Benjamin Rush and Inventing the Bucket: Citation Needed 6x06

[@jcxz983]

Ok, after a quick glance at the Wikipedia: Rush was against slavery because he thought black people were really just white people who suffered from a disease that turned them black, and that they should be healed to be turned white again - but not enslaved. He also sent his son to psychiatric hospital where the son died. And he participated in an intrigue trying to remove George Washington as General during the War. The guy was even more bonkers than it sounds in this Episode.

[@BvousBrainSystems]

Let me guess: did he try to bleach black people?

[@Kelly_C]

maybe it was all the mercury pills

[@kprinz11]

You say that like the hospital killed him. His son lived at the hospital for decades and Rush worked there his entire life, what is now the U Penn Hospital. His whole thing with forming the psychiatry ward was to create a place where they could get help but also an environment to keep their dignity, which was unheard of at the time.

[@johnnywins7031]

jcxz I mean that just paints the picture of this guy being woefully mistaken, more than immoral. Except the political intrigue, but really, who DIDN’T plot against washington?

[@jlaw131985]

Kelly Corless mercury will definitely do that

[@Ahead144]

Chris pretending to make out with a wax Margaret Thatcher is possibly the most disturbing thing that has ever occurred on this show

[@theafr0842]

Oh maggie

[@westcheap]

Oh maggie

[@bananawieldingorenji]

Oh maggie

[@lukasbieri]

Oh maggie

[@SamAronow]

OH MAGGIE

[@stephenwilliams163]

Watching four Brits have no idea who Lewis and Clark were was transformative. This must be how the rest of the world feels watching Americans discuss the history of literally any other nation.

[@WontonTV]

Even in Canada, I'd barely heard of Lewis & Clark.

[@mangosteak]

didn't they get carried by pocahontas?

[@stephenwilliams163]

@@mangosteak Sacagawea

[@harrytodhunter5078]

Im amazed that Chris, usually a font of all knowledge, had never heard of Lewis and Clark.

[@thelastcube.]

honestly, accurate

[@sammarks9146]

"In the US, we think 100 years is a long time. In the UK, they think 100 miles is a long way."

[@MikaelLevoniemi]

Heh, well in my country if i live in the largest city there is, 100 miles out i'd find the second largest city.

[@BradyPostma]

The Lewis & Clark Expedition is an excellent example of that. In the long, long ago of 1803, they travelled by foot in an 8,000 mile (13,000 km) meandering loop of a trip. It took 2 years 4 months. They averaged 9.4 miles per day every day for two and a third years.

[@adamkirsopp492]

@@BradyPostma they had horses

[@BradyPostma]

​@@adamkirsopp492 The caravan did, yes. But they didn't have enough horses for everyone in the caravan to ride all the time. Overall, the caravan moved at the pace of those who had to walk, and most of the individuals walked most of the way.

[@rlenn6512]

I have to drive 600 miles to get where I was born (3 states), 300 to my father (1 state over) 1,200 to my little sister (4 states).

[@revolver265]

That shudder at 17:40 when Gary is clearly visually processing what Matt just said, that and the utterly disturbed face Matt makes at the beginning where Gary says "covered in resin" kills me every time I watch this episode.

[@bijeshshrestha2450]

the specific closeup too

[@JustOneAsbesto]

Matt won double Mystery Biscuits this round, and Gary still wins. This is an outrage. Clearly Tom wins for "uh... uh... Pill."

[@timothymclean]

The biscuits aren't points, Just. The points are points.

[@Piper_____]

“Uh... Uh... pill.” *small nod*

[@invalide]

18:19 the moral thermometer. Did it, by any chance, use mercury?

[@oranges369]

And 50% pill

[@Vanta_Blue]

Nah, it just shows how mercurial people are.

[@jakethewolfie119]

No, that's being used in his pills

[@Dusterisp]

But could it also be programmed to output sound of a particular pitch corresponding to the moral temperature? AFAIK we never got the regular Freddie Mercury thermometer so Tom could skip straight to the moral Freddie Mercury thermometer.

[@TomScottGo]

And that was season 6! We'll be back with another run of shows later this year. Thanks for watching, everyone!

[@Terminalss]

commented 5 days ago what???

[@docktorwho4793]

Tom Scott is a time lord

[@Heboyi]

Tom Scott this came out a few seconds ago how was this comment made five days ago

[@benf6165]

Next doctor?

[@noxim_]

Can't wait for season 7!

[@Armadeus]

it does bring up the question: why did tom say "slightly closer" when chris said precision cake throwing, when the actual answer was moral essays?

[@sponge1234ify]

i mean, it's technically _closer_ than Kung Fu, Scuba diving, or "hoiking a golf ball by one end and smacking it"...

[@ThePadawan3]

Because writing moral essays is throwing shade, the other is throwing cake?

[@spikegorman1650]

@The Padawan MYSTERY BISCUITS!!!

[@casey6556]

Cake definitely feels closer to “educated high society” than the other answers thrown out

[@wolven.]

wtf its the kappa guy

[@martinpaulsen1592]

Laudanum as a painkiller shouldn't be a surprise. It is, after all, opium dissolved in alcohol, so it kills pain quite nicely, thank you. Of course, like any preparation of opium or opiates (natural or synthetic), laudanum is also going to induce constipation, so you might need to chase it with one of those thunderclappers.

[@mewmew8932]

It also induces what is commonly known as "tripping balls," so you may also need to just sit down or smth

[@martinpaulsen1592]

@@mewmew8932 And if you're chasing the laudanum with a thunderclapper, you'll _definitely_ need to sit down for a bit.

[@mewmew8932]

@@martinpaulsen1592 Preferably atop a hole, with some leaves by your side.

[@danielkalish8031]

Wow, this series is really a hidden gem of KZbin. I used to disregard Citation Needed episodes, but I decided to watch this one out and was amazed. Not only was it really informative, it also gave me quite a few laughs!

[@stevemcintosh9381]

As an American, watching this, I laughed more than I have in so long. I have heard about Citation Needed, but hadn't checked it out, I now immediately regret not watching it sooner. I love Tom's videos and this was fantastic.

[@falconerd343]

At least you found it before it ended!

[@adamplace1414]

Interesting that they didn't realize "laudanum" is exactly an opiate tincture, and Immodium is also derived from opium. So yes, Gary's answers of laudanum and "pain relief" were spot on, unprompted, and totally unrewarded.

[@jolenethiessen357]

I was surprised by that too. I assumed everyone knew laudanum was an opiate. I deduced that from reading historical fiction! I mean, what else works that well??

[@mewmew8932]

@@jolenethiessen357 I learned that from Netflix, what other painkiller is addictive (besides fentanyl)?

[@fafnir242]

Can we just talk for five seconds about how whoever did the closed captioning absolutely nailed the noise "fneeeeer" at 17:37?

[@oscilation5678]

If you look at the window behind Tom you might experience a mild version of the herman grid effect, where dots appear at the intersections when they really don't exist.

[@ArdisMeade]

As an American, your Hungry Hungry Hippo medical system sounds like an improvement to the one we have

[@ArdisMeade]

@@toyboxez You can. Once there are no more marbles on the board, the player who has the most has won.

[@oldasyouromens]

As an American, having only heard of Benjamin Rush as a name on the Declaration of Independence but being very well-informed in all other aspects, this was informative AND hilarious. So thank.

[@jeffirwin7862]

me too thank

[@sherlockian6770]

Not well informed enough if you thought Lewis and Clark were just trying to get to the Pacific through US territories. They travelled through plenty of other peoples's land trying to find a WATERWAY that connected to Mississippi and Pacific.

[@aurelia8028]

THANK

[@SamAronow]

@@sherlockian6770 They weren’t looking for a direct water link; they knew two-way rivers weren’t a thing. They were looking for an easy portage between two navigable rivers, because everyone at the time wrongly assumed that there would be flat plains west of the Rockies just like there were on the east.

[@jamesl8640]

2:40 I love how different Tom is here when Gary says something compared to two of these people are lying

[@shantelbeth4841]

As a Historian, an American who sometimes spends Spring in London, and decendant of Lewis....that was amazing. Thanks for the new stories of Grandpa to share at family time!

[@zyaicob]

Wow you're kind of a legend

[@SomeAdam]

"[The Black Death] is very persistent" Hence its name, Yersinia persistis.

[@ilexdiapason]

pun or misspelling? scientists still baffled

[@Kitchcube]

Y'all totally missed the part where good ol Benny Rush thought that being black was a desease that could be cured by living a pure life, which was the reason he was anti-slavery.

[@timothymclean]

...I mean, it's a _less_ bad belief...

[@rin_etoware_2989]

well, that's *one* way to get to racial equality...

[@mewmew8932]

I mean, it's progress

[@colonelpopcorn7702]

When you do the problem wrong but still get the right answer

[@mickthomas8983]

Did he take the Hungry Hippo-cratic oath?

[@burzwild2292]

Mystery biscuits for you

[@SenshiSunPower]

Maybe it's in the deleted scenes.

[@Nulono]

He's American, so he took the Hungry Hungry Hippo-cratic oath.

[@mickthomas8983]

Nulono Thanks. They correctly called it 'Hungry, Hungry Hippo' in the show, but I wasn't aware of the transatlantic name-change. :)

[@christiandevey3898]

Mick Thomas no he was American not Hungarian

[@viklo925]

mercury pills = 50% mercury 50% pill

[@tissuepaper9962]

Seaweed 50% Sea 50% Weed

[@BvousBrainSystems]

So basically, a seafood plate and a joint.

[@WilliametcCook]

Fort Minor 10% Luck 20% Skill 15% Concentrated power of will 5% Pleasure 50% Pain 100% Reason to remember the name

[@ourboyroy9398]

58.333% mercury 41.666% pill

[@onionbot2]

50% mercur 50%y pills

[@Churbas]

"And what bungs you up?" Funnily enough, Opium.

[@AntigonePoss]

A good amount of the American founding fathers were VERY anti-slavery, but then about an equal amount was also VERY PRO-slavery.

[@theneekofficial8829]

and a fair amount were both at the same time

[@rin_etoware_2989]

@@theneekofficial8829 Thomas Jefferson, who also owned slaves, was about to write a condemnation of slavery in the Declaration of Independence but decided against it because too many of the others will complain

[@kabobawsome]

And unfortunately a good amount who had no opinions on the concept and were quick to suggest compromises to keep allowing slavery in many contexts.

[@infrabread]

"There's a lady I used to kno-". Dammit Gary, I want to know the full story!!

[@StarSong936]

I got a really big groan for a pun recently. Someone asked me if I had anything pressing, and I told them, "No, I don't even own an iron."

[@zyaicob]

That's so good

[@aurelia8028]

lul

[@Maedelrosen]

I like how Tom is concentrating on the article trying to find a hopeful but futile relative subject to what those three were shouting about to get them a point

[@logankennedy609]

*Sits here anxiously awaiting season 7*

[@IAmBrownThunderOfficial]

*waiting intensifies*

[@kurotoruk]

[waiting intensifies] INTENSIFIES

[@SpamQGamers]

bored of waiting already

[@BenGabbay]

Better take some Turkish opium for that.

[@yaseenmalik3098]

Kennedy's Questing quality saxsi video pakistan ELY saxsi video pakistan bgzut saxsi uTility utilities when 0

[@tapashalister2250]

A suggestion for a final prize: A picture of a handled cup with police photographs on it that has been hit by a bullet a shot mug-shot mug shot

[@shelvacu]

Why not: a shot in a shot mug-shot mug shot

[@drumlightable]

snap shot mug shot shot

[@jacksmith8689]

Add with instant noodles inside it and it becomes "a shot mug-shot mug shot mug shot"

[@Eliteerin]

With mug shot in it

[@VIUSmusic]

That LSD Trip pun was actually amazing, and I'm sad it didn't get that much of a reaction :P

[@unflexian]

Tom scott on trending, as it should.

[@Tonatsi]

Perfectly Balanced _As all things should be_

[@IneptOrange]

I love how done Tom is for most of these episodes.

[@popoloco2456]

Benjamin rush is apparently an ancestor of Stockton Rush who recently payed millions to make a submarine to explore the titanic and has gone missing under the sea

[@Ryan_Hecht]

After hearing them be so knowledgeable about European history and being completely lost, it's a fun change to see them fumble over American history xD

[@Nefariouspat]

Well it's hard to do the washing up without any arms

[@unclejoeoakland]

and its nice to see them brought up short after the usual crack about how far back "history" goes here.

[@FoxDren]

American history????

[@thatchris1626]

that burn on America was great, im keeping that in my collection

[@drtrustrum]

Please, please, please bring this back.

[@namenamename390]

"Two americans set off and discover south London" is one of my favourite quotes from this show

[@tobiasjakobi4487]

it is interesting to see that Tom is simultaneous able to release nearly 20 minutes of CN and cut the material down to an inch of its life.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

As long as it's not HCN, we're ok......🤔

[@Mousy677]

evening mood: sprinkling a few grains of mercury gaily on a piece of bread

[@joshwalker1453]

You say that but the reason why hatters would go mad is because they would treat their leather for hats with mercury. There it would then be absorbed through the skin and remain in the body leading to mercury poisoning and then insanity.

[@supersonictumbleweed]

Actually, didn't hatters go mad because of cyanide in green paint?

[@HonestMagpie]

I think you're thinking of painters going mad from lead in yellow paint (Though I've heard similar rumors or other chemicals in other paints, so I'm not sure). But it's more about painters than hatters, hatters usually are said to go mad from mercury in the felting process for their hats. (Hats were more often made of wool, not leather.)

[@KarasuInaiga]

*daily

[@christinecrawford]

The Oceangate submersible guy, Stockton Rush, was a descendant of Benjamin Rush

[@alexe8375]

"uncle pillory" is my new stage name.

[@Sammie1053]

I thought about this a lot back in 2016... Do you think there were any people in America who were anti-Hillary Clinton, but also anti-prison, so instead of "Hillary for prison" they went for the clever rhyme and said "Hillary for pillory"?

[@cyborg98]

Man, even to this day, I'm stil laughing like a jackass over "What was the other 50%? Uh, erm... Pill." at 8:43

[@Mega_Xenomorph]

There haven't been enough long episodes lately, I'm glad we finally got one :)

[@aryamaangoswamy179]

Gary is like a Minecraft splash screen: you'll never know what you'll get

[@chloezaffran3552]

I love you guys and this game so much

[@NotAGraveRobber]

Benjamin Rush and his thunderclappers is my favorite story from American history, and he's from PHILLY! We love our dysfunctional and problematic kings!

[@benhaywood2510]

The year is 2025 and the Tim Westwood shoutouts have not stood the test of time... :-D

[@CeToxihuitl]

Upload an unedited version, I can't be the only one who would watch the five minutes of laughter on each gag

[@bjornsan]

Spinning patients made me think of the spinning baby delivery machine. I think the centrifugal force was supposed to help the baby out and there was a net to catch the baby. It's a real patended invention. Don't know if it got built.

[@KingSepron]

This should be and IS on trending! Well done Tom

[@ExplosiveOldMan]

The window is giving me the black dot illusion

[@tf7602]

Same

[@Mystery_Biscuits]

For the last time this season - 0:40, 8:36 and 13:03. Hey, that's me!

[@markpenrice6253]

Covered in resin and brimming with juicy seeds!

[@davidbrider]

I've just discovered Citation Needed. Damn. If "No such as the news" gets to be a TV series, then so should this. Hilarious stuff, and worryingly informative.

[@youraveragesocialist84]

The Westwood Expedition now has some... less than savoury connotations.

[@rexstauss]

This is by far my favorite episode ever! I still come back to this one!

[@Diniles]

This is honestly the best episode of Citation Needed I've watched. Can't wait 'till next season

[@jerm1127]

I’m a direct descendant of Benjamin Rush. His granddaughter was my great grandmothers great great grandmother.

[@kristiansvalland4595]

Absolutely love watching this, as well as your other shows. Would love to see a taping of these, if at all possible.

[@silasary]

Thanks for a great season. Loved the new set, and looking forward to the next season.

[@rexbaumeister7377]

"Well I believe *you*" --The last time it could be said Tom believed Brannan about anything.

[@pristizastavka]

Thanks for another amazing season! I'm recommending this left right and center because this is bloody amazing!! Cheers! :->

[@kathyh8047]

another hell of an episode! I'll be waiting impatiently for the next run

[@artisticwhistleblower1756]

Ben Rush was my great, great, great grandfather! Ora Rush, my grandmother, was quite proud of this fact.

[@Reijack]

Fun fact: the "calomel" mentioned in this episode is the same stuff that ended up killing Napoleon

[@abugidaiguess]

Tom blindly believing Gary at 2:44 isn't something you'd expect after seeing. the entirety of TotPaL

[@mirjanbouma]

Yes well this was before TotPaL, and coincidentally also the last time ever Tom believed Gary 😁

[@chloec4127]

I for some reason knew a lot about Benjamin Rush and his time period of medicine so hearing it all again made me retroactively fear for my health

[@DinosaurwithRPG]

Benjamin Rush's name was vaguely familiar. I'm glad I got to learn more about one of our founding fathers. Also, I will have you know that America has both years of history, thank you very much.

[@TheHorseOutside]

2:11 "didn't necessarily do them" is also four word thinking

[@pentumfarshadow7051]

A citation needed video I missed after 3 years? My thanks to the algorithm!

[@juneguts]

My tradition after the season ends is to go and watch all of the extra bonus bits in a row, saving them for last.

[@Schm1tty]

Gary's reactions at at 11:38 and 17:35. I'm crying just replaying those reactions to what Matt says

[@umgubularslashkilter9272]

gary's facial expressions when somebody says something like this about history are gold

[@Mephistopheles-in-play]

Etiquette at one end of the scale, armed combat at the other end. Surely in the middle you find civil war?

[@DoubleATam]

"He was the father of american psychiatry. What did he think was a good way to 'cure insanity'?" is a pretty good combo of sentences, add it to the "burn on america" pile (btw genuine thanks for voicing a disclaimer regarding that phrasing)

[@luketurner314]

7:14 "We've started PLUMBING depths..." missed unintentional pun?

[@DisAnimated]

Rarely do jokes make me spit out my drink to laugh, but this show does it every time.

[@DJMankiewicz]

Seeing people draw a blank upon hearing the names Lewis and Clark is sort of surreal as a life-long American public school attendee. I thought those names were as big as Benjamin Franklin or George Washington.

[@entropiCCycles]

14:10 Do that the other way around and you have a round of Brockian Ultra Cricket.

[@ClimbingyeA]

11:37 There were, notably, THE PEOPLE BEING ENSLAVED

[@wellesradio]

Anybody reminded of what it's like hanging with your friends and the puns just can't stop?

[@ezekielmartin4323]

Cousin Swift-Kick-in-the-Bollocks is my favorite member of the Addams Family

[@JossieMimo]

There should be a wiki of this explaining all the incredibly english references and puns of each episode ...

[@redactedwatkins6195]

"sleep them like a bat" is the funniest thing ive ever heard

[@Abigail-hu5wf]

Just to be clear, mercury doesn't absorb through the skin very well at all. It will do so given time, but just touching it or even holding it briefly in your hand is basically fine. The issue is *breathing* it, because then it can get into the body more easily. Luckily mercury's vapour pressure is essentially "no", so it's unlikely you'll ever breathe mercury from an unheated sample, but it's still a good idea to not stick your face near it. When someone in a lab spills mercury and they have to evacuate, it's because of the potential risk of *breathing* mercury, not touching it.

[@DeeSchnutzinger-Mauph]

I'm actually related to him!!! He's my 4x great uncle. Crazy to see someone I'm related to being discussed by one of my favorite youtubers!!!

[@mholber]

This show rivals "Wait Wait Dont Tell Me!" in quality of news-game programming. Can you guys please get this show on the american NPR podcast line-up or something??

[@qwertyTRiG]

Mike Holberger It's a decent panel show, yes.

[@na195097]

I love Matt. The one-liners are wonderful.

[@jefflanam]

Slight correction: Rush's textbook on mental health came out in 1812. Franklin flew his kite in 1750. It was read to the Royal Society in 1752, making him a celebrity when he went to London.

[@jamestanis3274]

FTR (for those interested): Franklin's kite experiment was 1752.

[@Adam-bh1lk]

That was one hell of an episode! Best of the series. :)

[@wahffle6729]

I will make sure to immortalize the phrase "heaving shits" on my grave stone

[@dangkolache]

Will all citation neededs going forward be in front of an audience? I like the energy but honestly I prefer the intimacy of the old kitchen table!

[@potatoonastick2239]

I like the audience better then the old kitchen tbh

[@droppedelbow]

"than"

[@AntigonePoss]

I enjoy both equally

[@NathanTAK]

+droppedelbow No, just a lack of commas. "I like the audience better, then the old kitchen tbh".

[@kiyalee7887]

I prefer this setting because I get less of a headache with the camera jumping to each person at the table.

[@RamsesThePigeon]

Guest-starring (or perhaps guest-laughing-myself-silly) with The Technical Difficulties has been added to my bucket list. The pronunciation of "bucket" is up to their discretion.

[@RosalegaFrumlegt]

why do you always edit out the bonus material? it's almost every single time the funniest bit of the episode

[@cameroni3696]

“Who knows who Tim Westwood is?” After the past week’s BBC headlines, I think we all do

[@JimmyJonJillakers]

I love being an American watching this show

[@BeyondTheScreens]

Great video guys! love the series. However i couldnt help but notice the black dot visual illusion in the window XD.

[@joshuahargrave8239]

The laudanum/painkiller part is why Tom's so quick to dismiss Gary in totpal.