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In this fiery episode of Defunctland, Kevin tells five stories from New York’s infamous playground of pleasure, Coney Island.
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20 thoughts on “Defunctland: The History of Coney Island”
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"…taken to the ship's skipper, Captain Bragg. Bragg wanted him in the brig, but Boyton began to brag on the suit. Bragg bought the brag and kept Boyton out of the brig."
I don't know why but this bit in particular was absolutely hilarious to me
/snort "… busy measuring their docks…"
What you did there I see.
Moved to the city last year and lived on Ocean Pkwy, crazy to see that first photo of it. Had a great time at Coney island in my first week here on my 21st bday, cool to learn the history
They don't sleep anymore on the beach
ASPCA: Yesterday’s hero will be tomorrow’s villain.
2:00 oof. Look at the rape and murder statistics for Central Park today and you can’t help but see a couple flaws in their understanding of human behavior
Bobs burgers prepared me for this
you're wild for that brag brig stunt you pulled
Damn, Topsy was done all kinds of dirty! Like Redo of Healer levels of dirty. #RIPTopsy
petition to rename coney island to spontaneous combustion island
That shot at 38:51 is beautiful :0
You really should add a content warning for all the animal abuse discussed in this documentary, either in the description or as a pinned comment. It's a great video but I was not emotionally prepared for the animal cruelty and deaths
Captain Paul Boyton was my great great great grandfather on my grandmothers side. Man was a visionary
Not at all the point of the video, but I appreciate the use of ML upscalers for some of the images.
All my homies hate Moses
Topsy
all the vids in this collection are my loves, but this one still takes the cake.
…puppets. you had me at the puppets.
"Breasts are ok if it's for Bible reasons"
Lmao
24:40 they had WHAT on display???
I know this was release 2.5 years ago but since you mentioned central park, you should consider doing a history of Central Park and Seneca Village because that's a whole story in itself!