1 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:12,378 - It's the biggest land-run ever. 2 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:15,681 Kentucky Daisey's like, Sha-doink, this is my land. 3 00:00:15,683 --> 00:00:18,317 Wine is a very...it--high [bleep] up quotient. 4 00:00:18,319 --> 00:00:22,321 - Gordo is like, I'm entering Earth's atmosphere. 5 00:00:22,323 --> 00:00:26,191 [mimics shuttle] [bleep] bravo to me! 6 00:00:26,193 --> 00:00:26,792 - Wait. 7 00:00:26,794 --> 00:00:31,096 - Bass Reeves arrested 3,000 men in the line of duty. 8 00:00:31,098 --> 00:00:33,265 And he's like... pew, pew, pew. 9 00:00:33,267 --> 00:00:35,434 - [laughing] - I love you. 10 00:00:35,436 --> 00:00:37,136 I'ma kiss you on your lips. 11 00:00:37,138 --> 00:00:40,339 [patriotic music] 12 00:00:40,341 --> 00:00:48,614 ♪ ♪ 13 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:51,683 - I grew up in the middle of bum[bleep] Oklahoma, 14 00:00:51,685 --> 00:00:52,518 out in the Panhandle. 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:53,652 We have this great history-- you know, 16 00:00:53,654 --> 00:00:55,587 the Dust Bowl, and everything really sucked. 17 00:00:55,589 --> 00:00:57,723 And they were like, we're gonna come through this. 18 00:00:57,725 --> 00:00:59,258 Oklahoma, like, we rose to the challenge. 19 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:02,361 - We're the melting pot of the United States. 20 00:01:02,363 --> 00:01:04,630 - We are the armpit of the United States. 21 00:01:04,632 --> 00:01:07,099 - Or the armpit. Melting pot...armpit... 22 00:01:07,101 --> 00:01:10,769 - What we really are, is Texas' weird hat. 23 00:01:10,771 --> 00:01:12,304 - Right. - I've heard we're Kansas 24 00:01:12,306 --> 00:01:12,905 with a boner. 25 00:01:12,907 --> 00:01:13,739 - [laughs] - True. 26 00:01:13,741 --> 00:01:15,808 - Do you like white wine? - Yeah-- 27 00:01:15,810 --> 00:01:16,675 - You do? - I do. 28 00:01:16,677 --> 00:01:18,377 - Wow, you don't know any guys that like it. 29 00:01:18,379 --> 00:01:19,244 Cheers. - Kentucky Daisey. 30 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:20,646 - Kentucky Daisey. 31 00:01:20,648 --> 00:01:22,214 - All the way. - [giggles] 32 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:26,185 - Are you shooting it? 33 00:01:26,187 --> 00:01:27,653 You seem experienced, fella. 34 00:01:27,655 --> 00:01:29,455 You were, like--had been a bridesmaid 35 00:01:29,457 --> 00:01:30,255 at one point in your life. 36 00:01:30,257 --> 00:01:32,458 - And you had shot some wine. - Maybe. 37 00:01:32,460 --> 00:01:35,194 - Hello, today we're gonna talk about Kentucky Daisey 38 00:01:35,196 --> 00:01:37,196 and the great Oklahoma land-run. 39 00:01:37,198 --> 00:01:39,231 [laughs] 40 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:40,265 - [chuckles] 41 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:43,202 - Oh no, I can't. 42 00:01:43,204 --> 00:01:45,404 - You're fine. 43 00:01:45,406 --> 00:01:47,372 - So, late 1870s, 44 00:01:47,374 --> 00:01:49,141 Kentucky Daisey is a journalist, 45 00:01:49,143 --> 00:01:53,745 writing all--just the fluff, garbage, women pieces. 46 00:01:53,747 --> 00:01:55,514 They're like, Here's an assignment, 47 00:01:55,516 --> 00:01:59,184 why don't you go write about making corn pie 48 00:01:59,186 --> 00:02:01,286 or pudding--article, or whatever. Okay? 49 00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:03,689 She's like, Pfft, 50 00:02:03,691 --> 00:02:07,526 I need a little bit more meaty [bleep]. 51 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:09,828 Can I say--I can swear, right? - Mm-hmm. 52 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:12,631 - So, the government has this land, 53 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:14,166 it's like, 2 million acres. 54 00:02:14,168 --> 00:02:17,169 I mean, taken from the poor Native Americans, 55 00:02:17,171 --> 00:02:22,841 and they're like, What if we give it to some crazy pioneers? 56 00:02:22,843 --> 00:02:25,711 Let them kinda cultivate it for us, 57 00:02:25,713 --> 00:02:27,880 make some cities, et cetera. 58 00:02:27,882 --> 00:02:31,250 Let's give the white people a chance. 59 00:02:31,252 --> 00:02:32,351 It's so awful. 60 00:02:32,353 --> 00:02:34,653 We took 2 million acres. 61 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:37,189 - Wow. - It's very sad. 62 00:02:37,191 --> 00:02:39,858 But anyways, God bless America. 63 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:40,492 [laughs] 64 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:43,462 So, she hears about this huge land-run. 65 00:02:43,464 --> 00:02:47,199 April 22nd, noon, land-run, 66 00:02:47,201 --> 00:02:49,201 160 acres for free-- 67 00:02:49,203 --> 00:02:50,702 to white people. 68 00:02:50,704 --> 00:02:53,405 So, she is like, Hey, journalist, boss, 69 00:02:53,407 --> 00:02:56,842 what if I went to this land-run 70 00:02:56,844 --> 00:03:00,445 and I talked about what girls are wearing 71 00:03:00,447 --> 00:03:02,347 in terms of petticoats? 72 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:04,349 But in her head is like, 73 00:03:04,351 --> 00:03:07,619 I'm gonna get a piece of this land for me. 74 00:03:07,621 --> 00:03:09,454 So, she gets there. 75 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:12,391 There are 50,000 people 76 00:03:12,393 --> 00:03:13,358 lining the border. 77 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,961 Cannon goes off at noon. 78 00:03:15,963 --> 00:03:18,430 Boom. Everybody's acting buck wild. 79 00:03:18,432 --> 00:03:22,401 Everybody's buck. They'll trample other people. 80 00:03:22,403 --> 00:03:24,236 Take kids down. They don't care. 81 00:03:24,238 --> 00:03:27,773 So, there's also a train that goes into the lands as well. 82 00:03:27,775 --> 00:03:29,374 And it's filled with journalists. 83 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:30,943 Kentucky Daisey's on the train. 84 00:03:30,945 --> 00:03:31,910 She's trying to keep it cool. 85 00:03:31,912 --> 00:03:34,813 But then, it goes up this incline so it slows down. 86 00:03:34,815 --> 00:03:37,249 Kentucky Daisey's like, [bleep] this [bleep]. 87 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:40,419 She jumps off of a moving train. 88 00:03:40,421 --> 00:03:41,653 Over a ditch. 89 00:03:41,655 --> 00:03:44,489 Gets to the plot of land that she wants, 90 00:03:44,491 --> 00:03:45,390 pulls a stake out--pop! 91 00:03:45,392 --> 00:03:48,393 Claims the land. Shoots a gun off, 92 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:50,329 because, whatever, that's who she is. 93 00:03:50,331 --> 00:03:52,364 Thus I salute the Ken-- 94 00:03:52,366 --> 00:03:53,332 What? 95 00:03:53,334 --> 00:03:54,633 - What? 96 00:03:54,635 --> 00:03:56,668 - The Kentucky Daisey claim. Thus I salute 97 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:59,238 the Kentucky Daisey claim! 98 00:03:59,240 --> 00:03:59,871 [mimics gunfire] 99 00:03:59,873 --> 00:04:01,006 She gets the land. 100 00:04:01,008 --> 00:04:03,842 And so, on her little piece of property, 101 00:04:03,844 --> 00:04:05,410 she builds a house and whatever, 102 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:07,446 but she starts to kinda get that hunger again. 103 00:04:07,448 --> 00:04:09,481 She's like, I'm gonna go to this next land-run, 104 00:04:09,483 --> 00:04:12,884 and I'm gonna ride a horse in, like a badass bitch. 105 00:04:12,886 --> 00:04:14,419 Boom! Cannon goes off. 106 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:16,555 And she does, she rides a horse in. 107 00:04:16,557 --> 00:04:17,356 She's super cool. 108 00:04:17,358 --> 00:04:21,393 And then the horse acts like a [bleep] asshole. 109 00:04:21,395 --> 00:04:22,261 Throws her. 110 00:04:22,263 --> 00:04:25,464 Tromps her face with its little horse hooves-- 111 00:04:25,466 --> 00:04:27,766 - She what? - Tromped her face. 112 00:04:27,768 --> 00:04:29,334 What do they do? Trample? 113 00:04:29,336 --> 00:04:30,002 Tramp? 114 00:04:30,004 --> 00:04:31,870 The horse tramped her face? 115 00:04:31,872 --> 00:04:33,572 [laughs] Right? 116 00:04:33,574 --> 00:04:35,407 - Yeah. - Who cares? 117 00:04:35,409 --> 00:04:36,308 She lost it. 118 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:38,277 So, she's out. She's unconscious. 119 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,979 She wakes up, she's like, Where am I? 120 00:04:40,981 --> 00:04:43,048 By the way, who cares where I am, 121 00:04:43,050 --> 00:04:44,716 it's land, I'm gonna claim it. 122 00:04:44,718 --> 00:04:45,851 I don't give a [bleep] where I am. 123 00:04:45,853 --> 00:04:47,452 Sha-doink. This is my land. 124 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:49,488 People next door are like, 125 00:04:49,490 --> 00:04:53,592 You just got hit in the [bleep] face. 126 00:04:53,594 --> 00:04:54,359 You're cray. 127 00:04:54,361 --> 00:04:55,894 Now she's got two plots of land. 128 00:04:55,896 --> 00:04:57,796 That's it, that's it. That's the cap. 129 00:04:57,798 --> 00:05:00,599 So, Kentucky Daisey brought 11 women. 130 00:05:00,601 --> 00:05:04,002 She's like, Girls, we're gonna go into these new lands. 131 00:05:04,004 --> 00:05:06,004 We're gonna give you some property for yourselves. 132 00:05:06,006 --> 00:05:09,341 Like, have at it. This is for us. 133 00:05:09,343 --> 00:05:10,409 This is lady land. 134 00:05:10,411 --> 00:05:13,979 Let's put up some houses, establish some lady property. 135 00:05:13,981 --> 00:05:15,881 Put a hot tub up. Do whatever you want. 136 00:05:15,883 --> 00:05:20,085 These bitches are [bleep] rifled up. 137 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:23,588 They're called Daisey's Amazons by "The New York Times." 138 00:05:23,590 --> 00:05:25,791 So, they go in there-- here's the crazy part, 139 00:05:25,793 --> 00:05:27,826 you're supposed to go in at noon, 140 00:05:27,828 --> 00:05:30,629 that's the time, but they go in days early-- 141 00:05:30,631 --> 00:05:31,596 which is illegal. 142 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:32,397 That's like a thing. 143 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:34,933 Those people were called sooners. 144 00:05:34,935 --> 00:05:35,901 And they hide in a ditch. 145 00:05:35,903 --> 00:05:37,602 So, their whole thing is like, Hey, by the way, 146 00:05:37,604 --> 00:05:40,505 if like a [bleep] dude runs up on you tonight, 147 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:43,642 shoot him in the throat. 148 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:45,644 Sounds like a blast, but okay. 149 00:05:45,646 --> 00:05:48,447 Kentucky Daisey gets it in her head that--she's like, 150 00:05:48,449 --> 00:05:49,915 You know what we need? 151 00:05:49,917 --> 00:05:51,483 Snacks...supplies. 152 00:05:51,485 --> 00:05:52,517 Food, whatever it was. 153 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:54,619 I'll volunteer to get the Fritos. 154 00:05:54,621 --> 00:05:56,555 They're like, cool. She goes out. 155 00:05:56,557 --> 00:05:59,458 And the guys in charge of the land-run are like, 156 00:05:59,460 --> 00:06:03,128 No, not cool. We're gonna capture you. 157 00:06:03,130 --> 00:06:04,062 You can't get the land. 158 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:07,699 Sorry, you can't go get your Fritos. 159 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:08,633 Mmm. [sniffs] 160 00:06:08,635 --> 00:06:10,969 She diverted the attention that might have been 161 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:13,538 on these 11 ladies that were hiding in the ditch. 162 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,640 And they ended up being land owners. 163 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:18,944 I'm gonna throw up--I'm not! 164 00:06:18,946 --> 00:06:20,912 People underestimate the power of wine. 165 00:06:20,914 --> 00:06:24,549 Wine is a very...it--high [bleep] up quotient. 166 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:26,051 - I agree. 167 00:06:26,053 --> 00:06:28,687 - This is two bottles. [laughs] 168 00:06:28,689 --> 00:06:30,088 - [chuckles] - So, anyways, 169 00:06:30,090 --> 00:06:34,126 in 1893, it's the biggest land-run ever. 170 00:06:34,128 --> 00:06:36,628 She gets 36 single broads. 171 00:06:36,630 --> 00:06:40,732 She's like, [bleep] those stereotypes. 172 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:42,834 These are my...hos. 173 00:06:42,836 --> 00:06:43,735 This is the best. 174 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,837 That's what she said. She was like, 175 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,806 [bleep] blow into these territories 176 00:06:47,808 --> 00:06:52,944 and make a bunch of women in charge of these lands. 177 00:06:52,946 --> 00:06:55,080 That's everybody's nightmare. 178 00:06:55,082 --> 00:06:56,581 [bleep] yes! 179 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:58,583 36 single women claimed the land, 180 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:00,585 set up houses and schools, 181 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:04,489 and they built themselves-- how dare they. 182 00:07:04,491 --> 00:07:08,093 And that land became Oklahoma, 183 00:07:08,095 --> 00:07:08,927 like, the Sooner State. 184 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:12,898 She's, kind of, the mother of Oklahoma. 185 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:13,632 [pistol shot] 186 00:07:13,634 --> 00:07:16,835 You know, it's not all about pioneers. 187 00:07:16,837 --> 00:07:18,737 It's not all about families. 188 00:07:18,739 --> 00:07:20,572 It could be a [bleep] single lady 189 00:07:20,574 --> 00:07:22,808 making it on your own. 190 00:07:22,810 --> 00:07:23,708 - Mm-hmm. - You know? 191 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:26,578 Bitches be doing it for themselves. 192 00:07:26,580 --> 00:07:27,879 To Kentucky Daisey. 193 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:29,147 - We love you. 194 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:30,515 - We love you. 195 00:07:30,883 --> 00:07:32,484 - So, John Glenn is like, 196 00:07:32,486 --> 00:07:33,518 Ten, night, eight, seven-- 197 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,587 Gordo's like, Let's just, like, do it, I'm ready. 198 00:07:35,589 --> 00:07:37,122 Have another drink. 199 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:39,558 Stop being a little bitch, Derek. 200 00:07:43,763 --> 00:07:44,996 [Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road"] 201 00:07:44,998 --> 00:07:46,298 - All right, here we go. 202 00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:46,998 Heels. 203 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,166 - Oh, oh, that's right, it's only-- 204 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:49,468 - Here we go with the turn. And stomp! 205 00:07:49,470 --> 00:07:54,139 ♪ You better stay away from Copperhead Road ♪ 206 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:55,874 ♪ ♪ 207 00:07:55,876 --> 00:07:59,144 - Derek, come join me. 208 00:07:59,146 --> 00:08:00,111 - Where are you? - In the bushes. 209 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:02,747 - What're you doing in the bushes? 210 00:08:02,749 --> 00:08:03,415 Come out and play. 211 00:08:03,417 --> 00:08:04,449 - Have another drink. 212 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:08,053 Stop being a little bitch, Derek. 213 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:12,023 [laughs] 214 00:08:12,025 --> 00:08:14,192 - That's good. I like this moustache. 215 00:08:14,194 --> 00:08:16,228 Hi. My name is Laura-- 216 00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:17,095 My name is Laura Steinel. 217 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:19,731 And today we're talking about Gordon Cooper. 218 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:23,201 The year is 1963. 219 00:08:23,203 --> 00:08:27,105 Gordon Cooper, he's this military test pilot 220 00:08:27,107 --> 00:08:28,006 from Oklahoma. 221 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:29,407 NASA had just begun. 222 00:08:29,409 --> 00:08:31,776 And so, he was one of seven astronauts 223 00:08:31,778 --> 00:08:33,912 chosen for Project Mercury. 224 00:08:33,914 --> 00:08:35,080 Also, really chill. 225 00:08:35,082 --> 00:08:38,517 He was like, Please, call me Gordo. 226 00:08:38,519 --> 00:08:40,185 Don't call me Gordon. 227 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:41,386 I'm not that official. 228 00:08:41,388 --> 00:08:44,923 Right? And so, all these space missions go off 229 00:08:44,925 --> 00:08:45,991 without a hitch, and NASA's like, 230 00:08:45,993 --> 00:08:48,960 We've done really well. Congrats, NASA. 231 00:08:48,962 --> 00:08:51,296 And they're patting themselves on the back. 232 00:08:51,298 --> 00:08:53,298 And Gordo's like, Guys, I totally get it. 233 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:56,201 Like, that's really cool, like, pats on the back. 234 00:08:56,203 --> 00:09:01,072 But if you want to send a man to the moon, 235 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:04,075 you should maybe see if someone could 236 00:09:04,077 --> 00:09:07,145 be in space for, I don't know, 24 hours. 237 00:09:07,147 --> 00:09:10,882 And NASA's like, Ugh, yeah I guess, Gus. 238 00:09:10,884 --> 00:09:12,450 Yeah, sure, Gus. 239 00:09:12,452 --> 00:09:14,286 - Gordo. - Oh, [bleep], sorry. 240 00:09:14,288 --> 00:09:15,287 I'm an idiot. - That's okay. 241 00:09:15,289 --> 00:09:16,988 - All right, all right. - You're fine. 242 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:18,957 - So, Gordo goes on the launch pad. 243 00:09:18,959 --> 00:09:22,127 NASA'd be like, Hey, just like, really quick... 244 00:09:22,129 --> 00:09:23,094 Like, don't touch anything. 245 00:09:23,096 --> 00:09:25,263 NASA would completely control everything. 246 00:09:25,265 --> 00:09:28,099 It was so bad that the astronauts felt like, um, 247 00:09:28,101 --> 00:09:29,901 spam in a can. - [chuckles] 248 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:32,103 - Is what they referred to themselves as. 249 00:09:32,105 --> 00:09:35,106 So, anyway, he launches into space and it's like, 250 00:09:35,108 --> 00:09:39,311 Three, two, one, blast off. 251 00:09:39,313 --> 00:09:42,847 [mimics rocket firing] 252 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:49,487 Are you shooting that... Okay, good. 253 00:09:49,489 --> 00:09:51,323 He gets up into space and everything's cool. 254 00:09:51,325 --> 00:09:54,492 He's like, I'm orbiting the [bleep] Earth. 255 00:09:54,494 --> 00:09:56,995 Oh, I'm sorry, I wa-- - You can swear. 256 00:09:56,997 --> 00:09:58,296 - No, my mom-- I try not-- 257 00:09:58,298 --> 00:10:00,432 I'm not-- I'm gonna try not to swear. 258 00:10:00,434 --> 00:10:01,232 So, he's in space. 259 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:05,937 He sends back the first TV images of a human, 260 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:06,605 back to Earth. 261 00:10:06,607 --> 00:10:10,976 He has a little powdered roast beef dinner. 262 00:10:10,978 --> 00:10:14,012 He's just having a ball. 263 00:10:14,014 --> 00:10:15,513 So, he takes a nap. 264 00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:18,583 The first guy to ever sleep in space. 265 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:21,252 He wakes up and he's like, It's good to be Gordo. 266 00:10:21,254 --> 00:10:25,023 And then, he's like, Oh, [bleep], no, it's not. 267 00:10:25,025 --> 00:10:27,926 Because...beep, beep. 268 00:10:27,928 --> 00:10:30,895 Oh...[bleep]. 269 00:10:30,897 --> 00:10:34,165 I have no stabilization unit. 270 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:37,369 Everyone in Mission Control is freaking out. 271 00:10:37,371 --> 00:10:38,970 They're like, Oh, God. 272 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:39,871 This doesn't look good. 273 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:42,307 And Gus Grissom is like, Bro, I love you. 274 00:10:42,309 --> 00:10:44,242 I'm gonna tell your wife you're a hero. 275 00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:46,044 Gordo's like, No, stop it. 276 00:10:46,046 --> 00:10:49,514 I'm gonna take control over the spaceship. 277 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:52,584 Gus is like, You're about to do something none of-- 278 00:10:52,586 --> 00:10:54,085 no one has ever done before. 279 00:10:54,087 --> 00:10:56,021 And Gordo's like, Yeah, no, I know. 280 00:10:56,023 --> 00:10:58,056 So, just shut the [bleep] up, Gus. 281 00:10:58,058 --> 00:11:00,025 I've got control. 282 00:11:00,027 --> 00:11:04,329 He starts to take over manual control. 283 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:08,199 But, at that moment, he loses radio signal with Gus Grissom. 284 00:11:08,201 --> 00:11:10,435 And so, he gets a radio signal 285 00:11:10,437 --> 00:11:12,404 over to his friend John Glenn, 286 00:11:12,406 --> 00:11:15,640 who's on the recovery boat over in Japan. 287 00:11:15,642 --> 00:11:17,642 Then he's like, John Glenn, hey. 288 00:11:17,644 --> 00:11:18,476 It's me, Gordo. 289 00:11:18,478 --> 00:11:22,580 Um, I have absolutely no power in my spacecraft. 290 00:11:22,582 --> 00:11:24,215 And I just wanna get back home 291 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:26,551 because I'm a really chill guy. It's me, Gordo. 292 00:11:26,553 --> 00:11:28,520 And he's like, Okay, here's what we're gonna do. 293 00:11:28,522 --> 00:11:30,922 And so, together they go through this checklist. 294 00:11:30,924 --> 00:11:34,292 Uh, put this thing up. 295 00:11:34,294 --> 00:11:35,593 Like, press this button. 296 00:11:35,595 --> 00:11:37,662 There's all these things he needs to do. 297 00:11:37,664 --> 00:11:39,230 But then Gordo's like, Oh, [bleep]. 298 00:11:39,232 --> 00:11:43,401 Beep. And his carbon dioxide meter's going off. 299 00:11:43,403 --> 00:11:46,004 And it's like, Beep, beep, you're [bleep]. 300 00:11:46,006 --> 00:11:48,306 And he's like, Oh, my God, you're right. 301 00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:49,274 I'm totally [bleep] [bleep]. 302 00:11:49,276 --> 00:11:52,010 But I--no, but he's chiller than that. 303 00:11:52,012 --> 00:11:55,380 No, hold on. He's way calmer than that. 304 00:11:56,215 --> 00:12:00,251 John Glenn, look, my carbon dioxide meter's 305 00:12:00,253 --> 00:12:02,087 going off and, uh... 306 00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:04,355 It's like 100 degrees in my cabin. 307 00:12:04,357 --> 00:12:06,558 Which means he's [bleep] dying. 308 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:09,060 But he's not being a Debbie Downer about it. 309 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:11,696 And he's like, I need to get to Earth. 310 00:12:11,698 --> 00:12:15,734 But, like, manual reentry had never been done before. 311 00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:18,269 So, if he enters the Earth's atmosphere too steep, 312 00:12:18,271 --> 00:12:20,038 he's gonna blow up. 313 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,206 So, he says, Okay. 314 00:12:21,208 --> 00:12:24,442 There's the Big Dipper. There's the Little Dipper. 315 00:12:24,444 --> 00:12:25,410 Gemini... 316 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:28,146 He draws an axis on the window 317 00:12:28,148 --> 00:12:32,050 and uses the constellations as his constant. 318 00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:35,487 And he says, This is going to be my angle 319 00:12:35,489 --> 00:12:37,222 at which I can enter Earth's atmosphere. 320 00:12:37,224 --> 00:12:40,191 Which I think is... pretty incredible. 321 00:12:40,193 --> 00:12:42,026 So, John Glenn is like, Okay. 322 00:12:42,028 --> 00:12:44,329 Ten, nine, eight, seven, six-- 323 00:12:44,331 --> 00:12:47,565 Gordo's like, Let's just, like, do it, I'm ready. 324 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:50,535 So, he fires, uh... 325 00:12:50,537 --> 00:12:51,169 [grunts] 326 00:12:51,171 --> 00:12:53,371 Uh, what does this mean? 327 00:12:53,373 --> 00:12:55,240 [laughs] 328 00:12:55,242 --> 00:12:57,542 - [chuckling] - What's it called when there's 329 00:12:57,544 --> 00:12:59,744 fire coming out of stuff? 330 00:12:59,746 --> 00:13:03,314 What--when it's like a fire... 331 00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:04,315 [groans] 332 00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:05,049 [laughs] 333 00:13:05,051 --> 00:13:08,453 He fires the rockets. 334 00:13:08,455 --> 00:13:10,622 [mimics rocket blast] 335 00:13:10,624 --> 00:13:13,391 He had a $5 wristwatch, and that's what he used 336 00:13:13,393 --> 00:13:17,562 to figure out how long to fire his rockets. 337 00:13:17,564 --> 00:13:18,630 [mimics rocket blast] 338 00:13:18,632 --> 00:13:22,200 Gordo is like, I'm entering Earth's atmosphere! 339 00:13:22,202 --> 00:13:25,470 [bleep] bravo to me! 340 00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:29,274 - Wait. Oh. 341 00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:34,479 [both laugh] 342 00:13:34,481 --> 00:13:35,413 - And he splashes down. 343 00:13:35,415 --> 00:13:40,351 And he has the most accurate splash-down, ever, 344 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:43,121 in...NASA history. 345 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:45,824 He's like, so chill. 346 00:13:45,826 --> 00:13:47,425 He's like, Hey, guys, I made it. 347 00:13:47,427 --> 00:13:53,231 I'm not surprised. It's me, Gordo. 348 00:13:53,233 --> 00:13:55,233 Big whoop. 349 00:13:59,171 --> 00:14:02,640 Gordo changed the game. 350 00:14:02,642 --> 00:14:03,608 - Great. 351 00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:05,810 - He had a $5 wristwatch. 352 00:14:09,815 --> 00:14:11,683 - All right, Mark. - I'm listening. 353 00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:14,652 - Well, you're gonna do some talking. 354 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:15,720 - Hello. 355 00:14:15,722 --> 00:14:17,288 - I'm Mark Gagliardi. 356 00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:18,690 - I'm Mark Gagliardi. 357 00:14:18,692 --> 00:14:20,425 - And today, we're gonna talk about... 358 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:21,593 - Oh, is this really that part of the thing? 359 00:14:21,595 --> 00:14:24,829 - Yep. - Yeah, now you're woken up. 360 00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:25,430 Here he comes. 361 00:14:25,432 --> 00:14:27,565 - This is how television works, bitches. 362 00:14:27,567 --> 00:14:28,433 - Ready? - Which camera? 363 00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:30,835 - Action. 364 00:14:30,837 --> 00:14:32,904 - Hi, I'm Mark Gagliardi. 365 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:35,707 [glass crashes] Today we're gonna talk about 366 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:36,975 Bass Reeves. 367 00:14:36,977 --> 00:14:40,278 - [laughs] 368 00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:44,349 - Bass Reeves is born as a slave. 369 00:14:44,351 --> 00:14:45,316 One night, 370 00:14:45,318 --> 00:14:48,386 Bass Reeves and his master 371 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:51,456 get in an argument over a poker game. 372 00:14:51,458 --> 00:14:53,591 Bass Reeves... 373 00:14:53,593 --> 00:14:56,494 punches his owner in the face. 374 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:59,364 And Bass Reaves thinks to himself, 375 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:04,369 Oh, [bleep], you guys, I just coldcocked my boss. 376 00:15:04,371 --> 00:15:07,071 Listen, let's be honest, my owner. 377 00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:10,074 This is probably not gonna be good for me. 378 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:12,610 So, Bass Reeves hightails it 379 00:15:12,612 --> 00:15:15,480 to the Indian Territories of Oklahoma. 380 00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:18,917 So, Bass Reeves winds up living among 381 00:15:18,919 --> 00:15:19,884 the Seminole Nation, 382 00:15:19,886 --> 00:15:23,488 learning the language of all of these indigenous peoples. 383 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:26,858 And trained in the ways of Native American 384 00:15:26,860 --> 00:15:29,093 tracking and hunting. 385 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:29,761 - Hmm, awesome. 386 00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:33,665 - Ah, I appreciate you, Derek. 387 00:15:33,667 --> 00:15:35,099 I love you. - I love you. 388 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:36,968 - You're my--listen, I'm-- 389 00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:38,836 We're gonna make a baby. 390 00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:40,405 - Um... [both laugh] 391 00:15:40,407 --> 00:15:42,440 - I may be aimed down at the ground for the whole of this, 392 00:15:42,442 --> 00:15:45,410 but don't worry about that. 393 00:15:45,412 --> 00:15:48,546 In 1875 the U.S. is changing. 394 00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:51,516 Taming the Wild West and all that kinda [bleep]. 395 00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:56,387 U.S. Marshal James Fagan knew that this was dangerous work. 396 00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:59,390 He needed the guy that 397 00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:01,559 full on dances with wolvesed in that area. 398 00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:04,495 - [laughs] - So, Fagan goes to Reeves. 399 00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:09,968 Hey, I have 75,000 square miles to cover 400 00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:12,737 to bring bad guys to justice. 401 00:16:12,739 --> 00:16:14,605 And Bass Reeves said, 402 00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,574 Listen, I'm ambidextrous, 403 00:16:16,576 --> 00:16:20,078 I can shoot a gun with both hands. 404 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:24,549 I'm 6'2" and 390 pounds. 405 00:16:24,551 --> 00:16:28,653 I'm gonna be the guy that keeps you safe. 406 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:32,790 The only thing I can say to you is... 407 00:16:33,425 --> 00:16:35,927 I'm gonna tape a--take a nap. [bleep] you. 408 00:16:35,929 --> 00:16:39,564 - ♪ There he goes on the floor ♪ 409 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:41,599 - Derek? - Mm-hmm? 410 00:16:41,601 --> 00:16:42,533 - Take my hand. 411 00:16:43,569 --> 00:16:45,870 - Good night, then. 412 00:16:45,872 --> 00:16:46,871 - Night. 413 00:16:46,873 --> 00:16:47,505 So... 414 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:53,077 So, Bass Reeves is working as a U.S. Marshal, 415 00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:54,178 picking up bad guys. 416 00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:58,049 So, one of the bad guy things that he does is, 417 00:16:58,051 --> 00:17:00,985 he dresses himself up as an old beggar 418 00:17:00,987 --> 00:17:05,857 at the homestead of a couple of bad guys' mother. 419 00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:10,128 He says, I'm just a poor old beggar. 420 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:12,597 I just need a place to stay for the night. 421 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:17,001 So she gives Bass Reeves a place to spend the night. 422 00:17:17,003 --> 00:17:19,604 As soon as the two outlaws fell asleep, 423 00:17:19,606 --> 00:17:23,941 Bass Reeves pulled down his shawl, 424 00:17:23,943 --> 00:17:25,610 grabs his six shooter. 425 00:17:25,612 --> 00:17:27,779 He says, The Bass w--hold on. 426 00:17:27,781 --> 00:17:30,882 I'm gonna corner their dumb asses 427 00:17:30,884 --> 00:17:31,716 while they're sleeping. 428 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,584 I'll sleep you-- 429 00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:37,889 I will sleep clack you into my handcuffs, bitches! 430 00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:39,857 And I'm gonna grag you... 431 00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:43,027 I'm gonna grag you--hold on. 432 00:17:43,029 --> 00:17:45,596 I'm gonna drag your asses in jail 433 00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:47,832 where I gathered up all the criminals. 434 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:50,635 - That's pretty badass. - Listen, mother[bleep], 435 00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:52,637 I'll tell you this whole story, hold on. 436 00:17:52,639 --> 00:17:56,107 This is how big a badass Bass Reeves is. 437 00:17:56,109 --> 00:18:00,211 The Brunter Brothers, another group of outlaws, 438 00:18:00,213 --> 00:18:01,646 ambushed him at gunpoint. 439 00:18:01,648 --> 00:18:04,582 Bass Reeves kept his cool, 440 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:07,585 turned to the first Brunter Brother and said, 441 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:11,189 I'm sorry, do you know what the date is today? 442 00:18:11,191 --> 00:18:13,925 And as that brother was trying to figure out 443 00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:14,992 the date for the day, 444 00:18:14,994 --> 00:18:18,196 Bass Reeves shoots the first two brothers. 445 00:18:18,198 --> 00:18:20,731 And then coldcocked the other brother 446 00:18:20,733 --> 00:18:23,935 and carried them back to the court at Fort Lewis. 447 00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:26,037 And they're like, You know what? 448 00:18:26,039 --> 00:18:27,705 [bleep] you, Bass Reeves! 449 00:18:27,707 --> 00:18:30,675 [bleep] you and your knowing what's right and wrong! 450 00:18:30,677 --> 00:18:32,944 [bleep] you, Honest... 451 00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:35,146 Honest Jack Reeves! 452 00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:35,947 [bleep] you, Bass Reeves, 453 00:18:35,949 --> 00:18:40,518 and your wanting to give the honesty to the people! 454 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,753 - Mark. - I love you. 455 00:18:42,755 --> 00:18:45,690 - [laughing] 456 00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,525 - I love you. 457 00:18:47,527 --> 00:18:49,026 I'ma kiss you on your lips. 458 00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:49,994 Derek Waters. - No. 459 00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:54,298 - I'ma kiss you on your lips. 460 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:55,199 - I just wanna hold your face. 461 00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:57,902 - Will you finish the story if I do this? 462 00:18:57,904 --> 00:18:59,203 - I promise I will. 463 00:18:59,205 --> 00:18:59,971 - Promise? - I'm-- 464 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:01,439 - No slapping. 465 00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:03,407 - I'm not gonna slap you, Derek. 466 00:19:03,409 --> 00:19:04,242 - What're you gonna do? 467 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:09,180 - Derek? [sighs] 468 00:19:09,182 --> 00:19:10,248 - That was very nice. 469 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:11,149 - I'm gonna take a nap now. 470 00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:13,484 - Nope. You promised, if you could touch my face... 471 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:14,952 - I'll touch your face. - You were gonna finish 472 00:19:14,954 --> 00:19:18,055 the [bleep] story. - I'ma finish it, hold on. 473 00:19:18,057 --> 00:19:18,956 So, uh, one night, 474 00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:22,026 Bass Reeves is chasing after Jim Webb. 475 00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:26,130 He'd killed a ton of dudes, and Bass Reeves-- 476 00:19:26,132 --> 00:19:27,465 pew, pew, pew-- 477 00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:29,467 shot down this dude. 478 00:19:29,469 --> 00:19:31,936 And this guy is laying there, on the ground, 479 00:19:31,938 --> 00:19:33,871 looks up at Bass Reeves, and he says, 480 00:19:33,873 --> 00:19:40,344 Bass, this bullet that is designed for you... 481 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:41,812 Nah, man. 482 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:45,349 I want this bullet to be designed 483 00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:47,985 for people that [bleep] you up. 484 00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:50,955 That guy, Jim Webb, gave that gun to Bass Reeves 485 00:19:50,957 --> 00:19:54,192 because he respects him. 486 00:19:54,194 --> 00:19:55,526 Derek. 487 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:57,929 - Shh. Tell the story. 488 00:19:57,931 --> 00:19:59,397 - I love you. - I love you. 489 00:19:59,399 --> 00:20:01,465 - Bass Reeves threw more men in jail 490 00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:04,368 than any other Marshal in U.S. history, 491 00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:05,970 3,000 men. 492 00:20:05,972 --> 00:20:07,305 And when he died, 493 00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:09,307 his funeral was attended 494 00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:12,376 by hundreds of people. 495 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:13,444 White... 496 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:14,512 Black... 497 00:20:14,514 --> 00:20:15,246 Native American... 498 00:20:15,248 --> 00:20:20,251 and whatever the other thing was that they had. 499 00:20:20,253 --> 00:20:21,352 And they all went 500 00:20:21,354 --> 00:20:24,255 to pay their respects to this, 501 00:20:24,257 --> 00:20:26,257 the most important man, 502 00:20:26,259 --> 00:20:29,026 of the wild frontier. 503 00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:29,860 You know what? 504 00:20:29,862 --> 00:20:33,264 Reeves was the inspiration... 505 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:34,131 for the Lone Ranger. 506 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:37,935 - How come more people don't know that Bass Reeves 507 00:20:37,937 --> 00:20:41,038 is who inspired the Lone Ranger? 508 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,039 - Because he's black. 509 00:20:42,041 --> 00:20:44,041 - That's sad. - Yeah. 510 00:20:44,043 --> 00:20:47,478 - Well, we're changing history now. 511 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,613 - I love you. 512 00:20:48,615 --> 00:20:52,083 [orchestral music] 513 00:20:52,251 --> 00:21:00,091 ♪ ♪ 514 00:21:10,535 --> 00:21:11,936 - Right. 515 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:20,911 - And then what happens? 516 00:21:20,913 --> 00:21:20,944 - Mm-hmm.