A Part of Our Heritage - Basketball.avi

[zebatov]

To the people arguing, it doesn't matter where it was invented. It matters WHO invented it. And dual-citizenship is completely irrelevent. The country they were born in is their nationality. It was invented by a Canadian. But I wouldn't consider it a Canadian sport.

It's fucking awful. So I'm glad it never stuck here.

[bigcaper862]

i guss he did not need the peach baskets back

[ILLLLoveTrance]

too bad canadians play hockey ...

[lavalois09]

@MegaWeirdo11 see if you can access w w w. histori. ca from your school. it contains the 1 min clip, as well as a detialed description

[hmcvirgo92]

It's kind of ironic that there is only one Canadian basketball team left- the Raptors.

[KUHistory]

@RazorCell7 You changed the focus of my comment....Naismith was a Canadian (not dual citizenship at time of invention.) who invented basketball in America, not Canada. Naismith never lived in Canada after moving to the USA. I have never read that others considered him an idiot, and he wasn't (look at his many degrees!). His game was adopted very quickly worldwide, and I have never read that people thought it was a stupid game. Is there a source for these statements I can read?

[unwinsis]

@KUHistory Well, Naismith competed with his brothers throwing a ball into a peach basket on their Canadian Orchard. Transforming this individual competition into a team sport occured in the USA with the participation and feedback of the young American men who stayed at the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) where Naismith worked. I'm Canadian, and this is an American sport IMO. Developed, played, and loved in America moreso than in any other country. No one can argue with that.

[JJJJZ]

As a kid I always assumed they'd just ignored the old man's desire to not have the bottom cut out of his baskets.

Now I realize cutting a small hole was a compromise to allow him to still use them for peaches, while quickly poking the ball out with a broom.

But I still prefer my original interpretation of it.

[thefroable]

They never actually cut the peach basket at the bottom... total revisionist history. People used ladders to get the ball until 1893 when an English minister named Nicholas McKay took the game to Indiana and had a blacksmith forge 2 metal hoops and put coffee sacks at the bottom.

[corky7ca]

I wonder how many Americans would admit or even relalize that basketball was invented in Canada?

[KUHistory]

Actually the game was not invented in Canada. It was invented in the USA by a Canadian, who later became an American.

[RazorCell7]

@KUHistory It's called a dual citizenship and he still lived in Canada. Infact many people have dual citizenships in any two countries; it's nothing uncommon espically when you have to work overseas. In this case he had to work in the US. In anycase he wasn't an American citizen when he invented the game and infact many of the Americans he worked with all called him an idiot and thought it was a stupid game. Basketball was a Canadian invention not an American one.

[Since1845]

@corky7ca Nobody would. Because it's factually inaccurate.  Silly goose.

[corky7ca]

@Since1845 I didn't realize until I read some comments here. I knew he was Canadian and assumed it was in Canada. I am a silly goose.



[rtsoccerplayer]

too bad no canadians are good at playing the damn sport we made :P

[bigben0316]

@rtsoccerplayer You should go back to your dolls kid, before 2 time NBA MVP Steve Nash, of Victoria B.C. kicks your ass.

[rtsoccerplayer]

@bigben0316 lol i know, but can you name any other canadians that are good at basketball? didn't think so

[bigben0316]

@rtsoccerplayer Samuel Dalembert, Joel Anthony, Andy Rautins, Jamaal Magloire, Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson.

Now go to your room.

[rtsoccerplayer]

@bigben0316 how many medals in the olympics did canadians win for basketball? just one silver medal in 1936.

I am in my room

[hotgirlsarehot]

LOL, imagine if the NBA was still like this. Everytime LeBron scores, some old guy takes 2 minutes to grab a ladder and place it under the net and get the ball out.

[rtsoccerplayer]

@hotgirlsarehot HAHAHA THAT'D BE AWESOME!

[yuka2nao]

i wish these were still going on. i remember growing up and watching them, finding them amusing, but never actually realizing that these stories were real.

[RazorCell7]

Then black people stole it.. jk! No but the guy probably never got his baskets back..

[TheVicious5150]

3 people didn't get their baskets back

[TonyAKA30]

montreal deserves an NBA team

[anthonylalonde]

pretty much if it wasn't for Canada Shaq and all thouse basket ball player would be out of a job so on behalf of canada your welcome

[adamlemoines]

Two people needed their baskets back.

[rainmen2011]

the yankees think they invented basketballl as well as it was first played in usa ha ha what a joke.

[1hugedik]

McGill university? Isn't this the same place that invented football from rugby? and of course a canadian invented a sport and it was also a rough sport at the time but now that it's in the hands on these fuckin pathetic americans basketball is not rough any more. THANKS A LOT YOU FUCKIN PATHETIC YANKS.

[kingmarck1]

One of the more cheerful and light hearted vids that was created in this line. I love it!!

[ViLLaPiNoZ]

traveling! Traveling!!!!!!

[EdouardDubois]

It must have been brainwashing or something... I mean why were these so cool?

[Cypress77]

I think this one was my favourite.

[PestigeKelpone]

I love they way buddy carries the ball at 0:07.

[SniperViper1000]

larry your video is on CBC!

"Naismith's basketball rules sell for $4.3M US"

[daydaviddunn]

wow the first basketball game was pretty physical and violent

hocket in winter basketball in summer

[WizPreeFresh]

@daydaviddunn i know you wanted a real good canada chirp here, but you're really reaching.

[ontariobuds]

@daydaviddunn yeah, naismith got tackled pretty good at the start

[flyingboat3]

this video has way more information

youtube.com/watch?v=Bycs-0t8VW­A

[agorlewski]

Poor guy. He needed his baskets back and they made him cut out the bottom anyways.

[LakeWrangler]

@agorlewski

Well, as long as whatever he needs those baskets for is bigger than the small hole that was cut into the basket, he's still ok....

Being Canadian, I'm sure the coach was more than polite when discussing how to go about it... ;-)

[danglinguvula]

I Love it! "But I need thes baskets back" and next thing you know he is sawing through the bottom.

P.S. I agree with Nagirdnul. In fact "the medium IS the message".

[filthyassmonkey]

QUEBEC HAS DONE LOTS OF GOOD THINGS FOR THE WORLD!

WE INVENTED BASKET BALL

[Killuminati1blood]

hahaha broke white nigga "i need my baskets back for cheese" lookin ass nigga lol

[CHECKrayrobionson]

It was done publicly on a football field with rugby ball

[CHECKrayrobionson]

It's the first Lebrit which are the first to pwn noobs

[1988scottcarey]

Young hooligans stealing this old mans baskets for they're silly games!

[XuliusCaesar]

Making fun of heritage moments.

that alone is canadian tradition.

[Anth4400]

dribble that shit!

[Corvus133]

And yet, we bloody suck at basketball

[JaysCyYoung1]

@Corvus133 That's starting to change. Don't let the results at the FIBA Worlds fool you: Canada is starting to produce a ton of highly-recruited talent in the GTA that NCAA schools are nabbing left, right and centre, including one 16 year-old Toronto kid that is already being projected as a possible top five pick in three years. It will take time but there are finally starting to be a lot more talented players.

[tapo]

is this some kind of canadian joke sir

[hambaloneypee]

"is this some kind of candien Joke sir"

[wordster100]

Great vid ... but they chose such terrible actors! Very thick Ontario accents - but we know the Feds are not going to fund any arts outside Ontario so we have to live with it.

[JaysCyYoung1]

@wordster100 We have accents?

[CanadaBasketball18]

screw hockey basketball is canadas game!

[EComp86]

@CanadaBasketball18 Basketball blows! Hockey is great becouse i can smash my opponents teeth in if he pissis me off. IO challenge n e basketball fool to fight a hockey player. our missing teeth are battle stripes CanadaHockey69 bitch!

[TheExeter]

"But I need these baskets back".

Alright already!!!. Geeeezuuusss!!! Take the baskets already, I didn't even know what I was thinking anyways. Everythings been invented by now.

Let's back to that anthem guys.

[h5y]

Awesome. I probably havn't seen this for over 6 years. Great upload!

[Coarlous]

The guy at the end of the film in the grey sweater is my professor lol

[TheStar73]

lol basketball is canadian, we should have more people enjoy it up here

[EESASTORM]

Up here?

your info indicates that you are in the USA.

[TheStar73]

oh.. thats because i get harassed when i was Canadian, i kept getting hate messages i just changed it

[EESASTORM]

Very classy

So you are a coward on all fronts then.

[TheStar73]

clearly

[ricepaddy69]

@TheStar73 Yeah, especially with Steve Nash and his dazzling moves.

[simensays]

lol i remember this from my childhood. I miss canada:(

[DuracellEnergizer]

"Now it places the lotion in the basket".

"But I need these baskets back!"

"Put the fucking lotion in the basket!"

[NoisyWolfXII]

It seemed pretty violent back then, they were all, like, tackling each other, kind of like football.

[ericleb01]

I remember this commercial so badly :)

[Bloodbirdy]

"Hundred years after James Smith from Ontario invented it. Basketball was playing hundreds of millions around the world"

...

Of those hundreds of millions leagues popped up...people paid millions during a recession to play a game...driving big shiny cars when gas prices sky rocketed...sold themselves for endorsements...and slept with many beautiful people.

[kegean]

But I need these baskets back

[Modano09]

But I need these baskets back!!!

I guess not, very next scene he's cutting away for all he's worth.

[Tr0llsNeverDie]

lol.....he prob climbed up 2 more time on the leader and said fuck the peach baskets....im gonna have a heart attack if i keep doing this.

[Transitus]

lol for real my nigga.. for reals

[BWyatt76]

Hey does anyone remember the spoof of this were instead of baskets they were using underwear? Soooo funny!!

[MetalSanke]

And now its a sport dominated by blacks.

[Tymathee]

Yes and Hockey is next on the list :D

[XantinovaX]

And they're damn good at it!

[WWE2K9X]

What's your point?

[TKEMP360]

Its the getto sport now thats why

[robyniscool99]

Could you upload the babe ruth video?

[xtremefxguitar]

(canadian)

[robyniscool99]

Babe ruth hit his first homerun playing for the toronto blue jays, there is an "A part of our heritage" video made for him

[xtremefxguitar]

ahaha Toronto blue jays?! Babe ruth died on Augest 16 1948. The toronto blue jays formed in 1977 O_O

[andba13]

its a guy from mcgill university at montreal who invented it

[Fmaack]

White men created it. Black men mastered it.

[apapap187]

Not for long ... argentina got tha gold medal not so long ago ... and spain where second...

soon the olympics wont be for the dream team

[shiverunit]

RAIN DANCE

[kevinfrayne]

classic commercial, remember it from my childhood

[Kwaszk]

"Is this some kind of Canadian joke?" hahahahaha

It suuuuure is.... xD

[kateskates99]

:53 is hilarious

[DuracellEnergizer]

White boys can't jump. LOL

[CanadaBasketball18]

Basketball is a Canadian invention and I am proud to be Canadian!

[1PunchHomocide]

Dont carry it dribble it dribble it!!

[blondeeagles]

BUT I NEED THESE BASKETS BACK

[Amunication]

Shut up old man!

[quincee33]

@blondeeagles lmao..."shut up you old fool"

[rexerexer66]

@blondeeagles OH fuck I needed them back as well

[charleskim7]

He said peach basket not beach basket

[pro22222]

oh wait lol nvm they wernt in canada while he invented it. it was just the guy who was canadian

[pro22222]

so if basketball started in canada why is toronto the only canadian city that plays in the nba?

[kateskates99]

did anyone else notice at :31 theres like a random creepin up on the old man whos like dying and can hardly breath

[quickchiknik]

dying??

[DavidMed58]

is their one about hong kong 1941?

[devonblades]

Thanks Mr Naismith Canadians need to realize Basketball is a Canadian game and we need to embrace our National Teams if only to honor what you did for our country.

[RefusalCode]

"but i need these baskets back!"

LOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOL

[kaylasinger21]

dribble it dribble it!

[Nagirdnul]

We mock these, but those in my peer group can quote every one of these commercials line for line. Whoever created these commercials got what they wanted, we've never forgotten these commercials. We still say "I smell burnt toast", "Now the people will know we were here", "But I think he means the houses, the village", and, of course, "But I need these baskets back!" just to name a few. These commercials had a huge impact on Canadian children growing up in the early 90s.

[Montork]

i know right? thats why i came back, to see them all again. i missed them

[holycow818181]

So, what you're saying is... they're "A Part of our Heritage"?

[Boogaardfan24]

whenever my PC is being slow i scream "come on! come on! ACKNOWLEDGE!"

[NoisyWolfXII]

I can vouch for that. I loved watching these on TV.

[popman648]

@Nagirdnul they still come on cbc a bit

[BOBloblawsLAWbombLOB]

@Nagirdnul You forgot..."Come on, come on, acknowledge!"

But VERY well said!

[KristaDawn1985]

@Nagirdnul Very well said!

[KrisMTL]

@Nagirdnul I agree, I love these tbh.

[RepeaterMan]

fucks sakes,leave the old man alone with his baskets hahaha

[jmonkey90]

hahaahah

[flatulantbrothers]

this one is my favorite

[rushtush]

"I need these baskets back" (next scene) cutting the baskets.

those bastards LOL

[Shogun777]

lmfao

[knowtion]

get the old guy who can hardly breath to climb up the ladder, lol

[KyleBarnet]

"If we can't carry the ball, how can we get a decent shot at the, uh, beach basket" I live that line.

[cycimian]

Grab some skates and a stick and ill show you.

[Blamat]

Drib-bel? What is "drib-bel? Durrrrr

[tediteditedi]

Dribble. It's when you bounce the ball on the ground with one hand.

[highwinder]

but I need these baskets back! Lol he never gets those damn baskets back.

[tediteditedi]

duh! and he naver will.

[DH2020]

damn if his family kept those original baskets they would be worth alot of money on Ebay today. Just imagine what would Carmelo Anthony be doing today if it wasn't for basketball....

[flathead0]

basketball rulz!