@@espio7102absolutely, I'm old enough to remember white tyres AND white tennis balls... John Boyd Dunlop s grave is in Dreghorn Cemetery. I used to look out my ex husband's room window and see his headstone /plaque in the walk of the cemetery....Dunlop tyres
carbon black has the benefit of significantly increasing the life of rubber/sytheic polymer products as the pigment is able to absorb UV radiation before it has the chance to breakdown the polymer bonds which is why its used in so many things, not to mention how cheap and relatively non toxic it is.
Never used to realise the connection between the tyre company and the restuarant award. Just like when I was small I never realised guiness world records was actually ran by guiness the beer
My office space at work randomly has an art book dedicated to the 100 years history of the Michelin man from 1898-1998 (I do not work at or with Michelin or cars) that I just flipped through-great timing?
When I was a little kid, our elderly neighbor across the road had a 6-foot-tall Bib statue. It was some kind of promotional item intended to stand outside of an auto repair shop where I suppose it would wave merrily to passers--by . It was much creepier staring out at us kids from the back of a darkened garage.
I did know, but only bc there's been reports of a supposed cryptid resembling him over the years. Legitimacy of the sightings aside, the stories are still interesting.
The Michelin man is a mascot became a symbol of a French tire company and was popular, but it was made of tires. But the Michelin guide was began before WW2 in France, which surveys on hotels, later restaurants and their menus and it was widespread in selected countries known for their best accomodations, food and wines by giving a Michelin star, even restaurant chefs.
Yup, the company decided to create travel guides in order to sell more tires. One star meant this place was good if you're in the area. Two was it's worth going out of your way. Three stars is this place is worth making a trip for.
@@Groovebot3k The panalysts, I’ve missed it so much! I’ve been rewatching the old episodes, but now I remember most of the prompts so I’ll have to wait a bit and forget ’em again
I know it isn't connected at all.. but you saying that bib is latin for drink is entertaining to me.. Because I worked at a convenience store for years and the boxes of syrup we connect to the fountain machines are bag in a boxes.... or as we call them bibs. 😅
Love your channel, the way you tell the story and teach such wonderful history... it's so amazing learning about how our ancestors not only ate but why they ate what they did and how our eating habits evolved. From the simplest cooking to preserving our food as well as the monetary value of our foods and spices.
He was actually made of motorcycle tires, but tires were white and skinny back in the early 20th century. That's why he looks like that. It's WAY more accurate than the latest version.
The history of Michelin is so cool! They have a museum in Clermont-Ferrand France that I loved - I even bought a replica of that poster. It’s even more interesting when you consider that bibendum is so round in it because it was associated with good health and wealth at the time.
I remember as a kid in the 90’s I went to a parade and he was on the back of a pickup truck. I remember thinking it was someone in a full body cast and was terrified of it for years
I ate at a Michelin restaurant in Thailand. They literally has a line down the street. They only served one thing there. Khao Soi known as the worlds greatest soup. It was very good but so was the Khao soi I ate everywhere else including the one served at my local Thai fusion restaurant.
That old ad looks like a combination of eldritch horror and political cartoons.
It goes hard. It'd make a sick album cover.
So true
@@boinkmcbingo8890Haha yes -sickos
Really isn't that bad
Look into "the bibendum entity", Shrouded Hand has a video on it. Very weird. You're not wrong about bibendum being an eldritch horror.
And he’s white because he’s made of tires. When he was created carbon black hadn’t been invented yet, and natural rubber is white.
Oooh that makes sense. Guess explains why he looks more like a mummy here too, the tires would've been thinner than they are today.
Whites walls?
@@esq73nah rubber from the tree is naturally white, apparently carbon black rubber hadn’t been been invented yet when he was drawn
@@espio7102absolutely, I'm old enough to remember white tyres AND white tennis balls...
John Boyd Dunlop s grave is in Dreghorn Cemetery. I used to look out my ex husband's room window and see his headstone /plaque in the walk of the cemetery....Dunlop tyres
carbon black has the benefit of significantly increasing the life of rubber/sytheic polymer products as the pigment is able to absorb UV radiation before it has the chance to breakdown the polymer bonds which is why its used in so many things, not to mention how cheap and relatively non toxic it is.
Old bibendum ads seem like illustrations from a strange fairy tail and I love them
Nothing has topped Charles Entertainment Cheese so far.
It’s Charleston Entertainment Cheese III. The first brother died in the war, you put some respect on his name.
I was hoping the reply was gonna be this joke
@@ripvanwinkle5199
The tragedy shall never be forgotten.
@@ripvanwinkle5199what happened to Charleston Entertainment Cheese II?
@@Green24152 died soon after his brother. The gas blinded him, the artillery killed him. Left behind a newlywed wife
What a creative and slightly disturbing ad! I had no idea the Michelin Man started out looking like that, or that he had a name. So interesting! 😊
Never used to realise the connection between the tyre company and the restuarant award. Just like when I was small I never realised guiness world records was actually ran by guiness the beer
Lol I didn’t realize that neither until moments ago
i didn’t realize the beer one until this very decond
@@blucheavy3282 Seconded
Learn something new everyday.
WHAT?! Amazing!
"now it is time to drink!"
**falls flat at the 2005 USA Grand Prix**
Sips a fresh Indianapolis asphalt, "hooo that stuff's got some kick"
Ol Bib can't keep down his 9 degrees of banking
It became a noun in french. Like when you have a padded jacket, you look like a bibendum
I'm a little bit on the chubby side and I look like Bibendum even without a jacket!
This is so funny because I've heard Amerucans in puffer jackets say they look like the Michelin Man.
The Pillsbury Doughboy does too. Pop 'n Fresh 😀
Think the doughboy, michelin man and stay puft should all sit around a table and drink
I knew he was called Bibendum, but I didn't realize that's where "Bib Gourmand" came from
My office space at work randomly has an art book dedicated to the 100 years history of the Michelin man from 1898-1998 (I do not work at or with Michelin or cars) that I just flipped through-great timing?
When I was a little kid, our elderly neighbor across the road had a 6-foot-tall Bib statue. It was some kind of promotional item intended to stand outside of an auto repair shop where I suppose it would wave merrily to passers--by .
It was much creepier staring out at us kids from the back of a darkened garage.
Edamus, bibamus, gaudeamus. Post mortem nulla voluptas.
There is eternal life in Jesus Christ and his Holy Catholic Church
@@selenoyl8740 no. you're embarrassing yourself.
@@gordonlekfors2708 ask yourself why you think that the good news is bad? who told you to think that way? good luck buddy.
Oh wait, so *that’s* where that fancy restaurant in Boston that closed recently got its name!
@@Beth_Alice_Kaplan I have no idea. Never been to Boston. But how on Earth did you bold that "THAT"?
It’s funny because of Michelin, every baloony kind of guy is called a Bibendum
So true ! In the french version of Ghostbusters, the marshmallow man is actually called "le bibendum marshmallow" bc of that
I love the eldritch rubber being who drinks nails and broken glass
This is the kind of trivia I live for. Gratias tibi, Tasting History!
That ad goes hard as fuck.
Yooo that award is dope! Broke man's Michelin star and I'm all for it
Those peacock blue walls are chef's kiss 🤌🏼 I know that!
Tire man rocking a pince-nez without benefit of nez.
I did know, but only bc there's been reports of a supposed cryptid resembling him over the years. Legitimacy of the sightings aside, the stories are still interesting.
The Michelin man is a mascot became a symbol of a French tire company and was popular, but it was made of tires. But the Michelin guide was began before WW2 in France, which surveys on hotels, later restaurants and their menus and it was widespread in selected countries known for their best accomodations, food and wines by giving a Michelin star, even restaurant chefs.
Their marketing team gave him one hell of a glow-up!
That's Jabba the Hutt!
Thank god for Max Miller or I'd have never known every detail of this trivia
That ad is hard af
Wigga, please.
Fascinating. Great for creating trivia questions.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this
He looks like a mummy I’m glad they changed the way he looks much better
Was not aware Michelin stars were affiliated with Michelin tires lol
Yup, the company decided to create travel guides in order to sell more tires. One star meant this place was good if you're in the area. Two was it's worth going out of your way. Three stars is this place is worth making a trip for.
Thanks to one Ian Horner, I can never forget the name.
Aah, a fellow LRRite!
@@Groovebot3k Hail, fellow LRRite! How goes it?
@@robinregenberg8222 I am pleased with the return of Qwerpline, but I still eagerly await the return of The Panalysts.
@@Groovebot3k The panalysts, I’ve missed it so much! I’ve been rewatching the old episodes, but now I remember most of the prompts so I’ll have to wait a bit and forget ’em again
I love your factoids!!!
That's the hardest ad I've ever seen
Thank God bib became cuter later right max? Bib fits him so much better now! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Would've been funny if they kept the pince-nez glasses and cigar though
I need that poster in my room
I'm not that big into cars anymore, but it sure looks awesome
@@hatred9427 oh I couldn’t care less about cars I just think it’s incredibly silly
I cant be the only one where the irony isnt lost on me about an automobile product mascot having origins about drinking 💀💀
I had always wondered. Thank you! I very much enjoy your show.
In French the name is also used for the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Bibendum Chamallow been his name in French.
I know it isn't connected at all.. but you saying that bib is latin for drink is entertaining to me..
Because I worked at a convenience store for years and the boxes of syrup we connect to the fountain machines are bag in a boxes.... or as we call them bibs. 😅
I loved this longer episode you did on this. Very cool
Get this man his keys!
When someone drinks a glass of nails and broken glass in Project Mayhem, they get a name.
Didn't until your video. Such a crazy choice of name.
In France, we still use that name for him!
I was aware, but I grew up in tire and mechanic shops.
12:13 i love the way your mind works
I knew the name, but not the old ad . Their guide was quite useful when on holiday in Clermont, because they know the area so well .
That's an interresting part of food amd car history
i know, i'm employed by michelin as it happens
Yes! Bibendum!
It was a trivial pursuit question!
Love your channel, the way you tell the story and teach such wonderful history... it's so amazing learning about how our ancestors not only ate but why they ate what they did and how our eating habits evolved. From the simplest cooking to preserving our food as well as the monetary value of our foods and spices.
I'm actually going for my Erasmus next year to Clermont Ferrand, the city where the Michelin tires come from
a glass full of more glass? That would be like drinking beer from a container somehow made of beer.
As a former automotive technician(fancy talk for "mechanic") I can safely say that Michelin makes the BEST tire.
This is fucking terrifying thank you
Crunchy glass
This is great, thanks so much
That looks like a creepy pasta monster 😅
Racing Fans know Bib, especially endurance racing fans.
His name is Robert Palmer. His name is Robert Palmer.
That ad goes kinda hard
We need a creepypasta on Bibby. What an origin!
Good food for a seasonable price...nowadays tires went from white to black and that quote from great to sarcastic.
I dont drive, but now THE ELDRITCH HORROR COMMANDS ME TO DRINK AND DRIVE
Honestly, I think he looks a bit less creepy there.
I knew that. But I also grew up 5 minutes from a Michelin plant.
on the translation of his name, it's more correct to say Should Drink (literally "should be drunk")
He was actually made of motorcycle tires, but tires were white and skinny back in the early 20th century. That's why he looks like that. It's WAY more accurate than the latest version.
😂 reasonable price
I actually did not know that 😂 very neat 🐹.!
Also "a votre santé" is one of the ways to say "cheers" in French
So Bib Gourmand is basically the French Tony the Tiger Seal of Approval
that's actually a very inspired marketing poster
bibendum sounds metal af
The deflated tires on the side resemble Hutts
The old Michelin man looks a bit SCP like
Great videos
The history of Michelin is so cool! They have a museum in Clermont-Ferrand France that I loved - I even bought a replica of that poster. It’s even more interesting when you consider that bibendum is so round in it because it was associated with good health and wealth at the time.
i'd hoped it was michel 😂
That is...that is terrifying and im gonna find it difficult to sleep.
I remember as a kid in the 90’s I went to a parade and he was on the back of a pickup truck. I remember thinking it was someone in a full body cast and was terrified of it for years
He is also built like my Latin teacher
I thought it refers to resistance vs aquaplaning.
Apparently it meant more like "run flat tyres."
😂 Bender from Futurama 😅
That's interesting. I love that ad. It is creepy but awesome at the same time.😊
That is metal AF. Or should I say rubber
I always thought his name was Michelin and it was like French for Michael or something😅
I ate at a Michelin restaurant in Thailand. They literally has a line down the street. They only served one thing there. Khao Soi known as the worlds greatest soup. It was very good but so was the Khao soi I ate everywhere else including the one served at my local Thai fusion restaurant.
Bibendum is a great restaurant in London too. Many a drunken luncheon there.
Bibendium! My dad taught me that years ago. We were a gearhead family 😜
Awesome
Man this guy is hot lol
The Michelin man still looks creepy as hell
Reasonable price is no longer the standard
Ever been to Bibendum in Chelsea, London?
Reasonable price 😢
Wow! Never knew that
Honestly, I prefer the older Bib than the new one, something very steampunky about him that I jive with.
Super cool
The original Bender (but …tire robot version)??!!