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I had a karate teacher who would say "my one legged grandma can do better than that!" to motivate us, she said it to motivate us and I totally believed her, she always sweared it's true. I know its highly unlikely, but I like to think I was taught karate by the granddaughter of America's greatest spy.
Reminds me of the story of a guy called liver-eating Johnson and how he escaped from Crow Indians by taking one crow guy's leg and being the other guy up with it
"Hall was given a wooden prosthetic peg leg to use instead, and she seemed to take it all in her stride" Poor choice of words there, or comedy gold. :D
Sounds like she was a very effective spy. After watching Archer, I define “The Most Dangerous Spy” as someone who ends up getting everyone, allies and enemies, killed around them.
Today I Found Out Well done! It's too late for this week, but look into Hedy Lamarr. She did some amazing clandestine stuff in WWII. She even invented a method of communications currently used by cell phones, and sued Mel Brooks over the spoof of her name in Blazing Saddles "That's Hedley!". Fully aware of her wartime contributions, how Brooks handled the suit was very, very classy!
Sounds like the most dangerous spy, ever. Made goat cheese, spied on the soldiers, made radio reports AND trained THREE battalions...super multitasker to boot.
Then there's the guy who heard some German officers bragging about their prowess as a fighting force as compared to the Americans. He went next door, changed into his USMC uniform, went back in, and forced them to drink a toast to the Marine Corps.
TheUKNutter That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. You must be an American. Because only Americans believe the world only consists of Americans. And to that only liberal braindead idiotic embecils woul come up with a comment like that. So typical. If something does not fit your narritive suddenly you accused him of being "a Trump supporter" Funny. Your country is a joke! You are the only country in the world who openly vry like babies about your Presedent and have absolutely no respect for him! Te me why then did he become President? Here's a hint... Shit! Maybe more people voted for him than you liberal scumbags. Your country is going to the dogs and you need people like Trump to fix wat's broken! Your kind is a disgrace of humanity! Liberals are the mildew that grew from the safety and security provided by the very people and viewpoints that you hate! I don't even speak English. Or as you call it American. The world has got some pretty blog problems and you Americans are led by the nose by the puss infested Holywood and the Jews that are bastardising your culture and cause you to mix races and interbeeding till you have NO identity. No sense of belonging. No pride. Just a mindless bunch of mixed races zombies.
legit badass right there, never heard of her or her antics. Survived the war even despite her injury and racked up an amazing list of successes. Absolute elite class spy
What a wonderful badass! Not gonna lie I wasn't too enthused for some of the story. I was completely taken aback when she walked from France to Spain. WALKED. She freaking WALKED! Anyway, I wish there were more like her, women who are just dangerous, smart, and all around clever. I need a movie about this woman, I plan to read the book later.
A 'petard' is a very old type of black powder explosive used in the times of Shakespeare. The term is used in one of Shakespeare's plays implies someone is blasted into the air by their own powerful implement. It's used metaphorically, like if a politician campaigns on an anti-corruption agenda and sets up an anti-corruption squad then if he is convicted for corruption by that squad then he has been 'hoist on his own petard'.
This is impressive and interesting. I was expecting this to be about Nancy Wake, the White Mouse from the title and was interested to hear about another amazing woman assisting the French Resistance.
And now a nanosecond of silence for the world's most mutilated people: the LEGOmen. They are created in many individual parts, popped into the 3ish basic pieces, and eventually.. put together by us giants. Then we use them for mini-wars and fights, many are wounded and pulled apart from the legs or head piece. The LEGOmen are then put back together, or combined with the plastic flesh of other LEGOmen.. into either new people or abominations. They are taken apart and harvested for select parts, many of which are sold on the bricklink market, to other giants needing new parts for their abominations. LEGOmen, we salute your tolerance to our tortures of you!
Being from Baltimore I am very proud to see super strong woman being featured in an awesome RUclips video. Not saying that no other women are mentioned in RUclips just Happy she is from Baltimore lol P.s. keep up the good work
Dear Simon Whistler would you please look at the book Paris Underground which details the war experiences of two women, one British one American both living in France when she fell who worked with a few others to get over 300 Flyers who were shot down back to England. They and others are, like the Limping Lady, and Odette are little known. It is available on Amazon. I am probably spelling the name but the author is Etta Schriber. Thank you. l
Thanks for this great video. I love your channel because I love learning random stuff. Why not make a video both about the university in Europe with a drive of alumni who made saints, and that other one in Californian with a parking lot reserved for Novel prize laureates?
Rectangular pupils combined with slightly offset eyes allow the goat to have an extremely wide cone of vision. Useful for spotting predators and for not falling off rock faces/ high places. Hope that helped.
Oh, geez, after getting her wooden leg she "took it all in her stride". It doesn't seem from the video that Simon noticed, but I bet he did! anyway,...gutsy woman, hell, just plain gutsy, period! Did more than most & never gave up!
*I have a question about deer* Mr Whistler, do "Deer Whistler's" that you attach to the front of your car actually work? The highway venison is stacking up deep here in the Northern colonies, so are those dumb looking bullets actually doing anything? Or is it a gimmick? I used to ride my motorcycle home from work early in the morning and noticed that they would scamper off of the roadway right quick, but my quiet car better have some good brakes, so there has to be a pitch that keeps those poor buggers from getting smacked up by my need to travel. What is the true answer? I don't like the idea of doing ugly to something that leaves me alone, and I need to travel, so are there other animals that you can deter by equipping your vehicle the right way?
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I had a karate teacher who would say "my one legged grandma can do better than that!" to motivate us, she said it to motivate us and I totally believed her, she always sweared it's true. I know its highly unlikely, but I like to think I was taught karate by the granddaughter of America's greatest spy.
Reminds me of the story of a guy called liver-eating Johnson and how he escaped from Crow Indians by taking one crow guy's leg and being the other guy up with it
I get the feeling that everyone we hear about this week is going to be deserving of a movie.
And those would be movies that I would actually pay to watch. Many of us, I suspect.
Pretty much, yep. :-)
@@MephLeo I paid damn good money to watch a movie about this woman
Seems like the two-legged spies need to... step up their game...
bahahahah
"Hall was given a wooden prosthetic peg leg to use instead, and she seemed to take it all in her stride" Poor choice of words there, or comedy gold. :D
I'd bet the pun was very much intended.
I think that it was a good choice of words, as even with her wooden leg, she could still take things in stride.
Walked over a mountain range with one leg.
Damn
Clean Exactly, cold as hell too.
ye and we complain when are feet hurt after 8 hour shift what a bunch of entitled pricks we have become
Sounds like she was a very effective spy.
After watching Archer, I define “The Most Dangerous Spy” as someone who ends up getting everyone, allies and enemies, killed around them.
US III
GOD DAMN IT BRET!
She had to use a prosthetic leg, but “she seemed to take it in her stride”. lol
Your authority isn't valid in fort kick ass
+Eddie the Head He died doing what he loved.
Crossed a mountain range with a peg-leg? There are days when I seriously debate whether I'm going to survive the stairs in my house...
Today I Found Out Well done! It's too late for this week, but look into Hedy Lamarr. She did some amazing clandestine stuff in WWII. She even invented a method of communications currently used by cell phones, and sued Mel Brooks over the spoof of her name in Blazing Saddles "That's Hedley!". Fully aware of her wartime contributions, how Brooks handled the suit was very, very classy!
She was a model for the female villain on Agent Carter.
a real life Peggy Carter?!
lol... Peggy
Oh my god.
Now that’s a hero!
Sounds like the most dangerous spy, ever. Made goat cheese, spied on the soldiers, made radio reports AND trained THREE battalions...super multitasker to boot.
Simon, this is perhaps one of the best stories you have done to date. Thank you most kindly good sir.
A one-legged woman and she is still more badass then most men.
You mean "than" rather than "then".
Thats badass, it's hard to make cheese.
I knew about this woman because I was obsessed with WWII in high school.
The balls some of these spies have is crazy
ross blair but she’s a girl....XD. I agree it’s crazy.
Like the one guy that got himself into a concentration camp to show what was happening there and managed to escape, Like wtf lol.
ross blair yeah it’s crazy, people never wanted to go there. And then he wants to go there. Crazy
Then there's the guy who heard some German officers bragging about their prowess as a fighting force as compared to the Americans.
He went next door, changed into his USMC uniform, went back in, and forced them to drink a toast to the Marine Corps.
I now really, _really_ want to know his name. Can you tell me?
She took it all in stride? Now that's a good one. 😄
Wow, I guess her sacrifice and dedication paid off.
Michiel James Are you a Trump supporter?
TheUKNutter That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. You must be an American. Because only Americans believe the world only consists of Americans. And to that only liberal braindead idiotic embecils woul come up with a comment like that. So typical. If something does not fit your narritive suddenly you accused him of being "a Trump supporter"
Funny. Your country is a joke! You are the only country in the world who openly vry like babies about your Presedent and have absolutely no respect for him!
Te me why then did he become President?
Here's a hint...
Shit! Maybe more people voted for him than you liberal scumbags.
Your country is going to the dogs and you need people like Trump to fix wat's broken!
Your kind is a disgrace of humanity!
Liberals are the mildew that grew from the safety and security provided by the very people and viewpoints that you hate!
I don't even speak English. Or as you call it American.
The world has got some pretty blog problems and you Americans are led by the nose by the puss infested Holywood and the Jews that are bastardising your culture and cause you to mix races and interbeeding till you have NO identity. No sense of belonging. No pride. Just a mindless bunch of mixed races zombies.
Michiel James My name has UK in it, that makes me an American? WOW! I never knew that.
I’m loving Badass week.
You should also check of Badass of the Week website by Ben Thompson. The stuff he writes is just pure gold XD
I bet her leg had secret compartments in it.
0:55 "And she seemed to take it all in her stride" Oh my goodness, unintentional pun!
One of the best videos yet, Simon.
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the pun at 0:50
Hall didnt shoot her own leg off by mistake. She was just being courteous, wanting to give the Germans a fighting chance.
Peg leg... Stride.... I see what you did there.
Probably the most clever pun to date.
Awesome story. Thanks, Simon!
legit badass right there, never heard of her or her antics. Survived the war even despite her injury and racked up an amazing list of successes. Absolute elite class spy
Very well executed video. Loved it!
Thank you for sharing your amazing story
What a wonderful badass! Not gonna lie I wasn't too enthused for some of the story. I was completely taken aback when she walked from France to Spain. WALKED. She freaking WALKED! Anyway, I wish there were more like her, women who are just dangerous, smart, and all around clever. I need a movie about this woman, I plan to read the book later.
France to Spain....a little bitty line on the map
I really, really hope her leg was hollow and she smuggled stuff in it. :-) That would be so perfect.
Janis Cortese inside was a slightly smaller second peg leg
She could've put a gun in there
I was and she did. From what I know though, mostly documents containing information and the like
As soon as I heard spy and wooden leg, little draws filled with various poisons came to my mind with the title of the video :~)
Awesome...wish there were more folks like her!
Someone either make a show or movie about this
And she won the world championship ass kicking contest that was WW2.
"She took it all in stride" lol
That is freaking awesome. I will definitely read the book.
For some reason “the limping lady” sounds really cool.
Good subject ,thanks
Simply amazing!!!
Wow! What a Woman! Would be a great inspirational movie. Thank you for bringing this info to me.
FASCINATING! Thanks!
There needs to be a movie about her! I'd watch it!
She's all-right now.
CaptainSwagelz
Nice one Dr. Wordsmith
CaptainSwagelz Now that's an old joke.
Great story, a really brave woman. Could you tell me where the phrase 'hoist on there own petard' came from please? Thanks x
madammimm check "petard" in Wikipedia. The idiom is defined there under "Etymology".
A 'petard' is a very old type of black powder explosive used in the times of Shakespeare. The term is used in one of Shakespeare's plays implies someone is blasted into the air by their own powerful implement.
It's used metaphorically, like if a politician campaigns on an anti-corruption agenda and sets up an anti-corruption squad then if he is convicted for corruption by that squad then he has been 'hoist on his own petard'.
It’s from Shakespeare
This is impressive and interesting. I was expecting this to be about Nancy Wake, the White Mouse from the title and was interested to hear about another amazing woman assisting the French Resistance.
Wow...brave, bold, and subtly kick ass...!
Love this channel thought-provoking informative just about everything that RUclips is not 😀
Thanks
If you think about it, Hall gives the name "Hopalong Cassidy" a new meaning.
Wild Bill Donovan
Bravo !!
Someone needs to make a movie out of this. Wow.
Best TIFO video in a long time, riveting stuff.
What a badass.
3:35 they didn't misunderstand that. That's just British humor. XD
Im liking the new stuff your doing
Highly recommend reading or listening to "A Woman of No Importance" goes in to a lot of detail about her and her work
Wow! The first Bene Gesserit?
And now a nanosecond of silence for the world's most mutilated people: the LEGOmen.
They are created in many individual parts, popped into the 3ish basic pieces, and eventually.. put together by us giants.
Then we use them for mini-wars and fights, many are wounded and pulled apart from the legs or head piece. The LEGOmen are then put back together, or combined with the plastic flesh of other LEGOmen.. into either new people or abominations. They are taken apart and harvested for select parts, many of which are sold on the bricklink market, to other giants needing new parts for their abominations. LEGOmen, we salute your tolerance to our tortures of you!
How can you not enjoy these small addictions :)
This woman needs a movie!
I can only think of " _Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once_ ".
They should make a movie or a serial about this woman!
Being from Baltimore I am very proud to see super strong woman being featured in an awesome RUclips video. Not saying that no other women are mentioned in RUclips just Happy she is from Baltimore lol
P.s. keep up the good work
"If Cuthbert is giving you trouble, then have him eliminated"
And I can't even make it out of the house when I'm feeling sick lol
Dear Simon Whistler would you please look at the book Paris Underground which details the war experiences of two women, one British one American both living in France when she fell who worked with a few others to get over 300 Flyers who were shot down back to England. They and others are, like the Limping Lady, and Odette are little known. It is available on Amazon. I am probably spelling the name but the author is Etta Schriber. Thank you.
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Good stuff she was a tough bird!
•pauses at 0:14• EYYYY BALTIMORE REPRESENT!!! •watches the rest of the video•
I love this channel
I enjoy knowing there is so much going on in this world. Little secrets here and big secrets there.
This should be a movie ^^
Some people make me feel lazy, but people like this make me feel like I'm dead.
Thanks for this great video. I love your channel because I love learning random stuff.
Why not make a video both about the university in Europe with a drive of alumni who made saints, and that other one in Californian with a parking lot reserved for Novel prize laureates?
Took it all in stride... hahahaha
Wow that story needs a huge budget movie
I f you have not already done it, I would love to see one on the White Mouse, Nancy Wake, from WW2.
I love your videos! I do have suggestion for a question. Why do goats have such weird eyes?
Rectangular pupils combined with slightly offset eyes allow the goat to have an extremely wide cone of vision. Useful for spotting predators and for not falling off rock faces/ high places. Hope that helped.
So many puns in this video lol
What are a Frenchman’s two favorite words?
“I surrender”
Wow she is awesome
Where's the Amazon link?
With the 100's of WWII war movies out there...Hollywood has missed the boat by neglecting to tell this story.
I've a question. What's the story behind Yamaha? How are they both making motorcycles and musical instuments too? Seems weird.
Henrik Rónai Daewoo makes cars and weapons, like GM , they are just heavily diversified.
Musical instruments and motorcycles=money
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_Corporation#History
transcendentape I think his video would be more in-depth, but thanks :)
Henrik Rónai when we pumped money into the Japanese economy after ww2 companies had to create as much stuff as possible so they made everything
Bonus Fact: She founded a chain of pancake restaurants, in the US, called IHOP.
Idea for a video: What if a British monarch gave birth to the heir of the throne on American soil?
A POW escapes, they don't run away.
That is fucking awesome, I definitely am going to check out that book
Oh, geez, after getting her wooden leg she "took it all in her stride". It doesn't seem from the video that Simon noticed, but I bet he did! anyway,...gutsy woman, hell, just plain gutsy, period! Did more than most & never gave up!
Holy shit, how is this not been made into a movie ???
Why hasn't Hollywood made a movie of her life? Shes kick ass!
*I have a question about deer* Mr Whistler, do "Deer Whistler's" that you attach to the front of your car actually work? The highway venison is stacking up deep here in the Northern colonies, so are those dumb looking bullets actually doing anything? Or is it a gimmick? I used to ride my motorcycle home from work early in the morning and noticed that they would scamper off of the roadway right quick, but my quiet car better have some good brakes, so there has to be a pitch that keeps those poor buggers from getting smacked up by my need to travel. What is the true answer? I don't like the idea of doing ugly to something that leaves me alone, and I need to travel, so are there other animals that you can deter by equipping your vehicle the right way?
no
She's got some real pirate grit in her.
Her story was on an episode of Drunk History. Good episode, that one.
The German's called her Artemis by code name. Sounds about right.
Anyone else notice that the first frame of every video has "histler" already shown? It should start with nothing if you ask me...
yeah, but it is a really small design flaw the vast majority propably won't even notice
I never noticed... But now I will always notice! 😬
This needs to be a movie starring Gal Gadot!!! Take my money Hollywood, please!!!
Caden Rolland lol I think they should hire a white American woman to play a white American woman rather than hiring an Israeli woman.
Read the book. Narrow escapes galore. Plucky gal!
Simon, where's the link to the book?