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<i>- The Brooklyn Bridge was</i>
<i>complete, and Emily Roebling</i>

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<i>was like, I built the [bleep]</i>
<i>out this bridge.</i>

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I'm so drunk.

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<i>- Victor goes at the</i>
<i>Eiffel Tower, and he's like,</i>

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<i>we're tearing this bitch down.</i>

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[laughs]

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<i>- Shakespeare is like,</i>
<i>this building belongs to us,</i>

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<i>and we're going to take it.</i>

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What are we talking about?

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<i>[patriotic music]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>- We are going to get tipsy.</i>

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- Tipsy?
- No, we gonna get drunk.

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- Okay, good.
- You know I like to

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make mixed drinks for you.

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- Yeah, what are we gonna have?
- We're gonna do Brooklyns.

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We got rye whiskey,
dry vermouth, cherry liqueur.

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- How do you measure that?

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- No, don't worry about that.
[ice clinking]

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- Cheers to the Brooklyn--

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- To the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Ooh.

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How's that taste?

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[laughs]

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Hello, I'm Daryl Johnson,
and today, we're gonna talk

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about the Brooklyn Bridge.

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<i>It's Brooklyn, 1865,</i>
<i>and it's becoming this</i>

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<i>really emerging town.</i>

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<i>The ferries are going back and</i>
<i>forth to Manhattan, and they</i>

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<i>couldn't handle the load, uh,</i>
<i>so a committee was formed</i>

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<i>in New York called</i>
<i>The New York Bridge Committee,</i>

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<i>and they're just like,</i>
<i>this [bleep] is not working.</i>

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<i>These ferries are [bleep] up,</i>

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and they decided that they
needed to have a bridge built.

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<i>This is going to be</i>
<i>the largest bridge ever built.</i>

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<i>- In the world?</i>

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<i>- In the world.</i>

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<i>And so the New York Committee</i>
<i>hired John Roebling</i>

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to design and build
the Brooklyn Bridge.

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<i>Now, he wanted to build</i>
<i>a suspension bridge.</i>

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<i>There were a lot of naysayers</i>
<i>saying that suspension bridges,</i>

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<i>oh they fall,</i>
<i>they can't hold,</i>

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<i>there can never be one</i>
<i>that big.</i>

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So most suspension bridges
at the time were made

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with hemp ropes,
but he developed wire ropes.

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<i>And so, John Roebling</i>
<i>is the man.</i>

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<i>Everybody is very excited to</i>
<i>see what this is gonna become.</i>

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You look like
two of you right now.

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[laughter]

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Let me get this cherry
out of here.

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- You ate the stem?

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- There's no stems.

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Was there a stem?

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- [laughs]

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- So, Washington Roebling, who
was the son of John Roebling,

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<i>was this huge Civil War hero.</i>
<i>And while he was finishing up</i>

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<i>his duties in the war,</i>
<i>he met Emily Warren.</i>

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<i>When Washington saw Emily for</i>
<i>the first time, he was like,</i>

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<i>you are the most beautiful</i>
<i>woman I've ever seen</i>

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<i>in my life.</i>

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<i>And she was like...</i>
<i>[giggles]</i>

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<i>Thank you, that's so cute,</i>
<i>oh, my God.</i>

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<i>And they got married, and</i>
<i>Washington calls his dad</i>

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<i>and was like, hey, I met this</i>
<i>beautiful woman, I got married.</i>

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<i>And he was like, great, son.</i>
<i>I need you to come to Brooklyn</i>

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<i>and help me build this bridge.</i>

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<i>And so they fly to Brooklyn,</i>
<i>and they--</i>

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wait, no, they didn't fly.
I take that back.

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[laughs]
There was no planes in 1865.

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Okay, so, they moved
to Brooklyn,

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and two years into the process,
John Roebling got lockjaw

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from tetanus.
So he says to his son...

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<i>[muffled voice]</i>
<i>Son, I can't open my mouth,</i>

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<i>but what I need you to do is</i>
<i>take over this bridge for me</i>

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<i>because I'm 'bout to die,</i>
<i>and this is my legacy,</i>

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<i>and I'm passing it to you,</i>
<i>so don't [bleep] this up.</i>

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And so...

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<i>Washington's freaking out, and</i>
<i>it was Emily who stepped in,</i>

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<i>and she said, baby, I love you.</i>

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<i>You can do this.</i>
<i>You're the man.</i>

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<i>And Washington Roebling was</i>
<i>like, yeah, you got my back.</i>

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<i>We can do this.</i>

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So he developed these
pneumatic caissons, which were

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<i>these huge, wooden boxes.</i>

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And they blew in compressed
air, and then they had to put

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<i>people down there</i>
<i>to dig out the river bed.</i>

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<i>So one day, a fire breaks out,</i>
<i>so Washington goes down</i>

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<i>and tries to put the fire out,</i>
<i>and he's not really</i>

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<i>paying attention, but he comes</i>
<i>up too fast and contracts</i>

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the bends, 'cause
it was all pressurized.

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So if you come up too fast,
you begin to develop air bubbles

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<i>in your blood stream and</i>
<i>basically can create paralysis.</i>

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I mean, this is, like,
a family struck

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with all kinds of [bleep].

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[laughs]
- Yeah.

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- What's happening right now?
I'm so drunk.

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- Cheers.

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- Um, so now that he's basically
bedridden, Washington's like,

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<i>so much pain and agony</i>
<i>from this stupid disease,</i>

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and I don't even know how
I'm gonna finish the bridge.

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And Emily steps up,
and she's like,

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<i>I will complete this bridge</i>
<i>for you because you're my</i>

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<i>everything, and I will do</i>
<i>whatever it takes to make</i>

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<i>your legacy continue.</i>

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<i>So she took it upon herself</i>
<i>to learn engineering and took</i>

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<i>all his instructions to</i>
<i>the team every day and became</i>

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<i>like the chief engineer.</i>

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And you know women didn't have
privilege back then,

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so people were like,
aw, you're a woman.

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<i>Shut the [bleep] up and go feed</i>
<i>your baby with your titties.</i>

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<i>Can I say that?</i>
<i>Can I say "titties"?</i>

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<i>- Yeah, titties is</i>
<i>my favorite word.</i>

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<i>- Okay, titties.</i>

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[laughs]
I love titties.

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So Emily Roebling slapped
the [bleep] out that man,

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<i>and she's like, oh, no.</i>
<i>I'm gonna teach you everything</i>

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<i>you need to know about building</i>
<i>this bridge properly,</i>

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<i>and that's what we gonna do.</i>

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<i>And ain't gonna be no more</i>
<i>talk--no more backtalk, 'kay?</i>

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<i>So over the next nine years,</i>
<i>Emily is running the [bleep]</i>

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<i>out of this bridge, and in 1883</i>
<i>the bridge is complete.</i>

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<i>And Washington was like,</i>
<i>Emily, I need you to be</i>

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<i>the first person</i>
<i>to cross the bridge.</i>

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<i>Would you do this for me?</i>

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<i>And she was like, hell yeah.</i>

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<i>And so she hops in a carriage</i>
<i>with a little white rooster</i>

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<i>on her shoulder</i>

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as a symbol of victory.

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<i>And she was like, yeah,</i>
<i>I [bleep] built this [bleep].</i>

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<i>Do you see me?</i>
<i>I'm up on this mother[bleep],</i>

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<i>and I am turnin' it out.</i>

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<i>I'm Emily mother[bleep] Roman--</i>
<i>Roebling, and I got this white</i>

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<i>cock on my shoulder,</i>
<i>and I built the [bleep]</i>

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<i>out this bridge.</i>

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<i>And she rides across that</i>
<i>Brooklyn Bridge in a carriage</i>

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<i>with a white rooster on her</i>
<i>shoulder, and history is set.</i>

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<i>- Wow,</i>
<i>- Crazy, right?</i>

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I dunno what happened, but I
got way drunker than last time.

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[yelling]
Derek, Derek!

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Derek!

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Oh, hey, Derek!

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- Hi, Daryl.
- How you doin'?

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- I'm good, you?
- I dunno. I'm drunk as [bleep].

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- I got you.
- Thank you, Derek.

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- Use my shoulder.
- [grunts]

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Okay.

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- All right.
- [snores]

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- No sleep till--
- No, Brooklyn!

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Dun, dun, dun dun.
Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.

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<i>- I feel a little drunker</i>
<i>this time, so--</i>

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- I know you are.

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- [gasps]
Are y'all still filming?

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- Yeah, this is a reality show.
- Oh, okay.

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So I mean, I was, like, to
Courtney, like, no, you did not,

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but you were
there for it, Derek.

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- Oh, yeah, I was
at the bar that night.

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That bitch had it comin'.

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That's the only reality line I
know: that bitch had it comin'.

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[both laughing]

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- Hello, my name is Jenny
Johnson, and we are gonna learn

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about con man Victor Lustig.

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So [bleep] buckle up.

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- [laughs]

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-<i> Uh, our story's</i>
<i>gonna begin in 1925.</i>

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<i>Everyone in Paris [bleep]</i>

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hates the Eiffel Tower

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<i>because it was constructed</i>
<i>for the World's Fair,</i>

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<i>and it was never</i>
<i>meant to be permanent.</i>

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And now it costs
too much for repairs.

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<i>And so one day, this dude named</i>
<i>Victor Lustig opens this French</i>

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<i>paper up and starts reading</i>
<i>about this, and he says,</i>

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<i>I know what I'm doing,</i>
<i>and what I'm gonna be doing</i>

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is rippin' people off,
but ripping dumb assholes off.

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And so he looked up

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<i>five of the most, like,</i>
<i>well-known scrap metal dealers</i>

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<i>and let them know</i>

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that he had a very,

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a very lucrative enterprise.

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And he's like,

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<i>hey, you know what--I'm gonna</i>
<i>rock the [bleep] out of this.</i>

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<i>And Victor got a limo, he would</i>
<i>take these scrap metal people</i>

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<i>to the Eiffel Tower,</i>
<i>and he's like,</i>

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<i>we're tearin' this bitch down.</i>

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<i>And I've got</i>
<i>the inside [bleep], okay?</i>

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<i>So he finds his mark.</i>

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<i>He finds the guy who was</i>
<i>a little, like, new and green,</i>

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<i>and the guy's name was</i>
<i>Andre Poisson, and that's</i>

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<i>how you pronounce it--</i>
<i>it sounds like "pussy."</i>

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<i>It's not pussy,</i>
<i>but, yes, you're right,</i>

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<i>it does sound like that.</i>

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So Victor was like, yep,

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<i>Andre, you're my dog,</i>
<i>you're my dude.</i>

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<i>The Eiffel Tower?</i>
<i>Break that bitch down.</i>

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<i>And Andre's like, of course</i>
<i>I'm gonna buy the Eiffel Tower</i>

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<i>from this guy.</i>

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<i>So $70,000 Victor Lustig</i>
<i>takes from this dude,</i>

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<i>and bounces the [bleep]</i>
<i>out of France.</i>

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<i>And he keeps lookin'</i>
<i>at the papers.</i>

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<i>When is this gonna,</i>
<i>you know, show up?</i>

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It never shows up because

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<i>Andre Poisson didn't even</i>
<i>go to the police because</i>

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<i>he was too embarrassed,</i>
<i>and he lost 70 grand.</i>

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<i>So Vic goes back to Paris.</i>

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<i>He says, eh,</i>
<i>I'll do this [bleep] again.</i>

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<i>Why the [bleep] not?</i>

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<i>Except this time, he gets</i>
<i>the bomb-ass suite in, like,</i>

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<i>the most baller hotel.</i>

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<i>It was like The Cubdoop de</i>
<i>Crill Leptoo--Four Seasons.</i>

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So Victor brings
all these folks in

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<i>to his bomb-ass hotel suite</i>
<i>and feels like, hey, man,</i>

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<i>that--that's my mark.</i>
<i>That's the guy.</i>

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<i>He's eager, he's interested.</i>
<i>So Victor says, okay,</i>

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00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:09,908
<i>I am a French official times</i>
<i>ten, my [bleep] is official</i>

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<i>as [bleep], but this guy</i>
<i>through the whole thing</i>

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<i>was going, this sounds like</i>
<i>the most crooked [bleep]</i>

216
00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:17,849
<i>I've ever heard.</i>

217
00:10:17,851 --> 00:10:20,418
<i>So he ends up going</i>
<i>to the police, saying,</i>

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<i>I think this guy's trying</i>
<i>to scam me, and y'all should</i>

219
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<i>bust the [bleep] out of him.</i>

220
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Victor gets wind of it and says

221
00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:29,728
<i>bouncin' out again.</i>

222
00:10:29,730 --> 00:10:35,333
<i>And he goes to Chicago</i>
<i>with another awesome scam</i>

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like you would not believe.

224
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<i>Victor goes to Al Capone</i>
<i>and says, I'm Victor Lustig,</i>

225
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<i>but you can call me The Count,</i>
<i>which is a baller nickname.</i>

226
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<i>- The Count.</i>

227
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<i>- Not--no, you just</i>
<i>said the c-word.</i>

228
00:10:47,481 --> 00:10:49,247
<i>- No, I--no I said The Cou--</i>

229
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- You said The [bleep], you--
- No, I didn't.

230
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- Yeah, you did, a little bit.
- I quietly said

231
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<i>The Count.</i>
<i>- Could everyone in this room</i>

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<i>agree that he kinda said</i>
<i>The [bleep]?</i>

233
00:10:57,791 --> 00:10:58,790
<i>They agreed.</i>

234
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- Okay...
- Okay.

235
00:10:59,626 --> 00:11:01,393
- So what did
The [bleep] say?

236
00:11:01,395 --> 00:11:03,428
- [laughs]

237
00:11:03,430 --> 00:11:09,300
<i>So here's the deal, Al:</i>
<i>I got this guy</i>

238
00:11:09,302 --> 00:11:10,835
<i>who's gonna triple your money.</i>

239
00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:14,005
<i>I just need 50 grand</i>
<i>from you, in cash.</i>

240
00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:18,610
Now I'm sorry--this is in the
1920s--do you scam Al Capone?

241
00:11:18,612 --> 00:11:19,544
'Cause I'm pretty sure

242
00:11:19,546 --> 00:11:21,413
he'll cut your dick off.
- Yeah.

243
00:11:21,415 --> 00:11:22,480
- He's like,
hey, I have your dick,

244
00:11:22,482 --> 00:11:24,949
<i>and, like, juggle dicks</i>
<i>with like--juggle dead,</i>

245
00:11:24,951 --> 00:11:27,018
he like--he'll juggle dicks
in front of you.

246
00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:30,889
<i>- Yeah, best dick-juggler ever.</i>
<i>- Everyone knows that.</i>

247
00:11:30,891 --> 00:11:34,659
<i>So Al Capone gives Victor</i>
<i>$50,000 and says,</i>

248
00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:37,362
<i>yeah, triple that [bleep].</i>

249
00:11:37,364 --> 00:11:39,964
<i>And Victor goes, pff, awesome.</i>

250
00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:44,703
But he takes it and puts it in
a safe and just leaves it there,

251
00:11:44,705 --> 00:11:47,005
<i>and then after two months</i>
<i>he goes back to Al Capone</i>

252
00:11:47,007 --> 00:11:49,974
<i>and says, hey, A.C.,</i>
<i>I lost all your money,</i>

253
00:11:49,976 --> 00:11:55,847
<i>but I'm not a dick like that,</i>
<i>so here's $50,000</i>

254
00:11:55,849 --> 00:11:56,648
<i>out of my own pocket.</i>

255
00:11:56,650 --> 00:12:00,385
<i>And Al Capone goes, hey, man,</i>
<i>thanks for being honest.</i>

256
00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:03,688
<i>He gives him $5,000</i>
<i>just for a...</i>

257
00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:04,122
thanks.

258
00:12:04,124 --> 00:12:07,792
<i>Victor was asked, why in the</i>
<i>[bleep] would you,</i>

259
00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:11,296
<i>like, it's Al Capone.</i>
<i>He juggles dicks.</i>

260
00:12:11,298 --> 00:12:13,064
<i>And he said, I just</i>
<i>wanna gain his trust.</i>

261
00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:18,303
<i>I'm a con man.</i>
<i>If I [bleep] up, that dude--</i>

262
00:12:18,305 --> 00:12:19,571
<i>now he trusts me.</i>

263
00:12:19,573 --> 00:12:21,439
<i>And he goes around</i>
<i>place to place</i>

264
00:12:21,441 --> 00:12:24,576
with all of the dozens
and dozens

265
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<i>of scams that he comes up with.</i>

266
00:12:25,912 --> 00:12:31,382
<i>But they end up finding this</i>
<i>ass and sent him to Alcatraz.</i>

267
00:12:31,384 --> 00:12:34,052
<i>But this dude</i>
<i>was known as The Count,</i>

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and he came up with
this ten commandments of

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how to con people, being:

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<i>be a patient listener.</i>
<i>Never look bored.</i>

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<i>Wait for the other person's</i>
<i>political opinion,</i>

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<i>and always agree.</i>

273
00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:49,634
<i>You always let the other person</i>
<i>bring up religion,</i>

274
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<i>and then you always agree.</i>

275
00:12:51,037 --> 00:12:56,040
<i>Hint at sex talk, but always</i>
<i>let them bring it up.</i>

276
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<i>Never discuss illness.</i>

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<i>Never pry into</i>
<i>their personal circumstances.</i>

278
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<i>Never boast, never be untidy,</i>
<i>and never get drunk.</i>

279
00:13:08,053 --> 00:13:09,554
<i>Oh, and Al Capone</i>
<i>went to jail, too.</i>

280
00:13:09,556 --> 00:13:10,989
<i>- Well, yeah,</i>
<i>he's a dick-juggler.</i>

281
00:13:10,991 --> 00:13:14,359
- [laughs]

282
00:13:18,230 --> 00:13:19,664
- So hello, my friend.
- Hello.

283
00:13:19,666 --> 00:13:23,368
- Uh, because we're telling
a story that takes place

284
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in the era of Shakespeare,
in Elizabethan England, for us,

285
00:13:27,374 --> 00:13:30,241
I have...
- Oh, my dear lord.

286
00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:32,677
- You wanna go old school
on this one?

287
00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:34,279
- What is this?
- This is ale, my friend.

288
00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:38,583
This is real,
dark, delicious ale.

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Take a swig.
- Mm.

290
00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:46,224
- Atta boy.
- Oh, my God.

291
00:13:46,226 --> 00:13:48,693
- Oh, it just went
down my shirt.

292
00:13:48,695 --> 00:13:50,361
- Oh, Mark--
- I'm good.

293
00:13:50,363 --> 00:13:53,698
Hello,
my name's Mark Gagliardi,

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and today
we're gonna talk about

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00:13:56,102 --> 00:14:02,340
William Shakespeare and
the Great Theater Heist of 1598.

296
00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:06,077
- [laughs]
Oh, [bleep].

297
00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:08,513
- All right, let me set
the stage for you:

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<i>it's the late 16th century,</i>
<i>in a neighborhood just north</i>

299
00:14:11,585 --> 00:14:14,719
<i>of London called Shoreditch</i>
<i>where the most brilliant minds</i>

300
00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:19,090
<i>of the time have started</i>
<i>gathering at the taverns.</i>

301
00:14:19,092 --> 00:14:22,727
<i>You've got Sir Walter Raleigh,</i>
<i>and Christopher Marlowe,</i>

302
00:14:22,729 --> 00:14:24,696
<i>who's like the biggest</i>
<i>playwright in the world.</i>

303
00:14:24,698 --> 00:14:28,299
<i>And it was there that a guy</i>
<i>named James Burbage makes</i>

304
00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:32,070
<i>this land deal with Giles Allen</i>

305
00:14:32,072 --> 00:14:34,339
<i>and decides</i>
<i>to build his own theater.</i>

306
00:14:34,341 --> 00:14:37,342
<i>It is called The Theatre,</i>

307
00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:39,210
<i>with an "re" not an "er."</i>

308
00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:42,180
<i>You do it with an "re"</i>
<i>'cause it's classier.</i>

309
00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:43,381
<i>- Yeah.</i>

310
00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,084
<i>- So William Shakespeare</i>
<i>shows up.</i>

311
00:14:46,086 --> 00:14:47,485
<i>I'm William Shakespeare.</i>

312
00:14:47,487 --> 00:14:49,821
<i>I'm the new guy, um...</i>

313
00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:57,462
So, in re--in, uh,
so then he spends

314
00:14:57,464 --> 00:14:59,831
he late 1580s, uh, writing...

315
00:14:59,833 --> 00:15:03,134
<i>- [laughs]</i>
<i>- And starring in some of his</i>

316
00:15:03,136 --> 00:15:07,639
<i>early works, but in 1594,</i>
<i>the theater scene</i>

317
00:15:07,641 --> 00:15:11,075
<i>was viciously crippled</i>
<i>by a bubonic plague outbreak.</i>

318
00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:15,780
<i>So James Burbage, founder of</i>
<i>The Theatre has decided,</i>

319
00:15:15,782 --> 00:15:19,117
<i>here's what I'm gonna do:</i>
<i>I'm gonna get together</i>

320
00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:23,788
<i>a troupe of actors made of all</i>
<i>of the actors whose troupes</i>

321
00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:27,292
<i>had disbanded during</i>
<i>the bubonic plague</i>

322
00:15:27,294 --> 00:15:30,094
<i>and create a super group</i>

323
00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:33,731
<i>of Elizabethan actors called</i>

324
00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:37,335
<i>The Lord Chamberlain's Men.</i>

325
00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:38,803
[sighs]

326
00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:40,405
- Would you like water?

327
00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:43,741
I'll take that as a no.

328
00:15:43,743 --> 00:15:47,745
Okay... point taken.

329
00:15:47,747 --> 00:15:50,682
- So Shakespeare's found
his home

330
00:15:50,684 --> 00:15:54,419
<i>and his home is The Theatre.</i>
<i>And at this time,</i>

331
00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:55,687
<i>Shakespeare is prolific.</i>

332
00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:57,822
<i>He's writing</i>
<i>some of his best plays.</i>

333
00:15:57,824 --> 00:16:00,525
<i>He's churning out--</i>
<i>he's like, oh, hey, here,</i>

334
00:16:00,527 --> 00:16:01,526
<i>try this one out.</i>

335
00:16:01,528 --> 00:16:02,727
<i>This one's called "Hamlet."</i>

336
00:16:02,729 --> 00:16:06,331
<i>Here, try this one out.</i>
<i>I call this one "Othello."</i>

337
00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:09,334
<i>You're probably gonna need some</i>
<i>shoe polish to play Othello,</i>

338
00:16:09,336 --> 00:16:13,304
<i>but nobody's socially conscious</i>
<i>enough that blackface isn't</i>

339
00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:17,842
<i>a bad thing at this point.</i>
<i>So Shakespeare has these guys</i>

340
00:16:17,844 --> 00:16:23,314
<i>doing these</i>
<i>amazing plays until 1597.</i>

341
00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:27,285
<i>Giles Allen says, oh,</i>
<i>you wanna renew the lease?</i>

342
00:16:27,287 --> 00:16:30,688
<i>Hang on a second.</i>
<i>I've decided these plays</i>

343
00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:34,726
<i>are bull[bleep].</i>
<i>I hate The Theatre.</i>

344
00:16:34,728 --> 00:16:37,729
<i>And James Burbage is like,</i>
<i>wait, what?</i>

345
00:16:37,731 --> 00:16:42,867
So Giles Allen--Guyles Allen?
Giles Allen? Giles Allen says,

346
00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:48,339
<i>I'm a Puritan, so I think</i>
<i>that plays are dumb even though</i>

347
00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:51,442
<i>you're doing Shakespeare, and</i>
<i>your plays are gonna be read</i>

348
00:16:51,444 --> 00:16:57,482
<i>by [bleep] school kids in 2015,</i>
<i>because they're that</i>

349
00:16:57,484 --> 00:17:02,954
<i>G.D. important,</i>
<i>theater is like, you know,</i>

350
00:17:02,956 --> 00:17:05,223
<i>of the devil, so sorry.</i>

351
00:17:05,225 --> 00:17:09,894
<i>And James Burbage was so</i>
<i>distraught by this</i>

352
00:17:09,896 --> 00:17:13,431
<i>that he died of a broken heart.</i>

353
00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:18,803
<i>And Giles Allen said,</i>
<i>James Burbage is dead, this is</i>

354
00:17:18,805 --> 00:17:22,473
<i>my land, I'm gonna do</i>
<i>what I want with it.</i>

355
00:17:22,475 --> 00:17:26,611
<i>But one of The Lord</i>
<i>Chamberlain's Men went,</i>

356
00:17:26,613 --> 00:17:30,381
<i>hey, fellas, hang on a second.</i>

357
00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:35,720
<i>I've been looking at the lease,</i>
<i>the, like, actual piece</i>

358
00:17:35,722 --> 00:17:38,823
<i>of paper that our lease</i>
<i>is written on,</i>

359
00:17:38,825 --> 00:17:42,427
<i>and that lease says</i>
<i>Giles Allen owns the land,</i>

360
00:17:42,429 --> 00:17:48,433
<i>but... technically speaking...</i>

361
00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:50,535
<i>we own the building.</i>

362
00:17:50,537 --> 00:17:53,371
<i>What are we going to do</i>
<i>about this?</i>

363
00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,543
So then...
[groans]

364
00:17:58,545 --> 00:18:01,379
Hold on.
[exclaims]

365
00:18:01,381 --> 00:18:01,813
So then--

366
00:18:01,815 --> 00:18:02,580
[groans]

367
00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:08,386
<i>[patriotic music]</i>

368
00:18:08,388 --> 00:18:09,520
- [groans]
I was trying to be good

369
00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:11,089
this episode and not
wind up on the floor.

370
00:18:11,091 --> 00:18:15,326
- Here you go.
- Mm-hmm, thank you.

371
00:18:15,328 --> 00:18:21,265
<i>So on the night</i>
<i>of December 28, 1598,</i>

372
00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:24,402
<i>it happened that Puritan</i>
<i>landowner Giles Allen</i>

373
00:18:24,404 --> 00:18:27,438
<i>was out of town</i>
<i>for the Christmas holiday.</i>

374
00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,274
<i>The Lord Chamberlain's Men</i>
<i>decided to take matters</i>

375
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:33,411
<i>into their own hands.</i>

376
00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:36,080
<i>William Shakespeare</i>
<i>and the members</i>

377
00:18:36,082 --> 00:18:39,283
of The Lord Chamberlain's Men

378
00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:40,318
<i>are like, you know what?</i>

379
00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:46,357
<i>This building belongs to us,</i>
<i>and we're going to take it.</i>

380
00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:49,894
<i>They went into the costume</i>
<i>storage rooms, they put on</i>

381
00:18:49,896 --> 00:18:54,432
<i>their most terrifying military</i>
<i>battle gear,</i>

382
00:18:54,434 --> 00:18:58,569
<i>and they proceeded to take down</i>

383
00:18:58,571 --> 00:19:01,272
<i>the entire building,</i>

384
00:19:01,274 --> 00:19:06,310
<i>including the 30-foot beams</i>
<i>that held the building aloft.</i>

385
00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:11,315
<i>Brick by brick,</i>
<i>every last piece.</i>

386
00:19:12,050 --> 00:19:15,319
- I got you.
- What are we talking about?

387
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:20,925
- Um, Alexander Hamilton.
- How dare you.

388
00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:26,964
<i>So, uh, when Giles Allen came</i>
<i>back, he realized that,</i>

389
00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:30,935
<i>oh, my God, the land</i>
<i>that I own, uh, this land</i>

390
00:19:30,937 --> 00:19:35,373
<i>used to have a theater on it,</i>
<i>and no longer does.</i>

391
00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:38,109
<i>What the eff happened?</i>

392
00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:42,680
- I'm gonna try
to bring you back up.

393
00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:47,351
- So Shakespeare
and The Lord Admir--

394
00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,320
Lord Chamberlain's Men,

395
00:19:49,322 --> 00:19:50,521
they took down a whole building,

396
00:19:50,523 --> 00:19:55,092
<i>and they took all of those</i>
<i>pieces across the Thames,</i>

397
00:19:55,094 --> 00:19:57,495
<i>and board by board</i>
<i>they rebuilt this theater,</i>

398
00:19:57,497 --> 00:20:02,667
<i>rechristened it The Globe,</i>
<i>and this is where Shakespeare</i>

399
00:20:02,669 --> 00:20:04,936
<i>premiered his greatest works.</i>

400
00:20:04,938 --> 00:20:09,407
<i>And hey, did you learn "Hamlet"</i>
<i>in high school?</i>

401
00:20:09,409 --> 00:20:14,545
<i>It's 'cause Shakespeare and</i>
<i>his buddies stole a theater.</i>

402
00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:17,114
- Mark, you're the [bleep] best.

403
00:20:17,116 --> 00:20:18,716
I wish you had a drink.
I'd cheers you.

404
00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:20,117
- I got one right here.
- What was that?

405
00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,386
- No, where'd it go?
- I dunno.

406
00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:24,055
- I had one.
- You did?

407
00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:26,190
Where'd you put it?
- I don't [bleep] know,

408
00:20:26,192 --> 00:20:30,127
but I'm gonna do this with ya.

409
00:20:30,129 --> 00:20:31,262
- Here's your drink.

410
00:20:31,264 --> 00:20:32,396
- Was this mine?
- Yeah.

411
00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:36,300
- I love you.
- [laughs]

412
00:20:36,302 --> 00:20:38,269
You're the [bleep] king.

413
00:20:38,271 --> 00:20:41,405
<i>[patriotic music]</i>

414
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:48,579
<i>♪ ♪</i>

415
00:21:06,698 --> 00:21:09,200
<i>[quirky music]</i>

416
00:21:09,202 --> 00:21:12,236
[laughter]

417
00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:12,770
<i>♪ ♪</i>

418
00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:15,606
- Yeah, baby!
- Oh, my God!

419
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:19,143
[cheers and applause]