1 00:00:02,469 --> 00:00:04,303 - Carrie Nation was like, 2 00:00:04,305 --> 00:00:07,339 alcohol is terrible, so she smashes this bar up, 3 00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:09,608 but she be wrong, though, 4 00:00:09,610 --> 00:00:12,411 'cause this [bleep] is delicious. 5 00:00:12,413 --> 00:00:13,345 - They're all in Tennessee! 6 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:18,083 I'm Andrew God damn Jackson. 7 00:00:18,085 --> 00:00:20,686 Get them giggles out! 8 00:00:20,688 --> 00:00:21,820 Ooh, yeah! 9 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:24,356 - The 1960s is a very tumultuous time. 10 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:27,559 So Marsha P. Johnson smashed that [bleep] against the mirror 11 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:30,462 and said, I got my civil rights! 12 00:00:30,464 --> 00:00:33,699 [patriotic music] 13 00:00:33,701 --> 00:00:38,737 ♪ ♪ 14 00:00:42,242 --> 00:00:45,310 [rock music] 15 00:00:45,312 --> 00:00:51,083 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:52,318 --> 00:00:55,220 - Oh, what you're drinking tastes like poop. 17 00:00:55,222 --> 00:00:56,321 - Mm? - Oh, apple poop. 18 00:00:56,323 --> 00:00:57,423 - [laughing] 19 00:00:57,425 --> 00:01:00,793 - That's so great. What is that? 20 00:01:00,795 --> 00:01:02,394 - Apple poop. - It tastes like apples. 21 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:05,130 - Yeah. - Hmm. 22 00:01:05,132 --> 00:01:06,465 I like it. - That's okay. 23 00:01:06,467 --> 00:01:07,666 Yours is definitely better. 24 00:01:07,668 --> 00:01:08,767 - Yeah. - You know what's crazy? 25 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:10,302 I really thought that was gonna happen. 26 00:01:10,304 --> 00:01:12,504 I was like, I'm gonna do like, um-- 27 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:14,540 what is that, the, um... 28 00:01:14,542 --> 00:01:16,475 What's the [bleep] cartoon? That does it? 29 00:01:16,477 --> 00:01:18,177 The--the "Lady and the Tramp." - "Alvin and the Chipmunks." 30 00:01:18,179 --> 00:01:20,245 "Lady and the Tramp." 31 00:01:20,247 --> 00:01:21,280 - "Alvin and the Chipmunks." 32 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:24,349 All right. - [laughing] 33 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:28,153 - Hello, I'm Amber Ruffin, 34 00:01:28,155 --> 00:01:30,489 and today, we're gonna talk about 35 00:01:30,491 --> 00:01:33,459 the saloon smasher. 36 00:01:33,461 --> 00:01:35,694 - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 37 00:01:35,696 --> 00:01:39,498 - [hiccups] Our story starts in Kansas! 38 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:42,534 Carrie Nation married a man, 39 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:47,239 but he dies of alcoholism. 40 00:01:47,241 --> 00:01:49,241 So, in 1900, 41 00:01:49,243 --> 00:01:52,544 she prayed for God to tell her what to do. 42 00:01:52,546 --> 00:01:55,547 Jesus, let me know what I can do 43 00:01:55,549 --> 00:02:00,185 to stop people from drinking. 44 00:02:00,187 --> 00:02:01,854 God said to her, 45 00:02:01,856 --> 00:02:04,223 Go to Kiowa, Kansas-- 46 00:02:04,225 --> 00:02:05,657 not Iowa, Carrie-- 47 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:08,227 and I will stand with you. 48 00:02:08,229 --> 00:02:09,194 And she did. 49 00:02:09,196 --> 00:02:11,296 So, she goes to Kiowa, Kansas. 50 00:02:11,298 --> 00:02:14,433 She brings, like, bricks and rocks 51 00:02:14,435 --> 00:02:15,934 to smash up bars. 52 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:18,203 And that's when the real [bleep] went down. 53 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:20,439 She was like, I don't want to strike you, barkeep, 54 00:02:20,441 --> 00:02:23,742 but I will break up this den of vice. 55 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:26,945 So, the barkeep was like-- - "This den of vice"? 56 00:02:26,947 --> 00:02:29,281 - "This den of vice." 57 00:02:29,283 --> 00:02:30,349 The barkeep was like, That-- 58 00:02:30,351 --> 00:02:32,351 this has never happened, 59 00:02:32,353 --> 00:02:34,653 so I don't know what you're talking about. 60 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:36,622 [slurping] 61 00:02:36,624 --> 00:02:37,489 Sorry, that was loud. 62 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:41,493 You don't know [bleep], because my husband 63 00:02:41,495 --> 00:02:44,196 [bleep] died of alcohol. 64 00:02:44,198 --> 00:02:47,366 P.S., I super hate alcohol. 65 00:02:47,368 --> 00:02:51,336 So...um, she smashes this bar up, 66 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,839 and this is the first time anyone has ever 67 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:56,275 [bleep] freaked out like a crazy person. 68 00:02:56,277 --> 00:02:57,843 She smashes up all that [bleep]. 69 00:02:57,845 --> 00:02:59,912 She's smashing up, um, 70 00:02:59,914 --> 00:03:01,413 all of his bottles of alcohol. 71 00:03:01,415 --> 00:03:04,383 Well, it's [bleep] illegal for him to have it. 72 00:03:04,385 --> 00:03:08,287 And smashing his fun. [laughing] 73 00:03:08,289 --> 00:03:11,757 She smashed everything. 74 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:13,525 She comes out of his bar. 75 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:15,394 There's a huge crowd, 76 00:03:15,396 --> 00:03:18,263 because people have never seen anything like this. 77 00:03:18,265 --> 00:03:19,965 So everyone's out there going, Yay! 78 00:03:19,967 --> 00:03:21,533 We like that that happened! 79 00:03:21,535 --> 00:03:23,835 And so she gains a lot of supporters. 80 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:28,307 At this point, it's illegal to sell liquor in Kansas. 81 00:03:28,309 --> 00:03:30,943 [chuckles] Those assholes. 82 00:03:30,945 --> 00:03:31,543 - [laughs] 83 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:34,379 - So, Carrie goes to three other bars, 84 00:03:34,381 --> 00:03:37,950 smashes their [bleep] up too. 85 00:03:37,952 --> 00:03:40,352 And then, finally, the town marshal is like, 86 00:03:40,354 --> 00:03:41,920 Please stop. 87 00:03:41,922 --> 00:03:45,324 I'm going to have to arrest you. 88 00:03:45,326 --> 00:03:46,425 She goes--she gets arrested. 89 00:03:46,427 --> 00:03:49,428 She is arrested for seven weeks. 90 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:50,562 So, she gets out of jail. 91 00:03:50,564 --> 00:03:53,498 Um, she goes to two other cities in Kansas. 92 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,801 When she gets to Wichita, she says, 93 00:03:55,803 --> 00:04:00,505 Men of Wichita: this is the right arm of God, 94 00:04:00,507 --> 00:04:04,276 and I am destined to destroy 95 00:04:04,278 --> 00:04:06,311 every saloon in your city. 96 00:04:06,313 --> 00:04:07,579 She goes into the Carey hotel bar. 97 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:12,050 She smashes up every bottle of alcohol. 98 00:04:12,052 --> 00:04:14,453 She smashes up every mirror, every window. 99 00:04:14,455 --> 00:04:16,922 She smashes it good, 100 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:18,857 because Jesus told her to smash, 101 00:04:18,859 --> 00:04:20,959 and when Jesus say, "Smash," she smash. 102 00:04:20,961 --> 00:04:24,663 She does $3,000 worth of damage. 103 00:04:24,665 --> 00:04:26,932 Now, during one of her smashies-- 104 00:04:26,934 --> 00:04:28,934 - Oh, I like the smashies. - [laughing] 105 00:04:28,936 --> 00:04:30,736 I wanted her to call it "Smashies." 106 00:04:30,738 --> 00:04:33,572 I don't know that she did. - [laughing] 107 00:04:33,574 --> 00:04:36,642 - A fan of hers gives her a hatchet. 108 00:04:36,644 --> 00:04:38,343 Carrie is like, Enough with the bricks. 109 00:04:38,345 --> 00:04:40,545 Let's get to the real [bleep], a hatchet. 110 00:04:40,547 --> 00:04:42,514 So she goes into this bar, 111 00:04:42,516 --> 00:04:46,084 gets into the bar, and smashes up 112 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:49,388 every bottle of alcohol. 113 00:04:49,390 --> 00:04:50,622 Every... [laughing] 114 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:53,358 Ev-er-y. Ev-er-y. So-- 115 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,893 - Everly Cleary? - Every. 116 00:04:54,895 --> 00:04:57,896 Is what you should say. But I'm saying "Ev-er-y." 117 00:04:57,898 --> 00:04:58,630 That's weird. 118 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:01,500 So, she smashes up everything in the bar. 119 00:05:01,502 --> 00:05:04,670 And she leaves the bar. 120 00:05:04,672 --> 00:05:07,039 And she's out talking to 121 00:05:07,041 --> 00:05:10,075 this huge mass of people, and it's like, 122 00:05:10,077 --> 00:05:12,544 Alcohol is terrible. Don't drink. 123 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:15,614 Everyone is like, Whoo, we're eating this [bleep] up. 124 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:17,649 So, she's famous. 125 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:19,384 Now she is famous. 126 00:05:19,386 --> 00:05:21,119 So, she goes around 127 00:05:21,121 --> 00:05:23,488 the whole United States of America. 128 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:26,058 She tours. She smashes up bars. 129 00:05:26,060 --> 00:05:29,394 And she never stops, and a lot of people 130 00:05:29,396 --> 00:05:31,530 try to write her off as a crazy lady 131 00:05:31,532 --> 00:05:34,866 because she's the only person saying, 132 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:38,737 Hey, maybe alcohol is terrible. 133 00:05:38,739 --> 00:05:40,505 But she be wrong, though, 'cause 134 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:44,109 this [bleep] is delicious. 135 00:05:44,111 --> 00:05:45,544 [slurping] 136 00:05:45,546 --> 00:05:49,581 So, she died in 1911. 137 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:53,618 And prohibition was passed in 1919, 138 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:57,422 due in large part to her and her efforts. 139 00:05:57,424 --> 00:05:59,491 But also, women's rights. 140 00:05:59,493 --> 00:06:01,993 That was Carrie A. [bleep] Nation. 141 00:06:01,995 --> 00:06:04,029 Because she always advocated 142 00:06:04,031 --> 00:06:05,564 for women's right to vote. 143 00:06:05,566 --> 00:06:08,500 Thank you for [bleep] letting me [bleep] vote. 144 00:06:08,502 --> 00:06:10,669 Lady. - Amen. 145 00:06:10,671 --> 00:06:12,571 - Glad you smashed up these bars. 146 00:06:12,573 --> 00:06:13,972 - Yeah. 147 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:18,944 - Bet it was cool. I sure like voting. 148 00:06:18,946 --> 00:06:21,113 [slurping] 149 00:06:21,115 --> 00:06:23,515 - [bubbling] I've always been able to vote. 150 00:06:23,517 --> 00:06:26,518 - [laughing] 151 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,021 I'm black--I haven't been able to vote twice. 152 00:06:30,023 --> 00:06:32,457 [laughter] 153 00:06:34,026 --> 00:06:37,963 In the name of Carrie A. Nation. 154 00:06:38,698 --> 00:06:40,699 - Let's smash this [bleep]. - Let's smash. 155 00:06:40,701 --> 00:06:43,668 - One, two, three. 156 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:45,570 [glass shattering] 157 00:06:47,006 --> 00:06:49,441 - To you, Carrie A. Nation. 158 00:06:49,443 --> 00:06:52,511 - The original Smash Mouth. 159 00:06:56,816 --> 00:06:58,850 - All right, so we'll start-- 160 00:06:58,852 --> 00:06:59,751 you look into Tommy's camera. 161 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:02,888 - Shut up right now. Shut up right now. 162 00:07:02,890 --> 00:07:03,889 - Do it your own way. - Shut up. 163 00:07:03,891 --> 00:07:07,125 Shut the [bleep] up. - Know that I mean-- 164 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:10,262 - Shut the [bleep] up. 165 00:07:13,065 --> 00:07:14,699 Hello. 166 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:16,701 I'm Kyle Kinane. 167 00:07:16,703 --> 00:07:19,304 And today, we're gonna talk 168 00:07:19,306 --> 00:07:22,207 about Andrew Jackson. 169 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:25,177 The brawler. 170 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:28,713 Start early 1800s. 171 00:07:28,715 --> 00:07:29,214 America. 172 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:31,650 Andrew Jackson's army, they're in Tennessee. 173 00:07:31,652 --> 00:07:34,186 He's a-- an accomplished duelist. 174 00:07:34,188 --> 00:07:36,321 Jackson's like, I've been a soldier 175 00:07:36,323 --> 00:07:37,823 and a brawler my whole time. 176 00:07:37,825 --> 00:07:41,359 I'm a badass dude. 177 00:07:41,361 --> 00:07:42,861 So, there's a couple brothers 178 00:07:42,863 --> 00:07:43,895 named Thomas and Jesse Benton. 179 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,998 They're officers in Andrew Jackson's army. 180 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,835 These two brothers, they're a couple rabble rousers. 181 00:07:49,837 --> 00:07:50,802 Couple troublemakers. 182 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,672 Thomas, he's power-hungry. He wants to make it. 183 00:07:53,674 --> 00:07:54,806 He just wants-- he--he wants-- 184 00:07:54,808 --> 00:07:57,342 he wants-- he wants it. 185 00:07:57,344 --> 00:07:59,878 Becomes Jackson's right-hand man. 186 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,980 Jackson likes him so much, 187 00:08:01,982 --> 00:08:02,914 he sends him to D.C. 188 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:06,885 Jesse Benton, still in-- still in Tennessee. 189 00:08:06,887 --> 00:08:09,955 Part of the regiment, gets into an argument with another-- 190 00:08:09,957 --> 00:08:12,123 another fellow under Jackson's regime 191 00:08:12,125 --> 00:08:15,026 by the name of, uh, William Carroll. 192 00:08:15,028 --> 00:08:16,061 Some old-timey argument. 193 00:08:16,063 --> 00:08:19,664 Jabber, jabber, jabber? Jabber, jabber, jabber. 194 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:20,832 No end result. 195 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:23,101 Well, we're not gonna settle this with words. 196 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:26,304 All right, let's meet in a field and shoot at each other. 197 00:08:26,306 --> 00:08:27,372 Duel! 198 00:08:27,374 --> 00:08:28,907 - [laughing] - So... 199 00:08:28,909 --> 00:08:30,809 It's--it's very inefficient. 200 00:08:30,811 --> 00:08:31,810 It's very inefficient. 201 00:08:31,812 --> 00:08:35,013 So, William Carroll knew he was experienced. 202 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:36,882 He's like, So listen, Andy, do me a solid-- 203 00:08:36,884 --> 00:08:37,916 I'm working under you. 204 00:08:37,918 --> 00:08:41,019 Can you be on the ones and twos for me? 205 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:43,889 Andrew Dacks-- Andrew Jackson says, 206 00:08:43,891 --> 00:08:45,891 You know what? 207 00:08:45,893 --> 00:08:48,026 I'm your second. Let's go at it. 208 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:49,394 [claps] Duel! 209 00:08:49,396 --> 00:08:51,863 So, the duel goes down. 210 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:52,931 Ten-pace duel. 211 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:55,000 Turn, spin, shoot. Poom! 212 00:08:55,002 --> 00:08:58,470 Carroll gets his thumb blown off, 213 00:08:58,472 --> 00:08:59,804 still gets one off, 214 00:08:59,806 --> 00:09:01,773 shoots Jesse Benton in his ass. 215 00:09:01,775 --> 00:09:04,442 Hilarious shot. 216 00:09:04,444 --> 00:09:07,712 [laughter] 217 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:10,849 People are out there going nut--they're-- 218 00:09:10,851 --> 00:09:12,951 they're like, Well, did you hear about the duel? 219 00:09:12,953 --> 00:09:16,288 Jesse Benton's got an extra asshole. 220 00:09:16,290 --> 00:09:18,790 [laughing] 221 00:09:22,461 --> 00:09:23,728 Ah, all right. 222 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:27,065 All right. Get them giggles out. 223 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:29,334 Ooh, yeah! 224 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:31,036 It--the word gets all the way back 225 00:09:31,038 --> 00:09:33,772 to Thomas Benton, Jesse's Brother's-- 226 00:09:33,774 --> 00:09:34,906 you know, he's over there, D.C. 227 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:37,142 He's hearing about this. He's like, What? 228 00:09:37,144 --> 00:09:40,412 Where I left, now they're laughing about my name? 229 00:09:40,414 --> 00:09:43,448 And it's because Jackson supported this other guy? 230 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:47,185 Now, Thomas Benton, Andrew Jackson's aide, is furious. 231 00:09:47,187 --> 00:09:49,888 He's like, This is Andrew Jackson's fault 232 00:09:49,890 --> 00:09:52,824 for even allowing this stupid duel to happen. 233 00:09:52,826 --> 00:09:54,960 So, he's not gonna stand for it. 234 00:09:54,962 --> 00:09:57,062 He heads back to Tennessee 235 00:09:57,064 --> 00:09:58,964 to restore honor to his family name. 236 00:09:58,966 --> 00:10:02,100 Andrew Jackson, back in Tennessee, 237 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:05,170 he's hearing--he's hearing all this [bleep] talk. 238 00:10:05,172 --> 00:10:06,871 He's upset about all this. 239 00:10:06,873 --> 00:10:10,208 I'm Andrew God damn Jackson. 240 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:13,478 I'm gonna whip sense into these Benton brothers. 241 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,947 Literally, he walks around for six weeks 242 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:19,517 with a bullwhip on his-- on his belt loop. 243 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:22,988 Just some real passo-aggro [bleep]. 244 00:10:22,990 --> 00:10:25,090 [imitates whip cracking] 245 00:10:25,092 --> 00:10:26,057 You know how whips sound. 246 00:10:26,059 --> 00:10:28,093 Put in a sound effect. 247 00:10:28,095 --> 00:10:31,162 Post-production. 248 00:10:31,164 --> 00:10:32,530 Silent take. 249 00:10:32,532 --> 00:10:34,532 Post-produc. 250 00:10:34,534 --> 00:10:37,135 [silent] 251 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:38,837 - [laughing] 252 00:10:38,839 --> 00:10:42,941 Okay, so, do you remember where you are? 253 00:10:42,943 --> 00:10:44,976 - They're all in Tennessee! 254 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:46,978 Nashville! 255 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:49,080 September 4th, 1813. 256 00:10:49,082 --> 00:10:52,384 The Bentons are holed up at a hotel. 257 00:10:52,386 --> 00:10:55,253 Other end of the strip, Andrew Jackson-- 258 00:10:55,255 --> 00:10:57,255 [claps] and his good buddy John Coffee. 259 00:10:57,257 --> 00:10:58,356 They're hanging. 260 00:10:58,358 --> 00:11:00,859 They all know why they're there. 261 00:11:00,861 --> 00:11:02,193 They got beef. 262 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:04,029 Old-timey beef. 1800s beef. 263 00:11:04,031 --> 00:11:08,466 Andrew Jackson's like, Hey, John, 264 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:12,203 your name is indicative of morning activity, 265 00:11:12,205 --> 00:11:13,338 John Coffee. 266 00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:15,173 Let's go take a morning stroll. 267 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:17,876 Let's go get my mail from the post office. 268 00:11:17,878 --> 00:11:21,179 [clears throat] So they take a little stroll around town-- 269 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:23,882 oh, did it happen to take a 270 00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:27,152 cir--circuit--cir, uh, roundabout way 271 00:11:27,154 --> 00:11:28,386 in front of the hotel? 272 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:29,387 Benton brothers posted up, like, 273 00:11:29,389 --> 00:11:32,323 Yeah, we expected this much. 274 00:11:32,325 --> 00:11:34,359 Andrew Jackson, he looks at 'em. 275 00:11:34,361 --> 00:11:37,095 Then just says, "Defend yourselves, 276 00:11:37,097 --> 00:11:38,163 you damned rascals." 277 00:11:38,165 --> 00:11:41,166 [belches] That was the final moment. 278 00:11:41,168 --> 00:11:42,200 Thomas Benton goes for the sidearm. 279 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:45,036 Andrew Jackson already has it pulled. 280 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:47,472 So Thomas, he goes back in the hotel. 281 00:11:47,474 --> 00:11:50,942 Meanwhile, Jesse's coming around sneakily. 282 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:51,876 There's Andrew Jackson. 283 00:11:51,878 --> 00:11:54,612 What he doesn't see is Jesse's coming around a corner. 284 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:57,048 Fires off at Jackson-- bang, bang! 285 00:11:57,050 --> 00:12:00,151 Jackson, he gets shot. Twice. 286 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:01,052 [dramatic music] 287 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:02,654 In the wing. 288 00:12:02,656 --> 00:12:05,924 Jackson goes to throw one off at Thomas. 289 00:12:05,926 --> 00:12:07,058 The gun misfires. [imitates farting] 290 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:09,027 And it just farts out his musket. 291 00:12:09,029 --> 00:12:11,062 Burns a hole in his jacket. 292 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:13,098 Coffee runs in. 293 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:16,401 Coffee fires a few shots at Thomas. 294 00:12:16,403 --> 00:12:18,203 Oh, I'm being shot at? 295 00:12:18,205 --> 00:12:19,938 What's my safest bet? 296 00:12:19,940 --> 00:12:23,341 Let me just roll down these stairs. 297 00:12:23,343 --> 00:12:26,177 ♪ ♪ 298 00:12:26,179 --> 00:12:29,114 He did that to himself voluntarily. 299 00:12:29,116 --> 00:12:31,316 And... [sets down drink] 300 00:12:31,318 --> 00:12:32,217 ♪ ♪ 301 00:12:32,219 --> 00:12:36,087 Now, we got another Andrew Jackson supporter 302 00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:39,958 that just--he jumps in out of nowhere 303 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,293 Stokely Hayes, he comes in with a sword. 304 00:12:42,295 --> 00:12:46,064 That's a rule, you don't bring a knife to a gun fight. 305 00:12:46,066 --> 00:12:48,500 This guy, he goes to stab Jesse. 306 00:12:48,502 --> 00:12:51,202 The sword breaks 'cause it hits a button. 307 00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:52,137 Twing! 308 00:12:52,139 --> 00:12:54,105 What about a knife? 309 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:55,406 I'll just stab this guy. 310 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:58,676 Stokely Hayes tackles Jesse, 311 00:12:58,678 --> 00:13:01,212 and this whole showdown, 312 00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:03,047 it's a catastrophe. 313 00:13:03,049 --> 00:13:04,048 End result? 314 00:13:04,050 --> 00:13:07,418 Andrew Jackson was a president 315 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:09,053 who had, at some point, 316 00:13:09,055 --> 00:13:12,123 shot at several people 317 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:15,460 in a non-battlefield situation. 318 00:13:15,462 --> 00:13:16,227 - [laughing] 319 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:19,430 Keep going. I'll-- - Oh, just keep going? 320 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:22,267 Oh, tha--I appreciate your permission. 321 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:26,404 Where was I? Oh, crushing that story? 322 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:29,140 That's where I was? Crushing that story? 323 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:31,075 So, it's like 20 years down the road. 324 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:34,212 He writes a letter to Thomas Benton. 325 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:37,182 Hey, last time I saw you, 326 00:13:37,184 --> 00:13:38,550 I think you left these. 327 00:13:38,552 --> 00:13:40,118 Puts the bullets in a letter, 328 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,521 mails 'em off. 329 00:13:43,523 --> 00:13:46,157 You've had 'em long enough. You keep 'em. 330 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,158 Mails 'em back. 331 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,695 That's... 332 00:13:50,697 --> 00:13:54,232 that's how duels are. 333 00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:58,136 I want to eat. 334 00:13:58,138 --> 00:13:58,770 - Mm-hmm? 335 00:13:58,772 --> 00:14:00,538 - Stay tuned for more "Drunk History." 336 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:03,274 - That's nice. That's really nice. 337 00:14:03,276 --> 00:14:06,044 - [bleep] off. - Okay. 338 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:08,046 Sorry. 339 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:22,126 - To Marsha. - Yeah. 340 00:14:24,129 --> 00:14:27,165 I'm gonna paint my-- oh, you don't have to chug that. 341 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:29,234 [laughing] 342 00:14:29,236 --> 00:14:30,401 Did you think I was chugging? - Yeah, I did. 343 00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:34,706 - Oh, sorry. - Just kidding. 344 00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:37,542 I'm honestly so happy right now. 345 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:38,443 - Me too. 346 00:14:38,445 --> 00:14:40,345 - Hi! Just kidding. 347 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:43,915 - [laughing] 348 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:47,318 - Hello, I'm Crissle West, and today, 349 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,589 we're going to discuss Marsha P. Johnson. 350 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,324 So, the story begins 351 00:14:53,326 --> 00:14:56,194 in the middle of New York City, 352 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:59,464 in the Village, on Christopher Street, 353 00:14:59,466 --> 00:15:00,899 and back then, you know, 354 00:15:00,901 --> 00:15:03,434 New York had a growing LGBT population. 355 00:15:03,436 --> 00:15:08,172 So, basically, the non-straight population 356 00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:10,241 had a bunch of bars and stuff 357 00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:12,243 in Greenwich Village, and so, 358 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:14,946 you know, all the queer kids would go down 359 00:15:14,948 --> 00:15:15,847 to the Village and be like, 360 00:15:15,849 --> 00:15:18,483 We're here to be ourselves. 361 00:15:18,485 --> 00:15:21,719 But these people didn't have a sense of community. 362 00:15:21,721 --> 00:15:23,521 Like, this was a point in time 363 00:15:23,523 --> 00:15:25,890 where you came out as being trans, 364 00:15:25,892 --> 00:15:27,458 and you were just kicked out of the house. 365 00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:28,660 Like, and nobody gave a [bleep] about you. 366 00:15:28,662 --> 00:15:30,762 And that was kind of what happened to Marsha. 367 00:15:30,764 --> 00:15:34,499 Like, she was a queer person growing up in Jersey. 368 00:15:34,501 --> 00:15:37,802 Okay, so she would get on the train in Jersey, 369 00:15:37,804 --> 00:15:40,371 um, dressed as Malcolm, which was her birth name, 370 00:15:40,373 --> 00:15:44,242 and then on the way over from Jersey to New York, 371 00:15:44,244 --> 00:15:45,310 transform into Marsha with, you know, 372 00:15:45,312 --> 00:15:48,613 beer cans and pop cans, uh, for rollers. 373 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:51,215 Just like, I'm Marsha P. Johnson, bitch, 374 00:15:51,217 --> 00:15:52,884 and if you don't like it, you go to hell. 375 00:15:52,886 --> 00:15:55,653 Like, here I am, ho. What you gonna do? 376 00:15:55,655 --> 00:15:57,655 - Mm-hmm. - [laughing] 377 00:15:57,657 --> 00:15:59,791 - You have the best laugh in the world. 378 00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:01,392 I love it. - Oh, God! 379 00:16:01,394 --> 00:16:02,860 Whoo! Anyways. - Yeah. 380 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:05,630 - The 1960s is a very tumultuous time 381 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:08,299 for the United States of America. 382 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:11,436 Because every minority group imaginable 383 00:16:11,438 --> 00:16:12,370 is tired of the status quo. 384 00:16:12,372 --> 00:16:15,707 Okay, so there was a group of officers 385 00:16:15,709 --> 00:16:18,743 in New York City called the Public Moral Squad, 386 00:16:18,745 --> 00:16:20,578 which is ridiculous, because when in the [bleep] 387 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:22,814 have morals been a part of this God damn city? 388 00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:26,417 Like, the city's trash, and the Public Moral Squad 389 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:27,585 took their orders directly from the mayor. 390 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:30,488 The mayor was like, I want you to go shut down 391 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:32,690 the [bleep] gay bars. 392 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:34,525 I'm sick of them mother[bleep] 393 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:36,828 putting they [bleep] on people's asses, 394 00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:40,398 and it's time to be over. 395 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:44,836 So, the night at Stonewall, June 18th-- 396 00:16:44,838 --> 00:16:47,538 or 28th. June 28th. 397 00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:49,474 I know it was one of the 8s. 398 00:16:49,476 --> 00:16:51,442 [laughter] 399 00:16:51,444 --> 00:16:52,543 Oh, God. 400 00:16:52,545 --> 00:16:55,346 So, that night, 401 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:57,982 Charles Smythe and Seymour Pine, 402 00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:01,352 they walked into the Stonewall Inn, and they said, 403 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:02,453 Hey, bitch! 404 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:04,288 [clapping] We here! 405 00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:06,991 And [bleep] is under mother[bleep] arrest. 406 00:17:06,993 --> 00:17:08,960 Sit your gay ass down, 407 00:17:08,962 --> 00:17:09,627 and wait for us to 408 00:17:09,629 --> 00:17:11,929 verify your mother[bleep] I.D. 409 00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:14,866 with your [bleep] mother[bleep] genitals! 410 00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:16,034 [crashing] 411 00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:18,302 [laughing] 412 00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:19,370 Sorry, tree. 413 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:19,837 [laughter] 414 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:21,606 And the trans girls was like, Oh, no, bitch. 415 00:17:21,608 --> 00:17:23,441 We didn't ask for this. 416 00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:24,876 And some people were, like, freaking out, 417 00:17:24,878 --> 00:17:26,444 and trying to, like, go for the exits, 418 00:17:26,446 --> 00:17:29,447 but the police had barricaded the whole thing. 419 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:31,315 And Marsha says, You know what? 420 00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:34,952 Today is not the mother[bleep] day! 421 00:17:34,954 --> 00:17:37,522 Today is the day that I say no to this bull[bleep]. 422 00:17:37,524 --> 00:17:41,626 Like, y'all are not going to continue 423 00:17:41,628 --> 00:17:44,028 to run us, to dictate 424 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:45,797 what our lives should be like. 425 00:17:45,799 --> 00:17:48,633 T-t-to dish--to dic-trate 426 00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:50,635 what our lives are supposed to be like. 427 00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:53,638 You're not in charge any [bleep] more. 428 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,075 We're here, and as long as we have to pay taxes, 429 00:17:57,077 --> 00:17:58,543 you're gonna have to listen to what the [bleep] 430 00:17:58,545 --> 00:18:01,646 that we have to shay-- we have to sh-- 431 00:18:01,648 --> 00:18:02,647 to shay. 432 00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:03,681 To say! 433 00:18:03,683 --> 00:18:07,018 So Marsha P. Johnson stood the [bleep] up, 434 00:18:07,020 --> 00:18:09,053 and she picked up a shot glass, 435 00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:11,789 and she smashed that [bleep] against the mirror and said, 436 00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:13,925 I got my civil rights! 437 00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:17,028 She had had enough that mother[bleep] day. 438 00:18:17,030 --> 00:18:20,364 So, during the Stonewall riots, that first night, 439 00:18:20,366 --> 00:18:22,500 all these members of the gay community 440 00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:23,668 started gathering outside. 441 00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:25,636 Marsha, she's thinking, like, Oh, my God. 442 00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:26,938 There's so many of, like, us. 443 00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:30,074 There's 500 of this-- 444 00:18:30,076 --> 00:18:30,741 of us. 445 00:18:30,743 --> 00:18:33,411 By the time backup showed up to Christopher Street, 446 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:34,045 it was way too late. 447 00:18:34,047 --> 00:18:35,680 Some of the rioters threw rocks and [bleep]. 448 00:18:35,682 --> 00:18:37,682 Others found bricks and [bleep], and they're like, 449 00:18:37,684 --> 00:18:41,486 We're gonna [bleep] it up by any means necessary. 450 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:53,030 - [laughing] 451 00:18:53,032 --> 00:18:54,198 Oh, God. - It was good. 452 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,068 - I told myself I was not gonna get drunk this time. 453 00:18:57,070 --> 00:18:58,703 I don't know how I thought that was gonna work. 454 00:18:58,705 --> 00:19:00,605 [laughter] 455 00:19:00,607 --> 00:19:01,005 Okay. 456 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:03,541 So, the people at Stonewall that night 457 00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:05,476 realized there's a community of us. 458 00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:08,646 It's not just 20 of us on [bleep] Wednesday night 459 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:10,815 when it's half off-- there's a whole group of us 460 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:13,184 who are here in this gay [bleep] 461 00:19:13,186 --> 00:19:14,185 and you're not going to erase us 462 00:19:14,187 --> 00:19:17,955 from the mother[bleep] conversation no more. 463 00:19:17,957 --> 00:19:19,724 So, Marsha says, Ultimately, 464 00:19:19,726 --> 00:19:21,692 humanness wins. - Yes. 465 00:19:21,694 --> 00:19:25,163 - Ultimately, people win. - Yeah. 466 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:27,198 - That night, and then the next one, 467 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,100 constitute the Stonewall Riots, 468 00:19:29,102 --> 00:19:31,769 and that is what got the whole 469 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:33,704 gay rights movement in America 470 00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:36,140 started off. 471 00:19:36,142 --> 00:19:37,241 - Like, that gives me chills. 472 00:19:37,243 --> 00:19:40,978 - It's the shot glass heard around the world. 473 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:42,847 A few weeks later, 474 00:19:42,849 --> 00:19:45,049 Marsha and her friend Sylvia 475 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:47,218 formed the Street Transvestite 476 00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:48,853 Act--Reaction Evolution. 477 00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:51,689 Which is not words we-- we would use to gay-- 478 00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:54,025 today, obviously, it would be more like, 479 00:19:54,027 --> 00:19:55,860 Street Trans-vendor. 480 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:56,794 Transgender, I mean. 481 00:19:56,796 --> 00:19:59,664 Not trans-vinegar, yeah, it's not like that [bleep]. 482 00:19:59,666 --> 00:20:02,567 Basically, Marsha and Sylvia 483 00:20:02,569 --> 00:20:03,868 were out there in the '60s 484 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,570 and '70s just trying to get 485 00:20:05,572 --> 00:20:07,638 these trans kids a place to live. 486 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,106 She really was a badass. - Yeah. 487 00:20:09,108 --> 00:20:11,809 - And so brave--like, I would not have been that brave. 488 00:20:11,811 --> 00:20:12,877 In the '60s and '70s? 489 00:20:12,879 --> 00:20:14,679 I mean, it was bad enough being black. 490 00:20:14,681 --> 00:20:15,846 - Right. - But add in a queer identity, 491 00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:19,250 and then a--a queer gender identity too? 492 00:20:19,252 --> 00:20:21,652 It was a lot. It was a lot. 493 00:20:21,654 --> 00:20:22,653 And she still faced it. 494 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:25,256 But truly? 495 00:20:25,258 --> 00:20:26,724 Black people deserve to be on all this [bleep]. 496 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:28,726 - Mm-hmm. - Black people and Sacagawea. 497 00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:31,562 Who needs to get off the God damn coin 498 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,764 and onto some [bleep] paper money. 499 00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,032 [laughter] 500 00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:37,635 Because this our [bleep]. - Yeah. 501 00:20:37,637 --> 00:20:39,637 Bow down. 502 00:20:39,639 --> 00:20:41,806 [patriotic music] 503 00:20:41,808 --> 00:20:49,847 ♪ ♪ 504 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,967 - Well, no, don't caress me. - That's a Sublime song. 505 00:21:09,969 --> 00:21:11,702 - Don't test me on Sublime songs. 506 00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:13,804 The song is called, "Please Caress Me More." 507 00:21:13,806 --> 00:21:15,706 - Okay. Sure. 508 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:17,041 - That's--I don't want to live it out. 509 00:21:17,043 --> 00:21:17,975 - [laughing] - Don't live out-- 510 00:21:17,977 --> 00:21:18,008 I don't want to live out Sublime songs on my kitchen floor.