What was It Actually Like to Be a Court Jester in Medieval Times?

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Although you might assume that being made to wear a stupid costume, be mocked, and act like an idiot for the entertainment of fatuous rulers would be a job nobody would want- like the position of Groom of the Stool (a job which initially consisted of directly supplying the necessaries to facilitate a good and clean bowel movement to the King, as well as to monitor said fecal matter and make dietary recommendations based on what you saw there)- the position of court jester was actually an enviable one due to it involving spending so much time with those in power. And as you were often putting them in good humor and otherwise making them happy, it was a position that came with a whole slew of perks. So what was life actually like as a court jester?
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[@kevinjewell233]

Just look at all the natural fools in the White House, sadly none of them have wit, charm, humour, or any other gifts other than far too much hatred and greed

[@Ace42x]

Was it coffee or banana staining the lens of whatever camera filmed the portrait of Lord Minimus at 3:20? I thought someone had done something disgusting to my monitor!

[@prophetkat]

Can i just send you coffee and bananas instead?

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Why ? That's nothing we still got them....The whole of them in in the Democrat Party...Of course one in the Republican ....An you can guess on WHO that might be ???...Never fear u'all got some of them on your side of the Pond to...An one fool to another fool....Thanks you bloody fool...l0l lol.... Happy Halloween fool...Cheer up it could be worse ?.......! From the great state of Kentucky no less...!

[@insanemakaioshin]

Could a Jester be a bodyguard & disguise & eavesdrop on guests to uncover assassination attempts?

[@Whitelightnin76]

Imagine getting to live with royalty because of your quality shitposting

[@aguillot1984]

The original troll , but with benefits!

[@HellaCalifornia]

...and some risk...

[@overlord-6644]

HellaCalifornia but mostly... during early due to eating shit!

[@DOOMZEDAY]

Celebrities today Look at 69, he literally looked like a clown

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

@Dingus Dangles Milo isn't funny though

[@grumpycentaur6799]

Imagine making a joke so good people talk about it hundreds of years later.

[@ewwmorons]

My dream

[@psycho_maniac2343]

Why did the chicken cross the field? To get to the otherside

[@Crakygamez]

@@nowthatsjustducky that key joke was pretty clever back then lmao,that could mindfuck somebody.

[@no-wd9ut]

Your mom did

[@NightmaresGirl]

@@Crakygamez kekeke the best part is the fact that its about your wanger... cuz wangers are funny to this day.

[@depressedweeb1177]

"I choose to die from old age." _Medieval problems require medieval solutions._

[@Amuny666]

First recorded instance of 5Head moment

[@victorroque5667]

Ironically, he'd probably die before he reached 50... Hell, before 40...

[@freddyflower5322]

I'm dead😂😂👍

[@RecountDaFox1]

*Aye*

[@generalpsyduck2624]

You'd make a good jester

[@shaneelhinds9084]

The part where the jester told the king I wanted to die of old age 😭 and the king just banished him 💀 just imagine the king looking at the queen like baby my guy really is funny

[@freemang.f7357]

😭

[@javeydones5163]

I mean in all seriousness, the king was upholding the deal. He asked how the jester wanted to die, the jester answered.

[@gamesgames2389]

Wow smart

[@charntsabre3463]

I want to die from snu snu should have been his answer.

[@danielclark612]

@@javeydones5163 until the King decides to lock him in an isolation cell for 60 years 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Nick.Elliott]

"Good Sire, they are revolting!" "Whom? The peasants?" "Nay, your wife's teeth me Lord!"

[@LoverOfManyArts]

Epic

[@yoshi4721]

Savage

[@npc8253]

Lol

[@jensbasement3862]

LOL AWESOME

[@jeffyp2483]

all 2 of them?

[@TheMuseSway]

So court Jesters basically had to have balls of steel, wit, and good luck.

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

They are now called "politicians".

[@brandonwilliams3777]

@@dialecticalmonist3405 politicians are cowards tho

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

@@brandonwilliams3777 Most of them, yes. I'm only talking about the corrupt and ruthless ones.

[@brandonwilliams3777]

@@dialecticalmonist3405 my point is that they want power. They want influence. They wish to control and rule peoples lives with no risk to their own. They hide in shadow, lying and sneaking Balls of steel is speaking knowing your words could get you killed on the spot. Politicians literally only say what will benefit them, and twist it to seem like it benefits others Jesters kept the court human to a degree. Politicians feed off the humanity of others

[@livefootball2000]

@@dialecticalmonist3405 They’re all corrupt homie 👍 VERY few go into politics because they’re good people and want to help, and even fewer win.

[@AkireraStraberri3]

"How do you want to die?" "Old age" Best answer ever.

[@nowthatsjustducky]

I bet this was the inspiration for Tyrion's answer to a similar question in Game of Thrones.

[@AkireraStraberri3]

nowthatsjustducky Pretty sure I remember him being asked something similar! I hope it was inspired by this!

[@nowthatsjustducky]

@@AkireraStraberri3 Yeah, Tyrion's was a little more specific and included a young woman's mouth around his schlong.

[@AkireraStraberri3]

nowthatsjustducky yeah I know xD

[@leepreston9637]

Of course Tyrion's dialogue was "inspired" by this. GRRM doesn't have an original thought in his head.

[@billtafalla2378]

Licensed Fool. Oh I really like the sound of that

[@nothing2see315]

I've been doing it illegally my whole life

[@diamondsngunns88]

Bill fred 🤣🤣🤣

[@fartsimulator-of9li]

@illegit????????

[@unusualturtle3938]

@illegit haha what?

[@KOTEBANAROT]

license to fuck shit up

[@Cozm1k]

Comedians: Ima insult myself for laughs Jesters: Ima insult my kingdom for death

[@NightTimeDay]

Idk, did you see Bill Burr on SNL? Lmao

[@koben8862]

Thetronrt

[@markusblake7936]

The jester Is better

[@GravDrag00n]

We live in a kingdom

[@reaganmullins2347]

Sebastian G lol

[@reaganmullins2347]

Well done sir

[@reaganmullins2347]

Well done indeed

[@evilpimp2475]

Nice

[@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724]

A United Kingdom plus north ireland. Lol

[@technocore1591]

A Jester unemployed, is nobody's fool.

[@chanceDdog2009]

What foolishness, you say

[@brokentombot]

Except a fool unto thyself. Once a fool, always a fool until otherwise authorized by his majesty.

[@technocore1591]

Just to clarify, not my line. It’s a lyric from a song “The Maladjusted Jester” from the movie “The Court Jester”. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/foKueZl-pr-leqM

[@geoffreybrockmeier3765]

The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

[@kellyjackson7889]

Groan-in

[@petalpockets]

Hot take: Medieval humor is basically internet humor but with fancier language

[@schlorping5156]

More proof that humans have always been humans.

[@gtits1162]

@@schlorping5156 “every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes”

[@yagomizuma2275]

Have thine heard of þe legend of diss

[@lurkio804]

Apparently the graffiti at Pompeii is the same as what you'll find in a public toilet

[@xnmvxnmv]

True

[@shesaknitter]

I have a cartoon with two court jesters hanging in chains in the castle dungeon. The one says to the other: "Everything was going great until I mentioned the queen's mustache."

[@closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250]

farside?

[@PhilTheViolinist]

Also would accept "First time?"

[@DD-po2hh]

I need this

[@markpowell7071]

Ok , Gotta be The Far Side ! I bought my sister and brother in law two hard back volumes of every Far Side ever made $120.00 , 15 years ago at a big box store !

[@closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250]

@@markpowell7071 yeah it seems like a Far Side to me... It feels like something one would see in the New Yorker.

[@Golden_Flute]

Lady: "I don't like the fool sitting on my right side." Fool: *switches sides* "I don't mind at all." Brutally fantastic. Lol!

[@johnbockelie3899]

" YES SIRE, I AM A FOOL !! and. I have a LICENSE.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Licensed fools exist today, ask the police.

[@violetopal6264]

@@johnbockelie3899 LOL

[@STAROMEGA54]

@@johnbockelie3899 ladarona

[@zombiehalo9588]

Clowns to the left of me jokers to the right here I am stuck in the middle with you

[@netherlillyarts1642]

Being a jester only to become the kings most trusted advisor and throwing milk in someone's face and not being yelled at for it seems like a dream job hahaha

[@pinkpusheenpaws]

being a sugar baby that cant be arrested and all i have to do is be funny sounds like a dream to me too

[@Fisinocean]

@@pinkpusheenpaws holy shit.

[@Matttechreviews2000]

@King of The Zinger well you're not funny then

[@dr.ligmahnutts2993]

@@pinkpusheenpaws this reply smells like salmon

[@BradyIsAfagInHeat]

a jester is just a modern day HR manager.

[@caseyhullfish1345]

oh, to be a court jester in medieval times, getting paid to act like a fool instead of getting kicked out of wendy's

[@daywalker3735]

Wendy's doesn't deserve you!

[@djjackson-pickett7558]

😂

[@comyak1907]

my brother, ive found you

[@OrangeSan]

@@comyak1907 well...

[@tysenp8193]

Honestly if i was the ruler of a country i’d totally pay a shit ton of money to have eric andre by my side 24/7

[@gordyjorgenson8623]

Hes the perfect fool

[@blakeunderwood1075]

Reasonable!

[@lilzachytwotimeabihh]

Eric Andre makes Lele Pons look like Dave Chappell

[@DramA525]

Sinbad is funny too

[@asAbsolute]

Time to deliver a pizza ball

[@HandlingYou]

“At least the pay is good” “Well if I tell a bad joke they take a huge cut.” “Out of your paycheck?” “No, out of my neck”

[@jeffdavis6657]

So they would deliver messages. Would that be where "Fool's Errand" came from?

[@WaltonGFilm]

This deserves more attention ^^^^

[@SangTheCryptek]

Seems likely, especially if they were tasked with delivering messages to an enemy camp, which were likely messages of parley. When that parley gets rejected, it becomes a "fool's errand" both literally, and figuratively.

[@devinm9245]

@@WaltonGFilm agreed

[@Gunplabro]

Yes actually.

[@jaysalisbury193]

Jeff Davis good shout!

[@HansLemurson]

That reminds me of a story I heard where a comedian was famed for being able to make a joke on any subject, and was brought before a cruel king was told to make a joke about the King. He passed the test by declaring that "the King is not a subject".

[@andrewlacey-hatton1068]

I've heard the same story about Oscar Wilde about Queen Victoria.

[@parkerlawson3484]

Nice

[@largelarry2126]

This same thing happened to me at work. They drug me to the office and and ask me (is this your boss?) I proclaimed NO i'm a pipefitter dam it, not a dam personnel director!

[@HansLemurson]

@@largelarry2126 I think I might need this joke explained to me.

[@LoveLife-ho3rg]

HansLemurson me too lol

[@WhatsYourGhostStory]

I could easily see a "Game of Thrones" or "The Great" style series, focused entirely on the fools/jesters. It'd be a blast to watch or write for and a dream acting role for whomever got the main roles.

[@jaimelannister1797]

This video made me want to include a fool in the fantasy series I’m planning. Perhaps someone who appears to simply be a fool but actually has his own political motivations

[@aiodensghost8645]

@@jaimelannister1797 or turns out to be an evil mastermind that starts the war to begin with and then uses quick, witty humor to manipulate the enemy. I'd read that

[@jaimelannister1797]

@@aiodensghost8645 yeah something like that. Though I wouldn’t want to do a straight up villain for this role. Someone in the grey, maybe a ends justify the means type character. Don’t know if I’ll go through with this idea though. Have to see how and if it fits

[@FiSH-iSH]

@@jaimelannister1797 ooo whats the series :O

[@jaimelannister1797]

@@FiSH-iSH nothing yet. Just an epic fantasy series I’m thinking of writing. I’m still in the worldbuilding stage though

[@Burn_Angel]

Man, even after all these centuries, these guys are still hilarious.

[@DaBiggestGobbo]

ikr

[@olaw9498]

Really cool actually

[@NoxLegend1]

I dont think that time makes you more funny

[@megatrollificus]

@@NoxLegend1 People who miss jokes usually do it right away. RIght, DG?

[@WeedSmoker69]

@@NoxLegend1 someone can potentially hack their way to be 'more funny' if given enough time and motivation. just look at Chris Rock

[@JugglerLou]

Jester: “I can make a joke about any subject!” Guests: “The King! Make one about the King!” Jester: “Ah no, for the King is NOT a Subject!”

[@michelveilleux1275]

Smart wit

[@GoldKitsuneBrony]

Fool: I choose to die of old age. King: ...I'll allow it.

[@RecountDaFox1]

King: This is.... Acceptable...

[@Skitz6969]

Fool: you may have outsmarted my outsmarting but I was able to outsmart your outsmarting!

[@yvonaamariaa]

Right now, as I type this, the number #666 is how many likes this has!! OMG WTF do I do??? Oh wow man, this is really spooky, right? All I ask is...WTF do I do???

[@RoseOnFire]

@@yvonaamariaa you recognize that it's just a number and doesn't inherently have any meaning

[@yvonaamariaa]

@@RoseOnFire DUH!

[@MasterMalrubius]

"My Lord, it brightens my day to see you smile. For this I'd walk many a mile. The news I tell my Lord will split his side, but Epstein did not suicide."

[@ethanvoelker2158]

Lmao

[@manufacturedfracture]

Good fool oh for i know thë this be true i killed him and now you

[@DC66DC]

You stole this from the Latin phrase "Epstenium Suicidenotus"

[@Mrbrainiac]

Thanks for the reminder , I almost forgot

[@joeyjaime3746]

I protecc against suicide

[@Wilson_From_Castaway]

"To leap, whistle, and fart. This was a time before the internet" Obviously Simon hasn't spent a lot of time on the internet

[@lonewolf5238]

I think he meant to say that this was a time before KZbin, but perhaps deflected as not being tactful.

[@katieserra6492]

I actually think this sounds quite entertaining internet or not. 😂

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

I think Simon meant that leap-whistle-farting was the mediaeval equivalent of deep fried memes and similarly vacuous humour.

[@syriuszb8611]

Using the painting of Stańczyk as thumbnail and not mentioning him as reason why jesters were important is so wrong. Not saying what that painting means is insane! Stańczyk is one of Polish national heroes. Long story short, on painting that parts are used here- he, a jester is worried about future of country when aristocrats are partying in next room. He should be the first to party, not last. A fool smarter than people ruling the country.

[@seyerus]

Syriusz B No one fucking cares. 8 months and no replies till now.

[@ChazoAnwah]

@@seyerus though people tipped their hats and hmm in agreement. Comments is just one kind of option of showing interest and liking is another option. Thank you have a good day sire

[@seyerus]

@@ChazoAnwah Bwahahahaha...what?

[@paraguaymike5159]

@Syriusz B. I think the painting is by Matejko. Stanczyk after the fall of Smolensk. Your comment is spot on.

[@syriuszb8611]

@@paraguaymike5159 Thank you :-)

[@wyndhamcoffman8961]

"Lisa, thy fair yet wicked maden; thou haft procedeth to draw and quarter my heart!" "You're tearing me apart, lisa!"

[@mantequilla404]

Oh, good morrow, Mark!

[@mrclueuin]

😄😄😄😄

[@dominickhan3789]

Verily I say unto thee, twas indeed falsehood, the steaming dung of cattle, for I didst not striketh h'r..........I didst not

[@lewisirwin5363]

"Cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck, thou hast the faint heart of a common fowl!"

[@09lego]

This is art

[@lektik2941]

"Alright, I'm going to need you to come back once a year and fart in my house."

[@realwhatbrains]

Jester: *kicks door in* Royal guests: *stares intently* Jester: *rips ass* Royal guests: *erupts into laughter and applause* Jester to himself: “What a bunch of weirdos..”

[@gvs6462]

@Vape kat Fitting username.

[@dellyanneee]

@Vape kat where do I sign ?📝

[@DaniHMcV]

My brother-in-law. 🤢

[@kioku119]

when you put it like that...

[@Nikedemos]

"(...) Leap, whistle and fart" entertainment has not changed much since then

[@r.awilliams9815]

Blazing Saddles comes to mind.

[@danr.1299]

R.A Williams that movie is a classic I thought it was going to be stupid but I’m glad my friend talked me into watching it.

[@mrclueuin]

LOL

[@scottmantooth8785]

dueling flatulence contests must have been a risky and quite smelly events...for those who participated and for those present and sober enough to remember them taking place...although it is fair to say the consumption of alcohol was an intrical component to such events...

[@DniAngel3982]

I laughed just thinking about it.

[@wilsoncrocker]

first prank ever "looketh there!" "looketh where?" (turns around to look) "ha! thus endeth the prank..." - from some old commercial

[@jenniferphilpott8909]

It was a geico commercial lol

[@wysper6512]

Wilson il Perso I remember that.

[@wilsoncrocker]

@Gustavos Revenge *look here. look. listen.

[@iancain7844]

No, it’s the oldest trick in the book. And at the end, the other man says “ ha, made you looketh”

[@nowthatsjustducky]

I bet the first prank ever was either Mr. Ug of the Mountains Dutch ovening Mrs. Ug in bed, or having Mr. Ook from the cave next door pull his finger or something like that.

[@hank2188]

Now I’m imagining people hundreds of years in the future talking about how it was like to be a youtuber

[@zangbang9886]

It will probably happen in some way. Time is relative and we're all gonna die. Thinking about this shit is trippy.

[@NurseAmamiya]

@@zangbang9886 yeah. We'd all probably be dead by then when that happens. Let's give it a century or two, people in the future generation will do a topic of being a youtuber.

[@csis473]

@@NurseAmamiya what if this comment gets Dug up some day?

[@NurseAmamiya]

@@csis473 I wouldn't really know what people would think when they do find any of these comments, but not that it's my business to know. It's entirely up to people and their thoughts that reads any of these comments on this thread.

[@csis473]

​@@NurseAmamiya it would be pretty cool tho especially cuz we're kinda breaking the 4th wall (im looking at you david)

[@Cathrope1]

I couldn't help but smile at the Jester facing death tells the King that he would like to die of old age, and the King goes along with it and just has the Jester leave the Kingdom.

[@hugovasquez8222]

"I choose to die from old age" That guy was a genius👏

[@aunusuallylargecat1779]

@@FiryaFYI lol

[@mybuickskill6979]

Precisely my figuring as well... I must read about that fella lol

[@bennu547]

No. Just a smart ass 😸

[@jayamilapersson4030]

Well he had nothing to lose by saying that he was supposed to be killed, being brave enough to say that would either help him or get him killed anyway. It helped him in the end.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@bennu547 saved his fucking life didn't it? So not just a smart ass.

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

“I don’t mind at all.” Savage.

[@kalanaherath3076]

_"Marthurine hath the sickest burns"_ -Henry IV-

[@a.m.7438]

I yelled at my closet and made my clothes cry.

[@Alex-lc2tw]

Look no further than joker

[@lunaselena4270]

Like in shakespeare?

[@gorkskoal9315]

Court Jester (1970?) comedy, art of comedy(fucking old and dry book)

[@YAH2121]

Just watch Joker lol

[@honestjohn3881]

Do you need a movie? If you're that interested you might really enjoy a novel called "Mimis." It is fiction though.

[@Ryujinn999]

“I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realize it’s a comedy”

[@basicallycaleb]

"I used to think my life was a cringe compilation, but now I realize it's a try not to laugh challenge"

[@Blockinstaller12]

So, whenever soemone calls me a fool, I'll insist "licensed fool, if you please".

[@katherinetutschek4757]

I'd say "Naturally!"😎😉

[@DrDolan2000]

Ironically, that's a smart move

[@BoleDaPole]

Basically modern day comedians.

[@Canonicallycreative]

I love how many of these jokes actually still hold up XD

[@FiSH-iSH]

humor is timeless. usually.

[@sdgsdfffrrsxg4649]

@@FiSH-iSH ur mom is timeless

[@soulreaverable]

Probably because all the jokes that didn’t were forgotten to time.

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

Our misery is universal, and humors follows such.

[@AckSnus]

@@sdgsdfffrrsxg4649 That only sounds like a compliment, your mommy aint timeless.

[@_Pyroon_]

This seems like a job that entails people who could kill you saying "be funny" on command.

[@FiSH-iSH]

imagine being paid to be funny true luxury (if the king has a modern sense of humor)

[@DolphinPain]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp2oe5WpZZeqd68

[@catbatrat1760]

@@DolphinPain I'm hesitant to click on this link. Is it a virus? (Asking because I figure a spam bot made to spread viruses most likely won't be able to reply)

[@hange6775]

@@catbatrat1760 just don't click any links

[@alternativepersona]

I need that pressure

[@KaiTenSatsuma]

9:40 "Everyone who still has a Navy Please Stand up" "No, not you sire" :jangles:

[@freshrot420]

Laffff! Perfect!

[@nicholaspietrzak9992]

Lmao that’s how I thought about doing that.

[@mcclx4183]

Make $3500 a week being a Jester from home.

[@benjaminmarks8765]

And I suppose there's online training prior?

[@rhubarbjin]

Benjamin Marks: go check on the Great Courses Plus!

[@ethanvoelker2158]

ElleExxe Foursixty this a bot account?

[@hunterotte4085]

"Hello its me, Markiplier!" (its a joke, I actually like Mark. Just couldn't help myself.)

[@hrfoote]

Deal

[@NarwahlGaming]

"I just flew in from Hampshire and, boy, are my arms tired." "HE'S A WITCH!!"

[@universaldad2884]

Lol

[@hazonku]

Honestly, when the jokes are so damn good they're still funny hundreds of years later it's easy to see why some of these folks were not forgotten to history.

[@rivkajoan8168]

“Leap, whistle and fart, and if you think that’s weak entertainment please remember this was a time before the internet” Well that the hell do you think I use the internet for?

[@Wildjesta]

Learning how to leap, whistle and fart?

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Cmon that's great entertainment! And I have the Internet..

[@Ricocossa1]

They sure knew how to entertain themselves in medieval times 😅

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

Yeah. Seems somebody just isn't into Brazilian fart pom.

[@snarfymcsnarfface2323]

likes are nice

[@TheSynthiate]

Aaand that's it. I'm putting a jester into my latest D&D campaign. Done. E: Update. He's in my game, his name is Biggus Dickus, and he lives double life as an eunuch poisoner and spy called Killian. Love his character honestly.

[@recordingcontrol1776]

This is exactly why I came to this video.

[@achillessolomona1998]

I was thinking this exactly while watching this video

[@jessbertrand7133]

YES

[@aquatarkus2022]

He has a wife you know...

[@wallopstop3873]

@@aquatarkus2022 you know what she's called?!

[@colebizwell5407]

1600s: I need the fool 1980s: *I pity the fool*

[@emmitstewart1921]

Actually, I pity the fool comes from the eighties. It was one of the famous sayings of B. A. Baracus Played by Mr. T on the A Team.

[@martinkuliza]

1986: Nobody's Fool - Cinderella kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3Syo6eAgragjNU&app=desktop

[@martinkuliza]

@@emmitstewart1921 umm yes.. tha'ts what he said 1980s i pity the fool

[@ShyDigi]

Martin Kuliza sir, it is edited

[@dx1450]

@@emmitstewart1921 Actually, Mr. T never said "I pity the fool" on the A-Team TV show. That was a line from Rocky III.

[@Tiago-zg7vl]

The Poem at 6:38 reads like an Eminem song: "This bit Harry I give to thee, And this next bit must serve for me... 'Cause we need a little controversy, 'Cause it feels so empty without me"

[@makeit.primetime99]

Yeah back when he was recognized, now its just a bunch of humamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamdudududududlalalala

[@Vonwafenburg]

Fool’s spaghetti

[@ShootAUT]

"... leap, whistle and fart." The moment you realize your skillset doesn't cover on-demand farts.

[@Wildjesta]

Just eat bean burritos

[@goretoriumgaming8600]

Mine does lol

[@Games_and_Music]

@The Strawberry Pimp I once possessed the art of the fart festival, but i swore never to perform again.

[@akilahposh]

The Strawberry Pimp okay, what the actual fuck. Is this actually a thing?🤣😂

[@Thumbsupurbum]

@@akilahposh For some people yea, just google "Le Pétomane" and be amazed.

[@wagstag89]

30 acres of land just to show up once a year and fart. Always knew I was born in the wrong century

[@spooky6703]

Hell, for 30 acres I'll turn up and shit my pants.

[@beaslesop9368]

Hmm... You're forgetting the first two parts, whistling and leaping. The former would've been musically, not like calling a dog, and the latter would have been like more like a modern gymnastics floor routine. Farting was the easy part.

[@davidcox6948]

"I wish to die of old age." *Dies at 56*

[@F0X_H0UND]

Not bad for the middle ages!

[@isuckatnamingthings5499]

I mean, that's pretty good for back then🤣

[@jeremiahnoar7504]

Medieval times: request denied

[@jerryvelasco1474]

Average life expectancy during most of the Middle ages was 33. It wasn't until the 19th century that it slowly climbed to around 50-55 of age.

[@shaunsteele8244]

@@jerryvelasco1474 lol that's not true, if you managed to survive childhood and were relatively healthy you could expect to live well into your 60s or 70s just like today. Providing there were no plague outbreaks or raids on your village

[@tobequitefranco]

So...basically a fancy pet. Also, I present to you: modern theater kids.

[@favray]

True nothings more foolish than a theater kid

[@clickpause8732]

@@favray In this case foolish would be rather complimentary, considering the subject material of this video.

[@Antigen__]

Except they're not funny anymore

[@gtits1162]

@@clickpause8732 I don’t get what he meant by fool😂 like as in dumb or just weird?

[@racoonn7359]

@@Antigen__ "Jane Seymour, the only one he ever loved..." Rude

[@nickkk420]

I remember a story about a king wondering how he could test the trust of his knights, His jester suggested giving them boxes with butterflies and telling them do deliver it to another city, tell them to not open the box no matter what, and simply put a bird in the box, any knight that leaks in the box will surely lose the bird

[@FiSH-iSH]

what i learned: RICKY THE CRIPPLE IS JUST A MODERN JESTER

[@aiden-sy3ex]

The internet's jester. Ever subscriber a lord and baroness

[@Kai1665]

I’m cripple riiiiiiick!

[@reny8970]

A natural fool

[@NightTimeDay]

The fool of the people

[@Severalangrybees]

I have to imagine that "leap, whistle and fart" was all in one grand gesture. He whistles as he leaps, pitch rising until he reaches the height of his jump at which point he rips a fart louder than you or I ever could. The court is in stitches by the time his feet hit the ground and he walks on that, not to return until next years whistling leapfart

[@unsubme2157]

Glorious

[@draketungsten74]

"whistling leapfart" 🤣

[@overlorddante]

Or he rips the fart upon landing. An impressive lead, a beautiful whistle as he flies through the air then *pffft*

[@danthiel8623]

Hehe I'm laughing at the image of that

[@joshlewis575]

@@draketungsten74 this label killed me😂😂 I need to see this now

[@agnesstrzykowska4300]

One of the paintings used in the background of the video was a portrait of polish jester Stańczyk, who served 3 polish kings. Stańczyk was well known not only on the kings' courts but he was also a sort of a public figure: he was portrayed by famous painters several times and his persona was used as a symbol of national consciousness in a famous (...at least in Poland) play "Wesele".

[@MyPrideFlag]

nobody cares :(

[@kittenthecat_]

@@MyPrideFlag Correction, you don’t care. Don’t comment if you’re going to be rude.

[@toobig7150]

@@MyPrideFlag must be hard to be named nobody.

[@MyPrideFlag]

@@kittenthecat_ why do you think I gave :( I'm sad that he used Stańczyk as a clickbait and didn't mention him.

[@WastePlace]

@@MyPrideFlag your comment made it seem like you were saying nobody cares about the dudes comment. Bit of a misunderstanding there

[@georgeg3716]

‘Licensed Fool’. Just funny for some reason.

[@carlunaden]

7:58 '...as wise at thirty as on the day he was born;" DAYUM i felt that burn through time.

[@zlcoolboy]

That writer may have been a bit salty

[@colinp2238]

Gadzooks I did not know that Americans had been invented back then?

[@Featherogue]

for real i was like damn they went all the way in on this dude huh

[@daddyleon]

also, wth is a "flat long belly".

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@colinp2238 And yet so many of the things our modern world has was invented in "backwards" America.

[@EX-db5tq]

Ever wondered if queen Elizabeth has a jester? She does, it's the houses of Parliament.

[@freshrot420]

Hahahahaha

[@cheriefrench6956]

Charles does a good job, just not much humour in him!

[@mondaymurder23]

Lol

[@thewanderer2997]

I read a book a few years ago called “The Jester” by James Patterson and it was a really good read. I would definitely suggest giving it a look, it’s very different from What Patterson usually writes, but it was co-written so that’s probably why..

[@unlimitedrabbit]

The name Samuel "Maggoty" Johnson has such a Pythonesque ring to it.

[@FailingStreetBridge]

We should all be so lucky as to burn someone so badly that hundreds of years later, it makes someone almost spit out whiskey upon hearing the story as I did.

[@three7446]

TheBudoGeek which one was that

[@calebstevens7487]

“Tell me the bad news, in a good way”

[@darkest_eclipse8271]

3:25 who else started scratching their screen to remove the dirty parts while the picture slides down?

[@BestKCL]

It was definitely suspicious looking

[@troyramadin5772]

No offense I love you, but sometimes I mistake you for the Vsauce guy

[@unknownpondering9765]

Binging with babish also. Cooking channel

[@dougrogan379]

That's racist

[@abelalfaro4115]

Michael Here?

[@aassyyssaa]

The trinity of KZbin

[@QTpatootie95]

Michael here

[@goldengibson1958]

12:17 “I Don’t mind at all” 😂🤣😂 I’m hearing it for the first time, and to think of the context and the risk she took, it still hits!

[@sleenspeen]

I felt so busted when you said maybe you're not watching the screen now

[@jeremymizer8958]

I listen to him all day, I hardly ever look at the screen lol

[@tomkenney5365]

Apparently I was a little focused on the other thing I was doing, because I didn't even hear that.

[@golddie8]

I was vacuuming my floors 😂, got me.

[@LloxieFox]

I had literally just clicked away to another tab for a moment when he said it. The timing was eerie. @_@

[@LobbsterSockrates]

Oh so a person can be a natural fool in medieval times and be revered by society but when I do it I'm "disturbing the peace" and "banned from Wendy's" 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@ashwinsinghrautela7457]

Sir this is wendy's

[@chairde]

Comedy demands high intelligence. Even today comics are the ones, who with clever comments, are the critics of politicians.

[@user-hi2nd]

@Matthew Morycinski because they're too busy taking their life seriously The jester laughs at his seriousness

[@TwitchyTopHat1]

and then you have hacks like Jimmy Kimmel

[@austinshoupe3003]

Comedy by no requires high intelligence. Look at Dane Cook. Cleverness is not intelligence.

[@chairde]

Austin Shoupe , You’re trying to say something but that sentence doesn’t make sense.

[@chairde]

TwitchyTopHat , Why do you dislike him? Is it his politics? He makes others laugh.

[@dloren6183]

“You’re a fool!!!” “Why thank you!”

[@xxGhostXIIIxx]

"18 century vertion of the room" Thou has torn me apart thy fair lady lisa"

[@rezkel7404]

Note to self. When whisked back in time pretend to be a fool

[@JT5555]

In The Brightest,Most Stand-Outy Jester's Outfit You Can Find: That Way You Get Noticed Much Easier And Have A Lag Up On The Other Would-Be Fools.>;3

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

Note to self ....... yes

[@RellshouldBsleep]

"You think the fool is your allyyyy. But you merely adopted the fooool...I was born in it...molded by it"

[@gromitpesley]

Rezkel “pretend” keep telling yourself that bud

[@kaddy8947]

brah u literally step around land mines every day, 1 wrong word ur head is cut off, u need to be very creative and funny to survive, and if u go back in time with that pressure ur fucked.

[@docdirtymrclean3610]

Id' wager it was a better than average existence. Just make meme's all day for King and Queen.

[@kenm4390]

Ok but have you ever had someone ask you to be funny on command

[@enobekuJ]

And if you're not you're practically dead?

[@Cairo40000]

Yeah but if one joke bombs you'll get tortured and probably get beheaded

[@christelheadington1136]

They often were not paid wages. Just as well, a fool and his money, are soon parted.

[@mcgriddle552]

Nice.

[@kennethflores93]

That’s in the book of proverbs

[@lolarodriquez560]

WHILST JUMPIN IN THE AIR WHISTLING AN FARTIN🤣🤣🤣🤣😉

[@Missab4000]

Eeeevil Woman 🎶

[@FiSH-iSH]

**leaps away whilst whistling and farting**

[@alanhorowitz3796]

The term used in French for the chess piece we in English call the bishop is, in fact, the fool (aka court jester) as his he is initially placed next to the king.

[@freshrot420]

Wow, that's pretty neat! Screw bishops, lets bring back jesters!

[@alanhorowitz3796]

@Zombies Won't Eat Joe Biden's Brain That's very deep.

[@cactusrose55]

I have to say it is amazing how quickly and smoothly you can tell these stories without fumbling. It’s as entertaining as watching a video! I think I would end up tongue-tied!

[@DarkElfDiva]

Roses are red All dogs go to heaven The video starts At 1:37

[@davidpaul8140]

😂😂😂😂

[@mangazo15]

Didn't mind sponsor though. Might give it a shot

[@legendarytat8278]

Thank you, jester.

[@willberman1562]

Thank you saint

[@ewwmorons]

You're a h e r o

[@evilroy2055]

The difference between the US and Europe? The US think 100 years is a long time, Europeans think 100 miles (160 KM) is a long ways.

[@stephanknows4280]

That’s good

[@katherinetutschek4757]

Haha so true

[@wpyoga]

@@redd5669 Update your fitness tracker lol

[@nateb4543]

No one thinks that. As soon as he said "but America has been around a long time" I immediately said, "it's one of the youngest"

[@jonnnnniej]

@@nateb4543 America isn't young, the USA is. Big difference

[@aiishataal]

lmfao no pls they told him to choose how he wanted to die and he said “old age” what a G my god😭💀

[@HayesForSheriff]

I thought to myself, “I wonder if Court Jesters were like how they’re depicted in movies? I bet Simon Whistler made a video about it...” And here we are!

[@duganrocks100]

This dude is a grinder

[@Peluceus]

"They're cowards! They have no backbone! They are less of a man for lacking courage!" "why do you say such things" "because they didn't die with dignity like our men did" I too died XD

[@nstovah8314]

“How do you want to die?” “Snoo Snoo.”

[@iregretdyeingmyeyebrows5645]

Medieval humor: Uh oh stinky poo funny Modern humor: The exact same thing in irony

[@Doktor_Jones]

Google "oldest joke in the world"

[@scottmantooth8785]

elderberries and hamsters hiding in the shrubbery without question

[@wellesradio]

Also getting kicked in the balls. That goes waaaaaay back in ancient history.

[@jonbowman7686]

"in irony"? what does that mean?

[@illosovic]

@Drake ICN tell me a mathematical fallacy joke

[@vilena5308]

"I don't like having a fool on my right side." Quickly moving to the woman's other side, Mathurine said, "I don't mind it at all."

[@michaelbuckers]

Everyone in the courtroom: *oooooooooooohhh!*

[@niemanickurwa]

"Burn"

[@devinboysen6814]

What a fucking legend 😭😭🤘🤘

[@JT5555]

And Thus,She Was Crowned The Queen Of Sickest Burns.

[@MisterCynic18]

Absolute. DEVASTATION. No mortal could survive such brutality.

[@vcrsalesman2606]

Simon: What did Court Jester’s do? Jester: YOUR MOM!

[@nowthatsjustducky]

Just remember that the pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle. While the chalice form the palace holds the brew that is true.

[@BrienAhern]

nowthatsjustducky I get that reference. You can’t out fox the fox 🦊

[@wolfgang6442]

The whole jester role and how he explains it is very funny, intriguing, and informative as well

[@Ziggerath]

Sounds like the kings had an early evolution of the modern day KZbinr at their side.

[@omegaman9575]

"Maybe you're not even looking at the screen as I'm talking to you right now.." HOW DOES HE KNOW!...

[@gustavselin1197]

He must be spying on us! I was in the bathroom just then xD

[@stopandlisten6070]

Jumping through hoops to please my managers and to meet their deadlines makes me feel exactly like I'm a court jester in medieval times.

[@crusnikrage2337]

" we have to remember this was a time before the internet." what, like with the internet we're so much more dignified? pffft!!!

[@ItWasntMeHM]

Now you just need to leap and whistle.

[@FiSH-iSH]

@@ItWasntMeHM THIS

[@nomadicskies588]

Dang, so you’re telling me my attorney won’t wear a jester shirt when going to court?

[@leoneljaramillo6710]

I love that videos like this exist on KZbin. In what other time could you have a random thought about a subject from the past, then search and find a 15 min. mini, well researched and detailed documentary about it. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel so grateful to live in this era, and grateful for content creators, like those in charge of this channel. ❤️

[@hughbrackett343]

Verily I say to thee, I receiveth no respect.

[@scunts]

Rodneyth Danger of Field

[@colinp2238]

Thou art a buffoon, begone!

[@FirstnameLastname-bh9qs]

If it pleaseth thee, take mine spouse.

[@MasterMalrubius]

"Dost thou maintain portraits of thine wife unclothed?" "Nae fool, I doth not!". "Would thou covet some?"

[@FOXYPOT]

This thread is hilarious 😂

[@pushinkeys]

I spit my coffee on that “leap, whistle and fart..” stipulation 😂

[@Acein3055]

Interesting topic. Clever pun: If given a choice of death, I'll choose old age.

[@Darkxellmc]

Death from the universe collapsing.

[@19MAD95]

Stańczyk is the sad jester. Needs a shoutout for sure

[@RobertsAdra]

I agree. I can't believe they used painting of him but never bothered to research who he was.

[@danieloceansmith3156]

The king: Choose your death.. The fool: ……OLD AGE!!! The king: Very well… wait…

[@krzysztofdabrowski9399]

I am somewhat bummed that you used the portrait of Stańczyk like three times but never mentioned him....

[@katherinetutschek4757]

Who was he?

[@krzysztofdabrowski9399]

@@katherinetutschek4757 he was a court jester to four consecutive polish kings in the XVIth century, famous for his sharp, relentless wit he was not afraid to use on his monarchs. His jokes were mostly commentary to political decisions which he used to pass palatable advice to the king - think something like medieval Stephen Colbert or John Olivier. Incredibly intelligent and well versed in politics, some believe him to be the grey eminence behind polish golden age. He passed into European culture as a placeholder for depressed intellectual hiding behind a comedic facade. That's why he is usually depicted in a ridiculous jester outfit but in a scholar setup and with an exhausted and concerned expression.

[@katherinetutschek4757]

@@krzysztofdabrowski9399 Cool, thanks☺👍

[@Overlordien]

@@krzysztofdabrowski9399 So.. if Dave Chappelle was a Jester?

[@krzysztofdabrowski9399]

@@Overlordien I'm not that familiar with Chappelle so I can't say.