Sabella Nitti wasn’t hanged though, she got a makeover and was freed. Like literally she got a hair cut and her nails done and all of sudden newspapers went from calling her an animal to a butterfly because of her transformation. There’s a book called Ugly Prey that talks about her and her time in Cooks County Jail and her trial.
@@headphonic8 I know that. I'm just saying the right info just incase some people wanted to know more about what happened at the jail. A lot of people comment on these videos with the right info because people can sometimes become really interested in the stories.
SABELLA NITTI WAS NOT HANGED. 😂 She was sentenced to death, but a pioneering female lawyer saved her. And I don't recall ever reading her saying that her husband beat her. The reporters could not understand her dialect of Italian. The only one that kind of could understand became her lawyer.
F L wait....are you kidding?? they literally vomited in pails ON camera? and the producers actually decided to air those scenes?? wow. that's ridiculous. for so many reasons. first being: literally no one likes when tv+movies actually show the vomit when characters throw up. it's revolting and unnecessary. but add in the fact that it's real people actually throwing up real vomit...and it's even worse 🤢😵 glad i saw ur comment, so that i'm well informed if i decide to do a drunk history marathon haha 🙃👍🏻
broceratops1337 Yeah for sure. There were times they would get so drunk they couldn’t actually tell the story anymore and you could tell they had to go back later and record it because suddenly they start speaking perfectly again on the voice over and the last time you saw them they were vomiting on the floor and mumbling incoherently lol I’m glad they dialed it back because it was a bit too much.
Long ago, men and women lived together in harmony. Everything changed when jazz and drink attacked! But I believe Maurine Dallas Watkins can save the world.
Read about this a few days ago, before seeing this video, and it absolutely blew my fucking mind. I couldn’t believe how accurate a lot of the musical was. The “Both Reached For The Gun” scene? That shit happened! The press conference happened! Those words were actually uttered by Beulah and her defense, and the lyrics are ripped right out of contemporary newspapers. Belva’s defense was also the same exact defense used in Chicago. “I completely blacked out, I can’t remember a thing”. She really *was* found coveted in blood in her home. Fortunately, from what I’ve read, Sabella Nitti (in the musical she’s the Hungarian “uh-uh, not guilty!” woman) was actually spared from hanging. She changed her look in that prison beauty school because the prosecution’s cased almost entirely hinged on her being an ugly “animal” and “not a woman”. I found it ironic that the prosecutors bemoaned Belva and Beulah getting free just because of their beauty (“another pretty woman goes free!” was the quote from Assistant State Attorney William F McLaughlin) yet they based their entire case against Sabella on the fact that she was ugly. They’re upholding and perpetuating the very system they claim to hate. Men will get angry and accuse women of having “privilege” because we’re forced to work within systems *they* create and uphold. Still relevant today! Anyway, her appeal went to the Illinois Supreme Court. A group of lawyers (including an amazing, badass, wonderful FEMALE LAWYER Helen Cirese. Yes, in the fucking 1920s, a female Yale graduate attorney) banded together to help Sabella Nitti navigate the appeals process, construct her defense and change her image. Her trial date kept getting pushed back over and over again until finally, hallelujah, the flimsy, circumstantial, erroneous charges were DROPPED. Sabella Nitti went free because of her image change and the good will of a band of lawyers determined not to see a woman hang for something she clearly had no part in. A female lawyer fights to free the first female sentenced to death in Cook County and succeeds. It’s almost a better story than Chicago itself, isn’t it? Certainly a less cynical one. I hate to think that people think Nitti hung because it’s mistakenly stated in this video and implied in the musical. She lived y’all!
I think the most important take away from this story and the play Chicago is the moral role media plays. How they choose to present a story largely contributes to the public perception and can ultimately decide life and death and what we deem important in society.
@@laurengoldfarb1023 i think there might be a lot of debate on how they determine this. I just read the Fantastiks ran for 42 years- is it a musical? How does Lion KIng beat Cats- Cats predates it. Did Cats stop running for many years?
All the actresses were really good. Jane Levy and her hiccups and both there dialogues wer awesome. I hope Jane Levy can hit big in the movie industry. She is charismatic like Emma Stone esp in Comedy genre.
i laughed so hard EVERY freakin time the editor guy showed up. historically, even in other countries a lot of woman-convicts got not-guilty sentences just because the judges figured that these women were too inferior to plan a crime.
This event is one of the rare examples in history of how patriarchy and sexism actually works against the favor of men, and why gender equality is important going forward, for a better society and a just system.
@@JamesBond-xx1lv I have to disagree. You need critical thinking skills and rational thought. Also, it would be beneficial to stop believing in myths plagarized from other older creation myths. You need ground trolls and whiskey.
LOVE THIS! Chicago is my favorite musical, and I saw it live in SF. I had no idea the entire backstory. And that's it's a story about how women got to be on juries!
I'm assuming they got it wrong because they're drunk, but for anyone who's curious, The Phantom of the Opera is actually the longest running show in Broadway history, having opened on January 26th, 1988. Chicago is the longest running AMERICAN musical on Broadway (Phantom premiered in London on October 9th, 1986). The original musical mentioned here closed in 1977 and the revival from 1996 is what is still running, eightish years behind the historic run of Phantom. :)
"Look, I was very ill because someone named Jazz Dot Com came to me and I feel concerned and I feel taken advantage of I feel that I was someone who explored the realm too heavily and I need help. I can't, I, etc. Altadena, etc. Pasadena, etc."
I freaking love these ladies!!! They’re so underrated. Jane needs to play Emma Stone’s sister. (Suburgatory, The Duff are hilarious) and holy shit Lake Bell, Malin & Minka! All this is just surprise after surprise! I wish Mae was bi.
Can we just talk about how cute they are together???? Like I don’t know who they are but they’re so cuddly and they’ve got that “opposites attract” dynamic with one being all flowery and sweet and the other wearing all black and stark red lipstick and my hopelessly romantic ass is so happy that they exist 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Sabella Nitti wasn’t hanged though, she got a makeover and was freed. Like literally she got a hair cut and her nails done and all of sudden newspapers went from calling her an animal to a butterfly because of her transformation. There’s a book called Ugly Prey that talks about her and her time in Cooks County Jail and her trial.
Kennie Gamache these drunk histories are almost never accurate. Because.....they’re drunk.
@@headphonic8 I know that. I'm just saying the right info just incase some people wanted to know more about what happened at the jail. A lot of people comment on these videos with the right info because people can sometimes become really interested in the stories.
Thank you for that info-I’ll have to check out that book!
Kennie Gamache that's wild. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the information, I appreciate it. The story is very interesting I’ll have to look into it more.
The acting and lipsync was absolutely absolutely on point on this!!!!!!
It usually is, lmao (at least, imo)
That's how this series rolls :)
That’s exactly what I came to the comment section to type 😂
Hic.
@@bigdaddytahira2659 But they have to coordinate their speaking to the way the drunken storytellers do, so they are in a way, lipsyncing.
SABELLA NITTI WAS NOT HANGED. 😂 She was sentenced to death, but a pioneering female lawyer saved her. And I don't recall ever reading her saying that her husband beat her. The reporters could not understand her dialect of Italian. The only one that kind of could understand became her lawyer.
Rylan C. Dude, they don’t claim to be accurate. They’re pissed.
Remember these peeps had been drunk lmao 😂
Rylan C. They were drunk pipe down
@@katnordy9313 I know they were drunk. I'm just saying what actually happened so people can be informed...chill
@@lovesick3n I know they were drunk. I'm just saying what actually happened so people can be informed...chill
I guess...they had it coming.
He only had himself to blame.
if you had been there, if you had seen it?
@@tizzadebayo5973 Surely you woulda done the same.
pop
I’m dying of laughter.
"the brave little women" sounds like a crossover of "little women" and "the brave little toaster"
It’s Toy Story but with American Girl dolls
The little woman toaster that could?
It is.
Bella Merchant I can't handle this comment 😂😂😂😂😂
"It's so dreadful to be poor," said Amy, the blender.
the reporter lady did such a good ass job, the way she matched everything was hilarious.
Drew Post That actress is Minka Kelly... she’s repping us 39-year-olds well! 👍🏼❤️
I mostly cringe when presenters are way too hammered to tell the story. These 2 got just the right amount of drunk. Hahahaha
I cringe when they obviously fake it like Jen Kirkman in any of her episodes... The one on Edith Wilson was the worst
F L wait....are you kidding?? they literally vomited in pails ON camera? and the producers actually decided to air those scenes?? wow. that's ridiculous. for so many reasons. first being: literally no one likes when tv+movies actually show the vomit when characters throw up. it's revolting and unnecessary. but add in the fact that it's real people actually throwing up real vomit...and it's even worse 🤢😵
glad i saw ur comment, so that i'm well informed if i decide to do a drunk history marathon haha 🙃👍🏻
@@_birdie that was before the show was picked up by CC. It used to be a web series only.
@@_birdie they didn't really show the actual vomit mostly, it's just face in a pail and the sound
broceratops1337 Yeah for sure. There were times they would get so drunk they couldn’t actually tell the story anymore and you could tell they had to go back later and record it because suddenly they start speaking perfectly again on the voice over and the last time you saw them they were vomiting on the floor and mumbling incoherently lol I’m glad they dialed it back because it was a bit too much.
If you close you eyes when Mae talks. You’re listening to drunk Katara.
Her?
That's not just a joke, I had no idea she voiced Katara.
@@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 WOW! mind = blown!
@@RidvanGER give credit to @Victoria Yost dude!
Or tinkerbell
Wich one of them is Mae?
She danced around his grave ... mere minutes after shooting him 😂
Corpse
I C O N I C
I will pay anything to have Jane Levy, Mae Whitman, Malin Akerman, Lake Bell and Minka Kelly do the Cell Block Tango.
+1 ! And thank you so much, I was looking for their names ^^
Thanks, I couldn't remember Malin's name.
Who plays Maureen?
Anynom all beautiful but Minka Kelly is breathtaking
Lake Bell, haven't seen her in awhile! Who's the female reporter? Oh, Minka Kelly how many parts has she played on this show?
The way she said "Sabella Nitti" to her editor made coffee shoot out of my nose with laughter!
Long ago, men and women lived together in harmony. Everything changed when jazz and drink attacked! But I believe Maurine Dallas Watkins can save the world.
Read about this a few days ago, before seeing this video, and it absolutely blew my fucking mind. I couldn’t believe how accurate a lot of the musical was. The “Both Reached For The Gun” scene? That shit happened! The press conference happened! Those words were actually uttered by Beulah and her defense, and the lyrics are ripped right out of contemporary newspapers.
Belva’s defense was also the same exact defense used in Chicago. “I completely blacked out, I can’t remember a thing”. She really *was* found coveted in blood in her home.
Fortunately, from what I’ve read, Sabella Nitti (in the musical she’s the Hungarian “uh-uh, not guilty!” woman) was actually spared from hanging. She changed her look in that prison beauty school because the prosecution’s cased almost entirely hinged on her being an ugly “animal” and “not a woman”. I found it ironic that the prosecutors bemoaned Belva and Beulah getting free just because of their beauty (“another pretty woman goes free!” was the quote from Assistant State Attorney William F McLaughlin) yet they based their entire case against Sabella on the fact that she was ugly. They’re upholding and perpetuating the very system they claim to hate. Men will get angry and accuse women of having “privilege” because we’re forced to work within systems *they* create and uphold. Still relevant today!
Anyway, her appeal went to the Illinois Supreme Court. A group of lawyers (including an amazing, badass, wonderful FEMALE LAWYER Helen Cirese. Yes, in the fucking 1920s, a female Yale graduate attorney) banded together to help Sabella Nitti navigate the appeals process, construct her defense and change her image.
Her trial date kept getting pushed back over and over again until finally, hallelujah, the flimsy, circumstantial, erroneous charges were DROPPED. Sabella Nitti went free because of her image change and the good will of a band of lawyers determined not to see a woman hang for something she clearly had no part in.
A female lawyer fights to free the first female sentenced to death in Cook County and succeeds. It’s almost a better story than Chicago itself, isn’t it? Certainly a less cynical one.
I hate to think that people think Nitti hung because it’s mistakenly stated in this video and implied in the musical. She lived y’all!
So, basically, blaming jazz in 1924 is no different than blaming video games in 2019.
The production values in this series are just wonderful. The costumes, the sets, the lighting, the props - just top notch stuff.
2:58 all that I heard was "and we both reached for gun! " god Chicago is so good
I think the most important take away from this story and the play Chicago is the moral role media plays. How they choose to present a story largely contributes to the public perception and can ultimately decide life and death and what we deem important in society.
Can they make a drunk history, about drunk history?
Derek should get slightly more drunk than usual and recount the story of drunk history to a baby resting on a sleeping dog.
College Humor did an episode about that: th-cam.com/video/Eq__6Q5vk8w/w-d-xo.html
my sexual identity is 'murderess'
Society has enough trouble accepting LGTQ+, I doubt they'll accept a praying mantis...
@@howHumam they don't have to accept anything without a head
You need jesus
@james why?
Jane and Mae hiccuping and Jane yelling at the end was the cherry on top of a hilarious sundae
All I thought while I was watching this was "cOmE oN bABe wHy dOnt wE pAinT tHE tOwN, aNd aLl tHaT jAzZ"
Correction: Phantom of the Opera is the longest running. Chicago is the second.
i thought it was Cats
Nope, the other Andrew Lloyd Weber Musical.
You need jesus
@@laurengoldfarb1023 i think there might be a lot of debate on how they determine this. I just read the Fantastiks ran for 42 years- is it a musical? How does Lion KIng beat Cats- Cats predates it. Did Cats stop running for many years?
malizooski1 You need jesus
Moral of the story: stay away from jazz and liquor. *hiccup*
And the men who *hiccup* play for fun
How am I just now finding out Mae voiced Katara? Thanks fellow commenters.
All the actresses were really good. Jane Levy and her hiccups and both there dialogues wer awesome. I hope Jane Levy can hit big in the movie industry. She is charismatic like Emma Stone esp in Comedy genre.
Have you seen Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist?!
I loved her in Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist. So sad that got axed :(
I love how the actors even take in account the hiccups 😂😂
Scruffy Daddy Derek is at prime cuteness in this episode
tru
eeew...
0:12 that’s the zodiac killers pickup line
1:59 has me in tears 😂😂
Are we not going to talk about how these are the hilarious actresses of Childrens Hospital?
I know, right?
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8:36 I'm pretty sure Phantom is the longest running Broadway play. Well... I guess they are drunk, so I'll give them a pass.
They should make drunk mythology!
I AGREE!!
"We're discussing Murderess Row."
"awe :) "
"Smoking in the Jail Cell, smoking in the jail cell.." that's now a song.
i laughed so hard EVERY freakin time the editor guy showed up. historically, even in other countries a lot of woman-convicts got not-guilty sentences just because the judges figured that these women were too inferior to plan a crime.
Dead *pause* as hell
LOL
This is exactly what I took away from this episode.
Ah yes, black culture as a scapegoat. A timeless classic.
Uhhh... What?
@@DigitDesign Jazz
I see where you are coming from. But this is so silly, that sometimes you just have to roll with it. Smile a little.
Bruh
The continuous hiccuping just about killed me... I couldn’t stop laughing!
Chicago is so amazing..also it's weird how the celebrity of being a killer doesn't change over time
I love how this episode has literally ALL the actresses you never gave a fuck about.
This event is one of the rare examples in history of how patriarchy and sexism actually works against the favor of men, and why gender equality is important going forward, for a better society and a just system.
That editor actor had the best ”Sucking on fingers and laughing”-lipsync ever haha
Roxy Hart & Velma Kelly!
Sha Shee You need jesus
James Bond I already have him
Oh well praise the lord
@@JamesBond-xx1lv I have to disagree. You need critical thinking skills and rational thought. Also, it would be beneficial to stop believing in myths plagarized from other older creation myths. You need ground trolls and whiskey.
Minka Kelly and her cheekbones stab me in the heart everytime
All I hear is a drunk Tinkerbell, love it
There was actually an SNL skit about it in the 90s with Claire Danes, sadly it's not widely available
LOVE THIS! Chicago is my favorite musical, and I saw it live in SF. I had no idea the entire backstory. And that's it's a story about how women got to be on juries!
Who is that playing the reporter? I swear I know her, but can't pull a name out of my head.
Minka Kelly
the way the reporter moved the typewriter thingy at the same time as the hiccup 8:18. iconic
Jane Levy and Emma Stone could play sisters in a movie.
Drunk Katara is so much fun you guys
**immediately watches Chicago after this**
What are these drinks?! They look fun.
The hiccups though 😂😂😂
bruh I did my whole thesis on this. I AM HERE FOR THIS 👏🏻
I play jazz. Never thought about how many murders I've caused...
Just found out about Drunk History this year. I am SO GLAD I did!🤣🤣
7:35 She actually lived. Another lawyer managed to get her off.
8:53 when you discover a new talent half way through a scene
01:38 wtf?! Who is this gorgeous, brilliantly talented woman??
She´s legit brilliant at this.
Much love and respect!
martialme84 her name is Minka Kelly :)
@@Mayakran Thanks!
Love this show...thanks for uploading...I never knew when it was on in comedy central😀👉😎👈
Whoa Jane Levy ftw
damn this video has better production value than a lot of Neflix shows
the actress who plays Maurine is so beautiful
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Lake Bell is soooooo underated as an actor.
I'm assuming they got it wrong because they're drunk, but for anyone who's curious, The Phantom of the Opera is actually the longest running show in Broadway history, having opened on January 26th, 1988. Chicago is the longest running AMERICAN musical on Broadway (Phantom premiered in London on October 9th, 1986). The original musical mentioned here closed in 1977 and the revival from 1996 is what is still running, eightish years behind the historic run of Phantom. :)
4:17 aaaawwwww!!!
"Look, I was very ill because someone named Jazz Dot Com came to me and I feel concerned and I feel taken advantage of I feel that I was someone who explored the realm too heavily and I need help. I can't, I, etc. Altadena, etc. Pasadena, etc."
Lol @ "Cook's County"
I never thought i needed to hear Katara and Zoey Clarke get shitfaced and talk about the inspiration for one of my favorite musicals, but here I am.
Did anyone else start singing "We Both Reached For The Gun" from the show???? LOL 🙈😂🇹🇹
Mae Whitman reminds me of Emilia Clarke, especially when she laughs
Jane Levy is severely underrated. Remember Don’t Breathe? She killed in that role
so they both reached for the gun
Definitely one of the best episodes 😂
I freaking love these ladies!!! They’re so underrated. Jane needs to play Emma Stone’s sister. (Suburgatory, The Duff are hilarious) and holy shit Lake Bell, Malin & Minka! All this is just surprise after surprise! I wish Mae was bi.
I think she is.
fun fact: Mae Whitman, the narrator, plays tinkerbell in the tinker bell franchise
That looks like the sexiest funnest drunk pile and I want to be a part of it.
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Actually, Phantom of the Opera us currently the longest running musical on Broadway. Chicago has been around for a long time though.
1:38 𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕤
Can we just talk about how cute they are together???? Like I don’t know who they are but they’re so cuddly and they’ve got that “opposites attract” dynamic with one being all flowery and sweet and the other wearing all black and stark red lipstick and my hopelessly romantic ass is so happy that they exist 🥺🥺🥺🥺
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"no bitch" had me dead af😂
I started watching this because I thought it would be interesting and I realized I live in cook county lol
Both of those drunk women look like time travelers from the 30's.
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How do these two know so much about this piece of history?!?
The people telling the story? I ship it. I ship it SO hard.
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8:55 kfkfkfkf the face of the lady on the left when she did a smoke ring pls
Skip to 1:57.
3:40 . Yes.
The last bit is a big mood
Love how they even lip synced the hiccup.
I would love to see the actors behind the scenes, I literally would be like laughing SO MUCH.
Since when did Emma Stone and Emilia Clarke appear on Drunk History?
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Katara drunkenly talking about murder is everything
The real life Roxie and Velma that’s actually pretty cool
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“you like murder? me too”
that is a *mood*
Murderessrowbeautyschool.com 😂😂has me dead
How can they tell a story better drunk than I can sober
The hiccups lmao
This is the cutest couple I’ve ever seen
Chicago is not the longest running Broadway musical. It is the longest running Broadway musical REVIVAL.