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04:48 Flagpole sitting was a bizarre fad that started in the 1920s, with Alvin Shipwreck Kelly being credited as the first person to sit on a flagpole for 13 hours and 13 minutes as a promotional stunt.

09:48 Alvin Shipwreck Kelly, the first person to sit on a flagpole for 13 hours and 13 minutes, had a history of working at heights and had various jobs including being a stunt person, a high diver, a boxer, and a Steeplejack, before gaining the nickname Shipwreck and starting the flagpole sitting craze.

14:40 In the 1920s, people were interested in fads and would try to break records, which contributed to the popularity of flagpole sitting and dance marathons.

20:25 In the 1930s, people would enter dance marathons during the depression as a way to have a place to sleep and eat, and sometimes to win prize money to prevent foreclosure on their homes.

25:36 Shipwreck Kelly set the record for flagpole sitting at 51 days, and he turned it into a profitable business by attracting job offers and making good money.

30:53 Shipwreck Kelly's flagpole sitting was intertwined with the endurance dance marathon fad, and he would sit on a padded bar stool-like seat on a flagpole, using his thumbs to wake himself up and adjust his position while he slept, with his ankles locked around the pole and a tether to prevent falling, and he relied on assistants to bring him food and take away his waste, but eventually public interest waned and he was arrested for public nuisance.

35:41 Shipwreck Kelly's career as a flagpole sitter declined after the stock market crash, and he eventually died penniless and on public assistance.

41:29 Dixie Blandy, a flagpole sitter who continued his career despite the decline in popularity, died at the age of 71 when the pole he was sitting on snapped and he fell onto the asphalt below.

46:51 Kenneth Gidge holds the record for the longest flagpole sit at 248 days, but H. David Werder sat for 439 days, 11 hours, and six minutes as a protest against gas prices.

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