Dr Seuss VS Shakespeare. Epic Rap Battles of History

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Dr Seuss and William Shakespeare collide in this episode of Epic Rap Battles Of History. Who won? You decide. You can now support ERB on Patreon over at / erb
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▼ CAST ▼
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William Shakespeare: George Watsky
/ gwatsky
Thing 1 and Thing 2: EpicLLOYD
/ epiclloyd
The Cat and the Hat: Nice Peter
/ nicepeter
Dr Seuss: Mickey Meyer
/ mickey_meyer
▼ CREW ▼
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Executive Producers:
Peter Shukoff & Lloyd Ahlquist
Directed by:
Dave McCary
/ goodneighborstuff
Assistant Director:
Patrick McIntyre
Edited by:
Sean Barrett:
/ seanbarrett
Behind the Scenes by:
Tremain Hayhoe
Director of Photography:
Jon Na
/ jonnamean
Written by:
Nice Peter, Lloyd Ahlquist, George Watsky, Greg Owens & Zach Sherwin
Art and Costumes by:
Mary Gutfleisch
/ marydoodles
Makeup and Hair by:
Ceciley Jenkins:
/ ceciley
Audio Mixing by:
Rafael Serrano
Music Supervisor:
Dante Cimadamore
Production Coordinators:
Aaron Zaragoza and Neely Shamam
Produced by:
Mickey Meyer for Maker Studios
Production Assistant:
Chris Millergosh
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@hashbrowns 4 года назад

Shakespeare: * 25 mph* Cat: * 60 mph* Shakespeare: * 100 mph* Things: * 5 mph*

@insanity1505 4 года назад

Truth

@codeword0203 4 года назад

Seuss 0 mp

@epichaxboi6258 4 года назад

Codeword 0 you mean 1,000,000

@kirenmameizer1292 4 года назад

No its Shakespeare-good Cat-Alright Fast Shakespeare-Great Things-Fucking Garbage

@sixela6 4 года назад

Dr seuss didnt say a single word shakespeare wins

@ludwig 13 лет назад

Rick Astley Vs. Rebecca Black. The worlds worst, most troll friendly song :)

@zennacc 2 года назад

lol

@TGJay 2 года назад

True

@stitchmatt5238 2 года назад

so true

@stevek662 2 года назад

true

@Nnm26 2 года назад

it is indeed

@joshwilliams8863 Год назад

Shakespear's second verse is exactly what you'd expect for a savant suddenly thrust into the modern age. A kind of crazed genuis that adapts to whatever is around him. Absolute brilliance.

@shade08538 8 месяцев назад

And Seuss’s second verse was trash 😔

@shanearnold7781 8 месяцев назад

⁠@@shade08538True, it’s absolutely amazing up until then but that last verse drops the ball pretty hard

@joshwilliams8863 8 месяцев назад

@@shade08538 Not wrong. I often close the video before that second Seuss verse starts. It's wholly cringe.

@taylormbp 6 месяцев назад

@joshwilliams8863 I agree it's so bad. My win goes to shakespeare.

@DominantBtch Месяц назад

@@joshwilliams8863 whats so cringe about it

@punisher3607 Год назад

''Ye Hoebag'' Literally the best line ever.

@Anhedonia23 Год назад

I literally quote this all the time lmao

@zonnodon163 Год назад

@punisher3607 Год назад

@@zonnodon163 y e s

@deimmartillo1674 Год назад

I am a Ye Hoebag witness now.

@bradleylovej Год назад

@@zonnodon163 Yes

@clay9617 3 года назад

The fact Shakespeare's first verse in entirely in iambic pentameter is something else.

@FutbolShortsFC 3 года назад

I think only the first 3 lines are

@tonifcbarca 3 года назад

@@FutbolShortsFC nope, that's why on his second verse he says "im switching up my style"

@kevinschultz6091 3 года назад

Yep - but I think it's also an interesting point that it doesn't seem to flow as well as a standard 4-bar line. Which is not to say that iambic pentameter is bad; rather, it's just that it's for a different form of verse, Which is likely why they switched up the style in the second half.

@tonifcbarca 3 года назад

@@kevinschultz6091 honestly the iambic pentameter verse was amazing, i honestly loved it

@justme-yr2xf 3 года назад

"shakespeare, yes, that's what they' call me, here" @ImaginarilyInc #likeathiefinthenight

@Jamesi03 4 года назад

"Ye hoebag" this is an insult I will now regularly use.

@imperaviemunare7033 4 года назад

@Patrick Wright how powerful?

@imperaviemunare7033 4 года назад

@Patrick Wright damn that's powerful. Imma go use it

@TheGuyfromValhalla 4 года назад

@@imperaviemunare7033 Hahaha

@lightotaku4545 4 года назад

@princessazulaofthefirenati5870 4 года назад

Same

@mattlufcy1254 Год назад

Dr. Seuss was incredibly shy, hated speaking in public, and had throat cancer later in life, making talking difficult... so he lets his work speak for him. Genius.

@Pathogxyn Год назад

He wasn’t shy when he was cheating on his wife dying from cancer 😂

@sandromnator Год назад

Also cheated on his wife many times which made her commit suicide.

@mattlufcy1254 Год назад

@@sandromnator That's a rumor. She was suffering from a long term illness, and while Seuss probably did have an affair, there is no evidence that she committed suicide because of it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Palmer_(writer)

@Seen420 Год назад

@@sandromnator let’s just not talk about that

@rbexcess Год назад

@@sandromnator Yeah, that’s something he did. Why in this thread, though?

@zmcrater 2 года назад

Even after 10 years my husband STILL quotes "I'm switching up my style like the Beatles to my pieces, each is such a wonder with a plethora of features..." 😂😂😂

@homeofthegooddeal 2 года назад

Good man....

@ghaznavid Год назад

That line is a mouthful at normal speeds. With a few days practice I'm sure I can do it at full speed, though. I got Alexander the Great's rap after some practice, and that one is much longer - albeit not as fast.

@LostRiver77 Год назад

Jfc it's been ten years....

@vpsjdon Год назад

@@LostRiver77 Lol that's exactly what I did after reading this comment. Went up and saw when the video was uploaded. I remember this video like it was yesterday

@Masckerdoom Год назад

Yuck

@lasvegasguestlist 7 лет назад

"you leave a classroom lookin like the end of Macbeth" holy shit

@delliott-gaming5995 7 лет назад

Mars ikr

@Thelastmanalive565 7 лет назад

Delliott- Gaming what is mcbeth about because idk

@koboldbussymuncher7240 7 лет назад

everybody dies. Like homestuck

@lasvegasguestlist 7 лет назад

a play by shakespeare, pretty much everybody dies at the end

@SeeSeeSound 7 лет назад

Except for Malcom and macduff and fleance...

@josephstalin364 3 года назад

Dr Seuss: Smiles during Shakespeare’s verse Shakespeare: I bet you wrote the twilight books too Dr Seuss: Looks like a literal serial killer

@fly_wild 3 года назад

True

@waltdisney3937 3 года назад

Disneyland is bigger than russia bitch

@clonewarsgeneralgrievous2088 3 года назад

Wouldn't you if you wrote the twighlight books

@waltdisney3937 3 года назад

@@TheRedstoneNarcissist his empire is large but puny compared to Disney and we both have moustache so i kinda like him!

@waltdisney3937 3 года назад

@@TheRedstoneNarcissist man i think stalin is a bit jealous of me! Communism sucks! Capitalism rocks!

@mateodelafuente7320 2 года назад

In my opinion, this was ERBs first true masterpiece. Those first three verses are just flawless.

@CinnamonGhost_Crunch 2 года назад

I love how you said the first 3 verses lmao

@mateodelafuente7320 2 года назад

@@CinnamonGhost_Crunch thing 1 & 2 is just an atrocity.

@CinnamonGhost_Crunch 2 года назад

@@mateodelafuente7320 facts

@itagirisu Год назад

@@mateodelafuente7320 Imma be real their lines are good, nothing special, but god damn they could've done so much better with the voices

@CrimzinEclipse2010 Год назад

We don’t talk about the Things’ verse.

@CrimzinEclipse2010 Год назад

The verse for Things 1 and 2 was like The Godfather Part III: Everything preceding it was a masterpiece, and I’d rather just not acknowledge its existence.

@ericksheldon3870 Год назад

You couldn’t have said it any better.

@sparrowwing1729 Год назад

1:43 Cat in the Hat already looking like he thinks it was a mistake to let them rap.

@CarlosRuiz-sg9nd Год назад

Came to say something like this exactly. Things are not only shrill, but their verse sucks. The Bard won hands down.

@xomi9722 Год назад

Seuss should've drawn Grinch or the Lorax, why did *they* have to join

@oppositeday429 Год назад

@@sparrowwing1729 "Oh fuck I remembered why I locked them in the first place"

@vaspiov9335 8 лет назад

I love how Seuss is relaxed until Shakespeare mentions he wrote twilight

@vaspiov9335 8 лет назад

+TheGotenza I know that but I thought it was funny how he's really chill and then Shakespeare says he thinks he wrote twilight and he's angry

@venerfontilus3854 8 лет назад

i noticed that too lmao! way too disrespectful there!!

@lunaluna3128 8 лет назад

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha the movies ruined the books for us all.

@geradoortiz2301 8 лет назад

ikr

@fishfossils8858 8 лет назад

Wait...he really wrote twilight?? I thought it was just a joke

@epicbear4679 3 года назад

Shakespeare: I’m the superior author, your characters are weird af, you disappointed your parents, you’re old and not cool Seuss: 😃 Shakespeare: You also probably wrote twilight Seuss: 😡

@justinc.5591 3 года назад

The ironic thing is that Stephenie Meyer (author of Twilight) said she was inspired by Shakespeare.

@brianlam5847 3 года назад

@@justinc.5591 Twilight to Shakespeare is like the difference between an airsoft gun and a real gun

@neuraniac 3 года назад

@Brian Lam Did you mean difference between a squirt gun and a real gun?

@samd2612 3 года назад

@@neuraniac you mean the difference between a stick and a real gun?

@kylerivera3470 3 года назад

@@samd2612 You mean the difference between a pool noodle and a real gun?

@lucasgillard67 2 года назад

The line "you have to translate what you said on the opposite page" is literally killer, it reminds me of grade 10 reading Romeo and Juliet, and again in grade 12 with Macbeth, every single modern Shakespeare book has columns on the sides dedicated to translating words and phrases, and giving history lessons on everything

@iambicpentakill971 Год назад

Yeah, it is especially hard to get because it was meant to be performed, not read by bored teenagers. Going to my first Shakespeare play, performed by adults who knew what they were doing, blew my mind.

@Sumautisticguy Год назад

Huh they have never done that with me

@legoyoda9782 Год назад

@@iambicpentakill971 The vast majority of Shakespeare books that are studied in schools have to be translated because the language and diction used is extremely outdated and can be difficult to understand. It has nothing to do with "bored teenagers" or because you can't experience the story outside of watching a performance.

@IsmailAhmedCommentator Год назад

That was exactly what I had to do, for my GCSE’s.

@glacier_pace7282 Год назад

When I was an English major at college, I was WISHING it was Shakespeare when I was having to read Gawaiin and the Green Knight in old English.

@saltysergeant4284 Год назад

"Come bite my thumb! I hope you know the stakes. I'll put a slug between your shoulder blades, then ask what light through yonder poser breaks?" Bro, that was an incredible line, to me. The whole delivery was perfect and it was alll just a warning of the lyrical shotgun that was his second turn.

@ericksheldon3870 Год назад

It’s what has me coming back to this video constantly. It’s so god damn clever.

@saltysergeant4284 Год назад

@@ericksheldon3870 even the shotgun motions he makes is perfect.

@lc846. Год назад

To top it off it’s also in iambic pentameter

@doctorpanigrahi9975 Год назад

That's watsky .. His first video was pale boy raps fast.

@stormangelus6638 Год назад

Which is even more awesome when you learn the whole first verse was written and spoken in iambic pentameter.

@earlleonard 5 лет назад

Writing that first verse in iambic pentameter and having it work on a modern rap beat is damn impressive

@Kumquat_Lord 5 лет назад

His second verse is as well.

@jdprettynails 4 года назад

Even more impressive, when Watsky wrote Poe's verse for Edgar Allen Poe vs Stephen King, it's in a trochee. "I will choke this joker with a trochee..." fucking amazing.

@VivekAnandJ 4 года назад

Only first three lines though right? The "I hath been iambic on that ass ye bastard" comes to 12 syllables. Still mind blowing లే awesome but just thought I'd check if I got something wrong

@techpriestemily 4 года назад

@@VivekAnandJ I mean, he says I hath been iambic on that ass, not I am being iambic on that ass.

@pivinne5536 4 года назад

Vivek Anand J I think it’s not supposed to be because hath means have, past tense, he’s done it but stopped (and I’m not surprised they didn’t make all of his raps in iambic because even managing one verse must have taken ages)

@coal9205 7 лет назад

I love how they added how suess couldn't speak due to oral cancer. They also added the whole imagery of letting your work do the talking, as evident when Dr suess starts creating the cat and the entire world for his side of the rap.

@junqin2560 7 лет назад

I didn't know he had oral cancers

@coal9205 7 лет назад

JUN QIN I'm not really as educated in the illnesses I'll admit. It's possible I've made a mistake. But something affected his throat thus not allowing him to speak.

@Whxlsum 7 лет назад

MemeLord Kuroe *u loved how they added drs sues with oral cancer..* wow

@coal9205 7 лет назад

anthony gamer I meant it in the way of how he wasn't speaking. It's true that he died because of it. But it's showing how his writing and imagination did the talking for him. Or I could just be a morbid human who hates everyone...who knows

@Whxlsum 7 лет назад

MemeLord Kuroe xD lmao ik I'm just kidding 👏😂

@RudyTheNinja Год назад

This vid has the best reactions between two character's disses Dr Seuss looking to the sky like he's high when Shakespeare talks about his stories being high on acid was so perfect

@livingcorpse5664 Год назад

Dr. Seuss: Pulls out paintbrush with an evil smirk. Shakespeare: Stares in confused horror.

@sit-insforsithis1568 Год назад

Shakespeare won tho

@livingcorpse5664 Год назад

@@sit-insforsithis1568 Agreed, I just like that little touch.

@7swordquanta459 Год назад

Then Shakespeare proceeds to kill it with machine gun speed rapping

@aryanna1202 7 лет назад

William: I bet you wrote the twilight books, too Dr. Suess: *Gets triggered*

@tdpb1744 7 лет назад

I would too if somebody said I wrote that crap

@kyles6813 7 лет назад

it has to be the most painful diss in any of these. i cringe even now to it.

@niamholiver8643 7 лет назад

XD XD XD XD XD

@stellamayfair1462 7 лет назад

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

@williammagnaye8315 7 лет назад

You look like someone I know... *Plays Illuminati Confirmed in the background*

@craigplayz7541 4 года назад

cat in the hat: he protec he attac but most importantly... he gotta best selling book about him coming bac

@UserName-dt3kc 4 года назад

@CookieMonster-gy3rj 4 года назад

Patrick Wright ahwt?

@CookieMonster-gy3rj 4 года назад

Dayton Hughes thwa?

@SuperCityMania 4 года назад

😂😂😂

@CookieMonster-gy3rj 4 года назад

Dayton Hughes I know Htwa?

@Tee643 Год назад

11 years later and this still hits like no one's business

@OfficialMR54 Год назад

Agreed, one of the best beats and lyrics

@V4Vonnie Год назад

I just said "and no gonads, egads, it's so sad" like out of nowhere the other day. Rent free.

@weerrpp Год назад

Things 1 and 2:

@saniahwatson8516 Год назад

Felt that

@squrk5773 Год назад

@highjinkss Год назад

Watsky doesn't get enough credit in general. Dude had always been a master at his craft. 2016's 'X Infinity' by Watsky has been my favorite album to this date since it dropped. Nothing comes close. Even the music videos telling a story is ART.

@BamBabyBrenda Год назад

Watsky is and as I quote " a god"

@Itsgriffeys Год назад

This is how i found watsky, about 10 years ago! Been a devout fan since. I saw him for his probably last tour, in SF, and was amazing. Always a great performer, but what a way to go out. Got to chat a little during the VIP before, and a very good dude. “I thought i was an athiest until i realized imma god” always my favorite line, lol

@Laeiryn 4 месяца назад

*don't be nice*

@OmenEchoes 3 года назад

I can't believe Dr Seuss tried to go after Shakespeare, the man who literally invented "yo mama" insults

@animeperson9517 3 года назад

What, you egg? [He stabs him]

@devildevious2646 3 года назад

An overlysarcasticproductions man i see

@joshie1873 3 года назад

Seuss wrecked Shakespeare by the simple virtue of not uttering a word & letting his character proxies handle his business. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Jorge-el-Furioso 3 года назад

@@joshie1873 In fact, that's what self-roasted him, in first place. Seuss lost in the mere instant the Things appeared on camera

@joshie1873 3 года назад

@@Jorge-el-Furioso How many characters did Shakespeare have to pull from his entire collective works? Lol, no. He lost. Just my opinion. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@kambolambo6804 7 лет назад

Dr. Seuss uses his book-written characters to duel Shakespeare. Shakespeare can't do that since all of his are dead.

@akanematsuyama8448 7 лет назад

fUCK. that killed me.

@Vickymonswer346 7 лет назад

SpectrumRarity I actually laughed oh my god.

@lorddracon1449 7 лет назад

this made me smile

@blakclan8559 7 лет назад

SpectrumRarity I like what you did there but ERB did this because Dr. Seuss was mute

@nxxscxrd2251 7 лет назад

omg so true

@Nick_C1997 Год назад

“I bet you wrote the Twilight books too!” No line in ERB has ever been able to live up to how savage that line is

@squrk5773 Год назад

i dont know who that is

@FoxxxFatal Год назад

Bro this shit isn't even in the top 15 lines wtf lol. That shit was so mild. What next? "You look like Nickelback is your favorite band" lmaoooo. It's not good. And I say that as someone who isn't interested in Twilight at all lmao

@CapitanJorge24 10 месяцев назад

@@FoxxxFatali think its a joke

@AmadisLFE 6 месяцев назад

@@CapitanJorge24 Joke or not, shit's subjective.

@pikachuthebananasplit9061 2 месяца назад

I don't get it

@redgaming2357 Год назад

Shakespeare went crazy in the second verse

@chezburger1781 Год назад

shakespear won simply because of how bad thing 1 and 2 were

@fountainspencartoons 3 года назад

I’m sure it’s already been said, but the fact that Suess “speaks” only through his characters is a brilliantly subtle and loving homage.

@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox 2 года назад

The reason they did this is actually kinda sad. It's because towards the end of his life Dr Seuss developed throat cancer and had a difficult time speaking more than a few words at a time. Hence he lets his characters speak for him.

@kdarkwynde 2 года назад

@@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox he also just didn't like interviews.

@TheDeridor 2 года назад

Though its a little sad thing 1 and 2 are the worst thing to ever happen in ERB history lol The rest of this is the best by far though

@MrWii000 Год назад

I know Dr. Seuss couldn't speak due to his oral cancer, but why couldn't it be "William Shakespeare vs. The Cat in the Hat"?

@AZ3rgling Год назад

@@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox no he absolutely was terrified of public speaking his whole life he had trouble talking to others and is why he wrote books

@TGoO14 7 лет назад

can we all take a moment to appreciate the beat for this

@pauldjete7108 7 лет назад

DizzyDwarf1937 And Shakespears accent. Watsky nailed it

@ziggyrobles7109 7 лет назад

DizzyDwarf1937 amen to that

@trentofmedia152 7 лет назад

+Paul Djete hi. I know you

@pauldjete7108 7 лет назад

Racoon Face Television Really?

@trentofmedia152 7 лет назад

+Paul Djete I think you are the guy who was replying to my Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawking comment

@Iamprimordial 2 месяца назад

Whos here in 2024😂😂😂 song kept playing in my head this morning...cant believe its more then a decade

@christopherkovalcheck3964 Месяц назад

I have to come back to these every few years. All of them are truly amazing, and there still is nothing else like them.

@masift1494 Год назад

I can't even count how many times I've watched this video over the past decade. I remember first seeing it when it came out, and I could just never get over how cool of a concept it was that Dr. Seuss doesn't say anything in this entire rap, he speaks entirely through his characters and I just find that extremely cool. Since he's an author it only makes sense that he would express himself through his work. I really appreciate that concept - this is the reason this is one of my favorite ERBs of all

@BamBabyBrenda Год назад

I've met watsky so many times since this came out, even smoked a joint with him because our birthdays are just days apart AND I STILL CANT RAP HIS FAST VERSE My ex did it once after like 3 months of us practicing, took me 1 year and I manged to barely do it. Still can't complete it. I'm so ashamed

@masift1494 Год назад

@@BamBabyBrenda That is too cool, wow. yeah I wanna practice his fast verse, it's really good. It's so cool that you've met him, how did you guys meet?

@signeulbonaesignalbonae9699 9 месяцев назад

fr tho

@Quaxl 4 года назад

I like how they portrayed Shakespeare's obvious superiority as a writer with his fast raps. Seuss countered with his creativity. But really, nobody can beat William Shakespeare in a lyrical battle, the dude dissed his fellow writers in his sonnets before writing battles existed

@SpikYyY43 4 года назад

Quaxl have you heard of flytes? the original rap battles, not shakespeare’s sonnets

@specialunit0428 4 года назад

A drunk in a pub once allegedly challenged him to a fight and Shakespeare chose words as his weapon. The drunk agreed, with his first insult being "You villainous villain!" and 5 seconds later he passed out after Shakespeare destroyed him with a string of insults he made up on the spot and integrated into the English language.

@xkilla911 4 года назад

@@specialunit0428 sounds like a scripted play he wrote lol

@ObligatoryBook 4 года назад

You could make the argument that, since literary battles are now commonplace, Seuss would have an advantage on that front.

@g-forcefgt323 4 года назад

When shakespeare wrote "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" He was actually dissing a rival theatre, the rose, which had a sewage problem

@encalibirentertainment6777 5 лет назад

"How you gonna battle with the Cat In The Hat" "I got a best selling book about me coming back" **Gets replaced in the next verse**

@mentaya11 5 лет назад

I mean....couldn't they have at least used the Grinch, or Horton, or some other famous Seuss character instead of...those two? I like this one, but it did end a bit disappointingly.

@nirdgerl6025 5 лет назад

@@mentaya11 grinch would've been PERFECT

@leesteal4458 4 года назад

@@mentaya11 If you say this you don't know enough about Dr. Seus. Thing 1 and Thing 2 were the perfect choice.

@mentaya11 4 года назад

@@leesteal4458 Lol. Ok, I'll bite. Why? I do know quite a bit about the man, but why do you think some minor characters that never say a word in the Cat in the Hat make a better secondary rap partner than another major Dr. Seuss character?

@leesteal4458 4 года назад

@@mentaya11 For the simple fact that my son, when he was a at the Dr. Seuss age, enjoyed those characters way better.

@ProfessorKikko Год назад

Here I was today napping and this song popped in my head, it’s been years but randomly today I heard this in my dream again

@jakepalmer8201 7 месяцев назад

This was and probably still is my favorite ERB of all time. For some reason, I get choked up going through these again. My dad and all my siblings used to stay up and watch these the days they'd drop. Thanks for making these things, guys.

@scp173coochie6 7 лет назад

"I would not could not on a boat, read any of the boring ass plays you wrote" Goddamn.

@devilface97 7 лет назад

ye hoebag

@WarriorD13 7 лет назад

cool

@Lucas-he8og 7 лет назад

Even Horton doesn't want to hear you and Cyndi lu who is afraid to go near you

@spryzenedits9262 7 лет назад

The Cat in the hat is right, Shakespeare is boring. Why? I'm in high school and had to learn it

@LunarDeMoon 7 лет назад

You need to grow up a bit to enjoy the Bard.

@Blood5pointstar Год назад

It’s been like so many years and I still watch this. Epic rap battles of series is so good it brings back some good memories.

@reidkemp 2 месяца назад

“Your crap is drafted by a kindergartener high on acid!” What a line 😂

@nikkisreality860 6 лет назад

“Ye hoebag” lol best line

@holysmokes4493 5 лет назад

I belly laughed at that.

@macaryl95 5 лет назад

He won already

@DordeNecak 4 года назад

Okay, let me get something clear. Y'all don't know how good diss was the line "And top it off, you're not a doctor". Dr. Seuss father wanted him to become a doctor later on in his life, so he added Dr in front of his name to kinda leverage his father's ambitions. So, Shakespeare f'd him up with that line. Good one.

@monkey28771 3 года назад

I think it was intended that people read up about who should've won which rap battle, and why. It's a shame it doesn't happen too much!

@robertjohnson4918 3 года назад

Stephen King Vs Edgar Allan Poe !!!!!!!

@sofiakhan1917 3 года назад

@@robertjohnson4918 theres already one of them battles !!!!!!!

@SpencerHoyl 3 года назад

He is a Doctor...

@gingermcgingin1733 3 года назад

Technically he is a doctor, he got an honorary doctorate in literature.

@lil_dragon_flies8407 6 месяцев назад

BRO CAT IN THE HAT WAS MY FAVORITE DR SEUSS BOOK/MOVIE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT IN 😭

@c9manic959 Год назад

Always interesting to come back and see watsky after all of his more serious projects. Mad respect

@natdanae5945 8 лет назад

Seuss looks higher than a kite.

@natdanae5945 8 лет назад

He didn't draft his books by kindergarteners high on acid, he was when he wrote them.

@brz_smolducky2971 8 лет назад

yess

@gracesgr8t 8 лет назад

+NatalieDanae Omg, lol! Yes he does!

@mrpink830 8 лет назад

lol

@auroracoffey8027 8 лет назад

no shiz!

@Kelly-ik6pn 8 лет назад

I like how Dr. Seuss only spoke through his characters

@autumndainkeh4016 8 лет назад

He had throat cancer

@zombiesoblessed 8 лет назад

+Mingus Derrick yeah I know

@mikecekic2393 8 лет назад

Hr has throat cancer

@jessrose1677 8 лет назад

Because he's mute

@IzraelGraves 8 лет назад

Dr. Seuss has nothing. He's dead.

@MrBloof 2 года назад

I would’ve like to see a lot more Dr. Seuss Literary references. They did a few of them, the common ones that everybody knows about. But there are so many obscure Seuss books that most people have never heard of. Many of them aren’t even printed anymore.

@TurretBot 2 года назад

They probably would nowadays but this is season 1 lol

@bautistalasheras3410 Год назад

Soon this battle will reach 100 million views and we´ll all get to talk about how great 3/4 of it is again!

@RadioactivesubO Год назад

You're referring to the thing 1 and 2 at the end right? 😂

@battledroid7628 4 месяца назад

It’s at exactly 100 mil now

@raptordarwish887 4 месяца назад

@@battledroid7628 Just talking here so I can proof in the future that I watched this when it is in 100 mil views

@oneofthe12sionmains70 4 года назад

When you accidentally let the main act be your first verse and your hypemen go last

@azekiel7599 4 года назад

*Yes*

@smol_chilli_pepper 9 лет назад

Shakespeare, 'cause his flow and lyricism was inhuman

@dnbcinemas7515 9 лет назад

Watsky is awesome

@zacharylarosh2815 9 лет назад

DnBcinemas Watsky is great, I agree.

@sammiemcwhorter 9 лет назад

1210Nique it was

@maryannenarayanan6649 9 лет назад

I disagree dr sues is so much more better

@marialima-ww8vq 9 лет назад

U must be shit at Rap then

@lauradesommar434 2 года назад

so happy this was thought up, planned, shot, and distributed here

@michaelpetrasek5693 10 месяцев назад

Dang the lyrics are so creative. This is raw talent right here

@benedev9473 3 года назад

Its actually criminal how theres no comment about how fire this beat is. Like holy shit, the versus are good, but the beat is just on another level!

@theravensaysnevermore8876 3 года назад

I downloaded it and religiously bump it in my car 🤗

@HelloIamCloudy 3 года назад

@@theravensaysnevermore8876 What’s the beat called?

@theravensaysnevermore8876 3 года назад

I am unsure of the instrumental. I downloaded the ERBH song/skit

@CoverD87 3 года назад

Honestly its probably the best in the entire series.

@user_hellothere 3 года назад

This is actually one of the best beats to play if you're doing a public freestyle, almost anyone can rap to it even if they're bad at rapping

@KCSutherland 9 лет назад

Shakespeare won for two reasons: First, holy god he rapped in effing iambic pentameter! How did you manage that?! Second, the Things were terrible. The Cat was alright, and the doctor himself, I don't think he said a word. But the Things ruined his chances if he had 'em.

@metanoiiia5679 9 лет назад

Btw Dr.Seuss didn't talk because in real life he had some kind of cancer which made not able to talk.

@toxicjordan1503 9 лет назад

It was Throat Cancer I think

@blakeagan284 9 лет назад

Canadian... Eh He did have Throat Cancer

@xjohnx5672 9 лет назад

Oh shit you're right! I never noticed it was in iambic pentameter. I don't care who won props for whoever wrote Shakesphere's lyrics

@samuelancer6649 9 лет назад

xjohnx567 George watsky is a poet/rapper he definitely wrote his own lyrics

@pikachuthebananasplit9061 2 месяца назад

Shakespeare: I bet you wrote the twilight books too! Dr Seuss: Ok! That does it!

@s.o.k.1393 8 месяцев назад

"I'll put a slug between your shoulder blades then ask what light through yonder poser breaks" is one of my favourite ERB rhymes ever

@spottydog7143 7 лет назад

'I bet you wrote the twilight books too' That's an insult of the highest degree.

@melinacastillo4705 7 лет назад

SpottyDog SevenOneFour Yep

@handbanana2831 7 лет назад

It's awful and overrated

@MiteTheRapper 7 лет назад

I'VE FINALLY MEET PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH ME

@jakeforgey5378 3 месяца назад

Yup

@AidanDaGreat 12 дней назад

A restaurant I went to as a kid had that picture the same your pfp. My mind kind of broke for a while when I saw that pfp until it clicked.

@MultiEMitchell 7 лет назад

"even Horton doesn't wanna hear you" damn

@astewart653 7 лет назад

battle over.

@motakigonavakin3083 7 лет назад

Ye ho bag your just and old white Soulja Boy with no swag!! :D

@FearYAH 7 лет назад

Ashley Stewart Idk about all that

@quabblestone 7 лет назад

At that point it was obvious Seuss won

@Lucas-he8og 7 лет назад

King Lyoko and condo my who is afraid to go near you. you bore people to death. you leave the classroom looking like the end of macbeth I entertain a child of any age you gotta translate what you say on the opposite page.

@EllaPax77 9 месяцев назад

This was the first one i ever watched of rap battle of history and i love that so much.

@vampvhs Год назад

“ye hoebag” is still the weirdest but most brutal insult I’ve heard to this day”

@motherhubbard2786 4 года назад

"We smashed the Globe" is actually a good line considering Shakespeare's favorite theatre was called "The Globe" and it was constantly vandalized and then eventually burnt down.

@matthewdistefano7886 4 года назад

No he actually built it, had nothing to do with favoritism

@motherhubbard2786 4 года назад

@@matthewdistefano7886 Oh yeah that's right. Still.... great line

@FamousGamersNL 4 года назад

Mother Hubbard humble brag

@Cemtexify 4 года назад

I never thought too deeply about it but it was still a shit verse

@amadandearbhte4318 4 года назад

The Globe was burnt down during a play of Henry V (I think) during the coronation scene. They fired an actual Canon for the scene. This then set the roof on fire. No one was killed in the blaze.

@joshuashoff8743 5 лет назад

6+8+6+8+10+9+9+7+7+5+8+6+8+5+8+8= 118 syllables in thirteen seconds 118÷13=9.07 syllables per second

@userprotection6298 5 лет назад

That’s like saying cauliflower-cheese-biscuit-sodemy in 1 second for thirteen seconds

@Kumquat_Lord 5 лет назад

I can (somehow) rap it easily.

@vlsparrowlv3396 5 лет назад

They sped up the Shakespeare audio when they got to the side angle of his second turn. You could hear the squeak in his voice

@Pigeon249 5 лет назад

@@vlsparrowlv3396 no they didn't, watch the behind the scenes, the guy who did it is known for doing some decently fast raps

@robroyoldboy 5 лет назад

NNEEEERRRRRDDDD!!! (Nice!)

@lindseykubsch8384 6 месяцев назад

It’s crazy to see how much the battles have improved over time. The battles from the last 5-6 years (whenever Roosevelt v Churchill dropped) are elite, and I forgot how the first battles were almost hard to listen to.

@sebbie_gonzo Год назад

This is my favorite of all the ERBs!!

@thegavinside 3 года назад

Shakespeare: "Summalummadummalummawubbadubbahubbalubbaskabadeebawabbadubbawokkaflakkamacarena." Cat: "Oh yeah? Well, let's see you beat Thing 1 & 2!" Thing 1 & 2: "Ohh. Ey, yoo. We'll beat you up, mate. Yo mamma."

@Mr_Nikolaev 3 года назад

I know it now. William Shakepeare is the early modern Eminem.

@DMU555 3 года назад

Early modern, but yeah.

@Mr_Nikolaev 3 года назад

@@DMU555 There, happy now?

@DMU555 3 года назад

@@Mr_Nikolaev No

@Mr_Nikolaev 3 года назад

@@DMU555 What now, you scrotum mole?

@DMU555 3 года назад

@@Mr_Nikolaev I'm never happy thats why all I do is tell people they mixed up the medieval period with the early modern period. Please don't tell my wife.

@crixtj Год назад

shakespeare's roasts are literally shocking asf 💀

@TheBlacknarock 9 месяцев назад

This is MY FAVORITE ONE. A battle of words across time. Even all the years later. Ima love yall forever (parasocially of course)

@GuyontheInternet525 4 года назад

Admit it, you've tried to do Shakespeare second verse

@frgwyn3760 4 года назад

Mermaid Boy yea ik I did it

@magonus195 4 года назад

I have and I can

@frgwyn3760 4 года назад

Magonus epic

@sakkikoyumikishi 4 года назад

It's actually significantly easier than Newton's last lines (honestly, try it) because you don't really have to think about it.

@souporsacrelige4236 4 года назад

Fair enough

@raider6714 8 лет назад

Out of all the Rap Battles, this one's got the sickest beat.

@davidplayhard 8 лет назад

totally agree mah meng.

@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodh4700 8 лет назад

Micheal jordan vs Ali....robocop vs terminator....mozart vs skrillex, all got good beats

@FlowerEmblem 8 лет назад

+Raaider what else can you expect from the kings of written verses

@atticusyoungs6 8 лет назад

I know rite

@SIXITHS 8 лет назад

+Raaider The Tesla and the Mario Brothers beats were even better.

@annamosca6484 2 года назад

“ill put a slug between your shoulder blades then ask what light through yonder poser breaks? “ still burns in my mind 10 years later

@dameboll 2 дня назад

Watching these literally tearing up…I still remember them word for word. I was a freshman in hs, I’ll be 27 this Friday. Life really moves so fast man🥹

@bigode9743 3 года назад

"I'm iller than the plague i've never caught" be hittin different these days

@rhunter42dragon 3 года назад

I'm guessing that was one of the lines Shakespeare did when he was rapping so fast that I couldn't understand a word he was saying?

@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid 3 года назад

@@rhunter42dragon yes Slow the video down, you'll be able to understand then

@MaskedM4n 2 года назад

@@rhunter42dragon there’s literally subtitles

@rhunter42dragon 2 года назад

@@MaskedM4n And usually that's enough. But this guy goes so fast that I can't even keep up with the subtitles.

@Reactiontime6000 2 года назад

@@rhunter42dragon 4 months later I feel like I need to say, you can, like the other guy said, slow down the video and read the subtitles.

@NintendoCapriSun 4 года назад

A BALLER BALLER

@vinzcastro9304 3 года назад

a baller baller? a baller baller!

@DoctorWhoKage 3 года назад

Sounds like Shakespeare was the Eminem of his time.

@Harmless_Music 3 года назад

ON SOME CRICKET BOWLER BUSINESS WHILE YOU’RE SITTING IN THE BLEACHERS

@irsmrtrthanu 3 года назад

Knowing NCS has watched this makes me SO HAPPY

@livingtoaster1358 3 года назад

Haha it's NCS I love you man

@summerdee57 Год назад

“i hath been iambic on thine ass ye bastard” enters my brain every now and then and i couldn’t be happier about that fact

@miasmicdreamer Год назад

I was waiting for it to continue. Would've had the same reply 100 lines later, this was great

@wookiebush7449 5 лет назад

*Shakespeare starts off with a slow but dope verse* me: mmhmm *cat in the hat comes back with some quick lines* me: oh ok here we go *Shakespeare kills it with some rapid fire murder* me: OH SWEET MERCIFUL GOD WHAT IS THIS Cat in the Hat: LETS SEE HOW YOU RAP VS THINGS ONE AND TWO me: YES, OH YES, MY BODY IS READY Thing 1 and 2: Ooooooooh (ooooooooh) nooooooo (nooooooo) me: wait wut.... Thing 1 and 2: YO YOU JUST GOT PLAAAAAAAYED me: lol yeah ok

@Kayla-ly8rm 5 лет назад

I thought the upstaged/play double meaning and wordplay was thing 1 & 2's best line lol

@almightysosa35 5 лет назад

Things 1,2 do the opposite of what you say

@Sirdeathvids 5 лет назад

Also it was Watsky so they had to show off some of his talent. I haven't practiced too much but in that verse I can go up to "meter" without getting too tongue tied

@jamesbentonticer4706 5 лет назад

I'm not joking or jocking but that's one of the best comments I've read on youtube.

@CaiusCreatz 5 лет назад

So funny yet so accurate. 😂

@frogfella2079 7 лет назад

It was fucking terrifying when Dr. Seuss pulled out his brush with the face...

@theclown4515 7 лет назад

Makai Tolbert right

@justrainyday6139 7 лет назад

he looks bad as

@pikachujr7828 7 лет назад

you got fuking scard becaues of a brush the fuck

@ineffablellen 7 лет назад

Makai Tolbert ikr

@akanematsuyama8448 7 лет назад

"Say hi to Romeo and Juliet for me, when you meet them." (get it? both are dead.. knvm kthnxbye)

@RudyTheNinja Год назад

Goddamn that beat slaps 🔥🔥 Probs the best one I've heard in the series I could jam to the start of this video on repeat

@slimanshalan8240 9 месяцев назад

Trust me it is

@thomassamson5233 Год назад

this erb video has the best beat out of all of the erb videos

@arthurmorgan9485 5 лет назад

When Shakespeare switched up his style. Eminem left the party

@goofierstatue1886 5 лет назад

When you to Thomas downes farm TB entered the chat

@austinrickert8016 5 лет назад

Yet you couldn't left the chat before Tuberculosis joined

@carverfournier3642 5 лет назад

Watsky intensifies

@jamescurtis8133 5 лет назад

Twista has entered Shakespeare soul

@claytonmiller3345 5 лет назад

Random 212th trooper when I played it I saw Downes and I’m like “oh he so has TB.” Then he gave it to Arthur and I’m like “I just watched a man get sentenced to death.”

@Isabela-xy4ce 6 лет назад

*Y E H O E B A G*

@pringelsthegamefreak 6 лет назад

Isabela best line lol

@aspiringice1871 5 лет назад

I use that a lot

@danielandrade8909 5 лет назад

YE BASTARD

@toughtimes6596 7 месяцев назад

Definitely my favorite ERB Rap Battle ever 💞

@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 7 месяцев назад

What? it's really at the bottom of the barrel.

@bigbionk 7 месяцев назад

@@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 wow you must not know what opinions are? Google it.

@darkfluffycloud5404 2 года назад

10 years ago and it's still one of y'all's best

@bonniebluebells 5 лет назад

*_ye hoebag_*

@plushlandplushproductions 5 лет назад

I passed by this Exactly when he said that

@barnaclehead8449 5 лет назад

@@plushlandplushproductions same

@vincentjoseleron1980 5 лет назад

666 😮😮😮

@operator7268 5 лет назад

Same

@OverratedJobber 5 лет назад

*Ye Bastard*

@alainelcarnicero 4 года назад

Shakespeare started rapping in Iambic Pentameter, that’s an instant win for me.

@EvilFookaire 4 года назад

Yep. He hath been Iambic on that ass...

@bisiajibulu8112 2 года назад

The beat on this battle isn't talked about enough🔥🔥🔥

@dorotaknap7581 10 месяцев назад

100 MILLION VIEWS, now 12 erbs with 100M views

@MusicMLady 7 лет назад

verse 1: surely watsky can rap faster verse 2: HELL YES FUCKING YEAH

@melissahalford9287 6 лет назад

Yep. I've heard him rap with Bliss and Eso and he dropped some serious bars in Tear the Roof Off. I'm still trying to learn how to rap that fast. I'm close but need practise

@gdotyoungaan964 7 лет назад

I like how Dr.Seuss didn't have to rap he just used Cat in The Hat Characters

@maxleggett9833 7 лет назад

He couldn't even speak. The man had throat cancer.

@gdotyoungaan964 7 лет назад

Mortem I know that dumbass

@maxleggett9833 7 лет назад

Why are you addressing me with this?

@toggleweekly2275 7 лет назад

Hexatron he couldn't speak

@damitricrawford7013 7 лет назад

Hexatron Me too

@disgruntleddad8429 8 месяцев назад

This one is my number one favorite erb episode!

@jessesmyser5931 5 месяцев назад

One of the best this is.

@crazycherokee8552 4 года назад

*(Second Edit: I really can't believe y'all made me top comment lmao I hope all of y'all still kicking it to ERB and having a badass life, and I hope everyone has a great 2022)* So is nobody mentioning how the guy who played Shakespeare not only rapped some seriously dope, fast bars, but also did so mostly in shakesperian english with an accent.....dude seriously he needs some cred for this *edit*: okay, i wanna start by saying holy shit thanks everyone for the likes, thats awesome, but second, did anyone who has commented in the last month not read my replies? i know who watsky is! lololol i didnt know it was him when i made the comment, after i learned who it was and that i used to listen to all his freestyles, i had a newfound appreciation for him. guys a legend and a record breaker, right up there with Mac Lethal

@katorro7429 4 года назад

He needs no credit, look up "Watsky"

@crazycherokee8552 4 года назад

@@katorro7429 I know watsky, hes rapped against Mac Lethal lol but still, he lost against Mac, but I can BET Mac cant rap in a shakesperian accent AND use Shakespearean language in a rap, so big props to him lol thanks for telling his name though, could never remember it

@ceejouuij2288 4 года назад

@@crazycherokee8552 Don't Be Nice, Whoa Whoa Whoa, Amplified and Moral of the Story are great songs to start for him.

@DrewWutsit 4 года назад

Damn right. Wait was that watsky?

@sirpineapple3233 4 года назад

The real crime here is the follow up by thing 1&2, compared to Shakespeares fire verse they were straight trash

@TheNervousMedic 5 лет назад

Admittedly it was a little disappointing to hear the quick-rap be followed up by the weak bars from things 1 and 2.

@haydent9263 5 лет назад

Yeah

@sweetweebygoodness8693 5 лет назад

@Alexis Crane he probably can

@Elias._06 5 лет назад

Yup

@Gengar-yx9uu 5 лет назад

Yeah

@jack8698 5 лет назад

666 likes

@_QWWQ_ 2 года назад

This is my fav erb content

@yourvirtualdad 2 года назад

i remember vividly watching this video when i was a kid. my mom and family were waiting for me outside in the car and i was just inside watching this

@NIRO_II 3 года назад

Find it hilarious that Dr Seuss looked maddest when he was accused of writing the Twilight books. 😂

@augustc8995 2 года назад

would you be mad if you were accused of writing that shit too?

@ITACHIUCHIHA-qc6fe 2 года назад

Still would rather be accused of the twilight books then 50 shades

@SubduedRadical 2 года назад

@@ITACHIUCHIHA-qc6fe didn't 50 shades start as a Twilight fanfic? Basically same thing in the end.

@laurieberry162 Год назад

I like Thing One and Thing Two funny voices.

@kavyajolly8491 4 года назад

Shakespeare's second verse: I'm switching up my style Like the Beatles with my pieces Each is such a wonder With a plethora of features You're pathetically predictable You think your new book Might include a trisyllabic meter And some ghetto Muppet creatures The Bard is in the building It's a castle, I'm a boss I bet I'm Parliament I'm postive I'm killing it I'm iller than the plague I never caught or cholera A baller baller On some cricket bowler business While you're sitting in the bleachers 1:15

@adamdodda3275 4 года назад

ily

@katymbeke8400 4 года назад

How does this only have 19 likes?

@wouldntyouliketoknowweathe4463 4 года назад

@@katymbeke8400 how does it deserve more

@levipetersen4406 4 года назад

That’s 85 words in 15 seconds. Sheesh.

@thegreatcookie7720 3 года назад

@@allymog5228 both "baller" and "bleachers" are English words. Just not in the old English that Shakespeare would have used. But even if they weren't Shakespeare didn't just stick to English, hell if he needed to he made his own words