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The Brooklyn Bridge was
complete, and Emily Roebling
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was like, I built the
[bleep] out this bridge.
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I'm so drunk.
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Victor goes at the Eiffel
Tower, and he's like,
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we're tearing this bitch down.
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(Laughs)
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Shakespeare is like, this
building belongs to us,
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and we're going to take it.
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What are we talking about?
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(Patriotic music)
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= synced and corrected by Shahrazade =
... www.addic7ed.com ...
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We are going to get tipsy.
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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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It's Brooklyn, 1865,
and it's becoming this
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really emerging town.
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The ferries are going back and
forth to Manhattan, and they
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couldn't handle the load,
uh, so a committee was formed
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in New York called The
New York Bridge Committee,
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and they're just like, this
[bleep] is not working.
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These ferries are [bleep] up,
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and they decided that they
needed to have a bridge built.
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This is going to be the
largest bridge ever built.
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In the world?
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In the world.
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And so the New York
Committee hired John Roebling
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to design and build the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Now, he wanted to build
a suspension bridge.
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There were a lot of naysayers
saying that suspension bridges,
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oh they fall, they can't hold,
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there can never be one that big.
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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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And so, John Roebling is the man.
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Everybody is very excited to
see what this is gonna become.
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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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was this huge Civil War hero.
And while he was finishing up
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his duties in the war,
he met Emily Warren.
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And when Washington saw Emily
for the first time, he was like,
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you are the most beautiful
woman I've ever seen
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in my life.
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- And she was like...
- (Giggles)
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Thank you, that's
so cute, oh, my God.
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And they got married, and
Washington calls his dad
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and was like, hey, I met this
beautiful woman, I got married.
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And he was like, great, son.
I need you to come to Brooklyn
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and help me build this bridge.
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And so they fly to Brooklyn, and they...
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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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(Muffled voice): Son, I can't
open my mouth,
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but what I need you to do is
take over this bridge for me
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because I'm 'bout to die,
and this is my legacy,
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and I'm passing it to you,
so don't [bleep] this up.
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And so...
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Washington's freaking out, and
it was Emily who stepped in,
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and she said, baby, I love you.
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You can do this. You're the man.
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And Washington Roebling was
like, yeah, you got my back.
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We can do this.
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So he developed these
pneumatic caissons, which were
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these huge, wooden boxes.
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And they blew in compressed
air, and then they had to put
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people down there to
dig out the river bed.
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So one day, a fire breaks
out, so Washington goes down
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and tries to put the fire
out, and he's not really
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paying attention, but he comes
up too fast and contracts
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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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in your blood stream and
basically can create paralysis.
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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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so much pain and agony
from this stupid disease,
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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 will complete this bridge
for you because you're my
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everything, and I will do
whatever it takes to make
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your legacy continue.
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So she took it upon herself
to learn engineering and took
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all his instructions to the
team every day and became
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like the chief engineer.
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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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Shut the [bleep] up and go feed
your baby with your titties.
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Can I say that? Can I say "titties"?
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- Yeah, titties is my favorite word.
- Okay, titties.
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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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and she's like, oh, no. I'm
gonna teach you everything
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you need to know about
building this bridge properly,
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and that's what we gonna do.
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And ain't gonna be no more
talk... no more backtalk, 'Kay?
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So over the next nine years,
Emily is running the [bleep]
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out of this bridge, and in
1883 the bridge is complete.
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And Washington was like,
Emily, I need you to be
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the first person to cross the bridge.
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Would you do this for me?
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And she was like, hell yeah.
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And so she hops in a carriage
with a little white rooster
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on her shoulder
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as a symbol of victory.
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And she was like, yeah, I
[bleep] built this [bleep].
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Do you see me? I'm up
on this mother[bleep],
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and I am turnin' it out.
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I'm Emily mother[bleep] Roman...
Roebling, and I got this white
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cock on my shoulder,
and I built the [bleep]
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out this bridge.
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And she rides across that
Brooklyn Bridge in a carriage
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with a white rooster on her
shoulder, and history is set.
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- Wow.
- Crazy, right?
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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 feel a little drunker this time, so...
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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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Uh, our story's gonna begin in 1925.
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Everyone in Paris [bleep]
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hates the Eiffel Tower
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because it was constructed
for the World's Fair,
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and it was never meant to be permanent.
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And now it costs too much for repairs.
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And so one day, this dude named
Victor Lustig opens this French
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paper up and starts reading
about this, and he says,
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I know what I'm doing, and
what I'm gonna be doing
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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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five of the most, like,
well-known scrap metal dealers
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and let them know
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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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hey, you know what... I'm gonna
rock the [bleep] out of this.
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And Victor got a limo, he would
take these scrap metal people
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to the Eiffel Tower, and he's like,
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we're tearin' this bitch down.
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And I've got the inside [bleep], okay?
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So he finds his mark.
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He finds the guy who was a
little, like, new and green,
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and the guy's name was
Andre Poisson, and that's
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how you pronounce it...
it sounds like "pussy."
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It's not pussy, but, yes, you're right,
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it does sound like that.
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So Victor was like, yep,
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Andre, you're my dog, you're my dude.
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The Eiffel Tower? Break that bitch down.
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And Andre's like, of course
I'm gonna buy the Eiffel Tower
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from this guy.
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So $70,000 Victor Lustig
takes from this dude,
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and bounces the [bleep] out of France.
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And he keeps lookin' at the papers.
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When is this gonna, you know, show up?
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It never shows up because
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Andre Poisson didn't even
go to the police because
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he was too embarrassed,
and he lost 70 grand.
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So Vic goes back to Paris.
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He says, eh, I'll do this [bleep] again.
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Why the [bleep] not?
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Except this time, he gets
the bomb-ass suite in, like,
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the most baller hotel.
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It was like The Cubdoop De
Crill Leptoo... Four Seasons.
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So Victor brings all these folks in
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to his bomb-ass hotel suite
and feels like, hey, man,
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that... that's my mark. That's the guy.
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He's eager, he's interested.
So Victor says, okay,
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I am a French official times
ten, my [bleep] is official
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as [bleep], but this guy
through the whole thing
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was going, this sounds like
the most crooked [bleep]
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I've ever heard.
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So he ends up going
to the police, saying,
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I think this guy's trying
to scam me, and y'all should
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bust the [bleep] out of him.
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Victor gets wind of it and says
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bouncin' out again.
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And he goes to Chicago
with another awesome scam
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like you would not believe.
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Victor goes to Al Capone
and says, I'm Victor Lustig,
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but you can call me The Count,
which is a baller nickname.
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Not... no, you just said the c-word.
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- No, I... no I said The Cou...
- You said The [bleep],
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- you said...
- No, I didn't.
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- Yeah, you did, a little bit.
- I quietly said
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- The Count.
- Could everyone in this room
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agree that he kinda said The [bleep]?
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They agreed.
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- Okay...
- Okay.
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So what did The [bleep] say?
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(Laughs)
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So here's the deal, Al, I got this guy
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who's gonna triple your money.
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I just need 50 grand from you, in cash.
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Now I'm sorry... this is in the
1920s... do you scam Al Capone?
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'Cause I'm pretty sure
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- he'll cut your dick off.
- Yeah.
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He's like, hey, I have your dick,
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and, like, juggle dicks
with like... juggle dead,
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he like... he'll juggle
dicks in front of you.
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- Yeah, best dick-juggler ever.
- Everyone knows that.
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So Al Capone gives
Victor $50,000 and says,
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yeah, triple that [bleep].
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And Victor goes, pff, awesome.
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But he takes it and puts it in
a safe and just leaves it there,
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and then after two months
he goes back to Al Capone
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and says, hey, A.C.,
I lost all your money,
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but I'm not a dick like
that, so here's $50,000
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out of my own pocket.
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And Al Capone goes, hey,
man, thanks for being honest.
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He gives him $5,000 just for a...
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Thanks.
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Victor was asked, why in
the [bleep] would you,
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like, it's Al Capone. He juggles dicks.
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And he said, I just
wanna gain his trust.
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I'm a con man. If I
[bleep] up, that dude...
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now he trusts me.
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And he goes around place to place
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with all of the dozens and dozens
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of scams that he comes up with.
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But they end up finding this
ass and sent him to Alcatraz.
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But this dude was known as The Count,
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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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be a patient listener.
Never look bored.
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Wait for the other
person's political opinion,
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and always agree.
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You always let the other
person bring up religion,
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and then you always agree.
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Hint at sex talk, but
always let them bring it up.
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Never discuss illness.
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Never pry into their
personal circumstances.
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Never boast, never be
untidy, and never get drunk.
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Oh, and Al Capone went to jail, too.
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Well, yeah, he's a dick-juggler.
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(Laughs)
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- So hello, my friend.
- Hello.
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Uh, because we're telling
a story that takes place
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in the era of Shakespeare, in
Elizabethan England, for us,
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- I have...
- Oh, my dear lord.
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You wanna go old school on this one?
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- What is this?
- This is ale, my friend.
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This is real, dark, delicious ale.
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- Take a swig.
- Mm.
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- Atta boy.
- Oh, my God.
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Oh, it just went down my shirt.
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- Oh, Mark...
- I'm good.
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Hello, my name's Mark Gagliardi,
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and today we're gonna talk about
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William Shakespeare and the
Great Theater Heist of 1598.
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(Laughs) Oh, [bleep].
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All right, let me set the stage for you.
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It's the late 16th century,
in a neighborhood just north
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of London called Shoreditch
where the most brilliant minds
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of the time have started
gathering at the taverns.
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You've got Sir Walter Raleigh,
and Christopher Marlowe,
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who's like the biggest
playwright in the world.
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And it was there that a guy
named James Burbage makes
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this land deal with Giles Allen
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and decides to build his own theater.
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It is called The Theatre,
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with an "re" not an "er."
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You do it with an "re"
'cause it's classier.
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Yeah.
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So William Shakespeare shows up.
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I'm William Shakespeare.
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I'm the new guy, um...
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So, in re... in, uh, so then he spends
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he late 1580s, uh, writing...
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- (Laughs)
- And starring in some of his
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early works, but in
1594, the theater scene
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was viciously crippled by
a bubonic plague outbreak.
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So James Burbage, founder
of The Theatre has decided,
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here's what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna get together
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a troupe of actors made of all
of the actors whose troupes
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had disbanded during the bubonic plague
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and create a super group
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of Elizabethan actors called
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The Lord Chamberlain's Men.
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(Sighs)
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Would you like water?
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I'll take that as a no.
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So Shakespeare's found his home
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and his home is The
Theatre. And at this time,
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Shakespeare is prolific.
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He's writing some of his best plays.
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He's churning out...
he's like, oh, hey, here,
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try this one out.
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This one's called "Hamlet."
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Here, try this one out. I
call this one "Othello."
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You're probably gonna need some
shoe polish to play Othello,
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but nobody's socially conscious
enough that blackface isn't
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a bad thing at this point.
So Shakespeare has these guys
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doing these amazing plays until 1597.
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Giles Allen says, oh, you
wanna renew the lease?
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Hang on a second. I've
decided these plays
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are bull[bleep]. I hate The Theatre.
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And James Burbage is like, wait, what?
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So Giles Allen... Guyles Allen?
Giles Allen? Giles Allen says,
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I'm a Puritan, so I think that
plays are dumb even though
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you're doing Shakespeare, and
your plays are gonna be read
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by [bleep] school kids in
2015, because they're that
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G.D. important, theater
is like, you know,
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of the devil, so sorry.
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And James Burbage was
so distraught by this
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that he died of a broken heart.
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And Giles Allen said, James
Burbage is dead, this is
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my land, I'm gonna do
what I want with it.
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But one of The Lord
Chamberlain's Men went,
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hey, fellas, hang on a second.
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I've been looking at the
lease, the, like, actual piece
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of paper that our lease is written on,
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and that lease says Giles
Allen owns the land,
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but... technically speaking...
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we own the building.
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What are we going to do about this?
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So then...
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(Groans)
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Hold on. (Exclaims)
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So then...
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(Groans)
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(Patriotic music)
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(Groans) I was trying to be good
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this episode and not
wind up on the floor.
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- Here you go.
- Mm-hmm, thank you.
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So on the night of December 28, 1598,
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it happened that Puritan
landowner Giles Allen
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was out of town for
the Christmas holiday.
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The Lord Chamberlain's Men
decided to take matters
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into their own hands.
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William Shakespeare and the members
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of The Lord Chamberlain's Men
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are like, you know what?
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This building belongs to us,
and we're going to take it.
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They went into the costume
storage rooms, they put on
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their most terrifying
military battle gear,
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and they proceeded to take down
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the entire building,
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including the 30-foot beams
that held the building aloft.
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Brick by brick, every last piece.
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- I got you.
- What are we talking about?
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- Um, Alexander Hamilton.
- How dare you.
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So, uh, when Giles Allen
came back, he realized that,
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oh, my God, the land
that I own, uh, this land
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used to have a theater on
it, and no longer does.
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What the eff happened?
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I'm gonna try to bring you back up.
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So Shakespeare and The Lord Admir...
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Lord Chamberlain's Men,
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they took down a whole building,
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and they took all of those
pieces across the Thames,
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and board by board they
rebuilt this theater,
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rechristened it The Globe,
and this is where Shakespeare
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premiered his greatest works.
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And hey, did you learn
"Hamlet" in high school?
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It's 'cause Shakespeare and
his buddies stole a theater.
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Mark, you're the [bleep] best.
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I wish you had a drink. I'd cheers you.
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00:20:13,290 --> 00:20:15,315
- I got one right here.
- What was that?
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00:20:15,345 --> 00:20:17,463
- No, where'd it go?
- I dunno.
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- I had one.
- You did?
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- Where'd you put it?
- I don't [bleep] know,
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00:20:21,363 --> 00:20:23,528
but I'm gonna do this with ya.
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Here's your drink.
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- Was this mine?
- Yeah.
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- I love you.
- (Laughs)
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You're the [bleep] king.
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(Patriotic music)
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