Horrible Histories Stupid Deaths Richard The Lion Heart

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[@hfar_in_the_sky]

That "Ah" when the kid showed up was honestly one of the best deliveries from Simon and makes me laugh my ass off each time I watch this skit

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

It IS pretty funny,!

[@Tom_Corvus5]

*butt

[@BenKellyMusic92]

Is anyone else having a Stupid Deaths marathon?

[@HolyknightVader999]

Who isn't?

[@kurtphinney3759]

HolyknightVader999 trying to, goddamn copyright!

[@aroaceautisticsashajames1832]

yep idk y but i am

[@marymckirdy6361]

me definitely

[@equestrianactor4071]

Meeeeeeeeeee🤩🤩🤩

[@KevlarNinja]

The guy with the frying pan must have been reborn as one of those awesome "to the last man" soldiers.

[@youreright]

Or starred on Ballad of Buster Scruggs, lol

[@michaelfawcett1892]

@@youreright Or reincarnated as an angry housewife because we all know their weapon of choice.

[@sassbrat]

You would be surprised what a frying pan can do. AKA to be used on drunk husband when he comes home drunk and goes to grab the wife. Let's just say mom nailed my dad out hard and DENTED the frying pan that is still used to this day.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Or as a top tennis player

[@emmyjo720]

Simon is a surprisingly nimble and tidy dancer, for someone so tall...

[@MamLewis]

You want to know how bad my school was? They taught us (in history class no less) the Richard Lion Heart died fighting a dragon. No I'm not making that up. Yes it was a catholic school.

[@Nonsense010688]

wow... I'm scared to asked what else they told you...

[@MamLewis]

@@Nonsense010688 My headmaster had a meeting with every parent in the school after Jurassic Park came out to tell them not to let any of their kids watch it because it was "anti-Christian propaganda". My Mum (who was Italian and VERY catholic) laughed in his face. The scariest thing is that he's STILL the head master of that school, almost 20 years after I left it. Makes me worried for the future generations.

[@youreright]

@@MamLewis Same here, like they tell kids not to watch Harry Potter cos it's about Sorcery!

[@youreright]

...fighting a dragon that was about to attack the Pope, or Saint, or Jesus, huh.

[@MamLewis]

@@youreright Well here's the weird thing. I remember reading the first 3 HP books (I'm old so it was before any of the movies ever came out) in that school. I guess my Headmaster had chilled out by then?

[@verilyheld]

I contend Lord Horation Nelson counts as a stupid death. "How'd you die?" "I was shot by a French musketeer." "Ha Ha haaa hmmm. All things considered, bit of an occupational hazard, there was a war on, correct?" "Correct." "Um . . honestly, can't see that a stupid death." "It was on a ship!" "Ahhh-- I'm listening." "And I knew before the battle the French put musketeers in their ship masts to shoot at targets." "You knew they did that, getting better." "And we often did that ourselves of course, musketeers in the masts." "Well yes, I would think so. Sauce for the gander, after all." "Except I ordered nobody on our side do that." "Oh my, bit of an own goal that." "And then I appeared on my ship, in my sharp uniform, so everybody knew I was there--" "Including the French." "Including the French, one of whom shot me dead!" "WA HA HA HA HA HA! Oh my Lord, Lordy lordy lordy, not exactly thinking ahead there, Lord!' "In retrospect, no. So--am I in?" "Oh my yes, that way to the afterlife!"

[@Apollo890]

Not really the reason he did not allow his men to fire from the fighting top is due to the risk of the sails catching fire from the spark of the musket flintlocks. Normally this wasn't a problem as usually battles were static and the sails mostly furled. But Nelson like to keep the battle mobile. And he was only wearing his smart uniform in battle because all his baggage was stored below whilst he was briefing his captain's so there was no time to change.

[@cruizlee214]

Statistically, somebody has to have died while watching Stupid Deaths.

[@itsjemmabond]

Yeah, he said "Arrow-voir", ha ha! By the way, why is the Grim Reaper using a fluffy pen?

[@TimeTravelinc]

itsjemmabond Because he’s Death. He can do whatever he wants, which includes having the dead tell stories about their deaths... but his favorite are the stupid ones.

[@shikchyasthings4252]

It’s just him.

[@sophiehale1171]

Yeah

[@1manwalkingfreakshow]

Because a pig pen would be too messy.

[@itsjemmabond]

@@1manwalkingfreakshow Ha ha, very funny(!)

[@magicalhikari5859]

Imagine if the Six Idiots covered more recent events. They would have enough Stupid Deaths for an entire show’s worth of content

[@haydenstock21]

If only, I hate England, it’s why I was always away fighting Not inaccurate, Richard the Lionheart spent only a few months of his reign actually in England

[@inkheart151]

And sadly the little boy getting shot was accurate too

[@haydenstock21]

I did hear some stories that disputed whether it was actually a child who shot the arrow but the bit I heard as well was that it was in revenge about Richard killing his parents and Richard knew it which is why he forgave the shooter and gave him a pardon

[@terrorcop101]

And not much of his life, either if I recall.

[@Tabbimura]

And made Prince John next ruler.

[@shakespeareanstudent]

Reportedly, he actually said: "I would sell London if I could find a buyer."

[@SapphireShelle91]

I feel so sorry for the kid who shot him. What was done to him was truly terrible.

[@leehyun3638]

The king already pardoned the kid, yet his guys basically like: Nope, the king's dead, and so are you!"

[@EngineerRiff]

Well, this is history with all the nasty bits left in

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

IIRC they skinned the poor kid alive

[@magicalhikari5859]

Minus the skinning that’s one badass way to go out tbh

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

@@magicalhikari5859 Yeah we get it you're cool and edgy

[@herusolares5320]

I used to storm castles like you... But then I got a you-know-what in the you-know-where...

[@bradleya3381]

A bolt in the shoulder?

[@herusolares5320]

Bradley Allgire Or an arrow to the knee, depending on your source.

[@HolyknightVader999]

To be fair, it was a crossbow. Even if Richard wore full plate-armor, he'd still be dead in one shot.

[@michaelkowal3230]

You mean because crossbows use bolts instead of arrows?

[@HolyknightVader999]

@@michaelkowal3230 Yes.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Full plate didn't even exist in the Lionheart's time.

[@HolyknightVader999]

@@jeffreygao3956 They only had chain mail for his men, right?

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@HolyknightVader999 For knights yes. Foot soldiers I doubt would wear full size mail suits. They'd be stuck with cloth.

[@jack46491]

I have a stupid death. Well, I was watching a very funny video, so funny that a really laughed my head of. Unfortunately, I was laughing my head off so much that my chair fell back and cracked my head, then the table collapsed on me, my bones were crushed and....I died. *Death laughs*

[@MadHatter42]

Death: So, you were crushed by your own table, huh? You know, usually you knock on wood, not the other way around! HAHAHAHAHA! Go on, you're clear to the afterlife!

[@ferideredif4761]

Mad Hatter XD

[@equestrianactor4071]

Death: what show You: yours

[@RexoryByzaboo]

Fun fact: Richard The Lionheart once fell ill and his doctor was...(surprise, surprise) SHALAHUDDIN! P.S. Richard and Shalahuddin were in a peace treaty.

[@Tareltonlives]

Saladin even sent him some Sherbet and a get well soon card.

[@Alexanderiii]

@@Tareltonlives Sounds like a bromance.

[@Tareltonlives]

@@Alexanderiii Richard had an even stronger relationship with Al-Adil, Saladin's brother. And then there's the love-hate relationship Richard had with Phillip.

[@milesawaygirl7923]

Who plays this "Stupid Deaths" guy he's so good at acting.

[@Shreckler1945]

Simon Farnaby

[@DrRank]

You may recognise him as the security guard from the Paddington films.

[@shakespeareanstudent]

He helped write the film too! Also, Alice Lowe from Horrible Histories is in the film too.@@DrRank

[@thefuturemrskaiba]

If Simon was really Death, I wouldn't mind dying.

[@CrazyMazapan]

Well, we don't know that Death is NOT like that

[@SunnysRoyalSkipper]

ughhh I hate that you can't watch HH videos on the cbbc website if you are outside the UK so I have to watch 2-3 minute clips instead of whole episodes. But thank you for posting this clip I really appreciate it. I would like to see the whole series, but I can't find it anywhere. :(

[@TimeTravelinc]

SunnysRoyalSkipper At currently (at the time of writing this [Sep. 12th, 2020]) Horrible Histories are available through Amazon Prime, the streaming service that also has BBC’s Top Gear (at least seasons 2-8), as well as the three old men in The Grand Tour. Just thought I’d let you know, based on my own experience with the streaming service. Enjoy the Horrible Histories, and to quote death on Stupid deaths, “Hope next time it’s not you”

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

You could always get a VPN

[@kellydalstok8900]

Or buy the DVDs

[@revinhatol]

1:31 "You're Richard the Chicken Brain!"

[@lightsaberlordp373]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ViceN53X]

Funniest joke! You two, raise your game

[@unclebob1478]

ViceN53X lmao

[@beatlemaniac]

"How did you die?" "I died in a rap battle."

[@antonmasters8626]

By chance did Ragnar Lothbrook send you here?

[@brokenbridge6316]

I love this series. Horrible Histories is so hilarious.

[@SEGASister]

By the way: yes. The boy, Bertrand de Gourdon, was sadly executed after Richard I pardoned him :(

[@Nick_C1997]

Richard primarily spoke French as that was the main language spoken by the Aristocracy following Norman Conquest There were also a lot of rumours that Richard might have been gay, which might be why he acts kinda camp in this sketch.

[@ianellis9914]

I’ve heard that too and how he had no children. Hence why his brother took his place after he died in battle. But he had an illegitimate son named Philip of Cognac with an anonymous woman, so I guess one could say that he liked both men and women. He just didn’t want to get married as well

[@schizoidboy]

If I remember correctly they skinned the kid alive, ouch!

[@swaldron5558]

Yes that’s true.

[@shikchyasthings4252]

KEKGJRJJFEJDJD WHAT

[@patrickweber3954]

Well they can't show that on this show.

[@Tabbimura]

And to pour salt in his wounds...hanged him next.

[@Oodelally]

Richard I actually pardoned the boy just before he died, whereas the boy’s father and brother were punished.

[@flebbinon1]

the BEST two minutes and ten seconds of my life spent so far.

[@Dragon1813]

Perilaus invented the Brazen Bull, as a get rich quick plan, to sell to King Phalaris. The idea was, a prisoner would be locked in the empty cavity in the bull's stomach and a fire would be lit beneath it, cooking the prisoner alive. In addition, the bull had a system of tubes in it's nose, so that when the prisoner started to steam and boil, the bull would sound like it was bellowing. The king liked it so much, he decided to test it out first, on Perilaus himself. He go the "Hot Seat"

[@HolyknightVader999]

He was in all respects, a French lord who saw England as a tax basket.

[@KevlarNinja]

Then Robin and Little John look at each other like WTF? xD

[@HolyknightVader999]

I saw that movie. It would have been funny to have Richard walk in, speak in French, then walk away 5 seconds later on another campaign in France.

[@simp1594]

I hate that the horrible histories channel doesn’t have comments I would love to see the memes

[@PurpledaisyShasta]

I heard that the soldiers were rather violent to that poor boy.

[@De99arni]

LOL Fave part of Horrible Histories

[@zoharneiger1416]

more matt awesome french accent! MORE!

[@laurenfrances8414]

Richard, you left out Aquitaine! How could you forget Aquitaine?!

[@0The0Web0]

haha lovely accent lol pop!

[@cruisetennant7020]

Baynton is always chosen to do a french accent

[@OtterFan48]

😂

[@itsjemmabond]

He studied in France for a while

[@jonjbradley]

Stupid deaths rock! ♪♫ Stupid deaths, Stupid deaths. Hope next time it's not you ♪♫

[@kashfiaislam9995]

Jimi Hendrix, Sid Vicious, Randy Rhoads, Andy Gibb, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Gidget Gein, Arthur Cave, Alexi Laiho, and Jethro Lazenby Cave all died very stupid deaths. May they rest together in peace. 💐🌷🌹🌺🌸🌼

[@whollybraille7043]

You went into battle without armor. It's how I roll. That's funny.

[@8bennaboo]

Chickens are actually smart animals.

[@wolfstar3883]

Here’s a concept for Marie Curie: “NEXT!“ *Marie Curie walks in* “And you are?” “Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist and chemist.” “Ooh, I’m liking this already. Tell me about your death, the stupider, the better!” “Well, I was renowned for my discoveries in radioactivity as well as two radioactive elements, polonium and radium, which I’ve won two Nobel Prizes for.” “Ooh, wait, let me guess. Cause of death related to your research, no?” “Well, yes. I was also a radiologist during the First World War, and at the time, the dangers of radiation weren’t well known.” “Ooh, this is gonna be good. And?” “Well, while I was visiting my country Poland in 1934, I got aplastic anemia from radiation exposure, which killed me. “BAHAHAHAHA, oh, from start to finish I was loving that! Hahahaha! Ooh, I guess you can say that Curie-osity indeed killed something! Not a cat, but you! GAHAHAHAHA! Oh, you’re dead funny! You’re through to the afterlife!” “Ok, thank you, I guess.” “Oh, and, uh, maybe try not to touch anything there. Don’t want it spreading! Haha, oh man.” Marie Curie leaves to the afterlife “Oh, I love my job sometimes. I do, I really do! NEXT!”

[@lordgiacomos2551]

Nice to see the "Pan-shot!" guy from buster Scruggs wasn't just a one-off

[@sonw3]

this is hilarious! ''toads, that's how I role.'' :')

[@beth12svist]

"Totes, that's how I roll." Etymology, semantics and spelling are important! (Says a language nerd.) ;-) I know it's ridiculous to comment so many years later, but the toads amused me too much. :D

[@backforblood3421]

I still can't believe this is a children's show. It kind of creeps me out.

[@user-hd9nc7zp1v]

Bloody hell no King John or Magna Carta of 1215 if he had lived. Just realised.

[@KitsunenoHibi]

No, they did. He just said it fast. But he did say that the wound became gangrenous, which was what actually killed him.

[@Anglomachian]

Is it just me, or is the kid with the crossbow's blithe attitude about being brutally executed afterwards just a bit bone chilling?

[@emmyjo720]

It was normal for the time

[@irishdc9523]

​@@emmyjo720 Aye, that's the bone chilling part

[@teh117]

After the king died the boy who shot him was flayed alive by a mercenary captain as retribution. Twas very brutal.

[@asmodayose]

I love the guys make up. And I love him too, lol

[@michaellam2508]

Hilarious! Now I wonder if anybody has done a Stupid Deaths crossover with other characters from various media, like say, _Kingdom of Foundation_ from *Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom?* 😂

[@jamesanthony8438]

Why do I keep thinking 'David Lee Roth' when I see the Grim Reaper singing in these things?! Hey, Diamond Dave! Got your next gig lined up for ya when you pass away! =)

[@M1710100]

were first converted under pressure to Islam, but then, living to repent it, they took the courage to renonuce Islam publicly - and willingly died cruel deaths for it. But they were few... And there are very few,if any of us, who would have such strength and faith.

[@huyanacapac]

I hope that, when I die, I'll end up there^^

[@C.CurrySims]

There are some terrible moments for the song to pop in your head.

[@Tareltonlives]

Emperor Julian: Memo bro; DON'T FORGET THE ARMOR.

[@johnbarker8305]

Richard did not love England, he loved French boys. He is the "good king" in Robin Hood, but he was, in actual fact, crap as a king, being more interested in the boys. And fighting in Palestine. He bankrupted England with his crusades and gifts to his 'lovely boys". John, the reviled king, was actually a really good administrator if a bit shit at warfare and diplomacy

[@potatoegirl31]

It should be illegal to be this adorably hott...oh you, Mat!!!

[@lachlanevans5013]

Honestly my favourite stupid death of all time

[@M1710100]

Well, in the sense of those times - he DID make a great and unique career - shooting and causing the death of a legendary King and the leader of enemy forces! But that was the end of him... :( That's war for you

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

"And how did you die?" "Well, my employer required us all to be vaccinated against COVID. But I oppose vaccines on religious grounds, so I was granted an exemption." "Yes, and?" "I got COVID, and I died from it." [Laughs]

[@cerysfalmai8644]

this actor, Simon Farnaby has been on MI high the lenny henry show and whole load of other TV shows. and even some movies. but to us he will forever be known as the stupid death guy from horrible histories.

[@KevlarNinja]

Now I want a copy of Horrible Histories Woeful Words. :)

[@steelcomrade6871]

I love how they gave Henry I am English accent and Richard I a French one Just seems a bit confusing Also, if Richard hated England then why did he want to be king of it for the rest of his life?

[@fredbarker9201]

Steel Comrade he inherited the position of king when his father died. Of course he wouldn’t want to give it up it’s a title that brings wealth and power but of his ten year reign he only spent a few months in England. He fought in the crusades and in France

[@fredbarker9201]

H B England was just to make money he said he would have sold London if there was a buyer

[@SorceressWitch]

Hate is probably not the right word. However, being king offers many benefits. Since at the time he would not just be ruling England but over parts of France and Ireland. Plus he wouldn't be able to have access to the funds he needed to go on crusades. Yes, he used English treasury for funds. He left his mother to be regent while he was away. Hence him only spending 6 months in England, out of his 10 year reign as king. So I would say he didn't care much about ruling England, hence him leaving his mother to deal with the politics there. Crusading was seen as more important to him.

[@thomasmccaghrey9888]

Because he had no choice being the eldest surviving son of Henry ll, plus at the time the crown also came with lands in France ranging from Normandy to Aquitaine ( basically in a straight line from the channel right down to the Spanish border) and that made him the richest and most powerful man in Europe

[@jeffreygao3956]

Why not? It's called being king!

[@HolyknightVader999]

Indeed. That would be a hilarious capstone.

[@bubbarand2561]

Directly out of the pages of Charles Dickens' "A Child's History of England." Well, almost. Ain't war just grand!

[@crabsy6452]

I feel like I’ve never seen this one

[@HeartyArtie]

Anyone else want to see Death cameo on Ghosts?

[@billylardner]

I genuinely wouldn’t mind if this is what happens when I die

[@M1710100]

That's the tragedy of it. You can't change one's mind with brute force - only that person's behaviour, he/she might do something out of fear. But people who have betrayed their faith,in most cases,found a way to make an internal excuse for their mistake(as most of us usually do),and,being now respected members of society with the new religion... They just stuck to the new religion.In the history of the Balkans,however, there were martyrs who

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

AARGH! Put spaces after commas!

[@M1710100]

(continued) converted to Islam under pressure from the Ottomans, and afterwards they converted back to Christianity and willingly sought martyrdom as a way of being liberated from the sin of having once rejected Christ. After becoming Christians again, they would publicly preach in front of Muslims and preach against Islam, which caused them to be tortured and put to death. But such were rare, of course...

[@M1710100]

@@Inkyminkyzizwoz Sorry to have made you cringe... ;) I left this comment unfinished, I have probably typed while being exhausted late at night. I was able to add a reply, but I couldn't find a way to edit the previous message

[@Tabbimura]

The kid was flayed alive and then hanged. Now it from "Robot Chicken" though.

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

And after the death of Richard the Lionheart his younger brother Prince John became king of England and King John was a tyranna cool roller if you've seen the Disney version you'll know exactly what I mean though he wasn't as childish as the one in the Disney film

[@williammccreary1886]

sad no armor

[@KevlarNinja]

Like I said IN THE MOVIE. You know, the disney one with Robin Hood as a fox.

[@jemmabond]

Well, Mat did study in France for a while, which is probably why...

[@chavamara]

Frying pans! Who knew, right?

[@katherinestephen9365]

Ha I get it tangled! Eugene said this! 😆👍

[@ichigomaster98]

DANGIT . . . not killed by lions . . .

[@dukes0916]

THANKYOU!

[@dawnzeleron3875]

Pink feathered pen!

[@baileyedwards4530]

The arrow is under his arm.

[@sonw3]

''Toads, that's how I roll'' cracks me up every time :')

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

*totes - meaning 'totally'

[@Joe-cr6uq]

Richard is kind of zesty here

[@rachell452]

The boy was actually tortured to death......

[@MaestroRigale]

That accent kind of migrated around Europe a little.

[@teh117]

Its a french accent mon ami

[@georgeolaroiu1987]

1:31🤣🤣🤣👍

[@justkillbieber]

well, it's true, richard did die by an arrow

[@Wykletypl]

Now I am curious how the Stupid Deaths would go with Krzysztof Ażniński, the only Pole so far (strangely enough) to earn a Darwin Award so far. I am guessing the Death guy might want to take an inspiration from this classic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6C1m4Wijqhrpbs

[@Elannadrax]

Lol. Basically yes. .. I guess

[@JustMe-vo5er]

I heard about a man,who died in battle,because he needed to pee,but he refused to,and he died. It seems it's a stupid death,isn't it?

[@beth12svist]

I suspect that story was actually Tycho de Brahe, who did not die of that cause in battle but at (after?) a banquet given by some important person he did not want to offend by leaving. P.S. Also that's a legend and it was apparently actually a more mundane kind of kidney failure.

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

AARGH! Put spaces after commas!

[@CharizardMaster69]

If it looks stupid but it works, it’s not stupid - anonymous

[@Hrodn]

The skeleton on the right looks like Michael Jackson.

[@Erikjust]

Proberbly because it was a tv-show they couldn´t show how that kid supposedly died in real life... According to history Richard´s men literally flayed the kid alive.

[@MisterNifty]

You know, this guy was a king who led his men into battle in an effort to liberate Jerusalem in the Holy War. Along with Emperor Barbarossa of Germany, he was a true commander and chief. Not like the so-called commander and chiefs of today.

[@KevlarNinja]

Richie Lion Heart hated England? Well, wonders never sease....

[@michaeldavis4651]

I still think it is far more likely that he was just hit by a stray crosbow bolt. If you believe the Hashishins mudered him, you have the right to your own opinion. I can tolerate that even if I cannot agree with it.

[@wjw2807]

Wonder why Richard hate England?

[@liz2saintvideos]

Why wasn`t Richard the lionheart on 1000 ways to die

[@robeccamcmeekin1179]

It doesnt matter its a funny scene (kinda) :)

[@wellhelltherefellwhuman4637]

When I was-

[@YourLocalTrashPandaXOXO]

That accent tho...