0:42 bro really said "YOU CANNOT ESCAPE 1980"

Back then the ball was lowered manually with several guys using ropes and one guy checking their watch. So the ball drop prior to 1996 was always iffy on if they’d lower it in time or not. The first year when it was computerized which is when they rang in 1996, it wasn’t fully finished and they were about 2 seconds late. Ever since then tho, they’ve been on time.

Here are the well known failures on New Year's Times Square Ball drop 1946-47: The ball drop started hesitantly. 1949-50: A fuse blows. 1953-54: A windstorm caused the ball to push back up. 1954-55: The ball got tangled up and took a while to get untangled. 1955-56: Error in the electric lighting for the ball lights to turn off at 11:59:58 and caused the 1956 numerals to light up at 12:15 AM. 1977-78: 1978 numerals light up at 11:59:57 due to ball dropping way too fast when it was 10 seconds. 1979-80: Countdown is way too fast. 1980-81: (New Year's Rockin' Eve only) The clock shows 11:60 instead of 12:00. 1981-82: Ball did not lower until 11:59:10. 1983-84: The 1984 numerals light up half a second early. 1987-88: The 1988 numerals light up 5 seconds late. 1990-91: 1991 numerals light up 2 seconds early. 1995-96: A glitch occurred where the new computerized lowering caused a malfunction in the descent, displaying midnight two seconds later than real-time. 1997-98: Ball did not lower until 11:59:20. (Presumably done on purposed to avoid the ball being burned by flaming 1998 numerals due to New York City's Centennial Anniversary 1898-1998) 1998-99: Ball drop button is pressed late. 2002-03: Countdown screen turns off at 11:59:20. 2004-05: Countdown is too fast; 2005 numerals light up at correct time. Surround sound system malfunctions shortly after midnight, causing Auld Lang Syne to begin late. 2005-06: 2006 Numerals turn off seven seconds after midnight, then turn on again a few seconds later. Low wind and extremely humid conditions, in conjunction with many fireworks, generated a lot of smoke, blocking One Times Square, the first of currently five times this has happened; with the same happening in 2009-10, 2018-19, 2021-22 and 2022-23. 2006-07: Imagine was ended late; 2007 numerals light up early. 2007-08: 2008 numerals light up early. 2008-09: Countdown is one second early, which results in fireworks firing at 46, 31, and 16, and 2009 numerals lighting up one second late. This was due to the countdown starting at 59 rather than 60. 2009-10: Countdown glitches at 11:59:04. The weather conditions that night: light snowfall, no wind and very cold, in conjunction with lots of powerful fireworks, generated heavy smoke, which blocked the building for about a minute and a half. 2010-11: Ball drop button was pressed late, the Toshiba clock was a second early, and a loud horn was played which hurt people's ears, in a way the 2011 numerals were lit half a second before the arrival of 2011. 2011-12: In the TOSHIBA Animated Clock, the second hands never moved while the countdown was advancing and the ball dropping. Also one of the 2012 numerals was installed a little crooked, also the numerals lit up a half a second late. 2012-13: The The Toshiba's clock second hands did not move again for the second year in a row. 2013-14: At the stroke of midnight, the clock was late. 2014-15: During the countdown, no fireworks were launched. 2015-16: The clock was a second early. 2016-17: Fireworks on top-right never launched. 2018-19: Rainy and humid conditions caused the fireworks to generate a lot of smoke, causing the countdown and the 2019 numerals to be poorly visible at the stroke of midnight. 2019-20: The clock was a second early. 2021-22: The extremely humid environment (due to haze from early in the evening) and light wind, with a bunch of fireworks, generated an excessive accumulation of smoke, completely blocking visibility to the main building seconds after the arrival of 2022. 2022-23: Auld Lang Syne is played early. The humidity and rain caused the fireworks to generate a lot of smoke, and 1 and half minute after, the building was blocked by the smoke again, though not quite to the degree as the previous year. 2023-24: Ball drop button was pressed late, numerals glitched, causing the 2024 numerals to light up early. Ball did not reach bottom on time for '''1948-49''', '''1957-58''', '''1966-67''', '''1969-70 (with the side AC signs unlit)''', '''1982-83''', '''1984-85''', '''1986-87''' and '''1988-89'''.

4:53 That A Smoke On Countdown

0:43 the crowd back then was louder than now

0:47: Every now and again, there is a leap second which adds a second on to the year just gone

in 2014 14 numerals didn't lit up, and in 2022, ryan says we're at 11:59 when countdown hadn't started yet

0:49 2021 in a nutshell

AYO 11:60PM INSTEAD OF 12:00AM LOL

2:28 forgot 6 XD

2:38 ah yes the year I was born

0:56 hey apple wat get late lol

Notice for 2011 the bottom part of the clock had the top part of the pendulum, and the two parts were swinging off sync. That's why there was no second hand for 2012.

There were a couple of ball drop fails for 2024. First, the ball drop button was pressed too late, and second, the 2024 sign was lit up too early.

3:18 me too....

0:45 2021 be like:

3:20 - Congrations! We share a similarity! (I was born in 2009, too!)

3:33: 2010 is the year i was born!

2:31 the crowd was not counting the right numbers because they were not paying attention to the clock!

Good thing 2021 didn’t have any problems

You missed a fail(s) 1999: Discover countdown and ball drop is 2 seconds late 1970: Ball is not lowered in time 1975: Ball is not lowered in time 1988: -Countdown and the ball is 4 seconds late.- *_nvm about that it was a leap second_* Improvements: 1978: Times Square ball was 3 seconds early

I will download this video even though I am not a ball drop community member

Flashback in the early 2020’s

I think the 1980 Helbros Watches clock accident happened again the following year as it was faster for at least the last 14 counts (which equals 10 seconds)

2019 ball drop has the biggest fails

I commented on this video many times in 2021, and this is the final part for the Ball Drop Fails series.

3:38 2011, November 25, I was born

You forgot the fail that in 2011, they had problems with playing Auld Lang Syne, and in 2012, there was a moment the New York, New York song was played louder than the rest

The 1998 ball drop also had a fail. 1998's fail was the sign going on fire and that should've been it!

1:56 they did that on purpose

4:08 BORN!

I'm gonna steal all of these videos because you didn't create any of them. Obviously you can't copyright strike something which isn't yours. lmao

0:00 - Start 0:06 - 1958, Times square ball isn't lowered in time

0:33 i heard "if it is new year you will get half a million dollars"

No one know the save the children billboard 💀 1:32

The Countdown Screen was turned off at 40 seconds in 20 seconds when 2003 arrived in the USA seconds later.

A ball drop never fails

3:15 I think the sign was supposed to light up early since 2008 was a leap year

every year every new mistake i bet it will be perfect by 2050 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

2023 failed too. The time is not matched to smart devices. It was about a second delayed.

*4:07* That year I was born

2:15 if the crowd countdown was on sync like 2006, it could've been double failure

2:10 FORTYYYYYY!!!!

Bonus fail: 2020: corna ruines the year

2007 another fail: They changed the HAPPY NEW YEAR sign from target to the discover card 2006 sign

2:02 1997-1998 Ball Drop was the last time then the Ball didn't lowered it in time

7:38 WHAT DA HELLLLLLL

I was also born in 2009 :)

3:59 ah yes. 2014. the year i was born in JAN 1 2014 (woahhhh)

You forgot 2016 because New Year's rockin eve countdown was a second early

0:43 pov: 2020

was that the bite of '87?!!!!!!

Fact : In New Year 1980, That Isnt Of CBS Countdown Thats Was The Screen On Times Square

4:31 actually 2017’s fail was ment to be there

3:05 2008 was the year I was born!

Part 8: 1970: Ball Doesnt Reach The Bottom In Time

0:50 11:60 😂😂

3:19 whos is

I am a ball drop community member!

3:32 the year i was born!

Also 2009 had no fail because I saw that the ABC and NBC countdowns have the crowd counting down starting from 10. 3:17 should've not had a fail

The drop ball is apple with a green stick and a one leafy on top of it.

Now this, the 2024 new year, the song Imagine ended right at 11:59, they didnt press the small ball switch on time and the countdown began, oh, and they disrupted the usual songs after the NEW YORK NEW YORK song for a ridiculous advertisement

1:26 happy new year!

On another video of the 2010-11 ball drop, the Imagine by Taio Cruz ended late so they pressed the button late because they wanted to wait until the song was over.

I think 1988 should be added in this. When dick said, "leap in, we’re into '88!" he was just 4 seconds a bit to early. (or the crowd was 4 seconds late and the apple drop was late.) And the numerals also lit up late for 1 second.

The 1969 one had the ball all destroyed on the left side

1964: Ball was stuck for 6 seconds. 1970: One of the allied chemical signs were unlit, Ball not lowered in time 1971: Ball was lowered past midnight 1974: NBC tone early (you mentioned it) 1977: Ball went too fast for the last 3 seconds 1980: Same thing with 1977 (youve mentioned a fail this year) 1986: Same thing with 1984 1988: Ball drop was 4 seconds late 1991: Sign was lit 11:59:57.25 1993 and 1994: Ball stops at the dot instead of right behind a few kilometers down 1995: Ball tilts and ball didn't go down on time 1997: Sign lights up a second early due to a light popping up 2001: ABC sign can't be seen properly but in a few minutes they show it 2011: CNN countdown doesn't sync 2021: Countdown sounds get a bit lower in 45

3:17 I was born in that year too

I love 1958

You forgot: 1956: 1956 sign caused to lit up at 12:15am 1970: Ball did not lower in time 1988: 1988 sign light up 5 seconds late 1991: 1991 sign light up 2 seconds early 1999: 1999 sign lights flashes at 11:59:35 (i think) 2012: In Toshiba Clock, the second hands were never moved 2013: same as 2012 2016: The Clock is second early

4:32 im born january 4 2017

2 mistakes in 2007 2 mistakes in 2011 and 2 mistakes in 2015

now from the top make it ball drop

I say what matters is we all celebrate the new year together rather if that ball drops or not happiness still comes if we all just believe it! 😎

3:58 the year I was born

4:45 Why have fireworks if it was going to rain? LOOK AT THE RADAR

FINALLY! WPIX 1989 FOUND!!!!!

Do part 8!

the ball drops are always the same.

You still need one more! 2022!

0:49 what’s next, 11:70? Lol

THE 2024 new year The button also failed

3:18 I was born 2 years after you, 2011

2:38 The police?

0:49 Leap Second. Its not fake, its real, but in 1980, it was not an leap second. 11:60:00 = 11:59:60.

in the year 1981 why is the clock 11:60 😂🤣 0:43

I never noticed the malfunction when I did the new years when I was young!(2007-2020) but I did notice a fail on 2023 that the ball drop reached the numerals Early before the countdown had time to finish!

You forgot a anonther error in 1981 The crowd cheers 3 seconds before the sign lights up,so the ball is late.

How is it 11:60? That's not possible!

What happen with fireworks on top right 2017

You forget 2024 beacause the ball drop went on 12:00AM and drop in 12:01AM it supposed to drop at 11:59PM and drop in 12:00AM

3:42 Worlds men who don't pay attention

i was born in 2009 too

3:18 Oohhhh No Wonder Why Your Profile Picture Says 2009 Ball Drop

0:45 Happy new yea- wait.. 11:60???

Ball drop fails fail: Discovery Card Card (again?)

2014 has a failed by the numbers 20 (yellow) 14 (purple or whatever it called dark)

3:40 Fail Ball Drop !

What's with the threatening description?