Video taking off 6.3x its usual first day

Trent Ellis approves of his mother-in-law's switchblade comb gift

A suspicious-looking present for his son turns into a beard-grooming demonstration, with viewers sharing childhood memories of the novelty comb.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 150,944 views a day, 6.3 times a normal first day on this channel (23,913).

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Trent Ellis holds up what looks like a switchblade and explains that his mother-in-law brought it for his four-year-old son. Then he presses the button. Out pops a comb, which he promptly runs through his beard.

The gift earns a mixed verdict, delivered with a straight face: "She can't be alone with him unsupervised, but she is pretty rad." It's a family joke built around an object that looks considerably more alarming folded shut than it does in use.

The Short reached nearly 100,000 views in 11 hours, putting it well ahead of Ellis's usual Shorts start. But the conversation underneath is less about surprise than recognition: viewers remember owning similar combs as children, receiving them from relatives and finding them at arcades. One remembers an uncle giving them one, along with a lasting claim to being the coolest uncle.

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What viewers say

I got one of those when I was five. She’s a good mother-in-law and a keeper.
@richardcormier1131See it on YouTube
My uncle gave me one of those when I was six and yes he was always the coolest Uncle❤❤❤
@joerodenberg026See it on YouTube
I got one with a full metal comb 😅
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I haven't seen one of those since I was a kid
@stuartnevins8098See it on YouTube
I remember these! Cool!
@chipwells1352See it on YouTube
I won that exact one from the arcade about 2 months ago😅
@mrfreetime5177See it on YouTube
I had one when I was a kid so did my brother.
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those are so classic
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