Incredible These Things Used to Be Illegal in America - Legal Eagle Reaction

With how often I hear my coworkers complain about government rules it always frustrates me that none of them can name their City Council member, State Senator/Assemblyman or any of the local officials whose actions most directly affect their lives.

Any man or woman handling a salmon suspiciously can and will be arrested - The British, as of today

I'm German and work as a Historian in Munich, Germany for the "Institut für Zeitgeschichte" and since we are constantly visited and contacted by Historians from around the World on anything German History related i also naturally talk and meet a ton of American Historians. So last Week we had an American Historian over who told me after a few Beers after Work that there is a Law in California, USA that specifically mentions how you're not allowed to and i quote from my Memory: "Attach a Propeller to an Animal/Pet to use it was Playtoy for another Animal/Pet." which didn't leave my Mind since that Evening with that American Colleague. So i searched it up and it is in Fact real and i still wonder what exactly happened that made the State of California add this to their Laws Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

He's saying in South Carolina they think a pinball machine is more of a threat to minors than people walking around openly brandishing firearms. That's a pretty valid bit of ridiculousness to point out.

That women could not have a bank account without their husband’s consent until /1974/ is a fact that blew my mind recently. We sometimes forget how recent some of these changes are.

3:30 That guy was sounding like he protesteth too much. Sweating and breathing heavily as he described the "sinful movement" and "curves of the body". Easy, big fella. Not in church, pal.

I'm noticing a common thread of "things young people liked doing". And doing instead of the things THEY approve of. Anything that gets the hamsters off their wheels will always be decried as evil.

I can’t wait for Footloose 2: Pound Town, where the movie ends with the dancing ban and town itself legally ceasing to exist

The difference between a stage magician and a fortune teller is the fact that magicians will tell you it’s a trick, they are up front deceiving you.

Some fun trivia bits concerning the changes in morality, particularly on television: 1) The Flintstones were the first couple shown in bed together. 2) Star Trek aired the first interracial couple kissing. Unsure if such a thing would be allowed, they shot the scene twice; once showing the couple kissing directly and again from behind the black actress where William Shatner would lean in, but not actually kiss the actress. Shatner made a number of nonsensical, distracting faces in the second take to ensure that the first was aired. 3) M*A*S*H was the first television show to say the word "virgin" on air. The term was banned from being used in any way sexual, so they had a scene where the soldiers were talking about their home life. One character then shared that he was from the Virgin Isle.

Forgot to say this on the previous video, but i do like this "talking before the video" bit you do, its nice to have some sort of information going into this availible for people who have 0 clue of what is about to be discussed

It used to be legal to mail your children back in the day. I went to a college in New Concord Ohio Muskingum University that was once called the town that sin forgot because dancing, drinking, and smoking were banned and could get you expelled from Muskingum College. Also the town was dry until 2011

There was a movie "Pinball: The man who saved the game" that came out in the last couple years. It is pretty cool and it tries to show pinball was a skill in the trial.

Whoever came up with the line at 11:07 "the vicissitudes of the cha-cha," I salute you!

The question of "Games of skill" Vs "Games of chance" is not solely a US issue. Many countries have battled with that, I know because I have done research on how other countries deal with this as part of work I have done here in the UK. The difficulty these days is that most machines are "electronic" rather than mechanical, making it difficult to find how unless there are "owner/management controls" on how the machine operated- I'm trying/failing here in not making that explanation dull and dry. Let's say that it is probably too easy for manufacturers to rig games against the player, in a way that is not easy to see from the PoV of the end user. Such that we had to seize machines to identify how this worked- because I had enough background evidence to convince the management that this was happening.

Fun fact ‘bout ‘murica! In some parts of the USA, I.e.: the American south, you cannot buy alcohol on certain days, or just can’t buy it in certain areas due to not being sold in those areas. You got —Dry counties, no alcohol on sale anywhere —Moist counties, can’t buy booze on Sundays and certain holidays —Wet counties, where you can buy booze anyday

Yeah, it blew my mind as I hit adolescence how deadly serious religion was taken in some places and by some people. I'm not pointing out any one, they all have their factions who take it too far. Because growing up I LIKED going to church. The minister was and still is a close family friend, they're part of our family in all but name. My grandparents were there, I got to play with my cousins. My aunt ran the child care room, so for half the morning we all got to play in there. And then we had cookies and punch at the end and went home. I just couldn't imagine as a kid that this kind of thing could be used for malevolent purposes.

I wouldn't say that the Mormon Church doesn't condone polygamy, it's illegal federally so they say it's illegal however the Mormon Church has supported polygamists repeatedly throughout the last century

LaGuardia is WAY better now after they did all those renovations. The Delta terminal especially is super nice now, and its infinitely easier getting in and out of the airport itself!

Legal Eagle is one of my favorite channels. Not much regarding history, so not much to mine here for historical content, but well worth looking at for contemporary issues.