You Can't Stop The Beat

On this week’s episode, Colleen returns from Las Vegas after learning she is absolutely not built for seven straight days of people watching on the Strip. Bridget, meanwhile, is thriving in her Costco era and is reconnecting with her love for the movie and musical Hairspray. The cast!!! The range!!!

Then Bridget takes us back to 1518 for the story of the week… THE DANCING PLAGUE OF 1518. Yes, a real historical event where hundreds of people in France danced uncontrollably for months and some literally danced themselves to death. Between famine, religious paranoia, possible curses, and medieval doctors making everything worse, this story is absolute chaos from start to finish. Think Medieval Footloose where everyone smells and there’s no indoor plumbing. We wrap things up with songs we would dance ourselves to death for (or just skip a pee break for) and nostalgic YouTube throwbacks. Go put your self tanner on and wash your hair!

Sources:

• People danced until they literally died?! The dancing plague of 1518: Dark History with Bailey Sarian on YouTube
• The plague that made people dance themselves to death: Weird History on YouTube

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Pour me a glass of rosé or make it a chardonnay. Come on and sip it with the Shannons. Or if it's Riesling Rimbaud or a Pinot Grigio, you know you're sipping with the Shannons. Whoa link for you. Listen to your heart. There's nothing else you can do. You know that song? Yeah. I don't remember what it's called. Is it literally called Listen To Your Heart? It might be. Yeah. What a bop, honestly. You're thinking of the EDM one. What one? The, and then it's like, before you turn away- Oh, I'm thinking about the OG I have to- The s- the slow one. Oh, I'm thinking of the upbeat one. Oh, no. They turn it into a- Not medium girly. Not EDM, but you know what I mean? They put it on a- Oh, with a beat? Yeah. With a beat? Yeah, yeah, yeah. The one with that beat. The one you, you would hear in the club. Oh. Find me in the club. Bottle full of bub- How are you? Not well. Yeah, you don't look it. Thank you. Respectfully. No, that's okay. That's okay. It's, it's showing. It's giving gray in the soul today. It's giving, yeah, it's just giving a little lack of oomph, a little lack of sass, a little lack of color, a little lack of umph. Yeah, how does someone, so how does someone glow, you know? I wanna glow. Why do people call birthdays glow days? Do you know why? No, I have no idea. I- It's very weird for me. I just thought of that. I don't know. Glow days? Yeah, have you ever seen that before on, like, Instagram? My glow day? It's your it's her glow day. Yeah, you ever heard of that? No. It's your glow day. I don't know. Why can't we just call it birthday? I don't know, people just always trying to, like, keep us on our toes. Keep it young, keep it fresh. Yeah, no, and oh, the, I've been hearing about like, I guess, j- is it Gen- Gen Z? Gen, it's, like, lower than Gen Z terms though for things lately. Oh, that's so scary to me. Like, someone said unc and I thought it meant, like, uncle, but it means something else. Unc? Yeah, like... Shit. I'm gonna, we have to ask chat. There, 'cause there's been some crazy ones lately I've been seeing. Unc Is a popular Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang term. It's short for uncle. It is used often playfully or humorously on platforms like TikTok to describe someone who is perceived as old, acting older than their age, or out of touch with current trends. Maybe it is uncle then. What are some new Gen Z terms popping off, chat? Terms popping off, chat. I must know. Oh, the kids are absolutely cooking up a new dialect. Aura. Oh, s- aura points, someone's coolness level. Aura farming, I've seen aura farming too. What the fuck is aura farming? Trying to, trying very hard to look effor- effortlessly cool. Unc, old person energy. Mogging. The fuck is mogging? Mogging is out-attracting someone. She was mogging everyone at the party. That must come from the mug. I don't know. People saying type shi, type shi instead Instead of type shit? Yeah, but like that, who even says that? It just means you know what I mean. Like, yeah. Why can't we say, "You know what I mean?" Instead of have to be like, "That's shit." Like, no. No. Abort. Abort. Like I- You know what? I just think that... And of course they should be paid better naturally, but who willingly wants to teach 13-year-olds? Truly molding young minds, I just can't imagine a worse job. I just- They're just so- respect teachers so much age, like, 11 to, like, 13 is so losery. Oh my God, it's- it's so cringey. They scare me so much. I actually, there was this guy on TikTok, and this woman just goes like, "Hey, how was your day today?" And he comes home and tells her a story, 'cause he's a high school teacher- Mm-hmm or a middle school teacher, and every day is just something out of a war zone. No. Or someone's fever dream. Nightmare. Shout out to teachers. Also, hi, everyone. I didn't ask you how you were. That's okay. Okay. It's time for the- You matter it's time for the people. Okay. We're women of the people. We're wom- if we're anything, it's women of the people. Welcome to this week's episode of Sipping With The Shannons. We're cousins, and every other week, we sit down, we sip on some wine, we talk some shit, and we have a good giggle. I'm Bridget Shannon. And I'm Colleen Shannon, and I'm picking my teeth like a heathen. Yeah. Put that down. I have something in there. I know, but- Today- it's gross today I used the back of an earring to, to fix- That's fucking gross. I- it was bothering me. I didn't have any floss. Well, maybe you should have floss on you more often. Are you able to push something through your, d- in between your teeth completely? Yes. Like, a full object? What? Like, I can put, like, a whole needle in between my teeth, and, like, it'll go through, all the way through the other side. A full needle? Yeah, 'cause I've done it before. Or, like, sorry, A needle? Yeah, I've done it- You've taken a needle? I have. And a, a paper clip. How many mental illnesses do you think we're up to at this point for you? Like, where, where- I don't know, but I heard- On the list the other day that late night zoomies are, like, a, a number one, Autistic. No. ADHD. And I always get the late night- Oh, well that was... Please. I always get- That ship sailed I always get the late night zoomies, you know? I- but John always knows I'm off if I don't have the zoomies late night. Well, what have you been up to? What can you share with the class? Truly nothing of interest, other than I did have to go to Vegas for work for a week, which, like, yeah, thankful, great. Like, thankful for the opportunity. However, never again. I am just not a Vegas girly, okay? I'm not for the clubs. Oh, you were, you were loving it day two. You were f- here for it. You were like, "Oh my God, the people watching. It's warm. There's a pool." Yeah, that was day two. Look at her. That was, like, d- no, that was day one. Yeah. Day one, and then day two I was like, "Wait, I have no one to talk to. Also, it's really hot here, and also the people are disgusting." De-school-sin. It was fine for a day, and then I was like, "Oh, now that I actually can't leave here for the next seven days, we have a problem." I had a feeling you wouldn't love it just 'cause you don't like incontinence. And if Vegas is known for anything, it's for the people. There's no windows. There's- To the wall you're lost all the time. I have a great sense of direction. I hate, I hate when I don't know where I'm going, and I have no idea. They do it on purpose though so you stay in the casino. Yeah. But I'm not a guest, I don't wanna be in the casino. I'm just trying to find my way to work. You don't need to see a clock, just pump that oxygen, baby. Ugh, sickening. And also, I left out at I think around like 4:00 in the morning. You would've thought it was... No, I left at 5:00. You would think it was 9:00 PM. Yeah. It's like unlike anything I've ever seen, and maybe I would've enjoyed it a little bit more if I wasn't by myself, but like being in the wild alone and just watching was bananas. Also, the air is so dry there, and I don't know if there's something like off with the clo- the, the water, or like maybe the water's harder than ours. I have these welts on my face that hurt so bad, and that's the primal reason I don't wanna go back. Like, seriously, it's affecting me. If you could see what I look like, we know, we've talked about it, it's on a visual podcast. But just know it's not fucking pretty. It has gotten better since the last photo you sent me. I have a lot of makeup on today. Yeah. Yeah. It's okay though. It just like hurts, which is annoying. Yeah. It'd be fine if like- Yeah this is gonna sound gross, but like it'd be fine if they were poppable. They're just not. They're just like welts. Yeah. I will say I did go to the pool the first day, and I ordered myself some chicken fingers, and then I looked up and realized I was in fact at the topless bar. I mean, the topless pool bar. Mm-hmm. So I just looked up and there was just like titties everywhere, and I was like, "Oh, I d-" I'm like sitting there reading my book, eating my chicken fingers. I'm sober, minding my business, and there's just tits everywhere. It was crazy. And also, no one really swims. It's so hot there, but no one swims. That's crazy to me. I was like doing handstands. I was like, "Fuck it." I would hate to be at a pool and not be able to swim. And the waitresses that walk around, they're just not sweating, and I just don't understand that. I think they're just used to it. I think they're built different. That's crazy. They're not made for, for the, the famine and the hay. It's cra- yeah. That's true. We're just- Built different. They're not like us. They're not like us. For sure. Also, the strip is, the strip is very deceiving. I thought everything was really close, but in fact- No. Ugh, I j- No, no. I went out for a walk and on a journey, and I- it was an accident, and I was gone for like hours. Obviously, I got distracted by like people on the street, like fucking Pennywise the Clown walked by me. Bl- they had Bluey, Bluey on the strip. People taking engagement photos. I saw a 16th birthday balloon s- photo shoot. No, it's the wild, wild west. Anything goes at any hour of the day or night. It's disturbing. It's out of control. And like, again, maybe I would've enjoyed it more and giggled more if I wasn't alone, but the fact that I was alone, I was like, "What the fuck is going on?" Yeah. I, some woman came up to me and was talking about mole people that live underneath the strip. I was like, "I don't care." Also- I'm scared. I'm legit naked and afraid. And I just, I, I haven't gotten to a point in my life where I'm, like, comfortable with going places, like, to sit at a bar by myself. I just don't wanna do it. Mm-hmm. I don't... I can do it, I don't want to. How about that? And I finally did last night, and I was like, "I don't even care. I just need a fucking margarita, and I need a chip and a guac," even though I don't even like guac, but it just for some reason I woke up and I wanted it. And I went and sat down, and I had a very friendly bartender, and I actually wanted to talk to him, which is crazy, 'cause I was, like, non-verbal at this point. We were kiki-ing. He's from fucking North Reading. Of course. Of course he is. Because of course it's the person that I like, and I'm like- The world I would talk to you, and I didn't realize. And the reason he found out- So small where I was from is because I ordered a margarita, and I don't like mezcal, and the one on the menu had mezcal in it. And I was like, "Can I actually have it with blanco?" But I said blanca. Don't know why. I was like, "Can I have it with blanca?" And he was like, "Can I see your ID?" And I was like he just thought I wasn't 21. So he saw my ID, and obviously we went on from there. But I can't believe people go there for bachelorettes. I'm so sorry. Yeah, I'll be there in August for that exact reason. Like, thoughts and prayers, seriously. The groups I was seeing- Feral disturbing. Mm-hmm. Like, where do you guys shop? Where are you guys getting these clothes? Yeah, I'm certainly going to look ridiculous because of how underdressed I am compared to everyone else, 'cause I'm just not doing that. It's not even underdressed, it's just, like, where, how, where, where are you shopping that things have that many cutouts? No, that's what I mean. Like, I'm just gonna be in, like, a slip dress. Like a normie. Like, I'm not gonna... Yeah. Yeah, you're just gonna be normie. I'm just, I'm gonna look weird though, because that's weird in Vegas. You go all out. I guess. Yeah, no, I, I- I just don't care. I just don't care to, like, fit in, you know what I mean? I just wanna be comfortable and not sweat to death. Hey, live your life. Yeah. Everything's also so expensive, but, like, you just do it because you're... it's Vegas, you know? Vegas. Vegas, baby. I had In-N-Out. It was fire. Loved it. Ah, so good. I never had it before, so I didn't really know what to order, so that was my, also my fault. And I went, it was when I was on my journey of a walk. I walked to one, and then by the time I got there, I was like, "Holy shit, I can't believe I have to walk all the way back." And so I brought it back to my room, and it was, like, disgusting by the time I brought it back. Mm. But I went again. And I re, I re- redid it. Yeah, that was Vegas. And then- You've been working away. Yeah, I've been working, and that's really it. I worked last night. Not last night, I worked Sunday night. Like, guys, I really have nothing of interest. I really don't. I'm just a shell. I have nothing. Well, it's my week, so you're, you're good. You can just sit back and relax. Let me just check my manic notes. I did text you guys a picture of my notes. It just said five, six, or- Yeah five, seven, or nine. I have a note in my phone, five, seven, or nine, and I said, "Girlies, what do we think this was, was meant for?" I just got a text about a bachelorette payment being due. Like, someone seriously- kick a girl while she's down. I have to share with the group, I know all the time we talk about sanctuary, and I just, like, have no idea. I just pretend and laugh. I did try to watch hunchback of Notre Dame. Notre Dame? Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Mm-hmm. I couldn't, I couldn't get through it. Yeah. For the reason that I was doing okay, I was following Quasi in his journey, okay? But in, when they strapped him down in the town center- The tomatoes and they tied him down, and he was just so excited to be out with the people, with the people- I know, they were so mean to him and they threw tomatoes at him. I had to turn it off. I was getting, I was legit crying on the plane. He does have a comeback. I could- I just couldn't get past it. Esmeralda is that bitch. She might be the prettiest Disney... She's not a princess, but, like, Disney- Character protagonist of all time. Yeah, she was a baddie, for sure. Yeah. For sure. Bye. Out there. Oh, Oh. Quasi's, Quasi's tune. Give me one day out there. Oh, it's so good. He deserves his day in paradise. Yep. That's all I have. That's truly all I have. Bye. Costco. What about Costco? I had my first Costco experience. Oh. When I was growing up, my parents went to BJ's. Yeah, same. I'm telling you right now, ladies, gents, girls, gays, theys, I don't care who you are, y- everybody needs a Costco membership. First of all, the hot dog was $1.50. That's a steal. Okay? Everything was in bulk, and, like, half of what I normally pay. I do not need toilet paper for the rest of the year. I walked in there- That's stunning and felt like I had reached heaven's pearly gates. I bought a Costco sweat set. I'm wearing it right now. They are very comfy. They're butter yellow. I've never been happier. I wanna go once a week. I loved it. I lived it. This is what true adulting is. Like, I know that there's a membership fee. If you legitimately just eat dinner there every time you go, you will make it back. Because everything is so expensive, but Costco is not. Mm-hmm. All my eye drops that I get that are so expensive, half, and you can buy them in, like, a package of two every time. I'm like, why, when we're, when we get to a certain age, aren't, they like, "Hey, here's what student loans mean for you long term, and also, you need a Costco membership." I don't know. I feel- We missed that step I just feel like I have been bamboozled and led astray. It'd really be that way. It'd really be that way. Rosie texted me one night, and she was like, "Hey, do you wanna go see Hairspray?" And I was like, "Oh my God, obviously, I love Hairspray." Good Morning Baltimore? First of all, we went to this very small theater in Concord. Huh. Very, very cute. It was, like, a community theater production of Hairspray. We do not talk about Hairspray enough- No and the effect- Here's the thing, I do, just not with you and the effect that movie had on my life. The culture shift of John Travolta being Edna just shifted my br- Link Larkin as Zac Efron, Zac Efron as Link Larkin- the James Marsden doesn't get enough credit Unbelievable. James Marsden is so fucking good. Queen fucking Latifah Lil' Atlantis. Seaweed? Run and Tell That? Yeah. Run and Tell That. Run and Tell That. Amanda Bynes. Yeah, RIP, bitch. Michelle Pfeiffer. Brittany Snow. I mean,, Christopher Walken. It does not get better. No. It simply does not get better than that cast. It truly doesn't. Nikki Blonsky is not well though, to be clear. Nikki Blonsky's not well. No, there's a few of them who aren't well. But that movie shifted my brain chemistry, and it was so fun to see it, even though it wasn't, like, in Boston. It wasn't at these, one of these big companies. Yeah, so- Me and Rosie went. We got the whole row to ourselves. I had some popcorn and a glass of vino, and we shook ass in our seats all night, and I just love that soundtrack so much. Good Morning Baltimore has been stuck in my head for two weeks- Mm and I have no regrets. I Can Hear The Bell is, like, also, I can hear the bells I can hear the bells The bells I love Run and Tell That. Mm. I fucking love that song. I mean, You Can't Stop the Beat is so good. It's so long, though. I, like, felt bad for them. I'm like, "Oh, there's a whole m- three more-" Three more verses verses of this. Yeah. Fair enough. Yeah, it just was really good, and it reignited my love for Hairspray, so shout out Rosie in Ghost Port Community Theater. Brunch with the girlies, the girly pops. I did that one weekend. I've seen the kids a bunch. I went to Porch Fest in Somerville. We had a grand old time. My hips literally hurt the next day, like I'm an unk. From standing? Just walking around. Okay, unkie. Yeah, just being a- Or auntie just a big old unk or an aunt, I don't know. I think we should go unkie. Unkie Anna for the girls. You don't like that. I don't like any, I don't like any of it. Your dimples came out. That means you don't like it. I don't like any of it. Okay. My dimples come out when I smile, too. Mm, but usually when you go like this. Like you're, like, displeased. Like squeeze my face? Yes, yes. Mm, interesting. Porch Fest was great. However, the bands who were playing all originals, can you please play Brown Eyed Girl? Like, can you just... My favorite band was playing Billy Joel, and I was like, "Can this just happen more often, and then you can weave in some of the originals?" Like, your entire set is fucking original music. What are we doing here? You gotta give the crowd what they want. Like, come on, dude. Play some Bruno Mars and shut the fuck up. Or don't play Bruno Mars, honestly. But do you know what I mean? Yeah. Just songs that everybody knows and likes. Yeah. And then it started to rain, so we went into the ba... I was like, "Guys, I'm so hungry. I need a chicken tender. Like, we have to go sit down." And the moment we sat down, I kinda ran out of steam. Mm. And then we got back up and we went out, and then it started to downpour. So after about 45 minutes, we went back to the bar, but everyone went back to the bar- Oh, you couldn't- because it was- You had prime real estate, too, probably. Yes And my feet hurt, I was wet, I was cold 'cause it also wasn't warm out, and now I'm full. And I was like, "I think I'm just done here." But we had a great time. I, I lasted... We, we met up at, like, 11:45, and I was b- home by, like, 5:30. Oh. So I still got a full day out of it. No, yeah. That's a- It's just always better when it's nice out. Yeah, keeps the vibes up, too. Yeah, the vibes just... People's vibes kinda hit a wall this year, but we had a grand old time. I absolutely demolished Season 2 of The Pit. I knew you would. I loved it. R- see, I think I should've watched it like you. I loved it. Dana, the charge nurse. The way I would die for her. Mm-hmm. Frank Langdon, Dr. Langdon, his entire character arc this season, I was obsessed with. I loved it. I loved his, like, fuck you moment with Dr. Robbie. I loved what he d- he did with that guy's neck. I loved that he apologized to all those people. I love his relationship with Mel. I'm so sick of what's her name, though. Santos. Yeah, like, could you just shut up? Yeah, she's, she's tough. She was t- when she just kept complaining about doing her- Her charts every- her charts and stuff, I was like, ugh. Okay, she's on Broadway right now, and do you know that people are yelling in the middle of the show, like, "Did you complete your charts yet?" It's like, have we lost the fucking plot as a society? Hm. She had to make a post being like, "Guys, so there's, like, a lot of hardworking people in this show that have nothing to do with the pit. Could you just, like, stop yelling shit?" That's crazy, actually. Touch some fucking grass, everybody. Like, you wouldn't yell anything ever, let alone- No you know what I mean, during a show. So that's just stupid. No. Jack, his friend Jack. Mm-hmm. The arp- hot. The way all feminism leaves my body when I see him. Something happens to me, okay? Mm-hmm. It was completely different than Season 1, but I really, really loved it. I'm really happy to hear that. Thank you so much. I watched Wuthering Heights. Oh, was it good? It's so sad. Really? It's so sad. I thought it was supposed to have a happy ending. But it's so beaut- no. No, no, no, no, no. Wuthering Heights? I never had to read the book. Okay. No. No, no. I probably, it was probably something I SparkNoted back in the day. They are the two hottest people that have ever existed. I know it's on there. Like, I don't actually know if I know two hotter people on the planet. No. He at one point, she is talking, it's raining out, and she's looking up at him- Mm-hmm and he just puts his hands over her eyes to tent them from the rain while she talks. Mm. Like, shields her eyes from the rain. He also could probably just lean over her and she, like- That's correct. He's- that's a tall earner so tall. He picks her up by the corset at one point. Mm-hmm It was a TikTok trend. It was like, "Pick me up by my leg." That could never happen here. No, no, no, no, no, no. Wait, please. God has favorites. We are not one of them. No. Margot Robbie, I mean, it's so beautifully shot. The costumes are so stunning. She's in a mansion at one point. In every single room, the decorations in the room- like, it is just so Gothic, and romantic, and toxic, and beautiful, and sad, and spooky, and it's just so good. It's, it's a bummer though. Like, I wouldn't pop it on in the background. Does anyone die? Can you, like, give me- Yeah. If people probably read the book, can you just tell me? No, I won't spoil it, but I'll cut it out. Hmm. I watched Should I Marry a Murderer? Have you seen this on Netflix? Oh yeah, I did watch it. I didn't finish it. I didn't like it. Oh, you know what? Sorry, you just made me realize something. I did watch it, and at the end of the second episode I thought they were insinuating that there would be, like, more bodies or something in this house. I didn't... I don't know what- I would- That's why I was, I was excited. I was like, "Oh my God." Like, the whole ad, it makes it seem like they were gonna find more... Like, he was gonna be some, like, obscured serial killer that had been, like, laying low- Yeah for years. Yeah. And then I was like, oh, she just, like, went back to him, and, like... I really didn't like it. Like, it was just weird. Yeah. I didn't like her. I like sh- I went through a rollercoaster with her. I liked her. I felt bad for her. Then I really liked her. Then I didn't like her, and then I was like, "Okay," at the end. They were not very good to her. No. None of them. Yeah. It's just not a good story. No. Like, I just didn't enjoy it. I thought it was gonna be some crazy, like, "And then he was a mass murderer," you know? Yeah. Not that that makes the story better, but it does sometimes, you know? No, but I think they oversold a bit. Yeah. I mean, the the whole story is wicked sad. Yeah. But there's just no silver li- Like, there's nothing... It's just a bummer. Yeah. I would agree. You know what I meant to tell you or text you but I forgot? W- When I was working, I had I was telling the girl that I work with this story about how I had accidentally walked, like, 30,000 steps that one day. Yeah. That I worked, and also w- walked that fucking 5K or whatever, and she we were like, "Oh, literally, we did the Oregon Trail." And I was like- Damn "But not on the wooden wheels." Not on the wagons. Not on the wood wagons. And now I'm watching a show called Citadel. Hmm. It's with Priyanka Chopra. She's the one- Oh, okay married to Nick, right? Yeah, Richard Madden. Oh, he's so fucking hot. It's painful to even look at him. Stanley Tucci, big fan of him. It's on Amazon Prime. It's easy, it's spy, it's background. It's, it's good. Okay. It's good. So yeah, just be bopping around. Lots... I, I'm basically out every single night of the week. My biddies are doing great. They wanna go to the Red Sox game this summer, so I'm gonna try to break them out of their hospital and do a- "Locked up. They won't let me out." They wanna get out and about. So, they actually asked if I could bring someone so we could take them for a walk when it starts getting nice around. Oh, nice. If you wanted to go on a walk with my ladies. I would be down for a hot girl walk. A hot girl walk with my- The baddies? With my baddies. Yeah. I'd be down. Yeah. So, yeah, I literally have been out every single night of the week. You're so crazy. I'm so social. So- I do need a night where, like, I just don't do anything. I am looking forward to that. Oh, well- But I don't need it nearly as badly as you do. Not that it's a competition, but just, just saying. One day. Also, like, men really need to touch some grass- Mm in general. It seems to be a theme here. It seems to be a theme. They just don't know how to act. I just don't know how people go through life without getting humbled more regularly. They absolutely need to. Yeah. Okay, are you ready for the story of the week? Honestly, no. I have no idea what you're gonna do, but I know it'll be something happy. It's silly. Yep. It, yeah. It's actually not happy, but I think because it was so long ago, you'll be okay. Oh, okay. It's 1518. Oh, for fuck's sake. We're back to, like, the plagues? And I know because you're gonna ask, it's right before the Renaissance takes off, way before modern science, electricity, indoor plumbing. Okay, yes. Way before America exists, like way before everything. Got it. There is no medicine. Doctors are basically, like, giving out heroin and guessing, and there's definitely no deodorant. Everybody smells, people are dying left and right, and church basically controls your entire life. Oh. They, in a lot of areas, hold more power than government, okay? And then one day, people in a small town in France start dancing, and they literally cannot stop. Are they under a spell? This is the dancing plague of 1518, where people literally danced themselves to death. Okay. Okay. So I have two sources for today. People Dance Until They Died: The Dancing Plague of 1518, Dark History with Bailey Sarian. Okay. On YouTube. Oh, should've known it was Bailey Sarian. How about this? I went to go look up YouTube and she popped up. Like, I had already decided on this topic, and that was the first thing that popped up, obviously, 'cause it was like- Yeah hello, you watch her all the time. And the plague that made people dance themselves to death, Weird History on YouTube as well. Okay, so let's set the scene. We're in Strasbourg, France. Hm. Life is rough. Like, genuinely horrific. Oh. The water, filthy. There's no plumbing or sanitation, and disease is everywhere. People were getting sick constantly, and the kings and queens and nobles were all living lavishly while peasants were starving in the streets. Oh, dear. Food shorta- I don't want to ask for that. No. No, no, no. Food shortages were common, crops were failing, and if you were poor, you were either starving, sick, or getting dragged into a war you never asked to fight in because these very rich, wealthy people also didn't fight their own wars, so they would, like, start a war and then be like, "No, no, no, you peasants, go." Got it. 'Cause they would never go do that. Was this the phase where, like, if you were fat, you were... Like, if you were rich, you were fat- Definitely and if you were beautiful? Definitely. Okay. I would really like that to come back. Okay. Well, please hold. The church was everything to them. It was their news source, their community, their guidance counselor, your therapist, all of it. Would you like to hear about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ? Honk if you love Jesus kind of people. And the answer from church leaders about all of the things that they were suffering through at the time was, "God is punishing you 'cause you're a sinner." Sounds familiar. "So you should, you should do better. You're sick, you're sinning. Your crops are failing, that's because you're a sinner. Your child died, sinning." "Meteor falling from the sky-" definitely sinning." And yes, because apparently an actual fucking meteor crashed near Strasbourg around this time, and people completely fucking lost it. Now, it didn't, like, ruin the town or anything. It fell, I think, like, right outside of the town. Mm-hmm. But to them, it was like, "Oh, my God. God is sending us a sign. All of these church clergy people are correct. All these priests are right." So we were all just in cults before cults were a thing? Yes. "This is a sign from God. We're all sinners, and we're gonna get killed if we don't get the fuck together." Cool. There's this famous preacher. His name is Johann von Keisenberg i'm just gonna call him Johann, okay? Okay. Yo, yo, yo. He became super popular in Strasbourg. He is that bitch. They called him the Trumpet of Strasbourg Cathedral because people would come from all over the fucking place to come hear him preach. Oh. And the people kinda like him because he was exposing corruption. He called out other church leaders for being rich and flashy while peasants were suffering. He called out the kings and the queens and all the, all the peeps, and he was like, "How about you feed, how about you feed the people?" You know what I mean? Mm-hmm. So they like him because they're like, "Oh my God, he's speaking for us." Like a member f- of the church is finally saying what, how we feel. One of us. Right. So tensions get a little high though, because some of the corrupt church officials decided, as a big F-you to Johann and all the people, they one day dressed up in all of their finest, most expensive clothes and jewelry and just, like, ran amok through the streets, rubbing people's noses in it. Huh. And it was just really petty and- Rude it was just like, "We're not gonna face any consequences, so fuck you guys." Tensions are high, as you can imagine. Okay. Johann also becomes increasingly intense and paranoid. He starts blaming witches. Oh, here we go. And he's like, "Well, you know why we're all suffering. It's because of the witches." And people fully buy into it, because when all else fails, just blame women. It's tried and true, every time. Then he just dies in 1510. Oh, because that's what just people did back then? And people are like, "Holy shit, the only honest religious leader we've ever had is now dead." And so they're starving, terrified, deeper religious and paranoid, exhausted, and now convinced that evil forces are everywhere, which is a wonderful combination. It's giving schizophrenia. It's giving trauma. Like, it's just giving the people are suffering, and they don't have anywhere to turn, and they have- Gnomes. It's like gnomes in the squad. Gnomes? Remember gnomes from False Prophet? Oh, Jesus Christ. Gnomes in her squad have no one else to turn but not their leader in his leather. The leader in leather. In 1517, the people of Strasbourg refer to this year as the Bad Year, which says a lot, because all of this w- was years before leading up to this. So if all of that is happening and this one year goes even worse oh, what, what is happening? Well, let me tell you. Famine. Oh, no. Plague. Oh. Smallpox. Terrible weather destroying all of their crops. Because they're sinning, Bridget. Extreme hunger, and a lovely new disease has made its way to Strasbourg. And that disease is called syphilis. Oh, no. And syphilis is spreading- Who is? and there is no cure, and you are dying a horrific, slow, painful death. So you're- they have bushes and they're dying of syphilis? I think it's more than just having a bush. I don't think you need-- I don't think that's a prerequisite to getting syphilis. No, I know. I'm just thinking about having, having sex and getting syphilis, and also having a bush the whole time. Oh, the bush is the least of their problems. Their smells. Like, people were shitting in the streets. Like, this is before plumbing. They didn't even wanna go in the woods? No, they were shitting in the street. Well, that's just- Maya Rudolph style. Well, that's just rude. People truly thought God was punishing them, and that brings us to July 1518. Okay. And she was like freaking... And a woman named Frau Troffea was a peasant who was- Frau Troffea seeing some of this going on firsthand. Okay. Enter Frau Troffea. So this woman, we'll call her Frau, she walked into the street one day and she started dancing. Not cute dancing. Like, oh my God, this is a bop. She's shuffling back and forth, like hopping from foot to foot- Oh for hours, then for days, and witnesses said she appeared unable to stop. She would collapse from exhaustion, sleep briefly, then wake up and continue dancing again. And at first, people thought she was trying to upset her husband, so she had a very abusive husband. Her life was really fucking horrible. Okay. And so they thought she was just kind of trying to piss him off, basically. And others thought she was possessed by demons, and they decided that women were more susceptible to be possessed by demons. Right, right, right. Naturally. Naturally. Because medi- medieval Europe is just loving the women. But after nearly a week of nonstop dancing, people started wondering if this is happening here? The church sent her away for treatment. Oh. Something I love about Frau... Fra? Frau. Something I love about Frau, she's never seen again. And I just hope wherever she went, she is happy and she found peace. She's dancing. She, she- The church was like, "Girly, get out of here. The demon is inside of you" and she got a get out of fucking jail card. And I hope wherever she ended up- She's well she got a massage, she got fed, and she got a toilet. That's what I hope for her. But it didn't stop, Colleen. Okay. It didn't stop because soon other people start dancing too. Multiples at once? Then dozens. Oh. Then hundreds. What if they just need to pee? At one point, accounts claim around 400 people were dancing uncontrollably through Strasbourg Wow. They danced in the streets- Flash dance in their homes- Flash mob in churches, everywhere. People would be dancing everywhere. And like, you don't mean like dancing, you mean like- Yeah, shuffling like, like- Yeah, almost like doing a pee dance that's like truly an autistic, like, thing. And before you tell me that this is impossible and there's no way this could ever happen- Sh- that's impossible. That could never happen it absolutely did, Colleen. Let me tell you why. The printing press had been created like 60 years earlier, so news and written accounts could spread further and faster than they ever had before, 'cause it wasn't word of mouth anymore. We have like written accounts of this. But no toilets. Legit records of this happening, and not from like one or two sources. Dozens of reports from doctors, church leaders, local officials- Hmm historical documents, all describing this very bizarre outbreak. Hmm. So while historians have always debated what the hell was happening here, most agree that it actually did happen. Hmm. The why is more of the question. Huh. I wanna point out this is not joyful dancing. They're not having a good time. People were reportedly screaming in pain, begging for it to stop, collapsing from exj- exhaustion and injuring themselves. Oh. Some people died from strokes, heart attacks, exhaustion, like I said, and some accounts claim that... I want you to guess how many people per day were dying. Five. 15. 15 people a day. They're dropping like flies. From- Imagine being like- the dance "Sorry my mom died from her love of dance." Dance or die. Ah. I put a spell on you. Bra. Literally, quite literally, 'cause that's what they do. So- They have to dance here's where everyone loses the plot, if they hadn't already. Okay. The, this part is pretty fucking crazy. The church is over it. The church is like, "Someone find a way to make this shit stop. Why is everyone dancing in the street and screaming?" Mm. Like, "Please make it stop." It won't stop, it can't stop, it shan't stop. So they work with city officials and decided the cure was more dancing. You know what, Bridget? You know what they say. You can't stop the beat. That was such a good callback. The motion of the ocean and the rhythm above. They can try to stop the paradise we're dreaming of. Their logic was basically like they need to dance it out. Let it rip. Let, let it fucking fly. Fly, Eagles fly. Sorry, that was a family inside joke. So the town literally built stages, hired musicians, organized a festival with food and drink, and encouraged people to continue dancing until the sickness left their body. Like it was an, a, a joint exorcism. Lovely This is one of the worst medical decisions of all time. They said, "Let's bring Coachella to Strasbourg- and we will finally be at peace. Hallelujah." What are we doing? Apparently some healthy, richer people didn't know what was going on. So imagine a group of the smelliest- dirtiest, starving people dancing and screaming, and then just a group of wealthy, chubby people being like, "Oh, is this a dance party?" "Oh, can I join in?" So some people were joining in and, like, actually dancing, 'cause they weren't- And not knowing picking up the memo. Yeah, they didn't have social cues. That it was uncontrollable, and people were like, "Make it stop!" They even hired- My leg strong men to physically hold dancers upright when they started fainting. And th- some of these other people are like, "Wow, this song slaps. Also, can we just feed the freaking people?" They're so passionate. They're super into it, "But, like, just feed them. Stop hiring people to hold them upright- Yeah and just give them clean water. Like, why are we spending our money this way?" "This seems a waste." Yeah. I also wrote, "I can picture a single, drunk Colleen pretending to collapse so a big, strong man would hold you up." For sure. For sure. What was me? Like five years ago, being like, "Ah, my feet." I can't- "I don't have a perch." I can't go on. I can't stop. So- Oh my God, I just remembered. Oh, tell me. The other morning, I w- awoken deep from, you know, my deep sleep- A slumber that I had slept, like, three hours, four, so I was, like, not happy to be awake. And so I just roll out of bed like I normally do, hunched over, naked, and I- And afraid and naked and afraid. Unafraid, clearly. Went to the bathroom and I opened the... There was no, the light wasn't on in the bathroom, so I opened it. I don't, I don't have contacts in, so, you know, I got one eye open looking like Popeye, and I come into contact with someone who I think is Aaron, but it is in fact her boyfriend, and I was- fully naked head to toe. It has happened. It has finally happened. Do you know what the funniest part was, is that I go, "Oh, I'm sorry." I covered my eyes. Not my vagina, no, my eyes. I went, "Oh," as if I was... And the light wasn't on? Did he see your full nude body? Yes. Yeah. Oh, yeah. 'Cause he was in there brushing his teeth, but he just didn't have the light on, so when I opened the door, he obviously was like... I obviously hit him with the door, and he, like- looked, and I was like, "Oh, I..." There I was, stark- In all your glory bush to tush. Wow. Yeah. Did you apologize to him? I said, "Let me know if you need a therapist," 'cause that, that was, that was traumatic. Okay. Well, let's not fucking call him. I had to make a giggle out of it, Ari. Oh yeah, no, we have to giggle. I wasn't wearing contacts. I couldn't even see. I fucking thought it was Aaron, and- Luckily you have no shame. Like, you're not someone who will, like, will wake up one night and think of that five years from now. Oh, no, I don't care at all. You know what I mean? You're like, yeah. But I just, I felt more bad for him, but the th- the fact that I covered my own eyes and that was my initial reaction is- That's amazing I love that for you Diabolical. But yes, continue. I just thought I'd share that. Share with the class. Incredible. No notes. Eventually, the church does change their minds, and they're like, "Okay, maybe the nonstop dance party is not helping the situation." Correct. Because they're still dancing. Like, let's not give them the platform- So suddenly- you know? Yeah, so suddenly we're in Footloose, though. Like, music is banned. Dancing is banned. Drums specifically were banned. Where's the preacher father to come through and be like, "Enough!"? Where's Julian Huff when you need her? Yeah. And sinners, like gamblers, drunks, and sex workers were blamed for causing the plague. Oh, please. We would be out. We would be out. They were all legit sent away, banished. Get the fuck out of town. You are the problem. When you leave, everything will get better. Okay? All right. It's me. Hi. I'm the problem, it's me. Everything comes back to blaming the poor people. The dancers were sent to shrines connected to Saint Vitus, and they believed, like, he had put a curse on the town, and people were wearing red shoes as part of- like, this religious ritual meant to heal them. People are doing some batshit crazy stuff. While they're shitting in the street. And then, and they're shitting in the street and dancing nonstop. And then by September 1518, it all just stops. Yeah, everyone just stops. Everyone stopped dancing. Huh. Wait, this happened for multiple months? Yes. Oh, crazy. Months. Hundreds of people, for months, Colleen. Huh. So do you think they're... Like, I'm trying to, like, I'm picturing, like, a flash mob right now. But do you think people are, like, individually in their homes just like- Yes. Okay. No, going amongst their day, going to run errands, going to pick up their kids from school, hopping from foot to foot, screaming, "Make it stop." No, it's insane. I was picturing just, like, a group of people like, "Huh, huh, huh." No, all over the place. I didn't think about that. An entire town of people. Wow. Crazy. So let's talk what actually caused this, 'cause I, I asked- chat to help me pull, like, what... I know what the theories were, but I was like, what was behind each of these theories? Yeah. So nobody knows for sure, but here are several major theories. Mass hysteria, mass psychogenic illness. This is the s- the theory most historians believe. The people of Strasbourg were under extreme stress from famine, disease, fear, and religious pressure, and in situations like that, psychological distress can sometimes spread physically through groups of people. So basically, one person's breakdown triggers others, and then it becomes this, like, community-wide phenomenon. Like mob mentality- Do you know what this- of mental illness? No. Do you know what it reminds me of? Have you ever watched those TikToks where people believe they're watching an exorcism and they're next, and then they react the same way 'cause they think that's like... You know, have you ever seen those big church cults- No that do that? I think it's that. I think you're just, like, all bought into this thing. Yeah. You know what happened in high school? Something similar to that. Not the dancing part. Oh. But, like, we... I think it would be like the priest, well, the deacon would say, like, "You're like one with..." Like, at, you're at peace or, like, there was, like, a terminology for it, but basically, like, put your arm over you, and you're supposed to fall backwards. And then everybody like, "Okay, well, that didn't... Like, am I supposed to feel that way, too?" So then people were just, like, falling. Y- that's what I mean. Yeah. It's like you become part of this- With the spirit or whatever. Yeah. But of course, add in the famine, and the syphilis, and the people dying left, right, and center, and the religious fear and pressure, and everyone's like, "You're a sinner, you're a sinner." Mm-hmm. It almost reminds me of what happened with the Salem witch trials. Like, one person was getting blamed, and then it was just a ripple effect. Yeah. Snowball. Very different, but you guys know what I mean. Ergot poisoning is another theory. Some researchers believe contaminated rye bread may have caused hallucinations or muscle spasms. Ergot is a toxic mold that grows on grains and has effects similar to LSD. Oh. However, many historians don't fully buy this theory because the dancers were active for days and seemed strangely coordinated. Oh. I was... I wrote, "Not them doing the Cotton Eye Joe well." No, literally. Honestly, I wish it was the LSD. I wish they were all just tripping fucking balls- Yeah, like, s- give me some of that- and just having a time. Give me some of that crack brain. Do you know what I mean? Like, get the, these people some molly. Yeah. Let them experience joy, and give them some clean goddamn water. It's just not that hard. Okay, religious curse, St. Vitus. At the time, many people genuinely believed they had been cursed by the saint. He was a saint associated with the ner- with neurological disorders and involuntary movement. Question mark. I believe that. Because religion shaped every aspect of life, fear and belief may have made the symptoms even stronger. So he cursed them, and then everything added to it, and it just doubled. I kinda believe that And there is a theory that I really like. Some modern theories suggest that it was a protest and a form of rebellion, especially among women and peasants, against impossible living conditions, and there's not much evidence for this one, but just thinking of like- I think that also makes sense all the ladies getting together and being like, "We're gonna dance until we die- Yeah until we get clean fucking water." I think that it's, like, either you are, like, fully committed to the cause at that point because the deaths were deathing- Right but I believe the curse. But I just can't imagine, like, every day going to church, and you wake up, and you're sleeping in a pile of shit, and there's nowhere to go to the bathroom, and everybody smells- and there's no food, and there's no water, and your child died, and then you go to church, and they're all clean and rich, and they have nice clothes on, and they're fat, and they're like, "Mm, you're a sinner." They're fat and happy, and I'm a sinner. Right. That's fair. I... Like, that had to have been horrific day to day. However, what is so wild about this, Colleen, is that after the dancing plague ended, Strasbourg apparently had the best harvest and conditions. All of it improves. Mm. And then they're fine. That's it. No notes? No, they had food again, forever. I think it was a curse, and they lifted it. So maybe people finally had food, less stress, and stopped collectively losing their minds. Or... I don't know, but it turns out, when people are terrified, starved, exhausted, and desperate for answers, everything collapses. Medieval Footloose. Medieval Footloose. That's a good way to put it. No, no. Footloose. Footloose. You can't stop the beat. Get some clean water in this bitch. So I did ask you prep- to prepare a list for me. I do have a list. And the way that I... 'Cause I didn't wanna spoil it, but w- how did I describe it to you? You said, basically, if you were in the club and you had to pee, and you- leave the dance floor, and on your way to the bathroom you hear a song, and you're like, "Oh," the song is that good that you have to turn around and say, "Fuck peeing. I need to hear this song." I was... I didn't wanna say, like, what song would you dance till you died to. Got it. That's the correlation. Ah. So I was like, what would she... What would resonate with her? And I was like, her having to pee but hearing a song come on and being like, "I can wait." Yeah. "I can wait one more song." We can suck it up. Yeah, we can suck it up for one more. Apparently, I feel like these people were definitely just, like, peeing to pee, you know? Because they had to. I, yeah, they had to. I actually have a longer list than I realized. Oh, I love this. Go ahead. My first one is Witch Doctor, Alvin and the Chipmunks. It's so good. You are so autistic. I told the witch doctor but I got it. Just, just for, like, one second, please. Please let me. Please. I bump it every day when I get in the car. I'm surprised it wasn't, like- Yeah, yeah, yeah. In the place to be. This is Alvin and the Chipmunks? Yeah. Witch Doctor. Everybody, can they do it? Can they do it? Come on, people, let's get to it. Let's get to it. Come on, shakes. Come on, roll. Everybody hit the floor. Come on, shakes. Come on, roll. Drop it like- She's pussy popping on my couch right now you stole my heart away. And I fell so deeply in love with you. And the way you make me feel, baby. The way I feel inside when I'm with you. Just wait. Just wait. Oh, wait for the beat to drop? Da, da, da, da, da, da, da. Da, da, da, da, da, da, da. Ba, da, da, bing, bing. Da, da, da, da, da, da, da. We'll fade out. Wow. Shout out to Alvin and the Chipmunks. Alvin, Simon, Theodore. And then the Chipettes are like, "Ooh, ooh." So good. So good. You're holding your finger out like, "Hey, without that moving man, driving down the street. You better lock up your man before he peeps the new girl in town." Go ahead. Young Hearts Run Free. That's on my list, too. Love that song so much. Brandy, because duh. Um, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli. Wait, specifically with Brandy, you mean. Brandy, you're a fine girl. You're fine. Yeah. You're a good love for me Yeah. That's, like, on the lower totem pole, but it has to be on there. Like, that can't... I can't just move on from this without bringing that up. Yeah. You know? Frankie Valli, 100% agree. It's All Coming Back to Me Now. Same. Specifically, the Celine version. I have It's All Coming Back to Me Now, Celine Dion. So we'll have to hear both. Lea Michele, Come On Man. You Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC. She was a fast machine. This is such a window into your brain- this list. Actually, you're not wrong. Mambo No. 5. Friends in Low Places. Yeah, of course. 'Cause duh. Duh. I ha- was gonna pick one just from Mamma Mia. Obviously, it would be the whole soundtrack, but particularly Take a Chance on Me. So funny. So I have anything ABBA, but I love Gimme Gimme Gimme. Of course. Like, the club beat one. Oh, yeah. When it has that, like, beat in the back- Oh that's like, dun, dun, dun, dun. Yeah. Could Run Through a Wall, Kool Aid Man. Save a Horse Okay. I'm surprised you haven't said a few of these Oh, I have plenty. Oh, okay. Continue. But there are, like, basic ones. Like, of course Pitbull's on there, like that. Okay. I said she has to say Pitbull, and she has to say Year 3000. No. It came on at a bar once, and you and Fiona lost your goddamn minds. Yeah- I know it because it was like out of all the songs that were playing, that was like a bop. Like, that's a good one. That's a good one. Okay. Well, mine are- But I'm not like, need to hear Jonas Brothers. It's not like that. It's not that deep. There's nothing Hannah Montana on that list? No, but Strut from the Cheetah Girls is on there. Strut like you mean it. Free your mind. Courtesy of the Red Wine Blue. I have that on here too for you. Way Too Sexy by Drake. That one's a good one. Okay. Goodbye Earl. Wanda, we're the best of friends. Goodbye Earl. Straight Outta Compton. Straight Outta Compton. Your favorite. Crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube. I Got a Feeling, Black Eyed Peas. Oh, that's a good one. I know. Who's your dad song too. That's a good one. Where Them Girls At by David Guetta. Honestly, anything David Guetta. So many girls in here, where do I begin? Club can't even handle me right now. Great song. That's on, that's on there too as well. All Too Well, 10 Minute Version specifically. Yes. Yes. And last but not least, One Road, Wolf Tones. And that's me. So I knew you were gonna do a big list, so I just added in, like- I knew I would agree with you on most of them, so I only have a few. Okay. I'll Make a Man Out of You, Mulan. Oh, run through a wall. You must be swift as a coursing river. Coursing river. Be a man. I have Celtic Symphony, Wolf Tones. Okay. I'll give you that one. Go Tell It On A Mountain. Is what I thought you would sing. Over the hill and everywhere. The Call by the Backstreet Boys, that's for me. Oh, right. Right, right, right. I had to think about that for a second. Super Bass. I fucking hate Nicki Minaj now, but it truly was my favorite song for 15 years. It was a movement. It was a movement. It, it was part of my whole personality. It was a cultural shift. It w- it means a lot to me, so. No Air. Tell me how does it feel, baby, no air. Can't feel you- You know what part I love of that one? Also hate Chris Brown. It's like, "Ah." You know? When the, it gets to that point of the song when it's like- Oh, yeah. Yeah. Ah, tell me how does it feel, baby, no air. No air. Oh, yeah. That part. Get Low. Ooh, that's a good one. Get low. Honestly, Lil Jon just has a place in my heart. Yeah, yeah. I was thinking about this the other day. Do that again. Yeah, yeah. I was thinking about the other day t-Pain. Oh. I love T-Pain so much. He's a good one. We auto-tuned him for too long. We did. Anything Pitbull. I love Rihanna, Make Me Feel Like I'm the Only Girl in the World. That's a good one. I also love Shut Up and Drive. Ooh, that's a great one. Mm. The finale of Sister Act II. Okay. Okay? Yeah. Yes. No. The entire fucking thing. Okay. All right. Okay. Nissan Altima. This- that's just for me. That's Doechii. Oh, okay. I was like, "What?" I just love that song so much. Fuck the club up. That's gotta be on there, too, honestly. That's a good one. And I think that covers it. I think that's, I think those are the big ones. Okay. But it's also a kind of a different category from, like, what's the other song category we had that one time that was like, take me to church? Oh, we have take me to church songs. Yeah. Those are different. Those are, like... 'Cause those can be slow or fast. This is more of you're in the club, and you're dancing. You're in the club. There are take me to church, church songs that aren't meant... Like, I would say One Day More. Like, you don't wanna hear that in the club, though. No, yeah, I would agree. Do you know what I mean? There's a lot of, Yeah. 'Cause in my head, I was just about to say, I think you're missing some, but then I remember, like, that's not- Yeah, like, I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston. A, pa, pa. Shoot me. Pa, pa, pa, pa. Peter Pettigrew. Anyway, I wanted to keep her light. I wanted to keep her fluffy today. She's stunning. You know what I wanna talk about? She's short. She's sweet. 'Cause like- Yeah, go ahead it's fine, 'cause, like, no one was really, like, died or anything. But the shooting that happened in Cambridge, like, two days ago or yesterday, not funny. However, if you watched the news, 'cause John always has the news on, they played the same clip of this person they interviewed, like, four times over, and it was actually the funniest fucking thing I've ever seen. This man is like... They, the cameraman found him and, like, was like, "Oh, we struggled." Okay? Yeah. This guy is like- You really tapped in. "And then my guy, over there, he went that way. He reload, reload, reload. Boom, boom, boom." And he just... I can't believe they aired it on television. And it's like, "And then he went down, and then he was up, and the cars were going around. And they turned around, you know. A bunch of cars. Well, not really a bunch of cars. One or two or three. But a bunch. Turning around, turn around. Reload. Pop, pop, pop." Do you remember when- It was crazy back in the day, those were the- viral YouTube videos. And then the- Yeah everyone, everything got put to a song. Like, do you remember the woman who's like, "I got bronchitis. Ain't nobody got time for that." And it was like, "Nobody got time, nobody got time, nobody got time for that." Yeah. And like, it became a whole fucking song. Lord, Lord, there's a fire. Oh, my God. These people- Oh, Lord sweet Jesus, there's a fire. Yeah. Yes. I ran for my life, I ain't grab no shoes or nothing, Jesus. I got bronchitis. Bronchitis. Ain't nobody got time for that. Yeah. Or the HideYourKids, HideYourWives. It, he looks like him. He- I swear no, and I love those people. I love the people just, like, on the street who get interviewed, who are just naturally insane and the- and so funny. No, it was naturally- And then they get- insane person Auto-Tuned into a song that we all sing. That's correct. Like, the I Ain't Got Time for That. Yeah. Do you remember the girl who stood on the table, who fell off the table? Oh, what was her name? Scarlet Takes a Tumble. Guys, ready? We as a nation- All gathered for her had us in a choke hold. Ready? If hell was blank. And all were- Here she goes kissing Get on the table. Get on the table thinking of you. Singing. She thought she was eating. Singing. She stands. Baby. It's time. You can quit and see that. She's not even bad. But right now. Me and you approve. Maybe we can be together, never. She's just like, "Honey, you didn't hear that creak?" Scarlet. Scarlet Takes a Tumble. And for those wondering, it did post 17 years ago, and it has over 33 million views. As it should. As it should. And I don't even know if that's the OG. I bet that's just one version of it. You never know. Oh, those were the good old days. I wonder, where is she today? Where is she today? Those were the good old days, man. I love GloZell. I hope Scarlet's well. That was the GloZell girl. Who's GloZell? Exactly. I really liked Jenna Marbles. That was a good time to be alive. Yeah, she was cool. The shoes guy, Shies. Oh, my God, Shies. Let's get some Shies. You know who we loved? Oh, God, I don't even remember his name right now, but he does, like, the parodies. Pretty similar to Zacharia these days, but, like, a less- Zacharia Porter- He would do the ones of, like- is so funny your mo- He would dr- he would wear a wig, and he would, like- Oh, run around the house be- before I- Yes Chris Fleming? Yes. Yeah. So we had a remake of that in college, and it was the Christmas tree video that we made. Yes. Yes. I've definitely showed you that. He's just running around screaming and vacuuming. Yes. It's so accurate. Yes, and there's one of the "All right, we gotta go get the tree. All right, get the presents around the tree. Get..." Like, it's just the whole thing. It's like, "You see that shit up there? Bring it down. It's gotta come down. The tree's here." You know, we made a remake of that. I just like, I don't understand why all of the loudest chores have to be done when I came home from college at 7:00 AM. Like, why can't we just save the vacuuming for like a noontime? You know? Like, why does everyone have to be moving at all hours of the day and night? 'Cause people like to torture us. No one wants us to have peace. You can ask them. When we were just peace. We've never found peace. Anything fun coming up, Carl? No. Come on. No, I swear to God I have nothing. Pull something from the depths, girl. I... What's really exciting, I don't think I have anything on my schedule on Saturday, and that's good. Oh, I'm really happy for you. Thanks. What am I gonna do? Probably feel guilty that I'm doing nothing, so, and find something to do. I really gotta take my summer clothes out, and I'm fat. Okay. Anyways, I'm done with- You're not fat well, I feel fat, Bridget, and I have welts on my face and I'm pale. And my hair is greasy. Okay. But that's how I feel. Well, the pale part you could have probably helped, and also you love a fake tan. Where is your fake tan stuff? I gotta put some on. I haven't had any time. And wash your hair. I haven't been home. I haven't been home. I haven't been home. It's okay. I'm not judging. It's all right. You're gonna figure this out. You're gonna have a, a really good week. All right. 'Cause after a shitty week you get a good week. All right. That's how it works. That's just the balance of it all. I'll think about it. Okay. What are you doing? I'll be around. I legit have a very busy social calendar. Well, ain't that just the bee's knees? But I have to save some money for destination weddings, multiple. Mm. And so I probably won't be going anywhere this summer. But I do wanna do a weekend in P-Town, so I think Paula and I are gonna try to make that happen. You should. That'd be so fun. I think I'm gonna do just like a lot of weekend trips- Switch it up throughout the year. Yeah. You know what, Bridget? Run and Tell That. I can see the way you look at me. You only see the color of love. I mean, when he says, The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice. I could say it ain't so, but darlin, what's the use?" Poetry. The darker The darker the chocolate, the richer the taste, 'cause that's where it's at, Baby Run and Tell That. La, la, la. Fucking amen. That's what I wanna hear in the club. That's what I would dance till I die to. I would agree. If they played that in the clerb I'd actually go to the clerb. If I heard, i'm tired of covering up all my breath." Breath. "So give me five on a black inch," I would lose my fucking mind. I would, too. Anyway, I hope you all go Run and Tell That. I hope you all find peace, and that you put your fake tan on, and wash your hair, and rock- Fucking watch Hairspray. How about that? And watch Hairspray and just- Really understand the culture shift and what that entire cast did for us. Okay. Okay? Okay. Okay, great. All right, love you, mean it. Love you, mean it. Goodbye. Bye.

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podcast was produced by me, Bridget Shannon. Music is written and performed by Matt Derosiers. You can find his band, Super Stoker, anywhere you listen to music.