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Комментарии • 603

  • @matthewholden1208
    @matthewholden1208 2 года назад +636

    The EpicLoyd line was actually the second wall break, the first one was the first line ."Bully I love competition " it refers to Dan Bull the actor playing Churchill,

    • @Leedark3
      @Leedark3 2 года назад +128

      Third. When Roosevelt says "What's up bitches?" it is a reference to his catchphrase as the ERB mascot that they would use for announcement videos in between seasons.

    • @AtomicZn
      @AtomicZn 2 года назад +66

      Actually, the "Bully!" expression was one Roosevelt was known to use a lot. It's essentially "Hooray!".

    • @wendywood7839
      @wendywood7839 2 года назад +3

      oh snap you little fun fact too the guy that's playing Winston Churchill is in another rap battle he's Jack the Ripper version Hannibal Lecter really good ripped in a way funny way witch his the bomb like much respect✌👍🇬🇧

    • @ryanthecaptain189
      @ryanthecaptain189 2 года назад +13

      @@AtomicZn yeah Bully was an old timey slang for sure

    • @vivianbrody510
      @vivianbrody510 2 года назад +13

      Wrong. Teddy Roosevelt was well known for using the line, "Bully!" Try again.

  • @Sweeney541
    @Sweeney541 2 года назад +190

    "The Big Stick" refers to a lot of things... it was TRs foreign policy: "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." And it's the nick name of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

  • @Chualland
    @Chualland 2 года назад +140

    The tube in Britain is the underground train or subway. During the German Blitz of the UK and especially London people would hide in the subways since they were built pretty well.

    • @jasonrichardson1999
      @jasonrichardson1999 2 года назад

      Tube could also be used for the tube alloys,which lead to the Manhattan project

    • @Qureas
      @Qureas 2 года назад +7

      Also Churchill had an underground bunker which served as the HQ during the blitz.

    • @fenech2013
      @fenech2013 2 года назад

      London people we are called londeners my good sir

    • @ch1nav1rus19
      @ch1nav1rus19 2 года назад

      mmmmmmm Chube

  • @williammotta150
    @williammotta150 2 года назад +121

    The Gallipoli line is actually a reference to his failed operation trying to take Gallipoli. It costs a lot of British lives

    • @Bobsyagod
      @Bobsyagod 2 года назад +11

      I think the line is more referring to the fact that he was fairly careless with the lives of the commonwealth countries and poorer footsoldiers from Britain. It wasn't just a failed campaign, but British commanders ordered ludicrous charges and told troops to hold ground in suicidal stands that needlessly cost thousands of lives. The thought was as long as they won, the number of grunts dying was irrelevent. Churchill thought it'd all go easily if they rushed in, but it was all so poorly managed that they were failing everywhere and just believing in their past glory that they'd win eventually because they were British commanders.

    • @williammotta150
      @williammotta150 2 года назад

      @@Bobsyagod yea but he request a ton of soldiers they said no, and he went anyways. Gallipoli then followed him for the rest of his life.

    • @Bobsyagod
      @Bobsyagod 2 года назад +3

      @@williammotta150 Yeah with a ton more soldiers and a plan they'd have taken it. Not going since they didn't have the numbers would've been ok too. Going anyway was just suicidal, but only for the soldiers, not the commanders.

    • @serdragon
      @serdragon 2 года назад +7

      It was more then british soldiers , Australia and other countries as well

    • @jynx7720
      @jynx7720 2 года назад +8

      many australian and new zealander soldiers died as well hence why us australians and new zealanders celebrate anzac day which stands for the australian and new zealand army corps.

  • @phantomblack94
    @phantomblack94 2 года назад +99

    3:17 The "what's up bitches" is a reference to something they used to do in the past. They would have updates that started with Roosevelt saying that (also why only his mouth is moving there because that was the style) Here's an example of that in the first 3 seconds: ruclips.net/video/AxOVW2CNw7Q/видео.html

    • @ryanmoore4003
      @ryanmoore4003 2 года назад +3

      This was also a reference of DMX. Ruff Ryders and Whats Up Bitches was either a song, or a known part of one of his songs.

    • @Oberonexe
      @Oberonexe 2 года назад

      @@ryanmoore4003 Nice pull!

  • @satiricalnote048
    @satiricalnote048 2 года назад +50

    The "look at that mug" line could also be considered a double because Winston was nicknamed the British Bulldog. And Mug is a root beer brand with a Bulldog as a symbol.

    • @attoboi9763
      @attoboi9763 2 года назад

      Yup that's the first line reference as well, "bully! A challenge! I love competition" was a double or triple, referrers to his nick name, his busting and e.t.c

    • @ravenzyblack
      @ravenzyblack Год назад

      @@attoboi9763 - He was the leader of the Bull Moose Party.

  • @kck9742
    @kck9742 2 года назад +186

    Fun fact: Winston Churchill was half American. His mother was Jennie Jerome, a beautiful American heiress. During the "Gilded Age", it was quite common for rich American business tycoons to marry their daughters off to British aristocracy. It was mutually beneficial, as the aristocrats were usually broke and needed their brides' dowries, and in return the brides got titles and prestige.

    • @nate-404
      @nate-404 2 года назад +6

      TIL thank you

    • @artembentsionov
      @artembentsionov 2 года назад +9

      It’s pretty much what happened in Downton Abbey, with the previous Lord Grantham (who was impoverished) marrying his son to the daughter of an American dry goods magnate

    • @kck9742
      @kck9742 2 года назад +4

      @@artembentsionov Exactly. I remember Robert admitting to Cora that he didn't fall in love with her until after they were married. :-)

    • @artembentsionov
      @artembentsionov 2 года назад +3

      @@kck9742 yeah, it was clearly an arranged marriage that actually had a happy outcome

    • @jakob3044
      @jakob3044 2 года назад

      I mean, America is the offspring of England

  • @thegrayshaws
    @thegrayshaws 2 года назад +195

    I think Teddy won too.
    Churchill's last line "we shall never surrender" is from the same speech he mentioned earlier. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

    • @6666Imperator
      @6666Imperator 2 года назад +9

      I love the ending where you see the light reflections in the clouded sky and bombs going down. It feels like the end times while the rap battle ends

    • @robertshadbolt3056
      @robertshadbolt3056 2 года назад +3

      I get chills reading those words let alone hearing them

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey Год назад +5

      I think neither won.
      This battle is the musical incarnation of
      *Unstoppable force vs. Immovable Object*
      Which characterizes these two perfectly.

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams Год назад +1

      I think I’ll always remember part of that speech because of the music video for _Aces High_ by Iron Maiden opens with it.

  • @emilypearson438
    @emilypearson438 2 года назад +15

    6:30 actually Alabama is the closest state in size to England. Alabama is roughly 52,000 square miles, while England is about 50,000 square miles. The entire UK is about 93,000 square miles which is bigger than Idaho but smaller than Oregon. I just learned that in my geography class, and it’s crazy

    • @peterkeijsers489
      @peterkeijsers489 16 дней назад

      During Churchill's era, England wasn't separate. In fact, it was Great Britain (or UK?) for centuries already. Only the Republic of Ireland separated from Great Britain in 1920/1921. The rest had been a union all along.

  • @TheZoenGaming
    @TheZoenGaming 2 года назад +43

    "The tube" is British slang for the subway. During the blitzkrieg people would take cover in the subway system.
    We, the USA, were in the midst of peace talks with Japan when the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. The reason it caused such outrage as to change the opinions of an entire nation is because it had required the Japanese fleet to begin traveling in secret before the talks had even started indicating Japan was never interested in sueing for peace and their diplomats were meant to keep us vulnerable instead of preparing for war.

    • @kck9742
      @kck9742 2 года назад +2

      Not to nitpick, but I think you meant to refer to FDR, not Teddy. Teddy died in 1919. :-)

    • @TheZoenGaming
      @TheZoenGaming 2 года назад +2

      @@kck9742You're right! I regularly attribute that fact to the wrong Roosevelt. Thanks for reminding me. I'll remove that from my comment.

    • @kck9742
      @kck9742 2 года назад

      @@TheZoenGaming LOL, no problem. It makes sense to get them confused because FDR was contemporary of Winston Churchill.

    • @TheZoenGaming
      @TheZoenGaming 2 года назад +1

      @@kck9742 LOL I mean that I *ALWAYS* say that about Teddy instead of FDR. It's weird because it's the only factoid that I switch up between them.

    • @Midnightgamer00
      @Midnightgamer00 2 года назад +1

      Yup, if I remember correctly even the Japanese diplomats that were sent didn't know about the surprise attack that was planned. It is very possible that they were lying, but also it is possible that there were inner political conflicts and it was a way to get rid of the ones that were sent for peace talks (all speculation). Only supporting evidence is that there were conflicts between the military branches of Japan. ruclips.net/video/N1L9J6D-ggE/видео.html again I have not checked to see if that video is 100% correct.

  • @TheMany42
    @TheMany42 2 года назад +28

    WC is also “water closet” and deuce would refer to defecating as well. Essentially TR was saying he was going to crap all over Churchill.

  • @johnirenicus4135
    @johnirenicus4135 2 года назад +82

    The Two Fingers extended (as a form of obscene gesture) comes from the medieval days! During that time, the yew bows that English archers used were capable of puncturing platemail armor, and were therefore regarded as incredibly dangerous weapons, so whenever their enemies (particularly the French) captured English archers, they would cut off the fingers that they used to draw the bowstring. So, as a result, the index and middle finger extended in a V was used as a taunt by archers against their enemies, as if to say "Yeah, we still have these! You're screwed!"

    • @vanity1180
      @vanity1180 Год назад +6

      huh, thats interesting, so in a way, showing the middle finger to someone is practically telling them you are gonna shoot them lol

    • @Arksimon2k
      @Arksimon2k Год назад

      @@vanity1180 Eh, the story hasn't been verified as true, it's one of those myths that gets passed down. Maybe a bit of truth in it, but no one's really sure.

    • @archfiend221
      @archfiend221 Год назад +2

      Sorry to ruin your comment but at best historically that's a theory that can't realistically be proven

    • @bradleygalo4775
      @bradleygalo4775 Год назад

      @@archfiend221 *Sad Walter White.*

    • @crimsondragon1980
      @crimsondragon1980 7 месяцев назад

      First time that story appeared wasn’t until the late Victorian period

  • @crescentfresh8001
    @crescentfresh8001 2 года назад +39

    I was watching a reactor do Stephen King vs. Poe, going "Ohhhh!" to every bar, then at the end saying "Wait, which one was Stephen King?". After that, it renewed my appreciation for your ERB breakdowns, haha.

  • @pvzboi
    @pvzboi Год назад +5

    The big thing about size is during the time of Winston Churchill, The UK owned many colonies all over meaning it was way bigger than described in the video but very accurate for the current time.

  • @johnny22233323
    @johnny22233323 2 года назад +33

    I think another meaning to full deuce was that he was a boxer, and he would "give him the old one-two", a jab and a straight punch.

    • @chrisa7905
      @chrisa7905 2 года назад +1

      I also read that line as unloading the deuce-deuce aka .22 caliber. Its a small round but still extremely popular and accurate. I might be wrong lol

    • @Bobal27
      @Bobal27 2 года назад +8

      Also, WC is British for bathroom (water closet), so the full deuce is a number 2. That’s why Winston responds with “Whatever shit you throw at me, I’ll just return to sender.”

    • @cjohn8531
      @cjohn8531 2 года назад +3

      Full duece could have been using both barrels of a shot gun completely unloading on Churchill

    • @lycancowboy1989
      @lycancowboy1989 2 года назад +2

      also the full deuce, as in the full number 2, as in the full second round of the battle.

    • @JourneymanObfuscator
      @JourneymanObfuscator 2 года назад +1

      @@Bobal27 Came here to say this.
      Dropping a deuce is poop. WC is Water Closet, Teddy is saying he'll poop on him.

  • @johnirenicus4135
    @johnirenicus4135 2 года назад +20

    Part of the irony in the "while I wake up every day and chain smoke cigars" line is that Theodore Roosevelt was actually prescribed whiskey and cigars as a treatment for his asthma.

    • @gabrielesolletico6542
      @gabrielesolletico6542 Год назад +1

      Lol doesn't seem like a fitting cure, for me.

    • @ryko1478
      @ryko1478 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@gabrielesolletico6542yeah they were wild times in medicine

  • @DShadowWolf
    @DShadowWolf 2 года назад +30

    "I might be battling you even though I'm toasted..." - At one point at a diplomatic function a British Lady walked up to Churchill and said something like "You, sir, are drunk!" He replied with "I might be drunk, but you are, Madam, are ugly and in the morning I'll be sober but you'll still be ugly."

  • @timbrwolf1121
    @timbrwolf1121 2 года назад +53

    The fitness bar was actually a triple that no one seems to catch. Panama, his childhood, and fitting his you know.

    • @Revenon
      @Revenon 2 года назад +5

      This is actually a quad. Roosevelt also started the "Presidential Fitness Test" they do in Elementary schools to promote fitness.

    • @timbrwolf1121
      @timbrwolf1121 2 года назад +1

      @@Revenon I forgot about that one because I was probably taught that fact under duress during the test

  • @joeyjohnson7795
    @joeyjohnson7795 2 года назад +16

    Interestingly, the fact that Teddy knew enough first aid to know that he was stable after being shot and because he stayed and demanded that "no harm shall come" to John Flamming Schrank who has just shot Roosevelt, Schrank's life was saved. Many agree that he would have lynched by the Roosevelt supporters before the police could apprehend him. Schrank was born in Bavaria and immigrated to the US at age 5. By age 9 he had lost both parents and went to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle. At some point in his young adult years they both died leaving him a considerable amount of money and lots of property. About this time his girlfriend and only love in life died in a boating accident. He abruptly sold the properties and possessions and wandered the East Coast, drifting town to town. He never caused any legal trouble however he would engage in lively religious debates with locals which could rifle some feathers from time to time. Prior to his trial Schrank was declared insane as he had told authorities that President McKinley, for whom Roosevelt served as VP, had appeared in a dream and demanded that Schrank avenge McKinley's assassination by killing Roosevelt. Schrank lived in an asylum until his death in 1943- 31 years after the shooting.

  • @adamfrankenstein5944
    @adamfrankenstein5944 2 года назад +47

    Toe to Toe, Do-Si-Do, 12 step program. Those are all shots at that Winston needed a wheelchair.

    • @EiferBrennan
      @EiferBrennan 2 года назад +3

      I had no idea Winston Churchill needed a wheelchair.

    • @adamfrankenstein5944
      @adamfrankenstein5944 2 года назад

      @@EiferBrennan Towards the end of his life he had a series of strokes which made walking difficult.

    • @chrisa7905
      @chrisa7905 2 года назад +3

      Also boxing trainers often uses “dancing” terminology for technical/evasive techniques and footwork. You’d be surprised how many boxers take dancing classes to improve footwork and timing. I was one... but I’m still a trash dancer lol

    • @6666Imperator
      @6666Imperator 2 года назад

      the 12 step program I thought was a diss at his alcohol consumption. Like the anti alcoholics have a 5(?) step program for rehab right?

    • @adamfrankenstein5944
      @adamfrankenstein5944 2 года назад

      @@6666Imperator It is, but later in life he needed a wheelchair so the diss works on multiple levels.

  • @andrewgoodall7146
    @andrewgoodall7146 2 года назад +24

    Churchill was the mastermind of the battle for Gallipoli and it's public advocate, so most blame him for the disaster that it was. I enjoy your breakdowns, have you thought of reacting to some sabaton songs?

  • @phillipreed6599
    @phillipreed6599 2 года назад +6

    After he got shot, Teddy said “I am as fit as a bull moose”, then named his party after the infamous quote. Great own by Teddy

  • @d.k.sovereign8642
    @d.k.sovereign8642 2 года назад +10

    "The full Deuce" is also a play on the gun/bullet scheme as to it alludes to a double-barrel shotgun, you give them both barrels - "the full deuce."

  • @AtomicZn
    @AtomicZn 2 года назад +83

    A few notes and corrections off the top of my head:
    You seem to confuse Teddy Roosevelt with FDR a few times. Teddy was president about 30 years before Hitler's rise to power (early to mid 1900s), so that skews some of the timeline a bit. For example when Churchill points out that he was fighting Nazis while TR was opening parks he's comparing how difficult their jobs were, not saying that Teddy was ignoring the Nazis. World War 1 didn't start until Teddy was already out of office, much less World War 2. Essentially the line is just "You had it easy, I had a much harder task."
    This was a response to Teddy's earlier line about running a country much larger than England. He was being hyperbolic comparing England to the size of a state. It doesn't matter which state, Teddy's just saying "I had a ton more responsibility running this huge country than you do running this one tiny fraction of what I was in charge of."
    Also: Japan didn't attack Pearl Harbor because we were selling arms to England. They attacked because they were in the process of greatly expanding their territory. As they island hopped across the Pacific they were very aware that at some point America might just say "Enough!" when they got too close to American territory and push back. They waited as long as they could then attacked Pearl Harbor as a preemptive strike to cripple our ability to fight back before attempting to take American territory.
    The part you're thinking of with America giving arms to England was called the Lend-Lease program. FDR couldn't justify throwing America into WWII without good reason because WWI had just wrapped up a few years prior and Americans wanted nothing to do with another European war. Huge populations of Americans were also German descendants and immigrants. The public will to fight just wasn't there. Instead, FDR made a deal with England to supply them. This way America could help without sending over troops. Essentially FDR said "Take all these munitions and hardware. Pay us for what you can, give us an IOU for what you can't and we'll just say you're borrowing our stuff."
    You are correct about Teddy's wife and mother dying close together. Specifically, they died within 24 hours of each other in the same house. Teddy's mother succumbed to illness and his wife died in childbirth. Famously, his journal entry for that day was just a big black X and the single line "The light has gone out of my life."
    As a bit of a side note on this episode: Your insight on a lot of things is really good, but you do sometimes seem to miss the forest for the trees. Not every line about Churchill's face is going to be a subtle dig about how Teddy is on a mountain and Churchill isn't. Maybe he's just calling the guy ugly.
    Also for me the line where TR won it was when he pointed out that Churchill's parents abandoned him. Up to that point, Churchill's strongest line was the dig at how Roosevelt's family died young. Roosevelt then took that line and immediately spun it around. "Yeah, my family died, but they didn't have a choice in that. Yours did and they abandoned you anyway." Boom. Done. Battle over.
    If you get a chance, check out the Ken Burns PBS documentary called "The Roosevelts". It's excellent and tells the history of their family, with most of the emphasis on Teddy, FDR, Alice and Eleanore Roosevelt.

    • @Ashtari
      @Ashtari 2 года назад +9

      Alice was a proper spitfire. Teddy was known for saying “I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. I cannot possibly do both.”

    • @Xtoffler
      @Xtoffler 2 года назад +11

      bro wrote a whole essay

    • @Romanillos76
      @Romanillos76 2 года назад +2

      In some ways Japan knew they where fight a losing war and that the US after beating other country's would then send in aid. So i think they were hope that would happen. They just could not imagine the response we would give.

  • @osma77
    @osma77 2 года назад +7

    One thing you seemed confused on - and for good reason, it's obscure - Is the "what's up bitches" line early on in the first verse. Back when ERB was regularly putting out content, in between seasons they would put out a short "when is the next season starting" video. In those videos, the bust of Roosevelt would present the information in a silly, over the top way, with it's mouth moving like a nutcracker. If you look closely, when Lloyd says "what's up bitches", his mouth is animated in the same way, speaking with his over-the-top Roosevelt voice. It's literally a throwback/easter egg to ERB's own videos.

  • @dylanshandley1246
    @dylanshandley1246 2 года назад +12

    I had to google it cause I want to know now, the UK is closest in size to Oregon(though the UK is a little bit smaller than Oregon), and as an Australian I’m obligated to include the fact that the UK would fit into Queensland about 7 times :)

    • @6666Imperator
      @6666Imperator 2 года назад

      also talking about England, Great Britain, United Kingdom or the Commonwealth? All have different sizes :D

    • @dylanshandley1246
      @dylanshandley1246 2 года назад

      @@6666Imperator I’m fairly sure the stat is for the whole United Kingdom of England and Northern Ireland, so i don’t think it includes the rest of the ROI

    • @6666Imperator
      @6666Imperator 2 года назад

      @@dylanshandley1246 true I meant it more as a side/fun fact. I think you are correct with UK

  • @stewartgardener8104
    @stewartgardener8104 2 года назад +9

    Good reaction video, just to add some additional unpacking of the lyrics here:
    Yes to the underground bunker, Churchill had secret sections of the London Tube network which were used as a bunker, but also as a base of operations to organise Britain's defenses, especially during the battle of Britain.
    Also full deuce is a reference to both the two fingered salute, but also deuce being slang for poo. Essentially calling Churchill a toilet he is about to take a dump on.
    This then ties in with the line "Whatever shit you throw at me, I'll just return to sender".

  • @Soldierjason1
    @Soldierjason1 Год назад +2

    He earned the Medal of Honor for the Battle of San Juan Hill. Also Bully is a reference to the Bully pulpit idea that Theodore had.

  • @josephwalsh9285
    @josephwalsh9285 2 года назад +5

    MrLboyd your switching up on the time frame .. all good 👍 ... Best reaction channel on RUclips .

  • @Xandrick64
    @Xandrick64 2 года назад +5

    By chance, do you watch Teacher Eddie? You and he have such a passion for history, and although ERB teaches me things about history I didn't know, you and Teacher Eddie give breakdowns to these that reveal even MORE, and it's amazing.

  • @stevencowan37
    @stevencowan37 2 года назад +1

    16:20 - the "tube" is a nickname the London underground railway system, which (being underground and all) was used as impromptu bomb sheltering for residents of London during the blitz bombings by the luftwaffe in WW2

  • @comonaocraftar
    @comonaocraftar 2 года назад +13

    React to Civilization Rap by Dan Bull! ( The guy who played Winston Churchill )

  • @reggaelion86
    @reggaelion86 2 года назад +3

    I appreciate that I get a history lesson with these ERB reactions. It’s just enough to be interesting, not too much to be annoying

  • @Leedark3
    @Leedark3 2 года назад +4

    You have to consider that, at the time, America was not considered the world power it is now. We helped out in WWI, but not a superlative amount or anything, and we were in the tail end of the Great Depression when WWII broke out. And we actually weren't as necessary as our history books like to think. Germany did themselves in when they turned on Russia and invaded. We just sped things up a bit.

    • @xtrlsidma
      @xtrlsidma 2 года назад

      Speeding up things did save many lives though. Not saying we were essential in winning but we did help save lives with a quicker end. And as they say history is written by the winners

  • @shawnfischer2692
    @shawnfischer2692 2 года назад +4

    Edger Allen Poe V Stephen King is a must

  • @mrs.kcaryns.2639
    @mrs.kcaryns.2639 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for helping me understand rap!
    Genuinely, thank you

  • @josesegadas
    @josesegadas 3 месяца назад +1

    The hide in your tube part is because in WWII, the underground train stations (the tube, as the british called it) were used as bomb shelters for the people.

  • @BayAreaMike99
    @BayAreaMike99 4 месяца назад +1

    12:23 the choke hard also is a double meaning in rap battling if you fail at rapping and start short-circuiting and you don’t speak at all you “choke”

  • @T3MP0RARY_AL13N
    @T3MP0RARY_AL13N 2 года назад +2

    I hope to see someone mention Dis Raps for Hire.

  • @ravenwulfgar
    @ravenwulfgar 2 года назад +6

    The woman Churchill roasted was Lady Nancy Astor. She also told him, "Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your drink" to which he responded, "Nancy, if you were my wife, I'd drink it."

  • @TheTriops123
    @TheTriops123 2 года назад +8

    UK is the same size as Alabama, population wise I think it is near California. the big stick was the American diplomatic thinking try to talk things out but have the military power back those words up. the Japanize attack was caused by American embargos on supplies they needed and the need to clear other powers from its areas. they hoped that fast hard attack would bring the USA to the table to avoid war. full deuce maybe 1-2 combo punch or the US 50 cal is known as ma deuce so TR had the big guns.

  • @fisheer5260
    @fisheer5260 2 года назад +1

    I am binge watching you react to ERB so I can learn about history and other references. I used to watch these as a kid and I just thought they sounded good but as I’m 21 years old now and watching them through with you teaches me so much I did t know and it’s really entertaining. Keep up the great work, really like your break downs and analyses of these songs!
    Edit: I’m Swedish so my American history is not that great so getting a lecture about America from (what I would say) a very smart and articulate American is very interesting and eye opening :)

  • @Cryptid_Renfri
    @Cryptid_Renfri Год назад +1

    Yes, the tube is the British version of a "subway". And yes, many times during the blitz people would hide in them. They were designated shelter areas. My grandmother on my father's side lived in London during WW2 and was a teenage volunteer air raid warden. I heard more than one story about her experiences when I was a wide-eyed kid. Running through the streets as bombs exploded around her. Her neighbours house was completely demolished by a bomb at one point. She suffered from bad PTSD and a certain level of dementia in the last year or so of her life. She would have random panic attacks and claim that the Germans were here, seemingly reliving her past trauma and memories. I remember once when I visited her as a kid I was wearing a shirt from an army disposal store that just happened to have the German flag stitched onto one shoulder. I guess it was an old German army shirt. She didn't really make a fuss but I remember my parents telling me that it had really stressed her out and asking me to step outside the nursing home for a while so she wouldn't see it. As a 12 year old kid I didn't didn't really grasp the gravity of the situation and thought it was kind of funny. Looking back now I realise that she probably had seen horrible things as a result of the Blitz and that any reminder of those days probably really affected her in a major way. That particular visit ended up being the last time I ever saw her conscious, as not long afterwards she slipped into a coma and passed away. I still feel bad for wearing that shirt the last time I saw her. If I could wear anything else in hindsight, I would.
    Her father also served in the trenches of WW1 and was a dispatch rider for a while before being wounded by mustard gas, so I'm sure she'd heard plenty of stories about Germans in her own childhood, let alone her own experiences as a teenager during WW2 living in one of the most bombed cities of the war.
    It was a touchy subject. Knowing people that lived through those times really makes it feel a whole lot more personal in some weird way. It becomes more than history written down in a book, or shown in a movie. It becomes real. That might sound strange to some people, but if you know, you know.

    • @Cryptid_Renfri
      @Cryptid_Renfri Год назад +1

      I'm Australian, but my family has a pretty close connection to England through my grandmother. She was an amazing person, and I wish I could've known her as an adult and spoken to her with the knowledge I now have.

  • @selonianth
    @selonianth Год назад +2

    The Alabama comparison is actually way closer than you think. Though it isn't true for the whole of the UK, England itself is only 50k square miles. Alabama is 52.

  • @johnjekyllson28
    @johnjekyllson28 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love these videos!

  • @jonathanjones621
    @jonathanjones621 2 года назад +1

    Fun Fact Teddy's favorite drink was the Cuba Libre = Cuban rum + Cola syrup + soda water + lime juice. It's quite fantastic if you ever get a chance to have Cuban Rum or a blended recreation that is close. After his Presidency, Roosevelt served as a Scout Leader in Oyster Bay, NY of Troop 39 and first Commissioner of Nassau County Council. He was heavily involved in both Boy Scout and Girl Scouts of America. Later he was elected Honorary Vice President of the Boy Scouts, and first and only Chief Scout Citizen. The Boy Scouts still lay wreaths as Roosevelts grave and he's the only person with a Medal from the Boy Scouts named after him

  • @Vincisomething
    @Vincisomething 8 месяцев назад +1

    I looked it up, England is smaller Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. Michigan and England are nearly the same size in area (Michigan is slightly larger).

  • @alek2913
    @alek2913 2 года назад +1

    I think the spruce mustache was a double entendre as so 1 grow a bushy mustache 2 spruce being a type of pine tree and Theodore was known for making national parks to preserve wildlife and forests.

  • @imaferretmaster
    @imaferretmaster Год назад +1

    The WC line is also a reference to the Flying Deuce with WC Fields

  • @nate-404
    @nate-404 2 года назад +1

    You never cease to amaze me with your vast knowledge.

  • @AndICanTalk2
    @AndICanTalk2 2 года назад +2

    I can't wait for you to do Dan Bull Civilization rap. Great stuff here.

  • @CheeseWheelWilly
    @CheeseWheelWilly 2 года назад +1

    When it comes to Theodore Roosevelts assassination attempt you say that the potential assassin was afraid that Theodore would run for a 3rd term. From my understanding, Theodore Roosevelt had served 1 full term and about 3 years of his first term (became president after Mckinley was assassinated) and when Roosevelt was shot it was actually when Taft was president and Roosevelt was running again because he was not satisfied with Tafts more moderate/conservative first term.

  • @randomaccount-dq1jq
    @randomaccount-dq1jq 7 месяцев назад +1

    Churchill lasted 30 more years of life chain smoking and binge drinking is absolute madness.
    17:50 you forgot the offeres those things at a heavily marked up price and the entire reason Anglo / Japanese relations broke down was America being heavily against the racial equality proposal after WW1.

  • @applegreed4792
    @applegreed4792 2 года назад

    I have been waiting for this one! This was one of my favorites

  • @lavender-rosefox8817
    @lavender-rosefox8817 Год назад

    13:08 the quote youre thinking of is We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall never surrender'. whch is what he saud to increase piblic morale

  • @anthonycurby4606
    @anthonycurby4606 2 года назад +1

    The what's up b***hes line is a reference to the channel updates they would release. It's a photo of teddy roosevelt narrating all the stuff they announce.

  • @eldricgrubbidge6465
    @eldricgrubbidge6465 Год назад +1

    It might also be a reference to the "ma deuce" or M2, a heavy calibre machine gun which played an important part in WWII, (and basically every other conflict America has been in since.)

  • @practicedsmile7516
    @practicedsmile7516 2 года назад +6

    I love Dan Bull who played Winston. Definitely check out his other content. He's hilarious. Just like Stupendium and JT Music (among others).

  • @aubriestarks2242
    @aubriestarks2242 Год назад +1

    Also, it should be noted that tensions were high between the US and Japan for a long time before Pearl Harbor. Both countries were heading for a war before WW2 started.

  • @Peg__
    @Peg__ 7 месяцев назад +1

    Have you read, "Why England Slept", a paper by John F. Kennedy?
    JFK wrote it when his father Joe Sr. was the American ambassador to England before WW2. Its an interesting POV and it does give some context to the surrounding leaders of the time.

  • @shrapnelslurpee
    @shrapnelslurpee Год назад +1

    Brits hid in the subway tunnels during bomb raids. Also Churchill did everything he could do dodge the draft during ww1. Teddy Roosevelt also helped create the boy scouts

  • @ChrispiChicken
    @ChrispiChicken Месяц назад

    The thing about the bass, is that it’s the backbone of a band, making it one of the most if not the most important instruments in a band
    (Yes I am a bass player lmao)

  • @bjornerluffy
    @bjornerluffy 2 года назад +3

    While I like the "your whole country is the size of one state", as its true when talking about the geographic extent of mainland UK, but technically both in 1900 and in 1940, Great Britain ruled a larger area of land than the U.S, or any other country for that matter. At the time it was second biggest empire ever, only beaten in geographical width by the Mongol Empire.
    Its still a very nice bar tho in the context of this battle

  • @McGriddle69
    @McGriddle69 2 дня назад

    Roosevelt was shot in a parade on the way to give a speech but his saving grace was his speech which when folded up in his pocket was so long that it cushioned him from the bullet. He still got hit but it was a shallow wound and he refused to go to the hospital and went on to deliver his 4 hr speech.

  • @Wilsbourne
    @Wilsbourne 2 года назад +3

    I love this one! Another one I love with Dan Bull in it is Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter. You would love that one man, you should definitely check it out!

  • @Dutchlad112
    @Dutchlad112 2 года назад

    Thank you for this reaction sir, funnily enough i watched some ERB reactions of yours last weekend and was thinking you would like this one. And now you're already reacting to it.
    I feel quite lucky.

  • @christopherbilko9243
    @christopherbilko9243 2 года назад +1

    Teddy Roosevelt learned the saying of " talk softly and carry a big stick " from a swahelli aide in africa when he was hunting in Africa

  • @oatmealformana
    @oatmealformana 2 года назад

    love these videos! i watch my boy scru face jean for the rap breakdown while i watch you for the literal breakdown

  • @DNAHalo25
    @DNAHalo25 Год назад

    i haven't seen anyone say this about the 12 step program line but In title fights, this is called "the championship distance", which once was 15 rounds but today usually means 12 rounds, though there were some ten-round championship matches. although back in his era of bare knuckle boxing there would have probably only been 3 rounds

  • @mycroft64089
    @mycroft64089 2 года назад +1

    Do-si-do is a square-dancing maneuver where partners circle each other without changing their facing, possibly implying Churchill would be particularly bad at boxing footwork.

  • @mvhdsk1122
    @mvhdsk1122 Год назад

    Dunno if anyone said that yet, but
    1. "give the full deuce" to my mind, a deuce would also be a double barrel shotgun
    2. "battle to the end and will never surrender" thats a straight quote from the same speech as "fight you on the beaches" was recited from

  • @sumdolt8948
    @sumdolt8948 2 года назад +1

    "I'm dropping bombs while your hiding in a tube".
    In WW2 the Germans were bombing the crap out of England so Churchill spent most nights in a bomb shelter.
    "Keep calm and carry on"
    This slogan was intended to encourage the British people to continue to fight even if the government surrendered. Which was a very real possibility. So it was basically a call to carry out terrorist attacks after the Germans successfully invaded. The fact that this was something they were prepping their people for says a lot and plays even harder into
    "Thank God for pearl harbor"
    Churchill was the main guy behind the failed Gallipoli invasion. He was fired for it and if not for WW2 it would have ended his career
    Your knowledge is extremely impressive! Really enjoyed the reaction 👍

  • @EditDeath
    @EditDeath 2 года назад

    "What's up bitches!" was a running gag for ERB. The announcement videos between seasons or parts of seasons where they'd announce the schedule of next videos was always hosted by Teddy Roosevelt, who started the videos that way

  • @DaveTheVader
    @DaveTheVader Год назад

    "I'm into fitness" makes me think of how he allegedly idolized George Hackenschmidt. He is sometimes quoted as stating that "If I weren't president, I'd like to be George Hackenschmidt." Hackenschmidt was the first Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion and the guy who popularized the bench press, so a massively influential figure in wrestling, fitness, and bodybuilding.

  • @ald7282
    @ald7282 3 месяца назад +1

    if you just go on land mass, the UK is about the size of Oregon. so not as little as Alabama, but still very small in comparison.

  • @SpiderJerusalemJr
    @SpiderJerusalemJr 2 года назад +16

    Great reaction as always! However, I'm going to have to challenge that point you made about the Allies not winning WWII until the US showed up. There's been increasing evidence and discussion amongst historians that the tide of war was turning before the US showed up. American involvement in the war 100% sped things up, but since Germany's entire tactic was to use speed and it wwas not able to take control of the UK rapidly, it was unlikely that the Axis forces would have been able to ever take control of the UK. Basically, the UK's tactic was to tough it out until Germany was too exhausted to keep going. I am afraid this is once again an exaggeration of the US' role in WWII. It's easy to look all mighty when you haven't been fighting for over two years. It's important to remember that it is only after WWII that the US becomes a juggernaut internationally, not before. Though it had been steadily becoming more and more influential for some time. The US did not save Europe, but it definitely put the nail in the coffin for the Eastern front.
    As well, the US was selling weapons and resources to both sides at the beginning of the war, somewhat favouring the Axis at first. That was gradually shifting as the war went on, and of course the US only supported the Allies when they joined the war. The US typically sides with who they think will win. Like I said earlier, more recent scholarship on the topic has been shining light on the glorification of the US and giving a more nuanced and accurate representation of the US' role in that war.

    • @BRBollmann
      @BRBollmann 2 года назад +2

      it's also worth mention the soviet zerg rush during the first years

    • @mattroxursoul
      @mattroxursoul 2 года назад +3

      The biggest source of help the US really gave was industrial. As far as defeating Germany that was mostly Russia. The vast majority of troops from Germany were on the eastern front.

    • @timbrwolf1121
      @timbrwolf1121 2 года назад

      US involvement prevented a repeat of WW1. WW2 was effectively turning into a repeat of WW1 with different borders.

    • @timbrwolf1121
      @timbrwolf1121 2 года назад

      Sure the russians would have eventually had the same effect, but adding the US made it impossible for a stalemate to occur and cause a similar situation as WW1.

    • @thedarcbird
      @thedarcbird 2 года назад

      @@mattroxursoul and the Russians borrowed the tactic from the UK's best general, Wellington. He used the tactic of the 'threadbare carpet' to defeat Napoleon's forces in Spain. When Napoleon invaded Russia, they used the same tactic...

  • @brabbelbeest
    @brabbelbeest Год назад +1

    "Teddy had more bars" Yes literally, I think both of TR's rounds were significantly longer than WC's were... Another small reference you might have have missed if you haven't been following ERB from their early days, Teddy yelling "WHAT'S UP B!TCHES!" is a bit of an inside joke.
    Because ERB used the image of TR and used him as a sort of announcer of news and upcoming projects and that was his standard catchphrase.
    As to America's involvement in WWII, initially the US was fine sitting this war out without being directly involved. The provided goods, arms, etc. but were content to leave it at that.
    And while America's involvement was incredible helpful in the European campaign and the effort and sacrifices those American soldiers made should never be forgotten, the war would most likely been won by the allies, even without America's involvement. Though who knows how long that would have taken.

  • @spiderfingers86
    @spiderfingers86 2 года назад

    On this episode from ERB is the battle between a president and a prime minister. President Theodore Roosevelt was a champion boxer and ninjutsu martial artist before he became a politician

  • @josephsoliman7176
    @josephsoliman7176 2 года назад

    The production level on this battle is bonkers. Sooo much detail in the background.

  • @patrickhill8494
    @patrickhill8494 2 года назад

    The Gallipoli campaign saw the first modern attempt at amphibious assault using water, land, and air, in history. I wrote a paper years ago about how D-Day's success relied heavily on the hard and costly lessons learned at Gallipoli.

  • @fredt1983
    @fredt1983 2 года назад +1

    How many millions upon millions of Australians did Winston get killed in Gallipoli while telling them to "Just run at the machine guns" basically? That's some Nanjing levels of evil that always isn't talked about.

  • @forcedinertia9187
    @forcedinertia9187 Год назад

    I would enjoy a conversation about interpretation of history with you man. You did your research and research equals respect.

  • @lacintag5482
    @lacintag5482 Год назад

    The "What's up bitches" line is a reference to ERB itself. Before he appeared in a battle, Teddy (played by the same guy) would be the voice of the outros to some videos where he would open with that line (in the same delivery). In those videos it'd be a picture of the real Teddy Roosevelt with the mouth animated crudely, the same way it's animated in this particular line.

  • @johnpovenmire209
    @johnpovenmire209 2 года назад

    The What’s Up bit is an in joke: Teddy was the mascot for ERBH and that’s how they announced a new season

  • @dermanater
    @dermanater Год назад +1

    16:25 many British people hid from the Blitz in tube (underground train) tunnels and stations

  • @meebond
    @meebond Год назад +1

    A full deuce might also be reference to the double-tap that our operatives are trained to do when the aim is to kill.

  • @st0n3p0ny
    @st0n3p0ny 2 года назад +1

    Thank God for pearl harbor, no contest, Teddy took it. And yeah teddy took that bullet to the chest, and hung around for an hour to finish his speech. The bullet was slowed by the 50 page speech folded over and his glasses case. You've probably seen that twenty times in movies, but it actually happened to him.

  • @RelativelyBest
    @RelativelyBest Год назад +1

    The "What's up, bitches?" thing is an old meme. Haven't seen it in ages, so it probably goes over most people's heads these days.

  • @Nukedk
    @Nukedk 2 года назад

    As mentioned before, just a few tidbits.
    As of 1920(the latest account I have found) the British empire span 13,700,000 sq mi vs. 3,531,905 sq mi for USA
    Also. Theodore Roosevelt was president from 14. September 1901 to 4. Marts 1909, hence avoided both world wars.

  • @briancoy7297
    @briancoy7297 2 года назад +2

    This is one of the ERB's I could really see going either way, but I also gave Teddy the slight nod.

  • @jeffrichards1537
    @jeffrichards1537 2 года назад

    beginning. Folded up speech in his pocket is what slowed the bullet down. Watch the today I found out video about it.

  • @MKDumas1981
    @MKDumas1981 2 года назад

    The area of the UK (94,056 sq mi) is between Minnesota (86,936 sq mi) and Michigan (96,714 sq mi).

  • @serdragon
    @serdragon 2 года назад

    Sting - the police
    Lemmy - motorhead
    Both are bass players and leader of their bands

  • @biggmackthewackslack6654
    @biggmackthewackslack6654 2 года назад

    I'm pretty sure that the spruce mustache joke was alluding to how the trees under Mt Rushmore cover half of his face from some angles :P

  • @ameyer1970
    @ameyer1970 2 года назад +1

    Churchill wasn’t prime minister when WWII started, Neville Chamberlain was.

  • @patrickhill8494
    @patrickhill8494 2 года назад

    The tube reference was for when the Axis was bombing the hell out of Britain and when the raid sirens went off the populace would go hide the The Tube, the London subway system, and then come out when the bombing stopped.

  • @txaggievet
    @txaggievet 2 года назад

    Whats Up Bitches, is a reference to Epic Lloyd and his intro to ERB updates, where he dressed up like Roosevelt and said, "Whats up Bitches" before they then gave you the information

  • @isaacpaz9287
    @isaacpaz9287 Год назад +1

    No the winning bar was "A bullet can't stop the bill moose" walking away from the gunshot

  • @alaneskew2664
    @alaneskew2664 2 года назад +1

    Teddy was a total Badass, a total force of nature and very likely ADHD

  • @jefflace4949
    @jefflace4949 2 года назад

    Someone correct any mistakes I make here but I believe Gallipoli was an offensive that Churchill came up with in WW1 I think (he obviously wasn't Prime Minister at that time but was in upper echelons of government). The British had numerous obsolete battleships (pre-dreadnaughts). The British wanted to launch an offensive against the Ottomans but the waters at Gallipoli were mined.
    Churchill advocated for sacrificing the obsolete ships by putting them at the front of the invasion fleet and just allowing them to hit the mines, clearing the way for the fleet behind.
    The whole campaign was a disaster. Ships sink, sailors drowned. Soldiers that made it to the beaches got pinned down by gunfire. All sorts of bad.