1.2M views · Aug 11, 2016 · 21:03 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2019–2024
Jon Bois tells the story of the 1904 St. Louis Olympic marathon, a chaotic race involving fraud, rat poison, brandy, feral dogs and near-deaths. It is an episode of his show Pretty Good.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters recommend it as a funny, well-told retelling of one of the strangest sporting events ever.
“He has a video on the marathon that's very worth the 21 minutes”HN comment, 2020
“here's one of my favourites”
Jon Bois on the chaotic 1904 Olympic marathon.
Jon Bois is a genius in my opinion as well so I'm glad someone wrote this. There aren't many links to his videos in this article, but here's one of my favourites: this video . It's about the 1904 Olympic marathon in St. Louis. edit: He's also a great follow on Twitter at link .
“He has a video on the marathon that's very worth the 21 minutes”
Jon Bois's 21-minute retelling of the 1904 marathon.
If you've never watched Jon Bois or his Pretty Good series, you're in for a real treat. He has a video on the marathon that's very worth the 21 minutes: this video
“I recommend the following video by Jon Bois in his inimitable style”
More elaborate retelling of the 1904 Olympic marathon in Bois's style.
For a more elaborate retelling of the events here, I recommend the following video by Jon Bois in his inimitable style: this video
