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  • i go to isu and some guys from fort wayne named their airport harry baals airfield. i was told to look this video up and the news channel.

    yorkie

  • Why Do I have to Live in Fort Wayne :((( At least We were kind of Famous For like a Month

  • I saw Harry Baals on ChatRoulette last night.

  • LMAO... I live in Fort Wayne too. They're retarded for not naming it Harry Baals, all I'm gonna say.

  • There's a guy that lives in our city called Harry Johnson...never fails to crack me up when I see him!

  • Fort Wayne represent!!!

  • Austin Powers had Ivana Humpalot.

    Meet the Parents had Gaylord Fawker

    and Fort Wayne has Harry Baals

    God bless America.

  • Wooooooo! Fort Wayne! Gettin' it's 10 minutes of fame!

  • Yes, I live here and this was probably our one chance at showing that the people here have senses of humor. I still think it would draw tourists. I mean, really, who doesn't want their picture taken in front of the Harry Baals building??

  • Ohhhhhh my God! I grew up 45 min. west of Fort Wayne, and lived in the Fort through college. WHY did nothing this awesome ever happen while I still lived in Indiana? I had to hear about this from a friend who came to visit me. She couldn't even keep a straight face while she was telling me. C'mon Ft. Wayne! You already have a baseball team who's mascot could easily be called a "Pot Head" instead of a Tin Cap. Why not add Harry Baals to your resume?

  • i'm from the fort too and this is the coolest thing ever. it's a shame they won't go through with this name though in the end.

  • Also from Fort Wayne, I would like to point out that the old fort that the city grew around still exists, and that the city was names after General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. Sounds a lot cooler then.

    Also- Baals has my vote always.

  • @pixigirl008 he got a lot about Ft. Wayne wrong, but its still funny.

  • I'M FROM FORT WAYNE AND I'M DEEPLY UPSET!! Doesn't anyone know how wonderful it would be to drive by the Harry Baals building every day on my way to work? I would arrive to work with a smile every day!! Mayor Henry just lost another vote. I have a feeling he lost most the young vote with this one...

  • Street is named H.W Baals drive. It means Harry White Baals ( Whit is his middle name) HAHAHA! Thumbs up guys

  • im from fort wayne this is awsome

  • Harry Baals' wife's name was "Minnie." Minnie Baals. Google it.

  • Fort Wayne does need more Baals, and i'm from Fort Wayne, so I should know!

  • Do you know the name of the song from 2:04 ...

    thank you

  • did anyone notice the subtle, taking the elevator from 1 to 2? lol

  • all I got to say is thank god he didn't fall off that ladder. musta been a bitch getting down.

    that and I posted this on the FB page of my bro-in-law from FT Wayne.... hehehe

  • Respond to this video... im from ft wayne. we were named for a revolutionary general who built a fort that was named for him. We have rebuilt the fort and are the second largest city in the state

  • Response video is here! youtube.com/watch?v=TmlZfXtUB6­E

  • You can't buy all this publicity! I live in Fort Wayne, let's do it!

  • @MobergFamily Dude!!! Fellow Fort Wayne guy her! LETS DO THIS! YEAAAAAH!!!!

  • Lol I live a town over.... So I thought it was rather amusing. I mean its being blown way outta porportion.

  • anyone else think he looks like tom hanks in his cowboy clothes?

  • i live in fort wayne! and i think this is freaking hilarious.

  • i live in fort wayne!

  • I see Harry baals in all ur faces. Lmfao!!! This is soo funny:D

  • this that one of the horses from p.f. changs?

  • @ycontrol1459 I do believe it is... Man, I want Chinese now.

  • THIS WILL BE VIRAL !

  • So Harry Baals was my great uncle that until recently I did not know existed!! I am also a "Baals" (pronounced Bales) and find this story amazing. Growing up and even today now that I am adult, I get teased occasionally for my last name and people calling me "Balls." Its a funny last name and just like the rest of my family we love it. We just have to have a sense of humor about it!

  • @jb100587 You love people calling you balls. lol.

  • It's not a Fort?? What a moron. I used to live there & was blocks away from the Fort. Look at Historic Fort Wayne on FB & see the pics. The bit had me laughing but how ignorant. It's not some unknown place.I challenge anyone to read through the "list of people from Fort Wayne" on wikipedia.

    Gold medalists, inventor of the gas pump, founder of the NBA, Shelley Long, Jenna Fischer, Stephen King, & the list is not a small one. You can bet many on the list said "what a dick" as they watched JK.

  • @Rampant7990 get over it

  • I made a song about this whole news story. Check out Harry Balls Drive (Clean Version)

  • im from fort wayne and we want it all to be called harry baals its just that stupid bitch with no sense of humour that wants to change it. and we used to be a fort

  • hahahahaa!!!! I live a block away from H. W. Baals street and I'm PROUD OF IT!!!

  • i live in ft. wayne too jimmy and we just want you to know that most of us here are all proud of our harry baals!

  • lol ''i see harry baals in each of your faces''

    nice one jimmy

  • like harry's nephew said they should name the building like the street h.w baals

  • Yay our town finaly got some kind of international attention!

  • @sharkmaster99 Not the kind that most of us would like to have.

  • @VIOLATOR871 Au contraire!

  • i actually didnt find this that funny... o_o

  • Good skit Mr. Kimmel (Y)

  • Driver 1: were u driving too

    Driver 2: harry baals

  • the sad thing is that Fort Wayne is not even that small yet completely unheard of...oh well shed a tear

  • WAY TO GO JIMMY KIMMEL, THANKS FOR PUTTING US ON THE MAP! WE'RE PROUD OF MR.HARRY BAALS JUST AS WE ARE OF THE TINY,SMALL TOWN OF ""KIMMELL, IN"" 30 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE!

  • Dear Jimmy,

    If you want to really be on your "high horse", do some research about Fort Wayne. THEY HAVE A FORT. Hence, FORT Wayne.

    Get off your high horse sir.

  • @wercrazy07 You fail at humor

  • He brought it back at the end, I lol'ed,

  • I live in fort wayne!!

  • Friemann Square to see General "Mad" Anthony Wayne on his high horse. 3) I personally think that Jimmy Kimmel needs to make a public apology on an upcoming show to the residents of Fort Wayne who are proud of our city and its history

  • I think that Jimmy Kemmel needs to 1) make sure his staff is doing some research before making him look like an ass on national television, 2) take a mini vacation to Fort Wayne during Three Rivers Festival so he can see the many people from around the surrounding areas that come to this "unknown city". During his visit he could take a walk through the "Old For", walk around Headwaters Park to see the Statue of Little Turtle (who was the Miami Indian Chief), then he could walk to (cont.)

  • I love and Hate Ft Wayne... What can I say

  • Hey he did a lot for the city... He pulled it out of the great depression...

  • Join the harry baals page on facebook just search Harry Baals and LIKE thanks and fuck you kimmel

  • We aren't ashamed.. wtf?

  • It's funny because more people live in Fort Wayne than watch Jimmy Kimmel's show.

  • i live in fortwayne!!!!!!

  • @Snazzi1235 cool man you and everyone else on this fucking page stfu

  • @Snazzi1235 hell yeah

  • 2nd biggest city in Indiana....really!?!?! Anyways, Thanks Jimmy Kimmel for putting it on the map. I always thought the name was funny though :))

  • I was born and raised here in Fort Wayne Indiana, which is the second largest city in Indiana. It is 110 miles north of Indianapolis, for all you ignorant people. I think it would be great to name the building Harry Baals. It would honor an ex- mayor and also show we have a good sense of humor. By the way they renamed the street, because the sign kept being stolen. I mean what teenage boy doesn't want to have a street sign in their room that says Harry Baals Dr? I bet Jimmy Kimmel himself would!

  • i live in fort wayne, this place is awful but...it was named after the forts here and anthony wayne.

  • Correction H. W. Baals Dr. And also hey to all you Fort Wayne Hoosiers out there!

  • @critter414 Hi!

  • Ok, I have lived in Fort Wayne my entire life, almost 20 years now. Harold Baals was governor during the time my grandparents came from Germany and he used to tell me about him. He's the longest running mayor ever to serve in Fort Wayne and he did this town a great deal getting us out of many problems. I've personally seen H. Baals Dr. before also. Oh and although I did laugh at this skit, Fort Wayne is a fort, named after the great Mad Anthony Wayne. Fort Wayne Mad Ants is our basketball team.

  • jimmy kimmel is a beast for this one; ft.wayne better appreciate gettin knwn n any waay what so ever lmao ; & yes i do live in ft.wayne (:

  • Our city is MESSED UP!

  • it's pronounced Bails... just for the record.

  • @izziew09

    His family now pronounces it Bails, however, when he was mayor HE pronounced it Balls.

  • @izziew09 My Grandpa and dad always talked about him and my family has lived here ever since we came from Germany in the 30's. It was pronounced balls and he has always said it balls.

  • @izziew09 only because the family changed it a few years back.

  • @izziew09 only because the family changed it a few years back

  • Yes, Fort Wayne has the balls to move forward for it;s Citizens and seek new prosperous job avenues for the Citizens of this GREAT City ! I though, think the new Court House should be named the Paul Mike Burns Center. Burns was a GREAT Mayor for a GREAT City !!!!

  • I am from Fort Wayne. I have to say Jimmy's skit was funny, however, Fort Wayne was and remains a Fort. Anthony Wayne was known to be "MAD" only because he was a revolutionist. I serve in the U.S. Navy as an Electronics Technician out of San Diego, CA. I am extremely proud to say that I'm not only a Hoosier, but a Native of Fort Wayne, Indiana!

  • Without fort Wayne Jimmy kimmel wouldn't have a t.v. Show. Magnavox? Inventors? Fort Wayne 101. And Mad Anthony Wayne stfu Jimmy kimmel. Fort Wayne was founded as a fort ya jack wagon!

  • I also live in Fort Wayne. You know, we have GM and GE inside of Fort Wayne. Then they come up with Harry Baals. It is actually really funny. I say we do it!

  • Do it for the children.

  • Harry Baals is awesome.

  • I also live in fort wayne...we may not have much but damn we get alot of porn stars coming out of here..

  • @LittleHardCoreGirl Bree Olson is from Ft Wayne...

  • This is amazing

  • I'm surprised I've never met a Harold Richard (Harry Dick).

  • @TheTanbot or Harry Cox. lol

  • Ft. Wayne has a councilman named Nelson Peters too! No joke. look it up !

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  • my co workers name is harry brown?? lol no jokes its his name

  • Seattle blows. Stay away from Fort Wayne, Coincidence. You don't deserve it.

  • I LIVE IN FORT WAYNE AND

    I AM PROUD TO SHOW MY LOVE FOR HARRY BAALS!!!!!!!

  • i live in fort wayne. i love jimmy kimmel, i

  • Hey nobody gives a shit if your from fort wayne, stfu it is pretty clear your from fw if your postin shit on here and the fact is that fw is extremely lame so let jimmy do his thing because fort wayne fucking sucks

  • @fenderbassliberal you mad?

  • @Ghost084xbl yes i am mother fucker

  • @fenderbassliberal LOL you seem pretty butthurt about it.

  • @Vi3taZnDr4gOn look you fucking gay ass fagot, just cuss this is the internet does not mean you can sexually harrass random people since you seem to think your gay shit is funny

  • @fenderbassliberal LOL AM I REALLY FUCKING SEEING THIS?! READ your last comment you sad fuck. How is my comment anything related to what you're saying right now? Seriously grow some balls before you decide to fucking be a hardass on the internet where no one cares about your sorry ass.

  • @Vi3taZnDr4gOn WELL DUMBASS, maybe you should read your last comment about being butthurt...that is why i called you fucking gay and to shut the fuck up...your not cool because you think you speak for everyone on the internet...your gay as hell please stfu

  • @fenderbassliberal LOL you seem pretty butthurt! GET A LIFE YOU FUCKING FAGGOT!

  • @Vi3taZnDr4gOn dude your fucking gay as hell stfu

  • @fenderbassliberal You mad bro? Or just Jealous that Fort Wayne was mentioned and not your shit hole town?

  • @AnonymousFREEZEpOp1 I live in fort wayne jack ass and yes it is a shit hole I agree with you

  • @fenderbassliberal i bet you live in fort wayne too.

  • @staceyroxmysox94 doesnt mean im proud of it jackass

  • I love fort wayne...and our very own Harry Baals

  • lol , people used to steal the harry baals street sign ALL THE TIME! this is the best thing to ever happen to fort wayne...all these talk shows...lol.

  • @CoincidenceorFate522 Seattle is a great place. I'm really glad I moved here because now I have so many more oppurtunities than I did in the Fort, I live in a suburb, but I often go to Seattle to Pike Place or the Waterfront. We also have the University of Washington which is ranked one of the top colleges in the national and also the world. Its a great place to make a new start and it also offers a lot more than what a small(ish) town like Fort Wayne can offer...I highly recommend Seattle

  • fort wayne is proud of our harry baals

  • jimmy we actually do have a fort...and "mad" anthony wayne was a crazy mo'fo just to let u know

  • Jimmy, Maybe you should ride your horse to Fort Wayne and come see our FORT...

  • I live in Fort Wayne.

    Thumbs UP for Harry Baals to be the name of the building!

  • Because I'm a humble Fort Wayne citizen, I'll take your jokes and have a laugh, but your team should really get their facts straight.

  • Fort Wayne has no Baals

  • I go to college in fort wayne, and I didnt hear about this until my professor played it for the class in the middle of a lecture on politics. Best. Class. Ever.

  • Vote for to help put Harry Baals on the government center.

    .

  • ANY PROUD FORT WAYNE NATIVE KNOWS THAT THE MAYOR WAS HARRY W. BAALS! UNLIKE HARRY W.BAALS, MOST OTHER POLITICIANS , WOULD TRY TO STICK IT TO YOU. FORT WAYNE WAS NAMED FOR "MAD ANTHONY WAYNE" A REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERAL

  • @gamecockusc Im from New Haven and i still lmao everytime i hear them thinkin about naming the city council building that hahaha

  • LMAO

  • 7 people take politics too seriously!

  • i herd about this on 98.9 the bear and i had to see it. im from fort wayne and i vote harry baals.

  • I live in Fort Wayne, I know why Jimmy said those things its not like he's ever heard of Fort Wayne before nor would know its history. But anyways, right now Harry Baals Government Center has 22,158 votes. The 2nd place option has 1,912. The people have SPOKEN!

  • Funny but uneducated

  • Jimmy.....It's pretty obvious now that you sacrifice intelligence for the sake of a getting a laugh...It's all good but you need to have your team do a little more research in the future...I know it's comedy and I have a sense of humor about it all to but they made you look stupid....But we were originally founded as a fort, a fort named after General Anthony Wayne...And we are the second largest city in Indiana...Having said that...Having The Harry Baals Government Center would be epic...lol :D

  • Jimmy Kimmle isnt funny ever on his show, plus who wouldnt vote for a building name to be Harry Baals? we have a sense of humor in Indiana, plus Ft. Wayne still has the original Fort in tact

  • Ya, Fort Wayne!

    We're famous now!(:

  • Im originally from ft wayne and trust me theres more to the fort then harry baals kimmel you need to do some background checks on ft wayne dumbass

  • That's not Jimmy that climbs onto the horse there!

  • I love when my hometown becomes famous for our own harry baals

  • haha, BAALS TO YOU KIMMEL!!!!!

  • Haha I'm from Ft. Wayne and I move to Seattle, but whenever I hear people talk about ft Wayne it always makes me feel special...except possibly this moment haha.

  • @katraj0102 So, random. I'm from Fort Wayne and thought about moving to Seattle. Do you like it out there?

  • Thumbs up if you're from Fort Wayne.

  • @KandAshow IN?

  • LanCow here ... dang he tried to take us ahhahhahah shout out to my city Fort Wayne

  • Harry Baals Drive is right off Parnell near the Memorial Coliseum. I always point it out when I drive by it in cars with unknowing passengers.

  • I live in Fort Wayne. I had heard of Harry Baals Dr. ,now named H. Baals Dr., before but I didn't know it was named after a mayor. Then as I read an article in Fort Wayne's newspaper about the naming of the building, I found at the end of the article. . .HIS WIFE WAS NAMED "MINNIE"! Yes, Mrs. MINNIE BAALS WAS HER NAME! NOW THAT'S FUNNY!!

  • @casitas45 If you tell me his son is named Blue, I might just cry out of pure epicness.

  • ive been on that street hahaha

  • Fort Wayne needs to milk Harry Baals for the attention... yes... milk Harry Baals.

  • Y'all are missing the point here...this story isn't really about Ft. Wayne. The real question we should be asking is, WHAT WERE HIS PARENTS THINKING?????? Really mom and dad? Were you high when you named your kid?

  • @mrgoldendeel Well remember how long ago he was born. At the time, balls probably wasn't slang for testicles...

  • Well damn finally our city gets some recognition lol, kinda funny how no one has a clue about fort wayne even though its got 300,000 people in it lol

  • @MusicMan100  255, 789 was at the last census count

  • @tereesalynn I was guestimating, you don't have to be technical.

  • Jimmy is the best

  • First of all, we are a fort, so fuck off. And idk if you've never read a book, but Wayne was a badass.

  • @iconindy ...eh...not so much bad ass as he was a maniac....LOL!

  • I live in fort wayne. We need to go through with it, maybe then people will recognize us.

    Cuz otherwise, this is the most mediocre city in America.

  • Aw come on, Fort Fun isn't that bad! :)

  • @Alphageek20111 My name is Jacob Witte and I have a feeling I know you.

  • I LIVE IN FORT WAYNE. IT SUCKS ASS HERE. LETS DO IT SO WE DONT SUCK AS MUCH

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  • Harry had a Son who was the Sheriff, his name you ask?  Blue

  • Hey my city was on tv.

    Actually we are the second largest city in Indiana,

    but still, that isn't saying much.

  • I saw his name recently and was like "what the?!" ...and now I know. Thank you Jimmy Kimmel for educating me about the mayor of my own city!

  • I think Jimmy Kimmel is still the fat stupid piece of shit that he was on "The Man Show" his late night show sucks Harry Baals! You owe Fort Wayne an apology bitch because you really aren't that funny!!!

  • The only thing i disagree with here, is that Fort wayne does not need any more harry baals!

  • well... at least we're being mentioned...

  • Go Fort Waste!

  • I love that I live in the Fort ! Thank you Jimmy Kimmel for recognizing Fort Fun, and of course Mr. Baals, Mr. Harry Baals

  • I'm from fort wayne, we don't ignore mr. Baals. It is not currently a fort but WAS a fort. And I am officially proud to live in fort wayne. Thanks Jimmy for putting us on the map.

  • I'm from fort wayne, we don't ignore mr. Baals. It is not currently a fort but WAS a fort. And I am officially proud to live in fort wayne. Thanks Jimmy for putting us on the map.

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  • Okay...I was born and raised in Fort Wayne and I still live here...Jimmy did screwed up big time on the part about us not being a fort....but it was still funny as hell...I couldn't stop laughing....LMAO!!! I mean Fort Wayne did something that was worthy of national news.....Even if people are poking fun at you....they are still talkin' about you aren't they....lol :P