The Ghost of P.T. Barnum

"*Every Halloween night, I return to ask a single person one question. Do you dare... entertain me?*"
―P.T. Barnum
The Ghost of P.T. Barnum is the 138th lesson of Internet Comment Etiquette, the third Halloween Special of 2021, and the eighth Halloween Special overall. It was released on October 30, 2021.

## Summary

A storm rages on Halloween night. Erik wants to watch some scary videos, but lightning strikes the Etiquesette and the ghost of P.T. Barnum appears. Barnum demands that Erik entertain him, and to show he's serious, Barnum kills Narfi and turns her into a ghost.

Erik decides that statistically, the most entertaining thing in the world is TikTok, so he plays a TikTok for Barnum. Barnum finds if funny, and is about to cite his reason as the man being "the r-word," but Erik cuts him off. Barnum demands that Erik type a comment about sucking off his own dad, so he does. Then Barnum demands to see babies getting hurt, so Erik plays a baby fails compilation. Erik looks at the comments, and he realizes people there are as awful as Barnum.

Barnum is bored by Erik's comment, so Erik shows him an ASMR streamer on Twitch. Erik sends her a message, so she bans him from chat. Then Barnum notices ScaryCheese. ScaryCheese offers to help entertain Barnum and dances for him. Barnum demands to see his name on ScaryCheese's forehead. Then Barnum demands a kiss from him, but Erik refuses to let him exploit ScaryCheese. Then Erik plays a sponsored ad for NordPass.

Barnum doesn't understand the NordPass ad because he's from the 19th century. Erik shows him some porn, but Barnum is upset because the porn is free. Then Barnum wants to see circus porn, but Barnum is disgusted by it. Barnum wants to see someone's life ruined, so Erik goes to Twitter to watch people get canceled. He sees that Dave Chappelle is still getting canceled from something he said a while ago, and Barnum demands that Erik get himself canceled too. Erik tweets in support of Chappelle. The students start to get upset, and Barnum tells him to double down so people think he's serious.

Barnum has decided that Erik has given him enough joy, and now Erik should make him sad. Erik complains that the movie about Barnum wasn't accurate at all. Barnum is intrigued by this, and lists off horrible things he did in his life to ask if they were in the movie. Erik shows Barnum the trailer for the movie, and Barnum is deeply upset by the portrayal. Barnum congratulates Erik, satisfied that he has been given both joy and sorrow. Barnum has decided to take Erik into the afterlife to entertain him forever. He kills Erik and turns him into a ghost.

## Comments

*Nice work I sucked off my dad to this*
- Erik

*How do I submit my baby for the next one of these videos? I set cameras all over my house and put booby traps everywhere that completely fuck my kid up. You gotta see this footage. I placed a juice box on top of some leaves in the backyard and when my baby went to grab it he fell into a punji pit. The baby falls in this video are pussy shit, wait till I show you the baby seat catapult I built in my garage. I can launch this little asshole so high up the FAA will want to send me a fine. And before you get all upset, this is how my dad raised me and I learned to walk REAL fast. He's not even my kid anyway I found him in a dumpster behind a catholic church. Guess he was too ugly for the priests.*
- Erik

*I fell asleep listening to this and had the worst nightmares in my life*
- curiousbetsytwitch

*Hey I've got PT Barnum here and he's being super racist**And he says if I don't show him good entertainment he will kill me**He just called you a slur**PT Barnum wants you to write his name on your face*
- Erik

*I'd rather die and be reborn as an ear shaped microphone on the way to a Twitch streamers house than sit through this fuckin nonsense. I'm on a flight right now and my co-pilot sitting next to me didn't like it much either. Maybe next time make the clown's dick bigger and write my name on his forehead and make the girl his step-sister. You do that and maybe I can crank one out before I crash this thing into the ocean.*
- BenShapiro

*I stand with Dave Chappelle and his award winning comedy**This is not for a video. I sincerely mean this*
- @commentiquette

*Nice work I sucked off my dad to this*
- Erik

## Context

1. ↑ Chappelle had recently released a stand up comedy special to which a large segment was dedicated to discriminating against transgender people.

## Video

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