The Toughest Man I've Ever Met
Published March 26, 2021 · 4:05 · 292,521 views
About This Video
The Spirited Man logo: one-sixth baseball cap insignias. Jackie Robinson's Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the Yankees, the Dodgers. One-sixth Steel Mark asteroids, drawn with a geometric formula from a steel company that predates the Pittsburgh Steelers. One-third rattlesnake, because Ben Franklin said the rattlesnake was a good symbol for the American spirit and Joan Didion said it's a Californian's obligation to kill one. Van's family has killed three.
And one-third Scott Myers: Van's oldest friend, met when they were five. The toughest man he's ever met. The initials of The Spirited Man just happened to be Scott's initials. That's the kind of coincidence Van calls subconsciously driven. The logo is a recipe that reveals what the channel is actually made of: American craft, industrial materials, frontier danger, and a friendship that predates everything else.
Transcript
who knows where ideas come from probably from some aquifer of thoughts in our subconscious the ideas for this logo came to the spirited man in bits and pieces but if pressed for a recipe the ingredients would look something like this 1 6 baseball cap insignias 1 6 steel mark asteroids 1 3 rattlesnake and one-third scott myers [Music] the interwoven letters come from the classic baseball insignias like the one on the great jackie robinson's kansas city monarchs cap
[Music] then there's the chicago american giants insignia the yankees of course the hometown world series champion dodgers and that upstate team this is called the steel mark made up by a steel company steel is the king of all building materials this is where the little diamonds come from they're called asteroids and they're drawn with some kind of geometric formula the steel mark predates the steelers logo steel mark came first okay the rattlesnake now let's not start getting controversial and judgmental here but joan didion says that it's a
californian's obligation to kill a rattlesnake if you see one and well [Music] the spirited man's family has killed three so far though he considers himself a relatively worldly man this spirited man is hopelessly american and ben franklin said that the rattlesnake was a good symbol for the american spirit and in one of those lucky subconsciously driven coincidences the initials for this series just happened to be the initials of this spirited man's best and oldest friend scott myers
the toughest son of a he's ever met what would scott's logo be if he had one well it would definitely have a tough old rattlesnake on it that's for sure [Music] you
People Referenced
Jackie Robinson, Joan Didion, Ben Franklin, Scott Myers