I love that a lot of American victories in war were because our enemies at the time said, "They wouldn't attack us this soon", or "Only crazy people would attack us in these conditions"
To be fair, military history is full of "this absolutely dumb and insane idea worked out against all odds and logical reasoning" because to study on all the other thousands of times such approach failed horribly would get boring fast.
I found out the other half of the regiment was in Mount Holly New Jersey, because the leader fancied a woman who lived there, so all everybody else is drinking and having a good time on Christmas night, they woke up to be surrounded
“A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.” - A soviet general "The reason that the American army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos and the American army practices chaos on a daily basis." - A Nazi general "If we don't know what we're doing, the enemy certainly can't anticipate our future actions." - Allegedly an American officer.
I love how when I was in school the textbooks painted George as such a distinguished man and president. I think Shanes iteration is a bit more accurate
He was part of the southern planter class, essentially the landed gentry of the Colonies and later U.S., owning five separate farms and plantations for 8000 acres. Although he did not attend himself due to the death of his father his family was in the habit of sending their sons to boarding school in England; and despite not attending Washington learned manners and etiquette in the French style through books and from his mother, and was taught grammar and maths by a private tutor. Washington was the richest President by several hundred million dollars until Donald Trump. He owned a chariot. He owned a CHARIOT. George Washington was, in other words, posh. He was not a wild man, he was not a crazy Jim Bob commoner. He was Augustus. Right down to being rich enough, although he didn’t, to fund the government out of pocket. He would’ve been very comfortable at court in England.
@@codieomeallain6635 that being said, he ran around with lead in his mouth for like a decade. I believe the technical term is "rabies like symptoms" which is what Shane is referring to in this bit.
Average British male in the 1700’s was 5’5 so George Washington was absolutely terrifying 6’2 200lbs, redhead, dentures made from multiple animals, people and lead…Guarantee Shane’s impression of our first president is historically accurate.
@@jackholloway1 hell yeah, but the Scottish and the Irish both have that "if you fuck with me I'll fight your ass to the death while drunk and wearing a flannel skirt (kilt)" kind of spirit, they took no shit, at least what i consider to be true scottish and irish people, even without the drunk bit they still had one hell of a fighting spirit, and in my opinion, its the most inspiration fighting spirit of all. It's like getting your ass handed to you by human shreks
@@AjaxJGlikely would still be america just might have taken longer, The brits at the time were basically winning a 3 way war plus civil unrest at home.
Shane is brilliant at physical comedy. Its why his uncle danny bit crushes so hard the faces and actions he does complements his act so much. Shane gillis is my favorite comedian rn i think
@@dasouthmanclips3707There's nearly 70 million of the limey bastards so I'm not understanding what's funny about one of them commenting about the accent being on point. You've got to figure there's at least one of them in every comments section of a video that mentions them.
We lived in holes in the ground, they were like Fu wind. Kept us warm and toasty until we got the giant armadillos to lend us their armor, them houses were fine. Then later we were stealing people's skin left and right seeing what looks good, making clothes, hats, satchels - now we got fur coats and strippers. We figured out we could grow plants, they didn't like it that they were doing they're growing here so that they could get killed. But we were like, just get him and walk away - then you'll be all get eaten, rather than only some of you being eaten so we can horribly can you take your children to eat them. And they were like that's good enough, we could get to live- let's see what the new grip be looking like. We figured out how to shock things until they worked good, now we got electricity running through all our houses and smartphones. Gone are the days of us going up to an animal and being like I'm going to ride you, and seeing what works good. We traded in horses powered by grass for hunks of metal powered by explosion. But the first one was just steam, angry water. Some dude saw water coming out of their kettle like AAAHHHH. And was like, I'm going to make that thing move people. The retelling would probably go a little something like that
@@dannybrown2156big difference between being taxed by your own government who will use that money to help the colonies, rather than being taxed by Britain who will do very little to support the colonies
@@Arctic37 really? I do believe the taxes at least paid for the soldiers protecting the colonies that you required at least two other nations to kick out
@@germs951The average height at the time was 5'7". Average height today in the US is 5'10". So Jefferson was pretty tall, and Lincoln was likely always the tallest person in any room he was in.
@@leperck989Yeah, what is alvaro talking about?. Rifles have rifling. Muskets are smooth bore. 😂 Muzzle loaded rifles weren't common until the early 1800's.
@@CoolHandLukeVol This British musket was made following a pattern developed in 1756 and is marked to the 4th Regiment of Foot, also known as the “King's Own.” Most British infantrymen carried muskets like this one at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
But not because he dumbed it down, but because he communicated it in such a fun and lively manner. I love teachers like that. My best classes were the ones who knew their stuff AND knew how to communicate it to a bunch of teenagers
Wait til you hear about John Paul Jones, a Scotsman that basically began America's Navy by taking his ship, going over to Britain, stealing ships, and bringing them back. Dude was an absolute mad lad.
Cmon dude i get more annoyed when i die on cod 😂 but I was quoting that movie fight clip of the English guy in an American bar they talk about this exact thing before they have a punch up worth a watch 😂 For real tho they were your allies and they deserve some credit it's a topic I'm interested in and just wanted to teach people abit about the war they might not have known its worth learning about it especially if you're American (because you can visit some of the places more easily than me :( )
@@bongo526 my only problem is that the France that helped America is not the same France that has persisted for the last 200, or even 60 years. The government that helped America has been forcefully reformed so many times that the connection between the France that helped America and the France of today has been severed like the necks of their noble class.
Yeah. That's what's killing us. Not the... $7 dollar minimum wage or Capatalists running our education, health, housing affordability and everything else right into the ground.... Nope. It's that prop that just passed that'll add $00.05 to my taxes so we can have better roads.@@NoLyinEvry1sDyin
George Washington driving his 2007 Dodge Challenger to defeat the Brits was one of the greatest military achievements ever. The tactics and maneuvering displayed by George in his classic American muscle car are still unmatched
My ancestor was there and wrote about how a big arse metal thing drifted in and out of there ranks with a gun that never ended and a Eagle ripping out his friends eyes 🥲
George did once get so frustrated with his soldiers retreating that he almost charged headfirst into the enemy by himself, and had to be dragged off his horse to stop him from going after a wall of Brits. He was a beast
I get confused by Americans with this because you’ll hear a stereotypical posh English voice (what Shane did) and you’ll call that the “most British” but then another time you’ll hear someone who has something similar to a dick van dyke cockney ish voice and you’ll call that the “most British”, which is it? 😂 I know it’s not that deep I’m just curious
@@kJ922-h3jsame way people view americans. You’d hear a hillbilly farmer voice and assume American but you’d also hear ghetto talk and assume American as well just different accents but all equally American defining
He’s also calling back the joke earlier in the set where he calls the Islamic State guys relatable with understandable human reactions when they “OH!” after finally blowing up a truck on their seventeenth try.
@@kJ922-h3j bc when they say that, they prob just mean its a very good accent from that area regardless of what type, because obv most most americans don't know the different between the accents just that they are roughly "british"
@@Jarl.M...George's Army crossed the Delaware River at what was Coryells Ferry, ( Now New Hope, Penna. ) The Army was in three divisions so. if one was discovered the other two would finish the job in Trenton NJ. Trenton is due south of New Hope. The British were actually paid German mercenaries, Hessains , fighting under the British flag. Being Christmas they we're mostly drunk and full of Christmas dinner. Caught by surprise only 6 Hessains were killed , but many wounded. The fighting did not last long but was Washington's first actual victory over the Brits. ! Battle of Princeton followed shortly thereafter convincing the French gov. to join in the fight, now believing that Washington Army could defeat the British. The French sent a whole fleet of Ships with soldiers, enough to ass whip the Brits. ! The world has never been the same since.
Does so well? America have never won a war on their own, including the war of independence, without help from Spain, France and the Dutch and the fact that Britain were also at war in other places all over the world they probably would've lost if Britain threw their full force at them, Different now ofc, Pretty sure we'd lost the USA now😂
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww... Washington, Washington Six foot eight, weighs a fuckin' ton Opponents beware, opponents beware. He's comin' he's comin' he's comin' Let me lay it on the line, He had two on the vine. I mean two sets of testicles, sooo divine. On a horse made of crystal he patrolled the land, With a Mason ring and schnauzer in his perfect hands. Here comes George, in control, Women dug his snuff and his gallant stroll. He ate opponent's brains, and invented cocaine. He's comin' he's comin' he's comin' Washington, Washington, Six foot twenty, fuckin' killing for fun. Spread, spread, Delaware, He's comin' he's comin' he's comin' Sioux me if I go too fast, But the sons of his opponents wish that he was their dad. Got a wig for his wig, got a brain for his heart, He'll kick you apart! He'll kick you apart! He'll save children, but not the British children. He'll save children, but not the British children. He'll save children, but not the British children. Had a pocket full of horses, fucked the shit out of bears, Threw a knife in to heaven and could kill with a stare. He made love like an eagle falling out of the sky, Killed his sensei in a duel, and he never said why. Washington, Washington. Twelve stories high, made of radiation. The present beware, the future beware, He's comin' he's comin' he's comin' Did I mention his four nuts? Well, he also had four dicks. If you took off his boots, you'd see the dicks growing off of his feet. I heard... that... motherfucker had like... 30 goddamned dicks. He once held an opponent's wife's hand... In a jar of acid... at a party...
Now look up the accounts of Peter Francisco. 6'8", shot and stabbed multiple times over the Revolutionary War, and is reported to have CARRIED an 1,100 pound cannon rather than leave it behind for the British to recover.
@@ValianceXx France was the leading land power for like 200 years. Like all empires they eventually die. To reference 1 event like ok, and Americans were beaten by Vietnamese farmers at the peak of America’s empire?
It's like black Beard, bloke was said to be 6'5, in the 1600s. Dude would've been a goddamm skyscraper compared to pretty much everyone that wasn't African or Dutch.
It’s like how napoleon is known as being really short but he was only an inch or two under the average height of the time. He is only remembered this way because he specifically built up his army with the tallest mfers he could find
@@deguelofacehe goes to some incredibly out of pocket (in the best ways usually) places when he gets hammered so if they started his story shortly after he’s began drinking and let it escalate I can only imagine how delightfully far off the rails things might go lol
Legend has it that George's hair turned white and, stained in blood, he started delivering presents to children during the night, that's how we got santa
My favorite thing about Washington is that they asked him to be president and he said no lmao. So they asked him to just attend the Constitutional Convention and he said no. Madison and Knox talked him into going and that's where they unanimously elected him president anyway lol.
@@tomdavies9004 In my culture, our phrasing (in English) is, "The one who wishes to be chief shall never be chief". That's some ancient wisdom. You want the person who is doing the work anyway without any fanfare because you can be certain they're not motivated by greed or vanity. That's why it's my favorite Washington fact lol. I agree with it entirely.
@@tomdavies9004 its a hilarious thing. during the war washington had to deal with so much political bullshit he basically HAD become in charge simply via all the political battles he fought to stay in control of the army. so he was ALREADY sick of it and damn near everyone loved and trusted him to do it. there has never been and never will be a more popular president who hated his job more
@@l3ftie578 why do you care? you are calling something pointless, yet calling him out for policing it, this debate over spelling has been goin on for like 3 years in the gaming slums of reddit 'thus far pre 10 shuss do shhh!
@@Neb-uj4xt I'm just joshing obviously we both have our problems that we need to fix and histories that we'd love nothing more than for people to forget about but don't try and start an argument with us because we are objectively far superior
Most people have no idea that George Washington was a redhead. He powdered it to get the iconic image we associate with him. This guy knows his history. Nice!
A history favorite of mine, the British (and others) had "grenadiers", the troops who threw old-school grenades; and since throwing an old-school grenade was basically a shot put with a big heavy ball of metal, and grenadiers were supposed to be some scary and elite soldiers, they'd get the biggest people together to form the grenadiers. Just a bunch of half-giants shot putting explosives at the enemy line who, hopefully, scared the crap out of the enemy side. Another history favorite of mine. George Washington's crossing of the Delaware wasn't super successful because it was so epic, unexpected, borderline suicidal maneuver that managed to win the day against the British. It was super successful because it was Christmas, and the hessians (German mercenaries contracted by the British) didn't think anyone would be so uncouth as to attack on Christmas. So they all got drunk, celebrated Christmas, and got surprise attacked right as they're passing out for the night.
@@totenfurwotan4478Though to be fair, the winter that year was quite nasty and crossing the Delaware in shitty wooden boats and then having to attack the most powerful army in the world is pretty ballsy.
They were actually attacked the morning after Christmas and the colonials captured 900 hessians and only took 2 casualties (not from the actual fighting)
I mean he is funny but he doesn't know s*** about history and calling Washington retarded is probably one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard anybody say the guy was an incompetent in general but he was far from f****** retarded
Wrote a paper on the battle of Trenton, more Americans died on the way to the battle than actually died during the battle. Not only did we cross the Delaware river Christmas eve, we had cannons and horses in those boats. Definitely a few boats went down, then on the way to the battle many didn't have shoes. So quite a few just curled up on the snow and froze to death. The risk was very high and the reward was only slightly higher. Usually those missions aren't undertaken.
The attack took place on December 26th. They crossed the Delaware overnight on the evening of Christmas Day. Sorry, the history teacher in me took over. I apologize.
@@Hollows1997 Taxes raised to ALSO pay for the big foreign army britain decided to station in the aftermath of that war. The colonies were already doing their own tax work and governing. They wanted representation if they were to be taxed further. And after the protests and backlash got parliament to drop their tax, they decided to tighten the noose with their declaratory act which basically read as "you do what we say no matter what!" Britain wanted to deal with its debts, ALL of its debts, not just the large one from that war, by taxing the colonies and thought they would heel like trained dogs if it was done slowly.
@@Hollows1997 Oh, and never mind the legal sham of virtual representation that Britain used to impose those taxes in the first place. The British empire could have kept america and paid the debt. All it had to do was hold to its own laws properly and give them representation in exchange for those taxes, which would have made it very difficult for the colony to do anything politically independent of britain. But the empire didn't do that, because allowing that representation was a threat to the power of the elites in control. And so they lost America. Lost their Empire. Not over taxes. Over arrogance and willingly ignoring their laws in a futile attempt to prevent societal change.
this is pretty funny, but so so much funnier if you have the couple of mins before it for context. When I first heard this in context I literally couldn't stop laughing for 20 mins. Great great set.
This reminded me of one of my ancestors I found online his name is Louis Moilanen he was born in 1886, my mom’s sides last name is Moilan. They took the end off after coming to the US. He was 8’1” at his tallest, he was a real life giant. I bet it blew people’s minds. I know that’s where my tall genes came from.
I believe, in this case GW’s crossing was nearly suicidal last ditch attempt to get a W. The American password was “Victory or Death”. And the fight was against Hessians, German mercenaries, holding Camden
Was wondering when somebody would point that out. Every fool in the country knows about the crossing, but almost nobody can tell you where they were headed.
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I love that a lot of American victories in war were because our enemies at the time said, "They wouldn't attack us this soon", or "Only crazy people would attack us in these conditions"
To be fair, military history is full of "this absolutely dumb and insane idea worked out against all odds and logical reasoning" because to study on all the other thousands of times such approach failed horribly would get boring fast.
They correctly assumed y'all were crazy 😂😂😂
Yup not a lie was written in these facts lol. We are seriously missing alot of screws. But the table still works right?! Lol😊
I found out the other half of the regiment was in Mount Holly New Jersey, because the leader fancied a woman who lived there, so all everybody else is drinking and having a good time on Christmas night, they woke up to be surrounded
“A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.” - A soviet general
"The reason that the American army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos and the American army practices chaos on a daily basis." - A Nazi general
"If we don't know what we're doing, the enemy certainly can't anticipate our future actions." - Allegedly an American officer.
George Washington being a gigantic bloodthirsty juggernaut is a genius bit
George “The Juggernaut” Washington has a good ring to it.
"Retarded Juggernaut" more unpredictable when you throw that in
Well George Washington was 6’2” and 209lbs…😅 he was a unit
The bed of his dentures was made of lead, and he was indeed 6’2”. It’s an accurate description
@@1whowasNEVERherehe wasnt actually retarded though 😂
“Run it’s George!” -Stewie
Underrated comment lmao
This so needs to be an episode of family guy
@@AdamHead-h8lit was. a couple of times now actually.
😂
It did not sound like Stewie
I love how when I was in school the textbooks painted George as such a distinguished man and president. I think Shanes iteration is a bit more accurate
He was part of the southern planter class, essentially the landed gentry of the Colonies and later U.S., owning five separate farms and plantations for 8000 acres.
Although he did not attend himself due to the death of his father his family was in the habit of sending their sons to boarding school in England; and despite not attending Washington learned manners and etiquette in the French style through books and from his mother, and was taught grammar and maths by a private tutor.
Washington was the richest President by several hundred million dollars until Donald Trump. He owned a chariot. He owned a CHARIOT.
George Washington was, in other words, posh. He was not a wild man, he was not a crazy Jim Bob commoner. He was Augustus. Right down to being rich enough, although he didn’t, to fund the government out of pocket. He would’ve been very comfortable at court in England.
@@codieomeallain6635 that being said, he ran around with lead in his mouth for like a decade. I believe the technical term is "rabies like symptoms" which is what Shane is referring to in this bit.
@@codieomeallain6635I never knew any of this about Washington, excellent comment
Our forefathers were fucking rutherless, bro. They would probably murder most of us.
Average British male in the 1700’s was 5’5 so George Washington was absolutely terrifying 6’2 200lbs, redhead, dentures made from multiple animals, people and lead…Guarantee Shane’s impression of our first president is historically accurate.
The average English male was 5.5 ft, the Scottish were much taller.
@@jackholloway1 hell yeah, but the Scottish and the Irish both have that "if you fuck with me I'll fight your ass to the death while drunk and wearing a flannel skirt (kilt)" kind of spirit, they took no shit, at least what i consider to be true scottish and irish people, even without the drunk bit they still had one hell of a fighting spirit, and in my opinion, its the most inspiration fighting spirit of all. It's like getting your ass handed to you by human shreks
@@jackholloway1 nah that's wrong, the scottish Highlanders were much taller.
@@jackholloway1 My ancestors were part of a well known clan from scotland in the 1200's onwards, I don't need to prove it.
@@jackholloway1 nah, wrong again. I live in England. Look up clan Cunningham and you'll see it's no fantasy.
“Unfortunately for them our first President was on the other side of that river”😂
goes incredibly hard
Crazy how if he didn’t do that who knows where we’d be
@@AjaxJGlikely would still be america just might have taken longer, The brits at the time were basically winning a 3 way war plus civil unrest at home.
Yeah. We all just heard that.
dont be an arse.@@cornholeleaves3976
Shanes built like a history teacher who is also a football coach.
Why TF is the history teacher always a coach of some sort. Life's too similar
Funny how you say that my history teacher was my football coach
My history teacher was one of our football coaches too. The other ones were gym teachers
Lol. My football coach did History and the Defensive coach did Health
My coach was my history teacher 🤝😂😂
I love how this guy makes George Washington sound like Abridged Goblin Slayer.
I feel like thats a lote accurate Washington 😂
He kind of was, Dude was NOT about fucking around. I mean, he was FAFO, but it was more like, he's going to fuck around and YOU"RE going to find out.
You should watch Vinland Saga
He kinda was, the taxation slayer
Idk why but the “OHH” with the face of pure fear and reloading the musket really fucking got me 😂😂😂
Cause you can SEE that happening like right now if you close your eyes very human design of an encounter
Shane is brilliant at physical comedy. Its why his uncle danny bit crushes so hard the faces and actions he does complements his act so much. Shane gillis is my favorite comedian rn i think
Exactly… I can’t stop watching 🤣
Because it was funny. Now you now why...
@@beatek3912so good 😂
As a Brit that 'run, it's George' was perfect 😂
As a brit 😂😂
@@dasouthmanclips3707There's nearly 70 million of the limey bastards so I'm not understanding what's funny about one of them commenting about the accent being on point. You've got to figure there's at least one of them in every comments section of a video that mentions them.
@@vinbin423keep scrolling, there’s more dopamine in here somewhere
@@slimreaper1911 We're all trapped in the youtube shorts cycle
Love the frantic musket loading
Shane explaining American history would be a tv show I binge watch 6 times in a row
Especially if he did skit reenactments
@@IMCABLETV fucking gold 😂
lookup his "presidents" podcast episode. 4 hours of beauty
He was made for the show drunk history .
Shane Gillis Bus Tours
Some 5 foot British guy
“OH” *packing musket
“Run it’s George”💀💀
The voice he chooses for George is incredible 😂
G Dub
Why is he Scottish?😂😂😂😊
"YOU WANNA TAX ME, MOTHERFUCKER!?"
@@autismknights8971 - That's the joke...
@@WardenOfTerra You're both wrong because that's nowhere near a scottish accent...
i wanna watch him retell all of history
We lived in holes in the ground, they were like Fu wind. Kept us warm and toasty until we got the giant armadillos to lend us their armor, them houses were fine. Then later we were stealing people's skin left and right seeing what looks good, making clothes, hats, satchels - now we got fur coats and strippers. We figured out we could grow plants, they didn't like it that they were doing they're growing here so that they could get killed. But we were like, just get him and walk away - then you'll be all get eaten, rather than only some of you being eaten so we can horribly can you take your children to eat them. And they were like that's good enough, we could get to live- let's see what the new grip be looking like. We figured out how to shock things until they worked good, now we got electricity running through all our houses and smartphones. Gone are the days of us going up to an animal and being like I'm going to ride you, and seeing what works good. We traded in horses powered by grass for hunks of metal powered by explosion. But the first one was just steam, angry water. Some dude saw water coming out of their kettle like AAAHHHH. And was like, I'm going to make that thing move people. The retelling would probably go a little something like that
you gotta watch his presidents podcasts with Louis CK
@@frawstedbutts5618goated comment
I watched this guys set last night on Netflix and he was HILARIOUS
Better than "Drunk History." 😂
“Run! It’s George!” 💀💀💀
he'll save children but not the british children
@OshaeJackson 6'8 and weighs a fckin ton. I hear he has 2 sets of testicles so Devine.
Pretty famous for kicking people apart
Omg that’s what the guy in the video said!!!!
Dude that part had me rolling!
kids would sooooo love social studies if he was teaching like that
They definitely would retain more from their classes lol
“Oh!”
*loads musket*
“Run it’s George!”
😂😂
Took me all the way out 🤣
the musket detail 🤣
When on Horseback. He often akimbo carried 50 caliber pistols because the rifle was unwieldy. Our first president was a CoD Troll.
@@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz AKIMBO!! 🤣
@@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz Did your dog tell you this, or do you actually have a source
"You wanna tax me motherf*cker!?" 😂😂😂😂
Fought for independence thanks to high taxes, taxes increased after independence 😅
@@dannybrown2156😂 Crazy
@@dannybrown2156big difference between being taxed by your own government who will use that money to help the colonies, rather than being taxed by Britain who will do very little to support the colonies
@Arctic37 right.... what are those taxes being used for right now?
@@Arctic37 really? I do believe the taxes at least paid for the soldiers protecting the colonies that you required at least two other nations to kick out
Jefferson was also 6'2" and of course Lincoln was 6'4".
True
Nice!
This dude thinks only people from today are tall.
@@germs951The average height at the time was 5'7". Average height today in the US is 5'10". So Jefferson was pretty tall, and Lincoln was likely always the tallest person in any room he was in.
Is that facts or shit people like to think?
“Run it’s George” 😂😂😂
His description of George Washington sounds like the big Irish guy in Samurai Jack!
Both are equally terrifying
Ah my favorite irish character, the scotsman
@@justinquinn509 aw crap
That character is Scottish, but I like where your head's at 😂
Nothing beats a Samurai Jack reference out of nowhere lol
Reloading the riffle had me
Musket
@@leperck989Yeah, what is alvaro talking about?. Rifles have rifling. Muskets are smooth bore. 😂 Muzzle loaded rifles weren't common until the early 1800's.
@@CoolHandLukeVolever heard of a Kentucky Rifle? The Germans invented the Jaeger Rifle way before the 1800's too
@michaelgagne5022 I think it is a cousin to the ruffle
@@CoolHandLukeVol This British musket was made following a pattern developed in 1756 and is marked to the 4th Regiment of Foot, also known as the “King's Own.” Most British infantrymen carried muskets like this one at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
That "Oh!" was the most British "Oh" I've ever heard lmfao
I second that from the island nation itself 😂😂
I can't help but to laugh when he does it! 😂😂😂
I was not aware of any of this. Swords were out-moded by the pike
😂😂😂
“Oh! Run it’s George.”😂😂
British Guy:
"OOOH!!"
*loads musket*
yea no shit
@@CasperTheRamKnightcope
@@mikekoenig6467seethe?
*continues loading musket*
British Guy:
"OOOH!!"
*jerks off ghost*
The first Bigfoot sighting was actually just George Washington
The extended arm is just George going ham on them
😂😂😂😂
This is cannon
There were native myths of giant red-haired people
@grahamgillmor5919 omg I forgot about that, that's hilarious
That British part was hilarious
“Run it’s jooj”
"Jooj" 💀💀💀
Ah, yes, the traditional spelling, Jooj.
Is this Jooj in the room with us?
HAHAHHA
That’s not even how it sound, jooj? Wtf
I absolutely LOVE George Washington. And Davy Crockett lol
Can we all collectively agree that Shane as a college historian professor would be the easiest class to pass.
😂😂😂
But not because he dumbed it down, but because he communicated it in such a fun and lively manner. I love teachers like that. My best classes were the ones who knew their stuff AND knew how to communicate it to a bunch of teenagers
That should be Shane’s life arc 😂 do comedy drunk, sober up and go teach history in college. Makes perfect sense tbh 🤷♂️
@@beansproutuncreative Exactly my point. Makes history come alive and it's got humor to give perspective. Lol
No because so many in his class would try to deny reality
Wait til you hear about John Paul Jones, a Scotsman that basically began America's Navy by taking his ship, going over to Britain, stealing ships, and bringing them back. Dude was an absolute mad lad.
He was handsome, Scottish, and absolutely insane.
Greatest American ever.
One of my favorite quotes is by him. "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way"
Scotland's weakest man.
@@NaruSanavai strongest Scotland ever produced turned AMERICAN. 🇺🇸
Shane gillis describing us history makes me feel more like a patriot
You know you could be more of a patriot? You could capitalize "US" when you're talking about this fucking country.
My favourite part was when he left out the fact that the French, Spanish and the Netherlands basically had to 3rd,4th and 5th party us 😂
@@bongo526brits get so pissed at this clip 😅 I love it
Cmon dude i get more annoyed when i die on cod 😂 but I was quoting that movie fight clip of the English guy in an American bar they talk about this exact thing before they have a punch up worth a watch 😂
For real tho they were your allies and they deserve some credit it's a topic I'm interested in and just wanted to teach people abit about the war they might not have known its worth learning about it especially if you're American (because you can visit some of the places more easily than me :( )
@@bongo526 my only problem is that the France that helped America is not the same France that has persisted for the last 200, or even 60 years. The government that helped America has been forcefully reformed so many times that the connection between the France that helped America and the France of today has been severed like the necks of their noble class.
Shane's constant jokes about reetharded people is pure projection 😂
when someone says he has the look or some other joke about him looking retarded he gets so defensive so fast.
It nicked him remember that 😅
"they will not cross this river...."
George: "And I took that personally."
😆
😂😂😂
I laughed way too hard at this comment😂😂😂😂
George: So anyway, I started blastin.
Overused as FUCK
That posh “ohh!” Was perfection 😂
Killed me when he did that
It's my favorite part of this bit
@@DrGreerIsRight That man Gillis has the laughs.
👨🦰You wanna tax me MF 🤣🤣🤣
Now look at us !! Taxed to death!!
yep you can solve it the exact way george did but some how were too stupid now to realize that @@NoLyinEvry1sDyin
Yeah. That's what's killing us. Not the... $7 dollar minimum wage or Capatalists running our education, health, housing affordability and everything else right into the ground.... Nope. It's that prop that just passed that'll add $00.05 to my taxes so we can have better roads.@@NoLyinEvry1sDyin
@@NoLyinEvry1sDyin my thoughts exactly lol
@@NoLyinEvry1sDyin with representation now though😂😂😂, before it was without
George Washington was actually notoriously soft-spoken but that doesn't take away from the bit lmao
1) He should do a Drunken History segment.
2) I want a history comedy special by him right now
Him and Louis CK did one together. It’s multiple parts and hours long.
It's been done, by a English comedian, Al Murray is a genius and his pub landlord character is masterful 😂😂😂
@CliftonLee33 Crazy how the one thing that ties all US president's together is Shane's mom's c*nt
Protect our Historical Parks
George Washington driving his 2007 Dodge Challenger to defeat the Brits was one of the greatest military achievements ever. The tactics and maneuvering displayed by George in his classic American muscle car are still unmatched
My ancestor was there and wrote about how a big arse metal thing drifted in and out of there ranks with a gun that never ended and a Eagle ripping out his friends eyes 🥲
You took a perfectly good comedic bit and absolutely trashed it.
Obviously youve never seen the dodge george washington commercial. Shame on you.
That absolutely was the fucking best American ad i ever saw 😂😂😂
Believe it or not it was Robin Williams dressed up as George Washington and that commercial
George did once get so frustrated with his soldiers retreating that he almost charged headfirst into the enemy by himself, and had to be dragged off his horse to stop him from going after a wall of Brits. He was a beast
He was built different. His horses were too, his horses I'm pretty sure were built for war so they were really brave.
@@Suprisedbuzz they were the goodest of horses 🐎🐴
@@Suprisedbuzz He was English. Built just like an Englishman.
@@ivorwindybottom7364 Stay mad
@@wambamthankumamAbout what? I don't understand.
Bloke was related to the British monarchy. It's not my fault. DNA is DNA.
"Cool story though, bro".
The fathers of America had more balls than presidents of today
the OH! couldnt be more british sounding, he really nailed the accent
I get confused by Americans with this because you’ll hear a stereotypical posh English voice (what Shane did) and you’ll call that the “most British” but then another time you’ll hear someone who has something similar to a dick van dyke cockney ish voice and you’ll call that the “most British”, which is it? 😂 I know it’s not that deep I’m just curious
@@kJ922-h3jsame way people view americans. You’d hear a hillbilly farmer voice and assume American but you’d also hear ghetto talk and assume American as well just different accents but all equally American defining
He’s also calling back the joke earlier in the set where he calls the Islamic State guys relatable with understandable human reactions when they “OH!” after finally blowing up a truck on their seventeenth try.
@@kJ922-h3j bc when they say that, they prob just mean its a very good accent from that area regardless of what type, because obv most most americans don't know the different between the accents just that they are roughly "british"
@@Korubiiiiexcept it’s not a good accent, the only people who ever do the posh accent are comedians despite no one talking like that any more
The strained scream after he described George kills me every time 😂
Same.....absolutely the same.
Kills me every time
Reminds me of the redhead wildling from GoT
The scream and jaw movement lives rent free in my head on a daily basis.
This and the “Clear”
YES, THIS!! Im literally crying so hard! Funnits thing ive seen in a good bit.
@@Jarl.M...George's Army crossed the
Delaware River at what was Coryells
Ferry, ( Now New Hope, Penna. )
The Army was in three divisions
so. if one was discovered the other two
would finish the job in Trenton NJ.
Trenton is due south of New Hope.
The British were actually paid German
mercenaries, Hessains , fighting under
the British flag. Being Christmas they
we're mostly drunk and full of Christmas
dinner. Caught by surprise only 6
Hessains were killed , but many wounded. The fighting did not last long
but was Washington's first actual
victory over the Brits. ! Battle of
Princeton followed shortly thereafter
convincing the French gov. to join in
the fight, now believing that Washington
Army could defeat the British. The
French sent a whole fleet of Ships with
soldiers, enough to ass whip the Brits. !
The world has never been the same since.
...P. S. I live in New Hope, Pa. and drive by
These locations every day.
The clear was funny as fuck 😂 his opening one liner still has me though “I’m a bit of a history buff, which just mean early onset republican “
queer* not clear
Shane Gillis is f*cking hilarious 😂😂😂
"The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis!"
So do democrats
Does so well? America have never won a war on their own, including the war of independence, without help from Spain, France and the Dutch and the fact that Britain were also at war in other places all over the world they probably would've lost if Britain threw their full force at them, Different now ofc, Pretty sure we'd lost the USA now😂
@@steowens8243every country in history has had help from their allies during time of war. I bet you think women can have dicks.
@@steowens8243
How well were you doing in both world wars before America joined the fight? We are the best of allies since.
“If we don’t know what we are doing, the enemy certainly can’t anticipate our future actions!”
US Military in a nutshell
George was an absolute menace 😂😂
Nah, the French literally just won the war for the Americans.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww...
Washington, Washington
Six foot eight, weighs a fuckin' ton
Opponents beware, opponents beware.
He's comin' he's comin' he's comin'
Let me lay it on the line,
He had two on the vine.
I mean two sets of testicles, sooo divine.
On a horse made of crystal he patrolled the land,
With a Mason ring and schnauzer in his perfect hands.
Here comes George, in control,
Women dug his snuff and his gallant stroll.
He ate opponent's brains, and invented cocaine.
He's comin' he's comin' he's comin'
Washington, Washington,
Six foot twenty, fuckin' killing for fun.
Spread, spread, Delaware,
He's comin' he's comin' he's comin'
Sioux me if I go too fast,
But the sons of his opponents wish that he was their dad.
Got a wig for his wig, got a brain for his heart,
He'll kick you apart! He'll kick you apart!
He'll save children, but not the British children.
He'll save children, but not the British children.
He'll save children, but not the British children.
Had a pocket full of horses, fucked the shit out of bears,
Threw a knife in to heaven and could kill with a stare.
He made love like an eagle falling out of the sky,
Killed his sensei in a duel, and he never said why.
Washington, Washington.
Twelve stories high, made of radiation.
The present beware, the future beware,
He's comin' he's comin' he's comin'
Did I mention his four nuts?
Well, he also had four dicks.
If you took off his boots, you'd see the dicks growing off of his feet.
I heard... that... motherfucker had like... 30 goddamned dicks.
He once held an opponent's wife's hand...
In a jar of acid... at a party...
Now look up the accounts of Peter Francisco.
6'8", shot and stabbed multiple times over the Revolutionary War, and is reported to have CARRIED an 1,100 pound cannon rather than leave it behind for the British to recover.
@alb0zfinest yet they cowered in front of the Germans so they have no say so
@@ValianceXx France was the leading land power for like 200 years. Like all empires they eventually die. To reference 1 event like ok, and Americans were beaten by Vietnamese farmers at the peak of America’s empire?
Bro took height inflation into account 😂😂😂
6’2” is fucking nuts for 1700’s bro aint wrong 😂
🤣🤣🤣
Underrated comment fosho
It's like black Beard, bloke was said to be 6'5, in the 1600s. Dude would've been a goddamm skyscraper compared to pretty much everyone that wasn't African or Dutch.
It’s like how napoleon is known as being really short but he was only an inch or two under the average height of the time. He is only remembered this way because he specifically built up his army with the tallest mfers he could find
"Run its George" is one of the funniest lines ever, imo.
Dude Shane as a history professor would be genius
Bring back Drunk history but it's just Shane
I mean a lot of his podcast have history lessons in it as well as the ones he did with louis ck
He did taught English in Spain
I'd definitely go to that class lol
Yesss I stg, best history teacher ever 💀😭
Shane Gillis needs a show where they just give him the rough outline of a historical event and acts them out like this
He loves American history so he’s pretty informed about it but that would be awesome though
He would be funny on Drunk History
@@degueloface definitely
@@deguelofacehe goes to some incredibly out of pocket (in the best ways usually) places when he gets hammered so if they started his story shortly after he’s began drinking and let it escalate I can only imagine how delightfully far off the rails things might go lol
@@TheBeardedProfessor that is literslly the perfect formula for a drunk history
"Some five foot british guy" *OHH* Will never cease to be fucking hilarious
I revisit this clip just for that exact part 😂😂😂
Ruun! It's Geooaarge
Oh good heavens! Run is george!
That's some Dave chapelle level hilariousness
@erosion271 george was like 6ft2 or something. Brits are like 5ft 8
Legend has it that George's hair turned white and, stained in blood, he started delivering presents to children during the night, that's how we got santa
"General Washington sir, what would you like for christmas?"
"violence"
*free bird guitar riff here*
😂😂😂
-“General Washington sir, what would you like for Christmas?”
-“Death, I want death”
-*free bird guitar riff here*
Wtf lmfao dead💀
Omg, I clearly pictured and heard this scene😃😃🙌
that would be fortunate son. that or the battle hymn of the republic.
I almost spit up my coffee at the “run it’s George” 😂
“Run it’s George”
Lmfaoooooo
"ooh , ruUun its geoOorge" 😂 nailed the accent mate 100% you sounded like my grand father.
Imagine him as your history teacher. Best class ever.
if you want to talk straight about history it need to goes without humor cause the frenche saved your ass on those days 😂
Would definitely have paid more attention .. my historical retention almost 20 years later is a joke
@@narcopilehptique6341 definitely, guerilla warfare too though
My favorite thing about Washington is that they asked him to be president and he said no lmao. So they asked him to just attend the Constitutional Convention and he said no. Madison and Knox talked him into going and that's where they unanimously elected him president anyway lol.
Getting someone who doesn’t *want* power to be the first leader of your new fragile democracy is a genius move, thinking about it.
@@tomdavies9004 In my culture, our phrasing (in English) is, "The one who wishes to be chief shall never be chief". That's some ancient wisdom. You want the person who is doing the work anyway without any fanfare because you can be certain they're not motivated by greed or vanity. That's why it's my favorite Washington fact lol. I agree with it entirely.
@@tomdavies9004 its a hilarious thing.
during the war washington had to deal with so much political bullshit he basically HAD become in charge simply via all the political battles he fought to stay in control of the army.
so he was ALREADY sick of it and damn near everyone loved and trusted him to do it.
there has never been and never will be a more popular president who hated his job more
They wanted him to be king. He said no.
@tomdavies9004 Who the hell told you we're a democracy? We live in a constitutional Republic. We have democratic influences, but we are a republic.
"You wanna tax me mfkr?!!" Felt that in my soul currently. 👍🇺🇲
Papa Georgie knew what we were being taxed on now this would be his reaction
Have you seen bidens new tax plan. We are screwed.
@@031stunna....Those old time British
we're the first time Nasi's. .
@@031stunnadude, they would’ve revolted 100-150 years ago. we’re a disgrace.
Dudes funny AF 😂😂
The "OH! *loading musket*" is killing me 😂😂😂
He murked this special: delivery, content, honesty- amazing set
merc'd ?
@@j-bob_oreo killed, merc as in mercenary, a job where people do missions according to contract the usually include ending the lives of others.
@@j-bob_oreo as in "he killed it!"
@@j-bob_oreo why are you trying to police the spelling of a slang term that's hardly even been put to writing thus far, that's kinda pointless lol
@@l3ftie578 why do you care? you are calling something pointless, yet calling him out for policing it, this debate over spelling has been goin on for like 3 years in the gaming slums of reddit 'thus far pre 10 shuss do shhh!
I'm british and it's a known fact you don't fuck with the huge ginger guy, usually a crazy dude xD
Yeah because he's probably Scottish and tanked up on Bucky's and Mad Dog.
I hope you get better soon 🙏
We must of learnt that from the vikings 😂
@@Lord-of-The-West-Wealdwhy have you put that under like every British persons comment? If anything it’s the other way around lol
@@Neb-uj4xt I'm just joshing obviously we both have our problems that we need to fix and histories that we'd love nothing more than for people to forget about but don't try and start an argument with us because we are objectively far superior
Most people have no idea that George Washington was a redhead. He powdered it to get the iconic image we associate with him. This guy knows his history. Nice!
I was not ready for the British voice that just came out of this dude
that was the best part 😭😭
Raun is George!! 😂😂😂
Not even Christmas day... middle of the night raid on Christmas. Brutal as hell.
Only a ritard would do that!
Cowards
mmm no. They attacked at first light. They did however cross and approach pre-dawn.
And they actually were going to capture some mercenary Germans. About 1500 or 900 of them!
They crossed on the 25th, walked 9 miles South to Trenton and Captured the Hessians on the 26th.
As a British guy, your sense of humour is top drawer. Great storytelling.
I hope you get better soon 🙏
It's just a shame his history is so wrong.
@@BizlaC they're just jokes
@@Lord-of-The-West-Weald unfortunately, it's terminal.
@@H0n3yMonstah noooooooooooooooo 😭
I need Shane to teach me all the history lessons
Him reloading is hilarious 😂😂😂
I was wondering what he was doing 🤔
“Run its George” 😂😂😂
A history favorite of mine, the British (and others) had "grenadiers", the troops who threw old-school grenades; and since throwing an old-school grenade was basically a shot put with a big heavy ball of metal, and grenadiers were supposed to be some scary and elite soldiers, they'd get the biggest people together to form the grenadiers. Just a bunch of half-giants shot putting explosives at the enemy line who, hopefully, scared the crap out of the enemy side.
Another history favorite of mine. George Washington's crossing of the Delaware wasn't super successful because it was so epic, unexpected, borderline suicidal maneuver that managed to win the day against the British. It was super successful because it was Christmas, and the hessians (German mercenaries contracted by the British) didn't think anyone would be so uncouth as to attack on Christmas. So they all got drunk, celebrated Christmas, and got surprise attacked right as they're passing out for the night.
So TIL all the machines we use in war today, basically was a person's job at one point.
And "All's fair in War, we'll go over love another time"
Yep, also if you go to Washington’s crossing in PA, you will see just how small the crossing actually is
@@totenfurwotan4478Though to be fair, the winter that year was quite nasty and crossing the Delaware in shitty wooden boats and then having to attack the most powerful army in the world is pretty ballsy.
They were actually attacked the morning after Christmas and the colonials captured 900 hessians and only took 2 casualties (not from the actual fighting)
AND to add to the awesomeness, I think LT James Monroe was there and was wounded
Him loading the musket killed me 😂😂😂😂
"We must cross the river at once!"
"...but Colonel Goatbanger!"
Great reference 🤣
The Panicked "Oh!!" Killed me
thats my favorite part! lmao
The grunt after he says "red hair, horse teeth, a sword" absolutely kills me
Same 🤣🤣
Shane can play dumb all he wants. They don't let grilled cheese fanatics into West Point.
Is that a grilled cheese dan
@@Moonghost007Where’d you get the CHEE DANNYYY
i know hes making them at night
Keep it going
@@Moonghost007 I’M NOT MAKIN’ ‘EM AT NIGHT DAD 😕
“I’m makin’ them at night 😏😏😏”
"Oh! Run. Its George" hilarious 😂😂
That part has me laughing out loud😂
He'll save children, but not the British children
How do I know what this is but don't remember
@@jamesking9385 george washington brad neely
he once,,, put his opponents wife’s hand… in a jar… of acid
Washington Washington
90 feet tall
Made of radiation
He's coming
He's coming
@@MrFelblood
Let me lay it on the line
He had two on the vine...
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Recently found videos where Shane and Matt break down history. Been the best content to binge while I’m at work
Shane has the best American history jokes 😂
I mean he is funny but he doesn't know s*** about history and calling Washington retarded is probably one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard anybody say the guy was an incompetent in general but he was far from f****** retarded
Wrote a paper on the battle of Trenton, more Americans died on the way to the battle than actually died during the battle. Not only did we cross the Delaware river Christmas eve, we had cannons and horses in those boats. Definitely a few boats went down, then on the way to the battle many didn't have shoes. So quite a few just curled up on the snow and froze to death. The risk was very high and the reward was only slightly higher. Usually those missions aren't undertaken.
So it was a literal SEAL attack. Gnarly.
The attack took place on December 26th. They crossed the Delaware overnight on the evening of Christmas Day.
Sorry, the history teacher in me took over. I apologize.
Lmao, that’s the best fucking Gorge Washington joke ever and will always be. I fucking love you Shane. Lol❤
You can tell Shane really enjoys history as one of his favorite topics in life 😂❤
I love that he laughs at his own jokes
George was that mad over a 2% tea tax. Just imagine if he came back today and saw how much we get taxed.
I'm pretty sure even the Federalists wouldn't approve of the anocracy we've become.
there were more taxes than just the tea one.
it was just the tipping point for that harbor party
@@scout360pyroztaxes raised after we defended the colonies at great expense against the French in a war started by… George Washington.
@@Hollows1997 Taxes raised to ALSO pay for the big foreign army britain decided to station in the aftermath of that war.
The colonies were already doing their own tax work and governing.
They wanted representation if they were to be taxed further.
And after the protests and backlash got parliament to drop their tax, they decided to tighten the noose with their declaratory act which basically read as "you do what we say no matter what!"
Britain wanted to deal with its debts, ALL of its debts, not just the large one from that war, by taxing the colonies and thought they would heel like trained dogs if it was done slowly.
@@Hollows1997 Oh, and never mind the legal sham of virtual representation that Britain used to impose those taxes in the first place.
The British empire could have kept america and paid the debt.
All it had to do was hold to its own laws properly and give them representation in exchange for those taxes, which would have made it very difficult for the colony to do anything politically independent of britain.
But the empire didn't do that, because allowing that representation was a threat to the power of the elites in control.
And so they lost America. Lost their Empire.
Not over taxes. Over arrogance and willingly ignoring their laws in a futile attempt to prevent societal change.
this is pretty funny, but so so much funnier if you have the couple of mins before it for context. When I first heard this in context I literally couldn't stop laughing for 20 mins. Great great set.
what episode is it?
This reminded me of one of my ancestors I found online his name is Louis Moilanen he was born in 1886, my mom’s sides last name is Moilan. They took the end off after coming to the US. He was 8’1” at his tallest, he was a real life giant. I bet it blew people’s minds. I know that’s where my tall genes came from.
The “Ohhh” caught me off guard 😂😂😂😂
Can we get this dude on drunk history
Isn’t that show for yuppy craft beer drinkers?
He's got a podcast
shane gillis on drunk history would be absolutely incredible
"OH!" Killed me, I'm writing this from my casket.
I love how much you know fuck all about your own history astonishes me
I love your grammar
Now I want a George Washington biopic staring Gary Busey
This comment made me laugh even harder than Shane....didnt think that was possible!
Brilliant!
Imagining Pres George as a giant with a big ass sword being so pissed that he can't speak coherently in the woods would be scary af
just ranting, frothing at the mouth, every 10th word is "fucking taXes!!"
"Arrrrraaaarrrrrrrr"- George Washington
Him being a historian in rl makes this even funnier.
He should do a whole special with just his take on historical events
That’s essentially his podcast with Matt Mckusker. His WW2 recounts have me in tears
Yeah basically if you listen to anything Shane is involved in you'll hear his comedic takes on history and they're all brilliant
Highly recommend the series he did with Louis CK on the Presidents.
I believe, in this case GW’s crossing was nearly suicidal last ditch attempt to get a W. The American password was “Victory or Death”. And the fight was against Hessians, German mercenaries, holding Camden
Was wondering when somebody would point that out. Every fool in the country knows about the crossing, but almost nobody can tell you where they were headed.
That fucken “OoH!” loading a musket has me weak asf 😂😂
I have a feeling this is completely accurate LOL
One of my favorite all time bits