The Mistress Who Murdered Her Way To The Throne • Puppet History
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Shane Madej
WRITER
Garrett Werner
PRODUCER
Lizzie Lockard
POST PRODUCER
Sam Young
DIRECTOR
Anthony Frederick
FEATURING
Ryan Bergara
and Joyce Louis-Jean
EDITOR
Charlie Clay
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Hughie Stone Fish
Patrick Volker
Shane Madej
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Kari Koeppel
COORDINATOR
Carter Lau
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Violet Rawlings
Brendon Ryu
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Jay Tran
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Brendan Yoo
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Ben Forman
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Billy Jett
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Darren Dematteis
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Arron Haro
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GUEST PUPPET BY
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ADDITIONAL VOICES BY
Joyce Louis-Jean & Garrett Watts
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Mollie Ong
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Dragon city is old enough to trigger nostalgia for me XD
What level do I have to get to to get the started back? I’ve never downloaded an app. But I used the link and haven’t gotta anything yet
@@KingSwiftieTV I was wondering the same thing, I used the link but I didn’t get anything
Professor help us!
I got a horse women can ride
Real cute detail: The Professor's Mother mentions her friend Sue working at the museum... Sue is the worlds most complete fossil of a Tyrannosaur skeleton, located in Chicago, IL.
That’s freaking ADORABLE
O00
So Professor’s Mom and Sue were gettin’ it on at some point. Hot.
OMG I saw that fossil and it was literally amazing! I didnt even realize that's what he meant
@@nr6916 yeah! you may have also seen it at a different location depending on how long ago it was. A lot of those exhibits move from museum to museum some. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Sue as well but I haven’t been to IL, just a bunch of the ones in and around NYC and Washington
joyce is iconic and truly gives the energy "i support womens rights but more importantly i support women's wrongs"
Toxic women everywhere are excited I'm sure.
@@hardspumoni6940 Dude this is the third comment Ive seen you shittalking Joyce. Dont you think making a concerted effort to say something to seemingly everyone about her is pretty toxic?
@@hannahbrown2728 I've said what I felt was necessary. I left already. Don't you feel the need to count and stalk my comments is pretty toxic?
@@hardspumoni6940
Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss, you coward.
@@hardspumoni6940o. When someone leaves a shitty toxic comment it’s important to know if they’re always a toxic b*tch boy or if it’s just a one time thing.
Joyce's "I don't like the way you talk about yourself" was so sincere it was adorable. Can't get enough of this show, hyped every time an ep drops!
As he was saying that, I said out loud, "Don't talk about my friend Ryan like that." I'm glad Joyce was there to tell him that. We all need that friend to pull us out of self-deprecation.
Wanting a blank tombstone so that others can "write their own judgements" of her life is so amazing and interesting IMO. It makes me think that everything scandalous in this story were just horrible rumors during her lifetime, and rather than fight them, she let her beneficial laws & reforms speak for themselves and left it up to people what they wanted to believe.
It was her son’s idea, which adds a whole other layer.
I mean its hard to say how much, but its unlikely she didn't do some scheming to get where she was, men had to do it to reach their positions of power back then and the environment was even tougher for women.
And that's why the details are always a little fuzzy, people who go down in history will have a lot of things supposedly happen to them in their lives that purely originate out of rumours, and then we in the present choose to believe them sometimes for no deeper reason than because it's fun
Yea all her kids were just killing them selves and locking them selves up lmao.
Girl power amirite?
@@doc-holliday- "Girl power amirite?" Wow XD i have been destroyed by le epic facts and logic, here good sir take my upvotes i tip my fedora to you
No, it's not about "girl power" what are you some kind of incel? If you knew anything you'd have already come into this knowing a woman like Wu would automatically be viewed unfavourably by Confucian scholars, even without any murders her life would have offended their sensibilities.
Rulers of ANY gender and any Asian historical figure for that matter that made major waves will have their virtues or negative actions alike exaggerated to suit a narrative of people who come after them, for centuries.
Spin a wheel and pick anyone else, man or woman. You will come across spurious tales that emerge long after that person dies, and people will popularly choose to believe them.
The fact that Ryan was so confident in his incorrect explanation of why the phrase "baker's dozen" exists is absolutely hilarious
So we both saw that tumblr post in 2016 huh?
He's wrong? Aw....it made sense though! That's a bummer.
@@Bystander232 I read all of this in the professors Vocie, I see he's also rubbed off on you. I'm sad that they still don't do these practices today.
Has to do with old bread laws in England against bakers shortchanging their customers on the weight of the product. So a baker's dozen included an extra piece to avoid potential fines for inadvertently shortchanging the customer.
joyce jokingly saying it's "a little discount" is so funny bc she's more correct
Joyce is one of the best guests this show has ever had. Speaking of which, has anyone noticed that she and The Professor's mom are never on screen at the same time? Weird.
Lol so true
This is the first time lol 😂
yeah they should collab sometime, they would be besties
Joyce and Kate in one episode would be outta control, they're my top two for sure. I miss Kate 😢
Wrong.
I kind of wish they'd mentioned what happened afterwards: Emperor Zhongzong lasted all of 5 years before being poisoned by Empress Wei, who was basically de-facto ruler of the country anyway. Empress Wei then became the Empress Regent... for about 17 days until she was overthrown and Ruizong became emperor again for two years, but the real power behind the throne was his sister Princess Taiping, the daughter Wu Zetian didn't kill (the one she supposedly killed was Princess Si). So TLDR; for like seven more years after Wu Zetian's death, the country was still pretty much ruled by women.
She didn’t actually kill princess Anding. I read Chinese sources, and apparently Wu Zetian just took advantage of her daughter’s death to target her rivals.
But her granddaughter (Princess Anle) & daughter-in-law (Empress Wei) were a lot more cruel.
Ya the whole “wu Zetian killed her daughter” thing showed up in the records centuries after the fact. Now I don’t know about you but I’m pretty sure they didn’t have cctv vcrs sitting around in storage boxes so how would they figure it out centuries later the cause of the child’s death and who did it? (Hint a sexist historian)
I love how according to the professor, dragons aren't real, but time travel, genies, and talking puppets are
“Talking puppets” of course they are real I mean very few puppets don’t talk but those are the more archaic of their species
The Professor is a well versed on mythical creatures. He took a course at Puppet Univ!!!
How dare you question his credentials 😂
Well of course he believes in them he experienced those events but he hasn't experienced a dragon yet... possible tie-in for the next season?
Historically it’s actually dubious that Wu Zetian actually killed her daughter, as it’s the kind of thing where the oldest historical records don’t identify a cause of death or incriminate Wu at all. Then years later; suddenly they started saying SHE killed her daughter, the sources by political men who despised Wu Zetian and her historical role as a female leader. It’s just as likely her baby died by chance and she decided to take advantage of the situation by incriminating her rivals instead of just mourning her grief.
She does seem like the type of person to use their dead grandma's funeral as a "get out of class free card"
I watched "Empress of China", which is a drama that gave an alternative look into the life of Wu Zetian and !! it really did give me some perspective. Of course, she may not have been entirely innocent and has done unethical things to get to and stay where she was, but I think I can kind of see why after the drama + thinking about the lives of women back in those days
@@clairemend4825opinions on WuZeTian have been two sided for a long time. One say she is cruel and cunning, another say she is merciful and wise. The majority deem her as someone who is awesome.
Records show that there might be changes in her records (Shi Shu) after Tang Dynasty ended, like every man of that time do, they dont like woman who is above them, hence alteration on her record might happened. But her opinion got better as it got closer to modern time, which could be proven as her title got bigger as time goes after she passed away.
During that time, while Tang Dynasty is more open minded than all the previous dynasty, woman social status is still low. For Wu Ze Tian to able to control the country, its practically miracle at that point.
However, there is no doubt she is a good leader for the nation. And the first and only female ruler existed in China history
People should know about this, everything that has been negatively said/ alleged about Wu Zetian was accused after her death so no one really knows the real truth. Despite what’s been told, there’s no denying that Wu ZeTian’s time of ruling benefitted China.
Yea, and I feel like your daughter dying and taking advantage of it to incriminate your rivals will help you to not really have to face your grief of losing your child, which is the worst grief you can go through.
Taking a second to appreciate the professor's drip this episode.
I love it
Iconic
He still needs a little hat
You officially have 1k likes and I was your 1k like and that makes me happy
I kind of miss the hat though
i wanna take a minute to appreciate that shane took time and effort into pronouncing the chinese names. most youtubers/influenceres either avoid saying our names altogether or say something like, "i'm about to butcher this and i'm so sorry but [also doesn't care]" so thank you shane + team 😊💖
Who tf is Shane, do you mean Professor?
You do know people have accents right? and Americans have WAYY thicker n heavier accents so its harder for them to pronounce chinese names. its like saying my chinese ass butchered french words on purpose when i just rly have a heavy n thick accent obv i cant imitate the locals speaking
@@jaehyunluvrwhich is why we appreciate shane trying so hard to get it right! 🫶🫶
@@jaehyunluvryeah literally idk what OP is on abt lmao
Some of them opt for throwing it into Google and overlaying it into the video
Sorry to get too serious and all joking aside…but as someone with an anxiety disorder, I hope Ryan understands how great he is, how much we love all that he has done and knows he should take great pride in his accomplishments!
Ryan staring into the distance reevaluating his life choices while listening to a dragon sing about boning really encapsulates this show lol
Lmao I love how he checks his watch.
oh yeah absolutely - in a nutshell, the season is pretty much vignettes of ryan's life as a pre-breakup, post-breakup, and maybe-time-for-a-loopy-different-start-again kind of dude. and belle of the ballads is def a pretty perfect encapsulation of his coping mechanisms : lip-sync and w dreamysinging while overlookingotallyonelydragon who KILTS WAYYYYY FOR TOTS"
LET'S GOOOO
Some corrections on fuzzy details:
- Wu Zetian was never Taizong's personal secretary. She was just kind of ignored during her time in his harem, with the exception of getting an "art name" bestowed by him, Mei-Niang (Charming Lady). So she was noticed by him at some point at least, but ultimately she wasn't his type and their age gap was too big, so she had no luck. Her actual job was supposedly changing his sheets, and she met Gaozong while they were both serving the deathly-ill Taizong.
- The baby daughter likely died from natural causes and Wu Zetian made the best out of the situation by trying to pin it on Empress Wang. This is not to say Wu Zetian wasn't capable of killing her own kids, but it doesn't make tactical sense to deliberately sacrifice the baby when it's impossible that Empress Wang would have ever been alone with it. There were bound to be servants around. Hence Empress Wang was never found guilty; it was some other bogus charge that brought her and Consort Xiao down later on. It's especially suspicious when accounts of the incident GAIN in detail as the centuries go on. You'd think those later historians (who were very misogynistic) were personally under the bed when it happened by the way they described the entire sequence of events in dramatic detail. The earliest account only says the baby "died suddenly."
- Zhongzong never asked Wu Zetian if he could make his father-in-law prime minister, he just went ahead and did it, which was the problem. His wife was indeed ambitious, but she only started making moves AFTER Wu Zetian died, so I wouldn't say Wu Zetian was ever intimidated by her or that she was the mastermind behind this. It was Zhongzong's own hot-headed f*ck up because he thought he could do whatever he wanted now that he was finally emperor.
- Crown prince coups aren't that weird in the Tang dynasty. Gaozong himself only came to the throne because his brother the former crown prince tried it and got deposed, and their dad came to the throne through his own coup. Taizong started a bad precedent (and had the NERVE to be shocked when his sons tried to pull the same sh*t on himself 😂)
Ok, that makes sense because it didn't make sense that she would kill a baby that the emperor adored. Like she could use her baby girl for something else in the future.
I had been looking for Xiran to comment on this and finally found it ^^
i am so glad you showed up here lmaoooo i was kinda twitching because your video about her was what inspired me to do a deep dive on wu zetian myself and i was like NOW HOLD ON
A monarch has arrived 👑👑👑
Well now I just want you guest staring as a puppet taking over the show and making the professor a contestant on a topic of Chinese history! It would be amazing
I love how, gradually over time, the toothpaste has went from moving ever so slightly to “being flung across the room”
I love that a real person decided to make up a story about their father being a dragon to give themselves more respect and then hundreds of years later, as a direct result of that, someone makes a song and performance in which a puppet sings the world's horniest song about very consensually banging their mom. It is amazing. I love humans.
Aww, I genuinely love Shane's efforts to pronounce names well.
You mean The Professor. Shane isn't in this episode. He never is. Which is a shame.
but shane wasnt even here!?!!
Who’s Shane?
who is this shayne you speak of?
@@Sassymouse88 One could say it's a shame it isn't Shane
I was half expecting Xiran Jay Zhao to show up lol.
The real reason for a baker's dozen is that bakers used to try and save money by making the batches smaller, so a law was passed that if a batch of rolls/whatever isn't heavy enough, the baker would be flogged and/or go to prison. But since weights can vary from roll to roll, bakers started adding an extra roll so they wouldn't risk going under the line. (This is from 13th century England under King Henry III)
Was going to ask if this is who the book iron widow is inspired from lool
Me too! I remember Xiran’s first UA-cam video and then the videos on this topic! So fun
Petition to bring this back in full effect because food companies keep shrinking individual products while raising the prices.
They are in the comments!
They've corrected some details, so they're in the comments!
why is shane so good at singing? It just seems so random we need more
I’m pretty sure he’s actually even better than what we see on the episodes - during the end cards on these videos sometimes a “studio” version of the song of the episode will start to play, and it sounds like Shane singing normally for them sometimes. Idk if it’s Shane that does those cause some of them don’t sound like him, but I’m pretty sure some of them are. So I think he’s actually legitimately a good singer but dumbs it down/hams it up (however you want to put it) for the sake of the performances during the episode.
I actually think the singing at the end may be Hughie Stone Fish, who’s credited in the description! (At least the for the end cards that really don’t sound like Shane!)
@@TheomnonomMonster yeah, I realized that afterwards haha. I’m fairly new to the boys, found an episode of mystery files that made me laugh my ass off, realized they were the boys from the infamous goatman bridge Buzzfeed unsolved video & worked there for a long time. Love them sm haha
Shane? Hes not in these, hes just the estranged producer.
my grandma got remarried after my grandpa died. they decided that she would be buried in between the first and second husband, so my second grandpa bought the burial plot right next to hers (on the opposite side from where first grandpa is buried). pretty romantic if you ask me
That’s so sweet and loving
"I'm doing what I have to do to get pregnant" -Ryan Bergara 2023
Meanwhile Ryan in the bathroom poking holes in the condom 😂
Best part of this episode is how confidently wrong Ryan was about why they call it a baker’s dozen
(It’s because in medieval times bakers could be punished by death if the weight of their loaves was not above a certain threshold so bakers would include a mini 13th loaf as security)
Shhh if we all spread Ryan’s version it becomes true
@@boobailey4509I love his version bc honestly I would also eat the thirteenth baked good lol
@@boobailey4509 Ah, how all great facts are conceived.
Honestly, Ryan's explanation was the one _I_ was taught and grew up thinking was correct. But maybe that's just what mothers tell us so they can get automatic dibs on the extra cookie.
"Would you boink a dragon?"
"I feel like it would rip me apart."
"Yeah. It would. Answer the question."
Hysterical.
I own a book called "Rejected Princesses" that goes over a lot of woman badasses throughout history, and we've covered a lot of them in this series that I can't help but wonder if Shane has a copy too.
I wished I had that book 😂
you guys should release an album with all of the songs from puppet history. i’d listen to it on repeat
Hatshepsut was the best
Stool of Gold
Legit, the Hologram Professor song (Surgeon epsiode) was on repeat for my alarm for a while. Plus the "We're History" (dinosaur episode) is just too good.
The Beast of Gevaudan‘s Talking Heads song lives in my head rent free
100%
I will say, it is HIGHLY unlikely that she ACTUALLY killed her own daughter. It's much more likely that the daughter died of more natural causes and Wu decided to use the situation to her advantage. But we have to remember that a lot of this history was written by people who REALLY hated her. Xiran Jay Zhao has 2 videos covering Wu's life time that I would highly recommend to anyone who wants more details on all the court drama that went on.
AYYYYY XIRAN JAY ZHAO FAN
Is it just me or does the professor's fur look extra nice this season? I wonder what fur dresser he goes to. Anyone know?
Lol
Fur's Choice Haircutters.
Joyce genuinely being sad about Ryans title was very cute honestly
As a women that rides horses, it’s a relief to know I’m endorsed by both The Professor and Watcher
Supported by men, hated by horses?
Yeah that sounds like a big ol L
I feel like we all need to start posting horse related pictures with "professor approved" stamps on them.
all hail the watcher
@@AB-ft7ngnaw, I’m my horse’s emotional support animal
"We here at Puppet History believe women should ride horses"
Somewhere nearby, Kate is hollering with joy
while simultaneously getting herself bucked off the horse she was also riding at the same time
To anyone wants to read a little bit of history: Although Wu Ze Tian has been portrayed as a woman who did whatever she could to hold power onto the throne, she actually did a pretty good job ruling China. Whatever she had done positively that benefited the country is definitely recorded in history and since her image has been portrayed mostly in the negative side, it’s also known that all of the alleged things she had done were spoken after her death, so basically no one in todays time really knows what’s true or not but that’s what most people tend to believe.
She was a very busy lady
Amazing how she still had the time to also become a mech pilot
LOL🤣🤣🤣
iron widow reference let’s go
GOD I love Joyce so much, she's one of my favorite guests
I'd say my fav is Katie, she is just always so tickled pink by everything, she is such a joy to watch😁
Right? She's so funny!
TRULY she is so great 😊❤
Joyce is always a joy (lol I will see myself out) to see on any of the watcher shows
She is absolutely lovely.
One thing I really appreciate about Shane is that he tries to get pronunciation right. The way he said Wu Shiyue and Li Yuan was pretty accurate, and tend to be hard for non-Chinese speakers to pronounce.
Even the dynasty and location names were good! Also love how he does history from all over, including Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
I'm impressed that he pronounced Li Zhi the way he did. It's not an easy sound to make for an english speaker.
I absolutely second this! It's such a relief to be able to finally watch a history show, however silly it might be, that actually puts in the effort to get all kinds of names pronounced correctly and respectfully. So many creators don't even bother to look up the correct pronunciation, or they play the "I'm not gonna even try, sorry NON-ANGLOS" xenophobic cop-out.
I'm so glad someone is appreciating his pronunciation!!
Just wanna thank Shane & the puppet history researchers for the effort w the pronunciation of the chinese words/names :') Genuinely moved!!! (Even simply pronouncing "Tang Dynasty" 3:16 as such and not "t-EH-ng" as Americans usually would, or "Li Zhi" 12:35 rather than "j-EE"). Idk it just means a lot after having grown up hearing the butchered pronunciations so normalised. Sobs.💛 谢谢你们! / Thank you all!
Ah yes, crocheting a bunny while hearing a dragon sing about how he's good in bed, definitely the way I expected to spend my morning
Wow Joyce and The Professor's Mom sound so similar! I'd bet they'd harmonize so well!
I wonder if they've met!
@@autumnsfablekeeper4419 They should meet and go out for lunch. OR MAYBE A GIRL'S TRIP TO VEGAS! :D
As someone who knows some Mandarin [and is Chinese] I appreciate The Professor's correct pronunciation of names.
i was gonna say the same! i mean of course the professor lived through that period but
Can we take a second, well more than a second to appreciate Shane's songs? Like I know everyone knows this, but this guy is insanely talented (same with everyone one else on watcher ofc!) Like come on!! His range is insane, Love you guys so much :))
Yes!
She was partially responsible for the silk trade across Eurasia. She also built the first public food storage facilities for the people during cold seasons
Damn she’s pragmatic!
Now he is hatless, I think he should have a themed hat every episode.
Every time Ryan showed blatant signs that he was lost or that he stopped paying attention, Professor should have made him button up his shirt by one button. We would have had him buttoned up tight halfway through the episode!
More of a punishment for me, personally, than for our best beef boy 😂
@@GONEmypurpleflapjackhis cpu might overheat we wouldn't want him to crash
Is Ryan okay? He deserves a much better title than the one he gave himself :(( We love you Ryan
As a huge fan of Puppet History and Iron Widow, you guys have no idea how overjoyed I was by this video
I love Wu Zetian’s story, Xiran Jay Zhao has a great couple videos about her life.
Xiran Jay Zhao for the win!!!
Xiran Jay Zhao my beloved
Yes me too!! I love their stuff!
And also a series of YA mecha novels based on her rise to power!
Excellent YA Mecha novels!
A note: SUE the T-Rex is of unknown sex and is generally referred to as "they" by the museum that has the fossil specimen.
Omg I didn’t pick up on that dinosaur reference! Since they’re in LA and Sue “ lives” in Chicago at the Fields museum, perhaps it’s a different Sue then?
@@Bystander232 Woah, you couldn't even tell unless he mentions it! And he's certainly never done that before...
(Yes, I know that the Shane-knowing-Sue explanation makes the most sense but then... are the dinosaurs flying to and from chicago in under an hour? AND interviewing for jobs? Do the episodes actually last multiple days???)
It’s crazy to me what a good singer Shane is. To be able to make the voices for the singing puppets and make them sing different styles and hit the right notes, or even the wrong notes for character’s personality. I just know that his normal singing voice is fabulous
Ryan's anxiety about everything you do wrong being remembered forever is both relatable and fueling my own anxiety to a terrifying degree.
Please. STOP.
Watching Ryan clearly flashback to the Hot Daga while a horny holy dragon sings about sex gives me life.
A baker's dozen is 13 because for a period of time in England bakers were fined if they failed to deliver exactly 12 items in their order. They made extras to avoid the fine, and simply charged for a dozen.
I think it was more about weight so it was in case any were a little too light? Been a while since I heard tho
I’ve heard both of your stories and Ryan’s from different English teachers/speakers, I think it’s a thing without a real original story
Yeah, it looks like it originated in the 16th century (looked it up myself cuz I was feeling flummoxed about Ryan's explanation and felt bad I didn't "know" 😅).
@@elif6908It could also be poor documentation or even a way to explain bakers dozen in another country (maybe even another language.) It’s interesting though and I could see both being real in one way or another.
This is the 3rd different explanation for the baker's dozen I've seen in these comments so far. I'm accepting I'll just never know
"Do a kindness to everyone you meet, you know, otherwise, maybe they'll poison ya." Some wisdom from the Professor
I can just imagine Wu and the Emperor's Son like reaching for the medicine to give the Emperor's at the same time, their hands touching, and being like "oh my, I'm so sorry" and it just went from there lol
Ryan didn’t deserve that extra jelly bean- in medieval times, there was a law requiring minimum weights for bread. The bakers dozen was a way to safeguard that the weight would be above the requirement for a dozen loaves
Shhh....just let him have this one.
Thank you! That's what I was taught as well, a "just in case" extra peice to avoid fines and punishment.
ryan deserves all the jellybeans he can get.
@@yuvrajmishra1873 Honestly, the professor owes him a ton of jellybeans from previous seasons, so this seems earned
Hello people if you guys find Wu Zetian cool you should read a book called "Iron Widow" by Xiran Jay Zhao. It is a science fiction retelling of Wu Zetian and her life set in a world with mechas, planet destroying aliens, female violence, and polyamory! It's a great book and I am currently reading it for the third time in like half a year lol
Just finished this book too!! Amazing
I’m definitely adding this to my list to read this year!
It's such a good book!!!!! Best fiction I've read in a long time 🥰
t hat's on my tbr!
Watching all the Puppet Histories on my Watch Later before they get scrubbed lmao
Their old content will stay here.
as a fan of both xiran zhao and puppet history, i must say that i'm absolutely delighted by this episode
Ryan said he would haunt his widow wife for being buried next to her new husband and now my head hurts thinking about ghost hierarchy.
i feel like we’ve seen Dorothy Ruth go through all the stages of grief. RIP Stanley Melvin Murphy. you were right, you will live forever…in our hearts 🫡
The tonal dissidence between Cowbells and A Handmaid's Tale🤣
i would have given almost anything for a guest on this episode to have been Xiran, i feel like they would have brought such good energy to this
Would have loved if Joyce said to The Professor's mom, "Girl, I love your voice."
Lol
Can we get Ryan a therapist or have a intervention? so he can get the self love he needs.
whoever decided to play The Imperial March but slightly to the left while talking about what she did as empress, i hope you know your a goddamn genius
Joyce’s episodes are always so fun! Her joke delivery is spot on every time!!!
"We here at puppet history believe women should be able to ride horses!" Back with the hot takes this season, I see
I think you guys got the princess wrong...Princess Taiping grew to full adulthood and was an influential coutier in Wu Zetian's palace and a close confidant to her mother...She's considered one of the most powerful women in Tang Dynasty right alongside her mother; they were known to have a rift when Wu killed Taiping's husband for plotting a coup but they later reconciled...I think you meant to say Princess Si maybe.
Yeah I thought the name "Taiping" is quite popular and I was wondering what's the origin of that name if she died early? Thanks for the clarification.
@@kikaykimy yeah, there was a super famous chinese TV drama about the life of princess Taiping too, starring the mesmerising Zhou Xun...its considered a classic megahit!
Oh wow, I didn’t know this! It’s kind of funny that the daughter who died is named Si though, as it’s a homonym (tho a different tone) with the word “death” in Mandarin. Her name was “思” while death is “死”.
“The only person a powerful woman would fear is another powerful woman.” I’m thirsting after Ryan so hard this episode, my god 😩🤯
“As we have said dragons aren’t real”
“You never know🤷🏾♀️”
“We do know”
“No🤭”
I love it when Joyce is in the show!! I'm really hoping to see Kate Peterman this season too!! 🤞 Their chemistry is hilarious 😂
Ryan you ok? You’re such an inspiration honestly, I’m so incredibly proud of how far you’ve come and how much you’ve accomplished in just a few years. I genuinely look up to you. Love you!
They must have filmed the next season of Too Many Spirits the night before
Yeah! Ryan, we love you, so don't put yourself down bud!
He’s just fishing for compliments. I’m getting tired of fans wondering “Is Ryan OK?” It’s been years. The answer is always no. This is who he is. Don’t worry about it. Enjoy the content!
Why are you asking if he’s ok? I’d say he’s great! Just married a gorgeous actress, has a successful company, and had a cameo in a Marvel movie. I wish I was doing that well. lol
@@debbiefaisoncook8307 Just the way he was putting himself down was a bit concerning to me, I don’t like seeing people I look up to do that. And just because someone has a lot of great things happening and all doesn’t automatically make them 100% ok
the history of this woman’s life continues to change. when I did a project on her in school, this story was much different. a lot more graphic and brutal and more killing and banishing of her children. zhongzong also took the throne via rebellion. but as I’ve kept up with the history on her, lots of details keep changing. it’s weird
To sort of answer Ryan's question about widows, my grandmother's first husband died in a car accident a couple months after returning from WWII. She remarried to my grandfather. Had 2 children with each husband. In the end she was buried between them. Seemed like a good solution.
Joyce and the Professor have one of my favorite relationships
I hope they go back to Reno, their last trip was so much fun
Always nice to have an update on Dorothy Ruth's constant drama 😂
Shane should start creating more music. Despite his voice inflections, you can tell he is a great singer.
watching ryan just calmly take it in while shane is able to construct, write lyrics for, and perform a dragon fucking skit on his very own niche history show, is why watcher had to happen
Ive watched a video about her recently. Its sad how thr males teied to erase her existance and left her a bare memorial after everything she did for her people. She made history they quickly forgot.
Tale as old as time, luckily historians are persistent. Like detectives
Seems just like the classic man thing to do. Happened to the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut as well.
It happened plenty to male leaders too, it's just that women typically need to put in some extra work to get in and stay in power that winds up making enemies
@@Phatocatto I was thinking that too.
And she did basically either kill or betray her children so appreciate the history but not the person
"It was the olden days, we love drama." Hell yeah, Joyce ❤
I'm so happy you guys are talking abt wu zetein!! one of my fav youtubers xiran jay zhao did a whole video on her!! I really recommend checking them out for anybody interested in Chinese history like this :D
shane always producing the most catchiest songs hes a legend >>>
I laughed at Ryan's hat so hard that my neighbors definitely heard. Amazing ep as always, love a historical murderous woman
Omg! I commented for a Wu Zetian episode back in season 2!!! This is amazing to see! Important note that after Wu Zetian died future governments lead a smear campaign against her so some of the kid killing is still questioned by historians today due to a lack of unbiased records 😅. Thank you for this episode idk if it was because of my comment but I’m so glad you covered such a powerful female leader ❤
I guess I'll be the only one to say that I really appreciated Ryan's open shirt this episode. Ryan, you are so confident with your style. I hope you'll be able to be as confident in yourself!
I’ve been following these guys for so long, I know exactly what tube of toothpaste they’re talking about 😂 I love it.
Sorry Ryan, bakers dozen was set up because of medieval law that a loaf had to be a certain weight, if it was less than the allotted weight the baker could be severely punished.
Oh my lord I was dying for this history chapter to be talked about on the Puppet History! I would have died if you got Xiran Zhao in this episode today because they made a video about Wu Zetian and wrote a book based on her, Iron Widow!
*they made a video!
@@heresakissmuah Your right! My mistake! I completely forgot!
@@isolatedone616 Hey don't worry!! The important part is that you corrected it🥰
main vocal shane madej really rocked that bridge
This song is EVERYTHING when are we gonna get a Spotify profile for Shane?????
LOVE Joyce’s title for herself, thank you for returning Lily of the River
“That’s about what I expected” with the professor’s voice breaking was my fav moment 31:57
I am so happy to see joyce on another watcher video, she’s just such a delight
My husband loves baking. The bakers dozen came from mid evil times where bread was sold by weight. If the weight was below the legal standard the baker could have their hands chopped off or put in jail. Bakers dozen was essentially insurance for bakers to make sure they didn’t get in legal trouble for short-selling bread
As a massive history buff, I enjoy this show so much. I get to learn about history, and I get to laugh as well. Thank you professor for the amount of time it takes to research all of these things.
Wu is the epitome of "I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it"
Honestly bravo to Shane/the professor for pronouncing the names correctly!
This is legitimately the best episode of this series so far and I’ve seen all the episodes. Great job.
If this series doesn't end with me being able to buy a History Wizard hat, I am gonna FREAK OUT man!
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao is one of my favorite novels. It’s a fictionalized telling of Wu Zetian’s story, but set in a mecha-anime style world. It’s awesome.
Just imagining Liza Minnelli chatting it up with two dinosaurs is both wholesome and hysterical!