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Although you might assume that being made to wear a stupid costume, be mocked, and act like an idiot for the entertainment of fatuous rulers would be a job nobody would want- like the position of Groom of the Stool (a job which initially consisted of directly supplying the necessaries to facilitate a good and clean bowel movement to the King, as well as to monitor said fecal matter and make dietary recommendations based on what you saw there)- the position of court jester was actually an enviable one due to it involving spending so much time with those in power. And as you were often putting them in good humor and otherwise making them happy, it was a position that came with a whole slew of perks. So what was life actually like as a court jester?
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@TodayIFoundOut 4 года назад

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@kevinjewell233 4 года назад

Just look at all the natural fools in the White House, sadly none of them have wit, charm, humour, or any other gifts other than far too much hatred and greed

@Ace42x 4 года назад

Was it coffee or banana staining the lens of whatever camera filmed the portrait of Lord Minimus at 3:20? I thought someone had done something disgusting to my monitor!

@prophetkat 4 года назад

Can i just send you coffee and bananas instead?

@steveshoemaker6347 4 года назад

Why ? That's nothing we still got them....The whole of them in in the Democrat Party...Of course one in the Republican ....An you can guess on WHO that might be ???...Never fear u'all got some of them on your side of the Pond to...An one fool to another fool....Thanks you bloody fool...l0l lol.... Happy Halloween fool...Cheer up it could be worse ?.......! From the great state of Kentucky no less...!

@insanemakaioshin 4 года назад

Could a Jester be a bodyguard & disguise & eavesdrop on guests to uncover assassination attempts?

@Nick.Elliott 4 года назад

"Good Sire, they are revolting!" "Whom? The peasants?" "Nay, your wife's teeth me Lord!"

@LoverOfManyArts 3 года назад

Epic

@yoshi4721 3 года назад

Savage

@npc8253 3 года назад

Lol

@jensbasement3862 3 года назад

LOL AWESOME

@jeffyp2483 3 года назад

all 2 of them?

@grumpycentaur6799 4 года назад

Imagine making a joke so good people talk about it hundreds of years later.

@ewwmorons 4 года назад

My dream

@psycho_maniac2343 4 года назад

Why did the chicken cross the field? To get to the otherside

@Crakygamez 4 года назад

@@nowthatsjustducky that key joke was pretty clever back then lmao,that could mindfuck somebody.

@no-wd9ut 4 года назад

Your mom did

@NightmaresGirl 3 года назад

@@Crakygamez kekeke the best part is the fact that its about your wanger... cuz wangers are funny to this day.

@depressedweeb1177 3 года назад

"I choose to die from old age." _Medieval problems require medieval solutions._

@Amuny666 3 года назад

First recorded instance of 5Head moment

@victorroque5667 3 года назад

Ironically, he'd probably die before he reached 50... Hell, before 40...

@freddyflower5322 3 года назад

I'm dead😂😂👍

@RecountDaFox1 3 года назад

*Aye*

@generalpsyduck2624 3 года назад

You'd make a good jester

@netherlillyarts1642 3 года назад

Being a jester only to become the kings most trusted advisor and throwing milk in someone's face and not being yelled at for it seems like a dream job hahaha

@pinkpusheenpaws 3 года назад

being a sugar baby that cant be arrested and all i have to do is be funny sounds like a dream to me too

@Fisinocean 2 года назад

@@pinkpusheenpaws holy shit.

@Matttechreviews2000 2 года назад

@King of The Zinger well you're not funny then

@dr.ligmahnutts2993 2 года назад

@@pinkpusheenpaws this reply smells like salmon

@BradyIsAfagInHeat 2 года назад

a jester is just a modern day HR manager.

@AkireraStraberri3 4 года назад

"How do you want to die?" "Old age" Best answer ever.

@nowthatsjustducky 4 года назад

I bet this was the inspiration for Tyrion's answer to a similar question in Game of Thrones.

@AkireraStraberri3 4 года назад

nowthatsjustducky Pretty sure I remember him being asked something similar! I hope it was inspired by this!

@nowthatsjustducky 4 года назад

@@AkireraStraberri3 Yeah, Tyrion's was a little more specific and included a young woman's mouth around his schlong.

@AkireraStraberri3 4 года назад

nowthatsjustducky yeah I know xD

@leepreston9637 4 года назад

Of course Tyrion's dialogue was "inspired" by this. GRRM doesn't have an original thought in his head.

@shaneelhinds9084 4 года назад

The part where the jester told the king I wanted to die of old age 😭 and the king just banished him 💀 just imagine the king looking at the queen like baby my guy really is funny

@freemang.f7357 3 года назад

😭

@javeydones5163 3 года назад

I mean in all seriousness, the king was upholding the deal. He asked how the jester wanted to die, the jester answered.

@gamesgames2389 3 года назад

Wow smart

@charntsabre3463 3 года назад

I want to die from snu snu should have been his answer.

@SuperTmarley 3 года назад

@@charntsabre3463 zap branagan woulda done it

@TheMuseSway 3 года назад

So court Jesters basically had to have balls of steel, wit, and good luck.

@dialecticalmonist3405 3 года назад

They are now called "politicians".

@brandonwilliams3777 3 года назад

@@dialecticalmonist3405 politicians are cowards tho

@dialecticalmonist3405 3 года назад

@@brandonwilliams3777 Most of them, yes. I'm only talking about the corrupt and ruthless ones.

@brandonwilliams3777 3 года назад

@@dialecticalmonist3405 my point is that they want power. They want influence. They wish to control and rule peoples lives with no risk to their own. They hide in shadow, lying and sneaking Balls of steel is speaking knowing your words could get you killed on the spot. Politicians literally only say what will benefit them, and twist it to seem like it benefits others Jesters kept the court human to a degree. Politicians feed off the humanity of others

@livefootball2000 3 года назад

@@dialecticalmonist3405 They’re all corrupt homie 👍 VERY few go into politics because they’re good people and want to help, and even fewer win.

@petalpockets 3 года назад

Hot take: Medieval humor is basically internet humor but with fancier language

@schlorping5156 3 года назад

More proof that humans have always been humans.

@gtits1162 3 года назад

@@schlorping5156 “every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes”

@yagomizuma2275 3 года назад

Have thine heard of þe legend of diss

@lurkio804 3 года назад

Apparently the graffiti at Pompeii is the same as what you'll find in a public toilet

@depopjordans 3 года назад

True

@Golden_Flute 4 года назад

Lady: "I don't like the fool sitting on my right side." Fool: *switches sides* "I don't mind at all." Brutally fantastic. Lol!

@johnbockelie3899 3 года назад

" YES SIRE, I AM A FOOL !! and. I have a LICENSE.

@johnbockelie3899 3 года назад

Licensed fools exist today, ask the police.

@violetopal6264 3 года назад

@@johnbockelie3899 LOL

@STAROMEGA54 3 года назад

@@johnbockelie3899 ladarona

@zombiehalo9588 3 года назад

Clowns to the left of me jokers to the right here I am stuck in the middle with you

@Whitelightnin76 4 года назад

Imagine getting to live with royalty because of your quality shitposting

@aguillot1984 4 года назад

The original troll , but with benefits!

@HellaCalifornia 4 года назад

...and some risk...

@overlord-6644 4 года назад

HellaCalifornia but mostly... during early due to eating shit!

@DOOMZEDAY 4 года назад

Celebrities today Look at 69, he literally looked like a clown

@rhodesianwojak2095 4 года назад

@Dingus Dangles Milo isn't funny though

@Cozm1k 3 года назад

Comedians: Ima insult myself for laughs Jesters: Ima insult my kingdom for death

@NightTimeDay 3 года назад

Idk, did you see Bill Burr on SNL? Lmao

@koben8862 3 года назад

Thetronrt

@markusblake7936 2 года назад

The jester Is better

@HandlingYou 3 года назад

“At least the pay is good” “Well if I tell a bad joke they take a huge cut.” “Out of your paycheck?” “No, out of my neck”

@billtafalla2378 4 года назад

Licensed Fool. Oh I really like the sound of that

@nothing2see315 4 года назад

I've been doing it illegally my whole life

@diamondsngunns88 4 года назад

Bill fred 🤣🤣🤣

@fartsimulator-of9li 4 года назад

@illegit????????

@unusualturtle3938 4 года назад

@illegit haha what?

@KOTEBANAROT 4 года назад

license to fuck shit up

@technocore1591 4 года назад

A Jester unemployed, is nobody's fool.

@chanceDdog2009 4 года назад

What foolishness, you say

@brokentombot 4 года назад

Except a fool unto thyself. Once a fool, always a fool until otherwise authorized by his majesty.

@technocore1591 4 года назад

Just to clarify, not my line. It’s a lyric from a song “The Maladjusted Jester” from the movie “The Court Jester”. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HQKHfHqZrDA.html

@geoffreybrockmeier3765 4 года назад

The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

@kellyjackson7889 4 года назад

Groan-in

@GoldKitsuneBrony 3 года назад

Fool: I choose to die of old age. King: ...I'll allow it.

@RecountDaFox1 3 года назад

King: This is.... Acceptable...

@Skitz6969 3 года назад

Fool: you may have outsmarted my outsmarting but I was able to outsmart your outsmarting!

@yvonaamariaa 2 года назад

Right now, as I type this, the number #666 is how many likes this has!! OMG WTF do I do??? Oh wow man, this is really spooky, right? All I ask is...WTF do I do???

@RoseOnFire 2 года назад

@@yvonaamariaa you recognize that it's just a number and doesn't inherently have any meaning

@yvonaamariaa 2 года назад

@@RoseOnFire DUH!

@WhatsYourGhostStory 3 года назад

I could easily see a "Game of Thrones" or "The Great" style series, focused entirely on the fools/jesters. It'd be a blast to watch or write for and a dream acting role for whomever got the main roles.

@jaimelannister1797 3 года назад

This video made me want to include a fool in the fantasy series I’m planning. Perhaps someone who appears to simply be a fool but actually has his own political motivations

@aiodensghost8645 3 года назад

@@jaimelannister1797 or turns out to be an evil mastermind that starts the war to begin with and then uses quick, witty humor to manipulate the enemy. I'd read that

@jaimelannister1797 3 года назад

@@aiodensghost8645 yeah something like that. Though I wouldn’t want to do a straight up villain for this role. Someone in the grey, maybe a ends justify the means type character. Don’t know if I’ll go through with this idea though. Have to see how and if it fits

@FiSH-iSH 3 года назад

@@jaimelannister1797 ooo whats the series :O

@jaimelannister1797 3 года назад

@@FiSH-iSH nothing yet. Just an epic fantasy series I’m thinking of writing. I’m still in the worldbuilding stage though

@shesaknitter 4 года назад

I have a cartoon with two court jesters hanging in chains in the castle dungeon. The one says to the other: "Everything was going great until I mentioned the queen's mustache."

@closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250 3 года назад

farside?

@PhilTheViolinist 3 года назад

Also would accept "First time?"

@DD-po2hh 3 года назад

I need this

@markpowell7071 3 года назад

Ok , Gotta be The Far Side ! I bought my sister and brother in law two hard back volumes of every Far Side ever made $120.00 , 15 years ago at a big box store !

@closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250 3 года назад

@@markpowell7071 yeah it seems like a Far Side to me... It feels like something one would see in the New Yorker.

@caseyhullfish1345 4 года назад

oh, to be a court jester in medieval times, getting paid to act like a fool instead of getting kicked out of wendy's

@daywalker3735 3 года назад

Wendy's doesn't deserve you!

@djjackson-pickett7558 3 года назад

😂

@comyak1907 3 года назад

my brother, ive found you

@OrangeSan 3 года назад

@@comyak1907 well...

@lektik2941 3 года назад

"Alright, I'm going to need you to come back once a year and fart in my house."

@realwhatbrains 3 года назад

Jester: *kicks door in* Royal guests: *stares intently* Jester: *rips ass* Royal guests: *erupts into laughter and applause* Jester to himself: “What a bunch of weirdos..”

@gvs6462 3 года назад

@Vape kat Fitting username.

@dellyanneee 3 года назад

@Vape kat where do I sign ?📝

@DaniHMcV 3 года назад

My brother-in-law. 🤢

@kioku119 2 года назад

when you put it like that...

@kan12372 3 года назад

On the thumbnail is "Stańczyk" a painting that shows the court Jester after hearing that the city theyre in ( Smolensk) is going to be besieged by russian army .. he told this to the King who didnt believe him so he sits in a alone room deep in thought while the rest of the nobles party after capturing the city

@innerview6298 3 года назад

My mom bought copy of this painting 15 years ago, we didn't know the story behind that. Over time it became sad and creepy to look at.

@jackswan3420 3 года назад

That's depressing.

@boringveil4783 3 года назад

Jack Swan The joker's origin story

@banbasafro 2 года назад

I appreciate everyone commenting on the picture, I wouldn’t have known otherwise! So interesting.

@tysenp8193 4 года назад

Honestly if i was the ruler of a country i’d totally pay a shit ton of money to have eric andre by my side 24/7

@gordyjorgenson8623 4 года назад

Hes the perfect fool

@blakeunderwood1075 4 года назад

Reasonable!

@lilzachytwotimeabihh 4 года назад

Eric Andre makes Lele Pons look like Dave Chappell

@DramA525 4 года назад

Sinbad is funny too

@asAbsolute 4 года назад

Time to deliver a pizza ball

@GravDrag00n 4 года назад

We live in a kingdom

@reaganmullins2347 4 года назад

Sebastian G lol

@reaganmullins2347 4 года назад

Well done sir

@reaganmullins2347 4 года назад

Well done indeed

@evilpimp2475 4 года назад

Nice

@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724 4 года назад

A United Kingdom plus north ireland. Lol

@Wilson_From_Castaway 3 года назад

"To leap, whistle, and fart. This was a time before the internet" Obviously Simon hasn't spent a lot of time on the internet

@lonewolf5238 3 года назад

I think he meant to say that this was a time before RU-vid, but perhaps deflected as not being tactful.

@katieserra6492 2 года назад

I actually think this sounds quite entertaining internet or not. 😂

@JohnGardnerAlhadis 2 года назад

I think Simon meant that leap-whistle-farting was the mediaeval equivalent of deep fried memes and similarly vacuous humour.

@jootpepet 3 года назад

"Because they would not jump onto sea as our brave frenchmen did" im ded

@keshawnjack9151 3 года назад

So we’re the Frenchmen

@stonecoldsteveaustin9353 2 года назад

the words "brave Frenchmen" are funny enough on their own

@jeffdavis6657 4 года назад

So they would deliver messages. Would that be where "Fool's Errand" came from?

@WaltonGFilm 4 года назад

This deserves more attention ^^^^

@SangTheCryptek 4 года назад

Seems likely, especially if they were tasked with delivering messages to an enemy camp, which were likely messages of parley. When that parley gets rejected, it becomes a "fool's errand" both literally, and figuratively.

@devinm9245 4 года назад

@@WaltonGFilm agreed

@Gunplabro 4 года назад

Yes actually.

@jaysalisbury193 4 года назад

Jeff Davis good shout!

@HansLemurson 4 года назад

That reminds me of a story I heard where a comedian was famed for being able to make a joke on any subject, and was brought before a cruel king was told to make a joke about the King. He passed the test by declaring that "the King is not a subject".

@andrewlacey-hatton1068 4 года назад

I've heard the same story about Oscar Wilde about Queen Victoria.

@parkerlawson3484 4 года назад

Nice

@largelarry2126 4 года назад

This same thing happened to me at work. They drug me to the office and and ask me (is this your boss?) I proclaimed NO i'm a pipefitter dam it, not a dam personnel director!

@HansLemurson 4 года назад

@@largelarry2126 I think I might need this joke explained to me.

@LoveLife-ho3rg 4 года назад

HansLemurson me too lol

@hank2188 3 года назад

Now I’m imagining people hundreds of years in the future talking about how it was like to be a youtuber

@zangbang9886 3 года назад

It will probably happen in some way. Time is relative and we're all gonna die. Thinking about this shit is trippy.

@NurseAmamiya 3 года назад

@@zangbang9886 yeah. We'd all probably be dead by then when that happens. Let's give it a century or two, people in the future generation will do a topic of being a youtuber.

@csis473 3 года назад

@@NurseAmamiya what if this comment gets Dug up some day?

@NurseAmamiya 3 года назад

@@csis473 I wouldn't really know what people would think when they do find any of these comments, but not that it's my business to know. It's entirely up to people and their thoughts that reads any of these comments on this thread.

@csis473 3 года назад

@@NurseAmamiya it would be pretty cool tho especially cuz we're kinda breaking the 4th wall (im looking at you david)

@NarwahlGaming 3 года назад

"I just flew in from Hampshire and, boy, are my arms tired." "HE'S A WITCH!!"

@universaldad2884 3 года назад

Lol

@JugglerLou 4 года назад

Jester: “I can make a joke about any subject!” Guests: “The King! Make one about the King!” Jester: “Ah no, for the King is NOT a Subject!”

@michelveilleux1275 3 года назад

Smart wit

@Nikedemos 4 года назад

"(...) Leap, whistle and fart" entertainment has not changed much since then

@r.awilliams9815 4 года назад

Blazing Saddles comes to mind.

@danr.1299 4 года назад

R.A Williams that movie is a classic I thought it was going to be stupid but I’m glad my friend talked me into watching it.

@mrclueuin 4 года назад

LOL

@scottmantooth8785 4 года назад

dueling flatulence contests must have been a risky and quite smelly events...for those who participated and for those present and sober enough to remember them taking place...although it is fair to say the consumption of alcohol was an intrical component to such events...

@DniAngel3982 4 года назад

I laughed just thinking about it.

@nataliaalfonso2662 3 года назад

“I don’t mind at all.” Savage.

@Ryujinn999 3 года назад

“I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realize it’s a comedy”

@basicallycaleb 3 года назад

"I used to think my life was a cringe compilation, but now I realize it's a try not to laugh challenge"

@iregretdyeingmyeyebrows5645 4 года назад

Medieval humor: Uh oh stinky poo funny Modern humor: The exact same thing in irony

@Doktor_Jones 4 года назад

Google "oldest joke in the world"

@scottmantooth8785 4 года назад

elderberries and hamsters hiding in the shrubbery without question

@wellesradio 4 года назад

Also getting kicked in the balls. That goes waaaaaay back in ancient history.

@jonbowman7686 4 года назад

"in irony"? what does that mean?

@illosovic 4 года назад

@Drake ICN tell me a mathematical fallacy joke

@Burn_Angel 3 года назад

Man, even after all these centuries, these guys are still hilarious.

@DaBiggestGobbo 3 года назад

ikr

@olaw9498 3 года назад

Really cool actually

@NoxLegend1 3 года назад

I dont think that time makes you more funny

@megatrollificus 3 года назад

@@NoxLegend1 People who miss jokes usually do it right away. RIght, DG?

@WeedSmoker69 3 года назад

@@NoxLegend1 someone can potentially hack their way to be 'more funny' if given enough time and motivation. just look at Chris Rock

@Tiago-zg7vl 3 года назад

The Poem at 6:38 reads like an Eminem song: "This bit Harry I give to thee, And this next bit must serve for me... 'Cause we need a little controversy, 'Cause it feels so empty without me"

@makeit.primetime99 3 года назад

Yeah back when he was recognized, now its just a bunch of humamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamdudududududlalalala

@Vonwafenburg 2 года назад

Fool’s spaghetti

@_Pyroon_ 3 года назад

This seems like a job that entails people who could kill you saying "be funny" on command.

@FiSH-iSH 3 года назад

imagine being paid to be funny true luxury (if the king has a modern sense of humor)

@DolphinPain 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HlEJbs02wAM.html

@catbatrat1760 2 года назад

@@DolphinPain I'm hesitant to click on this link. Is it a virus? (Asking because I figure a spam bot made to spread viruses most likely won't be able to reply)

@hange6775 2 года назад

@@catbatrat1760 just don't click any links

@alternativepersona 2 года назад

I need that pressure

@wyndhamcoffman8961 4 года назад

"Lisa, thy fair yet wicked maden; thou haft procedeth to draw and quarter my heart!" "You're tearing me apart, lisa!"

@mantequilla404 4 года назад

Oh, good morrow, Mark!

@mrclueuin 4 года назад

😄😄😄😄

@dominickhan3789 4 года назад

Verily I say unto thee, twas indeed falsehood, the steaming dung of cattle, for I didst not striketh h'r..........I didst not

@lewisirwin5363 4 года назад

"Cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck, thou hast the faint heart of a common fowl!"

@09lego 4 года назад

This is art

@wilsoncrocker 4 года назад

first prank ever "looketh there!" "looketh where?" (turns around to look) "ha! thus endeth the prank..." - from some old commercial

@jenniferphilpott8909 4 года назад

It was a geico commercial lol

@wysper6512 4 года назад

Wilson il Perso I remember that.

@wilsoncrocker 4 года назад

@Gustavos Revenge *look here. look. listen.

@iancain7844 4 года назад

No, it’s the oldest trick in the book. And at the end, the other man says “ ha, made you looketh”

@nowthatsjustducky 4 года назад

I bet the first prank ever was either Mr. Ug of the Mountains Dutch ovening Mrs. Ug in bed, or having Mr. Ook from the cave next door pull his finger or something like that.

@davidcox6948 3 года назад

"I wish to die of old age." *Dies at 56*

@F0X_H0UND 3 года назад

Not bad for the middle ages!

@isuckatnamingthings5499 3 года назад

I mean, that's pretty good for back then🤣

@jeremiahnoar7504 3 года назад

Medieval times: request denied

@jerryvelasco1474 2 года назад

Average life expectancy during most of the Middle ages was 33. It wasn't until the 19th century that it slowly climbed to around 50-55 of age.

@shaunsteele8244 2 года назад

@@jerryvelasco1474 lol that's not true, if you managed to survive childhood and were relatively healthy you could expect to live well into your 60s or 70s just like today. Providing there were no plague outbreaks or raids on your village

@thewanderer2997 2 года назад

I read a book a few years ago called “The Jester” by James Patterson and it was a really good read. I would definitely suggest giving it a look, it’s very different from What Patterson usually writes, but it was co-written so that’s probably why..

@rivkajoan8168 4 года назад

“Leap, whistle and fart, and if you think that’s weak entertainment please remember this was a time before the internet” Well that the hell do you think I use the internet for?

@Wildjesta 4 года назад

Learning how to leap, whistle and fart?

@L0rdOfThePies 3 года назад

Cmon that's great entertainment! And I have the Internet..

@Ricocossa1 3 года назад

They sure knew how to entertain themselves in medieval times 😅

@TheJeremyKentBGross 3 года назад

Yeah. Seems somebody just isn't into Brazilian fart pom.

@snarfymcsnarfface2323 3 года назад

likes are nice

@MasterMalrubius 4 года назад

"My Lord, it brightens my day to see you smile. For this I'd walk many a mile. The news I tell my Lord will split his side, but Epstein did not suicide."

@ethanvoelker2158 4 года назад

Lmao

$@manufacturedfracture$

@manufacturedfracture 4 года назад

Good fool oh for i know thë this be true i killed him and now you

@DC66DC 4 года назад

You stole this from the Latin phrase "Epstenium Suicidenotus"

@Mrbrainiac 4 года назад

Thanks for the reminder , I almost forgot

@joeyjaime3746 4 года назад

I protecc against suicide

@goldengibson1958 3 года назад

12:17 “I Don’t mind at all” 😂🤣😂 I’m hearing it for the first time, and to think of the context and the risk she took, it still hits!

@georgeg3716 3 года назад

‘Licensed Fool’. Just funny for some reason.

@hugovasquez8222 4 года назад

"I choose to die from old age" That guy was a genius👏

@aunusuallylargecat1779 4 года назад

@@FiryaFYI lol

@mybuickskill6979 4 года назад

Precisely my figuring as well... I must read about that fella lol

@bennu547 4 года назад

No. Just a smart ass 😸

@jayamilapersson4030 4 года назад

Well he had nothing to lose by saying that he was supposed to be killed, being brave enough to say that would either help him or get him killed anyway. It helped him in the end.

@Gadget-Walkmen 4 года назад

@@bennu547 saved his fucking life didn't it? So not just a smart ass.

@peggy2983 4 года назад

"I choose to die of old age." I mean, they did let him choose how to die, so technically, that's still correct.

@hittingyouoverthehead 4 года назад

Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

@etaaramin9361 3 года назад

Thankfully they didn't say "Very well, Old Age in the oubliette!"

@azariah_kyras 3 года назад

I like ur pfp

@evankelly121 3 года назад

@@azariah_kyras down bad

@azariah_kyras 3 года назад

@@evankelly121 you don't know me

@cactusrose55 2 года назад

I have to say it is amazing how quickly and smoothly you can tell these stories without fumbling. It’s as entertaining as watching a video! I think I would end up tongue-tied!

@FiSH-iSH 3 года назад

what i learned: RICKY THE CRIPPLE IS JUST A MODERN JESTER

@aiden-sy3ex 3 года назад

The internet's jester. Ever subscriber a lord and baroness

@Kai1665 3 года назад

I’m cripple riiiiiiick!

@reny8970 3 года назад

A natural fool

@NightTimeDay 3 года назад

The fool of the people

@syriuszb8611 4 года назад

Using the painting of Stańczyk as thumbnail and not mentioning him as reason why jesters were important is so wrong. Not saying what that painting means is insane! Stańczyk is one of Polish national heroes. Long story short, on painting that parts are used here- he, a jester is worried about future of country when aristocrats are partying in next room. He should be the first to party, not last. A fool smarter than people ruling the country.

@seyerus 4 года назад

Syriusz B No one fucking cares. 8 months and no replies till now.

@ChazoAnwah 4 года назад

@@seyerus though people tipped their hats and hmm in agreement. Comments is just one kind of option of showing interest and liking is another option. Thank you have a good day sire

@seyerus 4 года назад

@@ChazoAnwah Bwahahahaha...what?

@paraguaymike5159 4 года назад

@Syriusz B. I think the painting is by Matejko. Stanczyk after the fall of Smolensk. Your comment is spot on.

@syriuszb8611 4 года назад

@@paraguaymike5159 Thank you :-)

@thaddeuscramer2312 3 года назад

I love how many of these jokes actually still hold up XD

@FiSH-iSH 3 года назад

humor is timeless. usually.

@sdgsdfffrrsxg4649 3 года назад

@@FiSH-iSH ur mom is timeless

@soulreaverable 3 года назад

Probably because all the jokes that didn’t were forgotten to time.

@TheBanjoShowOfficial 3 года назад

Our misery is universal, and humors follows such.

@AckSnus 3 года назад

@@sdgsdfffrrsxg4649 That only sounds like a compliment, your mommy aint timeless.

@calebstevens7487 3 года назад

“Tell me the bad news, in a good way”

@GldnClaw 3 года назад

"Kill Jester" Jingle is dead, let us begin our quest.

@saml5284 3 года назад

Well worth it mate, well worth it

@wintermute8315 3 года назад

Get rid of 'er, she's shite.

@ColinIngus1 3 года назад

Punch goblin

@solskot2410 2 года назад

Jingles, RIP big man, gone but not forgotten

@icarusbinns3156 2 года назад

“They were forced to eat Sir Robin’s minstrels. And there was much rejoicing.” Brave, brave Sir Robin should have hired a fool, not the minstrels

@KaiTenSatsuma 4 года назад

9:40 "Everyone who still has a Navy Please Stand up" "No, not you sire" :jangles:

@freshrot420 4 года назад

Laffff! Perfect!

@nicholaspietrzak9992 3 года назад

Lmao that’s how I thought about doing that.

@Cathrope1 4 года назад

I couldn't help but smile at the Jester facing death tells the King that he would like to die of old age, and the King goes along with it and just has the Jester leave the Kingdom.

@dloren6183 3 года назад

“You’re a fool!!!” “Why thank you!”

@pinkyoilers 3 года назад

Oh so a person can be a natural fool in medieval times and be revered by society but when I do it I'm "disturbing the peace" and "banned from Wendy's" 🙄🙄🙄🙄

@ashwinsinghrautela7457 2 года назад

Sir this is wendy's

@Blockinstaller12 4 года назад

So, whenever soemone calls me a fool, I'll insist "licensed fool, if you please".

@katherinetutschek4757 4 года назад

I'd say "Naturally!"😎😉

@DrDolan2000 4 года назад

Ironically, that's a smart move

@BoleDaPole 3 года назад

Basically modern day comedians.

@tobequitefranco 4 года назад

So...basically a fancy pet. Also, I present to you: modern theater kids.

@favray 3 года назад

True nothings more foolish than a theater kid

@clickpause8732 3 года назад

@@favray In this case foolish would be rather complimentary, considering the subject material of this video.

@Antigen__ 3 года назад

Except they're not funny anymore

@gtits1162 3 года назад

@@clickpause8732 I don’t get what he meant by fool😂 like as in dumb or just weird?

@racoonn7359 3 года назад

@@Antigen__ "Jane Seymour, the only one he ever loved..." Rude

@docdirtymrclean3610 3 года назад

Id' wager it was a better than average existence. Just make meme's all day for King and Queen.

@kenm4390 3 года назад

Ok but have you ever had someone ask you to be funny on command

@enobekuJ 3 года назад

And if you're not you're practically dead?

@Cairo40000 3 года назад

Yeah but if one joke bombs you'll get tortured and probably get beheaded

@johnballantyne6853 3 года назад

“The King used to laugh at those people with the Bells” Who Jesters ? No “Lepers”. Classic Blackadder.

@a.m.7438 4 года назад

I yelled at my closet and made my clothes cry.

@Alex-lc2tw 4 года назад

Look no further than joker

@lunaselena4270 4 года назад

Like in shakespeare?

@gorkskoal9315 4 года назад

Court Jester (1970?) comedy, art of comedy(fucking old and dry book)

@YAH2121 4 года назад

Just watch Joker lol

@honestjohn3881 4 года назад

Do you need a movie? If you're that interested you might really enjoy a novel called "Mimis." It is fiction though.

@ShootAUT 4 года назад

"... leap, whistle and fart." The moment you realize your skillset doesn't cover on-demand farts.

@Wildjesta 4 года назад

Just eat bean burritos

@goretoriumgaming8600 4 года назад

Mine does lol

@Games_and_Music 4 года назад

@The Strawberry Pimp I once possessed the art of the fart festival, but i swore never to perform again.

@akilahposh 4 года назад

The Strawberry Pimp okay, what the actual fuck. Is this actually a thing?🤣😂

@Thumbsupurbum 4 года назад

@@akilahposh For some people yea, just google "Le Pétomane" and be amazed.

@pushinkeys 3 года назад

I spit my coffee on that “leap, whistle and fart..” stipulation 😂

@wolfgang6442 2 года назад

The whole jester role and how he explains it is very funny, intriguing, and informative as well

@wagstag89 4 года назад

30 acres of land just to show up once a year and fart. Always knew I was born in the wrong century

@spooky6703 4 года назад

Hell, for 30 acres I'll turn up and shit my pants.

@beaslesop9368 4 года назад

Hmm... You're forgetting the first two parts, whistling and leaping. The former would've been musically, not like calling a dog, and the latter would have been like more like a modern gymnastics floor routine. Farting was the easy part.

@hazonku 4 года назад

Honestly, when the jokes are so damn good they're still funny hundreds of years later it's easy to see why some of these folks were not forgotten to history.

@aiishataal 3 года назад

lmfao no pls they told him to choose how he wanted to die and he said “old age” what a G my god😭💀

@nstovah8314 3 года назад

“How do you want to die?” “Snoo Snoo.”

@kalanaherath3076 4 года назад

_"Marthurine hath the sickest burns"_ -Henry IV-

@colebizwell5407 4 года назад

1600s: I need the fool 1980s: *I pity the fool*

@emmitstewart1921 4 года назад

Actually, I pity the fool comes from the eighties. It was one of the famous sayings of B. A. Baracus Played by Mr. T on the A Team.

@martinkuliza 4 года назад

1986: Nobody's Fool - Cinderella ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MCOrtJMQmVs.html&app=desktop

@martinkuliza 4 года назад

@@emmitstewart1921 umm yes.. tha'ts what he said 1980s i pity the fool

@ShyDigi 4 года назад

Martin Kuliza sir, it is edited

@dx1450 4 года назад

@@emmitstewart1921 Actually, Mr. T never said "I pity the fool" on the A-Team TV show. That was a line from Rocky III.

@iflankzttv2981 3 года назад

I am so glad I was in a competitive match on Xbox or I wouldn’t have found this channel. It came on during a game when shuffling, I love history. Thank you RU-vid!!!!

@kaizze8777 3 года назад

The jokes are still funny I was rolling with laughter at the hanging a quarter of an hour later lmao

@willieweeseArt 2 года назад

A quarter of an hour previously lol

@TheSynthiate 4 года назад

Aaand that's it. I'm putting a jester into my latest D&D campaign. Done. E: Update. He's in my game, his name is Biggus Dickus, and he lives double life as an eunuch poisoner and spy called Killian. Love his character honestly.

@recordingcontrol1776 4 года назад

This is exactly why I came to this video.

@achillessolomona1998 4 года назад

I was thinking this exactly while watching this video

@jessbertrand7133 4 года назад

YES

@aquatarkus2022 3 года назад

He has a wife you know...

@wallopstop3873 3 года назад

@@aquatarkus2022 you know what she's called?!

@Severalangrybees 4 года назад

I have to imagine that "leap, whistle and fart" was all in one grand gesture. He whistles as he leaps, pitch rising until he reaches the height of his jump at which point he rips a fart louder than you or I ever could. The court is in stitches by the time his feet hit the ground and he walks on that, not to return until next years whistling leapfart

@unsubme2157 4 года назад

Glorious

@draketungsten74 4 года назад

"whistling leapfart" 🤣

@overlorddante 4 года назад

Or he rips the fart upon landing. An impressive lead, a beautiful whistle as he flies through the air then *pffft*

@danthiel8623 4 года назад

Hehe I'm laughing at the image of that

@joshlewis575 4 года назад

@@draketungsten74 this label killed me😂😂 I need to see this now

@danieloceansmith3156 3 года назад

The king: Choose your death.. The fool: ……OLD AGE!!! The king: Very well… wait…

@nomadicskies588 3 года назад

Dang, so you’re telling me my attorney won’t wear a jester shirt when going to court?

@mcclx4183 4 года назад

Make $3500 a week being a Jester from home.

@benjaminmarks8765 4 года назад

And I suppose there's online training prior?

@rhubarbjin 4 года назад

Benjamin Marks: go check on the Great Courses Plus!

@ethanvoelker2158 4 года назад

ElleExxe Foursixty this a bot account?

@hunterotte4085 4 года назад

"Hello its me, Markiplier!" (its a joke, I actually like Mark. Just couldn't help myself.)

@hrfoote 4 года назад

Deal

@nickkk420 4 года назад

I remember a story about a king wondering how he could test the trust of his knights, His jester suggested giving them boxes with butterflies and telling them do deliver it to another city, tell them to not open the box no matter what, and simply put a bird in the box, any knight that leaks in the box will surely lose the bird

@kesterthejester7707 3 года назад

A good and fairly comprehensive answer to the question asked. Two good source books are Fools are Eveywhere by Beatrice Otto and Fools and Jesters of the English Court by John Southworth.

@bobdigital21 3 года назад

Jester: So, your grace, a peasant and a smelly nag walk into Ye Tavern of old...

@agnesstrzykowska4300 4 года назад

One of the paintings used in the background of the video was a portrait of polish jester Stańczyk, who served 3 polish kings. Stańczyk was well known not only on the kings' courts but he was also a sort of a public figure: he was portrayed by famous painters several times and his persona was used as a symbol of national consciousness in a famous (...at least in Poland) play "Wesele".

@MyPrideFlag 3 года назад

nobody cares :(

@kittenthecat_ 3 года назад

@@MyPrideFlag Correction, you don’t care. Don’t comment if you’re going to be rude.

@toobig7150 3 года назад

@@MyPrideFlag must be hard to be named nobody.

@MyPrideFlag 3 года назад

@@kittenthecat_ why do you think I gave :( I'm sad that he used Stańczyk as a clickbait and didn't mention him.

@WastePlace 3 года назад

@@MyPrideFlag your comment made it seem like you were saying nobody cares about the dudes comment. Bit of a misunderstanding there

@EX-db5tq 4 года назад

Ever wondered if queen Elizabeth has a jester? She does, it's the houses of Parliament.

@freshrot420 4 года назад

Hahahahaha

@cheriefrench6956 4 года назад

Charles does a good job, just not much humour in him!

@mondaymurder23 4 года назад

Lol

@phil5992 2 года назад

Being a jester was basically like being an intern on the Opie and Anthony Show

@Rudizel 3 года назад

Jester job openings were posted under the “funny or die” section. Only the brave applied.

@carlunaden 4 года назад

7:58 '...as wise at thirty as on the day he was born;" DAYUM i felt that burn through time.

@zlcoolboy 4 года назад

That writer may have been a bit salty

@colinp2238 4 года назад

Gadzooks I did not know that Americans had been invented back then?

@Featherogue 4 года назад

for real i was like damn they went all the way in on this dude huh

@daddyleon 4 года назад

also, wth is a "flat long belly".

@dubuyajay9964 4 года назад

@@colinp2238 And yet so many of the things our modern world has was invented in "backwards" America.

@FailingStreetBridge 4 года назад

We should all be so lucky as to burn someone so badly that hundreds of years later, it makes someone almost spit out whiskey upon hearing the story as I did.

@three7446 4 года назад

TheBudoGeek which one was that

@jujunew6003 3 года назад

I've played a jester in ballets throughout my life. Thats was very interesting! Thanks!

@jclore102674 3 года назад

1) If you're funny and entertaining enough, you can get away with saying things that anyone else would get flogged or beheaded for. 2) If the royalty made a habit of having jesters who offended them executed, the guild wouldn't be likely to send them any more (yes, the jesters did have a guild).

@user-pf4sk8im4b 4 года назад

Weak entertainment? If you can watch someone leap into the air whilst whistling and farting, and NOT laugh, you need to humble yourself!

@murunbuchstanzangur 4 года назад

No-one is too good for fart jokes.

@francisbell1961 4 года назад

Your definitely not English if u don’t like a good fart joke or toilet humour

@tomkenney5365 4 года назад

I'm a male caregiver in a dementia unit's double secure hall and I can get laughs from down the hall, around the corner, the hall on the other side of the door. They're just so absurd. Great fun.

@TerryTheChunin 4 года назад

Farts are gross.

@alexandersmith7061 4 года назад

Terry The Chunin That’s what makes them funny

@darkest_eclipse8271 4 года назад

3:25 who else started scratching their screen to remove the dirty parts while the picture slides down?

@BestKCL 3 года назад

It was definitely suspicious looking

@vanessapeterson698 2 года назад

"Maybe you're not even looking at the screen as I'm talking to you right now... " Me: looks up from my drawing tablet, "how dare-"

@big30clip 2 года назад

3:24 had me thinking my tv screen hadn’t been cleaned since 1864

@sleenspeen 4 года назад

I felt so busted when you said maybe you're not watching the screen now

@jeremymizer8958 4 года назад

I listen to him all day, I hardly ever look at the screen lol

@tomkenney5365 4 года назад

Apparently I was a little focused on the other thing I was doing, because I didn't even hear that.

@golddie8 4 года назад

I was vacuuming my floors 😂, got me.

@LloxieFox 4 года назад

I had literally just clicked away to another tab for a moment when he said it. The timing was eerie. @_@

@unlimitedrabbit 4 года назад

The name Samuel "Maggoty" Johnson has such a Pythonesque ring to it.

@Mr.Retrospective250 3 года назад

Thank you for talking about us We Appreciate Somebody Paying Attention to us and our job :P .

@sawdustandsurvival 3 года назад

I love this painting. I think that we can all relate to it. Putting your own feelings aside and acting in a certain way.

@chairde 4 года назад

Comedy demands high intelligence. Even today comics are the ones, who with clever comments, are the critics of politicians.

@user-hi2nd 4 года назад

@Matthew Morycinski because they're too busy taking their life seriously The jester laughs at his seriousness

@TwitchyTopHat1 4 года назад

and then you have hacks like Jimmy Kimmel

@austinshoupe3003 4 года назад

Comedy by no requires high intelligence. Look at Dane Cook. Cleverness is not intelligence.

@chairde 4 года назад

Austin Shoupe , You’re trying to say something but that sentence doesn’t make sense.

@chairde 4 года назад

TwitchyTopHat , Why do you dislike him? Is it his politics? He makes others laugh.

@troyramadin5772 4 года назад

No offense I love you, but sometimes I mistake you for the Vsauce guy

@unknownpondering9765 4 года назад

Binging with babish also. Cooking channel

@dougrogan379 4 года назад

That's racist

@abelalfaro4115 4 года назад

Michael Here?

@aassyyssaa 4 года назад

The trinity of RU-vid

@QTpatootie95 4 года назад

Michael here

@bryna1776 2 года назад

The painting you used in the thumbnail is one of my favorite paintings!!!