The War of the Golden Stool • Puppet History

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Created and hosted by Shane Madej
Featuring: Ryan Bergara, Kate Peterman, and Shiro Kihagi as Yaa Asantewaa
Research: Kari Koppel
Writer: Garrett Werner
Editor: Anthony Frederick
Camera Operator/Sound Mixer: Matt Real
Motion Graphics Animators: Mike Fox, Julia Capuano
Graphic Artists: Crystal Cheng, Mollie Ong
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:
Bougnat87, Tabouret ashanti en cuivre repoussé sur bois. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lieutenant Robert Hamilton Buchanan, unknown artist, Photo credit: National Museums Scotland, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

[@clearlieme]

Ryan and Kate giving off real "back of the classroom" energy this episode

[@dollyeyeball777]

underrated comment lol

[@JuniperArcher]

As a high school teacher, I truly felt the chaos this episode

[@karls1155]

I saw this comment before watching the episode and then when I got to the part where they're like "teach me professor!!!" I was like yup. For sure the back of the classroom energy

[@kezialawrence1257]

Pretty much every episodes with Kate in it! Those are always my favourites

[@EloiseRaeCullen]

As a former 'back of the classroom' kid... yes. Accurate.

[@candycoatedthorns2876]

LMAOO The way Kate and Ryan acted this episode would have got them seperated across the room in class but they'd still be doing finger guns at eachother and the professor is just trying to teach the lesson plan!

[@christianwise637]

This whole episode is basically the Professor trying and failing to keep control of two incredibly unruly students

[@nah9080]

I felt this LMAO

[@notquitechaos6705]

the unadulterated comedy of the discomfort in Shane's voice trying to talk his way out of the puppet sex conversation he accidentally honked his way into

[@Tazzie1312]

HONKED HIS WAY INTO

[@SilverGummiShark]

Welp that sound effect will never be the same for me now

[@hirunimadanayake]

@@Tazzie1312 ASHJBD HAHAHA

[@spiderwickian]

GHFGJHF

[@dori_casper]

I feel so scandalized

[@strawberrymilkteaa]

The professor’s disappointment in them not watching ATLA is a whole ass mood

[@brittg9987]

"oh, the movie right?" the movie all we fans insist on pretending doesn't exist LMAO

[@haleighbourgeois7864]

@@brittg9987 And the glare he gave while starting to curse Ryan out under his breath too.

[@el1ry]

especially when you immediately think "oh duh like the avatar" after he explained how the stool works.... but in this moment i feel more like the teachers pet (puppet) than i ever have before

[@Astakugoballz]

Yeah and the connection to the stool 😂 having the memories of their past lives and what not

[@Sachellein]

As soon as they said no I was like UNCULTURED SWINES!!! And then the Professor agreed with me

[@muse5551]

The professor yelling at them all to shut up then calmly asking them the question again and trying to lead them to the answer is true teacher vibes

[@olakowalczewska4946]

yesssssss

[@jamesb9894]

As a 2nd grade teacher, it was very relatable

[@jazzedaboutcheese]

I teach Kinder. It's true.

[@muse5551]

@@jamesb9894 bless you and your work, I know I couldn't do it lmao

[@muse5551]

@@jazzedaboutcheese I honestly couldn't imagine being a teacher, I remeber how my classes were when I was a student 🤣

[@scootinand]

I love when Kate is on the show, her bubbly energy is the perfect match for Ryan's ever-growing disdain for the Professor's (alleged) bullshit, and Kate just seems to bring the silly out of Ryan and the Professor. Like two chucklefucks in the back of the class, but the teacher actually likes them.

[@jadeyu7197]

ALLEGED!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@arianvixal7143]

“Chucklefucks” oh how lovely

[@BahiaDoSul]

that made me cry???

[@destinieroseify]

I love Kate! She's the best part😁. Always makes me smile

[@kitlee172]

Kate is hilarious and light years ahead of some guests who brought absolutely nothing to the class. Most are great but there’s been a few real stinkers. 🦨🦨🦨💨

[@桜加減]

the professor’s facial expression never changes but i swear i saw pure rage when the avatar film was mentioned LMAO

[@blakeblack5647]

And for good reason imo

[@sharmbanu9862]

hush my amigo we do not speak of the movie

[@emansayeddd]

@@sharmbanu9862 amen to that 😂

[@arielmorales4370]

Dudes I swear prof says fkin under his breathe lol

[@Chester200100]

Ryan was lucky he wasn't in the same room

[@JelloApocalypse]

Unmatched lyricism on this week's song

[@emilybarclay8831]

Didn’t expect to see JA on this channel omg

[@tiffanythompson6178]

🤣

[@katgames101]

The surprise guest has arrived!

[@VlogDoPajamas]

JA? OMG

[@ChristianNeihart]

I liked the chorus about the stool of gold.

[@user-sl3po6tk4w]

Me: Oh it's not fair that Ryan never wins... Ryan: You mean the live action ATLA movie right? Me: A ROTTEN JELLY BEAN FOR THE BEEF BOY

[@randommindz6782]

said the same thing in the comment section

[@thepants1450]

Lmfao

[@Grim_Sister]

DISHONOR! DISHONOR ON HIM! DISHONOR ON HIS FAMILY! DISHONOR ON HIS COW!

[@thaleodorascarlet9934]

Omg...I thought the same thing🤣

[@dantegaming2214]

@@Grim_Sister why dishonor his mother twice?

[@starlight1314]

Kate is such a delight. Like imagine a student not understanding a thing in class but still showing up with enthusiasm every time just because the professor is great and it makes them happy to see someone care so much about their class. Adorable.

[@olakowalczewska4946]

that is so wholesome

[@solitarelee6200]

Honestly me in Greek Mythology this semester. No thoughts head empty IDK what's going on here but I like the prof X'D

[@harpiehunter9428]

i don't really see where she doesn't understand anything? it seems like she's following along well

[@binnana13]

I was literally going to comment that she is a delight. Love seeing her!

[@starlight1314]

grace n word, idk why she says she knows nothing. She's nailing it

[@Jonell3]

As a Ghanaian I’m really happy to see our history being told to a wider audience

[@annegrey3780]

I didn't know this part of history but Ghana still gets so much cred (at least in Canada) for their involvement in Rwanda in 1994, I don't know what the fuck our forces would have done without you guys. Most of our normal G7 allies might have peaced the hell out of there, but you guys stayed the whole time. So I'm not surprised your history is bad ass!

[@deprofundis3293]

So cool!!

[@sunmoon3147]

I was so happy to learn!! That woman was a force to be reckon with!

[@fairlyregretful]

its such an interesting history and i really hope we get to hear more African stories!!

[@raimarulightning]

I'm psyched to learn it

[@mariannarojas2961]

the fact that Yaa Asantewaa died about a 100 years ago is mind boggling to me. like the story feels so old, but at the same time it is just around the corner?

[@shzshb]

exactly what i was thinking

[@anttibjorklund1869]

The big age of decolonization was only roughly 60 years ago.

[@cactipoke]

ikr like you look her up and there's a picture of her! makes you think about how long the british fucked over the rest of the world for and how recently it began to lessen.

[@williamedge5130]

@@anttibjorklund1869 yeah, it’s hard for some people to understand that. My father was born a “subject of the British Empire”, and I’m only 35

[@iridiumSerpent]

Absolute queen shit

[@shelbypower983]

Ryan: “You’re talking about the M Night Shyamalan version right?” Me: GIVE HIM A ROTTEN JELLYBEAN!!!

[@amdraglover]

AGREED!

[@MyWeirdNormal1]

He should've gave him a negative 10 for that lmao

[@aubryellaotero1064]

He deserves all the rotten jellybeans for that one smh

[@karkinissan]

He uttered something that should never be and never has been.

[@saynotzai]

The only time I thougth he deserved a rotten jellybean and he didn´t give him one smh

[@FleurMarigold]

gosh, the chemistry between these 3 is always so manically & delightfully infectious! really interesting but tragic history in this one too, important to learn about

[@superthunderm]

Agreed 👍

[@coolguy4425]

i know omg i was about to comment on this too!! i LOOVE the energy when kate was hyping up ryans "taxing stool" joke LOL

[@renedwards5958]

hearing that the stool isn't another captive of the british museum is feeding my soul

[@sayarasa8961]

British need to give back other countries artifacts at them. They can hang queen elizabeth clothes on the museum or some other shit

[@artemisia5663]

@@sayarasa8961 well, it's really not plausible- since the transporting of so much artifacts would have a very high cost, also, by your logic, Mona Lisa should be back in Italy? And with that, the Musée du Louvre would lose some visitors.

[@zxyabcc]

Artemisia So? Let them lose visitors. Those artifacts are not theirs to begin with, and most of the times, they have no cultural/historical association to them (prime example would be the ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies they have smuggled into their countries). They are just greedily holding onto them for cash flow, like you are right now worried about Louvre losing visitors instead of these artifacts being returned to their homelands, where they actually belong. The fact that these European countries, especially the Brits and the French, have stolen and smuggled so many cultural artifacts from different countries that they have more than enough to display and exhibit them in several different museums is just mind blowing. Some countries like Egypt and Turkey are constantly asking them to give back their artifacts, even volunteering to cover the transportation costs in some cases, and their requests are simply being ignored on the pretense that these countries don’t have means to protect/take care of their own artifacts, which is so arrogant and outdated.

[@artemisia5663]

@@zxyabcc You're right tbh, have a good day^^

[@oIdestdream]

@@artemisia5663 this was a wholesome response

[@Jo-sv9io]

Kate is the MVP of Puppet History (besides the professor obvs)

[@buymyfinepies]

and beef boy

[@MasterShake9000]

She’s our queen now and forever

[@aditishetty8209]

Hey! You do not disrespect Beef Boy like that.

[@crash-ry3eq]

Beef boy reading this: 👁👄👁

[@harrisonlee9585]

This is Beef Boy erasure

[@virgiltheghost]

The professor: “God Willin’ and the creek don’t rise. “ Literally everyone: “the behavior you exhibited was Midwestern. The Midwesterner jumped out. “

[@j.pnewcomer1069]

I literally turned and went "Grandma???" (she's from Indiana)

[@forzafiori9363]

I'm southern (from South Carolina), and it's used here as well. My grandparents and mother use it regularly.

[@highlandgirl84]

So for history and being in class...what does it mean? 🤔😂

[@thatonebinch]

@@highlandgirl84 essentially a way of saying "if everything goes right" so like "God willin and the creek don't rise, we won't have to do *blank* anytime soon."

[@mollystringer6273]

I thought ryan and kate were joking when they didn't know what that meant.

[@junjunagbayani4792]

"So how do we sing about the Ashanti Stool of Gold without offending local feelings?" A STOOOOL OF GOOOOOOOLD!

[@angel-hu3bp]

ngl the song has been stuck in my mind for weeks

[@micheal2458]

Same thought haha it was pretty clever actually

[@JMagic-ik7kx]

Man I don't get why they were so scared of offending poeple with a song about a stool when they literally crapped on Santa Claus for a whole half hour

[@DarkestElemental616]

@@JMagic-ik7kx Oh shah, it's not offensive if you're poking fun at the people in power.

[@coffeewolfproductions9113]

@@JMagic-ik7kx Is anyone gonna tell this guy that Santa isnt a real person?

[@kristineh8309]

I love how Kate called out how Ryan looks like a serial killer when he watches the musical performance.

[@missybarbour6885]

The Ricky Goldsworth just jumped out of him...

[@21stcenturymouse]

"this isn't going to be blasphemous!" - Previously had God on the show

[@nah9080]

I didnt know what I was expecting, then suddenly the l y r i c s

[@lesismore49]

I wanted to like this 100 times lol 😂

[@annef0x]

When badass grandma began with "foolish white man", I knew she was about to spit straight fire. I wasn't disappointed. Also the energy between Kate and Ryan this episode was just pure serotonin. I have no other way to describe how much it lifted my mood.

[@jessebradbury2263]

That's putting my feelings into words. Sometimes i need something like these videos to help me when I'm down

[@Chesh89]

Those quotes by her had me ready to join her ranks and fight for the preservation of the Stool. Let's do this ladies, they want war we'll give it to them!!! Oh wait, I'm a few years late aren't I? :(

[@coffeewolfproductions9113]

@TheGermanDuck Ah yes because clearly the British had nothing to do with the deaths of her people by constantly going to war with them over the decades. /s

[@coffeewolfproductions9113]

@TheGermanDuck Bro she sieged this guy's military fort and the only reason why he managed to escape and call for reinforcements is because he lied to them and ran off like a coward. Did you not watch the video or are you just mad for the sake of being mad?

[@coffeewolfproductions9113]

@TheGermanDuck Your point is that she is a shit general. Or are you talking about the last comment which wasn't a statement it was a question.

[@arthurjenkins8078]

Most people: Africa is a country The Professor: England is a Town or whatever

[@frostyskeletons8950]

@Brad Buttowski you’d be surprised by a lot of Americans then. Our education system is.... not good. Then even if people “know” that, they’ll still talk about the continent as if it is a country/monolith, and just ignore the complexity of the land mass.

[@alewe5611]

@@frostyskeletons8950 idk what school you went 2 but every American is taught about how it's a continent with many countries in it than are very complex from Europe's colonization in it so sorry to disappoint maybe u never paid attention

[@DiamondPaintArt]

@@alewe5611 hey just so you know, a super easy way to not sound like an a**hole who doesn't know what they're talking about is not to make statements like "every American does [thing]" as you can not attest to every Americans experience. The education system is not exactly the same everywhere in America

[@accioyoongi]

@@alewe5611 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@alewe5611]

@@DiamondPaintArt well I live in the poorest part in the poorest state as a poc and as a women with dyslexica so.. im pretty sure ppl who dont know basic shit like that r bcuz mfs dont pay attention not because they're not taught it

[@kevkev3574]

the Professor really do be dumbledore giving Griffindor 10 points at the end of the year.

[@christianwise637]

"Yes, yes. Well done Ryan, very well done Ryan. However..."

[@lizfalstreau3413]

I just... really love this show. My sister is a historian and I write musical theater stuff and we both saw this show and said "OMG THEY DID IT. THEY MADE THE PERFECT SHOW."

[@shisah5544]

You should watch the British show horrible histories

[@kitaclysm]

28:00 “There was no reason for the British to do any of that, just stay in your lane.” That’s it, that’s a summarization of all of history.

[@stargirl412]

Period

[@spacetrashpile7199]

Or you can swap British out for French, Spanish, or Dutch

[@Merudinnn]

@@spacetrashpile7199 or america lol the biggest imperialist empire currently still on the planet propagating neocolonialism is the US of A. Shit literally doing it as I'm typing this lol

[@alalalala57]

Exactly. That and every imperialist country. War with neighbours and regional folks, ok. Still bad. But imperialism is a whole other level of evil.

[@cloudestarscape]

As a Brit, I can say that a lot of the worst of our history could be completely erased if we’d just not been nosy, power and land hungry. So yeah. An accurate summary.

[@CherriSherry]

I do genuinely love how there was no lyrics for the song other than "A stool of gold" to make sure they don't accidentally say anything like deeply offensive about the culture or it's history. That's a nice little touch.

[@satarupagingerkolay]

I love how even though it was just one line over and over again, it still slapped like this!

[@crateredcallisto2854]

@@satarupagingerkolay let's be honest, any song they're gonna do is gonna freakin slap

[@jadeyu7197]

RIGHT????? genius and very endearing

[@PoochieCollins]

So relating the gold stool to modern rappers and gold chains would be in somewhat poor taste??

[@trickster5822]

I love that Shane made the word of the song only "A stool of gold" just so he made sure not to offend anyone saying something inapropiate or offensive, I find it amazing.

[@mandacantu]

haha, he is a down ass white guy, very nice of him!

[@dotdotdot...176]

It's stuck in my head all the same

[@kerocho3106]

I feel like the more we progress on this show, the less Ryan cares about winning and cares more about pissing the professor off

[@theflutefreak]

Anyone else extremely satisfied that the stool didn't end up in some british museum? Love that it was hidden and managed to stay in the culture that created it.

[@Felsenkeks]

Did not expect it! Kudos to them!!

[@No_name_thanks]

I mean, they didn't create it as it fell from the sky. /j But other than that! Especially for such an obviously valuable item, that's astounding!

[@jadeyu7197]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAS!! THEY PROTECTED THAT!!!!

[@wandi2_]

Love it!!!!!

[@annanananananana1442]

YES

[@dinanikolaidis2256]

Today it felt like the Professor was assigned detention duty.

[@kaged1productions]

I could feel the professor's disdain when Ryan talked about that M. Night Shyamalan atrocity in regards to ATLA...

[@celinamori3574]

Professor: “Have any of you seen avatar the last airbender?” Ryan and Katie: “Ummmm” Us: 👁👄👁

[@Xander_P.G.K]

Ikr?

[@bookishnewt8468]

Even worse is Ryan mentioning the movie 😨

[@badvibesonly3526]

The professor seething with rage when ryan mentioned the movie is all of us

[@maud4063]

👆🏻- makarov :))

[@emmakardokus20]

i think its cause they’re old

[@LydiaReneeDarling]

My dad is from Ghana and has wooden Adinkra stools in his house- it’s so cool to see the backdrop of Ghanaian cultural references I grew up with shown to a larger audience!

[@grass-ifrass]

That's so cool! Are they miniatures, or life-sized?

[@KK-bb5ln]

Alternate title: the Professor roasts imperialism for 33 minutes straight

[@sage6737]

As he should

[@bpdmachine777]

as he should

[@AbhipshaSahuCoPrezIOFA]

As he should

[@trashcanyounot1798]

As he should

[@disturbanceatthedancevenue1922]

As he should

[@namemycactus]

My absolute FAVORITE bit is when the professor says "say it with me now" and he does a sing song to a phrase NO ONE could possibly guess with that adorable font. That and "c-dogs."

[@soupsoup4245]

Can we acknowledge how badass Yaa Asantewaa was??? She's so awesome

[@virgomoons]

Yeah, she's badass!

[@swiftninja91]

Bruh, she's so cool.

[@naraynip9984]

I wonder who's voice they used cause they have a strong as voice 😍

[@erfyw]

@@naraynip9984 it says Shiro Kihagi in the description!

[@naraynip9984]

@@erfyw ya I just checked there 😅

[@mattsaracen7]

College professors should actually consider using puppets (and jelly beans) to keep the students engaged

[@Loaves_of_Cat]

🤣🤣

[@sociallyawkwardnerd1617]

As a college student I would love this

[@mcost4098]

I would have perfect attendance if they did that

[@SunRiceCrunchy]

I had a lecture once where the Professor would throw pretty sizeable chocolate treats across the lecture hall if you got his question right. Never had participation been that high :)

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

If this episode proved anything, it's that it doesn't help with retaining information. Kate even said so at the forefront that she never remembers anything from these episodes. Still, would like a good jelly bean snack during a lecture.

[@christinad.6915]

" you got any more conversation stoppers in that satchel of yours??" I swear to god Ryan's and Kate's witticisms kill me!!! Honestly have her back on the show as many times as possible ☺️

[@angiegibson6598]

Kate needs a contract saying that she gets to come back every season

[@marcusburrell1906]

Beat me to it! #HireKateNow

[@rubykgarrett]

i think she already has one at this point lmao

[@m.n.2971]

I think she already has, ha ha!

[@SuperEC14]

Absolutely agree

[@ibuprofriends]

i want her to join watcher. put her in ALL the content.

[@gamestopmillionaire5952]

The fact Ryan even mentioned M. Night Shyamalam's The Last Airbender is worth a million rotten jelly beans. Change my mind.

[@SUG3R]

No

[@YB-ox5uc]

@@SUG3R no to changing their mind or no to the million rotten jelly beans??

[@metadina]

@@YB-ox5uc yes

[@MorriganReads]

I remember studying this in AP Art History. My teacher was very passionate about teaching us that a ton of art was stolen from its native people. Enough that it rubbed off on us. When she was telling us about this we all groaned when the British got involved. But in the end when the Asante got to keep it, we literally cheered.

[@yaboicolleen]

Big ups to whoever decided to have a guest voice for Yaa Asantewaa, way more powerful 🙌🏻

[@whychance9180]

Omg yes

[@AmethystEyes]

A Nigerian actress credited in the description! Pretty cool for casting an African actress!

[@gruby615]

Hey guys this Puppet History's song was a little hard to follow along with, but don't worry, I got the lyrics! A stool of gold x12 I said a stool of gold A stool of gold Hope this helps guys!

[@depresso-messo6665]

Thank you. It was hard for me to keep up 💗

[@doriangrayapologist]

a stool! of gold! a stool- stool! of gold!

[@olakowalczewska4946]

thank you so much! You're really doing the God's work here

[@madisonperry7447]

Yes, thank you! This is really helpful.

[@melissahanselman5574]

Worst puppet history song EVER 💔

[@iSkeleton]

Shout out to Shiro Kihagi for giving me CHILLS. Absolutely amazing preformance as Yaa Asantewaa.

[@dotdotdot...176]

seconded

[@digitalsoop]

This trio is consistently just pure chaos, everyone is willing to get into shenanigans with Kate

[@madamemysteries]

“You ever see avatar the last airbender?” “Uhhhhh” “cultureless” -literally me in any social situation

[@MYBY]

There aren’t words to describe how happy I am this series is back. ❤️❤️❤️

[@yen_the_homo3088]

Same

[@magnusgreel275]

It's oddly reassuring in these uncertain times.

[@lianneye5061]

!! You guys watch this show!

[@kassassinprawn516]

Hard same, I LOVE these!!!

[@gracebonifabulous]

it is such a wonderful little gift every time...

[@marianissa2438]

oh my god when the professor screams *"SHUT UP!!!!!"* and kate and ryan giggle like 5th graders who just frustrated their teacher... my heart is so full of love for them

[@dotdotdot...176]

Shout out to The Professor for being cultured and watching the original ATLA series

[@andreamattio1749]

Y E S

[@andieschronicles]

Ryan and KP are like those two friends who shouldn’t be paired together in class but are. I love it

[@Cheesegoddess]

Man!! I really loved that Yaa Asantewaa had a different voice! Props to Shiro Kihagi for doing her! She sounded so badass! Yaa Asantewaa sounded like a very bad ass woman! I would love to see a movie about her honestly!!

[@whychance9180]

Gave me chills

[@mynameisuju]

Listen!! That's the movie we need

[@danibyrd7897]

That would be so metal!!!!!!!!

[@jadeyu7197]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS

[@sistersamich2075]

So strong-willed! Love that!

[@stephs5521]

When the professor shakes violently in rage it’s just like my favorite thing

[@eliselewandowski8092]

the amount of joy puppet history brings me might be borderline unhealthy

[@rekk1215]

it doesn’t harm you so it’s fine.

[@Light14Lilium]

Same xD

[@cosmic7336]

it me

[@valverdejo8810]

It temporarily cures depression

[@patrickjunio8664]

I feel like, when the time comes where there is no more puppet history, there will forever be an unfillable hole in my soul...

[@darkchocolate5494]

as a brit, Shane's British accents have improved so much, these ones were weirdly accurate

[@TheWholeEntireCake]

“If I stole something I would definitely say it fell from the sky into my arms” Stanley Yelnats from the movie “holes”: am I a joke to u

[@randommindz6782]

HA! Good movie

[@trethestar]

I'm surprised someone other than me saw that movie.

[@micheal2458]

from the... book...

[@TheWholeEntireCake]

@@micheal2458I found that many people haven’t read the book but have seen the movie adaptation. Those who did read the book often HAVE ALSO seen the movie adaptation. So referencing the movie is more relatable.

[@shaika_shuma]

@@TheWholeEntireCake I've read the book and not seen the movie :B

[@lady-disdain]

I love Kate and Ryan thinking "Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise" is a funny lil saying made up by The Professor and not a normal midwestern saying

[@kalei6448]

ryan being weirded out by shane's Midwestern-ness is always very entertaining to me, it's fun to see what the coast ppl think of us in the middle

[@CC-CR]

It wouldn't be a season of puppet history without Kate's enthusiasm

[@StarryFandomGirl]

Ryan saying “you mean the M. Night Shyamalan film?” when the professor asked him if he had seen ATLA activated my fight response.

[@chelseaopoku4203]

Being Ghanaian-American and hearing this story a million times from my dad, this is the most entertaining version of The War of the Golden Stool I've ever heard. Hilarious! Keep up the good work!

[@catherinesheffield8093]

Was there any details Prof missed or added or was there any variations in Prof’s retailing?

[@chelseaopoku4203]

@@catherinesheffield8093 Nope! He pretty much got everything right, including the reason why the Golden Stool is so important to us.

[@KettleBlacktheBat]

@@catherinesheffield8093 I have actually heard a different telling. Most of everything was the same, but more emphasis on Yaa Asantewaa as Queen Mother and her role in taking on the British. Kinda weird nothing was mentioned about the Queen Mother role in the Asante tribe.

[@usualexistence946]

@@KettleBlacktheBat they talk about queenmother more on the Puppet History newsletters, in case anyone interested :)

[@catherinesheffield8093]

@@KettleBlacktheBat Fascinating! Truly fascinating! Do you think there might be a reason for the emphasis on certain parts over others? It is a family thing? A community thing?

[@suzannahanne]

The professor calling kate and ryan culture-less for not knowing Avatar the last airbender is what i needed before going to bed

[@fricketyfracktraintrack]

Me, lying in bed reading this: mood

[@Juniormint555]

Kate is literally my favorite guest on the show and I think she should be made the permanent 3rd member of puppet history.

[@celticcountrylover]

The professor has finally had the true remote learning experience of utterly losing control of the class.

[@boneenthusiast2052]

the reason ryan never wins is because the professor rewrites history in real time so that all of Ryan's answers are wrong

[@olakowalczewska4946]

SJKFGHJGKDJSGKFSFJKF I AM LIVING FOR THIS INTERPRETATION

[@cringewright]

I love this omg

[@marenq4138]

With the help of a mysterious djinn...

[@holly6067]

100%

[@aubryellaotero1064]

LMFAO

[@anis_n]

17:55 Kate and Ryan are the two class clowns that gets joy out of teasing the professor and humouring the whole class. Gotta love em 😂

[@chillinwiththeblind2235]

This is like the only history class you can comfortably learn and laugh.

[@laurens1931]

I take history for my a-levels and tbh some classes can be like this. It’s like drugs were pumped into the class room 😂😂 but yeah it can be pretty dull sometimes

[@violastrings9247]

You must’ve gotten a bad batch of history teachers, my dude

[@celestialcynic3102]

I present for your consideration: Horrible Histories

[@gothsloth]

Oversimplified has similar and equally hilarious history content here on KZbin if you’ve never heard of him :)

[@kailey108]

kate said "im here for the energy and the vibes" and as someone who regularly rewatches watcher videos bc she cant remember anything i completely understand and relate

[@FranciscoMedinaBravo]

They should do an episode about Mexico’s “Guerra de los pasteles” (Pastry war) with France

[@jungschiffer8423]

I need details, ASAP

[@AbhipshaSahuCoPrezIOFA]

Pastry war?? Okay I second this

[@munchycrunchybread]

…im intrigued

[@ruelagoet_m5891]

PASTRIES YOU SAY?!?

[@bellsthesultana]

Wait til yall hear about the bloodiest civil war in Brazil, the War of Straws lmaoooo

[@wwren]

Kate: you didn't invite me for the first episode of the season? :( professor: you've been here FOUR TIMES

[@melissahanselman5574]

Shanes girlfriend Sarah got the honor of being the 1st guess this season. Cute seeing the chemistry between them, even as a puppet lol

[@missybarbour6885]

Unfortunately, they'd already spent the whole season's lyric budget.

[@janavenue650]

hahaahhhahhahahahhahahahahahahahhaaaahahahahhahaaa

[@hilarygladstone6037]

"Ecotone" blew my mind. I have to agree!

[@kiaravargas444]

I always have to remind myself that Ryan and Kate can’t see any of the pictures describing the lesson and I always wondered how they could learn just based off of hearing words alone cause I could never

[@Lobxx1]

The show is very much scripted (with room for improvisation I'm sure) so I'm sure they have a good idea of what's happening before filming ☺️

[@theprincess3872]

The men of Asante: uh idk if we wanna fight these British people... Yaa Asantewaa: *fine, I'll do it myself*

[@abrown2520]

This actually felt like a class with the students bullying their professor

[@burn1253]

THE QUALITY OF EVERYTHING IS SO GOOD I CANT BELIEVE IM WATCHING THESE FOR FREE

[@piercelnatalie]

Ryan's and Kate's reaction to the song being only "the stool of gold" repeated is so fucking funny to me

[@r.ubymon]

the professor: Hey, real quick, where are the Seychelles? me, being really quick: on the Seyshore :'D

[@soulfire900]

I said the same thing hahaha. Just sounds like "seashell" with a southern american accent lol

[@christianwise637]

Is that where Shey sells them?

[@leighannexgases5322]

Golden 🤣🤣🤣

[@sckanersfofolle]

Plot twist, Ryan has been kidnapped by the professor and can't leave until he wins one of theses puppet history...

[@ohmslewis2932]

“Wait a minute, THIS is the bad place!”

[@Fortuna_majoris]

and the thing is, The Prof is kinda lonely and Ryan is the only company he has so he will never let him win

[@missscarlet9054]

I love how excited Kate is as a guest, the bubbly guests are always so funny when beside Ryan's resigned imprisonment. Lol.

[@ma.angelicanolasco6851]

the Professor just croaks like a frog whenever he's baffled or nervous and I think it's cute af

[@d.c.destiny]

I love how in every song segment the guest is smiling and bopping to the music having a grand old time and Ryan is just sitting there having accepted his fate

[@theredmenace22]

I'm sure he's having Hot Daga flashbacks the entire time.

[@rapivas7896]

"Ryan, im not a liar" "Sounds like what a liar would say" Well, ryan, that sounds like what a liar would say to another liar to cover up their lies

[@co5miccharli356]

Whoever smelt it dealt it. I'm dying

[@cassualtea2040]

I mean both of them being liars is on the table. One being a liar doesnt cancel out the other

[@yemidotcom]

I want the professor to do just a whole season on shitty things the British did and call it “what did they steal next?”

[@tdsims1963]

@@natashaley2691 ❤️ I love the English but damn if it isn't true!

[@ruaoneill9050]

@@natashaley2691 perfect response 😂😂😂

[@annadavis-bawn2279]

With the amount of shitty things we did there would need to be more than a season, more likr a whole spin off show....

[@insomniacspillowfortarmy5776]

@@natashaley2691 This makes me think of James Acaster hilarious stand up bit on the British Museum and the stuff there and being all "finders keepers"!.

[@17sdiamondlife2]

I’m British and I agree with this

[@Tolandiel]

This show makes me feel the way Bill Nye The Science Guy did when I was a kid. The fun + learning something new is an addicting combination. It has a little more adult sass than Bill Nye did, which is just perfect 👌🏼 Great work, thank you for making this. Puppet History is really an amazing series and concept I just love it so much. It stands out from the other history channels for sure.

[@FamilyYTubers]

Right? It’s such a good show! It also gives me nostalgia of Crashbox too

[@hannahp8701]

As a Brit, Americans discussing the empire is hilarious as so many people are taught at school that we did great things when really we were truly awful

[@espressoghoulette]

it makes sense, american students aren't taught very thoroughly about imperialist things the u.s. has done, and in japan i don't think they teach students about their own atrocities at all

[@aindyc9819]

I don’t know about every school but they taught bad things the US did. Examples: The Trail of Tears, Slavery, Japanese and Italian internment camps during WWII, The sketchy story of how Hawaii became a part of the US. Maybe you just had a bad history teacher.

[@binugget]

@@aindyc9819 yea my teachers always made sure we knew the US wasn’t perfect

[@espressoghoulette]

@@jrivxxi2947 Killing Hope and The Jakarta Method are two very good books on some of the things the usa has done

[@jinjoon2148]

Heh😅Indian history books can make you hate yourselves , I don't mean to generalize but as someone who majored in history studying the era of colonization made me cuss like crazy 😅😅😅and because of that I still have this hidden anger towards the British people in general because Britain looted our country shamelessly .

[@laurenneill]

This show constantly proves to me that history covers up amazing women every chance it gets

[@precious1792]

It's funny how British managed to be part of every countries dark past.

[@lavanyaparashar4csn350]

Yes, no wonder in ther country they don't teach about colonization. They must be really ashamed.

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

@@lavanyaparashar4csn350 We currently have a Prime Minister who has said that colonization was a good thing. We are not *nearly* ashamed enough.

[@lavanyaparashar4csn350]

@@PassTheMarmalade1957 I have friends in London they told me most ppl do believe that because they were never taught about reality of colonization. Ah it's just sad.

[@Ali-mv3jc]

@@lavanyaparashar4csn350 it's actually started being integrated into the curriculum at GCSE and A level now! When I left school about 3 years ago we studied this stuff which is a great step!

[@hughjass2745]

@@lavanyaparashar4csn350 ashamed of not civilising more of the world. Especially murica, our work wasn't done.

[@kiloloki]

18:13 The Professor: “What is one thing that their rulers have that he does not?” Me: ...melanin???

[@argyrxs1640]

gold star comment

[@randommindz6782]

PREACH

[@ericaheap]

I WAS THINKING THIS

[@sharezakarg1961]

SAMEEEEEEEE

[@angel-hu3bp]

PLS I LITERALLY THOUGHT THE SAME THING

[@sappystrawberries]

If the horse puppet and his “wife” is for an episode on Catherine the Great i WILL scream

[@deaddumplings5565]

Omg they could never 😂😂

[@kuroinokitsune]

You just blew my mind. I didn't know that in English, the name of our great Empress from "C" and not "E". I also thought that not translating names universal norm. What a discovery, thanks.

[@anaastin3896]

@@kuroinokitsune dude what. It's been done since I don't know when and it works the same way in Russian, like Queen Elisabeth is called Елизавета and so on. Also Catherine (Екатерина) is not even her real name lol so why bother.

[@moulder44]

i came here AFTER watching the finale.... poor horse.... he was too pure.

[@soot4440]

me too

[@lexeedoesstuff]

Me: *waiting for the banger musical number* The Stool: *says the same line over and over* Me: Still f*ckin slaps-😂😂😂

[@macklinillustration]

Do you think he ran out of time to write this one?

[@nayanahedemark5432]

@@macklinillustration i think it was prbly more to do w the fact that the golden stool isnt just some object like they usually tend to do. it's genuinely important to these peoples culture and still is to this day. repeating "a stool of gold" over and over was a good way to be funny without actually disrespecting an important cultural object

[@faureamour]

@@nayanahedemark5432 I had the same thought process. At first I thought about him running out of time, but then I started thinking about how I'd feel if he made a cross sing or something. I think it was smart of them to make this song just a little blasphemous by not having anymore words than the description of the object itself.

[@sarahconnors8909]

every time i think kate can’t get prettier she just POPS O F F like !!!??

[@boobailey4509]

Right? She looks great

[@ashfarah3620]

Nice try there Kate we see your hustle 👀

[@TerribleInThOriginal]

"they abolished domestic slavery" "they started drafting citizens to work on public infrastructure" Britain... my dudes.... i have something fun to tell you.

[@AGD_27]

If you're getting paid it isn't slavery, when you are drafted you are still paid and are free to spend your money how you wish to like when someone is drafted into the military. For all the shitty things the British did and its early involvement in the slave trade to America, Britain were the ones who made the first steps to ending slavery World wide. Imperial Britain or Europe in general doesn't have many happy stories but that is one of them.

[@gmc5618]

@@AGD_27 let's ignore all the slave rebellions I guess.

[@AGD_27]

@@gmc5618 I'm not doing that. I was talking about a world wide focus on the abolition of slavery. The British actioned blockades around the entire coast of Africa and would capture any slave ships they could and free the slaves. Slave rebellions are extremely important parts of history but are often very localised. And like I said I'm not trying to cast the entire British empire and all its actions as heroic just that they played a key part in this particular area of history.

[@CellularShenenigans]

@@AGD_27 Let's not forget that the British abolished slavery just to replace it with a system of Indenture, which included the torture, whipping and shooting of multiple Indian serfs in the sugarcane fields of Fiji Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Indenture had all the "fun" of slavery, but at least they got paid, right?, a sick euphemism if anything. And not only that but Indenture lasted till the 1920s, which has left a sizeable negative effect on current members, especially on Indo-Caribbean and Indo-Fijian communities who are highly marginalised today. So when you say, "if you're getting paid, it isn't slavery", remember how the British Empire gave numbers to the Indian-Indentured labourers, how they were transported in inhumane conditions in which cholera and death followed. Once on land, how they suffered at the hands of the British plantation owners, the same hand they had dealt in the Americas before the abolition of slavery. And in fact, those who signed up for Indenture were coerced and manipulated, even kidnapped from their villages, so no, there are no happy stories in this context.

[@Souledex]

@@CellularShenenigans Well there are, because that happened in India - especially under the East India Company (later problems were absolutely there, but they were typical massive incompetence and not seeing what you don't want to find) and they ended the transatlantic slave trade a completely seperate social institution of with it's own matrix of human suffering and evil. It's whataboutist if anything to compare apples to oranges- just because the empire had an effect in two different places. It looks at the British as a monolith rather than acknowledging the massive political will it took to begin their quest against slavery, and the actions of millions of citizens in the world's most powerful representative government to see it through. You don't have to pretend other evils don't exist, or even that later politicians and businessmen used it as Moral Licensing for later evil (just like literally all neocolonialism), especially when criticizing the effects of their incredibly damaging extractive insititutions or stupid implementations of the evils of capitalism. They perpetrated it on others, but just as much on themselves. Like when tens of thousands of sailors went to entirely preventable deaths because there was no free market incentive to keep them alive, and literally every incentive in the world to let cheap as fuck boats sink. Children in the coal mines. Really not hard. But instead of doing nothing about an evil they felt was wrong they spent an insane amount of money, manpower and great efforts by theirs and even the American navy to ensure the slave trade ended. Not to mention the herculean task of starting that movement in the first place by William Wilberforce, and as well partly by a former slave ship captain no less who famously wrote a poem that became the lyrics to Amazing Grace. Which is someone taking responsibility for their actions and changing the world as a result -- which is a good story that's important to know and share. History is not a zero sum of evil, because almost no Empire is evil - they are an extension of human nature, good and bad and it's reductive and ignorant and if applied to any issue today - really fucking unproductive doomer bullshit - to fail to see the efforts of those who fought for what was right in all eras of history.

[@jenc9532]

I didn’t come here expecting “the British started it” but I’m not really surprised

[@queertyrant7179]

Only four words but “a stool of gold” was still an absolute BANGER

[@katrinaumland6944]

“The only dumb question is the one not asked” “Someone lied to you” Such a true statement. Especially if you’ve taught middle school kids....there are stupid questions FOR DAYS!!!

[@mubmakes6977]

The history was so cool, big respect for everyone who fought against the brits

[@gothsloth]

So pretty much the entire globe 😂

[@TheDiablowolf]

I mean we had two civil wars, so even we had a go against the brits

[@mubmakes6977]

@@gothsloth true

[@mahasenrais1725]

When Professor said “cultureless” after BOTH RYAN AND KATE SAID THEY HAVEN’T WATCH ATLA! I’M WITH YOU PROFESSOR!

[@user-ue2uy4dn8d]

This is by far my favorite story. They never let their stool go! And the fact that they still have it to this day makes me so happy

[@balrogdahomie]

Calling it now: the season finale is gonna be about Catherine the Great Granted, that horse story is complete bs, but the fact that a wife was even brought up makes me think that’s what they’re going for

[@elisevanheerden1970]

Oh dear lord I hope that's not what's going to happen (I'd love to hear about Catherine, but I don't want to think about the horse, even if it is 1000% lies and slander)

[@rachelhansen2417]

It could also be Lady Godiva

[@cosmic7336]

oh please God not Catherine the great and the horse

[@cristianvandenbosse8989]

It could be about Incitatus the horse of Emperor commodus made consul

[@amythetoon6535]

huh?? what horse story

[@paulangelopineda2534]

ryan: "you're talking about the m.night shyamalan film right?" *slowly loads bombs in the fire nation war balloons*

[@jadeyu7197]

add some stink bombs!!!!!!

[@gentlehillracer]

i love puppet history so much because it’s like you’re a grown man & you’re wiling to sit in front of a screen for half an hour as your best friend plays with puppets... perfect