1 00:00:02,302 --> 00:00:03,068 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:05,204 - Sam Patch screams out to the crowd, 3 00:00:05,206 --> 00:00:08,007 some things can be done as well as others. 4 00:00:08,009 --> 00:00:09,942 Yeah! Sammy. 5 00:00:09,944 --> 00:00:11,143 - Ella Fitzgerald is like, 6 00:00:11,145 --> 00:00:12,444 I don't know Marilyn Monroe, 7 00:00:12,446 --> 00:00:13,946 like, what are we saying? 8 00:00:13,948 --> 00:00:16,815 But, whoa, whoa-- oh, so, so, so, so, so-- 9 00:00:16,817 --> 00:00:17,883 - Buster... 10 00:00:17,885 --> 00:00:19,952 We're gonna be big, big stars, baby. 11 00:00:19,954 --> 00:00:23,689 At this point, it's just gonna be pure garbage. 12 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:26,892 [patriotic music] 13 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:32,231 ♪ ♪ 14 00:00:36,236 --> 00:00:38,203 - But did you ever know a legend? 15 00:00:38,205 --> 00:00:39,538 Have you ever known a legend? 16 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:42,875 - I don't know, I think it's too soon to tell. 17 00:00:42,877 --> 00:00:45,511 I know a couple people in good runnings... 18 00:00:45,513 --> 00:00:47,579 - So legends have to be dead? 19 00:00:47,581 --> 00:00:50,149 - I think so, because otherwise, then, if you're-- 20 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:51,917 if you're not dead, you're a hero. 21 00:00:51,919 --> 00:00:52,985 - Not like those frat guys that-- 22 00:00:52,987 --> 00:00:55,821 you got to meet my buddy; he's a legend. 23 00:00:55,823 --> 00:00:57,189 - No, that is-- those are legends. 24 00:00:57,191 --> 00:00:59,024 Those are true legends. - [chuckles] 25 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:00,125 - Those are today's legends. 26 00:01:00,127 --> 00:01:02,127 He did-- it was legendary. 27 00:01:02,129 --> 00:01:03,262 - Yeah. 28 00:01:03,264 --> 00:01:04,496 Two keg stands. 29 00:01:04,498 --> 00:01:05,998 - Gallon of jungle juice. 30 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,566 - You're at his mom's funeral. 31 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:10,135 Legend. - Legend. 32 00:01:11,104 --> 00:01:12,471 - Hello. I'm Nick Rutherford, 33 00:01:12,473 --> 00:01:14,473 and today we're gonna talk about... 34 00:01:14,475 --> 00:01:16,742 [chuckles] Sam Patch. 35 00:01:16,744 --> 00:01:18,777 The first daredevil. 36 00:01:18,779 --> 00:01:20,379 It's the 1800s. 37 00:01:20,381 --> 00:01:22,214 It's not even the 1900s yet, 38 00:01:22,216 --> 00:01:24,049 and it's just past the 1700s. 39 00:01:24,051 --> 00:01:27,086 So young Sam Patch was working in cotton mills 40 00:01:27,088 --> 00:01:28,520 14, 16 hours a day. 41 00:01:28,522 --> 00:01:31,857 So Sam Patch, like all of his older coworkers, 42 00:01:31,859 --> 00:01:33,559 would spend their very little break time 43 00:01:33,561 --> 00:01:35,794 next to the river, watching the falls 44 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:36,829 that powered these mills, 45 00:01:36,831 --> 00:01:38,430 and so Sam Patch started jumping off 46 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:41,700 the top of the falls, avoiding the deadly rocks, 47 00:01:41,702 --> 00:01:43,235 landing safely in the water, 48 00:01:43,237 --> 00:01:45,304 and Sam Patch turned out to be very, very good at it. 49 00:01:45,306 --> 00:01:47,239 He did it so well, crowds started to gather. 50 00:01:47,241 --> 00:01:48,874 He would-- he would pass around a hat, 51 00:01:48,876 --> 00:01:51,877 take, like, pennies to help supplement his income. 52 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:56,882 So Sam Patch wants to do the biggest jump of his life, 53 00:01:56,884 --> 00:01:59,818 and he goes to the Passaic Falls River. 54 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:01,353 Sam Patch goes to the falls, 55 00:02:01,355 --> 00:02:02,588 screams out to the crowd, 56 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:05,224 some things can be done as well as others. 57 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:06,225 Takes a few steps back, 58 00:02:06,227 --> 00:02:08,894 runs and takes a leap into the air, 59 00:02:08,896 --> 00:02:10,429 and then plunges feetfirst 60 00:02:10,431 --> 00:02:14,199 in his trademark straight-as-an-arrow dive. 61 00:02:14,201 --> 00:02:16,935 Sam Patch emerges from the water. 62 00:02:16,937 --> 00:02:17,936 Waves to everybody. 63 00:02:17,938 --> 00:02:19,471 People lose their mind. 64 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:20,639 That was awesome. 65 00:02:20,641 --> 00:02:21,874 That was awesome. That was sick. 66 00:02:21,876 --> 00:02:26,145 All right, so Sam Patch-- on top of the world. 67 00:02:26,147 --> 00:02:27,579 On top of the world. 68 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:28,480 He's doing great. 69 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:30,749 So Sam Patch gets a bear. 70 00:02:30,751 --> 00:02:33,152 That's-- that's what you did back then. 71 00:02:33,154 --> 00:02:35,521 If you got to a certain level of success, 72 00:02:35,523 --> 00:02:36,221 you got a bear. 73 00:02:36,223 --> 00:02:37,756 - Well, what should we call the bear? 74 00:02:37,758 --> 00:02:43,862 - There's no record of a name that Sam gave his bear, 75 00:02:43,864 --> 00:02:46,365 but I'm 100% sure 76 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:50,636 that his bear's name was... 77 00:02:50,638 --> 00:02:52,070 Bomzi. 78 00:02:52,072 --> 00:02:53,472 - Bomzi? 79 00:02:53,474 --> 00:02:55,340 - I feel like I can do better than Bomzi. 80 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:57,109 - Don't--just don't worry about it. So-- 81 00:02:57,111 --> 00:02:59,144 - I still think I can do better than Bomzi. 82 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:00,913 - Don't worry about Bomzi. 83 00:03:00,915 --> 00:03:01,613 - I am. I am. 84 00:03:01,615 --> 00:03:04,917 - All right, move on from Bomzi and just talk about Patch. 85 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,818 - I mean, you can keep on telling me 86 00:03:06,820 --> 00:03:07,619 what you want me to say, 87 00:03:07,621 --> 00:03:10,222 but I'm gonna keep on giving you gold. 88 00:03:10,224 --> 00:03:13,559 - [chuckles] All right, so he decides-- 89 00:03:13,561 --> 00:03:15,060 - So he gets the bear. 90 00:03:15,062 --> 00:03:17,796 Oh, you want to tell the story? - No, no. 91 00:03:17,798 --> 00:03:19,598 - So he's doing great; he's traveling around, 92 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,767 he's jumping off anything that's tall. 93 00:03:21,769 --> 00:03:23,902 He would go to his jumps. 94 00:03:23,904 --> 00:03:24,870 He'd bring the bear up 95 00:03:24,872 --> 00:03:26,071 and then convince the bear 96 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:28,073 that he should jump first. 97 00:03:28,075 --> 00:03:29,141 ♪ ♪ 98 00:03:29,143 --> 00:03:31,143 The bear would jump first. 99 00:03:31,145 --> 00:03:33,045 ♪ ♪ 100 00:03:33,047 --> 00:03:34,580 And then he'd be like, I guess it's good for me. 101 00:03:34,582 --> 00:03:37,149 Says some things can be done as well as others. 102 00:03:37,151 --> 00:03:38,483 Jumps off. 103 00:03:38,485 --> 00:03:39,585 ♪ ♪ 104 00:03:39,587 --> 00:03:40,752 Lands. [imitates splash] 105 00:03:40,754 --> 00:03:41,753 People think he's dead. 106 00:03:41,755 --> 00:03:44,156 Pops up-- I'm alive. 107 00:03:44,158 --> 00:03:45,891 ♪ ♪ 108 00:03:45,893 --> 00:03:46,692 So, at this point, 109 00:03:46,694 --> 00:03:50,762 these business dudes say, Sam, you're good at what you do. 110 00:03:50,764 --> 00:03:51,763 Come to Niagara. 111 00:03:51,765 --> 00:03:53,865 What's up in Niagara? You ask. 112 00:03:53,867 --> 00:03:56,101 Oh, I don't know. Falls. 113 00:03:56,103 --> 00:03:57,069 Come work for us. 114 00:03:57,071 --> 00:03:59,805 And then Sam Patch says... 115 00:04:01,341 --> 00:04:02,341 Bingo. 116 00:04:02,343 --> 00:04:04,376 October 1829. 117 00:04:04,378 --> 00:04:07,746 Sam Patch is ready to jump 118 00:04:07,748 --> 00:04:10,682 the biggest falls known to man: 119 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:11,717 the Niagara Falls. 120 00:04:11,719 --> 00:04:13,552 Everybody was there to see Sam Patch. 121 00:04:13,554 --> 00:04:15,821 Sam Patch--supposed to show up at 1:00 p.m. 122 00:04:15,823 --> 00:04:17,856 No 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m., he's not there. 123 00:04:17,858 --> 00:04:19,291 3:00 p.m., he's not there. 124 00:04:19,293 --> 00:04:20,726 4:00 p.m., on the dot. 125 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:22,027 He's like, hey. 126 00:04:22,029 --> 00:04:24,263 Yeah! Sammy! 127 00:04:24,265 --> 00:04:27,833 Sammy, Sammy, Sammy! 128 00:04:27,835 --> 00:04:28,934 Yes! 129 00:04:28,936 --> 00:04:29,668 He says 130 00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:32,437 his Sam Patch slogan, 131 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:33,272 which is always, 132 00:04:33,274 --> 00:04:36,275 some things can be done better than others. 133 00:04:36,277 --> 00:04:39,978 That's not it, but we-- we got it already. 134 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:40,946 ♪ ♪ 135 00:04:40,948 --> 00:04:43,949 Takes a few steps back. 136 00:04:43,951 --> 00:04:45,651 Jumps off. 137 00:04:45,653 --> 00:04:51,657 Does his signature arrow dive into the water. 138 00:04:51,659 --> 00:04:53,392 ♪ ♪ 139 00:04:53,394 --> 00:04:55,527 What is this, a suicide? What's going on? 140 00:04:55,529 --> 00:04:56,928 Did this kid kill himself? 141 00:04:56,930 --> 00:04:58,597 [triumphant music] 142 00:04:58,599 --> 00:05:01,466 And bear is at the-- now he's at the shore. 143 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:02,167 High-fives him. 144 00:05:02,169 --> 00:05:05,337 So Sam Patch, the bear, they're hanging out. 145 00:05:05,339 --> 00:05:06,705 Feeling great. 146 00:05:06,707 --> 00:05:08,774 How can we top this? They think. 147 00:05:08,776 --> 00:05:09,574 This is awesome. 148 00:05:09,576 --> 00:05:11,176 Some other businessmen say-- 149 00:05:11,178 --> 00:05:12,177 Sammy! 150 00:05:12,179 --> 00:05:13,912 Bear team! I got a jump for you. 151 00:05:13,914 --> 00:05:16,715 [slurred] Genesee River. Genesee River. 152 00:05:16,717 --> 00:05:17,282 - Where? 153 00:05:17,284 --> 00:05:19,418 - [mumbling] Genesee River. 154 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:20,619 Sammy, Sammy, Sammy. 155 00:05:20,621 --> 00:05:22,187 So Patch says, yeah, I'm coming. 156 00:05:22,189 --> 00:05:23,755 They get to Genesee River Falls. 157 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:24,856 He gets to the top. 158 00:05:24,858 --> 00:05:26,091 His friend, the bear, 159 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:28,560 hands him a flask of brandy. 160 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:29,394 He drinks all of it. 161 00:05:29,396 --> 00:05:32,464 The bear's like, dude, that's my flask. 162 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:34,366 [laughing] 163 00:05:34,368 --> 00:05:35,467 ♪ ♪ 164 00:05:35,469 --> 00:05:37,769 Takes a few steps back. 165 00:05:37,771 --> 00:05:39,438 Jumps. Dives. 166 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,472 And then people notice 167 00:05:40,474 --> 00:05:43,075 that he started to flail a little bit. 168 00:05:43,077 --> 00:05:46,411 Crashed into the water at--at an angle. 169 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:47,412 People were sure he was dead. 170 00:05:47,414 --> 00:05:49,381 People were positive that he was dead. 171 00:05:49,383 --> 00:05:54,019 Nobody refused... that he did not die. 172 00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:56,221 There was a boat circling around. 173 00:05:56,223 --> 00:05:57,055 Could not find him. 174 00:05:57,057 --> 00:05:59,691 Sam Patch doesn't surface that night. 175 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,460 He doesn't surface the next night. 176 00:06:01,462 --> 00:06:03,895 Doesn't surface the following night. 177 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:05,263 Four months later... 178 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:06,598 he shows up. 179 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,233 Drinking at his bar with his bear. 180 00:06:08,235 --> 00:06:10,102 They're playing beer pong. 181 00:06:10,104 --> 00:06:10,936 Having a great time. 182 00:06:10,938 --> 00:06:12,571 No, I wish that was the ending. 183 00:06:12,573 --> 00:06:13,472 That is not the ending. 184 00:06:13,474 --> 00:06:17,075 Months later, a farmer goes to take his horses 185 00:06:17,077 --> 00:06:20,078 to get a much-needed drink from the river. 186 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:21,480 He had to break through the ice 187 00:06:21,482 --> 00:06:23,115 so his horses could get to the water. 188 00:06:23,117 --> 00:06:28,253 Underneath the ice, he saw the frozen body of Sam Patch, 189 00:06:28,255 --> 00:06:33,058 just a young gentleman of 22 years old. 190 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:34,493 ♪ ♪ 191 00:06:34,495 --> 00:06:38,597 He was a pioneer in dumb stunts. 192 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:40,732 - He stood out. 193 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,235 - He also was in No Doubt. 194 00:06:43,237 --> 00:06:45,270 Is that what you said? No Doubt? 195 00:06:45,272 --> 00:06:46,271 - He stood out. 196 00:06:46,273 --> 00:06:48,173 - He stood out. 197 00:06:49,142 --> 00:06:50,876 And I love No Doubt. 198 00:06:50,878 --> 00:06:52,577 - Don't speak. 199 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:54,946 - I know what you're saying. 200 00:06:54,948 --> 00:06:56,214 - I know what you're doing. 201 00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:58,417 - Don't tell me 'cause it's true. 202 00:06:58,419 --> 00:06:59,751 - [laughing] 203 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:05,290 [upbeat rock music] 204 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:07,125 - So, yeah, I puked once already, 205 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:08,093 before we ever started. 206 00:07:08,095 --> 00:07:13,799 And, um, like a true soldier-- me and Beyoncé-- 207 00:07:13,801 --> 00:07:14,733 I kept drinking, 208 00:07:14,735 --> 00:07:17,035 and I'm gonna make this [bleep] night happen. 209 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:18,370 - 'Cause you're a [bleep] hero. 210 00:07:18,372 --> 00:07:20,439 - I'm a soldier. - Talking about two heroes. 211 00:07:20,441 --> 00:07:23,909 - 'Cause I'm a soldier. Yes. 212 00:07:23,911 --> 00:07:25,177 - Let's cheers to Ella. 213 00:07:25,179 --> 00:07:26,278 - To Ella! 214 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,779 Ella Fitzgerald! My baby girl. 215 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:29,881 And my homegirl-- she's from Newport News 216 00:07:29,883 --> 00:07:30,816 and I'm from Virginia Beach. 217 00:07:30,818 --> 00:07:33,385 Your homegirl too-- Tidewater, Hampton Roads. 218 00:07:33,387 --> 00:07:35,020 One more cheers. 219 00:07:35,022 --> 00:07:35,954 Boom, our baby! 220 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:37,622 - I didn't understand anything you said. 221 00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:39,090 - Here's to our baby, Ella. 222 00:07:39,092 --> 00:07:41,693 - Ella. - Baby girl. 223 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:46,498 I think I might throw up again. 224 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:48,633 Hello. 225 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:50,669 My name is Tymberlee Hill, 226 00:07:50,671 --> 00:07:53,038 and today we're gonna talk about 227 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:58,243 Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe. 228 00:07:58,245 --> 00:07:59,644 Cheers. 229 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:04,249 Ella Fitzgerald-- she's the Queen of Song. 230 00:08:04,251 --> 00:08:07,552 Nobody sings better than Ella Fitzgerald. 231 00:08:07,554 --> 00:08:09,988 So Ella's on the chitlin circuit. 232 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:12,123 She's killing it everywhere. 233 00:08:12,125 --> 00:08:16,461 Chitlin circuit is for anybody who's black that performs. 234 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:18,263 Now, let's talk about the Mocambo. 235 00:08:18,265 --> 00:08:19,130 Can we really quickly? 236 00:08:19,132 --> 00:08:21,399 The Mocambo is a place where 237 00:08:21,401 --> 00:08:24,836 [bleep] Frank Sinatra debuted in the '40s. 238 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:27,639 This is a place where Lana Turner, 239 00:08:27,641 --> 00:08:29,608 Charlie Chaplin, Cary Grant-- 240 00:08:29,610 --> 00:08:32,644 this was the hot spot, and you couldn't do it bigger, 241 00:08:32,646 --> 00:08:35,480 except, they do not want to let her in, 242 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:38,850 and they're like-- [mumbling] She's too black. 243 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:40,085 She's too chubby. 244 00:08:40,087 --> 00:08:41,286 She's too ugly. [drink sloshes] 245 00:08:41,288 --> 00:08:46,091 Ah, shit, and [bleep] and all kinds of shit and piss. 246 00:08:46,093 --> 00:08:46,925 - You want to clean that-- 247 00:08:46,927 --> 00:08:48,727 - Oh, that's okay, I, um, Scotchgard. 248 00:08:48,729 --> 00:08:50,362 I Scotchgard like a mother[bleep]. 249 00:08:50,364 --> 00:08:51,796 I can keep it going. I can keep it going. 250 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:53,064 What was the last thing that she said? 251 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:54,733 Her--the last thing-- oh, okay. 252 00:08:54,735 --> 00:08:55,834 Oh, so, so, so, so. 253 00:08:55,836 --> 00:08:57,602 Marilyn Monroe-- she's huge. 254 00:08:57,604 --> 00:08:59,271 People didn't get it, and they were like, 255 00:08:59,273 --> 00:09:02,741 can't you just be our hot thing with no clothes on 256 00:09:02,743 --> 00:09:05,810 with the dress blowing up that we love so much? 257 00:09:05,812 --> 00:09:08,446 And she was like, no, I can't. 258 00:09:08,448 --> 00:09:09,514 I want to do some real acting. 259 00:09:09,516 --> 00:09:13,251 So Marilyn Monroe goes in to her voice teacher. 260 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:14,819 She says I want to be a triple threat. 261 00:09:14,821 --> 00:09:15,720 I want to do everything. 262 00:09:15,722 --> 00:09:16,988 I'm taking this class in acting, 263 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:18,189 I'm doing these dancing classes, 264 00:09:18,191 --> 00:09:20,859 blah-de-blah-blah, you are my man for the voice. 265 00:09:20,861 --> 00:09:21,826 [hiccups] 266 00:09:21,828 --> 00:09:23,328 Her voice coach says, 267 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:25,497 if you want to learn how to sing, 268 00:09:25,499 --> 00:09:27,332 buy Ella Fitzgerald's album. 269 00:09:27,334 --> 00:09:28,667 She gets this record. 270 00:09:28,669 --> 00:09:30,101 She lays down on the floor 271 00:09:30,103 --> 00:09:35,307 and listens to this record 100 times in a row. 272 00:09:35,309 --> 00:09:38,843 She goes, this is the most astonishing voice 273 00:09:38,845 --> 00:09:40,145 I've ever heard in my life. 274 00:09:40,147 --> 00:09:42,047 She calls the Mocambo, and they're like, 275 00:09:42,049 --> 00:09:43,748 oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God! 276 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,884 Marilyn Monroe, what the [bleep]? 277 00:09:45,886 --> 00:09:47,485 And she's like, bring it all down. 278 00:09:47,487 --> 00:09:52,691 If you let my favorite, my favorite baby girl 279 00:09:52,693 --> 00:09:55,260 jump on stage and sing her songs, 280 00:09:55,262 --> 00:09:58,663 I will show up, and I will sit in the fr-- 281 00:09:58,665 --> 00:09:59,297 [gasping] 282 00:09:59,299 --> 00:10:02,100 And I will sit in the front row of the audience 283 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:02,934 every single night, 284 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:08,106 and you can take as many pictures of me as you want. 285 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,275 [chuckles] I'm sorry. 286 00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:11,543 - You're very excited. 287 00:10:11,545 --> 00:10:12,444 - I am, I love these two, 288 00:10:12,446 --> 00:10:14,279 and I've known this story forever. 289 00:10:14,281 --> 00:10:15,513 [sputtering] 290 00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:19,050 Ella Fitzgerald-- she gets a phone call, 291 00:10:19,052 --> 00:10:19,951 and they're saying, 292 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:23,288 we would love to have you at the Mocambo. 293 00:10:23,290 --> 00:10:25,423 [stammering] But what? 294 00:10:25,425 --> 00:10:27,759 Like, what the [bleep] are we talking about right now? 295 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:30,261 He's like, somebody made a phone call. 296 00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:35,400 Somebody... named Marilyn Monroe. 297 00:10:35,402 --> 00:10:36,001 Boom! 298 00:10:36,003 --> 00:10:39,070 So she's like, Marilyn-- I don't know Marilyn Monroe. 299 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:41,439 Like, what are we saying? 300 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:43,174 You know, like, she didn't-- [gasps] 301 00:10:43,176 --> 00:10:45,343 Know anything about that. - You okay? 302 00:10:45,345 --> 00:10:47,245 - Yes, I just have weird hiccups 303 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:48,880 and a lot of catched breaths. 304 00:10:48,882 --> 00:10:50,448 Ella shows up at the Mocambo, 305 00:10:50,450 --> 00:10:54,319 and Marilyn takes a front-row center table. 306 00:10:54,321 --> 00:10:55,353 The lights go down. 307 00:10:55,355 --> 00:11:00,125 Ella walks out onto the stage, and then--boom! 308 00:11:00,127 --> 00:11:03,528 It comes out of her voice. 309 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:06,765 [scatting dynamically] 310 00:11:06,767 --> 00:11:07,432 ♪ ♪ 311 00:11:07,434 --> 00:11:10,502 ♪ Dah-dah-dah, dah-dah-dah... ♪ 312 00:11:10,504 --> 00:11:12,237 ♪ Ah-scooby-dooby-dooby-dah ♪ 313 00:11:12,239 --> 00:11:13,471 [scatting dynamically] 314 00:11:13,473 --> 00:11:17,242 And then people are a-going crazy. 315 00:11:17,244 --> 00:11:19,944 And one person is like, I didn't even know music 316 00:11:19,946 --> 00:11:20,745 could sound like that. 317 00:11:20,747 --> 00:11:24,449 And then Marilyn was like, I've heard these songs before. 318 00:11:24,451 --> 00:11:26,484 But I never heard them. 319 00:11:26,486 --> 00:11:27,719 What is going on right now? 320 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:30,822 Like, I can't even understand my own mind. 321 00:11:30,824 --> 00:11:34,893 That is a human voice singing to us. 322 00:11:34,895 --> 00:11:37,162 And Marilyn, true to her word, 323 00:11:37,164 --> 00:11:38,730 shows up every single night, 324 00:11:38,732 --> 00:11:41,066 and she sits in the front row. 325 00:11:41,068 --> 00:11:43,635 One night, after Ella performed, 326 00:11:43,637 --> 00:11:45,470 Marilyn came backstage. 327 00:11:45,472 --> 00:11:46,871 [uplifting orchestral music] 328 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:49,741 So, so, it's just two girls 329 00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:51,009 talking about what real life is like. 330 00:11:51,011 --> 00:11:54,913 Marilyn is like, ugh, you know, I'm a [bleep] orphan. 331 00:11:54,915 --> 00:11:57,649 And, uh... what's her name? 332 00:11:57,651 --> 00:12:00,385 Ella is like, I'm a [bleep] orphan too. 333 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:02,454 Then Marilyn's like, I had two marriages, 334 00:12:02,456 --> 00:12:05,223 and Ella's like, oh, my God, I was married to somebody 335 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:07,659 when I was really young, and then I married another guy. 336 00:12:07,661 --> 00:12:09,961 And then Marilyn was like, I cannot be accepted 337 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:12,797 in this business because of the way that I look. 338 00:12:12,799 --> 00:12:15,100 And Ella's like, I cannot be accepted 339 00:12:15,102 --> 00:12:18,636 in this business because of the way that I look! 340 00:12:18,638 --> 00:12:23,875 And these two women, they literally meet each other. 341 00:12:23,877 --> 00:12:27,145 Because Marilyn Maloa-- Mon--Meh-- 342 00:12:27,147 --> 00:12:28,580 Marilyn Mon-- 343 00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:31,316 Marilyn Mano... 344 00:12:31,318 --> 00:12:33,418 Roe-- 345 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:35,787 Maroe--Maroe. 346 00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:37,655 Marilyn... [sighs] 347 00:12:37,657 --> 00:12:38,556 But anyway. 348 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:42,761 In this moment, that Marilyn helps Ella, 349 00:12:42,763 --> 00:12:44,596 she frees them both. 350 00:12:44,598 --> 00:12:46,231 The fact is, sometimes, 351 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:50,401 sisters have to hook each other up. 352 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:52,771 And when Marilyn passes away, 353 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:55,006 because they stayed friends, 354 00:12:55,008 --> 00:12:57,075 Ella Fitzgerald said, 355 00:12:57,077 --> 00:13:01,446 I owe Marilyn a great debt. 356 00:13:01,448 --> 00:13:03,715 After she personally called 357 00:13:03,717 --> 00:13:05,917 the managers of the Mocambo room 358 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:07,685 and allowed me to play there, 359 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:13,057 I was never, ever, ever, ever again in my life 360 00:13:13,059 --> 00:13:15,727 relegated to a small club. 361 00:13:15,729 --> 00:13:19,697 She says, Marilyn was extraordinary 362 00:13:19,699 --> 00:13:22,200 and ahead of her time. 363 00:13:22,202 --> 00:13:25,537 She loved that lady. 364 00:13:25,539 --> 00:13:30,875 ♪ ♪ 365 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,514 - I got to say, here's to people 366 00:13:36,516 --> 00:13:38,817 who know when to shut their damn mouths. 367 00:13:38,819 --> 00:13:40,652 [jazzy piano music] 368 00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:42,520 - Less talking, more texting. 369 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:43,855 - Why are you talking? 370 00:13:43,857 --> 00:13:45,857 Let's try it again. 371 00:13:45,859 --> 00:13:47,158 Maybe you didn't hear me. 372 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,626 I said, here's to people who know 373 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:49,794 when to shut their damn mouths. 374 00:13:49,796 --> 00:13:52,730 Then you're like-- [babbling] 375 00:13:52,732 --> 00:13:56,034 - Okay, do it one more time. - [wheezing laughter] 376 00:13:56,036 --> 00:13:57,535 - I'll keep my mouth shut. 377 00:13:57,537 --> 00:14:01,806 - Here's to people who know when to shut their damn mouths. 378 00:14:04,043 --> 00:14:06,044 [ice clinking] 379 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:08,379 Could this ice make a little more noise? 380 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:09,514 - It sounds good. - All right. 381 00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:13,618 Hello, I'm Patrick Walsh, and today we're gonna be talking 382 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:15,587 about the life of Buster Keaton. 383 00:14:15,589 --> 00:14:16,688 [ragtime piano music] 384 00:14:16,690 --> 00:14:19,190 Buster Keaton was born to a family 385 00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:23,027 of vaudeville performers who toured the country 386 00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:26,030 with legendary magician Harry Houdini. 387 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:28,900 Buster was actually born Joseph Keaton, 388 00:14:28,902 --> 00:14:30,535 but when he was 18 months old, 389 00:14:30,537 --> 00:14:33,338 he fell down a flight of stairs 390 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:37,609 and Houdini picked him up, inspected him, and said, 391 00:14:37,611 --> 00:14:39,444 we should call him Buster, 392 00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:41,045 'cause he's a real Buster. 393 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:42,480 He can take a lot of shit. 394 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:44,515 And his parents laughed, they were like-- 395 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:47,218 [laughing] We should call him Buster! 396 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:48,820 That's a great idea, 397 00:14:48,822 --> 00:14:51,389 famed magician Harry Houdini. 398 00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:54,025 ♪ ♪ 399 00:14:54,027 --> 00:14:56,461 And in fact, they would say, step right up, 400 00:14:56,463 --> 00:15:00,531 come see the little boy who could not be damaged. 401 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:04,869 His father would throw his son into walls, 402 00:15:04,871 --> 00:15:08,273 into the orchestra pit, into the audience. 403 00:15:08,275 --> 00:15:10,341 And Buster loved it. 404 00:15:10,343 --> 00:15:12,477 He was always fine. He had no marks. 405 00:15:12,479 --> 00:15:13,711 He knew how to take a fall. 406 00:15:13,713 --> 00:15:16,414 Could take a lot of abuse. 407 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:17,315 In a fun way. 408 00:15:17,317 --> 00:15:20,785 Buster learned that he got bigger laughs if he would 409 00:15:20,787 --> 00:15:23,621 maintain a completely stone-faced expression. 410 00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:27,191 They started referring to him as The Great Stone Face, 411 00:15:27,193 --> 00:15:30,728 which was his nickname, really, up until the end of his career. 412 00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:32,263 So with all this knowledge 413 00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:33,965 of, like, what people found funny 414 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:36,000 that he had gained from his time in vaudeville, 415 00:15:36,002 --> 00:15:37,635 he started doing these short films, 416 00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:39,037 and they were extremely popular. 417 00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:40,905 Buster had a big admirer in Charlie Chaplin, 418 00:15:40,907 --> 00:15:43,308 who was the biggest silent film star of all time. 419 00:15:43,310 --> 00:15:47,478 Chaplin, while touring the country with Douglas Fairbanks, 420 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,580 Mary Pickford, and D.W. Griffith, 421 00:15:49,582 --> 00:15:53,084 Chaplin was basically like, guys, we could sort of make 422 00:15:53,086 --> 00:15:55,954 our own artist-run movie studio, 423 00:15:55,956 --> 00:15:58,556 and we could have complete creative control 424 00:15:58,558 --> 00:15:59,490 over the projects we make, 425 00:15:59,492 --> 00:16:02,193 and other artists might want to come to us 426 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:03,161 to enjoy that creative freedom. 427 00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:06,397 And D.W. Griffith said, you know, that's awesome, 428 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:09,834 because we can keep black people out as well. 429 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:13,404 And they all, you know, looked at him a little strange. 430 00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:15,173 They weren't quite sure what he meant by that, 431 00:16:15,175 --> 00:16:17,141 and he said, you know, we could tell more stories 432 00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:20,211 about how the Ku Klux Klan came to power 433 00:16:20,213 --> 00:16:23,715 and how they are the most glorious organization 434 00:16:23,717 --> 00:16:24,983 in America's history. 435 00:16:24,985 --> 00:16:25,817 And they were like, 436 00:16:25,819 --> 00:16:28,252 yeah, or we could, you know, do other kind of fun stuff 437 00:16:28,254 --> 00:16:29,921 and kind of more creative stuff-- 438 00:16:29,923 --> 00:16:32,090 No, but the Ku Klux Klan! 439 00:16:32,092 --> 00:16:33,758 You know, I want to make all my-- 440 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,294 my sweet, sweet Ku Klux Klan movies. 441 00:16:36,296 --> 00:16:38,596 And they were like, maybe we should quit 442 00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:40,531 hanging out with D.W. 443 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:44,635 And he was like, guys, come on. 444 00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:47,171 Ku Klux Klan? Right? 445 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:49,307 You guys love it. I love it. 446 00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:52,043 America loves it. 447 00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:55,279 He was a racist-- D.W Griffith. 448 00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:57,315 They decide they're gonna form United Artists, 449 00:16:57,317 --> 00:17:00,018 and Chaplin goes to his friend Buster Keaton, and he goes, 450 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:02,453 you got a vision, you're creative, 451 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:03,888 you should come do movies for us. 452 00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:06,324 You can do what you want to do, we won't bother you, 453 00:17:06,326 --> 00:17:08,893 you'll have creative control. 454 00:17:08,895 --> 00:17:12,764 Buster Keaton responded with a hearty nod. 455 00:17:12,766 --> 00:17:16,567 Buster, we're gonna be big, big stars, baby. 456 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:20,271 And he embarked on, from 1920 to 1929, 457 00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:24,175 the greatest run of filmmaking in the history of movies. 458 00:17:24,177 --> 00:17:26,477 Buster had complete creative control. 459 00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:28,513 He was making these amazing movies 460 00:17:28,515 --> 00:17:30,314 with these amazing stunts. 461 00:17:30,316 --> 00:17:32,316 So, at the end of the 1920s, 462 00:17:32,318 --> 00:17:34,485 Buster Keaton was doing very well 463 00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:35,920 critically and commercially, 464 00:17:35,922 --> 00:17:38,689 but he gets an offer from MGM, and they're saying, 465 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:41,325 we'll pay you a lot of money 466 00:17:41,327 --> 00:17:43,961 to make movies here at MGM. 467 00:17:43,963 --> 00:17:47,765 Charlie Chaplin goes, Buster, baby... 468 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:48,366 ♪ ♪ 469 00:17:48,368 --> 00:17:49,667 You're making a big mistake here. 470 00:17:49,669 --> 00:17:51,602 They're not gonna give you the creative freedom 471 00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:53,771 that we gave you here at United Artists. 472 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:54,872 I know you want the more money. 473 00:17:54,874 --> 00:17:56,741 I know you want to impress your wife. 474 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,176 You can't do it. 475 00:17:58,178 --> 00:17:59,744 So he decides to sacrifice 476 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:01,779 his creative control and freedom, 477 00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:03,981 and he went to MGM, and almost immediately, 478 00:18:03,983 --> 00:18:06,451 he realized he had made a huge mistake. 479 00:18:11,323 --> 00:18:14,525 [dramatic piano music] 480 00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:15,893 ♪ ♪ 481 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:18,896 - I don't even know where I-- where I left off. 482 00:18:18,898 --> 00:18:19,664 - It's okay. 483 00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:23,067 - At this point, it's just gonna be pure garbage. 484 00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:23,801 - That's okay. 485 00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:26,370 - Okay. - There is no garbage here. 486 00:18:26,372 --> 00:18:27,772 - Okay. 487 00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:31,709 So MGM interfered with every project he had. 488 00:18:31,711 --> 00:18:33,511 He went completely bankrupt. 489 00:18:33,513 --> 00:18:34,345 His wife divorced him, 490 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:37,148 and he became an extreme alcoholic, 491 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,282 so MGM terminated his contract. 492 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:42,854 1932 to 1934 is the lowest point of Buster Keaton's life. 493 00:18:42,856 --> 00:18:45,723 Things got so bad for Buster with the drinking, 494 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:48,126 they eventually put him in a sanitarium-- 495 00:18:48,128 --> 00:18:49,160 like, an insane asylum. 496 00:18:49,162 --> 00:18:52,396 And, as was not uncommon at this time, 497 00:18:52,398 --> 00:18:53,564 they put him in a straitjacket, 498 00:18:53,566 --> 00:18:56,534 because they figured that's the only way they can cure 499 00:18:56,536 --> 00:18:58,970 a true alcoholic of drinking. 500 00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:00,304 But little did they know... 501 00:19:00,306 --> 00:19:02,306 His early mentor was Harry Houdini, 502 00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:05,910 who had taught Buster how to get out of straitjackets. 503 00:19:05,912 --> 00:19:07,078 So they put him in a straitjacket. 504 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,014 Within about five minutes, Buster's able to get out. 505 00:19:10,016 --> 00:19:11,649 He breaks free of the sanitarium, 506 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:12,650 and he's out on his own. 507 00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:14,552 Eventually he learned, if he wanted to cure himself 508 00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:17,355 of drinking, he was gonna have to do it by himself. 509 00:19:17,357 --> 00:19:21,659 What he decides to do is to go to a small house 510 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:24,328 with nothing in it and just sit in a chair, 511 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:26,697 clenching onto the arms of the chair 512 00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:28,833 and biting on his tongue and went through 513 00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:30,268 all the withdrawal symptoms you do. 514 00:19:30,270 --> 00:19:32,637 You know, he's having hallucinations, saying, 515 00:19:32,639 --> 00:19:35,239 come on, Buster, like, you can get through this, 516 00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:36,440 you can beat this. 517 00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:39,577 [dramatic music] 518 00:19:39,579 --> 00:19:40,912 And eventually he does. 519 00:19:40,914 --> 00:19:45,049 He comes out on the other side, uh, free and clear. 520 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:47,885 He no longer wants to be drunk all day. 521 00:19:47,887 --> 00:19:51,222 And he's able to go back to MGM and get his career back. 522 00:19:51,224 --> 00:19:55,860 And in 1960, he won a lifetime achievement award. 523 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:58,596 Buster was like, look, I know people think 524 00:19:58,598 --> 00:20:01,132 that my life was probably pretty shitty. 525 00:20:01,134 --> 00:20:04,168 The fact of the matter is, my life was great. 526 00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:08,673 I got way more things than I ever expected to get. 527 00:20:08,675 --> 00:20:12,376 My life was way better than I ever expected it to be. 528 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,612 So when things got kind of shitty, 529 00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:17,315 I was kind of like, all right, 530 00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:21,852 I expect there to be a balance of good and shit, 531 00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:27,825 and you got to treat both like, okay, 532 00:20:27,827 --> 00:20:28,793 all right. 533 00:20:28,795 --> 00:20:29,760 Take the good with the bad-- 534 00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:31,028 you take the good, you take the bad, 535 00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:33,898 you take 'em both, and there you have 536 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:35,299 the facts of life. 537 00:20:35,301 --> 00:20:37,435 He was a big Charlotte Rae fan. 538 00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:41,005 ♪ ♪ 539 00:20:41,007 --> 00:20:44,175 [dramatic music] 540 00:20:44,177 --> 00:20:52,483 ♪ ♪ 541 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:08,366 - A lot of comments have hurt my feelings on Vine. 542 00:21:08,368 --> 00:21:10,668 The most bizarrely hurtful one was, this guy 543 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:13,604 tagged his friend, and he goes, 544 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:17,308 "OMG, this guy has the exact same 545 00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:19,543 eyelid problem as you."