One of a kind Wax Cylinder breaks on camera

[frogdog18]

DOOOUUUCHHHEE CHIIILLLLL

[thecrikster]

"Are we done?"

"[sigh] Yeah we're done."

[JohnnyRelentless]

Was it rare, or was it one of a kind?

[RivieraStudios]

He was handling it the wrong way. One of a kind piece and hes putting his greasy fingers all in the grooves. LOL I do believe this could be fake.

[albear972]

I've seen this 100's of times and laughed like hell, yes, I'm an ass, but I feel bad for the guy too.

[Notownsoad]

mannn its funny but i feel real bad for the guy

[ifutureman]

that dude on the right sure sounds like a chick

[TheAdam159]

hahahaha this is so funny

[GameGold500]

Press 2 then 5 for you can see the shit

[McADLib]

this man was so nervous he couldnt even stop shaking its his own damn fault for picking it up

[EmmetEarwax]

Had he fallen down with a massive stroke or cardiac arrest seconds later, I would not have been surprised. These old cylinders posed a problem in copying that disk records do not have.

I hope he had made a tape or CD of this cylinder prior to this ?

[john9ten]

This was staged. It's been around the net for years.

[Diamonddavej]

He should have collected diamonds.

[Decon87]

Did he just squeeze it so hard that it broke into pieces?

[cyborgtroy]

@Decon87 - You're right. I thought he dropped it, but he did squeeze it.

[Evi1M4chine]

Poor guy shaking all over. Then again, what the fuck did he eat and inhale, to be *this* shaky?? (NO, it is NOT because of age. It just comes with age, since it takes that long of a time of wrongdoing, to develop. He must have eaten disgusting amounts of industrial waste sold as “food”.)

[Schpudd]

@Evi1M4chine ... i'm no MD but there are many reasons. google it.

[slotstik]

@Evi1M4chine Could be Parkinson's disease, you idiot.

[MrPisster]

"Blaw weal that does happen every once in a while...ewearrea...are you done with that then?"

Is this host a human or a robot that can't think outside his programming?

[MetallicaFIN]

@MrPisster Edisons ear wax cylinder?

[MetallicaFIN]

@MrPisster Edisons earwax cylinder?

[Zzulu2]

oh no, a wax cylinder

OH NOOOOO

[bmoxco]

I agree I think this is fake. I don't see how a black wax cylinder would be "one of a kind", he even has a Gold Moulded case on the table. His hands are insanely shaky to be handling something as rare as he makes it out to be, and cylinders don't just explode in your hand. He had to squeeze that sucker pretty nicely to get it to shatter like that. Either all that or he's just a plain fool... probably both.

[moortak]

@bmoxco It was an Edison era wax recording cylindder. They are insanely rare, very delicate, and basically weren't produced after WW1.

[bmoxco]

@moortak They are not insanely rare; you just don't find many people in your average circle of friends that have them. Before I started collecting them, before eBay was popular, I too thought they were rare and many are. The same as any format record, some are impossibly rare and some are very common. You can buy a cylinder for as little as $2 and as high as you can imagine. Gold Moulded is common, but much more fragile and rare than say a Blue Amberol. Cylinders were made from ~1888-1929.

[CordyBear1]

Look, it's Chris Pirillo!

[pongboy1100]

but it makes me wonder: what was ON the cilinder? A singer? A newsflash? A poetrie? a adverticement? Who knows... it will allways be a mistery :(

[BeerForDummies]

MY HEART Dx

[arknell]

I hope he doesn't serve hot coffee to his wife in the mornings! "Here you are my little spring chicken-OH FFFF....Shit...."

[Badboysofdenmark]

NOOOOOHHHHH!!!!

[eslubin]

that's okay. He wrote a check for $750,000 to the Smithsonian and all was forgiven

[JohnFordDanceTroupe]

I don't mind.

I break rare cylinders every day.

[m134mr]

that could have been his favourite cylinder - and he broke it :(

We've all been there even me - I collect phonographs, and cylinders too!

[EuropeYear1917]

Wait a minuet! Black Wax = mass produced... Brown or Grey wax was for home recording purposes... so how is it one of a kind? Most black wax records arent that hard to find if you're in the right places

[virginiaorganbuilder]

I think it was faked, since there is nothing rare or one-of-a-kind about wax cylinder recordings.

[Mikesebbtide]

I wonder what he means by one of a kind. I have a lot of those wax cylinders. They are not rare at all, but when you play them they sound exactly the way he described it after he broke it.

[rweerakkody4565]

in his disgrace, he set asie his diplomacy and exclaims, "oh shit".....poor man

[TipsyCleavagePenguin]

Poor guy. :(

I know how awesome wax cylinders are, and buy the looks of his hands, he did too.

[AkakoMonkey]

chrias pirillo?

[mjb784533]

Actually it is not a one-of-a-kind cylinder because the trademark you can see on the right edge before he broke it indicated it was a mass-produced moulded record, not one that was individually cut. This guy did not really know as much about cylinders as he thought he did.

[MiKikaIwaShizaru]

@mjb784533

He may have been referring to the number of surviving wax cylinders!

So it indeed may (have been) "one of a kind", now it's "none of a kind"!

[MiKikaIwaShizaru]

@mjb784533

He may have been referring to the number of surviving wax cylinders!

Even if 1000 were made, if only one is left....

(So it indeed it may have been "one of a kind", now it's "none of a kind"!)

[digitalmunky]

As sad as this happens to be... I still can't help but laugh when I see it... It's not the breaking of the wax cylinder that's funny, it's the man's reaction and then the reaction of Chris... haha.

[firelightguitarist]

he has some serious palsy going on, so i have to give him a tiny little bit of grace. but not much.

[ketenol]

Oh fffffffffff... shit

[WarriorOfTheOldWays1]

i remember watching this,it was about 3 or 4 years ago.

[torbar]

@WarriorOfTheOldWays1 If you mean on TV, this is way older than 4 years old. This is from between 01 and 03(when Chris Pirillo) hosted the show)

[WarriorOfTheOldWays1]

@torbar yeah whatever all i know is i remember watching it when i was a little kid

[abviolinplayer]

he almost says fuck and then says shit...lol

[bootray]

@abviolinplayer But you have to admit that one is slightly less offensive to most than the other.

[abviolinplayer]

@bootray yeah, that's why it's so funny...he almost said the more offensive word but realized he can't say that on tv XD

[chermaster85]

stupid dude with his shaky hands, OMG i cant believe this!!! what a moron!

[iainrc23]

@chermaster85

Fuck you you absolute cock. Let's see what your hands are like when you're a bit older.

[roberthemsley2]

why is chris pirillo there?

[dzava]

He even fucked up the way he hold it....

the cylinders outside form should not be touched by fingers. Two fingers should be placed in that hole to prevent the damage of recorded file.

[rickyfan3956]

I would straight be crying after that!

[Schesso]

Man I feel bad for that guy, but seriously he shouldn't have been handling it. Hell, I wouldn't have touched it and my hands are no where NEAR as shaky as his are.

[danielmaddern]

thats funny as, but i really feel sorry for the old dude, after he breaks it he tries to laugh it off!

[Classicmozayful]

ruddy Parkinson's...

[jonkennedyfederation]

doddering old bastard !

i hope he does NOT drive a car !!

[star1923]

OK, black wax = serial production...

[VoiceofCthulhu]

Isn't there a video with that guy on the right (our right, not his) having a nervous breakdown on camera?

[ksteiger]

I was demonstrating one of my faves to a friend. When I went to take it off the machine I pushed too hard and it shot across the table and cracked. I was able to get another copy, but it was nowhere near as clean. I learned quickly after that.

Check out "Jezzebelle How Long" for an actual cylinder recording session.

[kurisux]

His shaking was the biggest issue. If he wasn't rocking back and forth so wildly the worst he would have done was warp the cylinder...

Really, I mean, I know some people get a "feel" for things, but you think he would have been SOME level of reluctant to hold it like that ever, shaking or not.

[willmanhi1]

oh noes! your doing it wrong!!

[albear972]

Are you done with that?

Man, I've seen this video 10,000 and it's still funny as hell. Poor old guy though.

[ITR0LLU26]

HU GAH GAH GAH GAH HOW EMBARASKIN

[aanvil]

oh that makes me sick to my stomach.

[openmikescene]

His hands are shaking all the while, too

[ZeroGhostDog]

He's holding it wrong.

You're supposed to put two fingers inside the hole and DO NOT touch it with your fingers because that warps the sound.

[billabongodrum]

i think smashing it up won't help the sound either, lol

[albear972]

LOL! I've seen this 10,000 times and still funny as hell. Poor guy though, but it made one of the funniest moments in TV history. ;)

[MAXAX03]

HURTS my eyes+ ears.....

complete IDIOT!

[xilliah]

I'll never forget this video. Was a pain to find it again.