These dudes knew how to do political comedy without taking political sides that is why they rank up with Kids in The Hall vintage snl and mad tv for best sketch comedy shows
lmao never noticed that before, yet years ago i looked up when Abraham Lincoln was born to see if his prescence was at least possible, albeit still incorrect.
Pretty hilarious that Ben invokes his children as the reason for omitting his name on the document when he later renounces his son, William, for being a Loyalist who supported the Crown.
Id like to think some oblivious teacher wanted to show their students about the declaration of independence and put this on in the classroom without watching it before hand lol
@@halo3odst i thought this about citizens of USA saying its the best country in the world and being proud of it, was more of a stereotype but its really full of these
Ladies and gentlemen, that is what actually happened that fateful day. Historians and documentarians felt the truth was far too difficult for our fledgling nation to handle.
Are you gonna sign it fatty? LOL, one for the ages! I wonder if Thomas really did ask Benji if he was gonna sign it and called him fatty in the process?
Count of St. Germain spoke from the balcony before anyone signed ... he spoke with such poetic justice of true sovereignty and freedoms and its riches that they all scurried to sign after his addressment to the crowd below.
Alexander Wilson never thought of it that way, I always assumed they knew people would say “Abe Lincoln wasn’t born then” and threw it in there to say “psych, his name is Tony!”
2:17 I've known about this sketch for the better part of a decade and have thought that a "Shit-Thomas" was it's own thing the whole time, not just Thomas Jefferson being a shit.
I’m remembering seeing this years ago on I think it was IFC and not knowing exactly what this was and the Washington D.C 17th century part made me do a double take and have a slight brain lapse
