We don't know how much is scripted. On such shows they tend to have a basic script to guide them. Not taking anything away from him. I just wanted to ensure the writer gets credit too (if they deserve it) as people usually never know their name
I'm amazed at the wonderful production values of this series, and Tony adds so much. He's so keen and enthusastic that the viewer shares in his hard/distasteful/down right horrible adventures- even when he's terrified! Great series, research quite good, and production impecabble, and it gives a lot of new facts whilst being terrificably entertaining.
Robinson: "You're so smart!" Falcon: "Yeah, I totally know how swinging a string works." 🙄 ... Falcon: "Don't touch my rabbit, freak!" 😠 I'm guessing those birds aren't fans of his.
Whipping boy. That is particularly rotten. Any royal brat could just be as naughty as s/he pleased, without getting punished. Because the poor innocent kid would get it instead. *Scowl*
If I understand the theory of how it was to be done properly, the whipping boy was another Noble's child who was companion to the Prince. Taught alongside, possible friend & companion, who suffered for the Prince's failings. Supposed to be an object lesson for future life as King, where faults & bad decisions affected other Nobles & the subjects. Hard to maintain loyalty & friendship if screw ups are constantly causing punishment to be applied.
Utterly twisted and unjust in any case. Somehow I doubt the prince would understand all of that, let alone care. Horrid lot for the noble kid who took the punishment for not only his own mess-ups, but for some pampered brat who got away with everything because he was highest in the pecking order.
What's that got to do with it? I'm not talking about the afterlife and who gets ST. before their name. Spoiled brat A. does something wrong. Child B. is the one who gets punished for it. So yes, Brat A. gets away with what he did, completely... Until he dies, of course, but he probably only experiences trouble for his actions later on when he is king, and then people try to kill him for whatever reason.
That's only what the king believed, and it's bullshit. Authority from god, my foot. It was the king's authority. Not God's. He thought he was a god, or the nearest thing to God, and that was utter self-serving rubbish.
Coming closer there. It may be 'unfair' to the Whipping Boy, but the point is to train the future King to think first of how his actions might affect others. Minor punishments of children (fair or not) being less important than having a King who doesn't worry about how his actions affect his subjects - to the point they'd rather do away with him. Pointing out the unfairness, in a way that won't be forgotten, is the very point of the exercise. It's easier to take a punishment yourself than see it applied to a companion. Unfair for subjects to be hurt by the faults of their King, but it's the reality the King has to face up to & learn to avoid whenever possible. True psychopaths who don't care how their actions affect others may end up weeded out young, by unfortunate 'accident'.
At the beginning the jousting expert states that Henry VIII was not injured by the accident. In fact, evidence suggests that it was the beginning of a series of concussions leading to traumatic brain injury (of the sort that plagues modern football players and others) that led to his later erratic and sometimes violent behavior. news.yale.edu/2016/02/02/did-henry-viii-suffer-same-brain-injury-some-nfl-players
How on earth did the Romans figure out that smashing up those shellfish, boiling them, and leaving them to ferment for ten days, would create purple if you dip fabric in the liquid and expose to air! Incredible
True, that makes things much harder for a novice rider like Tony is. It's better for the horse though. Mind you, his fall, while comical, could've been much worse,
The fact that many of these jobs disappeared due in large part to mechanization from the industrial revolution. Where machines can do many of these jobs, or there is devises to now do this or synthetics to take the place. Plus chemistry that changed having to use huge amounts of shell fish or other things.
Not one of the jobs I've done in this one... except being of Royal blood, Swedish not English... but, as we haven't been in Sweden since 1700, I don't think being an Earl counts for much these days. Amendment... I've done removals.. moving folks goods from old house to new, everyday different people, not one family being the only real difference.
He hits it now and again whenever he gets into jobs of the late industrial age. It was quite a change-over period, because there was increasing modern sanitation, fewer domestic workers and farm labourers, more global trade, and the political upheaval that led to the first world war. It was a period of great immigration from Europe as well as England.
Can I just point out that wearing a sallet and bevor for jousting is a really, really stupid idea. You're basically being asked to be stabbed in the face. The other guy wearing the armet/close helm has the right idea, though usually jousting was done with specialised jousting armour, that was incredibly rigid and protective - it was basically sports equipment. More often than not the jouster had to be bolted into the armour. Also, the aim wasn't to "knock your opponent to the ground", it was to break your lance on them, scoring points based on where you hit them when the lance broke.
Try doing on a motorcycle just wearing a leather jacket and a open face helmet... seen that done a few times at rallies.... Well it seems a very good idea after a gallon or two of real ale!
The "aim" of jousting was actually to capture your aponent. You'd knock them off then drag them away, where they were then forced to surrender their armour and weaponry unless they pay you.
@@obscurazone No, where'd you even get that idea? The point was to shatter your lance against them, and you'd get points depending on where abouts you hit them when your lance broke, with the most points being awarded for breaking it on the tip of your opponents lance, though both competitors would recieve the same amount of points. Next was the helmet, then the shield, then anywhere else on the body. Dragging them off and making them pay you to keep their armour. That's ridiculous. 🤣
just the thought a bird is worth more than your life.. id be all bugger off king. you lazy sod. laughs.. yeah i would of lost my head if i lived back then im sure. but then if i was told my place and how the kings are above me from birth.. maybe i would think different. but i cant help to think the surfs behind the kings back talk some major smack.. :)
That bird refused to let go its kill after Tony waded through the stream to get at it.. Can you imagine having to fight a bird like that for their prize, knowing if you damaged the bird in anyway, it's you that'll get the axe? Literally.
God, why is the narrator like a 90 year old geriatric patient?? I've watched almost all of these episodes and he strugglers to do the easiest tasks. Example : he had to cross a stream, and he hobbles into the water like he has 2 broken hips and complains how HARD it is to wade through shallow water... And he fell out of a saddle because the horse was walking?? What is wrong with this guy??
Well then maybe *you* should re-do the series and get everything right and show the rest of the human race how to really work. Sheesh, what a whiner. I suggest you start with the Georgian period, working atop a ship. Then try the Stewart period, cleaning out a sheep to make violin strings. Then try being a legger in the urban jobs episode. Don't complain about someone else's performance until you can do it better and get some production company interested in you.
