What if the Kharzan Khanate didn’t collapse?” would be awesome especially on how that would affect the development of Russia and the rest of Europe!!!

This is like Reverse Alternate History - I love it.

I'll be deep in the cold cold ground before I recognize Missouri.

Finally he has posted

Hearst bankrolling the Harvard Lampoon means that by the transitive property, he's responsible for the Simpsons.

Cody, you give me life

Omg this is so cool I was born and raised just down the road from where hearst was born in the ozarks!

You know it’s a good day when the depressed historian posts a video