Ziryab: The World's First Rock Star • Puppet History
Ziryab: The World's First Rock Star • Puppet History
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Content
0.19 -> [Music]
6.48 -> welcome one and all to puppet history
8.4 -> today we'll be taking an ever whining
10.16 -> look
10.559 -> at yet another chapter in the heavy
12.48 -> heavy book we call history while our
14.32 -> guests ruthlessly compete for the
16 -> covenant title of history master
18 -> i am obviously your beloved host the
20.24 -> professor
21.199 -> thank you brian bergara are you ready
24.96 -> yeah let's do it i'm feeling good about
26.72 -> this oh well that's a change
28.72 -> special guest zach cornfeld are you
31.679 -> ready i'm ready professor let's do this
34.64 -> then let's crack in
39.84 -> to begin zach and ryan tell me what's it
42.719 -> like to be an
43.76 -> influencer i really want to know
47.6 -> uh ryan what's it like i think i'm going
49.44 -> to let you take this one first
51.12 -> just because you're the guest and all
52.559 -> you know it's a it's a word that i'd say
55.039 -> we don't love
55.92 -> well i'll change it i'll change it hey
57.68 -> tell me what's it like to be
59.92 -> a celebrity i don't really consider
63.6 -> myself a celebrity i just consider
65.439 -> myself
66 -> someone who people recognize my stupid
68.32 -> face i do
69.2 -> disagree with that ryan we did go to
71.439 -> starbucks once and they said and what's
73.119 -> your name and you said
74.159 -> ryan bergara celebrity okay i actually
77.52 -> thought that was a
78.64 -> interaction that was happening in
79.92 -> confidence that would stay between the
81.439 -> two of us but i could see that there's
82.88 -> no boundaries with you
84 -> ryan what's that tattoo that you have on
85.6 -> your inner thigh is it okay
87.28 -> now i am mega celebo ryan bergara and it
90.32 -> kind of goes across the center so you
92.32 -> gotta really
94.32 -> now that we've started things off in a
95.68 -> nasty note i'll have you know professor
97.36 -> i'm gonna take a big piss in this cup
99.119 -> after this thing is done
101.2 -> oh my goodness all right oh my god so
103.68 -> that's what being a celebrity is like
105.28 -> huh
105.759 -> i mean you're the one who's gonna clean
107.119 -> it so yeah dude nah dude i'm just gonna
109.119 -> leave it
110 -> entering the howard hughes phase of
112.84 -> celebrity
114.24 -> i only ask because our subject today was
116.64 -> undoubtedly
117.52 -> an influencer style music food you name
120.24 -> it this fella influenced it
121.84 -> back in the 9th century and if you're
123.92 -> thinking sure i bet kings and rulers
126.24 -> back then had all kinds of influence
128.319 -> well bob
129.039 -> i've got news this was no king in fact
131.84 -> he was more or less
132.959 -> a servant today we're talking about
134.959 -> zyriab the beeper of iberia
137.36 -> syria syria i feel like i have the least
140.72 -> cool of the z
141.599 -> names like why couldn't i be ziri
143.44 -> obcornfell that's way dope oh i was
145.36 -> going to say zorn
146.959 -> yeah abu el hassan ali benatha
151.84 -> better known by the nickname of zyriab
153.92 -> made his way through life as a mola
156.48 -> mola is most often translated as client
159.28 -> but it's perhaps easiest to think of it
161.28 -> as a musical servant basically ziriyab
163.92 -> was a musician who relied on the
165.44 -> patronage of wealthy rulers
167.2 -> picture a royal court and some musicians
169.36 -> sitting off on the side ready to perform
171.2 -> for the whims of an emir or caliph at a
173.2 -> moment's notice one of those fellas
175.04 -> is ziriab i have a question uh if it
178 -> wasn't
178.64 -> a bad look to own uh musical slaves
182 -> would you guys have those that feels
184.64 -> like a loaded question professor
186.4 -> huh what do you mean a living dj
189.519 -> what about i would rather maybe just
191.599 -> spotify picture this
193.2 -> it's lunchtime you're gonna make a ham
194.879 -> sandwich and you say
196.4 -> dj it's lunchtime and then the dj goes
200.72 -> then it just goes off we don't know much
204.4 -> about ziriob's early life but we do know
206.799 -> he was born in the 780s
208.64 -> ce was probably black and was the son of
211.36 -> a man named
212.08 -> nafa who himself was likely also a mola
214.959 -> as well as a convert to islam
216.959 -> around the turn of the 9th century
218.72 -> ziriyab studied music in baghdad under
220.959 -> ishak l mosley who was the most
222.959 -> accomplished musician for the caliph
224.879 -> haroon al-rashid
226.239 -> legend has it that one day isaac was
228.239 -> performing for haroon when haroon wanted
230.319 -> to hear something
231.28 -> a little different haroon singled out
233.28 -> syria and told isak
234.879 -> to hand his instrument the ood over to
237.439 -> his young apprentice
240.08 -> a nude a sort of like a clarinet
243.439 -> b sort of like a loot or c sort of like
246.959 -> a harp
247.84 -> okay all right well by the way i'll give
249.92 -> you a bonus point
250.959 -> if you draw the instrument oh no now
253.439 -> you're throwing in extra stuff i'd
254.72 -> already put the pen back on my cap yeah
256.32 -> sorry dude
258 -> sorry dude shut up huh
261.84 -> a rotten jelly bean for the beef boy no
264 -> this one this is going to be cut out of
265.28 -> the episode so i think not sir
267.44 -> no it's going to be good no it'll be
269.199 -> here ryan what do you got i'm going to
270.72 -> go with c
271.68 -> harpo uh not oprah like harp check the
274.24 -> heart the instrument
275.199 -> zack what do you got look we're all
277.12 -> picturing the classic guy playing the
279.199 -> harp or playing the little guitar
280.96 -> i think that's a misdirection i'm going
283.36 -> a he's a sax man
289.04 -> points to neither of you damn it but uh
291.919 -> i'll give a point to zach because it's a
293.44 -> pretty drawing yay
295.12 -> oh there it is the food is a forefather
298.16 -> to the loot with a fretless neck
300.08 -> and a pear-shaped body most importantly
302.56 -> it was to zyria of what the upside-down
304.639 -> guitar was to jimi hendrix
306.56 -> when haroon told east hawk to let ziryab
308.8 -> take a turn on his ood
310.24 -> ziriyab asked if he could instead fetch
312.479 -> his own urg
313.52 -> as he had modified his instrument so it
315.919 -> could play his own custom songs
318.08 -> this was exactly the type of novelty
320.72 -> that harun was looking for and ziryab
323.12 -> songs delighted the caliph
325.759 -> after this performance what did esak
327.919 -> have to say to his young pupil
330.24 -> a the student has become the teacher
333.199 -> please
333.84 -> modify my ood and teach me your songs
336.88 -> b i've nothing left to teach time to
339.919 -> walk into the sea
341.52 -> or see if you don't get the hell out of
344 -> baghdad i will fully murder you
346.96 -> yeah fully murder you he's not cutting
349.759 -> corners
350.639 -> okay ryan what do you got i'm gonna go
353.12 -> with c
353.84 -> upstage me one more time you little
355.84 -> piece of and it'll be the last
357.36 -> thing you ever do
358.88 -> i'm going with b for bath time let's get
361.199 -> a little washer in the ocean
362.88 -> halftime okay a point for ryan
366.32 -> [Laughter]
368.319 -> paraphrasing a bit but yeah seeing his
370.4 -> role as a most influential musician
372.56 -> in serious jeopardy ishaq told zyriab to
375.199 -> hit the pricks or else
376.8 -> not liking the sound of that or else
378.96 -> syria chose the brits
380.8 -> after baghdad we lose track of xerion
382.8 -> first spell eventually probably around
384.8 -> 816
385.6 -> ce zyriab made his way to modern day
388 -> tunisia where the star wars are from
391.44 -> there he found patronage in the court of
393.28 -> ziadet allah in a mirror in the
395.12 -> yellalabia dynasty
396.72 -> that gig however would be short-lived
398.72 -> aziryab fell out of favor with his new
400.96 -> employer
402.16 -> why a he sang a song the emir found
405.44 -> insulting b he slept with the emir's
408.4 -> favorite concubine
409.759 -> or c he drunkenly slapped the amir's
412.639 -> court vizier
413.84 -> i'm really trying to help ryan win one
415.599 -> of these we all are
417.12 -> shooting from the hip over here there
418.72 -> ain't nothing you can do because uh
420.96 -> it's pretty determined it's not
422.16 -> predetermined we have a complex
424 -> victory algorithm anyways i put uh b for
426.88 -> banged where he shouldn't okay
428.639 -> zach b for boy rock stars
431.68 -> oh no the company inc points to no one
435.36 -> jesus christ
436.319 -> damn it around 821 ce zyriab sang a song
439.919 -> based on a poem
440.88 -> by the renowned hero poet ontario
443.36 -> ontario was half black
444.72 -> and ziadet allah who was himself of
447.039 -> mixed race
447.84 -> decided that zyria was insulting him he
450.56 -> ordered ziriyab to be hit on the nape of
452.8 -> the neck
453.52 -> warning the musician that if he was
454.96 -> still in africa in three days time
456.88 -> he would be beheaded it's very funny to
459.44 -> me that someone in an
460.96 -> order says something so specific
463.84 -> hit that man on the nape of his neck
466.96 -> give him a little spanking that he won't
468.72 -> forget nick his
470 -> clavicle for the second time now zyriab
472.879 -> was out of a job for offending someone
474.8 -> in this case however there was a
476.879 -> valuable lesson that syria couldn't have
479.199 -> failed to grasp
480.4 -> if you want a steady gig in this
481.84 -> industry above all else
483.52 -> make sure you always please your patron
485.919 -> i'm getting real uh
487.44 -> inside luellen davis vibes from this guy
489.599 -> i don't know that if i'm supposed to be
491.12 -> picturing oscar
492 -> isaac but good luck getting me to stop i
494.16 -> mean who can blame you that guy's a
495.919 ->
496.56 -> marble sculpture holy i thought his
498.8 -> character eric and ryza skywalker was
500.8 -> pretty weak but yeah i think he's
502.08 -> otherwise man
503.039 -> i would say the whole film came out a
504.72 -> little gooey and runny
506.319 -> that's a nice way to describe dog
513.519 -> because i hate that movie man
515.599 -> it's so bad
517.279 -> okay moving along oh did someone say
521.599 -> why oh it's a beast of chevaton no i i
524.72 -> didn't say wine why
526 -> why i think you mean why not
530.48 -> ah okay i'm here today to talk about
532.64 -> bright cellars what's that jeff
534.399 -> well it's a wine company that lets you
536 -> take a heavy little quiz to figure out
537.519 -> the wine
538.24 -> for you but i mostly eat jelly beans and
540.48 -> spiders i don't know anything about wine
542.64 -> you don't need to the questions are
545.04 -> simple like
545.68 -> hey what's your favorite kind of
546.8 -> chocolate ah dark
549.04 -> boom you are one step closer to your
551.44 -> perfect wine oh baby that's a breeze
553.76 -> answer a few more of those and you'll
555.04 -> get six custom picked wines along with
556.959 -> wine education cards telling you where
558.72 -> it's from
559.36 -> what temperature to serve it at and what
561.279 -> to pair it with and if you don't like
563.12 -> one of your wines
564 -> bright cellars delight guarantee means
566.24 -> they'll replace the bottle with your
567.68 -> next box
568.64 -> hey uh i almost hesitate to ask but what
570.959 -> are you pairing your wine with these
572.48 -> days
572.88 -> huh oh no no i don't need peasants
576.16 -> anymore
577.279 -> i'm vegan now so a lot of eggplants and
579.76 -> stuff but in my box i got a delicious
581.76 -> rising tail cabernet sauvignon that i
584 -> paired with cheese and pinatas just like
585.92 -> the card said
586.8 -> and it was heaven babe oh wow anyway if
589.68 -> you use the link in the video
590.64 -> description below you'll receive a
592.32 -> whopping fifty percent off your first
594.32 -> six
594.72 -> bottles that's a lot yeah well thanks
597.44 -> again to bright sellers i'm off to prowl
599.6 -> some french pastures
603.44 -> uh what a guy anyway where were we oh
606.079 -> yes
607.519 -> ziriyab moved farther west in the
609.279 -> mediterranean setting sail for the
611.12 -> iberian peninsula
612.72 -> since the early 8th century most of
614.8 -> present-day spain and portugal
616.56 -> a region then known as al-andalus had
619.04 -> been ruled by the islamic umayyads
621.44 -> ziryab set his sights on becoming the
623.2 -> client of the empire's leader
624.8 -> the umayyad emir al-haqam the first in
627.36 -> cordoba
628.24 -> when zyriab arrived in modern-day
630 -> al-jasiras on the southern tip of spain
631.92 -> in 822 ce
633.6 -> he received some bad news about his plan
637.2 -> uh-oh what happened hey the emir had
640.8 -> banned all music in cordoba
643.279 -> b the emir was dead or c
646.32 -> ethek his old teacher had already taken
648.88 -> the job he was hoping to get
650.56 -> oh man i want it to be footloose
653.92 -> because then we could have kevin bacon
655.279 -> graphics
655.97 -> [Music]
658.079 -> oh bacon that sounds delicious
661.44 -> okay anyways i'm gonna go with c
664.72 -> remember me i want the saga to continue
667.6 -> i also went see revenge of the sith
669.839 -> nice i love it i love it all right let's
672.32 -> find out
673.36 -> i think it's just fun to have a
674.399 -> character return you know i do too
676.399 -> i hope you're right i hope we're both
677.6 -> right i hope you get some jelly beans
679.04 -> ryan you deserve a couple
680.64 -> it ain't gonna matter how many i have
681.839 -> i'll tell you it's a complex algorithm
683.839 -> not a well-insulated curtain no it's not
688.16 -> smell that undilution air yes sir forget
690.8 -> the fact that i've been literally chased
692.16 -> out of two jobs already
693.2 -> my lucky ship's about to come in just as
695.279 -> soon as i get to the court of amir
697.04 -> al-haqam and show him how musical i am
700.72 -> pardon me did you say you're hoping to
702.48 -> be a client of a mere
703.76 -> al-haqam kind friend yes i am what's
706.32 -> your name
707.04 -> i'm almansoor and i'm afraid your plan's
709.68 -> not gonna work
710.639 -> a mirror how come he did oh i mean
714.079 -> rick very sad but now what am i gonna do
716.72 -> well
717.2 -> don't fret oh i thought you were gonna
720.88 -> say more there it was a joke
722.72 -> since the ooh doesn't have any frets
725.76 -> anyway the new amir also loves music in
728.48 -> fact i'm one of his musicians
730.639 -> come with me and i'll introduce you did
732.8 -> i call it or what this dang town is
734.8 -> where i'm meant to be
737.279 -> i should have known when i picked the
738.399 -> same answer as ryan yeah
740.32 -> you should think of me as your true
741.519 -> south
743.839 -> wow it was like i was transported into
746.32 -> another time
747.2 -> uh points to no one ziriob's bad news
749.92 -> turned out to be good news
751.44 -> by may 822 ce zyriab was received by the
754.959 -> emir with according to one account
756.959 -> more than open arms before ziriyab even
759.68 -> got to cordoba the emir sent to eunuch
761.92 -> to meet him with mules and food for his
764.079 -> whole family
764.959 -> that's right ziryab was a wandering
767.04 -> musician with
768.079 -> mouths to feed this far into the story
769.92 -> it's the first time we hear of your
771.2 -> family tale as old as time you you want
773.519 -> to create that barrier between your
775.36 -> onstage persona
776.959 -> and your rockstar you don't hear about
778.48 -> david bowie raising a little kid
780.48 -> right you know that he had one but
782.079 -> that's not what it's about he's the myth
783.76 -> he's the legend he's zeriob
785.6 -> just wish i wanted new more that's it
787.12 -> yeah i wish you knew more too
790 -> young was shown to a mansion where
792.16 -> anything he or his family wanted was at
794.959 -> their beck and call
796.24 -> three days later zyria met with the emir
798.639 -> abdal rahman
799.76 -> and apparently made quite the impression
802.16 -> al-rahman immediately gave him a
804.079 -> sizeable salary and according to one
806.16 -> report would listen to no other singers
808.72 -> in his court
809.76 -> this was like you indoja cat yeah say so
812.32 -> still slapped oh see i knew it
814.079 -> still a banger i listen i listen to it
816.48 -> all the time don't you get this don't
818.16 -> you cat that
819.68 -> this was only the start of abdal
821.36 -> rahman's obsession with his favorite
823.44 -> musician
824.399 -> apart from his salary the sultan gave
826.24 -> zyrio multiple houses and considerable
828.72 -> land holdings
829.6 -> he even gave salaries to ziryab's sons
832.079 -> to ensure they wouldn't take away from
833.76 -> what he felt ziriyab deserved
835.839 -> syria was invited to the emir's parties
837.92 -> and drank the amir's palm wine
839.68 -> the emir eventually even had a secret
842.32 -> door installed so ziriob could enter his
844.399 -> room without anyone knowing
846.32 -> oh they're so they're they're
849.36 ->
849.76 -> let's they could just be really good
852.72 -> friends that wanted private time maybe
854.16 -> they were
854.639 -> showing each other their baseball card
856.16 -> collection or something like that well
857.6 -> they were showing each other some
859.12 -> ball collection
862.24 -> not your best work i don't mean to be
864 -> crude here but how big was the secret
866 -> door
866.56 -> oh no ryan was it um like circular maybe
870.399 -> oh no ryan
875.199 -> with all this attention being paid to
877.279 -> zyriab it's only reasonable to wonder
879.76 -> could he deliver the goods well ziriyab
882.639 -> is said to have memorized
884.079 -> ten thousand songs these apart from all
887.04 -> the songs he came up with himself
889.04 -> whoa that's more songs that were on my
891.68 -> ipod shuffle
892.8 -> this is strange to imagine this man as
895.04 -> essentially
895.92 -> a human ipod that's a fun graphic
898.079 -> someone's gonna have to make
900.72 -> and it wasn't just new songs he created
903.04 -> he's credited with inventing an entirely
905.76 -> new form of music
907.18 -> [Music]
908.8 -> the nova is a suite of songs all
911.04 -> appearing independent
912.399 -> but actually related to one another
914.399 -> through a shared theme
916.24 -> one nova might take anywhere from five
918.399 -> to nine hours to perform
920.32 -> this dude is starting to sound like the
921.839 -> peter jackson of music it's like alright
924.079 -> we don't need three movies of this just
926.24 -> just give us one that's actually good
928.32 -> cut that run time down look they were
930.399 -> figuring it out
931.519 -> you know you start with the big old
934.16 -> chunk of something and then you whittle
935.68 -> it down until it becomes doja cat
939.12 -> this is history zyriab also added a
941.6 -> fifth string to the u
942.88 -> which was colored red and was meant to
944.72 -> influence the listener's soul
946.56 -> some report he even changed the
948.079 -> materials used in the ood
949.759 -> using wolf guts for the lower strings
951.759 -> and an eagle talon as a pick
954 -> dude that's metal as jamming on
956.8 -> wolf cuts
957.6 -> theatricality i love this it's kind of
960.24 -> like a trolls world tour
961.839 -> it's exactly like trolls world tour now
965.12 -> when ziriov was performing his nine hour
967.36 -> long compositions he wasn't sweating it
969.44 -> out up there alone
970.639 -> al-rahman's court featured 12 male
972.8 -> musicians including
974.24 -> al mansour and at least 38 female slave
977.759 -> singers
978.32 -> these women would perform for the royal
980.079 -> court from behind a curtain where they
981.6 -> could be heard but not seen when men
983.519 -> were present
984.24 -> this is like a mike pence situation
986 -> mother what nine-hour song would you
988.16 -> like to hear
992.72 -> two of these women in particular gizlan
994.88 -> and were critical to zyriob's success
998 -> why a musical notation wasn't invented
1000.8 -> yet
1001.199 -> so they memorized his songs as he wrote
1003.36 -> them while in a drunken stupor
1005.759 -> b they had vocal ranges that went
1007.839 -> unmatched for centuries
1010.079 -> or c they would poison any rival
1012.56 -> musicians who came to court
1014.639 -> uh ryan i just think they had uh bees
1016.88 -> and bitching pipes
1018.079 -> i hate agreeing with you ryan the
1020.959 -> fact that we know their names i think
1022.72 -> it's a dream girls situation
1024.559 -> why don't we find out through the magic
1027.439 -> of theater
1028.88 -> i'll be your dream girls
1033.579 -> [Music]
1036.839 -> skeptics
1040.319 -> come in here oh jesus christ yes what do
1043.199 -> you want zeriab
1044.16 -> a new song a new song his version has
1046.079 -> once again visited me during my slumbers
1048.48 -> okay all right your breath smells rank
1050.32 -> dude how much palm wine did you drink
1052 -> quick write this song down do what now
1053.919 -> oh right not invented yet okay memorize
1056.08 -> this
1056.559 -> scat scat scap do swap pop
1059.84 -> scrap scrub scan sway bump got it wait
1062.32 -> one more time for me
1063.44 -> scap scaps cap do sway it really just
1066.32 -> really hit that
1067.2 -> bump we'll hit the bump we got it go
1069.44 -> back to sleep
1070.24 -> okay good cause i'm not gonna remember
1071.679 -> that in the morning you never do
1075.76 -> classic classic he's uh indulging on the
1077.919 -> muses so to speak
1079.2 -> i get it okay well points to no one
1083.2 -> again look i love giving out these jelly
1085.039 -> beans but you guys are making it tough
1086.24 -> yeah i guess he didn't have voice memos
1088 -> or siri or anything like that yeah what
1089.679 -> a godsend
1090.4 -> i think i've gotten absolutely none of
1092.559 -> these right
1093.76 -> and yet somehow i got a feeling you're
1096.48 -> looking pretty good for the finish line
1098.08 -> here
1098.4 -> ryan i'm just here to learn you know
1099.6 -> it's not about who wins and who loses
1101.679 -> i just i love history man what a show of
1104 -> humility a jelly bean for zach
1106.84 -> yeah apparently inspiration came to
1109.84 -> ziryab while he slept off whatever he'd
1111.679 -> gotten up to the previous night
1113.36 -> gizlan and huneda also known as ziryab's
1116.16 -> song holders
1117.2 -> would memorize his drunken ramblings
1119.28 -> then go back to the other slave singers
1121.28 -> and teach them the song
1122.96 -> when ziriab awoke the next morning
1124.799 -> gizlan and huneda
1126.08 -> would play and sing for him his own song
1128.72 -> which he would then memorize
1130.559 -> all because there wasn't yet such a
1132.4 -> thing as musical notation
1134.4 -> while zyriab is the name remembered in
1136.16 -> history gizlan and huneda truly were the
1139.2 -> unsung heroes of his career now i
1142.32 -> mentioned up top that zyriab was an
1144.24 -> influencer and as any hairy styles will
1146.559 -> tell you it takes more than just some
1148.24 -> musical clout to achieve those hallowed
1150.16 -> ranks
1150.64 -> it takes style it takes charisma it
1153.2 -> takes an underwhelming role in dunkirk
1155.76 -> and ziryab had two of those things in
1158 -> spades what do you have against harry
1159.76 -> styles
1160.32 -> nothing i said he had style and charisma
1162.88 -> and an underwhelming performance in
1164.72 -> dunkirk no an underwhelming role
1166.88 -> in dunkirk the role was underwhelming he
1169.12 -> wanted more of harry
1170.48 -> give me more harry name and aspect of
1173.52 -> cordoba and life
1174.48 -> and ziriob impacted it fashion well
1177.12 -> before
1177.6 -> ziriov everyone would switch from summer
1179.679 -> to winter wardrobes on special days of
1181.84 -> the year
1182.48 -> but it was ziriov who started the trend
1184.64 -> of gradually changing clothes
1186.32 -> over the course of the year wearing
1188.16 -> lighter silks in the spring and more
1189.84 -> colorful
1190.48 -> heavier clothes as the mornings got
1192.24 -> colder toward the end of summer
1194.08 -> you goddamn iconic class zaryava love it
1196.96 -> this guy's like kanye west oh you don't
1198.64 -> think that's a big deal
1199.84 -> well i'm just getting started ziriov was
1202.24 -> learning in astronomy
1203.679 -> geography history poetry and basically
1206.64 -> everything else
1207.36 -> he introduced more effective underarm
1209.2 -> deodorants to cordoba
1210.799 -> why he even got folks to start drinking
1213.039 -> out of glasses instead of metal cups
1215.28 -> apparently xerion's hairstyle was so
1217.679 -> damn cute
1218.799 -> everyone made their servants slaves and
1220.96 -> eunuchs adopted
1222.32 -> that is so demeaning they're not
1225.6 -> a poodle
1226.72 -> my god it was cut straight across the
1229.44 -> forehead
1230.32 -> just above the eyebrows and then it was
1232.48 -> tucked back behind the ears
1234.799 -> and uh it sort of flowed at the temples
1237.36 -> i'm having a hard time picturing it
1238.799 -> that's okay i guess i have to wait till
1240.559 -> the episode comes out yeah you'll have
1241.679 -> to wait
1242.24 -> i'm just kidding i don't watch this show
1243.679 -> i know i know you don't
1245.76 -> zerob introduced sleeping on leather
1247.52 -> beds and eating from leather placemats
1249.52 -> why he even got people hooked on trendy
1251.84 -> new vegetables
1252.88 -> particularly asparage what's that
1256.96 -> what is us farage this is an open-ended
1260.799 -> question but i bet you can get there
1262.64 -> come on try your best
1263.919 -> is this like a vegetable that we know or
1265.76 -> am i like what kind of veggies know it
1267.28 -> well
1267.679 -> we know it oh well then i gotta
1269.76 -> change my answer
1271.039 -> did you put down a vegetable you don't
1272.799 -> know about well i put a vegetable family
1276.159 -> oh okay all right ryan uh a kind of like
1278.799 -> asparagus he's an influencer the
1280.96 -> asparagus makes your p smell funny i
1282.96 -> think people would think that's novel
1284.48 -> zach would you put give me the beat boys
1286.72 -> i'm trying to keep it in the musical
1288.159 -> family
1288.88 -> love your enthusiasm zack but a point
1291.28 -> for ryan
1292.64 -> yes xeriob didn't change the smell of
1294.559 -> iberia with just deodorant
1297.039 -> no one in cordoba ate asparagus until
1299.44 -> ziriobs started munching on it he really
1301.52 -> impacted every corner of society
1304.159 -> man that town must have been smelly as
1306 -> as happens when someone gets very
1308.4 -> popular
1309.039 -> very quickly ziryab had his share of fun
1311.679 -> poked at him while he was
1312.88 -> revolutionizing life as cordobans knew
1314.88 -> it hater's gonna hate
1316.159 -> a renowned local poet and frequent
1318 -> companion of the emir would regularly
1319.84 -> poke good-hearted fun at syria
1321.84 -> ziriyab however eventually got upset at
1324 -> how many jokes he was the butt of
1325.679 -> and complained to his pal and patron the
1327.84 -> emir
1329.12 -> what happened next a the emir forced the
1331.919 -> poet to eat a dolphin raw
1333.6 -> and in its entirety b the poet was
1336.159 -> thrown in prison with a sentence to last
1338.24 -> quote
1338.72 -> however long xerib wants you to stay in
1340.64 -> there or see
1342.08 -> the emir so enjoyed seeing someone get
1344.4 -> under zeriab skin
1345.52 -> that he commissioned the world's first
1347.12 -> book of jokes titled anzeri of smell
1349.76 -> and other lampoons okay let's go with
1352.88 -> uh b time to go to jail and zach i'm
1356.159 -> going
1356.88 -> hey it's dolphin time i just can't
1360.48 -> eating a dolphin is such a perplexing
1363.6 -> answer that i want that to be true
1366.799 -> if it's not the answer i need to have us
1369.36 -> talk with you after this to find out
1371.12 -> what's going on in your brain that you
1372.72 -> came up with that
1373.679 -> i don't encourage our viewers to eat
1376.559 -> dolphins
1377.44 -> uh do as i say not as i do
1380.96 -> point to ryan yes the emir tossed the
1384.32 -> poet in the clink until zeriyov and
1386.24 -> zeriya malone said to let him out which
1388.4 -> was
1388.799 -> apparently a while eventually one of the
1391.76 -> amir's viziers visited ziriyab and
1394.159 -> asked him to get over it zuriov finally
1396.72 -> allowed the poet to be released
1398.48 -> land holdings and salaries may be nice
1400.88 -> but ziriob remember
1402.159 -> basically just a musical servant had
1404.4 -> managed to earn the power to imprison
1406.64 -> anyone who crossed him wow can you guys
1409.44 -> imagine if like uh
1410.72 -> adele had the power to send you to
1412.64 -> prison on a whim
1414.08 -> i feel like she does oh god because of
1417.039 -> syria's musical feats his profound
1419.2 -> influence on andalusian culture
1421.12 -> and his sometimes questionable
1422.72 -> interpersonal conduct it's not much of a
1424.64 -> stretch to call him the world's first
1426.72 -> rock star
1428 -> questions surround how much of xeriob's
1429.919 -> biography is real and what parts may
1431.919 -> have been aggrandized
1433.039 -> biographies about the man are largely
1434.96 -> based on another lost and extremely
1437.039 -> flattering bio
1438.24 -> thought to have been written by one of
1439.6 -> his descendants any mythologizing
1441.6 -> however
1442.159 -> fits the image of a rock star or any
1444.08 -> celebrity perfectly
1445.6 -> they're larger than life and we like it
1447.36 -> that way look at the lives of those we
1449.36 -> follow online
1450.159 -> those who define our culture today do we
1452.72 -> believe
1453.2 -> these lives on instagram are 100 real or
1456.159 -> do we buy
1456.88 -> into the exaggerations sure we like to
1459.2 -> pretend richard gere has an affinity for
1461.2 -> gerbils and ellen degeneres cares about
1463.2 -> other people
1463.84 -> because that's part of the fun no matter
1465.84 -> how much of xeriops life you take at
1467.76 -> face value
1468.64 -> what can't be denied is that zyria made
1471.039 -> a lasting mark
1472 -> he was an influencer i love it i i
1475.76 -> can't believe it's taking me this long
1477.12 -> in life to learn about the world's first
1479.039 -> rock star the dude's awesome
1480.72 -> he had some questionable personality
1482.4 -> traits but
1484 -> rock stars are like that thus concludes
1486.559 -> our history lesson
1487.679 -> i'm going to go tally the scores to see
1489.6 -> who receives the covenant cup
1491.36 -> the title of history master while i do
1493.76 -> that please enjoy this special
1495.36 -> performance
1496.159 -> from zeriob's ood with a special song he
1499.2 -> allegedly wrote
1500.24 -> based on a dream he had while in a
1502.4 -> drunken stupor
1503.6 -> oh boy good luck you know ryan no matter
1506.159 -> whatever happens first of all i feel
1507.6 -> great about your chances but i'm just
1509.12 -> thrilled that we got to learn about
1510.32 -> history together
1511.2 -> really nice to hang out with you buddy i
1512.48 -> wish i could share that sentiment
1514 -> because
1515.279 -> frankly i'm trapped here so really i'm
1517.84 -> just destined to lose forever
1519.87 -> [Music]
1525.52 -> this is an obvious love song i've
1527.12 -> written using the zeriove method
1528.88 -> i dreamt of the lyrics i woke up and i
1531.52 -> screamed at them at some women so
1533.12 -> without further ado
1534.32 -> it's a perfect song well i spent a
1537.279 -> sunday shopping with my friend the lion
1539.12 -> tamer even though she snogged
1548.22 -> [Music]
1557.62 -> [Music]
1565.52 -> i drank some wine and fell asleep and
1567.12 -> when i woke i realized my brilliant
1568.96 -> brain it dreamt up
1569.84 -> all the words are you following alone
1574.88 -> a birthday party magellan's uncle was a
1578.4 -> senator from gary indiana named elroy
1581.2 -> squirt the third
1582.96 -> he was confused about his nephew being
1584.96 -> turned into a spider so he asked what
1587.12 -> had a curse
1588.72 -> tried to reply but got distracted when
1590.64 -> the lion tamer put a tongue in hell boys
1592.96 -> left most here
1594.72 -> thank the lord me dear old man when at
1596.4 -> the party fathers baby because she
1598 -> totally
1598.64 -> shed our tears play those lips fuzz man
1602.559 -> it's a good song all the best songs
1605.12 -> you've probably ever heard
1607.039 -> i love this solo almost as much as the
1609.279 -> professor
1610.08 -> how much sense this song makes
1613.52 -> i said a ding dang dong this is the
1615.52 -> greatest love song your preachers have
1617.36 -> truly ever heard
1619.52 -> have you ever been regaled with as
1621.2 -> romantic as that of
1623.12 -> royce square the third
1628.69 -> [Music]
1633.12 -> a perfectly good song that was uh that
1636.72 -> was
1637.36 -> wow wow wow wow wow
1640.72 -> what an odd performance and maybe a good
1642.96 -> case for writing songs
1644.399 -> while conscious anyway our team crunched
1646.799 -> the numbers and our complex victory
1648.88 -> algorithm
1649.6 -> has declared that this week's history
1651.679 -> master is
1659.679 -> well another one to add to the docket
1662.24 -> what's that your ledger just gets redder
1664 -> and redder as the day goes
1665.44 -> you watch yourself this sounds like
1667.279 -> libel does it
1668.96 -> yeah i can get litigious you piece of
1671.76 ->
1673.76 -> oh my god wow wow you guys
1676.799 -> thank you a trophy and oh my god ryan
1679.76 -> look at this you get all this
1681.36 -> professor merch dude have you never
1683.2 -> gotten one of these no
1684.799 -> well he's trying his best to put this
1686.72 -> pin next to a pin of myself we can be
1688.32 -> little buddies
1689.76 -> little pals zach thank you so much for
1692.559 -> being here ryan thanks for trying
1694.399 -> everybody else thank you for watching
1695.76 -> puppet history where the details are
1697.44 -> always a little
1698.399 -> fuzzy we'll see you next time everybody
1711.26 -> [Music]
1715.12 -> elroy sweat the third
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRnwDuN2y_c