The Guy Who Invented Roller Skates Crashed Into a Mirror (Are You Sh!#ing Me?)

About this episode

The episode recounts the story of a Belgian inventor's disastrous entrance at a London party in the 1770s with his roller skate invention.

A Belgian inventor walks into a fancy London party in the 1770s with a world-changing invention, a master plan, and absolutely zero regard for physics. What happens next is either the greatest product launch fail in recorded history — or the most spectacular party entrance anyone has ever attempted. Either way, someone's paying for the damage. Are You Sh!#ing Me is the show where history's most unbelievable true stories get the appreciation they deserve. Host Brett raises a glass to the legends who swung big, missed spectacularly, and somehow never made it into the textbooks. Cheers!

People in this episode

Host: Brett

Topics covered

• invention
• history
• comedy
• product launch
• failures
• Belgian inventor
• roller skates

Keywords

• roller skates
• invention
• history
• party
• Belgian inventor
• comedy
• product launch fail

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Belgian inventor

Places: London

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