I think about the music I listen to from the 80s and around that time. To think I was a kid and didn’t know these songs. I wasn’t even born and these songs had existed for decades already. Now I’m barely discovering more and more when it’s existed for around 50 years already. Makes you question a lot.
Nelson himself died tragically from a heart attack on July 4, 1989- only three days after quitting his full time to so that he could produce his own cable television show of his footage. =- What a legend. He faced a lot of hardships in life.
I can't believe this guy is born in 48, he doesnt look 40 on this video and this video doesnt seem to be shot in 89, he literally looks like any youtuber and knowing this guy is born just after WW2 and like 15 years before my old parents is unreal. Rest in Peace and thank you for that ❤
I was 25 when this video was done. Now I am 60 and the years go by quickly. People from 89 are the same was they are today. I am pretty much the same as far as my personality. BTW, your parents are not old. 😂
a time capsule. I like how you can see he's 6 minutes in to the video how he's still figuring out how to exactly do the selfie filming. the man is the real OG vlogger for real
Doug Link it’s a camcorder and a lot of them have optical image stabilization which means the lens inside moved to float in place. Shaky videos are because they’re on phones with digital image stabilization or sometimes no stabilization at all, also they’re lighter
@@albino_gringo1912 You might think that after seeing The Wizard of Oz in HD, people would get the idea that film quality is pretty damn good when it's at its best.
@@Darkscenes-jp4ge1st Gen "master" video footage from the late 80's-early 2000's really doesn't look THAT bad... What gives it a bad rep is when you're watching footage sourced from a tape that is a low res duplication of the master recording.
@ActionResource It's weird because it's odd to think people were filming themselves doing whatever, which is common in 2020. The surroundings are definitely 1989 though.
Wow, I remember the old decor in the 80s and 90s McDonald’s … the feel of the wooden high chair, plastic seating, wooden accent pieces, the pictures they’d have hanging on the wall, the soft lighting - made eating in there actually something the family could look forward to because it had such a cozy feeling. They were all laid out very similar and remember my family and I would always seat along the windows towards the back exit at most locations. Now, you go in a McD’s and it’s fluorescent, drab, grey, and corporate. No play areas, just a cold hard seating area that no one bothers to dine in and relax.
Well, I am certainly late to the party. I just found out about Nelson and now I'm binge-watching his content from decades ago like it's something that came out yesterday. From his career to his personal life, friendships, and commentary, I feel extremely hooked. To whoever comes across this comment, have a nice day.
Agreed.i miss it. I was a kid and free of bills or government all up in my business. If i could go back but know what i knew now...whew! I'd be a child millionaire...and alcoholic😂
Another great channel you should see is Len Enders. He posts footage of his daily activities beginning when he was fifteen in 1986 WA up to 2010. He kinda stopped when smartphones became popular. Some people might think this was not a normal rendition of what a normal person would be like at that time though (they were a little punk), but it's very honest. Very little posing, just like Sulivan. I love watching them. It seems these guys had a good intuition of the future. It's easy to love them as we see so much of their lives being shared.
This was definitely NOT the normal way of life back in 89'. In 89' rap music was in it's second stage you might say as break dancing had also already passed. People had pagers or beepers we would call them. Cell phones or the internet hadn't came widespread as of yet, but party lines were around. I missed the 80's, they were good times. You would just hear about a party through word of mouth and just go to it or people often hung in certain spots to drink.
The fact that it’s real and raw makes it much more easier to connect to; that time doesn’t seem super different. The 80s/90s are so romanticized through movies, music, nostalgia, etc so this video seems so chill and down-to-earth
Sir I am afraid that you do not understand the current value of $25 today. Sorry but have you been to McDonald’s ever in your life even once, because if you have then you’d know that all of those food items would add up to much, much less than $25. Moral of the story: Epstein didn’t kill him self and I like referencing dead memes and I have bulimia
Every now and then I come back to see Nelson. I still don't know how he decided on filming himself in the way he did. I know he passed away the same year this video was made and I guess the whole content he made, which literally for us now is time travelling is really reflecting on what he was. He truly was a remarkable man and a very unique persona. I am born in 1993, so he was already gone when I came along, his videos however never fail to make me feel in a very very strange way. His vibration is very different and he makes me feel like he is talking to me, personally. I know all the viewers out there feel the same way. Rest easy Nelson!
He passed away from a heart attack in 1989. After quitting his job to work on his own show. He was if you may the first vlogger ever. (to be known and popularized on TH-cam) Rip buddy
@@serenityholland5321 People started buying newspapers less and less, so the media cranked up sensationalism to keep viewers watching television broadcasts. That then got even worse with the rise of digital media and the internet taking away tv viewers, which resulted in even more sensationalism on both tv and online articles to keep people watching/clicking. Panic sells, and the media manufactures panic as much as is necessary to stay afloat.
i look at them nowadays like that too because they piss me off. back in the day i wouldnt have cared because it was realy rare. nowadays its fucking cancer
@@buckodonnghaile4309 in 1989 there was video games color tv cellphone's and video cameras in 1954 there was only black and white tv no tv remotes and cameras sold could take picture's only no video
@@goombabear Most people also fail to realize if they want to have an understanding of how life was back then they can leave their smartphone at home bring only their keys and go for a walk outside then the only things that would be different now from then is the modern cars seen on the road
They’re comfortable because back then liberals were liberal and not far left nut jobs who bring politics into every little thing smh. They’ll literally make a comment about a political party when no one else is talking about it. Smh could never be me, what a sad life.
Its kind of weird because even though this was filmed 9 years before I was even born, it doesn't feel that much different from my childhood in the early 2000s. It's interesting to see how some things didn't change for a long time. Even the layout of the McDonald's is how I remember mine in my hometown.
Filmed 2 years before i was born and its quite different. My local McDonalds had already remodeled by the late 90's. its sad they phased out all the playplaces over the past decade.
this man has an extremely good quality mic for its time, his way of vlogging is better than many famous vloggers from our current time... this man is an actual time traveler
Funny you mention this. When youtube was new there was a 10 minute limit on videos and you needed to be special to upload anything longer. TH-camrs would split videos up if it went longer than 10 min.
I think about this guy from time to time and this video pops back up again. I visited NYC as a teenager on a class photography trip back in 1988 and he was probably out and about taking a video of something interesting that weekend. I know he was friends with this avant garde photographer that I had read about and was interested in her work around the same time. Love this guy and he will live on forever because of his slice of life videos. Thank goodness.
Top 10 Archive the internet did exist. There were no websites yet., the internet was only able to transfer files to other computers. I had a camcorder too but never thought about vlogging
*Facts:* His name is Nelson Sullivan. He was an American videographer. He was ubiquitous on the New York City downtown art and club scene during the 1980s. He died July 4, 1989 in New York of a heart attack aged 41. *Rest in Peace, Nelson Sullivan - the true OG of vlogging.*
Carter Donar idgaf about likes. Your kinds are killing the community with these stupid overused comments. Ur probably that one average kid who’d do anything for likes smh.
@@admiredgsu1217 Yeah but say this to the people who have found ways to enjoy life and have fun that limit themselves from the internet just try to do the same thing and maybe you’ll find a group of people who are into the same thing just because a majority of people become so used to it doesn’t mean you have to aswel
TH-cam wasn’t even invented when this video was made. Memes weren’t even invented when this video was made. My penis wasn’t even intentes when this video was made. Lmao give me likes for stating the obvious! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩🍆🍆🍆🍆😩😩🍆😂💦💦💦💦💦💦
@@101Volts Very few cellphones indeed, they had basic functions, so there was no need. That's why payphones were commonplace up until 2007 after the iPhone was released. And now, you only see payphones in ghettos. Pagers used to be a thing as well, last time they were relevant was the Early 00's, when Kim Possible was released.
@Xx Disobey xX the guy in the video died of a heart attack in 1989. His camera was taken by his friend who then donated them where they were then uploaded to this channel. Just look up Nelson Sullivan’s wikipedia page. It was for some sort of tv show
Rest in peace Nelson Sullivan, you will be missed, for those who dont know nelson Sullivan (the guy recording) died from a heart attack in new New York, 1989. Same year he recorded this.
The mc donalds interior was also more warm and inviting back then..nowadays ot looks over basic and just bland everything looks to new less of a homey atmosphère it just feels off today compared to then.
This dude was kinda vlogging before vlogging was a thing ... Damn Edit : 1.2k likes !!! I don't know what I did to deserve all these likes !!! Thank u guys !!
alot of people disliked the vid because im assuming that they believe that its useless but i cant help but feel that its a treasure just because its from days that we will never go back to
@@Matthew750-4 people back then and now still pay for the same amount of money. It's just that inflation makes everything looked like that it was 100x more expensive than back in the 80s.
For all of you who think he is just some random guy he is the one and only Nelson Sullivan who hung out with Ru Paul and filmed many iconic moments of the club kid scene of the 80s
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Imagine if towards the end he suddenly asks the viewer to 'like this video'.
"remember to turn notifications on"
If you’re new to the channel make sure to smash that subscribe button
Daniel Cilantro hahahah if he said these, I would scream, he might be a time traveler guy😆
Reza imagineee
That would be triippyyy!
we can all officially say this guy was the frist vlogger ever. agreed?
Nah we got Paul Macartney in the 60s and weird paul, a vlogger starting in 1984, with homemade music videos and skits, vlogs
@@Alex-er2nh apparently not
frist
@@charredsteak6367 what???
Pretzel he spelt first wrong.
Crazy how some of us can see the world before we even existed.
Yep i didn't exist til 1992
I was born in 1990 the following year ✌️😂
i feel grateful 4 that
I think about the music I listen to from the 80s and around that time. To think I was a kid and didn’t know these songs. I wasn’t even born and these songs had existed for decades already. Now I’m barely discovering more and more when it’s existed for around 50 years already. Makes you question a lot.
Literally was thinking that and then I saw this comment
Nelson himself died tragically from a heart attack on July 4, 1989- only three days after quitting his full time to so that he could produce his own cable television show of his footage. =- What a legend. He faced a lot of hardships in life.
How shitty. Did you know him?
You have to love how TH-cam is the closest thing to a time machine we have
There is actually something called the youtube time machine you can track old stuff that was erased on any site if you go through archive.
.:EmoDere:. That’s nuts, I gotta get hip to this
More like erasing history and controlling minds.
@@drewjohnson4794 sure thing bud
@@drewjohnson4794 Your tinfoil hat is on too tight today.
He even stopped at ten mins to get that ad revenue
Lmfaoo
XD
He probably edited the video that was 20-minutes long and didn't want that. 🤔
Dude Ahead of his time lmao
David Gómez hey you are super cute , add me on snap kittyq3, or insta kittyq2001☺️
Such forward-thinking!
This dude is literally the OG of vlogging. Increíble
Vlog Güero he looks like is making fun of bloggers of the future
LMFAOOOO! Faxts Bro
Vlogging - being a nuisance since 1989
Yea and ur not
th-cam.com/video/RYbe-35_BaA/w-d-xo.html
This one is better in my opinion
I can't believe this guy is born in 48, he doesnt look 40 on this video and this video doesnt seem to be shot in 89, he literally looks like any youtuber and knowing this guy is born just after WW2 and like 15 years before my old parents is unreal. Rest in Peace and thank you for that ❤
Ok so your old parents were born in '63, what about your new parents?
@@adamlane6453 They're yours too
My parents were born in 46 and 48
I was 25 when this video was done. Now I am 60 and the years go by quickly. People from 89 are the same was they are today. I am pretty much the same as far as my personality. BTW, your parents are not old. 😂
The real OG vlogger
Dharni wow hi ur a legend
Omg Dharni hiiiii !!🤗🤗🤗
Bruh moment
Sgt. Pepper just read the first 13 pages, thanks for the info man!
i’m your one thousandth like 😃
Bruh, he stretched it out to the 10 minute mark in 1989
Deep down he knew about the ad revenue 😂😂
TH-cam got the 10min idea from this video 😆
Gotta get that bread yknow
official Miguel hahahaah
official Miguel this was posted in 2016 bruh
"Of course I'm married, married in... Singular."
This man was truly an icon.
Thelma DeLaMont righttttt
He’s actually calm af
He said that as I was reading dis lmao
My new lineeee
desertrosereads naw that’s you
a time capsule. I like how you can see he's 6 minutes in to the video how he's still figuring out how to exactly do the selfie filming.
the man is the real OG vlogger for real
Man was ahead of his time, there’s something peaceful about this dude
DivineSage rest is peace ☮️
DivineSage he was a vlogger, that’s more ahead of his time than ever
Lol the playing with the children at the park was kinda funny though idk if he was ahead on the trolling game too
Crazy to think this dude is like 90 now lmao
fanum Lol damn Id say more like 60
It looks like he’s recording on a doorbell camera
True lol
fish eye lens
Liljohnnynandos it’s called fisheye lens🤦🏻♂️
Not even. My shit is 1080 not a fucking potato lens
He is
Notice how in the 1980s people held the camera steady.
Doug Link it’s a camcorder and a lot of them have optical image stabilization which means the lens inside moved to float in place. Shaky videos are because they’re on phones with digital image stabilization or sometimes no stabilization at all, also they’re lighter
albino_gringo 2002 here I can confirm this is just straight stupid
1995 here its retarded for us too. Confirmed
@@albino_gringo1912 You might think that after seeing The Wizard of Oz in HD, people would get the idea that film quality is pretty damn good when it's at its best.
Older generations are badass. They know how to do things better without help of advanced tech
Gotta say, this is surprisingly high quality footage for being from 1989.
Most likely they made good money to be able to afford one of the more expensive video cameras from back then
@@Darkscenes-jp4ge1st Gen "master" video footage from the late 80's-early 2000's really doesn't look THAT bad... What gives it a bad rep is when you're watching footage sourced from a tape that is a low res duplication of the master recording.
True, alot of security cams today are garbage
my guy made a vlog in 1989, and just over 10 minutes, too....
Suspect
He died too the same year..
GalilHD are you 2pac?
SethV. Yeah XD
GalilHD you kinda fell of tbh haven’t heard any new tracks fam 😒
This guy was way ahead of its time.
They had Richard Simmons back then.
“It’s”
@ActionResource It's weird because it's odd to think people were filming themselves doing whatever, which is common in 2020. The surroundings are definitely 1989 though.
Not it, him. Back in the day 2 genders was the norm and sjws didn't exist 🤠
@ActionResource Camera and sound technology is old
Yo this dude was WAYY ahead of his time. What a legend.
He was also GAYY ahead of his time xD
@@libertas5005 👶🏿
@@libertas5005 I came to the comments to see if somebody was thinking what I was thinking
@@libertas5005 I KNOW RIGHT!
Gay and weird, likes kids? is he locked up? ewwwwww
Wow, I remember the old decor in the 80s and 90s McDonald’s … the feel of the wooden high chair, plastic seating, wooden accent pieces, the pictures they’d have hanging on the wall, the soft lighting - made eating in there actually something the family could look forward to because it had such a cozy feeling. They were all laid out very similar and remember my family and I would always seat along the windows towards the back exit at most locations.
Now, you go in a McD’s and it’s fluorescent, drab, grey, and corporate. No play areas, just a cold hard seating area that no one bothers to dine in and relax.
This was 31 years ago. That’s the equivalent of someone filming themselves at McDonald’s in 2020, except you watch it in *2051.*
Only thing is we ain't allowed to go to McDonald's in 2020 lol
Goodlies lol
Do it and then watch it back when youre old to see how things have changed
filming yourself wasn't common at the time but today it's normal
In 2051 there will be no internet
He was way ahead of his time bruh 😭
Emojis just made me hate your comment
@BigJDog - Jesse no, Ptsd fron whenever people think emojis can over exaggerate feelings n shit
This is the same stuff my dad did in the 80s-90 we got family films for years.
😂
Sks Osiris will it be uploaded to youtube?
It’s weird how strangely modern this feels
Wasn’t that different back then except liberals were actually liberal and not radical far left nut jobs
@@TheBeigeRaider true
@@TheBeigeRaider Just shut the fuck up
hugo why are u mad
@@TheBeigeRaider and Republicans weren't blatantly racist far right conspiracy demon sperm lovers.
He passed away in the same year from heart attack at 41 year old.
really
Rest in peace.
When this guy filmed this clip he never imagined that millions of people would see it.
Cool right
Or did he...
@@danimonte4867 He'd probably be happy if just 20 people got to see it, something like this would just be an extremely wild pipe dream for him...
Well he was 17 years early...lol
700th like
I thought he took the whole seat belt with him lol
Gotta be safe even when you're out of the car!
Loooool
Lmao facts
GhettoTilliDae - bruh I know me too and I was like wait a minute
😂😂😂
this dude was a natural youtuber before TH-cam ever existed
If we wanna advance before some of the youtube creators were born
Yes
Bhur, he was doing vlogs before the internet
And he was so sweet and gracious may he Rest In Peace bit 41 years old! So young!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
TH-cam got its ideas from this guy for sure!
Well, I am certainly late to the party. I just found out about Nelson and now I'm binge-watching his content from decades ago like it's something that came out yesterday. From his career to his personal life, friendships, and commentary, I feel extremely hooked.
To whoever comes across this comment, have a nice day.
I found him im gonna say around 2017, I have watched all his videos but I think is time for me to do it again. It truly feels like a time machine.
Same to you my friend. I just stumbled upon the fella today 🤘🏾👊🏾
Bless this man for giving us an insider to the normal way of life back in the 80s.
Agreed.i miss it. I was a kid and free of bills or government all up in my business. If i could go back but know what i knew now...whew! I'd be a child millionaire...and alcoholic😂
this isn't the normal way of life we didn't all talk like the supermarket checkout guy from Family Guy
Another great channel you should see is Len Enders. He posts footage of his daily activities beginning when he was fifteen in 1986 WA up to 2010. He kinda stopped when smartphones became popular. Some people might think this was not a normal rendition of what a normal person would be like at that time though (they were a little punk), but it's very honest. Very little posing, just like Sulivan. I love watching them.
It seems these guys had a good intuition of the future. It's easy to love them as we see so much of their lives being shared.
This was definitely NOT the normal way of life back in 89'. In 89' rap music was in it's second stage you might say as break dancing had also already passed. People had pagers or beepers we would call them. Cell phones or the internet hadn't came widespread as of yet, but party lines were around. I missed the 80's, they were good times. You would just hear about a party through word of mouth and just go to it or people often hung in certain spots to drink.
Raymond Mendez yess so true
See y’all back in 10 years when it’s recommended again
im liking this comment now so when it blows up ill be here XD
This was recommended to me 3 months ago and it was recommended to me again today.
Remember me
🤣🤣🤣 so true
Say less
My mans was ahead of his time, 10 minute video in 1989
@@chitoim2332 actually he was shot, if it was a fist fight, he probably would have won but anyway, this has nothing to do with my original comment
@@kierstanfaulks Lolololool X would win fist fight? Skinny gayrapper
@@kukkarailikki518 hes never lost a fight and would sure beat your ass
@@kukkarailikki518 he'd win against you and every fight lmao
@@1nathaniell Sure sure brown belt in judo next year black maybe :)
Bro ordered like 15 things extra large and the total came out to 7.22$
😢
today that’ll be $42.22
Those were the days man 😢
Do nobody understand what inflation is
@@VirreFriberg People understand what inflation is, they might not understand why it exists though
Even Nelson himself mentioned how cheap that was at 5:26. He really might of been a time traveler lol.
Everyone talking about how crazy it is he recorded in 89, but all I see is 75¢ gas
Little did they know gas would be 75¢ again in 2020.
redcomic619 can I like your comment more than once
That is no different than today’s price
Silentpanther2003 where tf do you live where gas is 75¢ a gallon
William Kline they got paid less than we did today the economy was different back then compared to what today it
Damn the ice cream machines were broken even back in 1989
Hahaha everytime you try to get one theyre broken!
LMAO
Lmao
Layerz things never change sometimes
you tube they not broken they just too lazy I used to work their
Simple footage like this is the closest thing we have to time travel. It's so raw and real, makes you feel like you're right there with him.
How cool it would be if we had footage like this from every century way back to when pyramids were built 😮
@@Niketic88 that would be so amazing!
exactly
You are sooo right, wish I were there now, time warp please I'm ready to go!!.
The fact that it’s real and raw makes it much more easier to connect to; that time doesn’t seem super different. The 80s/90s are so romanticized through movies, music, nostalgia, etc so this video seems so chill and down-to-earth
A glimpse at the past, by a man who didn't live to see this future. God rest his soul, thanks for the video.
"of course i'm married, married in..singular"
I LOVE THE WAY HE SLAMMED THE DOOR
ME TOO HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME
4:06 (incase anyone wants to know when he said it)
I don’t think this man had any clue how truly iconic he would be
Imagine the future
To whom?
@Ricardo Martinez Nice
@Ricardo Martinez LOL
More proof the world "iconic" and "legend" are used so loosely nowadays
He bought a Big Mac, Quarter Pounder w/ cheese, two large fries, two drinks and a vanilla shake for $7.22. That’s probably about $25 today
for real nowadays is 6 or $7 just for one travis scott meal
@yum yum 3000: that will be $74573646626462646363636463636464636352.99 please
Inflation sure is a bitch
Thats 25.00 with tax omg
Sir I am afraid that you do not understand the current value of $25 today. Sorry but have you been to McDonald’s ever in your life even once, because if you have then you’d know that all of those food items would add up to much, much less than $25. Moral of the story: Epstein didn’t kill him self and I like referencing dead memes and I have bulimia
Every now and then I come back to see Nelson. I still don't know how he decided on filming himself in the way he did. I know he passed away the same year this video was made and I guess the whole content he made, which literally for us now is time travelling is really reflecting on what he was. He truly was a remarkable man and a very unique persona. I am born in 1993, so he was already gone when I came along, his videos however never fail to make me feel in a very very strange way. His vibration is very different and he makes me feel like he is talking to me, personally. I know all the viewers out there feel the same way. Rest easy Nelson!
july 4th and this looks like summer, this was short before his death.
Yep.
He passed away from a heart attack in 1989. After quitting his job to work on his own show. He was if you may the first vlogger ever. (to be known and popularized on TH-cam) Rip buddy
How do you know he died doe
@@laurennatalini2577 look him up at Wikipedia
RIP...thats what happens when you eat McDonald’s
Oof all that McDonald's probably hit him.
The mcdonalds got him
‘Hello children, aren’t those children cute?’ -videos kids-
Dudeeee, imagine that was today. Shit seemed so much more laidback in the 80s
Blame that on the ppl who commit crimes like kidnap kids
@@serenityholland5321 Also the media creating mass hysteria and paranoia.
LordVader1094 what lead them to that?
@@serenityholland5321 People started buying newspapers less and less, so the media cranked up sensationalism to keep viewers watching television broadcasts. That then got even worse with the rise of digital media and the internet taking away tv viewers, which resulted in even more sensationalism on both tv and online articles to keep people watching/clicking.
Panic sells, and the media manufactures panic as much as is necessary to stay afloat.
I think it was still weird in 1989
In 1989 recording yourself like this was unheard of. You would have looked like an oddball. Today no one has a second thought.
Tunnel Chaser I dont know, I get pretty odd looks when I blog still haha
It's weird today too. Maybe not in murica, but outside of it if I see people talking to their camera I think they're kinda stupid
They did, just mostly for family outings though not really for v logs.
I do have a second thought when I see some stupid shit ass recording their selves.
i look at them nowadays like that too because they piss me off. back in the day i wouldnt have cared because it was realy rare. nowadays its fucking cancer
1989 was not even 40 year's ago and it feels like it was a completely different world than today
It was a completely different world.
I mean it was 35 years ago which is still a very long time ago
35 years before was 89. 35 years before 89 was 1954. 1954 felt like a world away to me in 89, then again I was a teenager.
@@buckodonnghaile4309 in 1989 there was video games color tv cellphone's and video cameras in 1954 there was only black and white tv no tv remotes and cameras sold could take picture's only no video
@@goombabear Most people also fail to realize if they want to have an understanding of how life was back then they can leave their smartphone at home bring only their keys and go for a walk outside then the only things that would be different now from then is the modern cars seen on the road
“We won’t get gas if it’s not expensive”
Price: $.89 per gallon
“To much”
Do you not know about inflation?
Dave S lmao not his point dumbass
Waylin C. Elaborate
@@based_convention because .89 should've been taken for granted even back then lol
@@based_convention it does because we wish .89 cents was the gas price today
He wouldn’t think this would go viral on TH-cam 30 years later.
That is because TH-cam did not exist 30 years ago no duh
He doesnt think at all.. hes dead
EMANUEL HALL nah u got whooshed lol
@@sethmp333 when it comes to this comment, i'd probably "eraser"
Well he died in 1989. The sake year this was made. He would’ve never guessed at all
These dudes are so comfortable and cool it makes me wish I could go to a McDonald’s with somebody in 1989
Right? No social networks No constant stress No existencial dread
hop in bruv we leavin'
Me too
They’re comfortable because back then liberals were liberal and not far left nut jobs who bring politics into every little thing smh. They’ll literally make a comment about a political party when no one else is talking about it. Smh could never be me, what a sad life.
Jamel Hibbert he’s saying social media people socially awkward because young adults are accustomed to speaking behind screens instead of face to face.
"Hello Children" that is so beautiful of him to say
He would be a great father 🤗
41 years old is too young to die. You will be missed, Nelson, the world's first and best vlogger
A. Invert he’s dead
Wait he died when and how
Bitchdanm Haha Wym no shit he didn’t know u bitch
KIDD KAZ heart attack
How did you find out?
When you're a TH-camr 15 years before TH-cam was released.
16*
You’re **
i swear to god stop correcting people*
Rectangle boi released.*
1 decade and 6 years*
Did I search for this: NO
Do I wish I can go back in time: Yes
Did I enjoy this: YEs
My thoughts exactly.
im drunk lol not for black folks.
KHAL DROGO what do you mean not for black folks?
KHAL DROGO bro it was 1989 calm down people were alrightw
@@khaldrogo1782 it's not the 50's dumbass
Its kind of weird because even though this was filmed 9 years before I was even born, it doesn't feel that much different from my childhood in the early 2000s. It's interesting to see how some things didn't change for a long time. Even the layout of the McDonald's is how I remember mine in my hometown.
everything accelerated around early 2010s when smartphones became massive and information overload began
@@rnxrx Yeah.. Thanks apple! We where living good lifes, and then you came with your 'insistent ideology'
This was filmed 13 years before I was born. I also feel the same way
Filmed 2 years before i was born and its quite different. My local McDonalds had already remodeled by the late 90's. its sad they phased out all the playplaces over the past decade.
yeah around 2011 mcdonalds changed and made it fubar
He never takes off his seat belt wow
rizkunisnator this is a great comment 😂
Lul thought he had it on when he was tryna get out
still to this day
Lmao😂😂
😂
this man has an extremely good quality mic for its time, his way of vlogging is better than many famous vloggers from our current time... this man is an actual time traveler
Haha well microphones have been getter worse overtime, look at any recording studio, they’re still using old microphones
Christian Montes that’s just not true but ok
True
No... calm down
It's very odd. It is like he is talking to today's generation 30 years ago.
*he was so ahead of his time that he even made this video longer than 10 minutes because he knew that he can put more ads onto it this way*
Funny you mention this. When youtube was new there was a 10 minute limit on videos and you needed to be special to upload anything longer. TH-camrs would split videos up if it went longer than 10 min.
yeah, I remember the good old days :/
😂😂😂
futuramanut holy shit I remember that. With all the long tutorials and stuff split up into part 1,2,3 etc. That was so long ago i completely forgot😂
futuramanut thats why He mentions it!! 😂
I think about this guy from time to time and this video pops back up again. I visited NYC as a teenager on a class photography trip back in 1988 and he was probably out and about taking a video of something interesting that weekend. I know he was friends with this avant garde photographer that I had read about and was interested in her work around the same time. Love this guy and he will live on forever because of his slice of life videos. Thank goodness.
Vlogging before the internet or video platforms were things.. This man is a wizard.
Mcmuffin what the fuck are u talking about?
Top 10 Archive the internet did exist. There were no websites yet., the internet was only able to transfer files to other computers. I had a camcorder too but never thought about vlogging
Or time traveller and recorded in the past to be famous. 😎
Top 10 Archive i mean he could be filming just to show his family or to watch himself
@@DxMT why you lying? The dude died in the same year because of heart attack
*Facts:*
His name is Nelson Sullivan.
He was an American videographer. He was ubiquitous on the New York City downtown art and club scene during the 1980s.
He died July 4, 1989 in New York of a heart attack aged 41.
*Rest in Peace, Nelson Sullivan - the true OG of vlogging.*
Cocaine Overdose
No. AIDS complications worsened by Rheumatic Fever.
I named my dog Nelson and my cat Blackout in his honour ❤
@Nebz yeah?
F
Fun fact nobody searched for this but we’re all here lol
I got it in my recommendations first then I came back because I somehow remember this creepy video now lol
I got the recommendation
That fact is so much fun it really makes me excited.
fun fact nobody cares. Stop with these bs spam comments ffs
Carter Donar idgaf about likes. Your kinds are killing the community with these stupid overused comments.
Ur probably that one average kid who’d do anything for likes smh.
The whole atmosphere feels... nostalgic. I wasn't even alive during this time but I want to go back because it feels so real.
because it is real…
@@nylonxx no shit? today doesent feel real anymore because of how things have changed.
@@admiredgsu1217 pretty sure anyone can say that about any time period
@@nylonxx ofcourse they could, but social media has made life seem like plastic
@@admiredgsu1217 Yeah but say this to the people who have found ways to enjoy life and have fun that limit themselves from the internet just try to do the same thing and maybe you’ll find a group of people who are into the same thing just because a majority of people become so used to it doesn’t mean you have to aswel
The ice cream machine been broken since 1989.
Hahaha
Most youtubers weren't even born when this video was made.
Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central HI BEERDY!! I LOVE YOUR CONTENT. KEEP TRAINING!!
True I was born '94
Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central yeah they leave in balls
TH-cam wasn’t even invented when this video was made.
Memes weren’t even invented when this video was made.
My penis wasn’t even intentes when this video was made.
Lmao give me likes for stating the obvious! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩🍆🍆🍆🍆😩😩🍆😂💦💦💦💦💦💦
I was born in 2006
Guys at McDonald in 1989: "What the hell is this guy doing?"
30 years later...
"Oh".
Marcin Kralka 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Marcin Kralka lmaooo
lmfao. 😂😂
and that mewtwo sprite? Is it gen 4 or 5 one?
Right? Back then this would have been so bizarre to see in public.
😂
I can’t help but feel like he’s traveled back in time especially after he was all like “where are we”
Not gonna lie but his camera is better than the modern cctv cameras now
Or at some banks
No. Not true
True
the reason security cameras are so low quality is because they're literally recording 24/7 they dont stop recording.
But props to them tho because of cctv millions of cases has been solve
Welcome to another episode of: why is this in my recommended
stfu
I just accepted it and watched the video😂
Bitch!! this is more like "wow, thank god this was in my recommended!"
Welcome to another episode of: extremely overused unoriginal copypasta
floater_ mike same
Saying “Hello children” “they sure are cute” would get you in so much trouble now.
😂😆😆👍
Around 1 million children per year were abducted in the 80s.
When it’s shane Dawson it’s pedophilia but when it’s someone they like it’s just jokes.. I can’t understand people sometimes
@@makemecry6604 please educate yourself on what shane dawson did first ❤
Fatimah Asghar I did educate myself. And all he said was jokes not my fault if you’re sensitive
It took youtube 7 years to recommend me this high quality content.
8:54
“Automatic door, it says”
“This is brand new”
“Oh my gosh, look, it’s so high tech”
2020 floating trains robot cars robot vacuums 😂
It's all like him: it's so high tech. us just chillin with cars that can drive their selves
No robot lawnmowers in 1989, either. Also, there were _very few_ cell phones, since they were a LOT more expensive.
@@101Volts Very few cellphones indeed, they had basic functions, so there was no need. That's why payphones were commonplace up until 2007 after the iPhone was released. And now, you only see payphones in ghettos. Pagers used to be a thing as well, last time they were relevant was the Early 00's, when Kim Possible was released.
filmed with gopro 0.1 and selfmade selfie stick.. this guy was ahead of his time..
ancient child time traveller
ancient child he had selfie stick or a steady hand?
Dude!!! I`ve been saying this dude is a time traveler! I`m convinced
With backpro 89
ancient child guy from 2018 stuck in 1989
You’ll never know what I said to obtain these likes.
LMFAO
To*
To
Absolute pioneer
big boi dan this comment is the stupidest thing I’ve heard
So nostalgic because the Gulf station is now a U-haul place.
Fly high Nelson Sullivan ❤️
March 15, 1948 - July 4, 1989
Damn I wonder what's the date of this video
too bad he didn’t film himself eat, this could’ve been the first vlog and the first mukbang on youtube
skylar still what the fuck is a vlog
Mukbang is gay
Your God ok boomer
YeetDominates woke
@@billgluckman9348 guess im the one who understood ur comment 🤣🤣
He is the inventor of TH-cam. Monetized since 1989.
He's been vlogging way before 1989, his first video I believe was in 1983
Sponsored by Maccys
No he's not its Jawed
TH-cam was created in 2006. I don't think you can monetize that
Yep 👍🏾
This is the kind of video that'd seem completely useless at the time, and now is an invaluable time capsule.
Battle Cat always remember that
Battle Cat that's what I thought as well 😂
I'm obsessed with documenting everything thinking about that.
Battle Cat so true
Paul Bicks yeah VHS tapes which shocked shit out of me with that quality of video as I remember well how crappy VHS tapes were
I've always seen this video suggested to me and had no idea what it was about and man was I pleasantly surprised at what I found!
Does he realize how ahead of his time what he's doing is
Well he’s dead so.....
@@emperorpalpatine9540 hahaha
Chief Keef dead? you can confirm that? because if they’re in there 20s in this video that makes them in their 50s right now.
@@katbell5415 he died in July of 1989 sadly
@Xx Disobey xX the guy in the video died of a heart attack in 1989. His camera was taken by his friend who then donated them where they were then uploaded to this channel. Just look up Nelson Sullivan’s wikipedia page. It was for some sort of tv show
1989 :’hello children “...no reaction
2020: “hello children “...RUNNNNNNNNNN
Context ?? Any link?
Aticon Simson 6:36
hi
xvxtentaclon hi 😂
Nah... it was creepy in 1989 too.
Rest in peace Nelson Sullivan, you will be missed, for those who dont know nelson Sullivan (the guy recording) died from a heart attack in new New York, 1989. Same year he recorded this.
Are you legit?
Kiki yes google him and it will show up
omg ):
who tf was he? he famous?
Paul Flurry he was popular for videography
This is an amazing trip back in time. Was 4 here.
Wish I could live the 80s as an adult.
This is weird, this is nearly 30 years old and I feel I'm watching the future instead.
Black mirrorish...
Pero que haces aquí compañero ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
@@Diegeovocaloiz La llamada del #Hamburgelove ñam :3
Diego the EuroVocaloid willlyyyyyyyy
Your right ,It does feel a bit Errie .
Its a bit Like a really vivid dream .. spooky
IKRRR SO WEIRD
Is 2018 and people still watch you wierd when you walk and talk to a camera. He is doing it in 1989.LEGENDARY!
Funny how the sound of the inside of a McDonald’s hasn’t changed
jake lammon NOTHING HAS CHNAGED
The mc donalds interior was also more warm and inviting back then..nowadays ot looks over basic and just bland everything looks to new less of a homey atmosphère it just feels off today compared to then.
@@tonyboycurtis yeah red and yellow were kind of the main colors back then. Nowadays it's all greeny to make it look more fresh and "eco-friendly"
Wonder if the shake machines were always broken back then as well
@*FlowThruInstrumentalZ* And people chomping down on their Hamburgers lmao.
This is better than almost all the stuff you see nowadays. Legend
Like the old man in the 80s though about the 1920s
This dude was kinda vlogging before vlogging was a thing ... Damn
Edit : 1.2k likes !!! I don't know what I did to deserve all these likes !!! Thank u guys !!
Smart Comment actually! , you the stupid one
Theo W what a hateful comment
@slayroxparty I was thinking the same thing. Then it made me start to wonder what kind of camera is he using? haha
Theo W shut up
@Theo W you are the soft boy lol
Worker at Macdonalds: Why is this man filming himself in this strange way, Nobody does this.
2019: *laughs in vlogs*
Ace Spacey was lo
Ace Spacey: 👍 cool comment h5*
cringe
Nice normie comment you cancerous fuck
@Feline Samurai ?
alot of people disliked the vid because im assuming that they believe that its useless but i cant help but feel that its a treasure just because its from days that we will never go back to
Isn't every video technically?
Maybe it’s gay hate
كلام سليم علي 😊
A lot*
KiDD ViDD yeah but it’s rare for these kind of videos. Videos were not that common 30 years ago...
It’s just amazing to me still how we can capture time in a video. That’s why we all need to capture as much as we can. 👍💫
he said the automatic doors were high tech that’s so cute
As I'm reading this I came to that very part of the video😂😂
Righttt
Isaiah Pena same🤣
Well it IS McDonald’s. I’ve never been to a McDonald’s with sliding doors in my life
“That’s cheap for all that food”. Even people back in 80’s thought it was cheap lol now that’s crazy
@Ethan Newberry didn't expect that lmao 😂
It was cheap back then because people didn't get paid as much as today
@@Matthew750-4 it’s actually due to inflation of the dollar
@@Matthew750-4 people back then and now still pay for the same amount of money. It's just that inflation makes everything looked like that it was 100x more expensive than back in the 80s.
@@Matthew750-4 ignoramous take.
I wasn't even born yet but it feels warm and nostalgic.
U were not born yet? Lmao btw this guy died few days after he filmed this and his friend posted it crazy right?
oh it was.
@@joshlovescotch ‘81 and it’s all like a dream now
@connextro for me its the different consciousness in the same mind
@@nisa-vn3er What happened to him?
This came into my feed again. See you all next year.
For all of you who think he is just some random guy he is the one and only Nelson Sullivan who hung out with Ru Paul and filmed many iconic moments of the club kid scene of the 80s
So is he also responsible for Desmond is amazing?
Thank you people need to know who this icon was !!!
@RcUniverseGuy Yes. Nelson was gay.
@RcUniverseGuy lmfao.....got me Rollin😂🤣😭
@Mike Bell why cause I'm laughing at some jackass's comment that was random as fuck?
Everything looks so peaceful and basic back then
Soccer Highlights I know, I was born in the wrong time
@@justcause266 god shut up
Nah, it's just they're in South Carolina.
It wasn’t
@@justcause266 Yea you definitely werent born in the right time. I hate this shitty generation too
Back in a day when "hello children" wasnt creepy. Lmao
Lmaoooo
Ik but know it sounds creepy af in this video
Thanks for liking guys
Sharpie Boi “ aren’t those children cute “
@@makaveli7360 ...
This channel is an incredible look into the past. RIP Nelson and Dick
This guy produced a better quality vlog than the average person can make today. Incredible
Yea no shyness
@@adiris8827 we had camcorders, smartphones werent available yet genius.
“Our whole meal is $7.22” damn nowadays that’s just a Big Mac alone..
But the wages back then are lower
@@Davethegoat19 true but there was an abundance of everything!
@@uziel900able you do got a point tho.
7.22 would be around 16 dollars today not bad!!
With those 2 meals and a milkshake it would easily be $25 today
This is when saying hi children wouldn't get you aressted
Mrminecrafthead 19 Read it as he said it, this day is getting weirder and weirder
😂
But it would get the child molested
@@hetchbeats Yeah because every man is a fucking pedo rapist
Every man deserves a death penalty.
35 years later this video is still a golden treasure 😊