I’ve been rewatching the earlier episodes, and the first mention of the genie was in the Violet Jessop episode... when Shane spilled the jelly beans. I feel like that can’t be a coincidence.
I love that Curly was Vibing during the song and Ryan was astral projecting himself into the dimension where he gets to toss the Professor into the ocean
Obviously the professor was once human and asked Gene the genie to give him the ability to time travel, but alas the catch was he would be turned into a puppet
He may have also asked for immortality, judging by the fact he said that the years get a little fuzzy. That's probably the wish he got turned into a puppet on
Fun fact: in Spain we hate Napoleon so bad it's considered a dog name. Like an actual name for dogs. Even today, people name their dogs "Napoleon". Also, his brother José Bonaparte was called Pepe Botella ("Joey Bottle") bc he was known for being a drunk.
@@morganbodhi9492 i think it was an old-timey thing from when people didn't think of their pets the way we do today and then it just became a custom... i promise we love our dogs 😂
@@dany4645 you are totally right but i also think it's kind of funny to give a cute puppy such a long regal name... i think it's (thankfully) becoming less common tho
@PBJMan because back in the day dogs weren't often thought of as pets and friends to be taken care of like today, they were used to guard the house or the sheep or whatever, many slept on the floor, etc. i'm not saying people hated their dogs but even if they liked them they usually thought of them as lesser creatures. so to give someone's name to a dog is a way of mocking them and putting them down, like saying "you're just a dog, you're not a person to me". and you could order your dog around so it would be like "Napoleon, come here, sit" and such, which is a way of again interpreting Napoleon as "below" you.
@@MiniaMonteagudo Some of my French friends also detest Napoleon. They told me that he is not really admired in France anymore. I studied Spanish history and I was happy to see you mention "Pepe Botella"! But I always thought his nickname was "Pepe Botellas", meaning that he drank A LOT.
Another badass thing about policarpa, usually when someone is executed by firing squad they have their backs at the executioners. Policarpa turners around and stared at the executioners.
@TK Wallace I think over time, The Professor's skin changes into a torquoise-like hue and added the furry thing around the first episode of Puppet History.
man, policarpa's last words gave me goosebumps. it always strikes me how scathing and effective strong women's words are, like to this day i'm still thinking of the 'get shot like a dog' line of the pirate lady episode from ruining history.
Plot twist: the reason why Ryan never wins is either: A. the professor wants to save Ryan, and so is willing to sacrifice all the other guests on the show but him, or B. Ryan is in on the plan, and is helping the professor turn the other guests into puppets by pretending to compete in the show
Oh, you KNOW Shane was waiting for someone to make a short Napoleon quip. You KNOW he was snickering to himself when he thought up the giant Napoleon gag.
Shane’s ability to always remember when to open and close the mouth while also reading a script is impressive. It’s a small thing that I think a lot of people would overlook and get out of sync. But Shane nails it.
Jillian Bergamasco I used to do puppetry story time for kids, and getting your puppet in sync with your voice is just a matter of opening your hand every time you open your mouth. It takes practice, but it becomes something you can do without even thinking about it. Then the real trick is keeping your hand(s) from “talking” when you’re NOT using your puppet(s), lol.
@@hannatude Did you ever watch the tv show Soap? You just made me think of a character who does ventriloquism constantly, whose family took away his puppet in annoyance, and he started sticking his hand in random objects so he could keep doing the mouth flaps xD
It´s so refreshing to see "foreign" media talk about my country but it´s not about drugs. Maybe you guys consider talking about Benkos Bioho and how he managed to fund the first free town for slaves in America
He became the rebellion leader of runaway slaves in Nueva Granada(Colombia) at the beginning of s.XVI. The first time he tried to escape he was recaptured. The second time with the help of 30 others he was finally successful and founded San Basilio de Palenque. There he established an intelligence network, a prepared and armed army, and groups of recruitment with the purpose of finding and freeing other slaves. Of course, the Spaniards tried many times to recapture the runaways but they were defeated every time. In 1613 they came to sorta a peace treaty where they recognized Palenque´s autonomy and everyone that lived there a freeman as long as Benkos stopped referring to himself as king and welcoming more runaways. Finally in 1621 good old Spain violated the agreement and hanged Benkos. This is like a summary of the summary.
The question is, would Ryan stay ripped as a puppet? If he did does the Professor have some sort of magical ability to STILL win. Personally I think the Professor would use his time travel abilities to predict the hits and avoid Ryan's hits altogether.
It eventually turns into a plot point when Ryan is turned into a puppet that releases Ricky Goldsworth sealed within him. "This is why I never allowed you to win, Ryan. It wasn't done out of hatred, but just to protect you... I never wanted lose my only friend to being possessed by my nemesis." Ryan: "Wait, are you actually possessing Shane right now?" "WRONG. NEMESIS GETS A JELLYBEAN."
I'm crying????? I'm Colombian and seeing our country and our history reflected in such a fun and positive way really means a lot. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING THIS PART OF OUR HISTORY TO YOUR AUDIENCE AND SHOWING HOW COLOMBIAN PEOPLE WERE AND WILL ALWAYS BE REVOLUTIONARY AND POWERFUL. anyways brb cryingggg because I'm too happy
WAIT- I'VE PIECED IT TOGETHER, IT HIT ME WHEN THE PROFESSOR SAID "I don't want to see my wonderful little puppets get hurt.", THE PROFESSOR MADE THE HISTORICAL FIGURES INTO PUPPETS, JUST LIKE THE GUESTS, EXPLAINING HIS SUBTLE IMPLICATIONS OF KNOWING THE FIGURES PERSONALLY!! IT ALL MAKES SENSE
Wait do you think that before all of the people in the stories die , that the Professor pops in with time travel from the genie turns them into puppets and goes back to the modern day?
Everyone else in the comments talking about the professors dark and twisted backstory, I'm here crying over how sweet Curly and the professor's friendship is and about how painful it must have been to turn him into a puppet with the jellybeans, the same way he talked about how painful being a spy would be, because you would have to turn your back on your friends and that may be hinting at the professor's inner turmoil at having to befriend and gain the trust of the guests on the show, only to turn them into puppets, cursing them to share his eternal agony. *I'll go home now*
Brianelly Flores I'm wondering if possibly the bad jelly beans reverse the effects of the normal jelly beans. We've seen Ryan eat jelly beans in previous episodes.
Shane early in Unsolved: "Look. I dont want to get political." Shane as time goes on: "Eat the rich, you cant trust the government, all cops are bastards, donate to planned parenthood."
as a colombian, i’m so happy you guys did this ! sadly, most of the times in which foreign media cover our country they talk about the drug thing, but it’s refreshing to see this ! you guys were so well informed and the point was so clear. congrats !
I love how the professor pronounces the words correctly, he doesn't make them easier for him to say but makes the effort to say them correctly. thank you professor for putting in effort
this!!!!!! I'm Indian, and it makes me so upset when white people call names like "Suresh" difficult to pronounce but have no problem pronouncing McKayleighlynn and boasting that they can rap the whole of Super Bass.
@@sunny-ot8ee If I don’t know how to pronounce someone’s name I literally just ask them how they pronounce it, it’s not that hard like some people make it out to be and I hate it so much
As a colombian I am beyond thrilled to learn about colombian heroines with The Professor!!! AND CURLYYYY CORRECTING THE PROFESSOR'S PRONOUNCIATION??? ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL
my sister was watching this in her room and i raced in and said "I heard the puppet! I'm here to watch". She looked at me and went "you mean Shane" and I looked at her and said "there is no more Shane. Just the Professor"
a lot of the time, like this episode for example, Ryan simply doesn't win cuz he gets more questions wrong. Curly had 4 right where Ryan only got 2, so ryan would've lost even without the rotten jelly bean. I know it's fun to say and people make jokes.
my thoughts exactly! and the other comment isn't wrong but weird that's who you're defending. You're right though! Turns out we need to eat and feed our families to do other stuff like consider our nation! But thanks for pointing it out!
Yeah, i guessed that answer because people back then were a lot more impassioned about things like that than we are today. I think the skit leading up to the explanation was not doing justice to what happened tbh, I'm pretty sure they were fully aware that it was a play, but were a lot more involved
Fun fact: Here in Spain, we call Joseph Bonaparte "Pepe Botella", which translates to "Pepe Bottle". It comes from the fact that, when Joseph Bonaparte came to Spain, he tried to seem nice to Spainiards, who hated him anyway, and bought a couple of bottles of wine from locals, so people started calling him a drunk, hence the nickname "Pepe Botella".
When I get tired of watching Sesame Street with my almost-2 year old, I trick him with Puppet History. We were just watching this episode on the TV and I caught him dancing and babbling along to the spool's song. Thanks for Puppet History, guys. Keeps me sane and the kid entertained!
It’s one thing to write jokes in a script but the fact that Shane riffs off of the guests makes this show a masterpiece. I never knew he had so many talents!!
Curly is the type of person who would make me feel significantly less anxiety about going to a friend of a friend’s house party. Curly is the type of person we all need on our lives.
@@julia-qj1dq But we live in a society! I too am full of nihilistic rage and nothing matters but people keep thinking everything matters and that makes me angry and now I want to *hurt them!*
I just checked her wikipedia page and it read as follows: "Policarpa Salavarrieta (c. 26 January 1795 - 14 November 1817), also known as "La Pola", or "Phantom of Bogota""
I honestly wanna see the evil genie who tricked Professor Mcnasty engage in a duel with him. Like *Immortal Vs Immortal: the battle of the century.* And while this is happening Ryan is just in the background throwing jellybeans at the prof cuz he's salty like that.
"turns out unbelievable cruelty towards a group of people standing up for what they believe in is seldom what wins the support of people, especially in the long lens of history" yet another commentary from the professor that has nothing to do with the current state of the world
i’m glad someone else noticed this, tho it could probably apply to any era in history, it hits way harder for the events of 2020 and i love how he said it
What I love about The Professor is the fact that like His voice sounds not far off from Shane’s but it’s JUST different enough to be a totally different, natural voice. It’s like The Rock playing Maui.
the professor: turns out, unbelievable cruelty towards people standing up for what they believe in is seldom what wins the support of people, especially in the long lens of history me: 👀
Y’know what? This series got me thinkin’, a book series with a time travelling history professor who constantly gets asked by their students how they know so much about history in such great detail and always has to lie I would read that book series
"He was 5'6" that's not tiny" "That's pretty small isn't it?" Me: cries in 5'5" Edit: Damn wasn't aware that me complaining about being a short guy would start an argument in the comments :/
@Daniel 5'6 is the current world average male height. Back then, the average height would be shorter, so he was on the taller side of average. Plus, guarantee you Ryan is shorter than that.
After the season 4 finale, I thought it would be fun to go back through the other videos and find out the real scores in each to see if Ryan actually won any. This will be focused on the points won during the questions only, not the extra points the professor gives out willy-nilly. Actual Score: Ryan had 2 points and Curly had 4. The guest won fairly and I heavily relate to him about going to the supermarket, it is terrifying, there are Karens lurking around every corner
So, here’s my headcanon. Once upon a time, there lived a history professor who was well-travelled, highly educated, and generally liked by his peers and his students at Puppet University. Sadly, he was too focused on gaining more knowledge and prestige to even think about reciprocating the affection lavished upon him. One day, he heard about the Coveted Cup of the History Master and he sought to find it, come hell or high water. He left his job, declaring that he will only come back when he has found the cup. And so he searched and searched. Seconds turned into minutes, and minutes turned into hours. Hours turned into days, days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months, and months turned into years, and soon enough, it had been a decade since the professor has left PU. He was close to giving up hope, to abandoning his quest and return to his day job of teaching, when he got a lucky break - the Coveted Cup of the History Master is located in the middle of the Sahara desert. So, with his resolve renewed, he set out to the desert in the hope of locating it. And locate it, he did. Overjoyed, he took the cup and headed back to town. At a tavern stop along the way, he accidentally rubbed the cup, and lo and behold, a genie popped out. “Who dare awaken the mighty genie of the Coveted Cup?” “It is I, the Professor!” “Well, that was underwhelming. But since I am the genie, I will still grant you three wishes.” The Professor grinned. He couldn’t believe it. He already proved that he was superior to his peers and now he was also getting a chance to get whatever he wanted, all on a silver platter. “Genie, I wish to be the most intelligent being on Earth.” “Granted.” “I wish to have the ability to time travel.” “Granted.” “I wish to be immortal.” “Granted.” A cloud of blue smoke obscured the Professor. After what seemed like an eternity, it finally cleared, The Professor and the genie both disappeared. All that was left was a blue puppet with glasses and several small coveted cups, all filled with jellybeans. He got his wish, all right. Tl;dr: The Genie transformed the Professor into a time-travelling puppet in order to fulfil his wish of being an immortal time traveller. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. May I suggest La Maupin for next season? Edit: I found a way to explain why people turn into puppets when they eat jellybeans. Edit 2: I can’t figure out how to link my fanfic here, but you can find it on AO3. It’s called The Jellybean or: How I Learned to Stop Whining and Repopulate a Species. I’ve only gotten the first chapter up, but there will be more. By the way, thanks for the likes :) Edit 3: Word choices. Edit 4: the fanfic’s been taken down until further notice. Also, this is the most likes I think I’ve ever gotten, so thanks:)
So are we just not going to address the "Garett turned into a puppet when he ate a jellybean" thing? Is Curly going to go puppet off camera? Will all of the buzzfeed employees slowly start going puppet? I have so many questions.
Theory: The professor made a deal with Shane thinking he was a genie, but Shane is actually a demon. And Shane is trying to protect Ryan, so he never lets Ryan win
i love this subplot that the professor met a genie and wished to be able to time travel making him an ageless being but for some reason the genie has a vendetta against the professor and blamed him for handing in a widely adored revolutionary spy in the 1500s
She was also being forced to marry someone way out of her age range, (it always weirds me out how she and Romeo (17) met got married and both committed suicide in the span of 6 days)
@@PuppyLove2468 wdym being forced to marry someone out of her age range? she killed herself because romeo was dead not cuz she was being forced to marry anyone??
@@idontneedaname318 in the beginning of the play, Juliet was going to be married to some 30 year old guy from another family. Edit: Paris! That was his name. Imagine marrying someone named after a freaking city
I did! Didn't expect Puppet History to make me misty-eyed, but then again the Ruining History episode about the bear in the Polish army made me weepy at the end too.
the professor saying that men are trouble and for women to stay away from them has the same energy as a protective sitcom dad trying to keep his daughter from dating and i love it
I know your comment is way old, but watching these for first time at random. I'm 5'2" and always the shortest in the room. Family and friends tease me about it almost every time we get together. You ever see that scene in one of the Austin Powers movies where he has to bang Mini-Me into a pole? MM may lose the fight, but best defense ever for a short person. Just remember, I'm closer than they are. Apologies for being inappropriate, but I never get upset about my height anymore after seeing that lol 🤏☹️😏🤔😬🤓😱🤣🤷😁
I REALLY want them to talk about giulia tofana JUST so we can get Bailey Sarian as a guest JUST so we can get a TON of cuts of her whispering "aqua tofanaaaa" haha. History is weird.
Ryan: *hears that people started a riot over the ending of a play* So dumb
Also Ryan: *threatens a puppet*
Wait... Đey _what?_
also nobody rioted when she was executed for real
the professor found a genie and wished to time travel and is now a cursed, tired immortal. these are all his own tales.
I’ve been rewatching the earlier episodes, and the first mention of the genie was in the Violet Jessop episode... when Shane spilled the jelly beans. I feel like that can’t be a coincidence.
@Sahana Collins probably immortality since immortality can be more of a curse than a blessing.
I love this
*_DUN DUN_*
Maybe he can't die from natural causes, only by getting killed. That's why he angers ryan do hard to kill him.
I love that Curly was Vibing during the song and Ryan was astral projecting himself into the dimension where he gets to toss the Professor into the ocean
Toss him out a window you mean
21:00 aww the memories
Hey not Helen 🤙🏻 "vibing" maybe Helen's granddaughter.... Mahalo hot Helen
jsjbdykstbb so true
@@ashleelarsen2233what
The professer’s really not even trying to be subtle anymore with the whole time travel thing, huh?
I am so here for the professor's back story. Given the ability to travel through time by a Gene. But what else has this Gene taken away from him?
@@matthewjensen8681 I think you meant genie but now I'm hoping the genie's name is Gene. There's GENE AT IT AGAIN 🤣
Sarah VanderDussen OF COURSE THE GENIE IS NAMED GENE.
Obviously the professor was once human and asked Gene the genie to give him the ability to time travel, but alas the catch was he would be turned into a puppet
It's the genie's fault probably
So the professor wished to be able to time travel, but a genie tricked him and forced him to become a puppet. Loving the backstory.
The genie might have also been the devil
Duckie LooLoui possibly
We stan puppet history lore lol
He may have also asked for immortality, judging by the fact he said that the years get a little fuzzy. That's probably the wish he got turned into a puppet on
lore is the best part
Fun fact: in Spain we hate Napoleon so bad it's considered a dog name. Like an actual name for dogs. Even today, people name their dogs "Napoleon". Also, his brother José Bonaparte was called Pepe Botella ("Joey Bottle") bc he was known for being a drunk.
that seems mean to dogs :(
@@morganbodhi9492 i think it was an old-timey thing from when people didn't think of their pets the way we do today and then it just became a custom... i promise we love our dogs 😂
@@dany4645 you are totally right but i also think it's kind of funny to give a cute puppy such a long regal name... i think it's (thankfully) becoming less common tho
@PBJMan because back in the day dogs weren't often thought of as pets and friends to be taken care of like today, they were used to guard the house or the sheep or whatever, many slept on the floor, etc. i'm not saying people hated their dogs but even if they liked them they usually thought of them as lesser creatures. so to give someone's name to a dog is a way of mocking them and putting them down, like saying "you're just a dog, you're not a person to me". and you could order your dog around so it would be like "Napoleon, come here, sit" and such, which is a way of again interpreting Napoleon as "below" you.
@@MiniaMonteagudo Some of my French friends also detest Napoleon. They told me that he is not really admired in France anymore.
I studied Spanish history and I was happy to see you mention "Pepe Botella"! But I always thought his nickname was "Pepe Botellas", meaning that he drank A LOT.
_"History: it's sloppy."_
- The Professor
So The Professor is actually Ilbard?
I smell merch coming lol
@@rudeminnesotan yep i can already *feel* it
Accurate.
someone added the "Phantom of Bogota" to policarpa's wikipedia page, im crying. wikipedia probably hates shane madej
oh my gosh
I just checked and it’s true. I love that so much. That’s amazing
i cannot believe it, it's still there 😂
Holy shit
it was gone when I checked so i fixed that...
Another badass thing about policarpa, usually when someone is executed by firing squad they have their backs at the executioners. Policarpa turners around and stared at the executioners.
The prof's wishes:
-Ability to time travel (Granted)
-Gain strong intelligence (Granted)
-Immortality (Made into a puppet)
WHOA
@TK Wallace
I think over time, The Professor's skin changes into a torquoise-like hue and added the furry thing around the first episode of Puppet History.
We are slowly gaining more and more lore into the Professor and his relationship with the genie... Should we be worried?
Imma bout to write a convoluted backstory to this
_"Please describe yourself at age 21 in two words."_
Ryan: *Human Disaster*
2020 mood
Ooooooooooooooooof
I think mine would be "pretentious dolt."
#relatable
Shane’s consistent hatred of the rich is so heartwarming
You realise the guy is pretty well off himself?
@@XavierMarciano There's a difference between middle class and the political/socioeconomic elite. Shane probably has, like, an apartment in LA.
@@XavierMarciano hes upper middle class at most. Yall need to learn the difference between that and actual elite class
"Easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get on Shane's good side."
@@XavierMarciano Pretty well off ≠ elite class
Can...can we just appreciate for a second the fact that Shane's legit building a whole time-travel-genie-lore within this series like??
someday, someone will pick C and we will learn his backstory..
This is the same energy as the hot daga tbh
For someone that has created the hotdagga, this is nothing
I was just coming here to say this. And I wouldn't be surprised if it intertwined with the Hot Daga at some point.
It’s the hot dogga all over again lol
alright, prediction for the finale of this season: Ryan murders the professor
i want
@@mark-kz1me honestly at this point it may well be at the end of this one
I just want to see Ryan strangle or burn the Professor. 😂😂😂
@@kaitlnwhite6809 I can just see the professor in a fire screaming "if I burn you burn with me" and Ryan just laughing manically
@@darkchocolate5494 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the best comment
man, policarpa's last words gave me goosebumps. it always strikes me how scathing and effective strong women's words are, like to this day i'm still thinking of the 'get shot like a dog' line of the pirate lady episode from ruining history.
Ι want her words as a poster which i can get to read daily
If you had fought like a man, you wouldn’t be hung like a dog…or something like that. All of the girls excitement at that line is so great lol
@@sarahkelly7991 Joyce, Selorm and Sara reacted so strongly lmaoooo they loved that quote
"Turns out, unbelievable cruelty towards people standing up for what they believe in is seldom what wins the support of people."
Damn. Mood.
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Kind of like what happened when the colonial Spaniards executed the three Filipino martyr priests (Cavite Mutiny) and Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
Unless you’re a Trump supporter. Lol
Then they love that stuff
@@AmethystEyes It only took 3 replies for someone to start throwing in their political views on current events
Next time let's shoot for 1
@@AlwaysSomeone as if it's smth bad? politics are important, and history can't be devoit of politics
Plot twist: the reason why Ryan never wins is either: A. the professor wants to save Ryan, and so is willing to sacrifice all the other guests on the show but him, or B. Ryan is in on the plan, and is helping the professor turn the other guests into puppets by pretending to compete in the show
Lol Ryan's the genie in disguise.
@@rayn1229 Ricky Goldsworth is đe genie.
And the jellybeans they're eating are the ones that's making them as puppets
I said the same thing!!!!
Nice theory
Oh, you KNOW Shane was waiting for someone to make a short Napoleon quip. You KNOW he was snickering to himself when he thought up the giant Napoleon gag.
Shane’s ability to always remember when to open and close the mouth while also reading a script is impressive. It’s a small thing that I think a lot of people would overlook and get out of sync. But Shane nails it.
Jillian Bergamasco
I used to do puppetry story time for kids, and getting your puppet in sync with your voice is just a matter of opening your hand every time you open your mouth. It takes practice, but it becomes something you can do without even thinking about it.
Then the real trick is keeping your hand(s) from “talking” when you’re NOT using your puppet(s), lol.
@@hannatude Did you ever watch the tv show Soap? You just made me think of a character who does ventriloquism constantly, whose family took away his puppet in annoyance, and he started sticking his hand in random objects so he could keep doing the mouth flaps xD
Can’t wait for the “History: It’s Sloppy” merch
And we will be here to buy it
As an ancient history & history student, I would buy all the merch
1k likes for this gem
This!!! This needs to be a thing now please!
I know this is silly but Ryan describing his 21-year-old self as a human disaster made me feel better bc I am currently the 21-year-old human disaster
in the brilliant words of shane madej himself, "anyone who's content with their life at 23 is a cop"
13 YEARS OLDS ARE THE MEANEST PEOPLE
THEY TERIFY ME TO THIS DAY
-John Mulaney
"Haha he has feminine hips"
I’m thirteen 😳🤧
@Lucy Bugg
Hi thirteen, I’m Joe
Elizabeth Vasquez Nooo that’s the thing he’s sensitive about!!
PeakCorg
LOOK AT THAT HIGH WAISTED MAN HE GOT FEMININE HIPS
It´s so refreshing to see "foreign" media talk about my country but it´s not about drugs. Maybe you guys consider talking about Benkos Bioho and how he managed to fund the first free town for slaves in America
yes agreed !! 🇨🇴🇨🇴
He sounds like a good man. What timeframe was he in?
Sorry, I’m just commenting in case someone decides to add more information, he sounds interesting.
He became the rebellion leader of runaway slaves in Nueva Granada(Colombia) at the beginning of s.XVI. The first time he tried to escape he was recaptured. The second time with the help of 30 others he was finally successful and founded San Basilio de Palenque. There he established an intelligence network, a prepared and armed army, and groups of recruitment with the purpose of finding and freeing other slaves. Of course, the Spaniards tried many times to recapture the runaways but they were defeated every time. In 1613 they came to sorta a peace treaty where they recognized Palenque´s autonomy and everyone that lived there a freeman as long as Benkos stopped referring to himself as king and welcoming more runaways. Finally in 1621 good old Spain violated the agreement and hanged Benkos. This is like a summary of the summary.
Literal ❤️🇨🇴
I love how I slowly forget there's a person behind the professor the longer I watch this series... XD
the character building is so good I really think while watching that the professor is a completely different entity from shane
I wanna see Ryan win, eat a magical jellybean, get turned into a puppet, and fist fight the professor in the puppet theatre
The professor:"Come at me, bro!!!"
Final season fight
Oh my god that would be hilarious XD
The question is, would Ryan stay ripped as a puppet? If he did does the Professor have some sort of magical ability to STILL win. Personally I think the Professor would use his time travel abilities to predict the hits and avoid Ryan's hits altogether.
That needs to be the series finale!
Curly's hat is so big because it's full of secrets.
That’s Ryan Bergara. He is literally one of the dumbest guys you will ever meet. He once asked if hair grew from the skull.
@@greatvalue_ethelcain and evil takes a human form in shane madej
@@concernedtoad2687
I was debating writing my original comment or this 😂
@@greatvalue_ethelcain id totally join the movement of 6m to adopt klaus hargreeves
is ben in the deal too
@@concernedtoad2687
Ig, since they’re a package deal
The professor: men are trouble, baby, stay away from them!
Me, a lesbian: No problem, sir
me, a bisexual: that might be a problem, but women are pretty so not really
me, a straight girl: sh*t.
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The Three Stooges
@@justnailingit7466 🤣🤣
@@cronchybo same same
Plot Twist: Ricky Goldsworth is the genie that The Professor always talks about and that’s why he doesn’t let Ryan win.
What does that mean exactly
European productions TV Ricky goldsworth is Ryan’s alter ego
@@aidacollet8599 who the hell is Ricky goldsworth
European productions TV BuzzfeedUnsolved.. watch the true crime episodes and you’ll understand
It eventually turns into a plot point when Ryan is turned into a puppet that releases Ricky Goldsworth sealed within him.
"This is why I never allowed you to win, Ryan. It wasn't done out of hatred, but just to protect you... I never wanted lose my only friend to being possessed by my nemesis."
Ryan: "Wait, are you actually possessing Shane right now?"
"WRONG. NEMESIS GETS A JELLYBEAN."
I'm crying????? I'm Colombian and seeing our country and our history reflected in such a fun and positive way really means a lot. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING THIS PART OF OUR HISTORY TO YOUR AUDIENCE AND SHOWING HOW COLOMBIAN PEOPLE WERE AND WILL ALWAYS BE REVOLUTIONARY AND POWERFUL. anyways brb cryingggg because I'm too happy
This comment is so beautiful!
Same!!! Loved so much this episode of puppet history
I felt the same! I saw her name and my eyes just lit up! Colombia, esto es lo que deberías ser.
I'm from u.s. and ive never thought that about you guys! Awww (๑•ᴗ•๑)♡ such a sweet and kind comment...
🙄
WAIT- I'VE PIECED IT TOGETHER, IT HIT ME WHEN THE PROFESSOR SAID "I don't want to see my wonderful little puppets get hurt.", THE PROFESSOR MADE THE HISTORICAL FIGURES INTO PUPPETS, JUST LIKE THE GUESTS, EXPLAINING HIS SUBTLE IMPLICATIONS OF KNOWING THE FIGURES PERSONALLY!! IT ALL MAKES SENSE
YOOOO
OH SHIT
Wait do you think that before all of the people in the stories die , that the Professor pops in with time travel from the genie turns them into puppets and goes back to the modern day?
Oh damn-
AYOOO
Everyone else in the comments talking about the professors dark and twisted backstory,
I'm here crying over how sweet Curly and the professor's friendship is and about how painful it must have been to turn him into a puppet with the jellybeans, the same way he talked about how painful being a spy would be, because you would have to turn your back on your friends and that may be hinting at the professor's inner turmoil at having to befriend and gain the trust of the guests on the show, only to turn them into puppets, cursing them to share his eternal agony.
*I'll go home now*
Maybe that's why Ryan never wins; The professor doesn't want him to because he doesn't want his best friend to have to live in puppet agony like him.
@@brianellyflores9084 why am i crying at this omg i just thought ab it
Brianelly Flores I'm wondering if possibly the bad jelly beans reverse the effects of the normal jelly beans. We've seen Ryan eat jelly beans in previous episodes.
@@sleepycassie0125 yes all the puzzle pieces are coming together
**mind blown**
Shane early in Unsolved: "Look. I dont want to get political."
Shane as time goes on: "Eat the rich, you cant trust the government, all cops are bastards, donate to planned parenthood."
character growth
Love that for him tho
So is Shane an anarchist?
@@OsmSkylandersCheats a leftist of some form, the specifics about the differences between are pretty arbitrary honestly
This was literally me from middle to high school
We stan the charcter growth
as a colombian, i’m so happy you guys did this ! sadly, most of the times in which foreign media cover our country they talk about the drug thing, but it’s refreshing to see this ! you guys were so well informed and the point was so clear. congrats !
No one: ...
Shane, via a spool of thread: EAT THE RICH EAT THE RICH EAT THE RICH
Nobody comments aren't funny anymore, they're overused and unoriginal as hell. Come up with something better dude
@@RewindingFilm04 come on man just leave it funny to other people and it doesn't need to be all original you twat
Chris N. Sorry your tic tac of a brain has a different sense of humor??
Shane đat one time on Unsolved: All rich people are murderers.
Wait shane makes an appearance in this episode? I’ve been wondering where he is!
Can we talk about how the conclusion if the song at the end was essentially “Eat the Rich”?
I love that.
I'm fine with that sentiment.
I’m going to stalk you now for no reason
shane really said "eat the rich" and made an absolute banger of a song at the same time.
I love how the professor pronounces the words correctly, he doesn't make them easier for him to say but makes the effort to say them correctly. thank you professor for putting in effort
this!!!!!! I'm Indian, and it makes me so upset when white people call names like "Suresh" difficult to pronounce but have no problem pronouncing McKayleighlynn and boasting that they can rap the whole of Super Bass.
@@sunny-ot8ee If I don’t know how to pronounce someone’s name I literally just ask them how they pronounce it, it’s not that hard like some people make it out to be and I hate it so much
As a colombian I am beyond thrilled to learn about colombian heroines with The Professor!!! AND CURLYYYY CORRECTING THE PROFESSOR'S PRONOUNCIATION??? ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL
i'd have loved to curly correcting juntas too, because it took me way to long to understand that was the professor was saying kajskaj
@@vickicaos1984 Oh, how is it actually pronounced? sorry, I don't know the language ^^;;
YES YES YES I was so excited to see the professor talk about her too!!!
Giiirl, I was thrilled too (I am also colombian) it did make me a little upset that we didn't get new, original puppets :(
Obviously he has no friends though because apparently nobody has told him how stupid he looks in that hat.
my sister was watching this in her room and i raced in and said "I heard the puppet! I'm here to watch". She looked at me and went "you mean Shane" and I looked at her and said "there is no more Shane. Just the Professor"
new theory: the professor refuses to let ryan win cause he's protecting him, he doesn't want to turn him into a puppet......
...implying that all past winners have been turned into puppets?
Shane is the genie who cursed the professor 👀👀
a lot of the time, like this episode for example, Ryan simply doesn't win cuz he gets more questions wrong.
Curly had 4 right where Ryan only got 2, so ryan would've lost even without the rotten jelly bean.
I know it's fun to say and people make jokes.
Maye hoffman *semi-spoiler alert* have you seen the clip from the Donner Party episode?
@@trafficjam7559 lol not at the time of making of that comment
2020:
Shane: "SNITCH ON THE RICH! IT'S TIME TO-A-EAT THE RICH!"
Me: *Forever stans while twerking to the song alongside curly*
I mean it does also gloss over the fact that revolutions are usually led by elites. Latin American Wars of Independence included.
Me even after being a rich kid all my life: *breaking my spine dancing* "TOSS THEIR ASSES ON THE MENU!! CAUSE ITS TIME TO EAT!!!
i loved it, why is noone talking about it, it's a masterpiece. gonna turn my nephews up with these ones when they are kids
my thoughts exactly! and the other comment isn't wrong but weird that's who you're defending. You're right though! Turns out we need to eat and feed our families to do other stuff like consider our nation! But thanks for pointing it out!
I actually think it's really sweet that the audience refused to let Policarpa die on stage
Yeah, i guessed that answer because people back then were a lot more impassioned about things like that than we are today. I think the skit leading up to the explanation was not doing justice to what happened tbh, I'm pretty sure they were fully aware that it was a play, but were a lot more involved
Fun fact: Here in Spain, we call Joseph Bonaparte "Pepe Botella", which translates to "Pepe Bottle". It comes from the fact that, when Joseph Bonaparte came to Spain, he tried to seem nice to Spainiards, who hated him anyway, and bought a couple of bottles of wine from locals, so people started calling him a drunk, hence the nickname "Pepe Botella".
puppet history but every time we cut back to curly his hat's bigger
When I get tired of watching Sesame Street with my almost-2 year old, I trick him with Puppet History. We were just watching this episode on the TV and I caught him dancing and babbling along to the spool's song. Thanks for Puppet History, guys. Keeps me sane and the kid entertained!
Ryan: “Oh wow, are we going to see a puppet pull out a Gat?”
The Professor with a gun is terrifying, are you sure you want that Ryan-
Too chicken to use you katana, huh Ryan?
Will Ryan win? We all know the answer.
Yeah we do...
History doesn't change
.. it repeats itself
Ryan??never
Yes
It’s one thing to write jokes in a script but the fact that Shane riffs off of the guests makes this show a masterpiece. I never knew he had so many talents!!
Curly is the type of person who would make me feel significantly less anxiety about going to a friend of a friend’s house party. Curly is the type of person we all need on our lives.
@@damntisisannoyinirl2419 You, uh, don't understand Chelsea's comment, do you?
@@General12th they have the joker as their pfp don’t talk to them 😭
@@julia-qj1dq But we live in a society! I too am full of nihilistic rage and nothing matters but people keep thinking everything matters and that makes me angry and now I want to *hurt them!*
@@General12th we do live in a society 🤯
I’m with you! We could all use a Curly in our lives!
I just checked her wikipedia page and it read as follows:
"Policarpa Salavarrieta (c. 26 January 1795 - 14 November 1817), also known as "La Pola", or "Phantom of Bogota""
It's happening!
Lol ppl are quick
Reminds me of when people were changing the wiki on Goatman’s bridge to say Shane and Ryan’s bridge
@@kate-gn9eo or when people kept changing the pronunciation of "dikdik" on Wikipedia to match that one tumblr post. lol
Crystal Wolcott haha yes!
“are we gonna see a puppet pull out a gat? puppet with a heater? pull out the burner? puppet packing some heat?” i’m dead 😂😂😂😂😂
also: bogoatah
I honestly wanna see the evil genie who tricked Professor Mcnasty engage in a duel with him. Like *Immortal Vs Immortal: the battle of the century.*
And while this is happening Ryan is just in the background throwing jellybeans at the prof cuz he's salty like that.
I _really_ want this to happen. Like I will pay money for that to be the series finale or something.
What if Ryan IS the evil genie, and thats why he can never win
@@Stark-Raving how does it feel to have an iq of 1,000 because _oh_ _my_ _gosh._
Ryan: **calling Napoleon short after finding out he’s 5’6**
Me: **literally 5’1**
das short
me: *cries in 4’10*
Aphmau is around 4'10 too
I felt that cries in 5ft
I’m 5’2 3/4 😂
I love that Curly kept track of his own points. I would do that as well
I don’t know why but the professor saying: _she’s_ _out_ _tonight_ was freaking hilarious
When was that? I missed it
On
Time stamp?
*she’s a phantom*
10:29
"turns out unbelievable cruelty towards a group of people standing up for what they believe in is seldom what wins the support of people, especially in the long lens of history" yet another commentary from the professor that has nothing to do with the current state of the world
Well it is a universal and timeless idea, it can be relevant in any era
i’m glad someone else noticed this, tho it could probably apply to any era in history, it hits way harder for the events of 2020 and i love how he said it
i agree with all of you, it is a universal and timeless concept, it stuck out especially given the current events
Yeah, the spool's song has nothing to do with any of that either. Just a funny song.
Depressing and true
What I love about The Professor is the fact that like
His voice sounds not far off from Shane’s but it’s JUST different enough to be a totally different, natural voice. It’s like The Rock playing Maui.
"13 year olds are scary"
*john mulaney has entered the chat*
That man has feminine hips!
PandoraLeaves _a proud Asian American woman
FINALLY A FANDOM OVERLAP I CAN GET BEHIND
😂😂😂
*mcr also enters the chat*
The Sewing Spy is any given grandma, just, sitting at the window and watching all the neighborhood drama while needling away.
Am I a grandma? Other than the sewing I do the same. I’m nosy 😂
I love the little conversation that always happens between Ryan and the professor whenever the guest is collecting their prize
the professor: turns out, unbelievable cruelty towards people standing up for what they believe in is seldom what wins the support of people, especially in the long lens of history
me: 👀
here's for hoping
The lot of us upon hearing Breonna Taylor's killers going unpunished: _burn baby burn_
That’s what happened in Ireland
It is so adorable that Curly was counting his right answers at the right hand corner of his board❤️
Shruti N i noticed that too 🥺💜
How?
Ryan needs to do it too so he has record for the professor's scoring algorithms
@@puaala93 yess he does. But can you imagine Ryan wiping down one mark when he gets a rotten jelly bean😂
big Virgo energy there
Y’know what? This series got me thinkin’, a book series with a time travelling history professor who constantly gets asked by their students how they know so much about history in such great detail and always has to lie
I would read that book series
That feels like the magic schoolbus in a way
"He was 5'6" that's not tiny"
"That's pretty small isn't it?"
Me: cries in 5'5"
Edit: Damn wasn't aware that me complaining about being a short guy would start an argument in the comments :/
Quetzalli Vera
Me, who is 5”1’: you’re powerful, clearly
@Daniel 5'6 is the current world average male height.
Back then, the average height would be shorter, so he was on the taller side of average.
Plus, guarantee you Ryan is shorter than that.
Cries in 4’11”
Daniel wrong
@@Strange_Logik no, he's 5ft 9.75in iirc
Curly: vibing so hard to the song
Ryan: staring, dead-eyed, at the singing spool
After the season 4 finale, I thought it would be fun to go back through the other videos and find out the real scores in each to see if Ryan actually won any. This will be focused on the points won during the questions only, not the extra points the professor gives out willy-nilly.
Actual Score: Ryan had 2 points and Curly had 4. The guest won fairly and I heavily relate to him about going to the supermarket, it is terrifying, there are Karens lurking around every corner
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I’ve been rewatching for funsies and look for your comment in every video. I appreciate your dedication. 😊
@@English3Muffin I’ve been doing the same, its fun to find it. I leave a little 🫘 its the closet i could find instead of jelly beans lol
@@LivingMyLife22I have noticed! Love da beans XD.
So, here’s my headcanon.
Once upon a time, there lived a history professor who was well-travelled, highly educated, and generally liked by his peers and his students at Puppet University. Sadly, he was too focused on gaining more knowledge and prestige to even think about reciprocating the affection lavished upon him. One day, he heard about the Coveted Cup of the History Master and he sought to find it, come hell or high water. He left his job, declaring that he will only come back when he has found the cup. And so he searched and searched. Seconds turned into minutes, and minutes turned into hours. Hours turned into days, days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months, and months turned into years, and soon enough, it had been a decade since the professor has left PU.
He was close to giving up hope, to abandoning his quest and return to his day job of teaching, when he got a lucky break - the Coveted Cup of the History Master is located in the middle of the Sahara desert. So, with his resolve renewed, he set out to the desert in the hope of locating it. And locate it, he did. Overjoyed, he took the cup and headed back to town. At a tavern stop along the way, he accidentally rubbed the cup, and lo and behold, a genie popped out.
“Who dare awaken the mighty genie of the Coveted Cup?”
“It is I, the Professor!”
“Well, that was underwhelming. But since I am the genie, I will still grant you three wishes.”
The Professor grinned. He couldn’t believe it. He already proved that he was superior to his peers and now he was also getting a chance to get whatever he wanted, all on a silver platter.
“Genie, I wish to be the most intelligent being on Earth.”
“Granted.”
“I wish to have the ability to time travel.”
“Granted.”
“I wish to be immortal.”
“Granted.”
A cloud of blue smoke obscured the Professor. After what seemed like an eternity, it finally cleared, The Professor and the genie both disappeared. All that was left was a blue puppet with glasses and several small coveted cups, all filled with jellybeans. He got his wish, all right.
Tl;dr: The Genie transformed the Professor into a time-travelling puppet in order to fulfil his wish of being an immortal time traveller. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. May I suggest La Maupin for next season?
Edit: I found a way to explain why people turn into puppets when they eat jellybeans.
Edit 2: I can’t figure out how to link my fanfic here, but you can find it on AO3. It’s called The Jellybean or: How I Learned to Stop Whining and Repopulate a Species. I’ve only gotten the first chapter up, but there will be more. By the way, thanks for the likes :)
Edit 3: Word choices.
Edit 4: the fanfic’s been taken down until further notice. Also, this is the most likes I think I’ve ever gotten, so thanks:)
Your theory/story is so detailed, I love for it 👌👌👌
@@isabellejunio4232 Thanks lol.
FANFIC FANFIC FANFIC
Leah Rosenbrook YES I WILL
@@justahermitguy I’m working on it :)
I feel like Curly’s hat could do double duty as The Professor’s swimming pool. (And we know The Professor loves a lazy river.)
Marion when he say Curly i think of Curly from the three stooges
She’s sew in-spy-ering
You. I like you.
This made me smile and laugh a little ^^
Unbelievable
Never thought I’d hear “Eat the Rich” in this season, but I’m not disappointed
So are we just not going to address the "Garett turned into a puppet when he ate a jellybean" thing? Is Curly going to go puppet off camera? Will all of the buzzfeed employees slowly start going puppet? I have so many questions.
If only Curly really *had* chosen the genie answer, we might all know the answer by now.
the professor is actually protecting ryan by preventing him from winning and becoming a puppet
"Going puppet" I like that phrase along with variations of "getting monked".
What episode was that?
@@dragonlordthekingofdragons6373 The episode with the greatest samurai, I believe.
"Maybe a King on another continent shouldn't rule us", that hits me as an Aussie.
That seems to be a common theme with revolutions.
"Why should a tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea?"
Stephanie Wozny I knew I’d find a Hamilton quote somewhere!!
Me as a Brit : awkwardly leaves the room
lmao yeah i was like 👀👀 (sips tea in gets to skip school on the queens birthday)
as a canadian absolutely, esp now since the old parasite in chief in her idiot hat is now a parasite in chief in HIS idiot hat now eheh...
Everyone: Thirteen year olds are scary!
My thirteen year old sister watching this with me: 👁👄👁
My thirteen year old brother walking in from school: Don't come near me! 4 students have the virus!
My sister: hello hello hi (bares braced teeth)
My younger sibling:
Nothing, they say nothing because I don’t have a younger sibling
I love how this whole episode is Shane saying “eat the rich”
it's appropriate that this episode's guest is curly, because he's the resident fashion king and the topic is about the sewing spy
I mean that and being Latina American...
Theory: The professor made a deal with Shane thinking he was a genie, but Shane is actually a demon. And Shane is trying to protect Ryan, so he never lets Ryan win
I was actually thinking the same thing bc the Professor said it seems like he made a deal with the devil
That is oddly sweet coming from Shane
In the molasses video Shane was the genie during THAT sequence
This episode is subtitled "The Professor gets lovingly roasted over his Spanish pronunciations"
finally, the return of comrade shane..
You have a very nice profile picture.
Curly keeping track of his points in the corner of his board is precious to me 😭
i love this subplot that the professor met a genie and wished to be able to time travel making him an ageless being but for some reason the genie has a vendetta against the professor and blamed him for handing in a widely adored revolutionary spy in the 1500s
I think this was the first episode of the season where the special guest singer didn’t become depressed over the course of their own song
Spoolie: *starts singing*
Curly: 💃🏻🕺🏻
Ryan: 😳
"You never know the depths of your courage until you're there."
"Until you get to the supermarket."
Too real.
"Thirteen year olds are scary"
Me: ...Wasn't Juliet (Capulet) 13? And she killed herself wow.
She was also being forced to marry someone way out of her age range, (it always weirds me out how she and Romeo (17) met got married and both committed suicide in the span of 6 days)
@@PuppyLove2468 teenagers r dumb and dramatic
@@PuppyLove2468 wdym being forced to marry someone out of her age range? she killed herself because romeo was dead not cuz she was being forced to marry anyone??
@@idontneedaname318 Im just saying that was also a thing that happened
@@idontneedaname318 in the beginning of the play, Juliet was going to be married to some 30 year old guy from another family. Edit: Paris! That was his name. Imagine marrying someone named after a freaking city
The whole "13 year olds are scary" conversation has big John Mulaney vibes, AND I'M HERE FOR IT
And they're both immortal...
Did the travel together at some point?!
Conspiracy theory
@@oliviamiddleton8470 if the professor talks about the death of princess Diana, we may be into something.....
@@lightopxia 🤔
concept: the genie that the professor keeps talking about actually gifted him the power to time travel but now he’s grumpy cause he regrets it
I'm loving this I want Shane to keep building up the time travelling puppet genie lore until it connects with hot daga
Did anyone else get teary eyed at the end when they were talking about Policarpa at the end? She made such a difference at such a young age...
I did! Didn't expect Puppet History to make me misty-eyed, but then again the Ruining History episode about the bear in the Polish army made me weepy at the end too.
@@aerocarnie me too!! I always get so sad at the end of that episode when they talk about that how that adorable bear actually served in the war.
Literally blinking the tears away right now
Me too!! Got this close to crying
I did.... :"
Absolutely no one:
Me: Hatshepsut???
🎶”She was competent as hell”🎶
Yo we learned about her in class and I was so excited cause _I actually knew what was going on for once_
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that still hears it at random moments
@Anna Vee He seems to time travel just like The Professor!
Dude same
the professor saying that men are trouble and for women to stay away from them has the same energy as a protective sitcom dad trying to keep his daughter from dating and i love it
shane really said "men are trash" and "eat the rich" and i knew was right to stan
"13 year olds are the meanest people I have ever met." -John Mulaney
This quote was too true, I work in a school, can confirm.
Okay this is crazy, but on the last episode I was thinking, “Wouldn’t it be fun if curly was on the show?” And boom! He’s here!
Love curly!
I’m jealous of everyone who finds this later and gets to binge all of it
I just discovered it last night, and I gotta say, binging it has truly been a pleasure!!
I’m binging now but you know there is nothing wrong with rewatching it later. This is GOLD!
The binge is reeeeaaaal!
Hi
Hey, I'm a Binger 😂🤓
Curly twerking to a singing puppet gave me life...
Ryan doesn't go that extra mile. He doesn't deserve jelly beans.
@@recoil53 Excuse me, the lil' beef boy deserves all the jelly beans
Both Curly and I was twerking 😂
I literally cried for a night when I found out how tall Napoleon was bc even the most famous short man was taller than me
I know your comment is way old, but watching these for first time at random.
I'm 5'2" and always the shortest in the room. Family and friends tease me about it almost every time we get together.
You ever see that scene in one of the Austin Powers movies where he has to bang Mini-Me into a pole?
MM may lose the fight, but best defense ever for a short person. Just remember, I'm closer than they are.
Apologies for being inappropriate, but I never get upset about my height anymore after seeing that lol 🤏☹️😏🤔😬🤓😱🤣🤷😁
WHEN CURLY TWERKED ON THE CHAIR FOR A SECOND I LOST IT
I REALLY want them to talk about giulia tofana JUST so we can get Bailey Sarian as a guest JUST so we can get a TON of cuts of her whispering "aqua tofanaaaa" haha. History is weird.
*aqua tofAaaana*
But she wouldn't be the guest, so maybe she can be the professor's substitute and Shane and Ryan can battle it out?
@@katyayaninath4700 Shout out to Bailey
@@T_1.5 I would pay to watch that
Yessssssssss
I love seeing Curly and Ryan vibing on the same wavelength through this whole episode. Curly is just a genuine delight at all times tbh
THE PROFESSOR IS A TIME TRAVELER CONFIRMED!!!