Bill Burr - The Vasa 

Swedens most famous submarine.

"It's [insert date], and Europe is at war" - there's a shocker.

pretty good footage for 1628

As a swede I have never clicked so fast

I would pay to see bill burr walk through a museum and talk shit.

To hunt down that jeopardy clip, you sir are committed to excellence!

Don't sink it Keep it afloat Count your tons

Don't crash it. _Keep it floating._ *Count your cannons.*

your ''sweedish'' accent was very german xD

It was the King himself who was to blame for the shoddy design. When the keel of the Vasa was laid down, she was intended to be a warship with one heavy gun deck, and one light gun deck. But then the King said he wanted it to have two heavy gun decks instead. The keel had already been laid down, so they had to work it into the existing design. Two heavy gun decks would have been too heavy, and to compensate, they had to reduce the ballast. But this made her top heavy, and when a gust of wind hit the sails - the English text in the Vasa museum says "squall", but that's a mistranslation at best: squalls suddenly appear, but they do not simply disappear in an instant, and this was a calm day with no storms reported - she started taking in water through the gun ports of the lower gun deck. So of course they couldn't find out who the guilty party was, because that would mean casting a glance towards the throne, and that was an obvious no-no. But this was arguably not even the most embarrassing naval disaster for Sweden. At least with the Vasa, the enemy was not there to watch. During the battle of Öland, however, the Swedish flagship Kronan attempted a turn in rough seas. Before the battle had even commenced, it started turning, and then heeled over and exploded - not having fired a single shot. This would have been quite a spectacle to behold for the Danes, who gained a major victory that day.

I think we take it for granted because we have the visuals edited in with the podcast excerpts but Bill Burr has a pretty good memory lol.. "ROGUE WAVE!!" 😂😂😂

This is what happens when customers and project managers don't listen to the engineers and tech people.

Bill Burr talking about Vasaskeppet. Am I on meth?????

“.38 SPECIAL!!!” 😂

Seeing clips of The History Channel back when it used to show history is actually jarring. Forgot how much I used to love those programs.

Imagine the king going home that day and be like god dammit and just sit down and rethink his life

You managed to sneak in a Kenny Powers clip, I'm impressed!

I remember reading about this as a kid, the builders and designers knew the ship would probably be unstable but construction had already been started and nobody wanted to be the one to tell the king that his flagship would be delayed... I remember thinking "wow, bunch of idiots built a ship that would sink in a light breeze because nobody wanted to be the one to say 'hey, this won't work'. Glad I don't live in a society where people ignore glaring warning signs because addressing them would be inconvenient". God, how naive I was...

I went to the Vasa museum couple of years ago. It's an interesting place. A funny anecdote: when the Vasa had been found and was being slowly lifted from the bottom of the sea in 1961, finnish students rowed to the ship (which was at this point just below the surface) during one night and placed a statue of Paavo Nurmi (a legendary finnish runner) onboard. Swedish marine archeologists found the statue and it caused quite a stir for a while.

The people at the time were reportedly yelling "Doth World Stareth"

I didn't even get 20 seconds into the video before liking it. Bill Burr could explain typewriter maintenance and it would be hilarious.

The Vasa museum is there as a warning...Dont screw up royaly

".38 Special" damn 😂😂😂

Finding that Jeapordy clip though! Haha, good shit. Now in the intro I go.

english ship the mary rose did exactly the same thing turned too tight with lower deck gun ports open water rushed in sank like a stone thought we were the only ones that did that thanks billy boy

Bro... the edit on this one👌🏽 The clips put with the story goes with the flow so well😂

A sqwal has no waves. It is from zero to 60 with no waves. sailship would have been vulnerable and how I lost 5 uncles to the sea. all 5 on the same fishing sailboat. the sails are an open umbrella in the wind.all sails must be up to deflect the sudden gust.also by those pictures that ship had all portals open. Show off they were and red faces at the end.

When he did the german accent as a swedish accent 💀

Just want to give you props for the editing and finding some of these clips, The style is subtle, unobtrusive and compliments the audio perfectly. And thank you for not putting annoying music or sound effects on everything. I hope RU-vid can learn from this.

Bill Burr should give this guy a kick back

03:35 That job still isn't as difficult as being a mother

This video's composition is every bit as good as the Burr Commentary, well effin done!

Apparently the king at the time commissioned this ship to be built - and ALL the engineers were like "this boat won't be able to float" because the blueprints were clear as day. The king didn't listen, just wanted the baddest ship around. Built it. It sank.

Bill Burr doesnt know what a squall is?! Ok I’m calling it, this dude isn’t from Boston

I'm pretty sure your editing is actually getting even better.....unreal job as always!!

Our greatest swedish museum consists of a big national embarassment. I feel like that says alot about the swedish spirit.

What you yell is "get the ludes!!!"

Laughting of people dying..Should that be funny?

wtf that ending was dark af

Great editing jeez where'd you find that Jeopardy clip??

Use me as a "Allen's editing is fucking awesome and he should be praised more" button

Advice for anyone reading this, wanting to do a Swedish accent: 1. Don´t sound German. 2. Don´t speak monotone, but more melodic. Swedish use double emphacis on many words, while English use single emphacis. 3. Don´t say "Ja" in the end of sentences. No Swedes does that. When people does that they sound South African, not Swedish. 4. Struggle with the "th" sound, pronounce "three" as "tree". 5. Same thing with the "sh" and "ch"-sounds. Pronouce words like "cheap" as "sheep". 6. Mix up the pronounciation of W and V, and say things like "Wikings" instead of "Vikings" and "Villiam" instead of "William". 7. Same thing with J and Y, say things like "Yeans" instead of "Jeans", and "Jellow" instead of "Yellow".

Billy Ball Bag, King of Tangents, meet AllenPallin, God of Clips

Bring A$ap Rocky back with you. Thanks!

As i swede, i admit, that was an oopsie and a pretty hilarious one when you think of it.

1. Queen Anne's Revenge 2. HMS Enterprise 3. Vasa

The NINA The PINTA The SANTA MARIAAA I'll do ya in the bottom while were drinkin' SANGRIAA!

I did not know that Swedes have a German accent;)

Don't suck it. Keep it complicated. Count your Peso.

Anyone on a fishing ship would yell rogue wave!! And we do!

lmao this editing is so on point

it's like the ship from goonies

I also went to that museum, it was awesome, well worth a visit if your in Stockholm!

Bill opened his show here in Stockholm some months ago talking about the Vasa ship again, hilarious.

A Norwegian LOVED this video.

the vasa ship in sweden is a bit like titanic in america (an incredible thought/idea that flopped totally and sank because it was too extreme and big to actually work in reality)

Remember when Billy Red Balls couldn’t figure out how boats floated. Bill never forget or learn idk what keeps him funny

Basically what happened is that the King wanted a big ass war ship to battle some Poles with style. So he told his ship builders to build the largest war ship ever, or at least that's around right this moment. So they started building this ship, and yeah it was big, but the king came to check on it and said that it wasn't big enough, add another layer of cannons he said. Said and done, he was the king after all, they added another canon deck but they didn't/couldn't add more ballast space in the bottom so it was too tall and narrow to be an efficient ship, or you know, be able to sail without tipping over for the slightest wind, but nobody wanted to tell the king that, or he didn't listen who knows, he is the king. So the ship is done and sets sail and ofc sink since it's crap. So whose to blame? Well they did build the ship to the kings specifications... but you can't blame the king cuz he'll be having your head if you try so ta da! "No one" is to blame. Then 100 years later Sweden buildt another "largest ship in the world" called the Kronan, it was the flagship of the Swedish navy, but they put some shmuck nobleman that had never seen a boat before in charge over it during a battle with the danes and he incompetently ordered the ship to turn quick as fuck and it toppled over and sank right before the first canonball had been fired right in front of the Danes. Kinda embarassing but we still won that battle. Source: Am Swedish and stuff.

Can any nerds explain why the boat failed? Was the lower gun deck too low, allowing water to get in through the cannon holes in the event of the boat tipping like that?

*(How to be Welsh)* Don't fuck it. Keep it fed. Count your sheeps.

Quality clips. Overall nice watch this time of night

6:37 "People were so small back then. I always wonder if I could go back in time, like the size I am, if I'd be like the toughest guy in town you know?" Modern people are so used to comfortable lives that a 17th century teenager might very well destroy you with sheer tenacity and gameness.

Ah don't worry, I'm sure the war turned out fine for King Gustavus Adolphus.

We don’t speak English with German accent in Sweden. For some strange reason we speak Swedish. 😂😂😂 but thank you for trying 😂

Let’s get a collab between you and I’m not norm

I hate it when americans thinks swedish sounds like german.i am a swedish guy myself and in our ears its sounds like we speaks like neandertals

Damnit Burr thats more of a german accent than swedish :P

Due to the Corona-crisis, the Vasa museum is now on the verge of collapse. The museum is estimated to loose around 165 million SEK in income under 2020.

yo Bill you effin lunatic you are treating this boat like 2 pit bulls running up the stairs of an apt building lol

What can I fucking say, a fucking great video of a fucking battle fucking ship fuck. Fuck.

The problem with this ship was that when they were almost done the king came and said ”I WANT IT BIGGER! AND ANOTHER DECK OF CANONS!” The builders told him that it would not work. But the king said ”BUILD IT OR DIE!” But please, Bill! We don’t speak with a german accent in Sweden 😂

I saw The Perfect Storm. Terrible movie. Everyone died! Except for the cameraman. The only soul left to tell the tale of that boat that went down that fateful night. If by perfect it meant that it killed absolutely everyone on board then yeah it was a perfect storm. Good thing l didn't go too or l wouldn't be here to tell the tale of that one lone cameraman that survived an almost perfect storm.

The idea of Bill Burr trabeling back in time and being a badass dude is hilarious

The thing is that they knew this was going to happen. You always test the stability of the ship in the water at bay in a sort of canal by basically having men run from side to side to wobble it. And that thing was so tall and slim and had such an off centre of gravity that they only had to run back and forth twice for it to wobble dangerously much. But with that the king still demanded it would be set sail because he didn’t want the project to be seen as a failure. Also a reason why they couldn’t really find anyone to blame for the disaster because the one really to blame was the king and the king is more or less untouchable.

The “saved by the bell” music stinger after John C. Reilly at the end is brutal, love it.

Aside from this story....the fact that these huge Vessels were built without Modern Machines but literally by hand. And as for "Rogue Wave"???....I have no doubt I'd be saying OH SHIT

*dying* "This is gonna be hard on my little boy" *sitcom music*

and the winner for the most hilariously inappropriate saxomaphone solo goes to... this scene 7:35

Sweden has a long history of naval failures. The story about the ship kronan is also pretty impressive. The enemy saw it blowing up without a shot fired after a dearing maneuver.

Fun fact Gustavus Adolphus was known in Germany as "The Lion of the North" that's why they had the those lions there. He was a renowned warrior king spreading all manners of terror throughout the 30 year war in the Germanic kingdoms in a religious war. Basically a European Jihad

Good job on all your vids. But the editing in this one was pretty phenomenal.

Rip to the 50 men who went down with the ship

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"They got a fake lionhead, and it doesn't look happy."

Spain was the first to coin “the sun never set on the Spanish empire.”

They have these Lions on the gun ports and they do not look happy!! Haha made my day

I forgot that John C. Reilly had been in a serious movie once!

A squall is just a small somewhat intense storm .

Story time is way better with Bill Burr. Imagine him as a history teacher. I would have paid more attention in history class.

I was so impressed by the Vasa and the museum that surrounds it. If you go to Stockholm it’s well worth your time to go see it.

How far Sweden has fallen from the days of its actual men.

Funny how that in German, water is caller wasser, but is pronounced as "vasser".

Those little people will kick your ass Bill.

7:09 yes xD Cause they already used firearms at that point xDDDD

Bruh the Gail could’ve just turned around. Such an annoying movie. Good cinematic techniques though

333 years...how convenient

They didn't have the lower deck gun ports closed bc they weren't expecting rough seas. Once they got below the water line it was over

Rouge wave is when smaller waves collide and its a real thing that can sink even the biggest ships in the right conditions

1594st!

"the little windows that you open up where you stick the cannons out" Gunports?