Burt's Bees - The Fantastic Story

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  • Burt's Bees is a big player in the lip balm and cosmetics industry. The story of the company's founders and how it all started is unlike any other. This video follows the rise of the company while featuring some unique transfers of ownership.
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  • @charlirogers6235
    @charlirogers6235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1833

    There's a whole documentary. She tricked him into signing that contract. They weren't together when he started dating a younger woman. He didn't want the company to be part of a huge corporation. She flat out lied to get him to sign away his part. She got rich, he was left broken hearted and betrayed. But she never got over what she did. Her adult son admitted it haunted her and she was guilty. Hense the 4 million. Also, he gave her the bigger share because she had a son, he had no kids. He was a true gentleman.

    • @wwjd3191
      @wwjd3191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      That's true. I watched the documentary somewhere. The guy is salt of the earth.

    • @WordUnheard
      @WordUnheard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@Craigx71
      You don't know what the "hearted" in broken hearted means? Are you really that simple?

    • @NoamTheGOAT50
      @NoamTheGOAT50 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@wwjd3191 is this documentary on TH-cam? If so, can you please provide the link in the comments?
      Thank you!

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thanks for saying something. I don't buy burts bees for this very reason. Fucking bitch.

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@NoamTheGOAT50 it was on netflix a while ago.... not sure if now. It's sad!

  • @joeblow9657
    @joeblow9657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    I love how Clorox keeps its ownership of Burt's Bees on the DL

    • @nono-fb8tr
      @nono-fb8tr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      It's lowkey messed up that Burt's Bees is able to tout all of this all-natural stuff when the money you put into it will not go into something sustainable.

    • @TheGbelcher
      @TheGbelcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s probably good that consumers don’t know it’s owned by Clorox bc outside of curing corona bleach is toxic to humans.

    • @joeblow9657
      @joeblow9657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheGbelcher Wait Clorox cures Corona?

    • @kaelandin
      @kaelandin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@joeblow9657 Yeah just chug it.

    • @joeblow9657
      @joeblow9657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@kaelandin Hi President Trump. Lovely fucking day we're having

  • @agargoyle12345
    @agargoyle12345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    As a farmer, let me tell you: beekeepers are weird

    • @mince1035
      @mince1035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Respect them bro think of them pollinators god bless

    • @haileydiehl2780
      @haileydiehl2780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      As a beekeeper: yes we are

    • @haileydiehl2780
      @haileydiehl2780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No normal person wants to work with animals that are constantly stinging you

    • @Jun.Suzuki
      @Jun.Suzuki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a guy with a small farm i can agree

    • @justonemori
      @justonemori 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Some of the greatest men I have ever known keep bees.

  • @thefish53_68
    @thefish53_68 6 ปีที่แล้ว +905

    Wait, chapstick isn't just a general term?

    • @companyman114
      @companyman114  6 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      It's a general term AND a specific brand.

    • @wlil8889
      @wlil8889 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Like Kleenex

    • @kristendeleon3893
      @kristendeleon3893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Or germ x

    • @dee-pressedclothes2530
      @dee-pressedclothes2530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@kristendeleon3893 and saltines

    • @seraphiccandy21
      @seraphiccandy21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I am not from America and I have litrally never used the word Chapstick before

  • @TracksideViews
    @TracksideViews 6 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    Burt is an actual Bee

    • @markostermayer3614
      @markostermayer3614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      DrivingBackward did he like jazz?

    • @beatmoney4533
      @beatmoney4533 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is Ernie also a bee too?

    • @Christopher-N
      @Christopher-N 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe half-a-bee. The other half's name is Eric.

    • @Arcademan09
      @Arcademan09 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DrivingBackward n-nani?!

  • @FellowContentCreator
    @FellowContentCreator 6 ปีที่แล้ว +853

    "The Decline of..." series seems to be the most popular. Tbh I would love to see many more of those. Good research

    • @jerQCote
      @jerQCote 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Sub2DolanDark the decline of GameStop when?

    • @AllieRX
      @AllieRX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'd love to see him do a video on the failed AOL Time Warner merger.

    • @Niceice_
      @Niceice_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sub2DolanDark I totally agree

    • @miless.9429
      @miless.9429 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RedRageGamer earlier I went and exchanged a defective Xbox one x. Great costumer service and very knowledgeable and friendly employees, I love the sales too, just picked up Origins and Forza 7 for 30$ and 40$

    • @geico105
      @geico105 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I literally watched a 6 second Dolan Dark video right before seeing this comment.

  • @josephking4732
    @josephking4732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    $4million is a lot of money for anyone, especially someone with the lifestyle that Burt lived.

  • @jeaniechowdury576
    @jeaniechowdury576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Chapstick is like rubbing a candle on your lips.

    • @SkyeID
      @SkyeID 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I stopped using chapstick because sometimes it made my lips breakout. I think the main ingredient IS candle wax, which would explain the unfortunate lip acne that made my life miserable for weeks until it cleared up.

    • @ZiRR0
      @ZiRR0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's why I don't use it.

    • @SouthernBelleReviews
      @SouthernBelleReviews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wrong. Wrong. So wrong.

    • @DaDualityofMan
      @DaDualityofMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@SkyeID Wow, "lip acne"? I didn't know that was thing

    • @minnesotaproud1949
      @minnesotaproud1949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I personally can't stand the feeling of it. Burt's Bees is the only thing i can wear without it irritating the shit outta me.

  • @doctorpope_
    @doctorpope_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    I was a lifelong Chapstick user who made the switch to Burt’s Bees. I also saved 15% or more on car insurance.

    • @James-yi5bb
      @James-yi5bb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Chris Pope But did it take you 15 minutes though?

    • @olstar18
      @olstar18 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've tried using chap stick but it burns my skin. Any time I get any form of sunscreen on my face I end up looking like I got a sunburn even if I hadn't been in the sun and they always have spf 15 or so in chapstick. The only brands I can really use are burts bees and carmex. Carmex is better for chapped lips but burts bees I find better for windburn since it leaves that layer of bees wax behind.

    • @progress2913
      @progress2913 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chris Pope 😭😭😭

    • @stevenm1184
      @stevenm1184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that sounds like an ad on tv

    • @lovelyhumanbeing261
      @lovelyhumanbeing261 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Burt's Bees smells nice. Especially the hand salve (?)

  • @ninja011
    @ninja011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +724

    I knew the late Burt Shavitz, he was an odd lovable man. His lifestyle was not hippie though, he just was disillusioned with the modern world, if you wanted to put it in a political sense, he was like a Whig from over 150 years ago. His Semi-rustic way of living was his way of finding quiet so he could rest his easily frayed nerves. He was not quick to anger, but much of the hypocritical and polarized nature of the modern world would inrage him. He lived a simple semi-hermetic life in nature so he could just tune out the world and relax him self. You had to meet the man to understand. I'll close this comment with this, Happy trails Burt, you lovable son of a bitch, rest easy man.

    • @burrito1413
      @burrito1413 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cantankerous Malcontent what he fuuhhh

    • @jamesherr8149
      @jamesherr8149 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Cantankerous Malcontent
      Thank you
      The world truly needs more people like Burt especially today.
      Mike keeps things mild for the sake of his viewers
      But a man like that is a example to us all.
      And inspiration to some

    • @ninja011
      @ninja011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      Thank you, but I would not call him an inspiration, and he himself would have been annoyed at being called one. He just did things by the beat of his own drum and what made sense to him. He did regret the hurt his sleeping around caused, but he didn't regret the act of it for example. Which always rubbed me the wrong way, but that was Burt. It was not him being uncaring, it was just how he saw life and how he would choose to live it. He was likable, but to make a friend of him was always an uneasy thing. He cared, he just sometimes was to selfish for his own good. Still I owe him, and respected the man, and that is all he really wanted, to be respected. He did more good than harm, and even after him and Roxanne Quimby split after the mess, after the wounds healed, they managed to be comfortable friends, if all be it at times uneasy. She did care about him too. That's why she gave him the cut after the clorox sale. Burt was more often than not a good human being you could not but care about. As I said I owe him, he gave me a job when my old one went bust and was facing homelessness due to lack of income, and he saved me from a flare up of pancreatitis due to my poor health, by getting me to hospital. So yeah, sorry for rambling. Still I couldn't help but contribute with some anecdotes of the man.

    • @Scorchstar678
      @Scorchstar678 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Cantankerous Malcontent If this is all true. You should write an article about it all.

    • @lallygaber
      @lallygaber 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you for your contribution to an already great video

  • @LoveforMy4C
    @LoveforMy4C 5 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    "Burt's Bees makes more than just Chap Stick, I mean Lip balm." LOL It's funny how brands become what we end up calling things like Kleenex instead of tissue.

    • @margui6224
      @margui6224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True. Like Shick or Gillette instead of razor.

    • @lovelyhumanbeing261
      @lovelyhumanbeing261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kleenex, chapstick, band-aid, jello.. there are a lot of them.

    • @kristiannorge5568
      @kristiannorge5568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its called a generic trademark, and a lot of companies try to avoid it as to not loose the trademark all together

    • @shady4tv
      @shady4tv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It effective marketing - there are a ton of examples. Just Google it :)

    • @Wawagirl17
      @Wawagirl17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My mom and I always call all period pads "Kotex" just because that's what she used growing up, and what she told me they were called when I first started getting my period when I was 11 or 12. I don't even know if I've ever used Kotex brand. Nowadays we use "Always" and lately "Stay Free" during quarantine, yet will consistently say "Oh, put Kotex on the shopping list" or "Can I borrow a Kotex?" Not "a pad" not "an Always" - "a Kotex." No matter what.

  • @TheCamra17
    @TheCamra17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    Not a single person in this comment thread said NEWMAN'S OWN, I'm very disappointed. Lol his brand is an incredible story because he literally started the company on a dare. Seriously read the book, it's great.

    • @ericforest9186
      @ericforest9186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I think the challenge was to find a product that featured both a name and likeness of a person who was not famous outside of the product. There are a few examples but because Newman was a famous actor before Newman's Own he doesn't count.

    • @BananaPhoPhilly
      @BananaPhoPhilly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Paul Newman was a well-recognized actor. I thought about suggesting it but then realized he was definitely known besides his products

    • @roxcyn
      @roxcyn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wait, there is a book? 😯

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Orville Redenbacher would be a better choice.

    • @Velociter
      @Velociter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah but Newman was an established actor outside of the business

  • @myopinionsarefacts
    @myopinionsarefacts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2439

    I literally never knew that chapstick was a brandname

    • @JustcallmeGnarly22
      @JustcallmeGnarly22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      my opinions are facts so is Klennex

    • @Armendicus
      @Armendicus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      Jell-O is another brand that comes to mind. some brands are so well marketed that they become the face of a market.

    • @theSato
      @theSato 6 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      "Band-Aid" is the absolute #1 "I didn't know that was a brand-name" brand for most people.

    • @GokaiPlatinum
      @GokaiPlatinum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      It looks like that said "my opinions are facts and so is Kleenex"

    • @TheAtkey
      @TheAtkey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Jacuzzi and Xerox are other examples

  • @SamLemont
    @SamLemont 6 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Colonel Sanders was the owner/founder of KFC, and is the face of the company as well.

    • @companyman114
      @companyman114  6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Good one.

    • @KarloBatur
      @KarloBatur 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      exactly, first thing I thought of

    • @TheRealCaptainFreedom
      @TheRealCaptainFreedom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sam Grzelachowski But not in the name. Close but no cigar.

    • @SamLemont
      @SamLemont 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was a Kentucky Colonel, though, and that is a title bestowed upon you by the state of Kentucky.

    • @daneen2fabulous
      @daneen2fabulous 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Marie Callender? Famous Amos?

  • @devilsadvocate3474
    @devilsadvocate3474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    The word you're looking for is "eccentric". Poor people are "weird", rich people are "eccentric" :D

    • @SouthernBelleReviews
      @SouthernBelleReviews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Uhhhhh. All of us can be eccentric. Not just a group of people. You are so wrong.

    • @leonz4524
      @leonz4524 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SouthernBelleReviews yeah

    • @JoshuaRWorkman
      @JoshuaRWorkman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But Burt wasn't rich until Roxanne gave him that $4 million.

    • @sleazyyyy
      @sleazyyyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@SouthernBelleReviews missin da point

    • @niklass1641
      @niklass1641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SouthernBelleReviews Look! There goes the point! _woosh!_ Right over your head...

  • @blythetroke
    @blythetroke 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Y’all know someone got hecca chapped lips when they carry around a little jar of Vaseline.

  • @DeMarrJames
    @DeMarrJames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    I feel like this is 1 of the few TH-camrs that is a real person. Just loves to learn & share his interest. It's refreshing. Keep up the quality videos man!

  • @livium1297
    @livium1297 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Orville Redenbacher’s

    • @theSato
      @theSato 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Band-Aid. :D
      also Eevee is best

    • @companyman114
      @companyman114  6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's a good one. Didn't think of that.

    • @pogchamp4542
      @pogchamp4542 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wendys maybe

    • @iamspongebobdestroyerofevi5055
      @iamspongebobdestroyerofevi5055 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't think of that one, either, despite some of the brand being in my pantry.

    • @tomthebomb9474
      @tomthebomb9474 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

  • @morgantrueblum7233
    @morgantrueblum7233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Chef Boyardee, he was a real person with a really interesting history.

    • @B727X
      @B727X ปีที่แล้ว

      Italian ww2 general & dedicated member of the party

  • @KingBr33ch
    @KingBr33ch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Chapstick is so huge that I didn’t even know it was just a brand of lip balm til years laters😅😅😅

  • @kevinh.7994
    @kevinh.7994 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Little Debbie is a face of a brand but she's pretty much unknown.

    • @triviavesta6899
      @triviavesta6899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/i01NMa5yIwA/w-d-xo.html

    • @k1773ns
      @k1773ns 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is she even real?

    • @britishchick09
      @britishchick09 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      She's Debbie McKee-Fowler, the granddaughter of the guy who started the company.

  • @blubbernibble9111
    @blubbernibble9111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Where I live, I've never heard of Burt's Bees or any of the products. On the whole money situation, maybe it's because she felt guilty of leaving him with just a house and felt it was fair. Idk, It's an odd story to say the least.

    • @GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou
      @GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah, she was probably extremely pissed when the original deal took place, but by the time he asked for more money, it was a different era in her life. The $4 million would have been less than a quarter's interest at that time, and with that, it was possibly a way to keep him from going public with a stink and relieving any residual guilt.
      I am more fascinated with where the $4 million went in the time since. It's likely he made other terrible deals or never cared about much money at all. The amount he asked for might have even been significantly lower than $4 million as well. Had he wanted, he could have approached Clorox to hire him as a spokesman. His options were numerous to maintain a prosperous income.

    • @firefox5926
      @firefox5926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      maybe its that whatchamacallit it empathy stuff that the humans have ?

    • @Dinoskater8237
      @Dinoskater8237 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      MrLimeTree where do you live?

  • @ColdMermaidTrueCrime
    @ColdMermaidTrueCrime 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Aww Burt looked like a really kind and humble person :(:

  • @sarahbrinnsmith
    @sarahbrinnsmith 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I still remember when burt's bees products were only sold in VT ...time flies and so do companies

    • @chefdennisclay
      @chefdennisclay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Know what else flies? Bees.

  • @Slotten68
    @Slotten68 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Energizer batteries used to be owned by Ralston Purina (the pet food people), then they split in to Energizer Holdings and acquired a ton of brands like Schick, Hawaiian Tropic, and Playtex (feminine care products). A woman could literally go to a convenience store in the summer and grab automatic leg razors with batteries, sun tanning oil and tampons and never realize Energizer owned the entire purchase

    • @Corad4
      @Corad4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Slotten They also bought a couple of feminine product brands from JnJ a few years back when I worked for their customer service. It was Stauffer, Carefree and OB. Same thing happened with all KY products but they were sold to a different company.

  • @fortunatetalisman
    @fortunatetalisman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    She prob only gave some money because Burt of "Burt's Bees" dying broke and homeless (relatively) would hurt the Brand's image in the long run. She was prob the Brains of the whole operation and the reason for Burt's Bees success

  • @harleyhuskey
    @harleyhuskey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Burt's bees has this really nice cuticle cream. Its been helping keep my fingers/nails really nice. I like their products.

  • @michaelroy6046
    @michaelroy6046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He was really lucky to pick up the right hitchhiker. sounds like he just continued what he was doing before he picked her up

  • @huntmine2343
    @huntmine2343 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Um what about Wendy's and Wendy which is the daughter of the founder Dave Thomas???

    • @MariahRose1
      @MariahRose1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the daves double

    • @JoshuaRWorkman
      @JoshuaRWorkman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was Dave Thomas's idea. It's no mystery, when he founded it, he named it after her and the I guess mascot is based loosely on her.

    • @fivesix3868
      @fivesix3868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JoshuaRWorkman Disney, Ben & Jerry's, Michael's craft beer store

    • @Mojabi_ghost
      @Mojabi_ghost 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or gerber baby food

    • @KaitouKaiju
      @KaitouKaiju 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Her name isn't Wendy, it's Melinda.

  • @mvemjsunp8
    @mvemjsunp8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    I didn't even know Chapstick was a brand, I thought it was just a thing

    • @staceyleblanc234
      @staceyleblanc234 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mvem ta they could had called it something eles i guess by calling the brand chapstick witch is acculy called chapstick but i guess chapstick only stuck with them

    • @popcultureisdead818
      @popcultureisdead818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ya, just like Kleenex. LOL

    • @leilanidru7506
      @leilanidru7506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mvem it’s one of those companies names that just become the entire product, as if no other competitor was there. I didn’t know chapstick was an actual brand either I just thought chapstick was another name for lip balm. And google too. I’m aware everyone knows google is a company, but when u want someone to look something up, u say google it. Google has become synonymous with reserch or looking something up. And I’m sure there are other examples but I can’t think of any example atm.

    • @missmatti
      @missmatti 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      As non-american when I have heard chapstick I assumed it was a brand- but I have never ever seen that product in a store in my entire life or ever used it. It's so funny how names get created. In Sweden we have a brand called lypsyl and that is used very similar to what americans use chapstick (I think lypsyl is available in many other countries like the UK & Ireland for example but I haven't heard the same usage in those countries)

    • @missmatti
      @missmatti 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leilanidru7506 Or hoovering! Not sure how often people outside of the UK use that word tough. I am gonna go and hoover with my dyson now! ;)

  • @robinmoreau6668
    @robinmoreau6668 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I'm not sure she felt obligated.
    They had been close, in a relationship. Yes the relationship ended, but it doesn't sound like it ended messy. (I still communicate and share custody of my daughter with my ex husband. )
    Perhaps, when Burt asked her for $ she figured, she had it to give, they might still have been friends, and (with the whole hitch hiking story) he had once helped her out in a tight spot. So...why not?

    • @KlearChristal
      @KlearChristal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah, many people assume that Ex= you hold hatred for the person. That isn't always the case.

    • @yee5163
      @yee5163 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's still pretty cool of her that she did that

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Read the top of the comment section.
      Apparently there was a documentary on their life together.

  • @wolfen26
    @wolfen26 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Company Man, I honestly like hearing about business success stories and we don't really hear this topic that much. Please continue with this!

  • @EntropyExpirius
    @EntropyExpirius 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Honestly, giving Burt that money just avoids a potential PR problem, while not really affecting her standard of living at all. Not to mention the clean conscious aspect. It's really just a simple solution to keep the business deal from having an unnecessary layer of complexity added to it.

    • @timithy4569
      @timithy4569 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EntropyExpirius It’s a good thing Burt didn’t keep asking until he got half.

    • @saxopio6280
      @saxopio6280 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Did anyone ever think maybe he didn’t really want much more than a couple of million more? Given he remained in a chicken coop after receiving $4 million more from his ex and likely sold his share in the first place without much “do diligence” on his part to make he was getting a fair deal, seems he doesn’t place a lot of value in money.

    • @takaironman
      @takaironman 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      EntropyExpirius if

  • @Scholarly
    @Scholarly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Aunt Jemima sounds like burt’s bees as far as using their likeness for ~1 thing

    • @popcultureisdead818
      @popcultureisdead818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Aunt Jamimia and Uncle Ben were used to make white folks feel more at home with black folks serving them food. Look it up. Ben and Jamima were supposedly married and serving food to the same white family...yours. LOL

    • @BernieSanders-bn5dk
      @BernieSanders-bn5dk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@popcultureisdead818 That's nice

  • @sam44572
    @sam44572 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Burt’s bees cosmetics are the only ones that don’t leave my face red and burning plus I love bees ty

  • @in_haunt
    @in_haunt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had a Burt's Bees ad before the video 😂😂
    Toothpaste, specifically

  • @teamhex
    @teamhex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    4 million is a drop for 404 MIllion. It's a way of keeping him appeased. Don't want the face on your product angry at the company. I would have done it as well.

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She just wanted to make sure that she can always find her money. So she changed the amount of it to a safer one.

    • @mattbenz99
      @mattbenz99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Why would that matter? After she sold her stake in the company it wasn't her problem anymore. If Burt was angry, he would have needed to talk to Clorox. I think she just felt bad for him. Imagine if you start a business with a friend in business and you sell your stake right before you make it big. I mean this was literally the premise of Breaking Bad.

    • @mattbenz99
      @mattbenz99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sergio Navarro
      The show is about a science teacher who sells meth to pay for his cancer treatment and help his family. Part of the backstory of the protagonist is that he helped start a multibillion dollar business in college, but sold his share before they made it big. His rich college friends were side characters in the show.

    • @kaylew108
      @kaylew108 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      teamhex It was silence money..

    • @bcnicholas123
      @bcnicholas123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right. It’s not even 1%

  • @JeffreyGarcia151
    @JeffreyGarcia151 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'd probably say Wendy's, for somebody being affiliated with a brand so much but only being known from that. Of course, they did transform her into their spokesperson. I guess I'd also say Gerber, as in the Gerber baby? Not the same but, idk.

    • @iHeartHPandTwilight
      @iHeartHPandTwilight 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DirtCrak Wendy was a real person. She was the owners daughter if I remember correctly

    • @Oozywolf
      @Oozywolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Miss Me I thought Dave took in foster kids so she was a foster child IIRC (could be way off)

    • @Oozywolf
      @Oozywolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      If true, talk about favorites 😂😂

    • @PACKERMAN2077
      @PACKERMAN2077 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Miss Me she was hot too

  • @DSolymanH
    @DSolymanH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Being Alaskan, I feeI know why he lives in that chicken coop. Some people love feeling free. Slme people have all the money you could ever need but live simple. Alaska is full of them.

  • @jbrooks3823
    @jbrooks3823 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely amazing! Engaging presentation!

  • @michaelbergman1708
    @michaelbergman1708 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Another case where an actual person's face and name are universally recognized in conjunction with a company and they are not a celebrity would be Melinda Lou Morse who is the fourth daughter of Dave Thomas. Her nickname was Wendy.

  • @chocolate11pie
    @chocolate11pie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You should make a video about the 2007-2008 Writer's Guild strike, the history behind it and the effects it had on the TV season and the networks. I think a lot of people know its a thing but have no clue what it was about

  • @JenMsumbaProject
    @JenMsumbaProject 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Famous Amos cookies. Although he isn’t part of the company anymore

  • @whyamihereidk4912
    @whyamihereidk4912 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is my favorite channel now

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Trader Joe's, Tom's of Maine, Papa Joh's, Papa Murphy's, Mackie's of Scotland, Sarah Lee, Marie Calendar's, Snyder of Berlin, Mrs. Fields, Famous Amos, Duncan Hines, Ben & Jerry's, Orville Redenbacher, Nathan's Famous, Oscar Meyer's, Aunt Jemima, etc.

    • @popcultureisdead818
      @popcultureisdead818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Only a few of those used the name AND facial likeness of the person. I think, like Wendy's, both are used and that's what he was asking. But great list. There are quite a few in there that do use both.

    • @carolinefitzpatrick786
      @carolinefitzpatrick786 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      chuck taylor’s

    • @tomerickson8015
      @tomerickson8015 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Newman’s Own

    • @seeranos
      @seeranos 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And Bobs Red Mill!

  • @CasaiAgicap
    @CasaiAgicap 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    2:17
    I'm not gonna pretend to be an expert in either cosmetics or chemistry, but I can say that "Petrolatum" is most commonly known as Vaseline, which nobody has ever described as "sketchy."

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It is completely non-toxic, however it is water repellent, so its use in cosmetics that are supposed to be hydrating is slightly questionable. It produces the feeling of lubrication without actually increasing the moisture content of the skin and can under some circumstances accelerate its decay, particularly when combined with a water emulsion and an emulsifying agent. Finally, there are better alternatives such as lanolin.
      This consideration does not apply to using pure petrolatum, then you're just creating a barrier layer.

  • @Doomsdaygirl8186
    @Doomsdaygirl8186 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    As I am slathering Burts Bees Hand Salve all over my hands I thought I would watch a video on the company. Very fascinating story I love there stuff thank you for posting the video so we know more about the company.

  • @veganbear3673
    @veganbear3673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Newman’s Own” displays the likeness of him on the jar or packafe

  • @ihavetopoopbutiwantedtosay1683
    @ihavetopoopbutiwantedtosay1683 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I don't know but i think he asked her for much less than 4 mil. He didn't seem to have a need or want for money. She probably gave him 4 mil out of conscience.

  • @Julathegreat
    @Julathegreat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Chapstick is awful - Blistex is where it's at. Especially the generic, green, medicated Blistex. Hot damn my lips never feel better than after that. (Blistex is not a sponsor of this comment. Probably.)

  • @demirox890
    @demirox890 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found your channel and I love it

  • @parapsyche7411
    @parapsyche7411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    roXaNnEee
    RoXaNNee
    aLL sHe wAnnA dO is mAke cHapstICk

    • @valtemirov4584
      @valtemirov4584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ah yes The Police

    • @Andyjpro
      @Andyjpro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't have to put on a bad balm

    • @skatingclaybird
      @skatingclaybird 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I prefer UTFO
      Roxanne
      Roxanne
      Can’t u understand
      Roxanne
      Roxanne
      Bert wants to be your man
      Yo big burt I don’t think that ur dense, but you go about business with no experience

  • @theEJRD
    @theEJRD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'm thinking Chef Boyardi.

  • @DiegoMartinez-jv1tv
    @DiegoMartinez-jv1tv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    As for products named after their creators, three come to mind: Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Dr. Bronner's soap, and The Original Soup Man soups.

    • @popcultureisdead818
      @popcultureisdead818 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      B&J's yes, but the others don't use their own likeness to sell the product.

  • @christinewatson1989
    @christinewatson1989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Carmex: "what am I, a joke to you?"

  • @missmatti
    @missmatti 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing story indeed! The advertising whilst watching this video is so on point btw. Well played youtube! First advert is one I have watched before and I really love with... Burt's Bees.. then after you talking about Burt being on the packaging and comparing to almost being like a celebrity on Perfume etc.. Cara Delevingne in a Burberry perfume advert. Then.. wealth simple!

  • @novindichar
    @novindichar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Company Man should definitely do a video on the history of Clorox. Like if you agree!

    • @dragoon1090
      @dragoon1090 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nicholas Bernards I'd watch that video.

    • @companyman114
      @companyman114  6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I agree.

    • @novindichar
      @novindichar 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      my lord hath spoken unto me

    • @jimborock2632
      @jimborock2632 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's my favorite drink!

    • @novindichar
      @novindichar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So crisp and refreshing!
      💖💖( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) mmm mmm good slurp it down the hatch sweetheart ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)💖💖

  • @alwaysoncue3503
    @alwaysoncue3503 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I personally wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I had $400 000 000 and didn't give any of that to Burt. Obligated or not it would just feel wrong not giving him any. It would be the 'Canadian' thing to do... imo

    • @saxopio6280
      @saxopio6280 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AlwaysOnCue it would be the right thing to do no matter what country you’re from.

    • @ryanandrews600
      @ryanandrews600 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      AlwaysOnCue fuck that bullshit Canadian thing.... there are shitty people in Canada.... you're not all super nice and law abiding. Get off your high horse

    • @saxopio6280
      @saxopio6280 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ryan Andrews How dare you!

    • @max9739
      @max9739 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      AlwaysOnCue id give him like 20 million

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Burt's Bees is bigger than Carmex?? Really.

    • @bigrobwazhere6268
      @bigrobwazhere6268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Not only is it bigger, but it's 100% better! Who knew you could have a superior product using natural ingredients. What a crazy concept!

    • @roxcyn
      @roxcyn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bigrobwazhere6268 - I prefer carmex, but I could give Burt's Bees lip balm another go.

    • @myspacepepe
      @myspacepepe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Carmex is disgusting. It melts on my lips and i hate the powdery taste it leaves in my mouth/lips.

    • @cychlone
      @cychlone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@myspacepepe Carmex made my lips dry as shit

    • @MariahRose1
      @MariahRose1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yall need to stop using carmex. carmex, even though i never went without using it, made my lips cracked and dry and anytime id put on a lip balm that wasn't carmex my lips would burn

  • @Rae_is_Bae
    @Rae_is_Bae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “He makes honey” I’ll believe it when I see it 🤣

  • @chargerman426
    @chargerman426 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Papa Johns is another company where a persons name and likeness popularity is exclusive to the brand that was created by it.

  • @BabeArixo
    @BabeArixo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I LOVE BUTTS BEES!! please do a video on a big cosmetics company. I love your videos so much!!

    • @yooy3694
      @yooy3694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "butts bees" lmao

    • @brickman409
      @brickman409 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Epic typo

    • @Christopher-N
      @Christopher-N 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Princess Izzy* likes Butts Bees and she can not lie
      ♫ You other brothers can't deny
      that when a bee walks in with an itty bitty waist
      and a round thing in your face... ♫

    • @BabeArixo
      @BabeArixo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      brickman409 haha I think I may just leave it. It's funny. Hopefully it makes someone laugh/smile.

  • @sophiecupcake6391
    @sophiecupcake6391 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    sounds like love. At the core of it all, it sounds like the love was always there.

  • @thesea7337
    @thesea7337 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That ad cut when he was in the middle of saying teaser was intense!

  • @myopinionsarefacts
    @myopinionsarefacts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    You want to know the real reason to buy Burt stuff, they don't do that thing where you put it on your skin and start screaming. If you have sensitive skin and are socially required to wear face goo, that's wear you go

    • @Number1hunterhayesfa
      @Number1hunterhayesfa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why are you "socially required" to wear face goo. If you don't like make up, don't wear it. Pretty fucking simple.

    • @myopinionsarefacts
      @myopinionsarefacts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tara Wink both my mom and my dad do interviews and they both say that if a chick doesn't wear makeup they assume they suck. You don't have to wear it all the time, and I don't, but it's a part of dressing up if you're a women

    • @tyrroo
      @tyrroo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "are socially required to wear face goo"
      No, honey, you are NOT "required" to wear face goo. You can choose to be your own woman instead of following the masses: wear comfy shoes instead of heels, wear minimal or zero makeup instead of plastering it on like a Kardashian/drag queen, keep your hair short or braided or pulled back in a ponytail... whatever you want, you can choose it.
      [Unless you're living in a third-world shithole where women have no rights. But if that's the case, you have far more important things to worry about than whether your makeup is all-natural.]

    • @Number1hunterhayesfa
      @Number1hunterhayesfa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      my opinions are facts That's not a "social requirement", it's your mom or dad passing off judgement and assuming because they (and potentially their co-workers) believe a certain way, that everyone assumes that way and thus bases their hiring grounds on something so shallow. You and your parents really need to step back and evaluate y'alls standards. I hope their hiring models, beauticians, or MUAs because let me tell you if their hiring someone in what I would assume to be an normal work enviorment. If you want to try to guess my skills as an accountant, teacher, or whatever based on how well I blended out my foundation and how even/ straight my winged eyeliner is you are just asking for issues... This is coming from someone who loves doing makeup. Don't be superficial and embrace yourself. Based on my knowledge employers are looking for presentable and professional looking applicants which can be achieved without it.

    • @myopinionsarefacts
      @myopinionsarefacts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tara Wink look, I don't normally wear makeup, but if it improves my chances of getting hired, ill put on some lipstick for an interview. I'm not saying this is the way it should be, if fact I think it shouldn't matter, but life isn't fair an it's scientifically a thing that wearing makeup gets you more pay,seem more trust worthy, and seem more professional. I don't know if that's technically socially required,but maybe socially suggested

  • @vjm3
    @vjm3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In relation to the four million she gave him, there's two ways we can look at it:
    1. The preventative way - An otherwise un-invested Roxanne saw the potential of both the business and her being becoming destroyed by negative press. So if Bert was denied a share of the money, then the entire company (which relies so much on its public image) would fall apart.
    2. The human way - Despite everything that happened between them (an affair and whatever else), Roxanne still loves Bert deeply, and even though he had an affair, she has since forgiven him for any misgivings and a sour past. So to her, she would had given him four million, or more if he asked, as both a sign of mutual understanding and allowing bygones be bygones. They are, probably, spiritual people (not religious necessarily, just a nice open ended and vague spiritual), and something like money is arbitrary when considering their rich history of memories and collaborative growth each other gave.
    I know, it sounds fantastical, for sure, but that's just my take on the whole thing.
    Wouldn't it be great if they did a movie about their story? Maybe a dramatic short documentary, like "Jiro Dreams of Sushi?" It's a regular hill billy Romeo and Juliette story if ever I heard one.

  • @lunayoshi
    @lunayoshi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Company Man: the only TH-camr I know who actually encourages people to post in the comments and insists he'll read them. That's pretty sweet

    • @companyman114
      @companyman114  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love hearing what people have to say about these topics lunayoshi. Luckily most of the comments on this channel are kind so it's a pleasant experience looking through them.

    • @lunayoshi
      @lunayoshi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aaaaand here's proof of how awesome you are. I'm glad people can be civil here and make it fun for you to read their comments.

  • @doomcloud3164
    @doomcloud3164 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your research. Continue the entertaining research.

  • @RomanBV
    @RomanBV 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Can you do the decline and failure of the American railroad companies in the 60s, 70s, and 80s? Especially Penn Central, BNSF, Baltimore & Ohio, and CSX.

    • @charliefoxtrot4154
      @charliefoxtrot4154 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Roman BV he should do CN rail. The poster child for how a railroad should operate

    • @RomanBV
      @RomanBV 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Charlie Foxtrot
      CN Rail is definitely worth a mention.

    • @billy2182
      @billy2182 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, please compare CN with the trainwreck (Yes, I went there) Amtrak. Thank you.

    • @michaelwatson113
      @michaelwatson113 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right, and how Canadian Pacific railway and Canadian National railway took over and became such major forces in the United States.

  • @CuriousConnman
    @CuriousConnman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love you voice, channel, and the opinions you put in the video. No other channel does that. But not in a bad way, but you nail. Thank you for existing.
    Sincerely,
    Connor

  • @moonsquadent4470
    @moonsquadent4470 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love Burts Bees and their company is sweet! I emailed them a rave of my favorite products that I love from them and they hand written me back! The letter was nice and very personable, they even gifted me a coupon for any product/s worth 10$! Was able to get a Burts Bees giftset for free because of the coupon

  • @user-mv2tg8hc8c
    @user-mv2tg8hc8c ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think it was good and fair of her to have given Burt the $4 mil. She still had a lot left for herself!!

  • @Twister-V1
    @Twister-V1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Burts bee's is the only thing I can use. Other ones hurts my lips

    • @Milky-gr7hz
      @Milky-gr7hz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Twister Burt’s bees hurts my lips ;-;

    • @WordUnheard
      @WordUnheard 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try using O'Keefe's Lip Repair, if you haven't already. It's the ONLY lip balm that has ever worked for me. Just don't buy the gel. It doesn't last nearly as long as the stick.

    • @SerabiiBot
      @SerabiiBot 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      MooGoo is relatively good, all natural like old reliable Burt's, and their regular "cowlick" lip balm has a nice "mandarin orange" taste. But I don't know how easy it is to get outside of Australia...

  • @FrancoisEdmondOfficial
    @FrancoisEdmondOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    0:45 Borrow Chapstick? Umm no

    • @amayotato
      @amayotato 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Francois Edmond If I ever have to borrow, I roll up the chap stick all the way so all of it is sticking out then scrape some off the edge with my finger and use it. But I still don't like doing it XD

    • @PACKERMAN2077
      @PACKERMAN2077 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      the idea is to ask the prettiest girl in the school if she has some then, rub it all over my face and smell it put it in my pocket and keep it in my pants and then say I forgot it or I lost it... then when I get out of class I put it on my pedestal Shrine I have hidden in my locker.
      😥😖😔

  • @theexplorer7139
    @theexplorer7139 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Whoa, this made me respect Burt despite his ups and downs. I may actually start buying Burt's bees than carmex.

  • @tonatiuhcortes9968
    @tonatiuhcortes9968 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    “But burts bees makes much more than just chaps- Oh..I mean lip balm” one of the best jokes I’ve heard !!! Thanks for making my night company man :)

  • @zekethefreak4
    @zekethefreak4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Haha papa John

  • @BinkiklouGaminglol
    @BinkiklouGaminglol 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    3:15 Mr.Clean wait he isn't real ??

    • @binkiklou9224
      @binkiklou9224 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      XD

    • @jusaofficial5225
      @jusaofficial5225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He is an actual meme

    • @bocaldeaustudio5433
      @bocaldeaustudio5433 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is funny, im lauging

    • @Bjorick
      @Bjorick 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      is the bounty man real?

    • @Slotten68
      @Slotten68 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bjorick I think you mean Brawny and yes he is real. Guy got a raw deal on his paper towels and now he sells Christmas trees out of my local Wal Mart's parking lot.

  • @spencershortwave3958
    @spencershortwave3958 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video!

  • @roxcyn
    @roxcyn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Little Debbie of Little Debbie's.
    Pamper's / Huggies baby of their baby products.

  • @laquishboniqua6221
    @laquishboniqua6221 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Jack Daniels

  • @maiqtheliar789
    @maiqtheliar789 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Sara Lee and Betty Crocker. Are pretty much only known for their baked goods.

    • @maiqtheliar789
      @maiqtheliar789 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I always though Betty Crocker was real. Everyone I know thinks she is real. So if she is fake that means that was one hell of an ad campaign. Looked it up when you said it and you are right though.

    • @febha_mathew
      @febha_mathew 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was Martha Stewert a celeb before her baking stuff?

    • @cloudytug
      @cloudytug 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chef boyardi

  • @passport3763
    @passport3763 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Burts Bees and Lindt truffels remind me so much of borders.
    Edit: that background music is amazing, anyone know the name?

  • @infinitebutter7948
    @infinitebutter7948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait, I thought "chap stick" was the catch all name for that type of product, not a single company

  • @nonamedhuman5356
    @nonamedhuman5356 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    what about Wendy's

    • @shsdh2318
      @shsdh2318 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      no named human Wendy’s isn’t a real person

    • @nonamedhuman5356
      @nonamedhuman5356 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shs Dh yes she is

    • @SamLemont
      @SamLemont 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She was Wendy's founders daughter/grand-daughter.

    • @LWolf12
      @LWolf12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dave Thomas is the founder of Wendy's not Wendy's herself.

    • @TheRealCaptainFreedom
      @TheRealCaptainFreedom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no named human But Dave Thomas was the founder and public face of the company.

  • @johneli495
    @johneli495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Burt seems like he was intended to live in a better world, like some other planet

  • @wdsbhb
    @wdsbhb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wendy’s. When’s the last time anyone heard from the actual Wendy?

  • @7Songsevensong
    @7Songsevensong 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    About 20 years ago or so a 'Burt's Bees' store opened in Ithaca, NY. One day I went in to see their products, it was empty except for me and the person behind the counter who was (wait for it...) Burt. We started talking as we had some similar interests. He said he was working there as it was difficult to find reliable sales help. We chatted a while and I think I came back another to talk some more, but soon after, it closed. I don't know if there were other 'Burt's Bees' stores, as it was the only one I had seen. He was friendly and frank and I would definitely feel comfortable calling him a hippie farmer.

  • @thomas-hi9kk
    @thomas-hi9kk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    She gave him 4Mill to even her wealth to 400Mill XD

  • @goopber
    @goopber 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Do The Decline of Circuit City : What Happened?

    • @goopber
      @goopber 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Logan B No thats Bright Sun Films. Not company man

  • @nannerz1994
    @nannerz1994 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was great. You should do a series on companies that we call by a brand name like Kleenex or Band Aid or chapstick!

  • @GainingDespair
    @GainingDespair 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've always called everything lip balm related as chapstick as well regardless of the brand lol was under the impression lip balm was a more feminine line meant for women. I tried Burt's Bees wax several years back and I regret ever doing it (not because it was bad) it wasn't but since than I've been using lip balm non stop. I've moved to carmex tho and I really like this brand. It seems to absorb into my lips and hydrate (or better yet stop moisture from leaving my lips) every other brand just seems to sit on my lips and just feels weird. Carmex feels more natural to me but I have several brands I use some seem to work better than others.

  • @dahhunta7969
    @dahhunta7969 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wendy from wendy's. Debby on the little Debby packages

    • @PeterGriffin11
      @PeterGriffin11 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think Wendy's or Little Debbie would count sense they don't own their own their respective company I think.

  • @Karnegis
    @Karnegis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Natural products are not necessarily safer than man made chemistries. Cyanide is natural and it is an organic molecule. Asbestos is also a natural compound. Do not fall into the fallacy that natural is better as many natural compounds are toxic and/or carcinogenic.

    • @zachcollins6883
      @zachcollins6883 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I once made a pretty similar argument to my dad once and he looked at me like I was stupid or something lol

    • @stevie8271
      @stevie8271 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      dude i'm about to eat 20000 of these *ALL NATURAL* castor beans for their _all natural _*_ricin_*

    • @stevenm1184
      @stevenm1184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      natural products
      hmmmm
      poison ivy

    • @stevenm1184
      @stevenm1184 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      PAKTRA PRODUCTIONS its very natural
      animals probably did it or accidentally did it

    • @stevie8271
      @stevie8271 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      duuuude i'm inhaling 3 metric tons of *a l l n a t u r a l* chlorine gas to detox my systdfjgdflgjkmkhkl;,l,l,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • @delandamorris9027
    @delandamorris9027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    that was very nice of her and they came from a time and place where they realized that 4 million is much more than any single human being would ever need and 400 million is even more. Roxanne is not missing that 4 million

  • @blakematthews6374
    @blakematthews6374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My old HR professor in college was like a vp of HR at Burt’s bees lol

  • @eddietruett
    @eddietruett 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Famous Amos is an example of a name and face on product. He lost the rights to himself, you should do a video on it.

  • @Justin-Hill-1987
    @Justin-Hill-1987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Burt got "stung" by that Clorox deal.

    • @guyfawkes9951
      @guyfawkes9951 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hive never heard a worse joke.

  • @vivilehman9722
    @vivilehman9722 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Burt is such an inspiring person. His life started out completed differently, and he was already a photographer- but Burt proved that it's never too late to tend bees and pick up and fall in love with a hitchhiker and live in a chicken coop! He knew what he wanted, and he made it happen! (His affair is also evidence of this.)

  • @solen1849
    @solen1849 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greay video, been very curious. As far as the business deal, more people could learn from him. MONEY ISNT EVERYTHING.