The Counts of Andechs and Motorway Service Stations: Citation Needed 1x07

techdif.co.uk - This week, Gary works on his impressions, we delve into some European history, and Chris pops a button.

[@namenamename390]

"the next monarchs in our lifetimes will all be blokes" Bold of you to assume that you'll outlive the queen Edit: so much for that.

[@jeffgoldblunt]

Hehehe

[@Hawkwreak]

Excellent edit

[@JonesNate]

Weeeellllll...

[@r3apsr209]

Aged like milk

[@WubbGmbaa]

The cluster of GoPros and mics look like something out of a sculpture garden.

[@effablehoney6021]

Modern art am I right?

[@deekswap695]

Like something Spencer from I carly would come up with

[@hullinstruments]

I was thinking more like an “ artistic“ pornography set 😂😂

[@michaelcallander7085]

Looks like the digger sculpture outside the JCB HQ.

[@gwaptiva]

oh, I wonder what the hilarity level would've been when they had known that Schweinsteiger translates not to "pig farmer", but to "pig mounter"

[@PhoenixClank]

Technically that would have to be "Schweinbesteiger" but it's close enough to be funny.

[@K9TheFirst1]

Oh that's even worse!

[@CookingWithCows]

A steiger is an underground mine supervisor, so, pig miner.

[@spidermanmyers]

@@CookingWithCows Those Bacon seams can be quite lucrative.

[@patiid7265]

@@PhoenixClank not necessarily, bergsteiger is mountain (berg) climber/mounter (steiger) so it works :)

[@Baccatube79]

Just for the records: "Hans" is short for Johannes (John) and, therefore, not a name in nobility. It's like you wouldn't baptize a Prince of England "Bill", either.

[@YoshiAsk]

Good point.

[@YoshiAsk]

Nillie That pun's amazing!

[@frankharr9466]

Good King Bill! I get that. It's terrible.

[@DerplingKing]

@@frankharr9466 There was a king William though.

[@frankharr9466]

@@DerplingKing But not Bill.

[@DristanRossVII]

I for one favor the term "pseudostochastically selected" over "almost randomly selected"

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Dristan Ross VII That's a brilliant word.

[@dominateeye]

If I ever put together a version of Citation Needed, I'm definitely opening with "In front of me, I have a pseudostochastically-selected article from everyone's favorite repository of all human knowledge, Wikipedia..."

[@PetlanovicsGabor]

5:35 Wait. Hungary is just casually mentioned and isn't made into a cheap hungry joke? This is my new favorite episode! :D

[@Seviexe]

The wheel missed them by a hair's width.

[@TC-dt3yo]

8:13 , Schweinsteiger actually translates to „Pigclimber“, still surprised that Garry (almost) knew that one, considering I’ve never heard anybody outside here of Germany talk about him at all.

[@cosmicreciever]

I was wondering about that, my German isn't great but good enough to know 'Steiger' isn't farmer. Climber makes sense

[@sid28]

@@cosmicreciever how does one climb a pig? Or maybe why. I was confused as to how that makes sense

[@davekirwin]

Literally everyone one of these has me in stitches. It makes me feel like I'm there, sitting in a kitchen having a random conversation with mates. (and yes, I am watching these 4 years too late)

[@dascientist8443]

It's never too late to watch this show!

[@henrimoore1215]

@@dascientist8443 I agree

[@alexskolnick337]

Don’t feel bad I’m watching in 2021

[@sparklingdeath1730]

6 years

[@justonefra]

Holy, I feel old now. Didn't realized it was 7 years ago

[@weirdmindofesh]

"Repel all boarders!" "How do you repel boarders? "Stop changing the bed linens!"

[@wrywh]

The Czech Republic comprises Bohemia and Moravia (which is incredibly important to beer - it contains the town of Pilsn). Dachshund literally translates to Badger Hound, their long front paws were for digging out setts.

[@panda4247]

and don't forget Silesia

[@jakesteampson7043]

@@panda4247 We don't talk about Silesia. Ostrava is in there

[@panda4247]

@@jakesteampson7043 :D well, I like Jarek Nohavica, but I get your point

[@beth12svist]

Plzeň/Pilsen isn't in Moravia, and I'm surprised none of my fellow Czechs in this thread have called you out on it before. I should know, I was born in Plzeň and currently live in Moravia, the exact opposite end of the country.

[@NotKyleChicago]

I had Pilsner Urquell when I was in Prague and enjoyed it, though it wasn’t chilled as beer normally is in America.

[@HANSBIMMER]

Honestly, I'm a little bit saddened by the fact that this was not actually recorded from inside of a nuclear bunker.

[@zhangalex734]

HANS! I thought you went extinct!

[@AndrewSteffenHB]

I'm picturing it right now and it would be brilliant!

[@szn00]

I see you are not Hans free;)

[@fuuryuuSKK]

The Sausage dog's actual name is Dachshund, "badger dog", short Dackel. Note the s that is part of the word Dachs

[@MacPrince]

Anybody else revisiting the part of this video when they're talking about the British royal line of succession?

[@mitchelldoesthings7023]

Thought it was just me 😅

[@somitomi]

Gary: Hungary Chris: Not on the Adriatic Sea it's not Hungarians: Rub it in, why don't you.

[@jbkjbk1999]

get trianon'd, magyars

[@rin_etoware_2989]

@@faenethlorhalien bit unfair though, it's the Austrian that got shot and somehow it's Hungary that got very heavily partitioned

[@OfficialGeneralGrant]

@@faenethlorhalien Ah yes, the classic “well why on earth didn’t you just declare independence and side with the enemies of the people you just declared independence from? Of course it’s that easy!”

[@daniwalmsley611]

@@OfficialGeneralGrantI mean if you were going to declare independence it's usually bc of a large ideological or societal divide, so if they did declare independence they probably would've sided with the allies. I don't know enough about the austrohungarian empire to say if any such divide existed though

[@zombieslayer1468]

hang on the count of andechs were in northern dalmatia, perhaps they were absorbed by hungar- nope probalby venice

[@IceMetalPunk]

One of the prizes should be a children's novel about a shipment vehicle and his friends, written by Stephen Fry's comedic partner. It's Hugh Laurie's Lorry Story.

[@jaredmulconry]

IceMetalPunk Trouble is that their pronunciation of 'story' would sound really odd to make it rhyme.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Uh... how do *you* pronounce "story"? I'll admit to being an American, but for me, "lorry", "Laurie", and "story' all rhyme...

[@annacatton5929]

I'm British, and i pronounce story like store and bore, and lorry like quarry and sorry.

[@IceMetalPunk]

So... Lah-rie?

[@annacatton5929]

Yeah

[@MollyBlueDawn]

If only there had been one Hans, he would have been a lonely Hans solo.

[@annacatton5929]

but if i pressed the start button, would it be hans co-op?

[@QemeH]

Sausage dogs are called _Dachshund_ because they hunt the _Dachs_ (i.e. badger). And I know I'm a couple of years late, but I'm german, so you know I couldn't just let that go. ;D

[@cosmicpolitan]

I came here just to hear the phrase "sausage heavy monarchy"

[@timothyp873]

it occurs to me that the Counts of Andechs sound like a tom baker era doctor who episode.

[@infectedzombieguy]

I've never seen Takeshi's Castle before, but I used to watch MXC all the time as a kid, which is just that show, but dubbed over to be really crass.

[@captainnurbles9169]

Really crass is a huge understatement. Loved it all the same growing up!

[@requiembeeblebroxx]

Okay but the segue from defecation to vampirism around 1:10 reminded me of kappas, a Japanese swamp-dwelling monster which apparently drinks human blood... via the anus. (Since many myths arise as explanations of otherwise inexplicable phenomena, one wonders how many exsanguinated bodies with distended anuses were found in the swamps of ancient Japan.)

[@Kinzokan]

***** More like haemorrhoids, I'd think. Small round (possibly infected) wounds and bleeding? - To a medically primitive, very superstitious person, vampiric arse demons might seem a reasonable explanation.

[@joshuahadams]

+Kinzokan "vampiric arse demons" is one of the most memorable things I've ever read.

[@goldengaruda8935]

12

[@martinpaulsen1592]

@@goldengaruda8935 Ten or eleven, these things will happen, but twelve...

[@insertcheesypunhere]

It's kind of funny thinking of Gary Brannon's (sp?) wife translating footballers' names and laughing. She has the sweetest voice. (If you haven't heard it, listen to one of the older Reverse Trivia episodes. It's adorable.)

[@AJ_ghdhejsien]

insert cheesy pun here "whhauttt ?" I can't believe they woke her. Those audio episodes were the best. Let's get her on the show fellows!

[@tigercake558]

that terry wogan impression - fantastic.

[@Makko9410]

It's Charles

[@nickbond4257]

I've lost count of the number of times I've watched this one. It's certainly one of my favourite episodes. Can't wait for the new season later this month!

[@AssassinAgent]

Nick Bond well, this is my seventh or eight time watching these... Lost count already.

[@corb805]

There were 2 correct answers today, and a single mystery biscuits. The most off-topic episode in the whole saga (I think).

[@lamecodename]

I just keep replaying the first 7 seconds :D it never gets old

[@DNAblue2112]

+lamecodename just hit j repeatedly

[@GryphLane]

I keep replaying from 3:38 onwards 😂

[@czechm4te]

*Bohemia is modern day Czech republic* *screams in 9 years of Czech history education*

[@barvdw]

Don't forget the Moravians ;)

[@VIUSmusic]

Chris's laugh at the beginning is in tune with the intro music

[@lividsoda]

That sketch was both a Maid Marian and her Merry Men thing and also an excerpt from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, imo.

[@Hendlton]

Oh, my god, I've somehow missed this one. This is amazing.

[@IcEye89]

Back in the good old days - a couple of weeks ago - these used to be longer! Things were so much better back then.

[@jenniferbarlai5860]

Prisoner of ZENDAAAA!!!!!!!!! By Sir Anthony Hope. My favourite book! I can't believe he mentioned it! Ok, so I know I'm three years late...

[@Kinzokan]

The medieval crane machines would obviously have employed lepers; they can't hold on to anything. So you'd have a group of men just shouting at this poor leper to pick up a live bear, all for a penny. To be fair, I'd pay to have a go at that.

[@JulieAnnGrasso]

Blast, I've run out of new videos to watch on Tom Scott's channel :(

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Luckily you’ve gotten some more now in the past six years :)

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I kept dying in the "medieval roadside stop" bit xD

[@owjburnham4317]

Rest in Peace, Terry Wogan. The news came out as I was watching this. Uncanny.

[@ajezaseden]

Tom, maybe you should try watering those poor flowers behind you someday ;)

[@rekagaal]

Now you've pointed it out, I swear to God that is the only thing I can see. Thanks.

[@GryphLane]

Probably better telling Matt since it's his house 😉

[@m3lod1an]

"I shall warm it on my horse's exhaust" *Oh, dear*

[@Anitagoforadump88]

HOW have I just discovered this, laughed the whole way through! Excellent work!

[@Revermb]

Time to rediscover it

[@drtrustrum]

Is it just me or are they all spectacularly hungover in this episode? Props on still being hilarious though! It is, as always, like being having a great time with your best mates. Probably because they are. But why does no-one ever mention the dead plant? 😊

[@tomm.ymacleod9347]

This is remarkably entertaining.

[@naffal1538]

i think this one of the few citation needed where it's less about the topic more about the tangent

[@Kelly_C]

2:30-4:30 felt like I was listening to people speak a language that I kinda sorta knew

[@alistairwall5470]

RIP Terry Wogan

[@grahamrich9956]

What happened?

[@alistairwall5470]

+Graham Rich He died of cancer

[@grahamrich9956]

+Alistair Wall That's not fun. RIP.

[@themadpyro8560]

Graham Rich nobody said it was fun you cockhead

[@grahamrich9956]

+Rage games Ftw I didn't mean it that way. I meant it more like an expression of sadness than a calling out of someone.

[@onionbot2]

6 years and as far as I know no one has made Brosnan’s Bungalow as a children’s show yet. Massive disappointment.

[@mojosbigsticks]

Guys, that was brilliant!

[@josakura]

Is it only me but I prefer their at home version rather than the studio one 😆🙃

[@MuchWhittering]

I'm pretty sure The Counts of Andechs was a Doctor Who story.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

It wasn’t, but it does sound like a good one!

[@jonahdove1902]

7:33 Tom Scott Pog

[@ianj1828]

absolutely Excellent!

[@wesmatron]

The impressions had me howling

[@gandalfsmom]

Rewatching these is my therapy.

[@MollyBlueDawn]

You have to switch his martini with one which is stirred and not shaken.

[@scottsmith4204]

Bavaria is one of the regions that coalesced into the modern German state, Bohemia is further south and east.

[@Satakarnak]

Scott Smith bavaria and Bohemia an Croatia was members of the holy Roman empire of German nation :)

[@jacksmith8689]

North not south

[@beth12svist]

Mostly east. But also north. It's bordered by both Saxony and Bavaria on its western borders.

[@kenenbaro20]

Wow Burt & Ernie controversy in 2014? Steve Hawking was right, time travel (at least into the past) IS real.

[@imarobotking]

this is one of my favourite things on KZbin, pure jokes! xD

[@PedroGonzalez-pd6vw]

7:27 I guess you could say they were sans-Hans

[@ncg195]

I know that the sound effects are added in post, but it bothers me slightly every time Tom says "point" and we hear a ding without him pressing a button. My headcannon is that he actually has a foot pedal that makes the ding sound for absolutely no reason.

[@RegiRuler]

I've watched every episode of MXC and I _kinda_ understood the Takeshi's Castle section? It was moreso the British references I didn't get.

[@impishDullahan]

2:29 I prefer my gentlemen to be machicolated. The are just some things that crenels make less fun.

[@panda4247]

MACHICOLATIOOOOONS!!!!

[@Hihi-mu1oe]

The Impish Dullahan i

[@bowtieproductions6708]

@@panda4247 if someone else wasn't gonna say it, I would've. (Also sorry for the 3 year old necro lmao)

[@callumk6321]

i like all of your guy's voices

[@planetfall5056]

1:50 Made me cackle at the top of my voice! XD

[@artstsym]

That's not treason Now THAT'S treason

[@Becky_Cooling]

I still can't decide whether Citation needed is a factual show with comedy, or a comedy show with facts.

[@honkabooly]

i HADN'T SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE!!!!!

[@Kingstallington]

7:32 Scottchamp

[@Eliska_Premyslovna]

As someone from Bohemia who was proud to have the whole world know this region, your designation as "part of Germany" is a blow to the heart. So what, the Czechs invented the word "robot", no one can take that away from us. They can't, can they?

[@eloiseannicle]

Citation Needed: Button poppingly funny

[@U014B]

Takeshi's Castle has been shown in the US under the name of MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. It's been dubbed over in English, but the scripts were entirely rewritten. It's great. Almost as great is a Famicom game developed by the eponymous Takeshi called Takeshi's Challenge. It's listed as one of the worst video games ever made (just before Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing) due primarily to its severely nonintuitive gameplay, wonky controls, and almost complete lack of premise.

[@hw936bzsten]

Don't forget the random bullshit list of things you need to do in an exact order that you wouldn't figure out without the internet

[@U014B]

Legend has it that when players called the development company asking how to get past a certain part (which was A LOT), no one who worked there would know. They'd literally tell them, "The person in charge of that part is dead."

[@lukewarmairballoon6801]

6:42 aged well

[@KingTaltia]

I want to get a soda, but Citation Needed, but I want a soda, But Citation Needed.

[@kylebrown2903]

When he says that Ludwig wasn't a name on the page on Bavarian kings, that's untrue; There were three King Ludwigs, the third of whom was the last king of Bavaria.

[@s6th795]

You've never been camping until you've gambled for sheets of toilet paper...

[@giovannilloretsorribas2836]

Note to any fellow Spaniards binge-watching this: Takeshi's Castle is what we know as "Humor Amarillo"

[@LP6_yt]

I have just filled myself with food from ye manor of Ginster. Good programmer nourishment.

[@promiscuous675]

Thank you..

[@frankharr9466]

No, Bohemia is bout half of present-day Czech Republic. Cary on. Also, um, sorry to break in again, five years late, but uhhhhhh, Dachs is German for Badger. And it is Daks, not Daxs. Please continue.

[@etepeteseat7424]

Here in America, we had MXC. It's not identical to Takeshi's Castle, but it's another Japanese obstacle course game show with English-language commentary played for laughs.

[@Nulono]

10:06 is "set" and not "say" as the subtitles say.

[@Trek001]

Somebody had a good day with the subs at 3:39

[@Thomas_Bergel]

„Schweinsteiger“ could also be translated as „pig mounter“

[@rossnelson1016]

Takeshi's Castle, or as we know it in America, MXC

[@mgerber59]

And... I'm from Schweinfurt ;) (But I haven't ever heard of Gisela of Schweinfurt)

[@nitehawk86]

In America Takeshi's Castle is Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. *Don't get eliminated!*

[@vkillion]

I've never watched Takeshi's Castle, but I have watched MXC. Does that count?

[@hahakasst]

3:39 is iconic

[@martinstent5339]

Schweinsteiger translates to "pig mouner" , prompting one to wonder in which sense the "mounting" is meant. To ride on ??

[@WallChart]

Rip terry wogan

[@cyandinomashups]

Neil Cicierega's Castle!

[@tmuller9905]

6:51 that's the least Tom Scott-ish Tom Scott has ever been.

[@Kaadilac]

Now repeat after me kids, who had a long and successful reign?

[@hnyii]

And my concern for the potted flower magnifies with every new episode. (Yes, I'm late to the party. No, don't spoil whatever happens to the poor plant later on.)

[@bruno_semi]

Actually "Schweinsteiger" is a "pig's mining supervisor". I'm gonna ignore the pronounciation fails here. Greetings from Germany

[@rolfs2165]

Could be "pig mounter", too.

[@ThisIsARubbishName]

Darcey Bussle's Muscle Hussle. You went well, is there any more coming out this year?

[@gwenynorisu6883]

Automatic like for the Wogan alone

[@panda4247]

how about a nice William Shatner's rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody?

[@1e1001]

7:32 tom scott pogging

[@iampostcode]

True fact: - More people have gone to the moon than have won Takeshis Castle.

[@kubauhlir1730]

Sod off 😂 We were the biggest part of the HRE 😂