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  • The Worst Jobs in History: The Middle Ages.
    Some of the least pleasant employment opportunities open to people in the Middle Ages. Tony Robinson discovers how fullers spent their working lives stomping on newly woven cloth in vats of stale urine, while leech collectors risked infection by wading into marshes and letting the bloodsuckers cling to their legs.
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  • @yeppeogeu2828
    @yeppeogeu2828 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1395

    "im losing my will to live" the most relatable presenter yet

    • @erinx7647
      @erinx7647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      is that jungwoo hehe

    • @AdamBechtol
      @AdamBechtol 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @MarcPutniorz
      @MarcPutniorz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Booom boom boom

    • @saragarofano6471
      @saragarofano6471 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ahead of his time

    • @D-Vinko
      @D-Vinko 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any time you see a comment like this, look at the profile picture.
      You will be unsurprised to learn how original most people are on TH-cam, especially when they are basically the epitome of normal.

  • @gwenhwyfar3690
    @gwenhwyfar3690 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1633

    I have the feeling just being alive in the middle ages was the worst

    • @Maliceah
      @Maliceah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      Amazing to me that most indigenous peoples know which herbs and barks are effective for cures, but medieval "civilization" was feeding people worms.

    • @ejedwards988
      @ejedwards988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Let's be real, being alive before indoor plumbing was the worse.

    • @brianlam257
      @brianlam257 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Yes, but those people who live in the middle ages didn't know, which means they don't feel bad.
      Five hundreds years from now, people may look back and think our times suck too

    • @Madcapredcap
      @Madcapredcap 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah but you got to eat worms

    • @Maliceah
      @Maliceah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think of that nearly every time I take a shower.
      @@ejedwards988

  • @firebladex8586
    @firebladex8586 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1034

    So...during this period, not being able to afford medical care was a good thing.

    • @JosetteFret93
      @JosetteFret93 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😂

    • @Grumpycat95
      @Grumpycat95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I honestly wonder how we survived for so long , one guy said this once and his comment echoed in my head for so long lately , its just crazy .

    • @catonkybord7950
      @catonkybord7950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@Grumpycat95 Right? And it wasn't the only dangerous era in human history. Have you, per chance, seen documentaries on the Victorian era? :D Makes me wonder what people in the future will say about our time. Who knows what hidden dangers lurk in our daily lives? Maybe some day surgeon will be seen as a bad job, because they have to stitch wounds together by hand instead of just "phasering" them closed.

    • @Grumpycat95
      @Grumpycat95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ink Stain Oh yes I’ve seen documentaries on the Victorian era , caged in their own coffin-like houses and they didn’t even know !

    • @stormyskyz4251
      @stormyskyz4251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Ink Stain I think of that too. In 100-200 years will there be a cure for cancer, will they laugh at our radiation/chemotherapy treatments? Who knows.

  • @warmagic9312
    @warmagic9312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    I love this guy. He did everything without thinking twice. Dude is a hero. Respect.

    • @SMFN_Else
      @SMFN_Else 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      My favorite is when the Wise Woman mentioned the nettles, and he simply rolled up his sleeve with a look of "Why aren't you lashing me yet?"

    • @assassinaria
      @assassinaria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He sounds like a puss but he has balls lol

    • @cheyenne6913
      @cheyenne6913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The leech got me. I hate bugs and you probably couldn't pay me to let a leech bite me on purpose.

    • @perlyax
      @perlyax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think this guys has actually the worst job because he is doing all the bad jobs

    • @brandil5688
      @brandil5688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@perlyax Tony only has to do it foe a short time. There are other videos on here where 3 people lived on a farm and did everything the way they did for the time period they are in. I know Victorian farm is one and I think Edwardian farm is another. They are very good videos

  • @EthanolAcid
    @EthanolAcid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1244

    This video is really interesting and I enjoyed learning all of this, but the sound mixing is really off and at times makes it hard to understand what's going on.

    • @warifaifai
      @warifaifai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It's true. But it rocks anyway. The cameras used here reminds me of Little Brittain's

    • @arsein3342
      @arsein3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      True

    • @illus1ve
      @illus1ve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It's happened in the compression where it has probably been mixed down from 7.1 to 2.1 or plain stereo.

    • @429np
      @429np 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TRUE

    • @budmeister
      @budmeister 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i can hear it just fine

  • @singenstattatmen5096
    @singenstattatmen5096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Love the steep decline from "Yeah, I'm really up for this! :D" to Tony standing there in the old cold piss, hardly moving, and losing the will to live. 😂 Gotta love that he gives everything a go.

    • @sarasteege2265
      @sarasteege2265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Imagine getting your steps in on some cloth in a bucket of stale urine while also asking pointed bits of info to continue to paint the picture of how this job actually was.
      "Would we have to do this for eight hours?"
      "Depends on the size of the cloth."
      Kind of wonder what kind of banter peeps would engage in to pass the time.

  • @theboldlife
    @theboldlife 5 ปีที่แล้ว +624

    Mike Roe: Wow modern dirty jobs are hard
    Tony Robinson: Hold my beer

    • @chocobro3198
      @chocobro3198 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Person from medieval times: Hold my ale.

    • @memerice7609
      @memerice7609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@chocobro3198 I was thinking: Hold my pee...where gonna need that precious commodity lol

    • @chocobro3198
      @chocobro3198 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@memerice7609 LOL

    • @shwoopyrrale1694
      @shwoopyrrale1694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@memerice7609 i bet he was pretty pissed he had to make wool fluffy like THAT

    • @Atomy111
      @Atomy111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Roe and grills are both rows of fakes

  • @tubularfrog
    @tubularfrog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I was on the floor laughing after Tony said "Give us a sting" and the nurse whacked his hand with the nettles. Such is the life of the knave!

  • @JKelly756
    @JKelly756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I like how they try to stay in character when he asks "will it work" and some of them just can't deal and are like "fuck no it wont work"

    • @Mandy-nt2cs
      @Mandy-nt2cs ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What lol She told him beheading the poor eel would remove his wart lol

  • @figs4531
    @figs4531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    did not expect to witness a live eel get its head cut off and see its severed head continue on wriggling afterwards.

    • @z_ed
      @z_ed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But warts...🥴

    • @luluramirez2920
      @luluramirez2920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Don’t be a snowflake

    • @wiktoriakos2597
      @wiktoriakos2597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      @@luluramirez2920 Wow, used a word snowflake, such intelligence, such superiority! O:

    • @elha7982
      @elha7982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Fish do that. Even after removing their hearts they continue to have muscular activity for some time. So don't worry, it's not alive.

    • @davidhobbs3178
      @davidhobbs3178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I fish and eat what I catch so...yeah that's how its done. I'm only upset about the waste. Nothing better than some smoked eel😀

  • @robbinlynnspencer-buchtel6896
    @robbinlynnspencer-buchtel6896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    I recall watching the entire series, with my daughter, of this when it first appeared. Had a good laugh then & now. Another show that quickly takes the 'romantic' quality out of the era. I will say that Tony must have a pretty strong stomach, because some of the stuff is just down right stomach turning.

    • @eddiesroom1868
      @eddiesroom1868 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I try to get my mom to watch these with me.

  • @alushacandie
    @alushacandie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Tip: don't watch this while you're eating or about to eat. You'll thank me later.

    • @matewhatthefuck6516
      @matewhatthefuck6516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm watching this whilst eating, lol

    • @sarahadair7320
      @sarahadair7320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I just finished off my honey bunches of oats and I'm about half way through. :)

    • @zackhostetler5175
      @zackhostetler5175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Too late

    • @Bimby-b
      @Bimby-b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I should have read this

    • @ggEmolicious
      @ggEmolicious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was ironically eating gummy worms.....it quickly stopped.

  • @cynthiaesquibel3191
    @cynthiaesquibel3191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    After watching several of these, I believe that Tony Robinson must be one of the bravest and boldest men in modern times!! I love these programs...they're the best!

  • @Maliceah
    @Maliceah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +731

    An eel was harmed in the filming of this video.

    • @NathanChisholm041
      @NathanChisholm041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      It's fine! They glued the head back on later👍

    • @davidjames666
      @davidjames666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      As were a few worms

    • @teresaellis7062
      @teresaellis7062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      I wish she didn't use a live eel or the live worms. She could have used fake worms for the "necklace" and an already dead eel for the wart cure. Both caused unnecessary suffering. WE don't live in the medieval time period, animals were harmed in the making of this documentary. 😞

    • @wandachristian1884
      @wandachristian1884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Teresa Ellis exactly, I didn’t bother finishing the video. There should have been a huge consequence for that. I hope a lot of people complained and stopped any future animal cruelty. They laughed at the pain they were causing the eel.😢

    • @Lyle-xc9pg
      @Lyle-xc9pg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Liberal Insanity ""people eats" get out of the comments fuckwit

  • @breanna6722
    @breanna6722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    "He has to carve my meat ."
    "I beg your pardon?!" 😂😅😂😅

    • @ribbs92
      @ribbs92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Breezy7892 15 that line took me out! 🤣🤣

    • @ElysetheEevee
      @ElysetheEevee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't forget that the squire has to know the proper way to "carve" it, as well. He knows how he likes it. **Lenny face**

    • @jazskystar7110
      @jazskystar7110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Im sure the squires got there asses and throats pumped often.

  • @1kinut800
    @1kinut800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Kind of wonder who was the first to figure things out--like, who thought about using urine to finish off wool, or who decided tasting urine could diagnose someone, etc.

    • @theq4602
      @theq4602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Even the romans used urine to clean thier clothes due to the amonia in it, so it must have been something discovered a long time ago. Not just normal urine but STALE urine.

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@theq4602 Basically try everything and see what sticks?

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      A friend of mine diagnosed her own diabetes. First, she noticed that her urine smelled like Frosted Flakes, then, on a hike, she relieved herself in the bushes and upon return to the place, she saw ants all over the log on which she’d peed. A trip to the doctor and a proper test confirmed the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. The doctor herself told her that if she’d tasted her urine, it’d be sweet, but not to try it, for obvious reasons!

  • @SlayerMasterKaty
    @SlayerMasterKaty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    tony gagging and heaving while pouring the stale pee into the buckets was the absolute best.

    • @assassinaria
      @assassinaria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It looked like his body was genuinely rejecting the ammonia

  • @sadiegreene8873
    @sadiegreene8873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    “They’re worms with character! The peak of worm evolution!” he said excitedly.

  • @adorabledeplorable5105
    @adorabledeplorable5105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Some people think that the middle ages were romantic .
    I got two words that would put the kibosh on that thought .
    Medical
    Dental

    • @adorabledeplorable5105
      @adorabledeplorable5105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      m Suarez I cannot dispute your findings , nor would I want too . Your statement is very rational . But the idea of extracting teeth without any pain killer is something I would rather not deal with . Maybe a slap up side the head with a mace might’ve helped but I still would rather not deal with it .
      Although I have to say people in that time were probably more stout than we are today .

    • @becgould3772
      @becgould3772 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@adorabledeplorable5105 and loo paper.

    • @irishcountrygirl78
      @irishcountrygirl78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@becgould3772 when people ran out of loo roll in out houses in my grand mother's day they would use dock leaves 🤷‍♀️, also good for nettle stings and midge bite.

    • @douglasroussey852
      @douglasroussey852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thpinal

    • @KingFluffs
      @KingFluffs 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@becgould3772 Just find a willing tounge. lmao

  • @shawnstewart5210
    @shawnstewart5210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Interesting fact for the day relating to the video. I personally know a man in his late 40's and has extremely high iron levels, he gets bled by leaches once every few months to maintain a lower level of iron and he gets this done at a licensed medical facility not just some crack pot hooking 30+ leaches on him lol.

    • @CallmeGNana
      @CallmeGNana 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Same thing with medical maggots which are used on burn patients and gangrene. They only eat dead flesh and allow new skin growth. Leeces are also used to draw blood into areas that are pre gangrene.

    • @tonihynes1956
      @tonihynes1956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yeah that condition is called hemochromatosis. People who have it have to get blood taken to reduce the amount of iron. Unfortunately the blood is discarded unless it's treated for high iron amounts. Lot of blood wasted that could be used else where.

    • @mfjdv2020
      @mfjdv2020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Is there no other (civilised) way of reducing his iron level?

    • @becgould3772
      @becgould3772 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@mfjdv2020 nope I work with a guy who has to have this done as well.

    • @PolarBear-rc4ks
      @PolarBear-rc4ks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@mfjdv2020 well it works doesn't it?

  • @momof2momof2
    @momof2momof2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I would love to be able to go back in history (and be invisible) and see not only the real history, but to also see how close we have been to knowing the truth about the different eras.

  • @brianlam257
    @brianlam257 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    In future, people who will take self-driving cars as granted may think driving is one of the worst jobs in our times. You waste hours a day on driving; you crash if u lose concentration even for one second; you can't drive after drinking; you lose your life because some irresponsible driver crashes on you

  • @SensationalBanana
    @SensationalBanana 5 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    The sound on this is way off. Music too loud whilst speech is low, and overall shoddy quality.

    • @sandramorrison99
      @sandramorrison99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Wat music? Dude- I am wearing headphones- and I hear EVERYTHING PERFECTLY!!!

    • @inkadinkadoodle
      @inkadinkadoodle 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      try watching The Worst Jobs in History. (that's what i usually watch; autoplay brought me here).

    • @lindamclean8809
      @lindamclean8809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Get over it

    • @malirabbit6228
      @malirabbit6228 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Music was better.

    • @georgeniculescu
      @georgeniculescu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sometimes the original docs were 5.1 surround, when down-mixed to 2ch it may have the effect you're hearing. indeed it sounds better on headphones than speakers, especially if you've got a Dolby plug-in

  • @audreywrisley2580
    @audreywrisley2580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I love this channel so much, please never stop making content. I've gotten into a habit of watching a video every night before bed to unwind and honestly I just think this stuff is so interesting and it's so well discussed by everyone in these videos. You guys do an amazing job of being both educational and entertaining.

  • @YouTubeViolates1A
    @YouTubeViolates1A 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I appreciate the sacrifices of the patients during those times. Little by little, each of their torturous treatments led to advancements in medical science.

  • @partymix5487
    @partymix5487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Barber Surgeon: I'm tasting it just to check.
    Tony: You don't have to taste it, you really don't.
    I can't believe the barber surgeon took two dips of that piss.

    • @dumpster9048
      @dumpster9048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He didn’t take one oh no, he went in there TWO times 😭

    • @christinawells2024
      @christinawells2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love Tony saying "What? Up the ass??" LOL

    • @lestermagnuson939
      @lestermagnuson939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's how they checked for diabetes a hundred years ago, if it was sweet then you could be a diabetic

    • @abisflowspace1230
      @abisflowspace1230 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I SCREAMED……. 🤯🥵🤢

    • @bigfatphoque5396
      @bigfatphoque5396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christinawells2024 the way that the bargeon talks about that amputation and medicine up your ass, sounds cheerful, he seems to really enjoy his job/hobby

  • @Madcapredcap
    @Madcapredcap 5 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    The best part of the wool-treading job is, if you need to pee, you can just add yours to the tub!

    • @carlosmarcial6201
      @carlosmarcial6201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's because with piss you can create ammonia once it's fermented. Ammonia is still being used to create soaps, shampoo, detergents... That's why they used peeepeee...

    • @BlueberryDragon13
      @BlueberryDragon13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Kindly donated by their production team.. imagine having your feet in your colleague's pee.

    • @NoName-ms8jb
      @NoName-ms8jb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@carlosmarcial6201 It is ironic, creating soap with piss.

    • @luckystroke126
      @luckystroke126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes that way you can warm your feet for a brief moment. Its just those little things that make a workday worthwhile.

    • @mariavanderlinden9816
      @mariavanderlinden9816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It also means no bathroom breaks :')

  • @marialiyubman
    @marialiyubman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    “The barber surgeon” the best horror movie of 2020.

  • @Robocline
    @Robocline 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I'm not usually grossed out but the worm stew damn near did me in.

  • @Wateringman
    @Wateringman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    So help me...next time I hear someone say..."back in the good old days things were better", I will give them a copy of your channel link! 😬

    • @Areyousayingidontknowmyname
      @Areyousayingidontknowmyname 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That always makes me laugh. These days all hell breaks out if a 100 people die of a flu. In the good old days a quarter of the population used to die. SMH

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wateringman
      LOL.

    • @witchypoo679
      @witchypoo679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I am pretty sure "back in the good old days" isn't refering to the Middle Ages.

    • @AnonimusQualquer
      @AnonimusQualquer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Witchy Poo if you watched other episodes of this channel, the “good old days” from much closer still had plenty of fucked up things.
      People love to complain that their times were better, not realizing that everyone before them said the same thing and how, if you add all this up of how “worst” things have become, it simply doesn’t make sense.

    • @KaptenN
      @KaptenN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AnonimusQualquer When people speak of the "good old days" they generally mean "in my childhood when I had no responsibilities", not "back when our ancestors were treading in urine".
      Besides, it's entirely possible for some things to become better while other things become worse. People are nostalgic for the good stuff, but I don't think anyone wants to give up on the good stuff of today. It'd be great if we could just have the good stuff from all the ages and none of the bad stuff. Negating someone reminiscing about a time when people were kinder and had bigger living spaces by saying that we now have all information at our fingertips and better healthcare is to be completely beside the point and engaging in pointless whataboutism.

  • @letsHugElefanten
    @letsHugElefanten 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Damn they really put this poor old man through a lot in this episode😂

  • @Wateringman
    @Wateringman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I have to say sir...I have enormeous respect for you. Thank you for the education you provide us with.

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wateringman
      I REALLY ENJOYED THIS PROGRAM.
      I LEARNED MORE THINGS FROM THIS PROGRAM THAN I EVER DID IN SCHOOL.
      I WILL HAVE MY NIECES & NEPHEW WATCH THIS SO THEY CAN SEE HOW LIFE WAS BACK THEN.

    • @sandraneiman5820
      @sandraneiman5820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I also learned more here than at school. Mr. Robinson is a very BRAVE man indeed.

    • @cruisepaige
      @cruisepaige ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you figured out that TR is not posting these videos on TH-cam?

  • @marymcelroy6157
    @marymcelroy6157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Ah...
    In days of old
    When knights were bold
    And flush toilets weren't invented
    They dropped a load
    In the road
    And walked away contented.

    • @sandrarawn2147
      @sandrarawn2147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol lol very funny! Lol

    • @petermitchell6348
      @petermitchell6348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In days of old,
      When Knights were bold
      And women weren't invented,
      Men drilled holes in telegraph poles
      And they were quite contented..

    • @resarm5007
      @resarm5007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @brandil5688
      @brandil5688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@petermitchell6348 wouldn't splinters pose a problem to the knights lol

    • @petermitchell6348
      @petermitchell6348 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brandil5688 EEK! You are right. I won't do that again :).

  • @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467
    @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Leech collector wasn't nearly as bad a job as it's often made out to be: the little critters are completely painless - that's how they can be attached to people and other animals for long enough to feed, without being noticed. Also, they are quite easy to detach, using a bit of salt or heat applied to their rear end. It's just the "ick factor" which has us modern folks creeped out: but once you got used to it i should imagine it was MUCH more pleasant than a lot of much nastier Medaeval Age jobs!!

  • @SeverusStudios1980
    @SeverusStudios1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I saw Tony Robinson and I was sold straight away. As far as he goes with documentarys, I think he has immense clout and known quality guarantee..... Go Tony...

  • @daynajohnston9781
    @daynajohnston9781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I am proud of this fellow and his courage and strong stomach, what an adventurous spirit!

  • @mobill53
    @mobill53 5 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    Background music is way too loud!

    • @xavierrrr
      @xavierrrr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The sound in general is pretty bad :(

    • @Madcapredcap
      @Madcapredcap 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      WHAT?

    • @zunipus
      @zunipus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Bad sound engineering and mixing has been a common problem in recent years. I get the idea that a generation of sound engineers & editors retired and their jobs were filled by slacker newbies. Hopefully, this garbage sound production problem is winding down as the newbies learn the ropes, like it or not.

    • @xavierrrr
      @xavierrrr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zunipus Watching this on tv it wasn't half as bad, wondering if the uploader on here did something funky with it.

    • @zhou_sei
      @zhou_sei 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sounds like the whole video was filmed in a tiny cement tunnel. someone forgot to line up two audio tracks...

  • @amandamorris8625
    @amandamorris8625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    So dude ate worm soup had a leach on his arm hurt his hand hope he got paid well

    • @elisabethschepers3398
      @elisabethschepers3398 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      When does he hurt his hand 🖐

    • @JaneenDaniellCain
      @JaneenDaniellCain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elisabethschepers3398 He was slapped with a bundle of Stinging Nettle.

  • @callydavenport3982
    @callydavenport3982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The camera crew must have the best workdays ever watching this guy go through all this😂😂

  • @spookayitsme
    @spookayitsme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Tony: Asks to be stung with nettles
    Also Tony: "ouch you bitch, you stung me with nettles!"

  • @adrianhassall6062
    @adrianhassall6062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Baldrick (tony robinson) is always a pleasure to watch. Whether it's in time-team, blackadder, or even absolute history.

  • @alienbeef-gravy493
    @alienbeef-gravy493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Its not just medicine if you were I'll, they'd also feed you this way"
    ..."what, up the ass?"
    That got me 16:06

  • @brettyoss1693
    @brettyoss1693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You have to remember we lost alot of knowledge after the fall of the Roman Empire... We lost construction methods, Greek Fire, Medical knowledge, and so much more... It wasn't called the dark ages for nothing... Quite amazing how much was lost and never found until even recently if ever.

  • @kendraa7013
    @kendraa7013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That French guy tho. "It's the safest machine we have ever made, but we made only one."

  • @MissTrixie29
    @MissTrixie29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Was no one else bothered by the eel? That had to have been the dullest blade and the slowest, most painful death.

    • @heartfull92
      @heartfull92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Completely unnecessary! A simple explanation could’ve gotten the point across.

    • @nessamillikan6247
      @nessamillikan6247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I stopped the video because of it. 😓

    • @HonkeyKong54
      @HonkeyKong54 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🙄

    • @HonkeyKong54
      @HonkeyKong54 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was no one else: rally with me to be mad ppl

    • @allinaday3526
      @allinaday3526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HonkeyKong54 i couldn't care less about the eel

  • @zhou_sei
    @zhou_sei 5 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    fire your sound guy

    • @IPmystery
      @IPmystery 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Definitely

    • @CrazyDeeDee
      @CrazyDeeDee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      For sure

    • @sylum18
      @sylum18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      1:27 in and i stopped watching

    • @arsein3342
      @arsein3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah

    • @justinedoner8576
      @justinedoner8576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      That’s a little harsh

  • @tishaw.8254
    @tishaw.8254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    “He has to carve my meat as well”
    “Beg your pardon???”😂😂😂

  • @MrsBees
    @MrsBees 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's amazing to me that they figured out that heating chalk then dunking it in water makes quick lye and that lye is best for mortar. It's mind boggling all the things they figured out without modern technology.

    • @timf3099
      @timf3099 ปีที่แล้ว

      Make a firepit using chalk rocks, pour water on it for one reason or another, and people probably figured it out pretty quickly.

  • @Alisha_M92
    @Alisha_M92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this presenter! His narration is SO amazing. Effortlessly humourous.

  • @TheJtyork420
    @TheJtyork420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Anyone else find it funny how much safety stuff they use when handling the quicklime but the thing they seem to be using to carry and hold it appears to be a child's Easter basket.

  • @babblingalong7689
    @babblingalong7689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Sometimes I wonder how people got through such hard times in the 1st place.

  • @7pcp7
    @7pcp7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    still finding new ways to humiliate yourself baldrick

  • @Emma-zj1pz
    @Emma-zj1pz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tony getting super excited about the stone breaking in half made my day😂

  • @Name2site
    @Name2site 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "It's the safest machine we ever made, but we made only one." Oh my gosh! This guest speaker is awesome. How comforting of him to say. LOL.

  • @OldHag73
    @OldHag73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Who edited this? Music was too loud at places so you could hear what he said and several times the voiceover was the same volume as the ppl talking so all you had was several people talking at once

  • @afinitequantity
    @afinitequantity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Oh my goodness, that eel died for nothing

    • @chants_22
      @chants_22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      and writhing in agony

    • @GodKingBob
      @GodKingBob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But they yummy tho

    • @Noelciaaa
      @Noelciaaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hope they grilled the rest at least and eaten so that it's not wasted

    • @LeeDassin
      @LeeDassin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am sure it was eaten later on, no sense in wasting it.

    • @DAEDRICDUKE1
      @DAEDRICDUKE1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was going to die anyway lol

  • @ndz9818
    @ndz9818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The scene at 45:27 is some of the most genuine film ever put to video

  • @Pav9001
    @Pav9001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Even with all the craziness happening in 2020 I am so grateful to be alive now rather that awful period of time....

    • @Katie-mw7pd
      @Katie-mw7pd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep. COVID back then would’ve wiped out a huge percentage of the population.

    • @assassinaria
      @assassinaria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This ain't even that bad. -Me, 2 years of quarantines later

    • @Deadassbruhfrfr
      @Deadassbruhfrfr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everything's fine 🐶🔥☕

  • @dragunovbushcraft152
    @dragunovbushcraft152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Simply eating stewed nettles would've been the best way to use them as medicine. Not only are they a super food, they are full of protein, and quite delicious! No worms needed.

  • @ena81xx
    @ena81xx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Some people I talked to before they had a feeling of nostalgia for something they never experienced themselves (i.e., living in the middle ages). Well, they should watch this video.

    • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I went through that. Fairy tales really clean up the look of the era and misrepresent how people lived, not depicting the widespread suffering and filth, not to mention oppression of the church, monarchs, nobles and town officials.
      And in school, we were left with the impression that everyone had a small, local business, a craft and a pretty decent living in a wholesome, Christian environment.
      Now, we know it was completely opposite that. Our schools whitewashed this - arguably the lowest point in western civilization.

    • @ena81xx
      @ena81xx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 Yes, very true. In addition to that ... people, generally speaking, tend to overestimate themselves and their luck in life. They have the idea that if they were born hundreds of years ago, they would be born into a royal family and they themselves will live like kings or queens. They do not know they are most likely to be born to peasants or even worse.

    • @shiitakestick
      @shiitakestick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, being killed on a battlefield and dying a slow death .. children dying of malnutrition .. thank god thats all in the miserable past . right .

    • @g5naim
      @g5naim 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shiitakestick Throwing out your piss and turds onto the street from a third-story window is certainly not commonplace by today’s standards. Weirdo, you can’t cherry pick all the similarities with today’s social/political climate and deduce that people want to live in older times to experience *the same exact bad things* - they’re obviously romanticizing the Middle Ages because they’re not taking into consideration how practical it is to live your everyday life in the current era compared to the older times. *Sigh* you need to either watch or re-watch this documentary, ‘cause you’re missing the point altogether.

    • @shiitakestick
      @shiitakestick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      g5naim - isn’t it funny how people transfer and project their own inadequacies onto others .
      Seems you missed a point yourself there , big feller.
      Then again , genocide, murder , and eco-destruction is soo practical. Isn’t it ?

  • @snarkspawner
    @snarkspawner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Pressing F for that eel
    Wiggle in heaven my dude
    Hope they made some sushi with it at least lol

    • @treetheenderhyena1880
      @treetheenderhyena1880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dangit somebody already made the comment I made XD I didn't realize it until after I commented

  • @vickidickinson2888
    @vickidickinson2888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You are a very brave man. I never heard of any of these cures except for leeches. Oh that worm soup.

  • @cadcats
    @cadcats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You're a brave man, Tony. Worm Stew? No thanks...

  • @Narami01
    @Narami01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Seeing him excited about splitting the rock was so cute

  • @LordSabbathiel
    @LordSabbathiel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I guess it's safe to say eels were harmed in the production of this program.

  • @MattandSadieBug
    @MattandSadieBug ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tony Robinson is one of my favorite people to watch.

  • @holdensanders2858
    @holdensanders2858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Spiritual brownie points" - people still think like this

  • @izzymeadows1748
    @izzymeadows1748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was NOT prepared to see him cutting a live eels head off 🤮

  • @jhorne18
    @jhorne18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They did not have to invent a hell with their religion. They were LIVING in hell.

  • @nunyabizness199
    @nunyabizness199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    How did we ever survive..And I hope they pay this poor fellow well at least. 😬 "It tastes like phlegm" Lordy lord 😂

    • @Simplebadger27
      @Simplebadger27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      T Stelle we barely did survive!

  • @compscript7973
    @compscript7973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Loved the part about The surname Fuller. I just looked for video's about occupational surnames and none are very good. A video on occupational surnames would be great.

  • @hinduhillbilly
    @hinduhillbilly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Still not as bad as following Blackadder around in that posing pouch.

  • @metacarpitan
    @metacarpitan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    The healer job is not that bad, its bad for the patients.

    • @Preussengeneral
      @Preussengeneral 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah must have been great having to saw someone a rotting leg off while the person is alive and screaming in agony. And tasting the morning-pee of somebody - Yummi ;-)
      And I wonder what smell people give off, when they havent bathed for month and in the absence of toilets and toiletpaper or clean clothes.
      You are supposed to heal those poor devils and you dont even have fresh water, aseptic tools, painkiller or even knowledge of anatomy or processes in the human body. Not even a hot nurse ;-)
      I think that must be frustating when most of your patients die. Not despite the treatment, but because of the treatment ;-)

    • @ipetzombies
      @ipetzombies 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Preussengeneral I think they were referring to the wise woman but I could be mistaken.

    • @violettiger21
      @violettiger21 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And the eels!

    • @michelleballard.
      @michelleballard. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      metacarpitan 😂

    • @MsDragonfire1992
      @MsDragonfire1992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Preussengeneral I think they ment the wise woman job although that itself was very risky because they were running the risk of been accused and trialled as a witch

  • @sandrarawn2147
    @sandrarawn2147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    🇨🇦 "Absolute History" is my all time favorite watch! It's amazing how things were done in the Victorian ages! I've learned so much from watching the videos from Absolute History! Totally awesome videos! Thank you so much! Please keep em coming! ❤️

    • @popisdeadisagoodsong9997
      @popisdeadisagoodsong9997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Celto Loco But quite a few tv shows have TH-cam channels. Some for entire tv channels! Like SCI channel. That's where to watch How It's Made if you don't have cable, like me.

  • @Amanda-wd4mp
    @Amanda-wd4mp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    That poor eel; slowly killed by slicing it's head off just for a documentary. Not even given a mercy kill.

    • @violettiger21
      @violettiger21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely agree!

    • @alexgade4512
      @alexgade4512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I guess you never saw people kill a fish before?
      You don't exactly "mercy kill" a fish. You can briefly shock it but that's it.
      Or use the japanese method to paralyse it by wrecking the connections to the spine with a needle, but you still gotta cut through first anyway.

    • @violettiger21
      @violettiger21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@alexgade4512 But surely you could do it much faster than he did with that particular tool? He slowly sawed his way through it, could he not have just chopped the head off, even if he needed a different tool for it? I've never killed a fish or seen a fish killed before, I'm just thinking out loud really, it seems barbaric.

    • @alexgade4512
      @alexgade4512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@violettiger21 with a meat cleaver, maybe. I've only used regular knives to kill fish and it's not as easy as it looks honestly.
      The bones can be tough, so is the muscle, especially in eels.

    • @violettiger21
      @violettiger21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alexgade4512 Yes I can imagine it's not easy. A good heavy meat cleaver would have been kinder (if not as historically accurate perhaps).

  • @rainbell32
    @rainbell32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this guy he’s an amazing teacher and super cool he actually goes and experiences the stuff he’s teaching

  • @bifftannen324
    @bifftannen324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Felt a little badly for the poor eel

    • @kaiju3646
      @kaiju3646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here. Some dude said to “stop tree hugging snowflake” because people felt bad for it. Some people just dont get it when others feel bad for things they dont care about

  • @arellanokristinejoy2405
    @arellanokristinejoy2405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE THIS MAN! HE REALLY DO BE TOLERATING EVERYTHING THE DIRECTOR IS MAKING HIM DO.

  • @VladTheImpalerDracul
    @VladTheImpalerDracul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Eels should be killed by placeing the knife in the center of their head, my grandad used to tell me that all the time when we used to eat them. They can stay alive without their body for some time.

    • @shombie2737
      @shombie2737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Eel pie is never eaten in the US. Are we missing anything?

    • @alexgade4512
      @alexgade4512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I don't think it's alive. It's just nerves still functioning after decapitation.

    • @VladTheImpalerDracul
      @VladTheImpalerDracul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@alexgade4512 They bite your finger and their eyes move and they try and wriggle away, it's not a twitch like with nerves.

    • @alexgade4512
      @alexgade4512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@VladTheImpalerDracul I'm pretty sure the decapitation would have to be a clean cut + quick. Like with a swift chop with a cleaver.
      Most instances of life after decapitation are reported after sudden trauma to the head during car accidents or let's say beheading a chicken.
      Hence why Mike the chicken survived. Slowly sawing through would do more tissue damage imo.

    • @brokenandcraked
      @brokenandcraked 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@alexgade4512 Mike the chicken only survived being decapitated because
      1. his brain stem was still intact, so basic unconscious bodily functions, like breathing, continued.
      And 2. He developed a blood clot that stopped him from bleeding out.

  • @jamessmith7691
    @jamessmith7691 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr. Robinson you are a true sport to apply yourself to this. My respect.

  • @00SynchronFan00
    @00SynchronFan00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    poor eel, only killed for this one scene in a documentary :(

    • @bestmusic33
      @bestmusic33 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Probably ate it

    • @shiitakestick
      @shiitakestick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thats showbiz

    • @MartenFerret
      @MartenFerret 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would you eat him?

    • @garycox8107
      @garycox8107 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      00SynchronFan00 mmmmmmm eels are very nutritious and very very tasty, so I would think that someone enjoyed either eel pie or jellied eels

    • @shombie2737
      @shombie2737 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@garycox8107 What do eels taste like?

  • @integraacer420
    @integraacer420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    HELLO BALDRICK!!!!! ITS TRULY YOU! Thank you so much for your contributions to theater and the silver screen! Tony Robinson 👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @nataliaok5607
    @nataliaok5607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This man really did eat worm soup , cut an eels head off then proceeded to rub its blood on his hand and on top of it all bathed in a week old bucket of camera crews piss..all for a history show. What a legend. I hope he got paid well🤣 what kind of a TV presenter goes this far?!

  • @whenthemusicsover6028
    @whenthemusicsover6028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "The Wise Woman? The Wise Woman?? Two things, my lord, must ye know about The Wise Woman. First...she is...a woman! Second...she is..."

  • @arieldanielle23
    @arieldanielle23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Hit me with stinging nettles!
    OUCH THAT STINGS!!"

  • @gthktty666
    @gthktty666 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love tony so fucking much. the things he does for us to be entertained is endless! i'd say he's a national treasure but he's much more of an international icon at this point. i even realised last month, after watching endless episodes of worst jobs and time team that i grew up watching him in his show "maid marian and her merry men" on nickelodeon. protecct tony at all costs, we do not deserve him. like worm fucking stew! this living legend suffers for our joy like no other. I stan forever.

  • @warriorcatskid003
    @warriorcatskid003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I too, use a fashionable worm necklace to cure strep.

  • @angelwhispers2060
    @angelwhispers2060 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    So this is literally Dirty Jobs medieval Edition UK version. Okay

  • @isaacroebuck9514
    @isaacroebuck9514 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Uggh...sounds like a real *knightmare*
    ...ba-dumm-tssss

  • @toomanyopinions8353
    @toomanyopinions8353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love seeing all that medieval technology like the one you used to break the limestone. It’s good knowing that we have that connection still to the ancient world.

  • @Higanbana87
    @Higanbana87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Watching this with the subtitles comes up with interesting word choices.

  • @roguelove807
    @roguelove807 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really wanted to watch this but I can't hear over the music. :(

  • @davidfrison3916
    @davidfrison3916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The homes in Poland were made from slate and are still out lasting anything like brick

  • @stbeg7671
    @stbeg7671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    20:05 that lady was so excited to wack him with the stinging nettle. That smile is priceless.

  • @johanbruijnooge6818
    @johanbruijnooge6818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    37:52 A treadmill falling apart is called a threatmill.

  • @mignonne
    @mignonne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This host. I have so much respect for this host. I'm crying with laughter.

  • @warriorcatskid003
    @warriorcatskid003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That leech guy made leeches sound so interesting lol

  • @redemon5
    @redemon5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the channel really keeps me tuned in so much great history

  • @choosetolivefree
    @choosetolivefree 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have cleaned out a house that I bought where this guy had been squatting. He had pissed in 2 liter bottles for like a year. Some of them had cracked. And while cleaning out 100s of piss bottles, you would sometimes get whiffs of that stank piss. This guy was not exaggerating. I don't give a shit how much of an iron stomach you have, it makes you fucking gag

    • @roxy918
      @roxy918 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would have doused the house in bleach. If that didnt work, drink the bleach afterwards

    • @brandil5688
      @brandil5688 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yuck

  • @thischannelwillselfdestruc4977
    @thischannelwillselfdestruc4977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Call me oversensitive but was there really any reason to kill that poor eel?

    • @Black-Swan-007
      @Black-Swan-007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I was thinking the same thing. Like... they could have used something else to represent an eel instead of killing one just to make this video. Poor thing. :(

    • @dopamine1132
      @dopamine1132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You're oversensitive.

    • @asyafarr3592
      @asyafarr3592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nope! The sacrifice was all for show and not done in a humane manner.

    • @lizvtaz6
      @lizvtaz6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@asyafarr3592 I have a feeling this happens every day. Humans do eat a lot of fish. But it was horrible.

    • @luckystroke126
      @luckystroke126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean i must have have beheaded over hundred eels in my time and im pretty sure this one went into cooking pot as well. I think it is important for people to not shy away from animal slaughter, specially if they still buy and eat their flesh. We owe animals that much.