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  • it shows the 2 top comment's r by the most dumbest people on youtube........

  • Schadenfreude is the answer

  • I see nothing worng with freak shows. Would it be better for these people to be on welfare and food stamps?

  • that guy isn't even that tall..

  • the guy shot fire out of his penis at 3:46

  • they seem normal.....

  • 3:46 gross!!! and the girl at 3:40 has armpit hair?? thats not part of her act

  • deboos? its pronounced debeus

  • I find the performers much more beautiful than a stereotypical supermodel because they are far more human! They dont have the plastic one dimentional personality that so many so called normal people have.

  • I think the reason that our culture has a problem with this is that everyone (understandably) wants to be as sexually attractive as possible so the thought of trotting a bunch of hunchbacks onstage for people to gasp in terror at seems a bit antiquated and medieval...but whatever...live and let live

    meanwhile the people who make money off it qualify the whole thing as empowerment...give me a break...you're no better than all the crooked concert promoters and club managers of the world

  • did i just see someone piss fire? O.o oww

  • yeah this country doesnt give anyone hope..booo to haters and yay to the show

  • Coolio ;> x

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  • that actually looks pretty fun performing only problem for me is stage fright

  • I think they're cute :3

  • The only REAL FREAKS in this world are the MONEY WORSHIPPING< EARTH KILLING< POWER MUNGERING< people and governments...

  • at 2:10 that audience gasp is an obvious sound effect I've heard many times.

  • Im friends with 2 performers in 'freak shows' They love it. The difference is that they are doing it by will.I would NOT support the old ones, when people were abused, but I think it sounds like fun! I'd love to go on stage and freak everyone out !!!

  • they sood all be kill shot in the hand cus there not real humen monser like them have no soul

  • that guy shoould play basket ball

  • rick james wrote a song about these people

  • There is nothing wrong with them, their just different. 4:00 - 4:06

  • hmn people who are disabled are not freaks but gifted people

  • lol look at 3:50

  • If the performers didn't wat to do it they wouldn't do it, the people protesting are the ones looking down on them, thinking they dont know what they want to do >.<

  • Fuck that racist shit

    FREAK is a term civil-class citizens came up with in order to feel better with themselves. Freak is modern society and all these with the highand mighty attiitude

  • 1:14 Turned me on...

  • he daybooz lol

  • i love Eric the giant! :D

  • Let them do whatever the fuck they wanna do, as long as they don't hurt anybody or break any offensive laws. LIke that dude said, "It's their way of expressing of how to deal with how our culture views them and their situation". And the University shouldn't even ponder the thought of excluding them. It would be such a huge hypocrisy.

  • i aggree with clover 220

  • I'd fuck the Dwarf girl :)

  • even tho i think its wrong to expose people with disabilites i dont think thats what a freak show is a freak show in my opinion is a show of uniqe talented people

  • Maybe if people were forced or sold into freak shows against their will it got its bad name, but these people are performers doing this in their free will.

  • Man, i wish i was a freak so i could be in a freakshow!

  • Freanks my ass. That's like a normal day in Califonia.

  • Thanks for posting this. I was a talker(barker) for a carnival side show in 1980. I lasted a bout a month, too hard on my voice to talk 14 hours a day. It's the only job I ever quit without telling the boss. I just got into my car and drove away. To this day I still remember my whole schpeel. Long live the side show!.

  • the tall dude seems nice

  • there things such as freak shows even in the old days when they didn't have tv etc etc

  • disgusting

  • Lady at 3:32...I can assure you that handicapped individuals are capable of more than Goodwill, Salvation Army and freak shows.

    University may or may not let the show go on! Talk about creating drama for nothing! This way the stoned college kids think they are rebelling against the 'man'!

  • @cksilverado1 I agree, besides, the "possible cancelation" is just an act to draw more people to the show. Similar to the horror movies in the 1950's: they'd hire people to protest outside of the cinema, saying it was a very evil film and should be banned. It drew 4 times more people with that stunt.

  • They obviously enjoy performing so why do people care. Plus you dont know why they join freak shows, maybe they like people excepting them for once cos you dont really go to freak shows to judge do you, you go to enjoy.

  • NO FREAK SHOW IN THE WORLD!!!!

  • Burners!!hope i see maby one of those dudes there at the man

  • i want to watch a freak show O.O

  • Its not exploitation if the ppl want to do it.....Exploitation is what the circus dose to animals.

  • 3:46 to 3:52 theres a guy cumming fire!

  • well if they want to give show about their abilities or whatever then i'm happy to watch, whatever man.....

  • Personally, I've always wanted to be a carnival freak. I've wanted to be a contortionist ever since I was little. I mean really, if you're gonna get a job, you might as well get one where you'll have fun....and that Erik guy is cute :3

  • They're not FREAKS. Well, okay, they are freaks. But I personally ENVY them, because of things like Cirque Du Freak.

  • this reminds me of the book the carnivourois carnival by:lemony snicket

  • "freaks"are awsome i support any "freak" who show off their disability/preformance. Though it would be cool to see a real "freak show" like the one in cirque du freak

  • God i love that book!! I want 2 see the freak show like CIrq Du Freak too

  • best and only series of book i ever read! good shit!

  • people make a big deal about people with disabilities. they say they shouldnt be treated any different....just by saying that contradicts it. they are obviously going to be treated differently. personally i think they are quite amazing PEOPLE and they should be treated differently because they are different from the normal human filth that inhabits the earth.

  • Hey ! is that Messy ?

  • There freaks? god, i must be the leader. lolz. =)

  • 3:58 Is that a fat Kurt Angle?

  • did he just pee fire...? .... .... O-o 3:46

  • I like freak shows. I support freaks. I really want to go to one but my mom says they are just crazy people who should stay at home. Actually, i think freaks are amazing people with special talents.

  • @clover220 - i totally agree... i'm like them.

  • @clover220 read ''Cirque du Freak''

  • @WhispererfromNB was a good movie too.

  • @clover220 hey arent they illegal now?

  • lol

  • ok lets put u in a cage plz and mock u!!! id love 2 do that "deadhead51". do u rly have a dead head? funy i want 2 laff at u!111 noob

  • You're thinking of the old-timey freakshows that were absolutely cruel. Nowadays, they're like any other circus, but a little odder.

  • how many people can just walk into a room in a performance and get raucous applause by just...showing...up?

    Clearly we're in a different time, now. Now a freak definitely wants to be seen and get recognition!

    And that dwarf chick is hot as hell (LOL)

  • Being a so called "Freak" Is way better than being "Normal"... Then again... What is "Normal"? Because, From what I see all the time... No one is "Normal" We are all freaks in a way... And the people that call other people, and others "Freaks" Need to look in a mirror, Open their eyes, And look at themselves. Because, Maybe then, Will they notice they are no different from these so called "Freaks"

  • The dwarf girl is cute.

  • "Freak" is usually a derogative word used by people who are jealous because they themselves are not special in any way, shape, or form. I'm glad these people are trying to reclaim the word to mean something extraordinary in a positive way.

  • MeSsY StEnCh is in the audience!! :D

  • 1:14-1:15

    looks like he's having a blow job

    lol

  • How so?

  • to be honest... i would prefer to be a freak then a normal person... being "normal" just sounds boring to be honest. all my friends call me a freak but i dont really care ^_^

  • yea seariously

  • I know right. Freaks get so much more attention (both positive and negative). I've heard that Mini Me gets like so much pussy you have no idea.

  • @Organboi

    What is wrong with the diction*?

    That is how 'schedule' is properly pronounced in the UK and Canada.

  • Barnum called them oddities.

  • Eric the giant seems like a softie once you get to know him, plus he's super HOT, rock band hot

  • cirque du freak fukin amazing book

  • my mate was born a 'freak' because her back bone was too long making it look like a tail and people called her a freak all the time and she was never offended by it because it's not offencive

  • If someone at MY school was a freak i'd probably befriend them. I love having friends whom people call strange, because i hate all the "normal" CLONES.

  • These people had a choice of being "Freak Shows" so everyone saying negitive crap about freak shows SHUT THE $%^# UP

  • no one is a freak we area ll different

  • 3:21 shes rolling a joint! haha

  • nothing beats the freak show from the book Cirque du Freak hahah!

  • im reading that at the moment loool

  • i know rite!

  • Amazing books!

  • Those books are so awesome! :3

  • I LOVE THAT SERIES!!!!!!!

  • These 'freaks' are people, just like the rest of us. Sure they're different, but we all are.

  • Freak is not a dirty word, it is a title these people proudly boast.

  • Of course, but unlike them, society has turned the word "freak" into something negative and they tend to use it more in this way toward people like this.

  • 2:52 (wig!)

  • Put a juggalo up there, call him "stretch nutz"

    ~Clown love~

  • Amen, homie. MCL

  • 2:52 thats most definitely a wig

  • the only freak i saw was the dude in the crowd with the black wig. i was like "Dude!, its Chuck Schuldiner from DEATH!, He's not dead he's still alive! Chillin in College!"

  • fuck people

  • eric the giant looked like slash for a bit! haha

  • It's a tradition...not a condition...

    Show biz...

    Go jiz,

    Slow fiz,

    tom waits is rolling over in his shed right now...

  • if they wanna ,let em

  • freaks

  • I hope you meant that in a good way.

  • I don't see anything wrong with this. They're having fun and so does the "public".

  • @LodemaiVicious I do to, they are incredible people with amzing talents

  • I'd like to hang out with erik the giant.

  • I was hoping that one of the freaks was going to bite the heads off live chickens and snakes. I always enjoy a good geek act.

  • people wouldn't mind if they just don't call it freak show

    cabaret sounds much more friendly

  • Freak Shows arn't bad The Freaks (performers) do not get shuved in a cage and whipped.

  • There are no skin disease or things like that on this show. but there are show with only skin diseases .. "check Half Man Half Tree - Freakshow Performance "

  • did u know that the reason he looks like a tree is actually a rare skin rash?

  • actually its an extreme form of HPV, theyre warts

  • this is not right

  • hey dose any one know of any freakshows in indiana if so email me

  • I know of a girl from Indiana (Terra Haute, I think) who travels with one sometimes. She makes gaffed freak animals via taxidermy, hangs from hooks, and breathes fire. Her name is MF Amazing.

  • I spy a Messy Stench in the front.

  • The only thing I got out of this video was that the narrator pronounces "debuts" as "day-booze" rather than "day-bues." (2:24)

  • fuck that....ilove it..

  • HEHEHE I loved the guy busting ass onto the torch... frikkin hillarious.

  • Eric the Giant was HOT!

  • i agree with thatjessichick lmao

  • btw im a contortionist witch is an extreamly flexible person i want to join a freak show it would be awesome!

  • OMG! I'm really flexible too I am like double-jointed everywhere,,,Partly I think it's my Scoliosis..

  • hahaha.

    Nice line there hunny;)

  • punk19spike, Only if you are from great Britain.

  • haha thats funny

  • not funny at all

  • no funny one bit >:(

  • Thats a nice thing to see people do something they do best. I don't think it's a freakish thing I think of it as a talent show.

  • like you should be talking. Just because they are different doesn't mean you are better than them. Just by your first comment they are already better than you.

  • she's too good for you

  • Eric reminds me of Stalin cuz he is taall like him

  • i think ive seen the dwarf on tv

  • Eric is kinda cute after all he is a geantal giant^-^ Long Live the Freaks!!! YAAA!

  • The tall guy was hot. :D

  • I think the tall guy is cute. I support freak shows if those in the show are there by choice

  • pieces of shit liberal CUNTS go die of cancer ...these people lost money and jobs because of liberal CUNTFUCKS who demed the word "freak" a bad word...go fuck yourself and die DIE DIE DIE DIE....are you really in their corner????do you fucking care?????or do you just want the world to be the way YOU think it should be...much like hitler...left wing extremists should DIE....(so should right wing extremists) LONG LIVE THE FREAKS

  • WHAT y r u calling liberals bad names u r steriotyping i am a liberal and i don't think freak is a bad word u r a jerk ps hi

  • yeah? good for you

  • If they didnt want to be called freaks,,,,they wouldnt have,,,guess what.... joined a FREAK show you know.

  • wow good for u*smirks*

  • i like toast

  • i like beans on toast!

    lets fuck

  • LMFAOROFL

  • damn what is that tall guy debuting in a freakshow....he needs to play some ball

  • lmao hell ya the white shaq

  • oh piss of by saying dont call them freaks, they joined A FREAK SHOW they are freaks

  • lol deboo's

  • what???

    that clown is totally pissin fire.

    how is that possible???

  • is he pishin flames????

  • funny video of DIFFRENT people

  • Freaks freaks freaks freak freaks freaks freaks

  • ahh man i was eating watching this .... i nearly threw off

  • Day-boo hahahaha c'est "Début" espèce d'idiot!!

  • day-boo.  idiot

  • THIS IS STUPID

  • That's My FREAK FAMILY.

  • day-boo.  what an idiot

  • IS THAT CLOWN PISSING FIRE?????

  • IT SURE LIKES FIRE.....

  • SO THATS WHY IT BURNS WHEN I PEE.

  • The origin of the word means "dance of nature". The 999 EYES is reclaiming the word, and educating a public who has forgotten the meaning of the word.

  • I can stick my shoulder blades out! does that count?

  • No.