Video taking off 4.6x its usual first day

JOLLY's headmaster takes his pickle questions back to school

After discovering that gherkins are cucumbers, he tests his students on the foods hiding behind familiar names.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 723,864 views a day, 4.6 times a normal first day on this channel (158,736).

British Headmaster tests his Students' Pickle Knowledge!

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Surely someone else thought gherkins grew that way? Holding a bag of pickles in the school library, JOLLY's headmaster asks two students whether they knew what they were eating. One says the cucumber connection was apparent from the shape.

It is not quite the reassurance he seems to be seeking. As we reported here, his pickle revelation began with his own surprise at learning where the snack comes from. This Short turns that discovery into an impromptu food quiz, and has drawn an estimated 720,000 views in its first day, more than four times JOLLY's usual start for Shorts.

The questions soon move beyond the pickle bag. "What's a prune?" he asks. "A prawn?" comes the uncertain reply. A raisin produces a more confident answer: a grape. Then he asks what a mango is, stretching the exercise beyond foods transformed by drying or pickling.

Viewers are treating the exchange as another chapter in his attempt to make peace with cucumbers. Several focus on his apparent search for somebody who shared his original assumption, rather than on the students' answers.

The headmaster also has a change of scene on JOLLY: the channel's newly posted "We brought our British Mate to America for the first time!" introduces his American trip.

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What viewers say

this teacher is going through it all. every stage of grief over cucumbers.
@nicholassano2854See it on YouTube
That pickle realization is one of those pivotal moments that changed this man's entire worldview lol
@IWatashiWaISee it on YouTube
He is so desperate for someone else to have not known this. It’s almost beautiful.
@LivVil1482See it on YouTube

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This saga just gets better and better 😂 Every single line in the original pickle clip is gold and this just made it better 😅
@dontjudgemycuriositySee it on YouTube
This man is never going to let this pickle thing go 😂🤦🏾‍♀️
@IsaidwhatisaiddearSee it on YouTube
He'll never get over this. These quizzes will go on forever.
@ColonelPanic007See it on YouTube
Every time I watch Jolly’s videos, I wished this guy was my headmaster.
@QuinGoins-o3wSee it on YouTube