There is a bar that many people don't seem to get: When Roosevelt says: "Where should I mount the stuffed head of a Winston" it is an allusion to the very first platypus that was to be brought to Great Britain in the time of Winston Churchill. The platypus was named "Winston". And since Roosevelt was a hunter, this bar makes double sense!
Also, TR was an avid hunter and had many of his prized k!lls stuffed and mounted. A lot of his private collection ended up with the Smithsonian after his death.
Roosevelt's poor eyesight saved him when he got shot; the bullet had to pass through his metal glasses case and his thick speech with extra large text that he had in his jacket.
@@robertgrauman8602 Of course this is the same guy who used to box as exercise (without headgear) and got clocked so hard it detached the retina in one and blinded him in that eye for the rest of his life. He kept boxing as expected.
Only because he was so paranoid as someone who didn’t see well (and who could afford it,) that he carried six extra pairs of spectacles on him at all times. As a semi blind person I get it. If I could afford it. I would do it too.
One of the most savage ERBs. And I can't even call it. Also a fun Easter Egg from this one. ERB used to use fun cutout pics of Teddy Roosevelt to announce new ERB seasons, and he would always open the vids with the catch phrase "What's up bitches!" That bar was a straight love letter to all the long time ERB fans.
That's the sad part of this battle, just like with Gandhi vs MLK the depth of the battle is heavy sided with what Americans would know so all we get from Churchill historically is WWII and memes.
You have to do one of the crazy ones with more than 2 rappers. Try Rasputin vs Stalin, Eastern Philosophers vs Wester Philosophers, or Ivan the Terrible vs Alexander the Great.
If you want to learn some about Churchill, there was a recent movie “The Darkest Hour” that dealt with the most defining moments of his legacy during WW2. Gary Oldman plays Churchill and won the Oscar for his performance.
Teddy Roosevelt , his man in the arena is a classic speech very inspirational!! Everybody should read it at least once in there life! Never be with those cold and times souls who knew neither victory nor defeat!!
This was awesome! As a history geek, I loved it! You should do something familiar like Richard Pryor vs George Carlin. As you can imagine, it gets SAVAGE and it has some fun twists in it!
This might be my favorite ERB (either this or Alexander vs. Ivan), the beat is absolute *fire*, the delivery is OTT energetic and earwormy, and the bars are fantastic.
@@chadwcmichael Oh damn. I don't have Netflix anymore but I wouldn't mind checking that out. I love Bob Ross. I'm not surprised that evil corporate greed would do such a thing, though.
If I'm not mistaken the "prematurely" reference refers to TR's loss of his first wife and mother on the same day, valentines day. He was 26 years old. He eventually left the east coast to the wild west to forget his lost love.
The crazy thing is that Teddy really was shot in the chest and walked out to the car to be taken to the hospital😂meanwhile Churchill was sitting around telling people "Just take it and stop complaining"
@@xaderalert bad ass as establishment of SAS. Make Hitler lose reasoning which led to Luftwaffe losing air battle for Brittain? He was sole reason UK didn't cumble like France from Natzi assault. All in one sentence. While you established parks, I fought Axis of darkness. USA won in Pacific. But not so in Europe.
@@reduandeand Teddy wasn't president then...it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Teddy was a grown man in the military in the 1800's, hell he died in 1919 so how were the Nazi's relevant to him?
Teddy got shot in the chest and finished an hour long speech before going to hospital. He also personally led an infantry unit on horseback. Winston was fat, drunk, and rose to popularity because of his personality, and because the Japanese jumped the gun. If the US didn't enter the war, Churchill would be indistinguishable from Chamberlain.
The one thing that always bothered me about this one is that Teddy was rotting in his grave when Churchill was saving the planet from an axis of darkness (by committing a genocide in Bengal)
FYI, the "what's up bitches" line and Roosevelt's flappy jaw is actually a call back. Before the ERB series blew up in popularity, the creators would do status update videos and they would always start with a black and white picture of Roosevelt saying what's up bitches.
ERB has been wanting to use Theodore Roosevelt for a while and decided to use him now. On this episode of ERB is the battle between a president vs a prime minister. Theodore roosevelt was a champion boxer from Harvard and a ninjutsu martial artist before he became a politician
I can only imagine this one not going over too well with our English brothers and sisters. As someone who enjoys history I enjoy learning about both men.
TR was a tough old dude after loosing the 1912 election, at age 55 set out on what ended up being a 16 month expedition. Thirteen months overland just to reach the Rio da Dúvida an uncharted tributary of the Amazon river, almost dying in the process.
My favorite ERB. I'd love them to do a part 2. I'm kinda a history nerd. You've gotta check out George R. R. Martin vs. J. R.R. Tolkien. Sick beat, maybe the best they've ever had. The bars that Tolkien drops on Martin are fire. Also, Luke Skywalker vs. Harry Potter and Zeuse vs. Thor. Both use Lego figures to animate the song. Super cool production wise.
The bull moose reference was referring to TR's creation of his own party after being dissatisfied with President Taft, a Republican. The bullet reference is referring to a time he was shot while giving a speech. He was shot in the chest, confronted the shooter, and then continued speaking so long that members of the audience got bored. After the speech, he proceeded to get medical attention. The shooter was found out to be insane. He was told to kill TR by the ghost of a dead US president.
No matter who won Winston Churchill had the best comeback burn in history in real life. A woman was arguing with him about some policy at a party. She got heated and said "If you were my husband I would poison your tea" He responded "Madame, if you were my wife, I'd drink it"
He is also known for replying to a woman that accused him of being drunk, "Yes madam I am. However in the morning I shall be sober, but you will still be ugly." The man had a savage tongue.
Don't forget the "Stay Calm and Kiss My Cousin's Ass" as Theodore Roosevelt's fifth cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt was POTUS at the time "Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) and his fifth cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945), whose wife, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, was Theodore's niece."
Winston Churchill broke out of a jungle war prison but left a note for the warden saying "Tata thanks for tea". Can't say that makes him more hardcore than anybody else, but it does make him a crazy son of a bitch.
Regardless of the historical aspect, or who beat who, check out Dan Bull, the dude who portrayed Churchill. He has a channel chock full of dope video game raps. Don't sleep on him!
@@michellamoureuxm So many good ones. My personal favorite is 40 Years of Gaming but the Far Cry Primal rap is mind blowing and I love several of his Skyrim ones.
If you know the history of the points then Teddy comes out on top. Winston was an excellent Prime Minister but he made a lot of mistakes that are glossed over like getting America into the Vietnam War. Happy to see you continue to react to these ERB and sorry that your music reactions are being taken down, most musicians agree that the "Music Business" is a dirty business.
Baloney. Teddy wins every epic rap battle, assuming it's in the middle of a shoot out, which it's entirely possible he will instigate. Man has a resume.
i will stand behind you on whatever you react to. your the reason i watch you. humble and kind sir you are for short time of watching you are a computer friend.
Winston Churchill was adept at insults. "My dear, you are ugly, and what’s more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly."
When Churchill was crying in the trenches of WWI, Teddy was hunting the big 5 of Africa. Blind in one eye from a boxing match.. Watch "The Wind and the Lion"
Theodore DESTROYED Winston. Churchill had some really good lines, but Teddy's hit a LOT harder, and he had a huge rebuttal on the "Oh, you're talking about taking out my family prematurely? At least my parents didn't ditch me while they were alive, bitch." 😂 Teddy's final verse was fire too: "TR'll give WC the full deuce", as he puts up a reverse peace sign. That sign in the UK = same as shooting the bird. WC = Winston Churchill = Water Closet = Toilet. So TR'll shit on Churchill just like he would in a toilet.
Roosevelt was a walking comic character given his exploits and Churchill was a terrible human who literally threw lives away in two wars including civilians on the Lusitania.
I hope there’s an Eleanor Roosevelt battle. She was the niece of Theodore. And is notoriously WAYYYYY more roast worthy than Teddy. And on that same note, please react to Mae West ANYTHING!! She’s one of the main reasons we have film ratings to this day!!! I want to be her when I grow up!
Churchill was a big mouth, but the truth is without the help of foreigners the nazis would capture England. They didn't produce enough food (they depended a lot of importing food from their colonies, and the nazis blocked this). That is why they introduced 'victory gardens' in their own country and got help from the USA (in food and to get rid of the blocked sections). Another thing is that RAF squadron 303, the bravest during the battle of brittain , was almost Polish).
Winston Churchill, one of the greatest orators of all time, may have been so f***ed up on cognac and champagne, that he didn't do some of his great speeches. They were done by a man from the BBC who also did Winnie the Pooh. 'We will fight them on the beaches, in the air, on the land! Eeyore and Tigger!'
Audiences not moving at live shows. Consider , the Beatles arrive anywhere in the world and the people go crazy. Many police departments get called in for crowd control and the screaming sounds like its ready to crumble skyscrapers from the airport miles away. The powers that be did not want a repeat. Anybody hosting a band had to have a solid grip on both the band and the audience. Silence from one and mouth the words to a radio station approved recording from the other. People feared lack of control and authorities feared the people on both sides of the issue. Even the venues were reduced in size for a while.
Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919, WW2 started in 1939. They both were absolutely NOT in power during the war. Teddy's *COUSIN* was FDR - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - HE was President during WW2. "Keep calm and kiss my cousin's ass" was referring to FDR.
Then you obviously don't know your historical/cultural references very well. If you did, you would know that, while Churchill threw a couple of "good jabs", he ultimately got owned by T.R.....Just like in real life, sad to say.
Don't knock Winnie so quickly. Tanks were invented under his management as First Lord of the Admiralty, of what was then the greatest naval fleet on earth. In his lifetime, the British Empire was so vast, the sun never set on it, over 50 nations sprang from it, my own New Zealand among them. The US can only ever wish and dream of such power, but they'll never have it, because the US stands alone, by choice. Oh, and Winnie served with distinction in the British Army, look up his record, he was no coward, not at all. He looked Hitler in the eye, and Hitler blinked. The British conquered India, subjugated Africa, and beat the crap out of Imperial China, while the US couldn't even beat Vietnam. With all the above said, I'd still rate Ted as THE best US President EVER, a bona fide, first rate, A-number 1, Man's Man.
regardless of who won this one, the whole battle has some of the best back and forth and combined flow between the 2 rappers out of all the ERB's. The overall package on this one was great.
