1 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:15,047 - The Wild West is Los Angeles. 2 00:00:15,049 --> 00:00:16,181 You're dead, you're dead. 3 00:00:16,183 --> 00:00:17,416 Everybody's [bleep] dead. 4 00:00:17,418 --> 00:00:18,550 Where did all this booze go? 5 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:19,852 - He looked at Rin Tin Tin, and he's like, 6 00:00:19,854 --> 00:00:22,788 You got to jump like you never jumped before, okay, dude? 7 00:00:22,790 --> 00:00:23,689 So he's like, Yep. 8 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:25,591 And Rin Tin Tin jumped it. 9 00:00:25,593 --> 00:00:26,825 [belches] 10 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:29,461 - So Mulholland's like, You just [bleep] build a pipe. 11 00:00:29,463 --> 00:00:32,131 Boop, and you get to L.A. 12 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:33,132 There's spies. 13 00:00:33,134 --> 00:00:33,999 There's bribery. 14 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:35,601 There's manipulation. 15 00:00:35,603 --> 00:00:36,802 [bleep] me, man. 16 00:00:36,804 --> 00:00:38,837 Alcohol is crazy. 17 00:00:38,839 --> 00:00:42,041 [patriotic music] 18 00:00:42,043 --> 00:00:47,479 ♪ ♪ 19 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:52,785 - You can have the dream of America, 20 00:00:52,787 --> 00:00:53,919 and you can stop in Wichita, 21 00:00:53,921 --> 00:00:55,687 or you can really have the dream of America 22 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:56,688 and come on out to Los Angeles. 23 00:00:56,690 --> 00:01:00,692 - Anywhere--anytime you want a Mexican food, you can get it, 24 00:01:00,694 --> 00:01:03,328 out of a truck, from a man-- or a woman. 25 00:01:03,330 --> 00:01:05,864 - They think that everybody wants to be famous. 26 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:07,066 No, we don't. 27 00:01:07,068 --> 00:01:08,734 It's not our everyday life. 28 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:09,701 - I love L.A. 29 00:01:09,703 --> 00:01:11,403 - Just, L.A. is wonderful. 30 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:12,971 - It's a beautiful place. 31 00:01:12,973 --> 00:01:15,841 - It's also fake as [bleep]. 32 00:01:15,843 --> 00:01:16,575 - So you're gonna-- 33 00:01:16,577 --> 00:01:18,177 I want to make you an L.A. drink. 34 00:01:18,179 --> 00:01:18,844 - It's just lettuce. 35 00:01:18,846 --> 00:01:20,646 - This is gonna make you [bleep] your brains out. 36 00:01:20,648 --> 00:01:21,780 [blender whirring] 37 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:24,550 - It's like something you see in "Double Dare." 38 00:01:24,552 --> 00:01:27,853 - To Los Angeles. 39 00:01:27,855 --> 00:01:31,056 You've got the most adorable Hitler mustache. 40 00:01:31,058 --> 00:01:33,192 Hulk Hitler. 41 00:01:33,194 --> 00:01:34,793 Okay, Derek. 42 00:01:34,795 --> 00:01:35,461 - Hello, Seth. 43 00:01:35,463 --> 00:01:38,030 - What if I drank all of this at once? 44 00:01:38,032 --> 00:01:41,467 - You know what the Terminator said: 45 00:01:41,469 --> 00:01:43,202 "We make our future." 46 00:01:43,204 --> 00:01:46,205 Okay. 47 00:01:46,207 --> 00:01:48,440 - It was so much. 48 00:01:48,442 --> 00:01:49,374 Hello. 49 00:01:49,376 --> 00:01:52,544 I'm Seth Weitberg, and today we're going to talk 50 00:01:52,546 --> 00:01:56,348 about the creation of the LAPD. 51 00:01:56,350 --> 00:02:00,953 In 1847, the leader of the Mexican forces, Andres Pico, 52 00:02:00,955 --> 00:02:04,423 signs the treaty that give California to America. 53 00:02:04,425 --> 00:02:08,627 And the Wild West is Los Angeles. 54 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:11,296 You've got Californios that have been here forever. 55 00:02:11,298 --> 00:02:12,931 You've got Utah Indians. 56 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:13,932 You've got Germans. 57 00:02:13,934 --> 00:02:15,000 You've got French. 58 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:15,834 You've got Jews. 59 00:02:15,836 --> 00:02:16,869 But there's no police force. 60 00:02:16,871 --> 00:02:20,405 And one of the guys that shows up is Benjamin Hayes. 61 00:02:20,407 --> 00:02:21,807 He's a lawyer, and he's like, 62 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:23,342 Hey, guys, don't sweat it. 63 00:02:23,344 --> 00:02:24,276 I know American law. 64 00:02:24,278 --> 00:02:25,277 Like, I can help you out, okay. 65 00:02:25,279 --> 00:02:29,481 And he becomes the first ever judge of Los Angeles. 66 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:31,783 And he's like, I hope we have a good jail. 67 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:32,651 And someone's like, 68 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:35,420 Actually, it's just a single room with a log 69 00:02:35,422 --> 00:02:37,923 with four chains attached to it. 70 00:02:37,925 --> 00:02:41,093 And he's like, Oh, no... 71 00:02:41,095 --> 00:02:41,894 [laughs] 72 00:02:41,896 --> 00:02:42,895 So Judge Hayes is like, 73 00:02:42,897 --> 00:02:45,731 Guys, we need a [bleep] police force. 74 00:02:45,733 --> 00:02:47,833 Why don't we all give a little bit of money, 75 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:48,767 we'll hire a police force, 76 00:02:48,769 --> 00:02:50,469 and we can be in control of them and tell them what to do. 77 00:02:50,471 --> 00:02:53,972 And the people of Los Angeles are like, Law enforcement? 78 00:02:53,974 --> 00:02:55,974 That's a stupid idea. 79 00:02:55,976 --> 00:03:00,345 You stupid [bleep] 35-year-old. 80 00:03:00,347 --> 00:03:02,548 Oh, no, wait a minute. 81 00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:03,482 Wait a minute. 82 00:03:03,484 --> 00:03:05,717 Where did all this booze go? 83 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:07,853 - [laughing] 84 00:03:07,855 --> 00:03:09,054 - I drank it all. 85 00:03:09,056 --> 00:03:11,223 Okay, so there's a party. 86 00:03:11,225 --> 00:03:12,591 Andres Pico is there. 87 00:03:12,593 --> 00:03:14,526 He's like, I love your party. 88 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:15,360 These ranches. 89 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:16,361 Cool times, great oldies. 90 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:19,264 And these gamblers [bleep] hear, and they're like, 91 00:03:19,266 --> 00:03:21,833 Uh, did we get invited to that fiesta? 92 00:03:21,835 --> 00:03:23,769 No, no-no-n-n-n-no. 93 00:03:23,771 --> 00:03:24,703 Well, you want to go? 94 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:25,737 Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah. 95 00:03:25,739 --> 00:03:26,738 Should we bring anything? 96 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:28,207 I mean, it's nice to bring something. 97 00:03:28,209 --> 00:03:32,010 And they show up with a cannon! 98 00:03:32,012 --> 00:03:33,478 [dramatic music] 99 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:34,346 And they're like. 100 00:03:34,348 --> 00:03:36,515 Why didn't you guys invite us? 101 00:03:36,517 --> 00:03:37,382 It's a common... 102 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:39,418 [slowly] courtesy. 103 00:03:39,420 --> 00:03:42,688 Andres Pico decides, in that moment, 104 00:03:42,690 --> 00:03:45,257 [bleep] the law, [bleep] Benjamin Hayes, 105 00:03:45,259 --> 00:03:46,291 [bleep] the court system, 106 00:03:46,293 --> 00:03:48,860 [bleep] California, [bleep] America. 107 00:03:48,862 --> 00:03:50,796 You're stupid as [bleep] 108 00:03:50,798 --> 00:03:52,631 for bringing a cannon. 109 00:03:52,633 --> 00:03:56,435 And I have a pistol, and I'm gonna kill you. 110 00:03:56,437 --> 00:03:57,236 Bang-bang-bang! 111 00:03:57,238 --> 00:04:00,572 Hayes is like, No-no-no-no- no-no-no-no-no-no! 112 00:04:00,574 --> 00:04:02,708 And everyone else is like, 113 00:04:02,710 --> 00:04:03,875 Oh, my God. 114 00:04:03,877 --> 00:04:06,178 They don't think that's a bad idea. 115 00:04:06,180 --> 00:04:07,913 Instead they think, 116 00:04:07,915 --> 00:04:10,282 That's a good idea. 117 00:04:10,284 --> 00:04:12,184 And Andres Pico's like, [bleep] right. 118 00:04:12,186 --> 00:04:14,786 Let's form a commi-- a vigilance committee. 119 00:04:14,788 --> 00:04:17,389 And he forms a vig--he forms this vigilance committee. 120 00:04:17,391 --> 00:04:19,558 And they're like, Hey, let's sit around. 121 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,362 Let's, like, figure out, like, who did a bad thing. 122 00:04:23,364 --> 00:04:25,731 If they did a bad thing, let's get them. 123 00:04:25,733 --> 00:04:27,199 And someone comes in the vigilance committee. 124 00:04:27,201 --> 00:04:29,935 They're like, Hey, there's a couple murderers in the jail 125 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:31,069 that we--that just escaped. 126 00:04:31,071 --> 00:04:33,305 Pico, like, chases down these two murderers. 127 00:04:33,307 --> 00:04:34,206 Boom-boom-boom! 128 00:04:34,208 --> 00:04:35,107 [bleep] kills them. 129 00:04:35,109 --> 00:04:37,876 And the L.A. Star, the first newspaper in L.A., 130 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:40,112 they're like, Form posses. 131 00:04:40,114 --> 00:04:41,913 This is a great idea. 132 00:04:41,915 --> 00:04:42,948 Get the bad guys. 133 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:45,317 And everybody's like, Oh, my God! 134 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:47,019 We should form a posse! 135 00:04:47,021 --> 00:04:51,690 And hanging fever breaks out in Los Angeles. 136 00:04:51,692 --> 00:04:53,959 Everyone's like, Oh, you're vandalizing 137 00:04:53,961 --> 00:04:55,160 that building over there? 138 00:04:55,162 --> 00:04:56,028 I'ma hang you. 139 00:04:56,030 --> 00:04:57,162 You just stole a horse? 140 00:04:57,164 --> 00:04:57,963 I'ma hang you. 141 00:04:57,965 --> 00:04:59,798 Oh, you just [bleep] murdered someone? 142 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,099 I'm definitely gonna hang you. 143 00:05:01,101 --> 00:05:02,868 I'll probably shoot you in the street 144 00:05:02,870 --> 00:05:04,069 before I even hang you. 145 00:05:04,071 --> 00:05:06,938 By 1855, in Los Annngggeles, 146 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:10,375 there's a murder every single day. 147 00:05:10,377 --> 00:05:11,310 It's like the Terrordome. 148 00:05:11,312 --> 00:05:15,814 Hayes is like, The vigilance committee has gone too far. 149 00:05:15,816 --> 00:05:18,183 I'm going to issue a warrant 150 00:05:18,185 --> 00:05:21,053 to arrest these vigilantes. 151 00:05:21,055 --> 00:05:22,854 No one's ever heard of vigilantes, 152 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:24,523 but they're called vigilantes. 153 00:05:24,525 --> 00:05:25,457 I'm making up this term. 154 00:05:25,459 --> 00:05:29,294 Judge Hayes goes out to the homes of the vigilantes. 155 00:05:29,296 --> 00:05:31,396 And he's like, I have a warrant for your arrest 156 00:05:31,398 --> 00:05:32,497 because you're vigilantes. 157 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:36,702 And they're like, Well, in that case... 158 00:05:36,704 --> 00:05:40,339 [weakly] I'm gonna stay in my house. 159 00:05:40,341 --> 00:05:41,707 I'm gonna stay in my house. 160 00:05:41,709 --> 00:05:42,841 And he's like, Aw, man. 161 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:44,876 I wish these people would just come out of their house 162 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:49,348 so I could try them in a jury with a trial. 163 00:05:49,350 --> 00:05:53,185 There's no police force! 164 00:05:53,187 --> 00:05:55,554 Thanks, you [bleep]-- 165 00:05:55,556 --> 00:05:57,923 [laughter] 166 00:05:57,925 --> 00:05:59,458 What was that? What was that? 167 00:05:59,460 --> 00:06:00,325 - The boom. 168 00:06:00,327 --> 00:06:01,093 Bo dropped the boom. 169 00:06:01,095 --> 00:06:03,095 - By the way, I have to pee so bad right now. 170 00:06:03,097 --> 00:06:05,664 But I'm gonna finish this story, and then I'm gonna pee, 171 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:07,466 and then we're gonna have good times, great oldies. 172 00:06:07,468 --> 00:06:10,936 So, in 1857, someone comes in, they're like, 173 00:06:10,938 --> 00:06:14,506 Hey, Sheriff Barton just got [bleep] killed. 174 00:06:14,508 --> 00:06:17,075 And the vigilance committee is like-- 175 00:06:17,077 --> 00:06:18,143 [belches] 176 00:06:18,145 --> 00:06:18,744 Crazy. 177 00:06:18,746 --> 00:06:20,078 You thought it was bad before? 178 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:21,580 Pico's like, You're dead, you're dead, 179 00:06:21,582 --> 00:06:23,348 you're dead, you're dead, you're dead. 180 00:06:23,350 --> 00:06:24,449 Everybody's [bleep] dead. 181 00:06:24,451 --> 00:06:26,752 Blood against the walls, blood on the streets. 182 00:06:26,754 --> 00:06:27,686 Blop-blop-blop! 183 00:06:27,688 --> 00:06:28,553 [blows raspberry] 184 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:29,488 Everybody, dead, dead, dead, 185 00:06:29,490 --> 00:06:31,857 dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead. 186 00:06:31,859 --> 00:06:32,758 Blood everywhere. 187 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,194 And at the end of two weeks, the L.A. Star, the newspaper, 188 00:06:36,196 --> 00:06:38,330 is finally like, 189 00:06:38,332 --> 00:06:40,866 Mm, I think we went too far. 190 00:06:40,868 --> 00:06:42,167 And Andres Pico is like, 191 00:06:42,169 --> 00:06:44,469 I just beheaded so many dudes. 192 00:06:44,471 --> 00:06:45,404 You know what? 193 00:06:45,406 --> 00:06:47,706 The better way for me is, 194 00:06:47,708 --> 00:06:50,275 I'm gonna go into the state senate. 195 00:06:50,277 --> 00:06:51,777 I'm gonna be a politician. 196 00:06:51,779 --> 00:06:52,744 That's the way to do it. 197 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:56,415 Gandhi, MLK, you know, that's how we do it. 198 00:06:56,417 --> 00:06:58,917 And so, in 1869, 199 00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:01,353 the people of Los Angeles finally say, 200 00:07:01,355 --> 00:07:03,855 You know what, we should give a little bit of money 201 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:05,157 and have a police force. 202 00:07:05,159 --> 00:07:06,024 And Judge Hayes is like, 203 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:12,030 That's what I asked for in 1852, you [bleep] doofuses. 204 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:12,864 And bottom line, 205 00:07:12,866 --> 00:07:16,668 that is where the LAPD comes from. 206 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:18,904 - Now we have law. 207 00:07:18,906 --> 00:07:20,472 - I can't feel my teeth. 208 00:07:20,474 --> 00:07:22,107 - [laughs] 209 00:07:25,344 --> 00:07:28,113 - Cheers to friendship and the good city of Los Angeles. 210 00:07:28,115 --> 00:07:29,147 - I love it here, man. 211 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:30,248 It gave us our dream. 212 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:31,583 - City of Angels. 213 00:07:31,585 --> 00:07:33,084 - Yes, sir. 214 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:35,387 - That'll be the day. 215 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:40,959 I think you beat me. 216 00:07:42,895 --> 00:07:44,930 All right go on, turn--oh. 217 00:07:44,932 --> 00:07:46,031 Oh, okay. 218 00:07:46,033 --> 00:07:47,599 I didn't know that was happening again. 219 00:07:47,601 --> 00:07:49,468 - I'm sick of all the people on message boards 220 00:07:49,470 --> 00:07:51,069 saying we're not really drunk. 221 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:52,938 [banging] 222 00:07:55,641 --> 00:07:57,275 - You do it so gracefully. 223 00:07:57,277 --> 00:07:58,543 - I do, but-- 224 00:07:58,545 --> 00:08:01,580 [belches] 225 00:08:01,582 --> 00:08:03,248 Hello, I'm Eric Edelstein, 226 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:06,418 and today we're gonna tell the story of Rin Tin Tin, 227 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:09,087 Hollywood's first superstar. 228 00:08:09,089 --> 00:08:11,122 Our story starts in 1898. 229 00:08:11,124 --> 00:08:12,824 Lee Duncan is sent to an orphanage. 230 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:16,094 He's like, Dude, Mom, you're dropping me off? 231 00:08:16,096 --> 00:08:17,529 And his mom is like, 232 00:08:17,531 --> 00:08:19,331 Don't worry, it's fine. 233 00:08:19,333 --> 00:08:20,198 That's the deal. 234 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,868 And he's like, Man, all I want is one friend. 235 00:08:22,870 --> 00:08:24,803 All I need in this life is one friend, 236 00:08:24,805 --> 00:08:26,571 because he never had anything, man. 237 00:08:26,573 --> 00:08:28,039 Well, then World War I happens. 238 00:08:28,041 --> 00:08:32,077 Lee Duncan is sent out to a part of France, 239 00:08:32,079 --> 00:08:34,246 and he hears something. 240 00:08:34,248 --> 00:08:35,881 He's like, Holy [bleep]. 241 00:08:35,883 --> 00:08:36,982 What's that sound? 242 00:08:36,984 --> 00:08:38,016 It's like... 243 00:08:38,018 --> 00:08:41,353 [whimpering] 244 00:08:41,921 --> 00:08:43,355 You know that sound, huh? 245 00:08:43,357 --> 00:08:47,058 He sees a German shepherd covering five puppies. 246 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:51,763 There were 16 million animal soldiers in World War I. 247 00:08:51,765 --> 00:08:52,931 And gives a way the mother 248 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:54,199 to somebody who wants the mother. 249 00:08:54,201 --> 00:08:56,034 And he gives away all the puppies but two. 250 00:08:56,036 --> 00:09:00,305 And he's like, I'm gonna name you Rin Tin Tin and Nanette. 251 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:01,540 You just booked. 252 00:09:01,542 --> 00:09:02,974 - Cheers. 253 00:09:06,779 --> 00:09:09,648 - Ah, that's got a good taste. 254 00:09:09,650 --> 00:09:10,615 So the war eventually ends, 255 00:09:10,617 --> 00:09:14,586 and then Nanette gets very sick, and Nanette passes away. 256 00:09:14,588 --> 00:09:16,021 And so all he has is Rin Tin Tin, 257 00:09:16,023 --> 00:09:17,756 and so he wasn't sure what he was gonna do. 258 00:09:17,758 --> 00:09:21,893 But he knew it was gonna somehow involve Rin Tin Tin. 259 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:23,328 Only problem, 260 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:24,362 a newspaper boy, 261 00:09:24,364 --> 00:09:26,197 some Bennie Arthur type asshole, 262 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:30,569 comes by, throws a stack of newspapers, 263 00:09:30,571 --> 00:09:34,005 and nails Rin Tin Tin in the leg. 264 00:09:34,007 --> 00:09:35,040 And somebody says, 265 00:09:35,042 --> 00:09:36,808 This is a time where if your dog's leg 266 00:09:36,810 --> 00:09:37,976 breaks in four places, 267 00:09:37,978 --> 00:09:40,512 unfortunately it's gonna have to be probably put down. 268 00:09:40,514 --> 00:09:42,547 You get gangrene, you get some weird [bleep]. 269 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:46,551 So he said, Man, this dog's leg is broken in four places. 270 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:49,054 The vet's told me it's gonna take nine months. 271 00:09:49,056 --> 00:09:51,323 What am I gonna do? 272 00:09:51,325 --> 00:09:53,191 Dude, I'm gonna train it. 273 00:09:53,193 --> 00:09:55,260 And magic's gonna happen. 274 00:09:55,262 --> 00:09:57,195 Lee trains him to sit. 275 00:09:57,197 --> 00:09:58,530 Lee trains him to fetch. 276 00:09:58,532 --> 00:09:59,931 Lee trains him to run. 277 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:03,101 This dog is doing something that is amazing. 278 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:06,471 So he brings Rin Tin Tin to the Pasadena Dog Show, 279 00:10:06,473 --> 00:10:08,440 and his friend Charlie Jones comes along. 280 00:10:08,442 --> 00:10:10,208 He's like, Hey, want to do something? 281 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:11,409 What about your dog there? 282 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:12,344 Your dog's pretty cool. 283 00:10:12,346 --> 00:10:14,179 Maybe we can make him jump. 284 00:10:14,181 --> 00:10:18,183 And then they set up an 11-foot, 8-foot jump. 285 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:20,785 11-foot, 8-inch jump. 286 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:22,954 He looked at Rin Tin Tin, and he's like, 287 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:24,356 Dude, this is your chance. 288 00:10:24,358 --> 00:10:26,324 I feel like fate and circumstance 289 00:10:26,326 --> 00:10:28,126 has placed us here. 290 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:28,893 You just got to jump. 291 00:10:28,895 --> 00:10:31,429 You got to jump like you never jumped before, okay, dude? 292 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:33,498 So he was like, Yep, I'll jump. 293 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:36,034 And Rin Tin Tin jumped it. 294 00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:38,436 Lee sees Rin Tin Tin jumping. 295 00:10:38,438 --> 00:10:39,871 He says, Holy [bleep], movies. 296 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:42,674 This is--yeah, this is what Rin Tin Tin 297 00:10:42,676 --> 00:10:43,541 is supposed to do. 298 00:10:43,543 --> 00:10:44,909 And then they say Rin Tin Tin-- 299 00:10:44,911 --> 00:10:46,177 [clattering] 300 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:47,512 Thank God you dropped that. 301 00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:49,948 I had no idea where I was going. 302 00:10:49,950 --> 00:10:51,249 It was amazing. 303 00:10:51,251 --> 00:10:52,150 So, basically... 304 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:52,951 [beer can pops open] 305 00:10:52,953 --> 00:10:54,452 Lee Duncan goes over the Warner Brothers. 306 00:10:54,454 --> 00:10:56,888 So this guy literally went to the gates 307 00:10:56,890 --> 00:10:59,324 and started doing tricks with Rin Tin Tin. 308 00:10:59,326 --> 00:11:01,192 Harry Warner saw it, and he's like, 309 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:02,193 Look at that dog jump. 310 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:03,128 That dog's pretty good. 311 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:05,630 I'd be interested in what that dog might be offering. 312 00:11:05,632 --> 00:11:06,898 Some producer comes out, he's like, 313 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:08,166 Yeah, you know, we got a wolf movie, 314 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:09,467 but we could use, like, an extra. 315 00:11:09,469 --> 00:11:11,336 He'll be buried in the background. 316 00:11:11,338 --> 00:11:12,404 So he came in. 317 00:11:12,406 --> 00:11:13,238 The wolf they had-- 318 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:14,372 they had a real goddamn wolf. 319 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:16,941 When it came time, when the lights was on, 320 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:17,776 the wolf sucked, 321 00:11:17,778 --> 00:11:20,145 so they couldn't get this wolf to do the tricks. 322 00:11:20,147 --> 00:11:22,380 So Lee jumped up and said, 323 00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:24,649 Hey, Rin Tin Tin looks like a wolf. 324 00:11:24,651 --> 00:11:26,151 They said, Rin Tin Tin, 325 00:11:26,153 --> 00:11:27,585 hey, man, can you be a wolf? 326 00:11:27,587 --> 00:11:29,187 Rin Tin Tin's like, Yeah. 327 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:31,222 Then, boom, it's on. 328 00:11:31,224 --> 00:11:32,557 Rin Tin Tin crushed. 329 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,727 Imagine, like, [bleep] Ryan Stiles '96. 330 00:11:35,729 --> 00:11:38,229 - [laughing] 331 00:11:38,231 --> 00:11:39,931 - That's how good Rin Tin Tin was. 332 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:41,499 Then Harry Warner says, 333 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:44,836 Man, how can we get more money out of that dog? 334 00:11:44,838 --> 00:11:47,505 That's when Lee Duncan steps up and says, 335 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:48,773 Dude, funny you should ask. 336 00:11:48,775 --> 00:11:51,710 I have a script involving this dog. 337 00:11:51,712 --> 00:11:52,544 Let's do it. 338 00:11:52,546 --> 00:11:53,478 Harry Warner's like, 339 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:54,779 Yeah, this script's pretty good. 340 00:11:54,781 --> 00:11:55,814 All right, let's do it. 341 00:11:55,816 --> 00:11:58,650 And so they make Rin Tin Tin's first movie, 342 00:11:58,652 --> 00:11:59,818 and it's huge. 343 00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:01,186 The applause went on forever. 344 00:12:01,188 --> 00:12:05,290 And Rin Tin Tin went on to make tons of movies. 345 00:12:05,292 --> 00:12:07,192 Ah, Rin Tin Tin is jumping. 346 00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:08,159 Rin Tin Tin is flying. 347 00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:09,661 Rin Tin Tin did his own stunts. 348 00:12:09,663 --> 00:12:12,497 So he became the biggest star in Hollywood. 349 00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:15,533 Warner Brothers goes from being worth $16 million 350 00:12:15,535 --> 00:12:19,738 to $200 million, like that, because of a dog. 351 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:21,239 You could really argue Rin Tin Tin 352 00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:23,508 was the best actor in Hollywood at that time. 353 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:25,777 Dude, the first ever Academy Awards, 354 00:12:25,779 --> 00:12:27,178 they had actors vote 355 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:28,847 on who the best actor in the world is. 356 00:12:28,849 --> 00:12:31,916 Well, when the award for best actor came back, 357 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,952 it was won by Rin Tin Tin, 358 00:12:33,954 --> 00:12:36,654 at which point they said, We cannot have this. 359 00:12:36,656 --> 00:12:37,589 This is embarrassing. 360 00:12:37,591 --> 00:12:39,758 We want this award to have some legitimacy. 361 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,595 We cannot give it to a goddamn dog. 362 00:12:43,597 --> 00:12:44,529 - To a dog. 363 00:12:44,531 --> 00:12:45,463 - And then they did a recount, 364 00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:46,865 and they gave it to some guy named Emil. 365 00:12:46,867 --> 00:12:50,935 And then, unfortunately, in 1932, Rin Tin Tin dies. 366 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:51,903 And America stops. 367 00:12:51,905 --> 00:12:56,641 Like, they cut into every radio broadcast at the time. 368 00:12:56,643 --> 00:12:57,609 People are devastated. 369 00:12:57,611 --> 00:12:58,710 People are like, Oh, my God. 370 00:12:58,712 --> 00:12:59,944 This is the biggest star in the world. 371 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:01,112 This is the biggest actor in the world. 372 00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:04,716 This is the only actor we really love since Valentino, 373 00:13:04,718 --> 00:13:05,517 and he's dead. 374 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:06,584 And so people are so sad, 375 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,119 and people never thought another Rin Tin Tin 376 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:10,622 could come again, and they were right. 377 00:13:10,624 --> 00:13:14,025 Dude, Rin Tin Tin, to me, is the promise of L.A. 378 00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:16,361 Like, you can come down here with a dream, 379 00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:18,763 and if you can do your job, 380 00:13:18,765 --> 00:13:21,032 man, it happens. 381 00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:22,801 This town is magic. 382 00:13:22,803 --> 00:13:25,637 I love Los Angeles with all my heart. 383 00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:27,438 It's given me everything. 384 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,740 I pinch myself. 385 00:13:28,742 --> 00:13:31,943 Life is so beautiful here. 386 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:32,944 [fart] 387 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:33,778 [bleep]. 388 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:35,313 Yes, excuse me. 389 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:37,515 I farted, I admit it. 390 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:38,216 But I'm allowed to. 391 00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:42,353 I got a great house, girl, dog, everything. 392 00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:44,222 I farted. 393 00:13:47,426 --> 00:13:49,194 - This is the second or third year in 80 years 394 00:13:49,196 --> 00:13:51,896 that anybody's been able to kayak in the L.A. River. 395 00:13:51,898 --> 00:13:52,597 - I'm ready. 396 00:13:52,599 --> 00:13:53,765 Let's go down the L.A. River. 397 00:13:53,767 --> 00:13:54,732 - Let's go down there. 398 00:13:54,734 --> 00:13:56,134 - Ready when you are. 399 00:13:56,136 --> 00:13:58,136 - Oh, yeah! 400 00:13:58,138 --> 00:13:59,070 - The L.A. River used to be 401 00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:02,707 the sole source of water for the city of Los Angeles. 402 00:14:02,709 --> 00:14:04,843 - You know, when you don't educate yourself, 403 00:14:04,845 --> 00:14:07,345 you just always imagine the L.A. River's 404 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:10,415 just the scene from "Terminator." 405 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:12,550 - We're gonna have some rapids up ahead, 406 00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:13,518 so be careful. 407 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,486 - L.A. River--oh, [bleep]! 408 00:14:15,488 --> 00:14:17,155 - Sweep left, sweep left! 409 00:14:17,157 --> 00:14:18,122 - Whoa! 410 00:14:18,124 --> 00:14:19,324 - Awesome. 411 00:14:19,326 --> 00:14:21,092 Whoa, hang on, hang on. 412 00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:22,260 - Oh, no! 413 00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:23,628 Oh, no! 414 00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:24,629 Oh! 415 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:26,097 Ah! 416 00:14:26,099 --> 00:14:28,933 [blowing whistle] 417 00:14:30,169 --> 00:14:32,704 - Hello, I'm Jeremy Konner. 418 00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:36,107 And today we're going to talk about-- 419 00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:37,175 - [laughs] 420 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:38,343 Sorry. 421 00:14:38,345 --> 00:14:40,712 [laughter] 422 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:41,813 That's hello. 423 00:14:41,815 --> 00:14:42,847 You want to say hello. 424 00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:45,083 - I'm so [bleep] up, man. 425 00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:45,750 - No, I see. 426 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:46,985 You're looking at me over here, 427 00:14:46,987 --> 00:14:47,785 and I'm over here. 428 00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:49,954 - You're the goddamn director of this. 429 00:14:49,956 --> 00:14:50,655 - I know. 430 00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:52,490 I'm the goddamn director of this. 431 00:14:52,492 --> 00:14:54,659 So far, my favorite quote. 432 00:14:54,661 --> 00:14:55,927 Go on. 433 00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:58,863 - Hello, I'm Jeremy Konner. 434 00:14:58,865 --> 00:15:02,333 And today we're going to be talking 435 00:15:02,335 --> 00:15:05,603 about the L.A. aqueduct. 436 00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:07,438 - Cheers. - Cheers. 437 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:08,573 - Aqueduct. 438 00:15:08,575 --> 00:15:12,410 - So William Mulholland is the head 439 00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:15,346 of the L.A. city water company. 440 00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:16,648 And he realizes, like, 441 00:15:16,650 --> 00:15:18,316 We need to figure something out, 442 00:15:18,318 --> 00:15:19,784 because L.A. is growing. 443 00:15:19,786 --> 00:15:22,387 And either L.A. has to stop growing 444 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:26,124 or we have to figure out more...water. 445 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:28,826 Mulholland goes to Fred Eaton. 446 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:31,162 I mean, he's just the most powerful man. 447 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:34,232 And he's like, Hey, you're my best friend. 448 00:15:34,234 --> 00:15:35,767 You're my mentor. 449 00:15:35,769 --> 00:15:36,901 We're [bleep]-ed. 450 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:38,436 Eaton is like, 451 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:39,671 There is a place 452 00:15:39,673 --> 00:15:42,340 that I used to go when I was a kid. 453 00:15:42,342 --> 00:15:47,078 It's a [bleep]-ing, like, 200 miles away. 454 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,046 I know. 455 00:15:48,048 --> 00:15:49,314 It sounds nuts. 456 00:15:49,316 --> 00:15:50,515 But shut the [bleep] up. 457 00:15:50,517 --> 00:15:52,884 It's gonna save all of our problems. 458 00:15:52,886 --> 00:15:55,286 Mulholland's like... 459 00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:58,423 I'm interested, but I'm not... 460 00:15:58,425 --> 00:16:04,395 like, 100% on your page, but I-- 461 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:06,030 I'm on your page. 462 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:07,198 - But he's on a page. 463 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,000 - But he's on the page. 464 00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:12,003 So they go up to the Owens Valley, 465 00:16:12,005 --> 00:16:13,304 and Eaton is like, 466 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:19,577 This lake is 4,000 feet above sea level. 467 00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:20,511 Los Angeles, 468 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:23,381 just a couple feet above sea level. 469 00:16:23,383 --> 00:16:24,349 Mulholland's like, 470 00:16:24,351 --> 00:16:27,318 Oh, my God, it's all downhill. 471 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,222 Broop, all the way to L.A., 250 miles. 472 00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:33,891 Broop, all the way to L.A. 473 00:16:33,893 --> 00:16:35,393 You just [bleep]-ing build a pipe, 474 00:16:35,395 --> 00:16:38,496 broop, and you get to L.A. 475 00:16:38,498 --> 00:16:39,364 But Eaton says, 476 00:16:39,366 --> 00:16:41,733 We're gonna have to break some laws. 477 00:16:41,735 --> 00:16:47,171 We're gonna have to do some shady, shady... 478 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:49,273 Can we watch "My Cousin Vinny"? 479 00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:50,141 - No, you were talking. 480 00:16:50,143 --> 00:16:51,843 - You don't want to watch "My Cousin Vinny"? 481 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:53,778 - Let's just continue on the story. 482 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:55,646 - Oh, I was saying that-- 483 00:16:55,648 --> 00:16:59,150 [stuttering] 484 00:16:59,152 --> 00:17:00,952 [laughter] 485 00:17:00,954 --> 00:17:03,021 So Eaton starts buying up 486 00:17:03,023 --> 00:17:05,490 all of the Owens Valley, illegally, 487 00:17:05,492 --> 00:17:06,824 because they need the water rights. 488 00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:10,495 And they get the L.A. Times to publish fake stories, 489 00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:11,696 like, "We're all gonna die. 490 00:17:11,698 --> 00:17:15,433 Guys, if we don't have water, we're all gonna die." 491 00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:17,001 And it's all nonsense. 492 00:17:17,003 --> 00:17:18,002 It's all fake. 493 00:17:18,004 --> 00:17:19,871 There's spies, there's bribery, 494 00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:21,539 there's manipulation. 495 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,875 I mean, these guys were the worst-- 496 00:17:23,877 --> 00:17:24,842 worse than anyone. 497 00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:26,878 But the most [bleep]-ed up thing is, 498 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,080 Eaton, he sneaks off to his buddies. 499 00:17:29,082 --> 00:17:31,349 This is the San Fernando Syndicate. 500 00:17:31,351 --> 00:17:32,250 And he's like, 501 00:17:32,252 --> 00:17:33,351 There's this big ah-- 502 00:17:33,353 --> 00:17:36,287 big-ass basin in the San Fernando Valley 503 00:17:36,289 --> 00:17:40,124 that just [bleep]-ing is just chilling out here. 504 00:17:40,126 --> 00:17:42,894 Buy up land in the San Fernando Valley. 505 00:17:42,896 --> 00:17:44,629 And then, when the water comes, 506 00:17:44,631 --> 00:17:48,766 we're all gonna make gazillions. 507 00:17:48,768 --> 00:17:51,002 "Chinatown," man. 508 00:17:51,004 --> 00:17:51,769 And eventually, 509 00:17:51,771 --> 00:17:54,939 the people of L.A. vote to create the aqueduct. 510 00:17:54,941 --> 00:17:57,208 This is a [bleep]-ing pipe 511 00:17:57,210 --> 00:18:02,080 in 1904, five, six, seven, whatever, 512 00:18:02,082 --> 00:18:06,117 250 miles long. 513 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,252 On the opening, William Mulholland 514 00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:11,756 turns on the water, and he's like, 515 00:18:11,758 --> 00:18:13,091 There it is. 516 00:18:13,093 --> 00:18:13,691 Take it. 517 00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:15,927 And the water starts [bleep]-ing shooting out. 518 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:22,967 And that is the great moment of William Mulholland's... 519 00:18:22,969 --> 00:18:24,635 something. 520 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:25,770 Hey. 521 00:18:25,772 --> 00:18:27,338 - Oh, Jesus. 522 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:29,140 - This is so stupid. 523 00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:30,541 [laughter] 524 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:35,813 - [groaning] 525 00:18:35,815 --> 00:18:36,747 Hello. 526 00:18:36,749 --> 00:18:38,182 - Hi, Jer. 527 00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:39,016 What year are we in? 528 00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:43,955 - I don't know. - Yes, you do. 529 00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:45,523 After 1913, 530 00:18:45,525 --> 00:18:48,826 water is coming to L.A. like nobody's business. 531 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:51,929 The population is [bleep] exploding. 532 00:18:51,931 --> 00:18:52,997 There's palm trees. 533 00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:55,500 Palm trees don't exist in Los Angeles. 534 00:18:55,502 --> 00:18:56,167 It's a desert. 535 00:18:56,169 --> 00:18:58,836 But the people who profit most out of this 536 00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:01,639 is Eaton and his buddies. 537 00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:02,840 Then, in the 1920s, 538 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:05,776 there's a drought, and it's a real drought. 539 00:19:05,778 --> 00:19:08,246 It's a [bleep]-ing for real, 540 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:10,581 for real, for real, for real. 541 00:19:10,583 --> 00:19:11,782 And Mulholland says, 542 00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:15,019 Oh, my God, like, this is-- 543 00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:16,354 We need a reservoir. 544 00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:17,989 Mulholland goes to Eaton. 545 00:19:17,991 --> 00:19:20,858 Eaton has bought up the only dam site 546 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:22,326 in the entire Owens Valley. 547 00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:22,994 And he's like, 548 00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:25,530 You can have my dam site for $1 million. 549 00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:26,797 And Mulholland's like... 550 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:29,367 [distant moaning sound] 551 00:19:29,369 --> 00:19:31,769 [laughter] 552 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:32,703 I didn't do that. 553 00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:34,205 So Mulholland's like, [bleep] it. 554 00:19:34,207 --> 00:19:36,140 I'm gonna build the goddamn reservoir, 555 00:19:36,142 --> 00:19:38,209 and it's gonna be [bleep]-ing beautiful, 556 00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:40,044 and, m'wah, [bleep] you. 557 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:43,314 And he [bleep]-ing built the St. Francis Dam 558 00:19:43,316 --> 00:19:46,450 in San Francis-- Francisquito. 559 00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:48,252 And everything is great. 560 00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:49,120 And then they go, 561 00:19:49,122 --> 00:19:52,056 Hey, William Mulholland, there's a leak. 562 00:19:52,058 --> 00:19:53,224 And William Mulholland's like, 563 00:19:53,226 --> 00:19:55,993 I'm kind of in the middle of a power play. 564 00:19:55,995 --> 00:20:01,365 I ain't worried about that [bleep] [bleep], dawg. 565 00:20:01,367 --> 00:20:02,466 He goes to sleep. 566 00:20:02,468 --> 00:20:03,201 That night, 567 00:20:03,203 --> 00:20:05,903 he gets a phone call in the night. 568 00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:07,638 The dam has broke. 569 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,842 There are more dead than the San Francisco earthquake. 570 00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:17,582 And this was William Mulholland's downfall. 571 00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:18,549 But in the end, 572 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:22,453 between Mulholland and Eaton, they were-- 573 00:20:22,455 --> 00:20:24,555 they created Los Angeles, 574 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:26,490 but really Mulholland, 575 00:20:26,492 --> 00:20:27,558 if it weren't for him, 576 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,427 there would be no Los Angeles. 577 00:20:29,429 --> 00:20:30,228 - Cheers. 578 00:20:30,230 --> 00:20:35,533 - L.A. is a [bleep]-ing nonsense of nonsenses. 579 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:38,436 And it's the water. 580 00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:43,608 I am so [bleep]-ed up. 581 00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:45,476 - [laughs] 582 00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:09,967 - Oh, yeah! 583 00:21:09,969 --> 00:21:11,269 ♪ I love L.A. ♪ 584 00:21:11,271 --> 00:21:12,536 Oh, yeah! 585 00:21:12,538 --> 00:21:15,172 Oh, yeah--oh, no! 586 00:21:15,174 --> 00:21:16,607 Oh, yeah! 587 00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:17,475 [laughter] 588 00:21:17,477 --> 00:21:20,378 Oh, yeah, oh, yeah! 589 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:20,411 I got high drinking the L.A. River.