Mission: Teach kids that Dick Turpin is not a romantic hero and was a thief and killer. Approach: Matt portraying Dick Turpin as a romantic hero but with eyeliner while singing things. Mission failed successfully
"We need a way to tell kids that Dick Turpin was the bad guy." "Mat Baynton in eyeliner?" "No one will ever like Dick Turpin after this!" Guess what? It didn't work.
Matt's attempt to make Turpin's career sound uncool doesn't work... Matt makes the character look incredibly cool! Oops! He should've blacked out his teeth, worn a greasy wig and smeared dirt all over his face. The eyeliner and frilly shirt just made him look like a hip 80s glam rocker not a "so lame" criminal! I love this show.
"There have been several reports that females around the world, especially the females on Tumblr, have suddenly fainted from excessive nose bleeding. Doctors cannot explain this phenomenon but are suspicious that it has to do with the airing of the recent Doctor Who episode."
i don't know why, but the way the bit "he taught me how to write, so he knew i lied" was sung, just gives me the chills. whoever is responsible for the HH songs, is fucking ace.
Augh - the wig, the way his voice cracks - and the eye thing at "my past is far more gory..." so well-done. Sooooooo funny. Thanks lovely British producers!
Side note: for anyone who didn't know, this song is a fantastic parody of Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants. Classic 80s tune that you should definitely check out if you haven't heard it before!
Adam Ant used Dick Turpin (the highwayman) as his inspiration both for his character and his fashion in his 1980s music. If you look at the Stand & Deliver videoclip, Adam Ant & the Ants are wearing similar clothing & acting in a "similar highwayman" fashion. So for Horrible Histories watchers (including their parents) they decided to parody that same video clip including the voice & accent (voice breaks, etc) to make it even funnier. They all do a great job :)
It's so funny to see Mat in this. In a lot of the sketches, he always plays the sorta geeky guy, so to see him as a badass is just so funny. XD The whole crew is just jammin' out in this song - love it!
Ok, let me get this straight. You get your best looking actor on television, telling his fans that the gorgeous performance that he is putting on is NOT romantic? WHAT?! This defies all reason!! Love the song though:)
@@determinedduck0707 Uhm I Watch HH and that is all I’ve learnt about history all my life (which is a lot) I never remember anything from school since their teaching is rubbish. So I honestly think that they should use this.
true, true! u've got to admit that Horrible Histories is awesome! especially Mat! i first watched HH when we lived in england two years ago, LOVE IT HH!
Okay, this song has actually introduced me to the history of Dick Turpin - and it's a heck of an introduction! =D By the way, I *love* how Matt just looks so damn good and dashing in this, but then does all those little campy moves. He's just too perfect =)
The directors of Horrible Histories: How do we set the record straight with Dick Turpin's legend? MATHEW BAYNTON but it eyeliner and basically a suit and cape
Horrible Histories is hilarious and educational. I wish this was on TV when I was a kid. The books were around, but the actors make it much more entertaining and memorable. Plus, I love Jim Howick and Matthew Baynton. I make sure I watch this every morning with my little sister before she goes to school.
I used to watch this constantly! I used to know all of the words and that was a loong time ago! Love Matt Baynton, especially as Dick Turpin! Going on a Horrible Histories adventure! :']
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Horrible Histories. "How do we tell children about a ruthless killer who murdered two men?"
"I know lets put Mat Baynton in eyeliner."
*so true*
It worked
It works lol
It makes the song better lol
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
'Nothing dandy about me'
EVERYTHING is dandy about matt
yeek! I know right
Mission: Teach kids that Dick Turpin is not a romantic hero and was a thief and killer.
Approach: Matt portraying Dick Turpin as a romantic hero but with eyeliner while singing things.
Mission failed successfully
Meanwhile in America they made a musical about Bonnie and Clyde
@@gandalflotr2898And two hit movies based on Al Capone.
How can they expect people to not love Dick Turpin when he's played by Matt in eyeliner?!?!
yes
"We need a way to tell kids that Dick Turpin was the bad guy."
"Mat Baynton in eyeliner?"
"No one will ever like Dick Turpin after this!"
Guess what? It didn't work.
This comment made me laugh more than the video. Thank you so much for that! Ugh, I hurt from giggling
MissPickles1980 You're welcome :D
LMAO. 😂😂
You don’t know how right you are 😅 And I’m a Sapphic Bi!
So true! Couldn’t have said it better myself
I'm pretty sure this was my first childhood crush- i'm literally 16 now and still watching it
21 year old checking in
Im 15 and started watching when I was 9. How have I only just realised the hotness?
17 almost 18 started watching it when I was 12 its a shame it finished now its a great show
@@htsunmiku oh wow they are lol
Omg me, watched this in year 5 (I was 10) while studying the poem and at 16 I still know the words
The comments of an innocent children's educational tv show are so thirsty 💀💀
yeah, but who can resist
This man knew what he was doing when he danced and looked at the camera like that
nah they knew what they were doing
look I didn't know how to write thirst comments when I was 9 ok?
Let's be fair, most of these comments are people who grew up with horrible histories
Lets bring back knee boots, tight pants, and billowy shirts for lads. Quite literally everyone looks dashing in them.
Uuuhhh Yass!!! That would be SO good! 😹😹
i find it funny that like 75% of the comments on this song are as follows
"OMG THAT MATHEW IS SOOO FREAKIN' HOT" it's just funny to me is all
I know, and it’s hilarious that the songs about how he’s not a romantic! 😂
10 years later and this dude can still shape shift his hair and still be the sexy guy at all times
Thomas Thorne would be a far less sympathetic character if played by anyone else
Nice pfp
@@Ilikeinfinitytrain omg ty
My 6 year old selves obsession with this man has not ended.
Let's be perfectly honest here Doll, has anyone's? 🤨😹😹😹
" I was no prince charming" You need to look in the mirror babe xx ;D
nice comment after 9 years I was born 9 years ago so this comment was made around 2012 when I was born
This show transcended generations
literally me at both 10 and now 21
Holy hell that man is attractive.
Matt's attempt to make Turpin's career sound uncool doesn't work... Matt makes the character look incredibly cool! Oops! He should've blacked out his teeth, worn a greasy wig and smeared dirt all over his face. The eyeliner and frilly shirt just made him look like a hip 80s glam rocker not a "so lame" criminal! I love this show.
***** when i watched this when i was 10 i thought he was hot
the real turpin actually had a bad case of acne scarring according to wikipedia :)
Ullbritt how totally ironic!
Elizabeth Dewing Same here. I'm pretty sure that this is the costume that made him look the hottest. Either that or the Elagabalus one...
@@Ullbritt acne scars are so hot what???
When you emulate Adam Ant you're bound to end up looking like a hot star rather than a villain.
Either way you are what you are 🔥
Mat is prettier than most women, honestly
@@racatiwoodI genuinely never understood the appeal until I saw THIS video with him as an eyeliner-sporting dandy highwayman. I now understand!
They 100% knew what they were doing when they made this video. I've fancied this man for like 10 years 😂
Just amazing! Mat Baynton aces this! Whos still loving this in 2023? 💜💜💜
This song is actually my first time hearing about Dick Turpin, and frankly I'm getting a mixed message.
I just realized that Mat Baynton (the guy that plays as Dick Turpin in the video) is the same age as Dick Turpin when he was executed.
And he lives in essex.
Proof that more guys would get more girlfriends if they wore guyliner
***** I agree; However, It was a joke; I believe that in reality it's the personality that counts not weather or not they wear eye liner.
***** "build of two chopsticks". I love that, got a new nickname for skinny people.
As a lesbian, can confirm that’s turn me atraight
irony being the song is about why Dick Turpin WASN'T a romantic hero
I looked up Dick Turpin, one of the biggest searches was Horrible Histories. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!
"Got stitched up by a postie that's not glamorous - that's lame!" LMAO
I'm 16 and I still sing horrible histories-THE SONGS ARE EPIC!
So 24 now?
I’m 29 sooooo 👍🏻
I could've mistaken this comment for a few months ago lmao
@@Youeverthinkthat they are 25 or 24 now lol
I'm 52 and I still sing HH songs!
he is gorgeous. seriously, this is how i learn things, by people like this teaching me.
They should make him a Doctor some day (since the next incarnation is already taken).
Oh God, yes! PLEEEEEEASE!
omg, yessssssssssssssssssss
"There have been several reports that females around the world, especially the females on Tumblr, have suddenly fainted from excessive nose bleeding. Doctors cannot explain this phenomenon but are suspicious that it has to do with the airing of the recent Doctor Who episode."
YES
NO THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT I WAS JUST THINKING (9 years later I hope you still stand by it)
had a massive crush on this guy
still do ^.^
i don't know why, but the way the bit "he taught me how to write, so he knew i lied" was sung, just gives me the chills. whoever is responsible for the HH songs, is fucking ace.
Expected the comments to be about the funny references to Adam and the Ants but they're all thirsting for Matt Baynton
Augh - the wig, the way his voice cracks - and the eye thing at "my past is far more gory..." so well-done. Sooooooo funny. Thanks lovely British producers!
The fact that Mat Baynton is telling us he wasn’t glamorous or charming, whilst wearing guyliner and a cape, is giving me some confusing emotions
“I was no prince charming nothing dandy about me”
Yet he is played by Matt Bayton in eyeliner
Happy 10th birthday to this song..... god i feel old.
Matt in eyeliner looks so cool
I was reading gorgeous georgians and it had the bit about Dick turpin and all I could think of was this song! I love it so much!
Mat Baynton is gorgeous.
Side note: for anyone who didn't know, this song is a fantastic parody of Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants. Classic 80s tune that you should definitely check out if you haven't heard it before!
Yay! I love the homage to Stand and Deliver. Can't go wrong with Adam and the Ants. And I gotta say, the guy who plays Dick Turpin is just adorable.
Randomly remembered this from about 10 years ago. Absolute banger and god he’s hot
19 and I'm only now realising that I've had a crush on this man, specially in this song, for like 9 years now took me a while there ngl
im now 15 and still sing songs like this
I love it at 1:58 when Ben tries to stop grinning when Mat is singing in his face :')
"Nothing dandy about me" I love the satire along with the hilariousness and facts that is Horrible Histories :')
Ah yes the horrible histories highwayman song more commonly known as the sexual awakening of every young British girl
And some boys too 🤔
Mat Baynton for Doctor Who!
yes I agree :D
He is too good...Unless they all take over Doctor Who the trope, acting and writing.
British teens rise for the national anthem
'That's not glamorous, that's lame' LOVE THAT LINE
"Nothing Dandy about me"
U sure Matt?
U sure?
Adam Ant used Dick Turpin (the highwayman) as his inspiration both for his character and his fashion in his 1980s music. If you look at the Stand & Deliver videoclip, Adam Ant & the Ants are wearing similar clothing & acting in a "similar highwayman" fashion. So for Horrible Histories watchers (including their parents) they decided to parody that same video clip including the voice & accent (voice breaks, etc) to make it even funnier. They all do a great job :)
I think the Adam ant version was released before this one
Best Adam Ant impression I've seen.
Mat is better looking
'No more stand and deliver' Ahhhh, I see what you did there ;)
Matt is my favorite HH guy and yes he would make a AWESOME Dr
love how they manage to not only write great songs with historical facts, but spoof popular music haha, love the adam and the ants references
It's so funny to see Mat in this. In a lot of the sketches, he always plays the sorta geeky guy, so to see him as a badass is just so funny. XD The whole crew is just jammin' out in this song - love it!
I watch Horrible Histories just to enjoy this guy :-)
his eyes by far would hav captured the hearts of thousands ;)
Ok, let me get this straight. You get your best looking actor on television, telling his fans that the gorgeous performance that he is putting on is NOT romantic? WHAT?! This defies all reason!! Love the song though:)
This song has convinced me that this Dick Turpin guy must have been a really awesome and badass guy whom I should be idolizing.
this should be used to teach in schools.
Nahhh all the girls would be too busy thirsting over mat instead of actually learning anything lmao
@@determinedduck0707 Uhm I Watch HH and that is all I’ve learnt about history all my life (which is a lot) I never remember anything from school since their teaching is rubbish. So I honestly think that they should use this.
I forced my teacher to play Charles the second when we were learning about him
@@determinedduck0707 what do you mean just girls?
It is for some schools
true, true! u've got to admit that Horrible Histories is awesome! especially Mat! i first watched HH when we lived in england two years ago, LOVE IT HH!
Fittest guy on British tv
1st time I heard this song: Pretty cool song!
2nd time: I love this song!
3rd time: MAT BAYNTON!!
4th time: MARRY ME MAT!!!!
I just can't take this song out of my head! And that face of course!
Truly a highway man, stealing my heart like this
Kick-ass acting, song and actor!
matthew baynton is hands down one of the best cast in HH
change my mind
I fear I have become slightly addicted to this
he does such a good tribute to the original Stand and Deliver! is there nothing he can't do? -swoon-
Damn! Mat Baynton is so sexy with eyeliner. He is so gorge :)
Omg matt baynton is SO hot.
Marrie him then.But he’s not a duck 🦆.
😜😜😜😜😜😜😜🤷♀️😂😂😂
@@Hi-ij2li I’ll make it work.
How will you make it work.He’s tall and you’re tiny (I-am not being rude)😂😂😂😂
@@Hi-ij2li Very tall high heels.
We do lots of chatting together.
(Well not loads )😀😀😀😀
Me being a 28 german discovering horrible histories... I love it. I listened to all the songs... A shame that it seems that the series ended.
I can't really put into words how much I love Matt in this song
'You'll remember this i hope' how can we forget Mat x
Words alone can't express how incredibly gorgeous he is to me.
Hes so handsom and this is my fav song
omg he is soooooo cute I love him he looks good with that mascara and the black hair
Help every time this comes up on my feed I just sort of say “hey daddy” and play it. Don’t blame me.
I know I always say it but...
"Why, Postie, why?!"
that awesome moment while eating breakfast watching this and you realise THIS IS STAND AND DELIVER
Hmmm... my fav actor doing a great song...
:)
U r so a Price Charming Matt!
when he is playing with the gun made me laugh so bad
WHY DOES HE GIVE ME SO MUCH GENDER EBVY
Matt's a funtastic singer!
I know! it's his eyes which are sooo gorgeous, love this song!
He has to be the most amazing actor in the world.
2020 of june still watching this
@@elliegaming2877 well this show was a hit when youre 1yr old
Okay, this song has actually introduced me to the history of Dick Turpin - and it's a heck of an introduction! =D
By the way, I *love* how Matt just looks so damn good and dashing in this, but then does all those little campy moves. He's just too perfect =)
oh my gosh! guyliner is soo hawwwt:3 we love you mat!
why is so this so perfect omg
He has such a good voice!!!!
He is a really talented actor! :)
I fucking love the dance when he says "but when the law came for us I escaped and they got caught."
That HAH from the crew just really does it for me
Matthew looks so good in this outfit!
I like when HH crew sends up past musical genres!
Who else gets a bit nervous every time Matt points those (unloaded) guns at himself?
Love this song and Matt is just too perfect in it!
The directors of Horrible Histories: How do we set the record straight with Dick Turpin's legend? MATHEW BAYNTON but it eyeliner and basically a suit and cape
Horrible Histories is hilarious and educational. I wish this was on TV when I was a kid. The books were around, but the actors make it much more entertaining and memorable. Plus, I love Jim Howick and Matthew Baynton. I make sure I watch this every morning with my little sister before she goes to school.
I used to watch this constantly! I used to know all of the words and that was a loong time ago! Love Matt Baynton, especially as Dick Turpin!
Going on a Horrible Histories adventure! :']
1:57 I would die if Mat looked at me like that!
1:57