Ziryab: The World's First Rock Star • Puppet History

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Featuring: Ryan Bergara, Zach Kornfeld
Writer: Garrett Werner
Research: Liz Pierce
Editor: Josh Richardson
Camera Operator/Sound Mixer: Matt Real
Motion Graphics Animators: Mike Fox, Julia Capuano
Graphic Artist: Crystal Cheng
Additional Music By: Patrick Volker
Production Coordinator: Brittney Lee
Creative Director of Post Production: Anthony Frederick
Head of Development: Katie LeBlanc
Production Manager: Nicole Beaudoin
Executive Producers: Steven Lim, Shane Madej, Ryan Bergara, Katie LeBlanc
Music Provided by Audio Network
SFX by Audioblocks
Logo Designed by Jennet Liaw
Logo Sound Design by Yuta Endo (@yuuutaendo)
Image Credits:
Men in the decorated palace of Shah Shujah Ool Moolk, Afghan. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick after Lieutenant James Rattray, c. 1847. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Jo Dusepo, Large-bodied Syrian oud with floating bridge (left) and Zenne oud (right). CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

[@Dawn-and-Piplup]

The "Yeah, they're fucking" neon sign deserves its own chef's kiss

[@sg-qi7np]

ok this is weird but idk which person you are in your profile picture but u two are both very attractive people

[@MrOuchiez]

And a GIF. Anyone? Link pls.

[@ckf92wizard]

I wish I could buy one as a wedding gift for some friends 😂

[@AoAstar]

14:01

[@capitanstoodeows8123]

I wanna buy it

[@ethanfisk6710]

"I dreamed the lyrics, woke up, and screamed them at some women" sounds like something Mick Jagger could say and nobody would doubt was true

[@johanvajse8410]

what if the women actually came up with the music but Ziryab just took credit?

[@patiencekillz]

@@johanvajse8410 oop-

[@johanvajse8410]

@@d00d3 you are not being a bitch at all, just aware of history

[@jolinkarlsson8569]

Yup i thought the same

[@kennethhwang3425]

One of my uncles slept with Mick back in the 80s (as most everyone did) and said the more irritated Mick got, the better he was in bed.

[@sideh000e5]

Historians: They were best friends The Professor: They were f u c k i n g

[@sharmbanu9862]

this is the exact opposite of r/Sapphoandherfriends and I am here for it

[@jaspertheirmajesty9771]

they clearly were, how else would you explain the secret door

[@mindylynne9416]

Yeahhhh ...

[@jaspertheirmajesty9771]

im not saying ziryab was a sugar baby but

[@jaspertheirmajesty9771]

@@mia.t she was probably somewhere, i assume he used the secret door for his 'extracurricular activities'

[@audreybederka9963]

Zach and Ryan: both choose c The professor: doesn’t make the c dogs joke Me: *offended stare*

[@kaiuwe4gabbert556]

I dident evenn realised

[@rowandavis5041]

RIGHT i launched into the bit thinking i'd say it in time with him :/ betrayal

[@3bugsinatrenchcoat]

@@rowandavis5041 COUPLE O' SEA DOGS! ARF ARF ARF

[@briannacardoza4933]

I NOTICED THAT TOOOO

[@nicka.9057]

It's the best bit. It always lands!

[@TheGummyBearOverLord]

The amir was really like "you made my boyfriend upset go to jail forever until he's okay with you not being in jail"

[@frawgs]

get u a man who will throw someone in prison for upsetting u

[@tasholland7773]

the professor canonically being a harry styles fan is so unexpected yet makes so much sense

[@SilviaNight99]

I LOVE it 😂

[@celestialcressy]

we been knew 😌

[@TwinsBigLikeTia]

Same with Ryan being a Doja Cat fan lol

[@PartnershipsForYou]

Lol

[@elliot2331]

The fact that Ryan still lost despite getting three questions right and Zach getting no questions right.

[@jungschiffer8423]

The quiz is rigged, Im telling ya

[@samanthahudzik6219]

Justice for Ryan Bergara

[@pizza1011993]

The algorithm is very complex!

[@williammckenzie5008]

Its not complicated its just bullshit, this is the second time he has won and still he hasn't been given the title he so rightly deserves.

[@frostyskeletons8950]

@@williammckenzie5008 nah Ryan hasn’t won. The algorithm says so!

[@Annie-br2uh]

there’s something so funny about zach and the professor simultaneously saying “they’re fucking.” in such a matter-of-fact tone

[@fricketyfracktraintrack]

I'm just glad they were on the same page as I was because yeah they were totally fucking

[@lampshade2536]

14:07

[@AncientJerks]

Zach making a "dipping your pen in the company ink" joke here has aged amazingly

[@fluentlysad825]

I was gonna say 😅 Plus that joke from Ryan about Kanye West has aged right along side it

[@burningrumm]

came here just to say exactly that

[@soupforfree]

oh jeez 😅

[@ashleelarsen2233]

@@fluentlysad825 3:00 the piano player at Kim K West house?

[@Scrofar]

Like the finest wine

[@Katiethewizard]

Do you think that the professor never lets ryan win because he knows that if ryan wins, he'll be changed out the next week with a new contestant. Like he just genuinely keeps ryan captive on this show because he enjoys his company

[@andreilin113]

Yes, this is my head Canon now

[@flutedscissors9655]

Yes

[@elizabethlovett4318]

I like that thought. Clingy professor lol. Maybe it is an unspoken rule that the loser has to come back for the next episode lol

[@kaliland9296]

Off topic, but I appreciate that you spell “Kaitlin” the only truly acceptable way

[@CaseyRae67]

Canon

[@11jokerchen11]

I love how the Professor's and Ryan's relationship is slowly changing from sworn mortal enemies to bickering old married couple

[@mostmelon]

“Why don’t you give me no jelly beans no more?” “Well maybe if you learned some history!”

[@sarahchesley6817]

Inappropriate student teacher relations

[@cloudieo]

Cant wait until somone makes a enemies to lovers Ryan x The Proffesor fic /j

[@jaspertheirmajesty9771]

@@cloudieo i was gonna say "wheres the enemies to lovers fic?" but you beat me to it haha

[@bee.ok666]

not professor mcnasty x beef boy 👀

[@jmj478]

No one concerned that we can now add dark chocolate, Starbucks, and dolphins to the Professor's varied diet of jelly beans, spiders, and mushrooms?

[@kitlee172]

Wonder if he’s tried Starbucks’ dark chocolate covered roasted espresso beans, cause after a pack of those, you can see noises 👁👄👁

[@Miles_Phantasmagoria]

Let the puppet eat!

[@sideh000e5]

@@PTV69420 he's the same species as the blue man group (they how ever shave from head to toe according to the professor)

[@laurenlanterns4376]

He also vapes so he makes a lot of curious health choices

[@Styner09]

I am indeed concerned. But also, Dolphins can be really terrible sometimes.

[@bannahxo7965]

What Ryan doesn’t know is that dancing to the songs is 100% of your ending grade. Lol

[@Styner09]

OMG You figured out the "complex algorithm"

[@maya7363]

Love that the guy Ziyrab worked for was like essentially his sugar daddy. I mean the man was paying his bills, paying his kids, givin him mansions, paying for food, making secret entrances for him, the guy was obsessed and in love!

[@petrosinella]

If Ziryab was the first rock star, I guess his boss was the first groupie.🙂

[@rapivas7896]

Ryan: "I'm feeling good about this one" *gets exposed of confidential starbucks ego boost event, has his inner thigh tattoo stating "i am mega celebo ryan bergara" exposed and threatens to piss in a mug*

[@megib901]

Fame went to his head 😔🙏/j

[@35thrat]

@@megib901 icarus flew too high😞 /j

[@A8NTnoVidHeO]

2020 "It's gonna be my year" energy

[@kitlee172]

*asparagus piss*

[@kennethhwang3425]

Inner thigh tatoo screams “accountant”.

[@mercyjinn]

I fear the day Puppet History is back in studio and Ryan is within reaching distance of the Professor.

[@who_Is_faten_helmi]

Hahahaha i can imagine that to be quite funny .

[@agustin3622]

Imagine he just snaps and jumps over the little theatre to get at the Professor

[@SlimeyPirate]

@@agustin3622 😂😂😂

[@SlimeyPirate]

@@agustin3622 and somehow the professor wins the fight

[@foxirathefirefox2188]

@@SlimeyPirate God I can imagine him winning and it is GLORIOUS

[@chaos_shroomie]

Ziriyab is living that Y/N life with the king as a lover and ability to make him do anything he wanted 😆

[@jenniferloving9054]

So true!

[@angel-hu3bp]

Ziriyab honestly is y/n, what an icon

[@jossgoyanko7006]

Ok, I'm confused. Does "Y/N" refer to Ziryab being a self-insert fanfiction character? Am I understanding this term correctly?

[@knightogourd]

@@jossgoyanko7006 yep, you got it right haha

[@oc4025]

can someone explain what Olay means, it's my name, and didn't know it had another meaning

[@johnharris6655]

"Today's guest host on Puppet History, Elmo, because we cannot find the professor and the police are questioning Ryan."

[@alan_b_scary]

AGED WELL

[@waverlyplace2861]

Ziryab literally snitched on that poet to his sugar daddy and got him thrown in jail. Good for him🥰

[@lauve_kl4375]

How long did he actually have him in prison for?

[@PoochieCollins]

.... kind of scary a comment celebrating elongated imprisonment for someone saying some rude things is getting this many upvotes :-/

[@waverlyplace2861]

@@PoochieCollins its called a joke dude

[@PoochieCollins]

@@waverlyplace2861 : curious, since this is subjective, would you consider, "that woman was being a total karen, so she deserved it when she was eventually raped by him" to be an okay joke? It's in line with your comment in relation to the story in the video.

[@waverlyplace2861]

@@PoochieCollins bro, this comment is 5 months old & satirical. ik tone isn't always easy to pick up on over text but still its sarcastic.

[@whatsahandlehelppls]

Ryan's really pulling off that "2nd year university student up at 8am for morning class" vibe and i love it

[@Fiisvii]

As a 2nd year uni student, I can confirm that but he looks too optimistic lol

[@BiratesoftheCaribbean]

Why is that both incredibly specific and painfully accurate

[@BiratesoftheCaribbean]

@@Fiisvii he's that one optimistic guy who pays attention to the whole class without falling asleep once and he answers all the professor's questions even if he doesn't know the right answer just to not leave the room silent.

[@Fiisvii]

@@BiratesoftheCaribbean that is exactly me 😱💀

[@Vankotimanusvanij]

I love puppet history

[@unthinkabletimeless8607]

Ryan: Giggles while drawing Professor in that little voice: a rotten jelly bean for the beef boy

[@annethrax20]

professor has the vibe of a grown adult who refuses to call their moms husband dad

[@hellosenorgrimble]

Tbf that's the vibe Ryan has and the professor is his mum's new bf

[@annethrax20]

@@hellosenorgrimble big "you're not my real dad" energy from both sides

[@quill_bee]

Wait, why would any adult call their step dad "dad"? I never understood that

[@nicolasnamed]

@@quill_bee it depends on the person, like people who have had their step-dad in their life since childhood and don't have a bio dad in the picture will call their step-dad dad.

[@quill_bee]

@@nicolasnamed yeah I could see that

[@labaguischaryll]

ryan: hates the professor also ryan: using a mug that has professor’s face EDIT: OHMYGOD MY COMMENT WAS FEATURED ON WATCHER’S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT I’M CRYING

[@gwawrhearn1350]

Tbf he is going to piss in to later

[@gingergrant1057]

Wouldn’t you want to drink out of the head of your sworn enemy?

[@MondayMorningPress]

He’s also using a “The Grate Wave 🌊 “ mug, which Shane said was his favorite artwork

[@glitchherobrine3773]

@@gingergrant1057 its his blood

[@Mayamazingg]

Classic enemies to lovers arc

[@35lilix]

Being from Tunisia and a muslim, this was a pretty cool episode to watch. Learned a lot of things not gonna lie, probably gonna tell the story of Ziryab to my friends to show off lol. Thanks Professor

[@heehoo3685]

that's pretty epic, glad you got something cool from this!

[@onedepressedgamerm6525]

@@heehoo3685 so the mawla was probably bisexual

[@Souledex]

@@onedepressedgamerm6525 Ziryab prolly was too, at least I assume given he had kids and clearly had an intimate relationship regarding his sleep with those concubines (tho that one could be lots of things).

[@fozziebean]

I love that the Professor chooses people from different times and different periods of history. It's much more fun that way. When I was in school, the focus was always on our local, provincial, and national history. It made me want to learn about history in other countries for a change.

[@laurieawesomeness7221]

Thank you professor for showing black history that’s not centered around slavery ☺️

[@diefluchendehexe5775]

They also showed that one Egyptian Pharaoh.

[@laurieawesomeness7221]

@@diefluchendehexe5775 I know, and every time I’m super grateful. It’s so nice to remember more happened than just slavery and then civil rights. We existed before everything sucked

[@diefluchendehexe5775]

@@laurieawesomeness7221 Agreed! :D We are being shown the good/neutral side, instead of the awful oppressive side. Even though I am "white", it makes me happy to see all these positive sides to history and happy for those that it represents.

[@chadtep7571]

@@laurieawesomeness7221 well he didn't say that he was "basically a servant" and a "musical slave" Good intentions but these folks can't help themselves.

[@frawgs]

@@chadtep7571 ziryab was paid, wasn't he? a servant who is paid wages and a slave are very different. i think the professor was just going off the cuff with calling him that

[@choiceheidi5529]

I LITERALLY GASPED WHEN I SAW THE PROFESSOR PLAYING THE GUITAR. HIS LITTLE HAND WAS MOVING MUPPET STYLE

[@karinadurand5473]

How, though? Does Shane have 3 hands?

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

@@karinadurand5473 maybe he got Sara's help?

[@Frostdraga]

@@karinadurand5473 if you look closely at the middle of the background curtain (near the bottom), you can see that it's two different videos edited together in the middle. Still really cool though!

[@kitlee172]

@@karinadurand5473 🤐

[@deprofundis3293]

@@Frostdraga Can you give a time stamp? I love fancy video editing stuff and am just interested in where you can find those kinds of differences! :)

[@Cuatalata]

Who else thinks Ryan is gonna have to make an episode about himself for True Crime about the one time he unalived the professor, fluff and blue furr everywhere. RYAN DON'T DO IT!!!

[@revinaque1342]

Excellent April Fools idea for next year!

[@mustangrose]

@@fruitygarlic3601 as long as they didn't use "Unsolved" specifically I don't think they could stop them legally. You can't bar people from a whole genre of content. Unless its specifically stated in their contacts which we don't know.

[@mustangrose]

I mean if they did it on Watcher.

[@elizabethlovett4318]

That's really funny! I'd love to see that, as much as I love the Professor. It could just be a puppet history spoof on the professor getting murdered by Ryan is the history lesson told by a substitute. Or maybe when they decide to no longer do puppet history then it can end on that note - the thought of puppet history ending makes me sad...

[@elizabethlovett4318]

Maybe include a dumb 911 call (way too many dumb 911 calls) by either Ryan (to complain to the operator that the professor rigs him to lose every time) or the professor before the murder lmao

[@VlogDoPajamas]

The way Oud feat the professor got me by surprise, what a legendary performance, no wonder Ryan never wins the man has no taste

[@isabelladuque471]

LMAO

[@mothma_am]

@Leland Kamdyn another bot encouraging invading someone's privacy, how nice

[@rosemali3022]

I know right? Super impressive puppeteering, I was shook!

[@hobihope2981]

OP, your pfp just made me so happy I miss Ghost Trick

[@VlogDoPajamas]

@@hobihope2981 Happy to find another fan! I love this kind of games, DS era had the best ones

[@squigglesnlines2160]

14:11 Ryan really just said "they could be close friends" the same way old historians documents an obviously gay relationship as "they were very close friends who lived with eachother and never married who died only weeks apart from eachother"

[@imperialguard451]

we found numerous letter written to each other that were clear love confessions.... they were the closest of friends!

[@jasminvasquez4098]

Yeah i think that was the joke

[@araw_buwan]

"they shared a bed and lived in a secluded forest all by themselves but totally straight bros!"

[@murasaki-cha101]

I feel like this is a TSOA reference 😂

[@lemoncoffee9547]

Wshdhvdmns Circe bajo min Bongo bombón Bongo ningún blnk mln in in know job mln Jim no mp4último boom ñ Kohl Jon Nikon Nikon nono ok limón mínimo ninja Jun ninja no ningún no hubo ni bici ibuprofeno u i inician no un j hip Hugh

[@savannahsmith1319]

Ryan and Zach both guessed "C" and The Professor didn't make "a couple of C dogs" joke 🥺

[@otdtyh]

💔💔💔💔💔😭

[@meljerichoasakki2046]

Betrayal hurts 😩

[@drewjay8940]

And not a SINGLE reference to the genie!

[@thegayathrikable]

Oh Professor, you're already a celebrity. I don't stan many people, but I stan the Professor

[@abridgedTrainwreck]

Agreed

[@idioticproductions4000]

Dear Shane, I wrote to you but you still ain’t calling

[@emmaoconnell7739]

My exact thoughts.

[@TigerLillyInTheRain]

He’s the only one I’ve bought merch from

[@noneyourbiz8886]

@@TigerLillyInTheRain same!

[@Kuboyasun]

i felt so touched when we all said "they're fucking" at the same time 🥺

[@gretablackwell495]

You know who else was touched? _the emir_

[@eli-hk8tp]

@@gretablackwell495 10/10

[@midoriya-shonen]

"What size was the hole? Was it a circle?" BAD time to take a drink lemme tell ya

[@greatvalue_ethelcain]

Bad idea to watch with my mom lol

[@lililkalulukalilalilalulal1438]

what did it imply tho it's been a while since i ran into a dirty joke i couldn't get, and this will definitely keep me up at night (not) trying to figure it out. give me a hint or sth

[@midoriya-shonen]

@@lililkalulukalilalilalulal1438 np! it implies he wants to fit his member through the hole

[@sayarasa8961]

@@midoriya-shonen not you using member 😭 it remind me of 2015 wattpad 😭😭

[@midoriya-shonen]

@@sayarasa8961 lmao I never even got into wattpad 🤣 I was just trying to avoid the comment getting taken down or smth 🤣🤣

[@mykalacampbell4034]

The hope in Ryan’s eye when the Professor is announcing the winner killed me inside

[@Mambo1061]

I feel like I’ll be at least a little disappointed if this series doesn’t end with Ryan and Professor McNasty just full on choking the life out of each other

[@celestialcressy]

well about that ...

[@ariannasilva4462]

@@celestialcressy WELL ABOUT THAT...

[@imlaseelamno8144]

Well about that....

[@imlaseelamno8144]

the recent episodes are wild

[@ariannasilva4462]

@@imlaseelamno8144 OMG LITERALLY! This is like a meme!

[@s-a-r-a-h]

Shane's attempt at a scouse accent and combinging all of The Beatles' voices is hilarious

[@sapphosdescendants3997]

I think he’s going out of his way to imitate the Beatles for allusion ^^”

[@sarahdykhuizen5501]

“I got drunk, woke up, and screamed it at some women”

[@FranklyHerman]

Sounds like a rock star to me

[@cassidythecat]

@@FranklyHerman sounds like Ronnie Radke. Even though he's a great singer and he has awesome songs, there's no denying that he doesn't have the best track record with women and he has a terrible personality

[@johanvajse8410]

I wondered at this part if it wasn't that the women came up with the music but the male just took credit for it? or even had to say he wrote the songs to be able to play them since the emir wouldn't allow the women any credit? is this making sense?

[@recoil53]

@@johanvajse8410 Sure, it's not unheard of.

[@sarahdykhuizen5501]

Ooo tea

[@blackmould]

okay but the professor calling out beef boy for still being obsessed with “Say So” felt like a personal attack that I was not expecting at 7 in the morning 🥲

[@HTFWSFWWE]

I really love the thought that Ziryab and the prince were lovers, especially when the prince had that one guy imprisoned for upsetting Ziryab, that just sounds like a total boyfriend maneuver.

[@gaylordrobinson1199]

Ziryab was Muslim, not gay

[@HTFWSFWWE]

@@gaylordrobinson1199 That's not true, a person's religion has nothing to do with their sexual identity. Plenty of people are homosexual despite their religious beliefs, if anything they could have been in a closeted relationship.

[@gaylordrobinson1199]

@@HTFWSFWWE you cannot be both Muslim and gay

[@HTFWSFWWE]

@@gaylordrobinson1199 I personally know quite a few Muslim men who are gay 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@gaylordrobinson1199]

@@HTFWSFWWE then they aren’t muslim

[@Esmerda]

The fact that Ryan looks so suspicious every time he gets a history point... me too, man

[@mattygutowski]

Ryan and Zach’s energy is very Freshman vs Senior

[@cassidythecat]

Just imagine Zach's fiancee Margaret (Maggie), who's bravely facing the pandemic in a hospital as a pediatric nurse to come home to a giggly Zach who's happily holding up a dry erase board with a giant smily face

[@finn1666]

remember that one time zach was half-naked with lipstick on his face chasing a fly around his living room.. i dont think thats the weirdest thing maggie has come home to

[@finn1666]

@deri video's called try guys quarantine update day 14 i think

[@princesssookeh]

I cry. this is so sweet DX

[@clairvaux8459]

Zach really being the first one going "I'm trying to help Ryan win one of these" true bro

[@joiskyhigh]

I enjoy how this episode fits the Puppet History and Try Guys canon simultaneously, with BOTH Zach and Ryan losing.

[@tairneanaich]

Yeah the universes collided and I was sitting here like „it‘s like dropping a cat with buttered bread taped to its back“. How will it end if neither can win

[@sorio99]

21:31 The sheer confusion on Ryan’s face, that he’s the first to get a point for answering a question correctly, that it was a free write question, and that his reasoning was “pee smell funny”

[@Grace-ir8er]

Wait Ryan and The Professor go on Starbucks outings together? Oh my gosh I'm not going to be able to focus on the lesson because all I'll be thinking about is The Professor sitting on a stack of books and drinking a little iced tea...

[@thewriterhorse32]

somebody draw this!!!!!

[@pebblepanda36]

Excuse me, while I try to draw this later today (maybe)

[@cherryred9801]

@@pebblepanda36 plz tell us ur insta so we can check it out I need the serotonin

[@pebblepanda36]

@@cherryred9801 my insta is just my user

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

One of them is drinking a unicorn frappuccino. I can't decide which though...or if they have two straws in it and share....

[@Emmabowlesss]

Can we talk about all the effort that goes into this show??? From the set, to the graphics, to really fun and entertaining guests every episode. THANK YOU WATCHER

[@vsratoslava]

ALL HAIL THE WATCHER

[@hyungwonniebebe6576]

ALL HAIL THE WATCHER

[@bluej2206]

ALL HAIL THE WATCHER

[@linleyj845]

ALL HAIL THE WATCHER

[@unnamedjello9779]

*ALL HAIL THE WATCHER*

[@JenniferJadeKerr]

My husband walks around the house saying, "Ryan, thanks for tryin'." No one is named Ryan in our house. It makes me smile. 😁

[@stephanieden4]

😂

[@eggsasbeans]

7:14 that comment from Zach is uh… more interesting with the context of Ned getting fired for literally dipping his wick in the company ink

[@BritneyT.]

😭

[@sanskritinayyar4178]

Zach predicting the future

[@littlemsterious991]

Donnor Party Episode: We shouldn’t hang out outside the show this episode: they go to star bucks together ✨character development✨

[@benniek1050]

Man, shoutout to watcher for spotlighting some amazing black historical people who I would never have heard of otherwise

[@b.richard7632]

them shitting on the new star wars and how they treated poe was a surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[@Y2Ksnowglobe]

The gentle confusion of "Did you write down a vegetable you don't know about?" sent me.

[@PinkApocalypse]

It makes me crazy happy that this series doesn’t just focus on European history or whatever. I’m absolutely loving learning about history from Middle Eastern or African countries that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise :D

[@6KIWIDino5]

Historians: they were really good friends Literally everyone with a brain: yeah they're fucking

[@shannarafryer3111]

I don’t have a brain 😭

[@fabiangarcia1790]

They’re just good friends with baseball card collections

[@estellacorduroy5259]

OBSESSED with how this implies Ryan doesn't have a brain

[@Ali-mv3jc]

To be fair I did a bit of digging and it does seem that they were just friends 😊

[@ezravidar6096]

"and they were roommates"

[@KatrinaaHerbosa]

I’m starting to feel sorry for Ryan the same way I was sorry for the Trix rabbit never being able to eat any Trix. #Justice4Bergara

[@deprofundis3293]

Bwahaha 🤣

[@CrazeeAdam]

I mean you should. He actually had more points this week when this was shown. He had 2, and Zach had 1. But I guess Zach still wins because ya know, idk

[@harrisonlee9585]

Ryan using a coffee mug with The Professor's face on it is proof that love can bloom on the battlefield.

[@jadeyu7197]

THATS A REALLY ADORABLE THOUGHT

[@moufIonn]

a metal gear reference? here of all places?

[@harrisonlee9585]

@@moufIonn A reference to surpass Metal Gear.

[@vanillanoxfleuret]

I'm suddenly realising the Professor looks a bit like Otacon

[@canarywings6080]

Serious props to Shane and the Professor for always picking the coolest subjects to teach us. You have no idea how much I appreciate not just the production value of this show, but the stuff I'm learning also. It's incredible. Thank you so much to Shane, the Professor, and everyone else involved with this show and helping making it happen each week. ily.

[@miriku_ti_rumu]

My boyfriend was very upset that The Professor missed out on a chance to call them a couple of "C Dogs"

[@binugget]

Day one of praying for the Professor to talk about Sappho

[@black_raspberries1111]

while waiting you could watch over sarcastic productions’ vid on sappho

[@ClaireTheFab]

Yesssss

[@randomgrmlin]

*smacks table* YES YES YES ow YES YES

[@cronchybo]

Y E S

[@scarletttop.6976]

F yeah

[@Hinatazuki]

“Where the details are a little fuzzy” Ryan: these points are a little fuzzy

[@sincerelyrey]

Ok but professor's lil guitar and his solo was SO FRICKING CUTE ASJKJSKJSJKS

[@magical-octopus4957]

I wanted to like the comment, but its already at 69 likes ;-;

[@peaches4555]

missed the perfect opportunity to say “i don’t eat peasants anymore, i eat the rich now” LMAO

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Yes.

[@sussanachen4928]

I love how Zack was so pure and wanted Ryan to get some jelly beans! Try guys/Watcher crossover episodes are the bomb.

[@karinaelias6606]

ryan getting more and more sad when getting jelly beans bc he knows he gon loose anyway is just sad :(

[@kaye7134]

The fact that the Professor is a Harry Styles stan is everything to me

[@aly9506]

same omg

[@samara8605]

yes yes yes

[@alyssumemily]

I would pay attention in school so much more if The Professor was my teacher.

[@twtclikk7841]

the poet, poking lighthearted but excessive fun at ziryab: hey haha you're a funny guy and you make for great material the amir, comforting ziryab: you HURT ziryab? you laugh at him like the studio audience? oh! oh! jail for the poet!!! jail for the poet for a thousand years!!!!!!

[@technotrapper]

I love that Ryan matter of factly suggests the door was actually a gloryhole 😂

[@keyaunna.]

THE PROFESSOR PLAYING THE GUITAR IS THE BEST THING IVE EVER SEEN

[@JCasR3]

Is this Shane’s payback for the years of being Ryan’s sidekick on Unsolved?

[@otdtyh]

Specifically all the times Ryan brought aliens or the paranormal into it. 😂

[@downtherabbithole8325]

It's for the times Ryan kept him up all night when ghost hunting

[@scarlettbat]

i don't know if i've EVER laughed as hard as i did about zach's voice getting higher and higher as he shrank. GOD-TIER EDITING!

[@ArcherOwl]

After the season 4 finale, I thought it would be fun to go back through the other videos and find out the real scores in each to see if Ryan actually won any. This will be focused on the points won during the questions only, not the extra points the professor gives out willy-nilly. Actual Score: Ryan had 3 points and Zach had kinda 1, I say that because the only point he kinda earned was from his pretty saxophone drawing and not from correctly answering anything. Beef boy was the winner.

[@honeyvoicehwang8990]

i didn't want to "spoil" the series for myself (because for some reason it took me nearly two years to watch this), so i've gotten to the end of this episode from watching in order in like three days, but i caved ten minutes ago and finally looked it up on the wiki. apparently ryan should've won several times throughout the series by now, and some of the comments on this video suggest that your attitude towards the song are 100% of how the winner is chosen, and we all know ryan doesn't react well to them, others have posited it's payback for ryan suggesting aliens, and one person even said that the professor just wants to keep ryan around because if he wins, he'll be replaced and the professor has grown to enjoy his company. however, with no way to know right now, this will remain... unsolved.

[@LivingMyLife22]

🫘

[@fenglade]

@@LivingMyLife22 ive been looking for your beans after finding them once on the scores and it makes me feel achieved to see one from 2 days ago finally

[@LivingMyLife22]

@@fenglade lol This comment made my day, im rewatching all the episodes in order and so far ive been able to find @archerowl’s comment in each one and leave beans. I hope you come across more too

[@AskMia411]

@@LivingMyLife22oh they’re beans??? I literally thought you were leaving a hot dog/sausage emoji on these comments. 😅

[@hannahpeterson2154]

Why is no one talking about The Professor playing the guitar? It’s so cute

[@fluorescent_l1500]

There were 3 hands at this point as well!! Maybe Obi’s helping out lol

[@ellajackson801]

literally was like lets watch all of puppet history for the 20th time, but instead I find a new episode (with KornDiddy) Im so happy.

[@aqsayounus6236]

I love how the professor is trying his best with Arabic names

[@badwifi931]

Love it so much

[@emilywilhite5807]

I’m generally impressed that he does obviously attempt to get foreign names right.

[@UncannyXander]

I love them acting as if Zach couldn't hear them with his WIRELESS ear buds.

[@justinebpheartss]

Actually they can connect via bluetooth which computers have ^^ so it's not exactly a clear doubt

[@hubble.-.]

I literally screamed when the Professor show up playing the guitar!!! He is so cutee!!!

[@abiwright2726]

Zach and the professor both saying “oh, they’re fucking” at the same time makes me laugh every single time

[@littlemsterious991]

I adore the professor and ryan's relationship. they keep getting more and more hostile while the guest goes to get the prize. how long until we hear about them on true crime?

[@recoil53]

I don't think they threatened to fight each other this time.

[@madisonperry7447]

The beast of Gevaudan: I’m vegan now! Also the beast: I paired it with some cheese empanadas. Who’s going to tell him.

[@keyaunna.]

BAHAHAHA

[@kebert2thumbsup]

Maybe it's a vegan empanada? 🤷🏼‍♀️ But then he also mentioned going out to wander the fields soooooo

[@pebblepanda36]

I noticed that as well lmao the least he is is vegetarian

[@j5068]

Vegan cheese is a thing

[@Grace-ir8er]

They could be vegan cheese empanadas! I looked it up and apparently they do exist.

[@maddy6812]

professor is the only celebrity that will forever remain unproblematic

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Don’t jinx it

[@autumn4467]

I dunno man, there’s something shady going on with that genie

[@maddy6812]

@@autumn4467 they may have beef, but at least it’s not public Twitter beef [edit] that was very stupid of me to say. I somehow forgot about his and Ryan’s Twitter beef

[@angiegibson6598]

Let’s hope he never turns into a milkshake duck

[@elizabethlovett4318]

I think Ryan will disagree with you lol but by comparison that is true.

[@Guessnought]

This is one of those videos where you don't realize how much they swear until you try showing one of your parents

[@alleycat616]

Yes while I do love it I’m Also sad wishing they had censored versions bleeped so I could watch them with my 12 year old son because I know he would enjoy some of these.

[@bobpieczarka4357]

The professor's ability to quip is epic! "That's a nice way to describe dog shit" "It's EXACTLY like Trolls: World Tour"

[@bloombud3869]

“Ryan thanks for Tryan” needs to be on a shirt at this point 😂

[@antoniacosta6221]

So no one's gonna talk about how Ryan and the Professor went on a Starbucks date

[@beesgold1487]

@@englishatheart this

[@dexa6623]

Timestamp???

[@megan2799]

i live for ryan and the professor's passive aggressive conversations after someone else wins

[@kaylin9155]

Ryan saying "you should think of me as your true south" was such a mood.

[@princesstarah2]

"You start out with a big chunk of something and widdle it down until it becomes Doja Cat." - The Professor, 2021

[@notAshildr]

We need to talk about the fact that that lion tamer was canonically female, and therefore apparently bisexual. And that's the kind of female representation we need. Casual drunken stupor booze-dream representation any day!

[@cryxbxby656]

@deri ikr it's annoying lol

[@greatvalue_ethelcain]

@deri ...Did you even listen to the song? 🤡🤡

[@tinyrat275]

Living for the fact that this show doesn’t just tell “white” history. History is so diverse and we hardly get to see it!

[@hacktplanet450]

Yes exactly !!!

[@cathkindip5556]

Right? We love to see it

[@benjaminvega7186]

I'll drink to that

[@devinward461]

Definitely, I love the way they choose and present the material, it's a breath of fresh air compared to all the other history shows that just talk about the same old dead white men over and over

[@toyamwarr]

And it’s something positive for that minority. That doesn’t happen often in American history classes.

[@sincerelyrey]

Ok but zach trying to cheer ryan up with that cute lil smiley face was so adorable my heart cant take it OMG

[@meralak91]

Ryan is literally becoming the Batman quote “ you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain” 😂😂😂

[@Slashycent]

Is nobody going to mention how that was literally just a Beatles song? lol. And Paul wrote songs from his dreams too. Starting to see some parallels. No wonder Ziryab was so famous, he was the first Beatle.

[@messianic_scam]

ziryab was Kurdish from Iraq he the one who add the kurd scale you liberal turned him to blak african to give your afrocentric historical favors

[@robynpitts8913]

the oud keeps saying peace and love so it's making me think it's specifically Ringo starr

[@azrael1316]

Being from Morocco and seeing people handle Oud as if it’s guitar is quite hilarious. Oud is elegant.

[@kuroinokitsune]

oh....is it held like cello?

[@binugget]

Actually I’m super curious too, how is it held?

[@who_Is_faten_helmi]

And being a tunisian im so happy we even got mentioned for a moment there . 😂

[@azrael1316]

Close enough as you have to sit down..put it on one knee and only your right arm should hold it. Playing it as if you’re jimmy page is just not how it goes.

[@binugget]

@@azrael1316 Ah I see! I learned something new :D

[@irishforeverxx]

Can we talk about the fact that there’s a third hand controlling the professors hand playing the guitar??

[@SuperGamerGirl555]

I KNOW! WHO IS THAT?

[@madybell6753]

@@SuperGamerGirl555 probably Sarah!

[@diefluchendehexe5775]

@@englishatheart Omg, yes. So many people these days, "can we talk about...", "why aren't people talking about..." or "am I the only one that...", it is quite tiring to see, over and over again. So overly used.

[@cactipoke]

sara says on twitter “~aftereffects~”

[@Bluey306]

@@diefluchendehexe5775 y'all need to touch some grass

[@marianissa2438]

we love acknowledging poc and their contributions to the world of rock music, hell yea

[@jadad468]

This is genuinely one of my favorite episodes of Puppet History. Zach, Ryan and the Professor bounce off of each other to make a hilariously entertaining episode. Also the song is constantly stuck in my head but that's neither here nor there

[@laurenherrmann4816]

We're just gonna ignore the fact that those two girls clearly wrote all the music?

[@wingedambition]

I was thinking the same thing

[@janelleskavinsky7629]

Unfortunately we are

[@salf.7484]

RIGHT?? that was all i thought about during that scene, to add on that: it wouldnt be too far fetched to say that they could write their on songs and present them to ziryab the next morning as if they were songs he wrote in his drunken stupor without him questioning it-- truly ghizlan and hunayda deserve far more credit

[@VivaLaGolf42]

That’s the way most big “artists” do it now.

[@Styner09]

Right? They probably took his drunken melodies and made them better.

[@PippaT-iw6su]

I just noticed another hand at 27:14 manoeuvring the Professor's lil hand and either Shane is even freakier than we thought or Sara is helping him and idk which I prefer