I worked at an amusement park. One day there was a terrible earthquake. The entire park was leveled to the ground. The only thing left standing were those milk bottles.

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

😂

@Benard Simmons i believe you because all the carnival r scams lol

​@Crismon they weight the bottom of them, it's not that they didn't fell, they pretty much can't. As you can see in the video he had to throw extremely hard to knock them out of the platform.

that earthquake has no skill

As a mechanical engineer who spent years studying these concepts, I’ve understood them now even more thanks to these videos. Thank you Mark

How do you, as a mechanical engineer, not understand newtons third law and center of mass like second nature already

Alr and he's a nasa engineer

I just remembered something. I won the ladder climb like 5 times in a row. All I did was just hold on tightly, and if the ladder flipped me upside down, all I had to do was climb back up on the ladder.

Odie Winks the original comment was so ludicrous, it was almost as if it was a JOKE... 🤔🤔

I remember reading somewhere that they will have some employees walk around with armfuls of those giant prizes or push them in a cart or something to make everybody else believe that it is possible to win those things on a regular basis.

@Adamant Forge who hurt you

@Oliver Mensinger Twice? Did you quit and come back?

that would make financial sense

The Parthenon, ancient Greek architecture, is a popular tourist attraction. My Ancient Art History professor said there are signs asking people to not take the marble chips and pieces on the ground. Of course, they do. Some one has the job of going around replenishing the stone pieces on the ground.

@Adamant Forge this post is about me and I don't like it lol

It's heartbreaking to know that most things you enjoyed as a kid were meant to trick you and manipulate you

​@LegoWormNoah101 what a great outlook you have on life.

There's no mercy in this world, just greed and lies

That’s what the word „kid“ means. A „kid“ is a mark, a rube, a gullible fool you can rip off with party tricks. What exactly do you think „are you kidding me“ means? „Do you take me for a fool?“

Eh, that's life. Once you know, just pass the knowledge on. You're doing the carnival games just to do them, not to win.

That's literally 3 card monty

At the PNE in Vancouver, I won one of the huge prizes at one of their "impossible" games. They had a weighted baseball that flew like a knuckleball, and you had to break plexiglass bottles. I didn't tell them before hand I was a pitcher who threw an amazing knuckleball. Needless to say after I missed my first throw and realized the pattern, things didn't go the way the carnie expected. I still have my 6 foot tall penguin to this day.

That's taller than my dad

@Patrick Jones lol you’re crazy.

@Derek L i literally have never seen this story before or anything like it

Bro ended the carnie's whole career

Mark getting a professional baseball pitcher to win carnival games (related to throwing) is the definition of overkill.

Overkill ,? Not really they made the games so hard that it takes some like pro pitcher to win , not overkill Karma a little payback for all the you where cheated....

When has that ever stopped him before? Overkill is kinda his thing. 😂

I don't think it's enough🤣 I would've found Roger clemens and some roid creme and told him to get my money back

Lmfaooo

*Calls baseball pitcher* Okay, hear me out...

Years ago I was an extra in a commercial playing carnival games. We threw hundreds of rings that day and not a single person landed one on a bottle neck....

I have done so 4x in my early 20's

Classic William lol

Come back William!!

@SuperEmpath oh....hush,hush.....that is a secret..lol....

Lol your wife’s reaction was great! Thanks for explaining this so thoroughly. I knew they were scams but this tells exactly why.

@Jeffrey Scott why? 🫤

I just bought this for you m’lady.

Most likely scripted.

I do laugh out loud a lot and her response made me laugh for like 10 mins 😂😂😂

I must say that after having worked in an amusement park and in several of these types of games there is a better way to handle the peach basket one. Throwing the ball at an angle (at least 45 degrees if you can manage it) so that it hits the side of the basket will dissipate the kinetic energy by having the ball roll around the inside. I was told to encourage players to do the very same thing and would demonstrate for anyone who was patient enough to listen to me before making their first throw (Not many). I would spend all day in the corner of the booth throwing the ball into the baskets and making every single one no matter how far away. It never ceased to amaze me how few would ever listen.

@A.I. Video Fun Maybe, you know what I'm saying, maybe his point/conclusion was more about the listening part. ....DriverDown

You can see that's exactly what the professional pitcher did, and the ball stays in the basket at the end of it.

*only in america*

Although, most of them are not expert throwers and are probably happy it even went into the basket at all.

Now you know why our country is the way it is now, no one will listen.

The sad part is that they charge like 3-5 bucks per play and the prizes they give out are worth pennies usually. They don't have to make it impossible. One carnival I went to had balloons on a wall with prizes in them and you threw darts. It was very easy to hit the balloons, in fact it was almost impossible to miss them. Yea most of the balloons just had small prizes on them, but at least that one felt fair.

Yeah the thing is they would still make money even if they didn't rig games because of the mathematical probability. But greed makes them dwindle the customer's chances to almost zero.

This guy explains things better than a "trained" teacher in less than 10 minutes. Some of my teachers don't even get to explain something like that in a 1 hour lesson.

Well, it's much harder to be a NASA engineer than it is to be a "trained" teacher.

@Z7Games This guy is probably smarter than most, if not all of your teachers until college, and then at least a couple of those, too.

@Z7Games Some do

Being likeable and charismatic helps. We all had to try to learn things from people who had neither of these qualities.

He was a NASA Engineer for 7 years...

Having the speed gun under clocked isn't "borderline fraudulent". It's straight up fraudulent and hopefully they get sued over it

They could get arrested for it. And gaming laws are strict, carry large fines and jail time

@Matthew Miller Speed guns come with a set of tuning forks to calibrate, they do not need to be sent anywhere for the process to be completed.

@Lonks Lonkolious The rides are always the best part! I don't know if they over charge those but if they do it's well worth it anyways. I used to brag all the time when I was little about riding all the rides in one day, there was a surprising amount and most kids my age were scared to death of riding them.

People tried and court rule in favor of the carnival so it's not illegal as long as you make money

@M Patrick lmao you're just mad that younger people don't want to feel scammed

Another thing I noticed that you didn’t see/mention: the standard three point shot that most people are used to is a high school distance. That is measured at 19 ft 9 inches. The NBA three point is 23 ft 9 inches. So having a carnival shot at 28 ft is approaching half court. It’s VERY difficult for most people to make. Just something I noticed. Great vid!

The diameter of the hoop is smaller than the actual size. Also, the “basketballs” they use aren’t regulation. They are more bouncy too.

I dont know how it is on his or your place, but our basket is also oval shaped and not round, which makes a HUGE difference^^

@Dc your point is?

They never claim that it's a 3 point shot. It's called a "long shot" a 3 point shot isn't a long shot

You're wife's reaction was priceless! Make sure you keep that clip available the next time the carnival comes to town. 😉

Theres a great affair that you can share- when the Fair comes to YOUR TOWN!!

*your

My favourite part was his wife’s/ partner’s reaction. When I got married (at 30)and my husband (29) bought me a stuffed toy, my reaction was the exact same as Mark’s wife 😂

Mark, you are hilarious, full of science, a great entertainer, and maybe the best science YouTuber around. Except maybe Physics Girl. She's not hilarious but she does Great Physics! Thank you, Mark. Bring back the squirrels!

Physics girl is very informative if your into science. I love her videos.

I have learned more science from mark in this one video than my whole school career

School shoud be ban

My science teacher uses his videos

Same

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Same

On the ladder one, does it count as a loss if you tip, or only if you fall off? If the latter, then tipping over to be on the underside of it would be the winning strategy, if you're strong enough, because then it becomes less a near-impossible test of balance, and more a modest test of strength and endurance.

the trick to it is to push down on the opposite side as you are tipping with your arms. avoid swinging your body around.

@Desiree’ A. Thomas he should become a lawyer. Most kids wouldn't think to read the rules (contract). Very cool.

If you break the rules and still lose, the carny won't say anything. They only point out the rules if you win.

probably it depends on the park

9:12 "No Flipping Over"

I shot out the star, slowly cutting out a circle. After 3 guys inspected my paper one yelled "we got a Rambo here!" and all the men lined up to try their hand at it. Got a giant stuffed Vulture holding a heart. It was a massive victory!

I took a ridiculous amount of vicarious pleasure in watching him absolutely CRUSH those throwing games. ⚾💖

Lol, so did I. It's very satisfying to watch.

mark rober is one of those people who if they were asked, "whats 1 + 1", he would explain the whole standard mathamatical system. Dont take this as an insult, love ur vids

Important to keep in mind the reason the prizes are so cheap for them is cause they buy in large volumes. If you were to just buy one it would cost you a lot more.

When he makes the comparison about how much you pay to play (and win) vs. buying it from Amazon, the numbers are pretty close. But most people like the concept of 'winning' something no matter how much it ultimately costs. "The thrill of the win" :)

This guy should straight up teach physics for all the poor hs kids who are stuck at home getting a terrible online education rn. He’s definitely better than the physics teacher I had

Didnt understand physics at all and watching him im just like woah didnt know that

He did dat

He actually was coming out with videos titled science class during this COVID

cl2239 your right

ya I can imagine the great lessons I'd come up with if I produced one 11 min lesson a month and had proper funding

I enjoy how you explain things so clearly and intelligently. Thank you.

Thank you, this was immensely helpful. I am writing a story in which a character beats one of the 'impossible' games (the rope ladder, in fact,) and this was very useful in helping me figure out how he does so. Also I shout-laughed at your wife's reaction - the only reasonable one. XD

If a normal dinner night at his house is anything like that last little bit, then I could watch a whole show of just him and his family having dinner cause that was easily the best part of this whole video.

An interesting different take on scams. I've always wondered why these games were so difficult.

@Daniel Combs ???

I suppose you would like a participation trophy. 😆

I’ve seen a guy walk up the ladder standing on two legs (we thought he was David Blaine) so what this guy says about thinking of it as a tightrope really checks out.

I've seen a guy walk up the ladder with no legs. Definitely checks out

LITERALLY HOW!?

I've seen the same thing. A friend's dad who was a Marine. It was like he was merely walking up a flight of stairs.

This guy has a friend for every specific situation

"i wanna check out this planet" mars rover:

He’s muscle man from regular show He always knew a guy

AGREEEEEEE

Yeahhhhh, they're celebrity cameos, not really "friends" per se.

A NASA scientist and a YouTube celebrity. He easily has many contacts. Even if he doesn't know them, who wouldn't want to make a video with him.

You are amazing at explaining things. Even words I didn’t know I felt like with your sentence structure I didn’t have to rewind to understand something. 👌

Absolutely excellent video! Answered all my questions, in a completely understandable way!

Sinceramente, necesitamos más gente como Loatedcyber. Si tuviéramos un ejército como el tuyo, podríamos acabar con estas pérdidas en poco tiempo. Me encanta que estés ayudando a las víctimas, también es muy satisfactorio cuando estás listo para salvar a la gente en tiempo real como lo haces, gracias Loatedcyber por recuperar la mía.....

One line from that article about the guy who lost all his money on games stood out to me, considering the serious tone of the article: "Gribbohm, who managed to win a stuffed banana with dreadlocks before dropping $2,600....."

If schools taught the way mark did I would actually want to go to school

i did the rope ladder with ease, not because i kept stable all throughout it, i just held on when i flipped and climbed to the top being upside down

@BubblesAndFishing so true

@Strawberri •.• rules differ at each one but in general it's not allowed

@Strawberri •.• not on this one though

Thats what i thought lol why can u just climb upside down

@Robert Gordon if its illegal but you dont get caught its not illegal

He taught me more in 11 minutes than my science teacher did in 10 months

@Desiree Chavez well aren’t you lucky

Gary Oak you must not understand how a joke works

BigboyChungus true

So really we have a whole bunch of people who can't understand when a person is being sarcastic. One more time everyone Bigboy Chungus was making a joke here!!!!!

@zorgon adsense?

Fun fact : some basket ball hoops in areas are ACTUALLY shaped as a oval, not all.

*i've seen reports on that before*

I have literally learned more than what I have learned in school(7 years) and I've only been watching you for 2 years lol

Throwing darts and then picking some dirt cheap toy or candy accordingly as a kid was literally so fun

i literally learned how center of mass works while watching this when it came out this man’s explanations are so simple

The ladder one, I actually won it, not because I kept my centre of balance perfectly in a line becauseI clung on very hard onto the rope in a clutch grab when I fell. I won a Lucario plushie and I am a huge Pokémon fan. I can only be insane at things if I’m motivated.

Mark: The ladder climb is near impossible Phat Gus: ...hold my walnut

@mollie it changes back in the second one

@Alexander Craig she was renamed back to phat gus! :D

@mollie Nah, they Totally “Consented” to being called Phat Gus again 😆

to be fair he basically flew across the ladder

This is another great job example of showing the intersection of math and science. My children continue to learn from these episodes and we all enjoy watching together.

Fantastic entertaining and educational video! Really well done!

Winning carnival games is less about you getting stuff and more about an achievement. Being able to say, "I did that".

Idk how many times I've watched this but this video managed to entertain me every single time

I've worked at a swimming pool that had one of those rope ladders crossing the water with two mounting points fire the ladder. I crossed by keeping my entire body on the ladder, keeping my center of mass low and moving slowly. It wasn't easy, but I did it. A year prior, I learned from someone how to cross a single rope by keeping center of mass below the rope (rope from collarbone to groin to ankle with knees and elbows below the rope).

Mark rober: Any professional athlete that's amazing in one sport is really good at any other sport Me: laughs in chess

@Slight Smile 3yr time control 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Kc6

@Alexander Hoffman I dare you to say that in Klingon!

@ianboekwegbutepic That wasn't the joke, though. You wrote "athlete", and chess players aren't athletes.

That's not a professional sport...

That awkward moment when you wanna fit in with the nerds but all your chess stories happened in jail... :/

our local carnival has ellipsoid basketball hoops, impossible to tell from the usual throwing spot. They’re so narrow in that dimension that you basically have to hit the hoop perfectly from directly above, so a very high throw!

Marque su increíble con información sobre la ciencia y los estafadores. ¡Sigue ayudando a la gente, Bud! ¡Paz y bendiciones!

Something i learned with the rope climb. After you get about halfway and even a little past. Its easier to finish the last stretch if you allow yourself to flip upside down. If youre not disoriented and strong enough you end up just doing sqinging monkey bars. This obviously may be against the rules for some.

9:41 that kid's expression was priceless! 😂

i once won a carnival contest, but it was against other people and it was my first try. Im pretty shocked about that because there were at least 15 people fighting against me for a big stuffed teddy bear.

The ladder climb is one of the only carnival games I ever won when it flipped near the end I just hung on and crawled upside down without touching the ground

So true! Why do people even fall just hold on!

I was thinking about that xd

Atta boy

i cant

I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to do that

The key to ring toss is to throw two rings stacked on one another. The first ring hits the bottle and then hits the second ring stacked on top and the first ring will stay on the bottle. This is why the rules state "you can only throw one ring at a time"

Don't you think if you had some major spin on your ring that it would be more likely to stay on? Because physix? Just a theory. Greater friction and maybe some kind of torque.

I liked the kids staring in awe at this guy after he aced one of the games.

Many decades ago, I heard that with the ladder climb, what you want to do is to lay down on the ladder, with your feet at the start, and extend your body as far as you can, and center yourself on the ladder. Then extend out your legs wide to act as balance. Then, reach up with both hands at the same time to grab the ladder, and then you pull yourself upward with both hands at the same time while leaving your legs extended for balance. Guess what? It worked. And for a few years, I had a great time with my dates. Eventually, the rules were changed so that your were mandated to use both your arms and legs to crawl up. Cheating bastards.

As a winning strategy for that rope bridge, I'd say hug the bridge while trying your best to keep your center of balance in that line and if you fail, just make sure your legs are also holoding on to the steps I'd say.

I don't think people play to win the crappy prizes I think people play to win bragging rights. Walkng out of the carnival with 2 arm full of prizes attracts a lot of looks from people. 😎

So refreshing to find a channel that is dedicated, hard working, and well put together. Not just screaming into a lense.

Are you the mother plugging the son in hopes he makes it big ànd moves out on his own soon ? Lmfao

This channel is really relaxing too. Not just complete intensity.

*Cough* Logan Paul *Cough*

Cough cough jake paul

I managed to get across the ladder multiple times after studying how others kept failing. Basically, the first time, I purposefully flipped it and then just climbed regularly upside down. After it was concluded I had cheated, I went again and spread myself out. Again, I reached the end but had flipped in the last few rungs and my win was invalidated. So I straddled the ladder and raced the person next to me. I won and it was finally counted.

I want this guy to be my childhood teacher . I would have chosen a different profession by now .

I understood more physics concepts from this video than I did 4 years in college

When I was like 5, my brother was trying as hard as he could to win the ring toss. He spent like 10 dollars and one nothing. Then I asked my parents if could try threw one ring and won the big pride which was a full sized blue guitar

... and the rest is history.

Classic brother move

I love these videos of yours, and this ending was hilarious 🤣❤️

Mark: Let me just film random people failing

GM3210 AND I CAN COMMENT IF I WANT ARE YOU THE BOSS OF ME NO

GM3210 Was I talking to you NO

honestly if I worked at a carnival I would cheer so hard for anyone who won

Single handedly putting carnival games out of commission lmao I love it

This has taught me a lot not just about the carnival but about myself 😂

I’m majoring in physics but I’m in my first year so I got a semester or two before taking my first physics class but this dude explains it well

Mark always has the coolest music for the job

I have a 100% win strategy on the baseball one. Aim for the carnie's head, grab a prize while they're down.

even easier with the bb's!

Stanley Pines Copyright

Same for the Sharpshooter, but you cut the star out.

Yessssss

Bet he won’t crowd the carnies box next at bat 🤕 lol The oddities team might come out the tent and fight tho

My science teacher just doesn’t understand very much about what we’re supposed to learn so he just puts your videos on

My trick for the ladder thing: slide across and when you start leaning over, don’t let go because that’s always worked for me :D

Your last joke hit the nail on the head. Guys will pay big bucks to impress their dates with their prowess. That’s why so many people spend so much there and don’t just buy it off Amazon.

My dad won a Giant teddy bear on the ring toss in Reno (many, many moons ago) on his first shot. I was so proud of my dad for winning the Giant Teddy Bear.

My wife gives me same reaction on the daily. Every month or so I can make her laugh. Keep smiling my dude.

"The bigger a prize is,the more probable that is scam" This is a life lesson.

So if someone promises me an eternity of happiness if I live my life in a certain way? Uh.... ?

It's obvious even a 5 years old kid knows that xD

A typical lottery: The bigger the prize, the less probability it is to win. But at the same time: Bigger prizes makes more people want to win as well. Just watch when the lottery have extra high prizes.

Amen

@Lau Boon Bee like the ones that give you a little plastic bug or something as a prize that probably costs maybe a few cents per one at max

I can’t believe I’m just seeing this guy for the first time. I absolutely love his content

I live close to a beach and pier and there's lots of those games. They used to have the ladder one. It was called 'The Loopy Ladder' the young guy that ran the stall for a few years could walk up and down the ladder no problem. He would do it all the time and people would see him doing it so easily and think they'd be able to do it too. He would offer to help out by holding the ladder steady for people. When the person got about a third of the way up, he would let go, but as he let go he would would ever so slightly jerk the ladder over to one side so the person trying would fall as soon as he let go. My brother used to work on the dodgems next to the 'Loopy Ladder' and he was friends with the dude who ran the stall. My brother was never able to do it though, even though he practised many times.

I like this guy he explains things better than my collage physics teacher

the idea of going to a carnival with literally an MLB pitcher is just priceless.

How to win giant prizes: 1. Bring a long stick with a hook 2. Get the toy 3. Naruto run as fast as you can out of the carnival( with your new toy/toys of course )

@Abdullah Ahsan unless they use a Naruto run...

"long stick with a hook" so like a fishing rod

No

@Lily counterbalance, ftw. Its science to win the game.

@Lily let's get a shrink ray

Here is a tip for the ladder climb. Basically, you climb, then you flip over with you back facing to the ground like you usually would do on the ladder. Then, you manage to not completely get flipped over and hook your legs around the bars and hold on with you hands while still flipped over and you unhook your legs, and start climbing upside down. Easy! (I've tested this and it works perfectly. You just have to hold on.)

Your videos are awesome and so thorough!

I just go to amusement parks for fun like once a year and try to win as much stuff as possible, ya I could buy them but it’s fun to try and win them. Just don’t go often then your wasting your money! Love your videos! Love looking forward to coming home and watching them❤

everyone always tells me these things are scams, glad you could back it up with science!

I grew up in Valencia (Santa Clarita) in SoCal during the 80's home of Six Flags Magic Mountain. My parents would drop me off w/ friends and we all had Season Passes every year! They had most of these carnival games back then and my favorite "big loser" was the ladder. As most kids growing up in that town, many of us ended up working there too. Most my friends chose NOT to work in that area of the park.

The only dislikes are people who work at carnivals

So true

Yep

I think they like it too. Lol

Can’t even see ‘‘em them tho lol

Can we just appreciate how Genius is Mark Rober.

For the ladder you, can spin but not fall. Basically you have to climb up it upside down 😂

I laughed so hard at the end when he bought her a stuffed animal and she asked... "why?"

I won the ring toss twice in one day. Carrying both those bears to the car was a nightmare

I used to work a "Jacobs Ladder" at festivals, I did it first try at a six flags in Denver. The secret is to balance your weight on one foot and the opposite hand, then when you step up to switch at same time to the opposite hand and foot.

At a Carnival I once saw an old man in a wheelchair at a shooting booth where you shoot with BBs. He somehow had problems to reload and handle the rifle but he had perfect aim. Ten shots and ten hits. Even the booth owner was a bit surprised. And so this guy rolled away with a teddy bear. I imagine him as a retired sniper and he just wasnt used to BB guns.

"I learnt that from N'am"

Qazi Sayeb the decriptions match up with him and how would he know that im his randson i was just standing next to him playing on another booth

@Afrojox Forrest Gump?

Qazi Sayeb how would he know im his grandson

Qazi Sayeb dude i litterally came with him i was playing it to

this guy makes the math i know in real life easy to understand

As someone who goes to boardwalk regularly, it was nice knowing I’ve been to the same places as mark.

the only comment i found i about the board walk go there all the time

He would be the perfect science teacher

Awesome! I always knew they could rip you off. You should do a video about claw machines and arcades. Im pretty lucky with those but it would be cool to see.

Mark has been under police protection since the release of this video, and has had to file a restraining order against 10 different clowns.