"He's just drawn a picture of the Eiffel Tower and he's selling that" SEVEN YEARS AGO, and Chris had invented the NFT.

If you're reading this, you've probably been binge watching the Citation Needed. It's okay friend, I'm on the same journey as you.

"The last name is just a French word you might learn in school...something you might eat with chips." "Frites." Ah, yes, that famous English dish, chips and chips.

"Je Suis Andrew Swimming Pool" I spit halfway across my kitchen.

I imagine a worried and confused French waiter backing away from Gary who is asking to be served a swimming pool.

"Was it invisible ink? Quite the opposite. Was it visible ink?"

tom's exasperated "that's a swimming pool" killed me.

"How can a modern machine take any more than 6 hours to print something?!" 3D printing nerds be like

These shows are a goldmine for band names. Victor Lustig and the Gullible Scrappies, Cello Scrotum and the Fantastic Deviants, etc.

The French article has some very interesting information. For example, he apparently scammed Al Capone. He was imprisoned in Oklahoma, but managed to convinced the sherif to free him in exchange of a discount on his famous money printing machine. The sherif found him in Chicago, but Lustig explained to him that he didn't use the machine correctly, showed him how to use it, and then gave him $100 (of course, fake money) to pay for the travel.

When you said that Poisson's wife thought that the deal was suspicious, I'm surprised no-one said she thought it seemed fishy... unless that one was left on the cutting room floor. (with apologies to anyone with the name "Poisson" or any variant of)

Tom should have "quite the opposite" printed on his t-shirt.

I know it's more of a figure of speech, but i always have an internal giggle at the end of these episodes when Tom says "I've been Tom Scott", because my American brain likes to think that he's only Tom Scott on Citation Needed.

to be fair, piscine aside, i can imagine chris saying "je suis Andrew Fish" and it'd still be hilarious

I just realized that Matt won after Gary was like "Was he the bloke what sold the Eiffel Tower?"

I just realized Victor Lustig is the real-world basis of Moist van Lipwig from Discworld.

Everyone else when Gary says “ ‘ang on a minute, is this the…”

I was feeling (almost?) depressed for almost a month and binging Citation Needed episodes really helped me get through a lot of days. Today I am feeling less (or maybe even not?) depressed but it is nice to have a Citation Needed anyway; it is a friendly fun way to pass the time and feel less lonely. Thanks to all the people for making this; I don't know why I wrote this comment but here it is anyway.

So I’m noticing a distinct lack of observations concerning Gary’s momentary transformation into a squeaky toy at 13:14

They laugh about Andrew swimming pool but there is a guy my aunt works with who's name when translated out of German to Martin bicycle so I could understand swimming pool

@15:24 "I've been Tom Scot and... " He's no longer Tom Scot? who's he now? Oh, Victor Lustig.....

Lustig is a funny name.. quite literally

Only Citation Needed manages to make me laugh uncontrollably even after watching each episode multiple times! I love this show.

Andre Swimming Pool: It looks like Antonio Stella Bottom Tile has a cousin.

Call the police: "this guy sold me a money printing machine" Good luck with that

What were the chances that among your few French viewers there was one named "Jacques" ? FYI: in 2009, only a hundred children were named "Jacques" in France.

5:40 7 years later and i'm Still annoyed they didn't make a 'somethings fishy' joke

The "money printing machine" is a perfect example of the old maxim that "you can't con an Honest John".

As a french, hearing you all saying random french words to find the last name with your cute little accent was quite hilarious!! 😂

Burly French name: Jean Valjean

how has nobody made a film about this guy yet?

gary: Is this the bloke what sold the eiffel tower? ... tom: at the end of that, Matt you win this weeks show!

My favourite episode ever, just because of "Piscine!"

I’m on my second trip through citation needed during quarantine. Helps me relax for some reason

Chris: 5 Gary: 8 + Biscuits Matt: 7 Gary won!

"that's a swimming pool!" god i almost pissed myself laughing

Tom, Can you show us how u prep for Citation Needed. I would like to play with friends. I assume u just read the article and build questions to move the episode to.

Burly French name? "Gaston" :D

It's so nice that you have subtitles now. I've always wanted to watch citation needed but you all have so amazingly terrifying accents that it was impossible! Turns out it is quite fun, thank you for the translation.

I’ve seen this episode a dozen times and “piscin” gets me every time 😂

Back for the yearly binge watch and show it off to a new person to get them addicted.

Lustig is an alternate word in swedish for funny

The fact that the guy was too embarrassed to admit it for some reason reminded me of when I reported someone who scammed me on eBay to the police. Because I wasn't embarrassed about it. However, the policeman laughed and said "Weeell, why would you buy something on the internet?!". (This happened in 1999...)

Je voudrais une piscine et des frites, s'il vous plaît.

"How could anything take 6 hours to print‽" 3D printers, Gary, those take forever for medium to large prints.

I want to see a "Catch Me If You Can" style movie about this guy now directed by the Coen brothers

Random KZfaq suggestion and now Going to watch full series. See you later. (July 2021)

I think rewatch this series every 6 months

6:30 that is a *con*fession

The idea of someone having "professional git" on their death certificate just kills me.

i quite like that andre piscine has a doppleganger called bob swimming pool

Having seen this video many times (I listen to old TechDiff episodes often before sleep), but not recently, my mind randomly came with a realization today... The reason why Gary said "piscine" thinking it's fish, is *probably* related to the fact, that there is a constellation Pisces, which comes from latin word for fish. And that is the problem.... it's from Latin, not from French

Damn, does it have to end?

"$51k worth of counterfeit money." Well, why didn't he just sell the counterfeit money at it's actual cost? Seems like an easy way to get $51k to me...

Wow, Matt actually won one! Awesome :D Sad the series is over so soon, but I'm looking forward to the live show and the next series!

"Visible ink."

"Git" seems like it would have been more accurate than 'apprentice salesman' XD

Tom sold that swimming pool gag. I'm still laughing at that moment :')

Ive been looking forward to this all week

i cant wait for more, i wish i could just pay for this show to go on forever

Loved this episode, has been the most hilarious so far. So sad that you didn't continue with it, but gosh, it was great.

i swear Tom's hair looks different colors in Citation Needed episodes than other ones. unless im just really tired.

this is the best episode of citatoion needed I've seen so far! thank you for making me laugh ^^

Brilliant! Probably my favourite so far, can't wait til summer!

This is definitely my favorite show on the internet...

Thanks for the laughs, I look forward more Citation Needed and the linguistics videos.

ah yes, andrew hello, andrew fries, andrew horse, andrew the beach, andrew swimming pool, and finally, andrew fish. the boys.

I read this somewhere some time ago, was it here? I can't find it. Anyway The swimming pool is called piscine because it's what you piss in.

Absolutely delightful, I really enjoyed this one.

I absolutely love it! As usual, great show :) Keep up the good work!

You guys just absolutely can't help ribbing on France, can you?

What his tombstone should have read: "For sale, one tower in Paris. Inquire below."

I wasn't a fan of the previous Citation Needed videos, but this series has been excellent. Can't wait for more.

I really need to learn to go to the bathroom before watching these.

These keep coming out right before lunch. it's great

13:15 that's the most aggressive wheeze I've ever heard

"Andrew Swimming Pool"

fantastic episode, best in the series

The piscine bit kills me everytime....

"What was his money printing machine?" "a michine that made money" "WRONG"

Off to a good start not even 5 minutes in and Iv nearly passed out from laughter

thanks for subtitling this show, as french it gets tricky to understand 3:03 for instance. you guys are knowledgeable :D PS: piscine is pronounced "piss-in" btw

Was almost expecting a second Mystery Biscuits for finally getting the surname after that debacle

It's the French special we've all been waiting for!

Oh no, last one! Really enjoyed this series - looking forward to the next one.

I needed the captions on this episode.

“Is the the bloke what sold the Eiffel Tower?”

everyone is awesome, but seriously matt is another level of awesome

Watching this while reading "Life of Pi" is quite interesting.

But what if he faked his death?

this one was fantastic

Im addicted to this

Great Scott! I mean that was great, Scott :D

somehow it reminds me of story, supposedly in soviet russia - or anywhere - where genius counterfeiters saved their arses by simple trick: they printed on their counterfeit money with tiny letters smth to essence 'this is not real money' and flogged them to ppl with bad eyesight or rather, in places with bad light. trick's beauty was that in case of getting caught, punishment for counterfeiting money was huge and unpleasant, depending on amount, like, life sentence in siberia or smth, but as they were technically not counterfeiting but just selling paper defined as _not money_, they only got relatively small punishment, that for, what's official term, cheating or smth. scheming. you tell me. chris? also, do you know that counterfeit dollars are also semi-official currency in russia? not in banks, but between, let's say, ppl who prefer cash. it's worth one third of real dollars.

100 club. I've been waiting a week for this.

8 years later and 'Sebastian Vettel's metal kettle' still makes me laugh and smile.

1000% the best thing ever

2:04 Booted in that pun. Don't worry Tom, you will heel. Make sure the water is not laced with nitrous oxide

This is quite honestly too damn hilarious.

this is brilliant