Mary Phelps Jacob Invents the Modern Bra (feat. Parker Posey) - Drunk History

[@orizkhalas4428]

4:50 fun fact, her great-great-great grandfather, Robert Fulton was actually the one who invented steamboat.

[@yungcowboy3906]

HER GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ROBERT FULTON?

[@azore1184]

That’s pretty cool lol

[@xWinterstarex7]

Throwing shade at her long dead grandfather xD

[@dandelion473]

So...I'm related to her? (my last name is Fulton and I'm related to Robert)

[@ella17734]

That's too funny

[@PayDonnn]

“Do you know anyone who doesn’t have a bra?” -thinks of aunt who lives in the bayou-

[@becauseican5821]

Thinks of men

[@kandyse12]

Thinks of dead people🥺

[@craigcorson3036]

Let me just check my underwear drawer....Nope. Ain't no bras in there.

[@7AM_Tzar]

Got you your 1k like.

[@macca5119]

Thinks of girls under the age of 10/9

[@ricolucas3410]

"Ma Boobles Are Free To Roam!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@charniejunetanginan3689]

Ratchaburi, Thailand: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXW1eXRpgcZ_pdE

[@tashazors]

Lmfao 😂🤣😂🤣

[@therainbowwillow4453]

“DO YOU WANT ONE BOOB?”

[@kateposts]

While she decided on the name Caresse for herself, she bestowed the name Clytoris on her dog.

[@jessiek289]

Wait that big ass red dog?

[@sadaesashington7255]

Kate Rogers omg that was true? Wow I 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 😄😂. I like it. Almost as much as I like name fu*ker for a dog. 🤣

[@cuchelo1]

@@jessiek289 I laughed so hard at this... Thank you.

[@stevelibby6852]

Her husband avoided that dog to her chagrin.

[@jennifer9047]

Oh, I thought it was Clitorys...

[@maplehockeylove6339]

The one thing I will contest is that corsets were uncomfortable and tight laced. Most corsets in that era were made for comfort and support, and tightlacing was recommended against. The difference was mostly just an aesthetic one. (And also bras are easier to make)

[@Rosy2468]

Corsets definitely were actually made for comfort and support but only because they were necessary to carry those large gowns. With those gowns going out of style and slimmer looser silhouettes coming into fashion they weren't as necessary anymore. And then they'd probably just be hot and uncomfy. therefore the bra.

[@margaretsolomon5053]

MEME MOM

[@maplehockeylove6339]

I'm speaking as a person who wears a corset often- it's helpful for posture and back health, and honestly super comfortable. It's easy to overheat if you have fifty layers on, but most modern corsets are built to be breathable and cool anyways- so it's fine. (As long as you don't tight lace, which was basically never done anyways even back them)

[@Rosy2468]

@@maplehockeylove6339 - this wasnt about modern corsets though, so while now its great that they can be lighter fabrics and more breathable, back then they were great in bulky heavy dresses to help carry but in the less fitter and lighter styles as i said before, they weren't necessary for support and therefore weren't the comfy choice.

[@stacia2016]

Also it covers less area so less of your body is sweaty

[@crystalraf]

It was backless too? She was a genius.

[@Jah_LEASE_yah]

CR spring17 it was backless in comparison to what a corset looked but it did have straps in the back to put it on.

[@BankruptMonkey]

It was like a longline, so the back strap was lower down than modern bras

[@sadaesashington7255]

CR spring17 she was.. damn I kind of wish she didn’t sell it off but she was still wealthy and she made something out of herself back then. She didn’t dwell on it. That’s good. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@kiacedillo7067]

She wasn't the 1st to invent a bra in the world tho

[@DeltaEcho303]

Criminal Minds makes you like Paget Brewster. Drunk History makes you love her.

[@KKAkuoku]

Community made me like Paget. This just bolsters my feelings.

[@guzu334]

Actually Friends made me like Paget Brewster. But indeed Drunk History made me love her! 😍

[@staleypharmaceuticals2071]

Let us not forget her in Another Period. (I think that is the name of it.) Hell, she is perfection in all her appearances.

[@sinnison23]

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law makes me want to marry her.

[@charniejunetanginan3689]

Ratchaburi, Thailand: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXW1eXRpgcZ_pdE

[@KarmelitaFox]

Fun fact: her husband Harry Crosby directly descended from Peggy Schuyler.

[@saturn5173]

AND PEGGY

[@ilhandaanish2381]

RaeRae Walker THE SCHUYLER SISTERS

[@saturn5173]

Shifty 14 ANGELICA,PEGGY,ELIZA! Work

[@iconicwatermelon2868]

ZACHARY MAGNUSON .. daddy doesn’t need know.

[@bruh-xb8bu]

Charlottes World Daddy said not to go downtown!

[@lieutenantkettch]

Left out the fact that her husband Harry Crosby was 7 years younger than her and they had an open marriage.

[@mistertea603]

Kuul,

[@ju4368]

I mean she was drunk so ya know

[@betty3531]

It’s not relevant to the story

[@emilykrey5319]

And descended from Peggy Schyler

[@hoodoo2001]

Might have been because the narrator was stone drunk.

[@SunlightHugger]

"Do you know anyone who doesn't have a bra?" she asks in the *1970s*.

[@lunymoon2839]

The obvious answer is men.

[@CSLucasEpic]

You mean because all that bra burning was going on in the 70s?

[@SunlightHugger]

@@CSLucasEpic Yup.

[@wooww91619]

The whole bra burning thing in the 1970s was kinda just media sensationalism that got taken as fact lol

[@musgrovebarry]

I don't , but I should.

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

"I gotta fast forward. I also have to pee" "Which one are you gonna do first?" "No... I _have_ to pee." "Okay, well then, pee" "I'm gonna!" *(look of pure fear)*

[@vagiterianbogmonster3268]

I'm the 70th like. I'm sorry I ruined the 69 likes.

[@PrinceoftheAbyss]

She's an angry/scary drunk.

[@MegCazalet]

I love Paget Brewster’s episodes. She’s so great at telling a compelling narrative, with enough dialogue and detail, with that perfect amount of enthusiasm and care and humor - while drunk.

[@lizd.2343]

I was reading up on her and her husband, they led crazy, fantastical lives.

[@celinacolaco9511]

The inventor or the narrator?

[@lizd.2343]

@@celinacolaco9511 The inventor.

[@SheenHunter-SeattleFreeze]

Tell me more!

[@lizd.2343]

@@SheenHunter-SeattleFreeze Mentalfloss has a good article about it. Think Zelda Fitzgerald but less self destructive, but those writing and talent were still taken over by alcoholic men.

[@engineeringsquirrel]

Never figured Paget Brewster to be a comedian/storyteller. But I think she found her niche with Drunk History.

[@samtrotter7177]

Watch Community!

[@sws212]

She also does a lot of voiceover work in animated works like Batman and Family Guy. I would say she's the definition of a chill career.

[@charniejunetanginan3689]

Ratchaburi, Thailand: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXW1eXRpgcZ_pdE

[@Rookiebatman]

Listen to the Thrilling Adventure Hour! She's one of the stars of a segment called Beyond Belief, that's a parody of The Thin Man with supernatural elements. She's absolutely hilarious, and you probably wouldn't even recognize her (she kinda does like a Katherine Hepburn impression) if you're only used to her doing serious roles.

[@richardwb1]

She's great as Dodo in Another Period.

[@Pritachi]

Paget is my favorite drunk historian. She is amazingly funny and her friendship with Derek makes her appearances even funnier.

[@crimsonperkyelf3729]

Karolina and Bernadette shall not stand for this corset shaming!

[@reay1864]

THANK YOU

[@charniejunetanginan3689]

Ratchaburi, Thailand: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXW1eXRpgcZ_pdE

[@FlagCutie]

I knew I was going to find this comment!

[@emoooooly7350]

Yea I was hoping they'd mention the natural form movement

[@EmeraldWilliams]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@Shiftdougler]

$1500 dollars then is the equivalent of about $100,000 thousand in today’s dumpster fire we call money

[@SheenHunter-SeattleFreeze]

How has our money gone up when we are trillions in debt?

[@SeraphimCramer]

@@SheenHunter-SeattleFreeze Every country is trillions in debt to each other.

[@breadfan_85]

Did you *mean* to say one hundred thousand thousand, as in one hundred million?

[@roninreturns]

@Shiftdouglar, sad but true, and the worst part is that this is just the beginning, things are about to get a lot worse. Catherine Austin Fitts discusses the off books budget and debt, and 21 trillion is only a fraction of that.

[@annag.8556]

FYI, $1,500 is only worth about $23,000 in today’s money.

[@Splattertube]

"No, it's with a "Y."" I choked.

[@paris7904]

@kboxMANIA clytoris

[@richardwb1]

'Clitorisy'

[@kennedycoli3785]

No, no, no. I don't think you understand. It's with a "y"

[@edawhat3737]

"In 1910, when were cinched into tiny corsets" that's just not true...only upper class women did tight lacing. corsets functioned the same as regular bras, and working women didn't use corsets with rigid boning.

[@TheySt0leMyUserName]

Wasn't it even considered immodest to tight lace and doctors recommended women not do it

[@cadencel1582]

@@TheySt0leMyUserName yeah, by 1900 it was very uncommon because they had realized the dangers of tight lacing. This video is actually very inaccurate in that respect. The reason that the bra was created was because the split corset was visible from under her flowing evening gown, and just like panty lines, that was a no-go, so she invented something that wouldn't show through. Corsets at the very least the turn of the century really were not bad, and provided quite a lot of back support for the working woman.

[@MisssTwiggy]

Well I mean shes no historian plus she's drunk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@agnesbendixen6348]

How accurate do you expect it to be, they’re drunk

[@elainez4665]

yes i was waiting for someone to call out the corset thing

[@augsdoggs]

I’ve been crushin’ on Parker Posey since the mid 90’s. It’s 2020 and much has changed- and I’m still crushin’ on Parker Posey.

[@filmsensei]

I’ve never seen Drunk History before. It’s amazing how well Parker enunciates and how well the tracking of Paget’s voice really looks authentic. Even on the male characters!

[@coachcartermichael]

parker posey still nailing teenage roles lol

[@mrriscoe]

carterhmichael she’s my secret life crush

[@tomkenney5365]

I was expecting "Ok, well, then pee." "I am"

[@growlerthedog]

Wait... Clytoris or Clitorys?

[@Meepers_the_Great]

Growler The Dog yes 😂

[@growlerthedog]

@luxor1001 I clearly didn't think of that.

[@DKjazzguitar]

Clytyrys

[@elliotgov]

Clytorys

[@peterpansplayground]

you read my mind! haha!

[@marinakyriacou6525]

Paget Brewster AND Parker Posey in the same video? My hand hit play before my brain caught up! Love them both ^.^

[@therabidscorpion]

Not gonna lie, the first thing I ever saw Parker in was Dazed And Confused, and I remember HATING her character.

[@catbangs276]

Parker Posey is the best name ever.

[@malakistan2226]

cool

[@staleypharmaceuticals2071]

Anastasia Beaverhausen.

[@WordUnheard]

Clytoris Posey is an even better name.

[@TacShooter]

Woody Allen joked that he cast her just so he could shout her name.

[@sleepytabledog]

Very alliterative. Like Peter Parker, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Bruce Banner...

[@atomicagegamer3693]

"My boobles are free to roam!". That line always slays me. Brava to Parker/Paget.

[@pihla01]

"I love you man, honey"

[@psychicham9085]

No one: Absolutely no one: Paget Brewster: I'm Gonzo Bonzo 😂😂

[@garr123]

I was like "How old is Parker Posey these days?" and my jaw hit the floor when I saw she was 51.

[@aristotleasparaguspodcast1129]

Paget Brewster is also 51

[@magicallyella7740]

She looks 20 if you told me she was that young I will believe you

[@trillexian1926]

“Do you know anyone who does not have a bra” Thinks about my dad, mmmmm no

[@schibleh531]

Paget is really good at story telling, every episode with her is just pure gold.

[@blackbird5634]

THE original PARTY GIRL!!! Parker Posey rocks!

[@EdwardBIl]

Parker Posey doing a dead nuts on impression of Paget Brewster.

[@OktoberStorm]

Haven't even seen half and it's obvious to me that Parker Posey just owns this lipsync!

[@JPabloRL]

Parker Posey is so underrated!

[@ElephantFilmWerks]

Paget Brewster: But Then... There's a nineteen year old girl. Drunk History: *cuts to shot of Parker Posey Genius.

[@timothyburch9708]

Parker Posey is intensely good in this - lip sync on point.

[@silentsmurf]

I used to mix up Paget Brewster and Parker Posey, so this video is making my brain work harder

[@rej0icex]

Me every time that patent guy actor is in one of these: “Hey, that’s Bill Hade...nope.”

[@aristotleasparaguspodcast1129]

He did play John Pemberton (inventor of Coca Cola) in Season 1 episode 3 though. But yeah Bennie Arthur does look a lot like Bill.

[@ThePopushi]

I am gonzo bonzo. LOL She doesn't sound drunk at all! God I enjoy people so much, we're all different on different substances, and situations, and it's just amusing. She sound so normal to me hahaha but I know it's just her voice and how she speaks. Like, if I knew her better I'd know how she was most of the time and could be like "OH yeah she's fucked here" XD

[@asafupps]

“ *Mah boobles are free to roam* “

[@marielaS1622]

I literally spit on my phone when he asked her to change her name to clytoris 🤣🤣

[@lilyburger5818]

Paget is probably my favorite narrator on this show.

[@pixelnet3235]

And then she realizes Oh, *we could make a religion out of this...*

[@just-trying-my-best-everyday]

"Do you know of anyone who doesn't have a bra?" Exactly all of my guy friends.

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

Kam - So you think.

[@just-trying-my-best-everyday]

@@Andrea-xs4ny And now you've made me doubt my friends.

[@carric9962]

I love Parker Posey so much! Her character in Party girl was my college spirit animal.

[@sinkvenice4438]

She apparently said, in 1929, that she was going to publish every modern writer and named a few, including Edgar Allan Poe but he had died 80 years prior.

[@plainrosiejane]

she's gonzo bonzo okay 😔

[@adetunjiadewoye2534]

She could've meant past works of his. Not necessarily present writers.

[@kalifee]

In literary crit, "modern" does not equal "current" or "present". "Modern" refers to a time period. EAP was an early modernist writer who greatly influenced many modernists who followed.

[@giggabiite4417]

Poe was very un-influential when he was alive, so it makes sense that 80 years after his death he became popular

[@shroomesh6456]

corsets weren’t so tight. Corsets were meant to fit you perfectly sure none of your bones/organs were miss placed, but of course there were women who did tie there corsets tight

[@drytisyns]

Not every house has internet but just about every home has a bra.😂

[@silverskater558]

This reminds me of the guy in ant man who narrates the past

[@violetbrown2372]

Paget Brewster needs to give us The Lizzie Borden Story!

[@sarahwithrow7250]

So how did bras go from a saving grace alternative to the torture device that was the corset to becoming a torture device itself? This is what drunk history needs to cover next as a follow up story.

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

I blame the 50s.

[@joefernandez8008]

I'm gonzo-bonzo for you, Paget.

[@PlaceForAnEcho]

Parker Posey 😁that’s it. Just smiles.

[@aeight8797]

I love Parker. Best in Show is one of my fav performances of hers

[@user-pt1cz4ot1e]

I can’t believe I haven’t watched this one yet. More drunk Paget, please! She’s amazing. 🥰

[@noakalter3497]

Women didn’t cinch their waists. It was more of back support then to make a silhouette

[@marlenedietrich2468]

*Drunk History:* in 1910 women where sinched in to tiny corsets all the time *me, having watched Karolina Żebrowska:* uhm... girl... no

[@timfrey2358]

Apel Pie ....Karolina is not wearing the exact same corsets from 1910, they're safe modern replicas... those old corsets were hell for normal women with real women shapes, just because a woman today can wear a modern corset without busting a rib doesn't negate the pain of real women who suffered from archaic fashion flaws in an archaic time. You're wrong.

[@crazyafrobaby2013]

@@timfrey2358 "modern safe replicas" actually old corsets were perfectly safe people wore them for hundreds of years AND karolina has worn actual vintage corsets made at the time, she was comfortable and still in perfect health. Do some actual research on historical clothing.

[@vainpiers]

@@timfrey2358 tight lacing was the real problem. Women still had to do housework and sometimes manual labour, it would be extremely difficult if you were in extreme pain constantly. I'm not even sure how you'd make "a safe modern replica" what made the historical one dangerous?

[@vainpiers]

The problem nowadays with historical dress is finding breathable boning since whale bone is breathable and prevents over heating but modern boning isn't

[@vainpiers]

There wasn't even such thing as a corset till the victorian era they were called stays.

[@billcordell9797]

Steam boat is pretty much forgotten, but the bra is a huge business to this day

[@danielwang2956]

Took me a while to realize she's Kathy in Friends

[@samtrotter7177]

Oh shit!

[@guzu334]

Yess that's where I saw her first time! She's great!!

[@kylorenthehusky2584]

I love Parker effing Posey!

[@derpmanthefirst1754]

"My boobles are free to roam!"

[@kap79]

I hope CC keeps making these.

[@ET_Bermuda]

This one made me laugh! Good job, you guys!!!

[@kroolikas1]

Harry Crosby was seven years her junior and died in his thirties, yet here he looks like he was at least fifty. Strange...

[@aristotleasparaguspodcast1129]

I mean you shouldn't really expect Drunk History to be accurate appearance-wise. They once had a black guy play Hitler

[@reay1864]

Me, who gave up my bra to wear a corset: oh honey...

[@zyanneabrams9195]

What's it like???

[@reay1864]

@@zyanneabrams9195 i prefer it to a bra its more comfy and makes your posture better. And it makes you look even better too :)

[@maggiemcfly5267]

I don't think you wear the same kind of corsets women used to wear over a hundred years ago

[@reay1864]

@@maggiemcfly5267 I wear historical dress so yeah I do.

[@vainpiers]

@@maggiemcfly5267 they were a bit restrictive but not uncomfortable, definitely not painful. That's probably why it took so long for the bra to take off, there wasn't really a demand for it.

[@junkyardlotus812]

aside from getting the whole idea and function of the corset wrong, great video! and I guess it improves the narrative for the corset to be the villain haha

[@FayeSterling]

The only bad part of this is perpetuating the myth that corsets were tightlaced all the time and uncomfortable.

[@trashlord3311]

They were uncomfortable enough that people started wearing bras instead. That's enough for me.

[@SuperLoves4]

Trash Lord Bras are unconfortable too 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@uptorest]

didn't they have fainting rooms cause women couldn't breathe in their corsets?

[@FayeSterling]

@@uptorest They really didn't. People didn't tightlace that often, some didn't at all. The whole teeny tiny waist thing comes from three things: most surviving gowns being ballgowns of young ladies, early forms of photoshop, and people padding out their hips and busts to create the appearance of tiny waists. The fainting thing probably comes from Victorian literature and the prevalence of giving ladies TB-like symptoms, which yes, included fainting.

[@Shapeshifting_Nerd]

The fainting thing was cuz the effects of TB were- especially during the Victorian era- really attractive, so ladies would always be trying to mimic them.

[@justanothermortal1373]

"My boobles are free to roam" -Mary Phelps Jacob, inventor of the bra

[@calimango7926]

Posey, Brewster, and Jacob : 3 badass women in one comedy set.

[@josiahmycousin]

I cannot stress enough how much i love paget brewster

[@tbd-1]

"I'm GONNA!"

[@ms.l8811]

She always reminds me of Haley from American Dad

[@Makberries]

Wow I definitely thought that Paget Brewster was Courtney Cox for a second she even sounded like her in the beginning!

[@JerzCe73]

All this time I thought it was Otto Titsling made the Bra......

[@carag2567]

It was the very worst of the French patent thieves! ****DRUM ROLL**** Phillippe de Brassiere! And Phil was watching the scene with a great deal of interest... I mean...do you buy a titsling, or do you buy a brassiere?

[@JerzCe73]

@@carag2567 LOVELY!!!! LOL Thanks for getting the reference!!!!

[@carag2567]

@@JerzCe73 It's a classic. And I used to perform it in a cabaret show in NYC. I'm actually surprised that more people didn't make a reference to the song. Seems we are the only ones!

[@JerzCe73]

@@carag2567 Now that is Awesome! I'm from North Jersey (Piano Bar in the 90's kind of Girl!) I would have loved seeing this performed. I never heard it outside of the Divine Miss M...I am sure you sang the hell out of it. Its such a fun song!!!

[@tracyroweauthor]

Otto Titsling, inventor and Kraut?

[@jrlaz0001]

Ahhhh! I go crazy for Parker Posey! Give this woman a goddamn Oscar for this performance!🤣💙💙💙

[@shreyashahi2624]

The Crosby couple had a very wild life. LoL

[@yeetezbeetesyouhavebedefet1457]

These videos have an awesome vibe like oml!!

[@alemedinaa]

Who would say a hundred years later, her greatest invention would slowly break apart. Like television, physical money, and school books.

[@Jay-qh6uv]

The chemistry between her and the host are why these are my favorite ones lmao.

[@pLanetstarBerry]

Yeah, Imma back up the discourse saying corsets were not as uncomfortable as modern media tends to depict. If you don't mind the history lesson, I recommend y'all check out Bernadette Banner's recent video on the subject titled "what did victorian corsets actually look like" which includes a tour of well perserved corsets from both an off-the-rack corset company and some examples from competitors.

[@an_angels_grace2685]

Oh my god. I watched this for Parker Posey like 6 months ago, but now I watch Criminal Minds, so I saw Paget and I GASPED👀

[@juchan_tyt]

That women who made the bras is a actor in Lost In Space on Netflix

[@nathanielkreeger3020]

Anyone else, a little miffed that Paget Brewster isn't in the title, even though she is the source of the info?

[@starryeggs2763]

This woman is now my role model

[@russellpost9112]

2 of the most gorgeous woman... Padgett Brewster and Parker Posey!

[@gracieayers8706]

"Woman will snitched into stiff coursing" me * screams into pillow*

[@DJUniMekaju]

Is Mary being played by the lady who plays Dr. Smith in the Lost in Space remake? 😆

[@BK-ph8cq]

anyone got a source on “Clitoris Crosby”

[@Memo2Self]

I do wonder why some of these bleep the "S" word and others don't.

[@noodlepoodle3582]

This clip really opened my eyes about how innacurate Drunk History really is. I knew it was innacurate because, well, drunk people, but I thought they’d at least edit in corrections for any glaring mistakes. Corsets are actually really comfortable and tightlacing was very frowned upon so I have no idea where that first statement came from.

[@RandomMan1]

That explains why they're right next to the sweatpants at the mall.

[@zepp3793]

RandomMan1 lmaooo

[@zepp3793]

I’d rather wear a bra than a damn corset lol

[@sithdestroya]

Does anyone know what that hat ,she's wearing at the end, is called? And where can I get one!!

[@akilasmith6063]

The white pleated one? It's a turban.

[@MaliaMelton]

""Do you know anyone who doesn't have a bra?" yeah. guys.

[@breadfan_85]

You'd be surprised...

[@taylorwiseman8078]

PRENTISS!!!!!!!!!! This video is automatically 1000x more awesome! Yes, I'm aware the actress's name is Paget Brewster.

[@jgallub]

Yes more Paget narrations!!!

[@irisboehm5380]

Parker Posey was a character in my Mock Trial case this year.

[@Anna-hp3ki]

How is none talking about how she was on criminal minds

[@sophiadavenport3959]

I effin love this show! 🍸🍷🎥

[@lobaggins3328]

Btw Paget Brewster is my favorite Narrator for Drunk History