Speaker 1: Hi, be hey, Elliott, you threw a pie in my face.
Speaker 1: I assumed by accident. Happens to everybody. Let's start again, Okay,
Speaker 1: I be, hey Elliott, I'm starting to think you're throwing
Speaker 1: these pies at my face on purpose. I am. I
Speaker 1: was inspired by the subject of today's episode. Ah, that
Speaker 1: makes sense. The Three Stooges were the masters of slapstick comedy,
Speaker 1: and they threw a lot of pies in each other's faces. No,
Speaker 1: I was inspired to throw pies at you by our
Speaker 1: other historical figure, Confucius, the ancient philosopher whose ideas about
Speaker 1: how to live properly became the foundation of Chinese culture. Yep.
Speaker 1: Confucius was all about people fulfilling their responsibilities. He said,
Speaker 1: let a ruler be a ruler, a subject to subject,
Speaker 1: a father of father, and a son a son. I
Speaker 1: still don't understand, so I'm just being me. I'm letting
Speaker 1: a B B a B. My responsibility is to cause
Speaker 1: trouble and annoy you like this. Okay, now, I see,
Speaker 1: I mean not literally because my eyes are full of
Speaker 1: cream pie. But I understand. Well, good, because I've got
Speaker 1: a lot more pies to throw at you. Oh boy,
Speaker 1: Eric please play the theme song. Here we go. What
Speaker 1: do you think you know about the grates? From this?
Speaker 1: The game is on. To get some energy and buckle
Speaker 1: up your brain, because it's time to play the Whose Podcast?
Speaker 1: Because it's time to play boss who has Live from
Speaker 1: Top the Land or So Fall So Cow, Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Who Was? The history quich show that gives
Speaker 1: contestants the chance to win mega prizes and podcast glory.
Speaker 1: I'm your announcer B and I'm saying what everybody's thinking.
Speaker 1: If what everybody's thinking is, here's your host, the man
Speaker 1: who puts the Elliott Halin and Elliott Calin. It's Elliott Kalen.
Speaker 1: Thank you be true words were never spoken? And welcome
Speaker 1: everyone to the Who Was? Podcast. This show is like Jecker,
Speaker 1: only with surprise guests, silly games, and nothing but love
Speaker 1: in our hearts. Our contestants were sent Who Was books
Speaker 1: about two great figures from history. Now they're here to
Speaker 1: show off their knowledge and the hopes of winning fantastic
Speaker 1: prize prize. Today we're talking about who was Confucius and
Speaker 1: who were the Three Stooges, historical figures whose names almost
Speaker 1: rhyme but don't so frustrating. But first, let's meet our contestants. Alright,
Speaker 1: First off, we have Ranger. Ranger, please introduce yourself. Hi,
Speaker 1: my name is Ranger and Um. I've played a violin
Speaker 1: and I love to shop. Another interesting thing about you
Speaker 1: is that you have been on the Who Was? Podcast before?
Speaker 1: Is that right? It's and what was the episode that
Speaker 1: you were on before? Um? I was on Abraham Lincoln
Speaker 1: and uh yeah, Dulie Park uh and Ranger? Okay this
Speaker 1: did you? Did you win the that episodes that you
Speaker 1: were on? It's not you did, so this is a
Speaker 1: chance for you to come back and reclaim the championship
Speaker 1: with Confucius and the Three Stooges against our other contestant.
Speaker 1: Who is your sister and her name is Eva? And Eva,
Speaker 1: would you please introduce yourself. Um. Hi, I'm Ava. I'm
Speaker 1: ten years old. I played the flute. I played the violin.
Speaker 1: And Um, I'm a ski jumper. Oh, okay, Ava is
Speaker 1: a ski jumper. I remember asking um a lot about
Speaker 1: ski jumping the last time you were on and Ava,
Speaker 1: which episode had had you been on on the whu Was? Podcast? Before?
Speaker 1: I was on Ernest Shacklin and Bault Whitman, Right, and
Speaker 1: did you win your episode? I did, all right. What
Speaker 1: I'm trying to do for the audience at home is
Speaker 1: just really build up this thrudge mass between brother and sister,
Speaker 1: shackle drama part with men Lincoln flute, the violin. That's right.
Speaker 1: This is all on the table for the Who Was
Speaker 1: Podcast Sibling Championship belt. There's a tournament of champions that
Speaker 1: we did not plan, and yet it's happening right here.
Speaker 1: That's what happens on there Who Was Podcast? Sometimes that's right,
Speaker 1: and how fitting that with the three stooges who were siblings,
Speaker 1: that there's also a sibling grudge match. But YouTube, no
Speaker 1: no poking each other's eyes, no pies, no fulling air.
Speaker 1: Be like Confucius, a peaceful thinker who was also a
Speaker 1: champion ski jumper. Is that true? I didn't read the book.
Speaker 1: We'll see, we'll see. Thank you for doing that, and
Speaker 1: thank you to Eric, our musician providing that lovely meet
Speaker 1: the Condistance music and all the music on the show today.
Speaker 1: So that's who is Ranger Namor. Now let's find out
Speaker 1: who was Confucius with four fast facts prospects. Confucius was
Speaker 1: born in China in five fifty one b C and
Speaker 1: died in four hundred seventy nine b C. Confucius was
Speaker 1: a philosopher whose sayings have influenced Chinese culture for over
Speaker 1: two thousand years. His actual name was Kong Chu, but
Speaker 1: he was called Kong Fuzi or Master Kong by his
Speaker 1: students and people in Europe wrote that as Confucius, confucius
Speaker 1: Is teachings called Confucianism focused on the importance of responsibility, loyalty, tradition,
Speaker 1: and honoring one's parents and ancestors. Do you too really
Speaker 1: honor your parents? Yeah? Yes, from both of them. I
Speaker 1: don't know. It feels like although it feels like Eva
Speaker 1: was shaking her head no, and then it turned into
Speaker 1: a Yet there's some collusion here. Okay, we're gonna pretend, okay, Eva,
Speaker 1: pretend Racher can't hear us. Is he really honoring his parents?
Speaker 1: Which is are also your parents? Yeah? I think I
Speaker 1: think he is. Okay, Ranger, pretend Ava can't hear us?
Speaker 1: Is she really being honorable towards your parents? Maybe? Wow? Wow,
Speaker 1: that's right. These siblings, they are the gloves are off,
Speaker 1: they are already to play the game. I think there's
Speaker 1: only one we to find out by moving on to
Speaker 1: our first game. It's called Backpack from the Past. From
Speaker 1: the Past by such a cool game. For this game,
Speaker 1: we went to China and brought back Confucius is actual backpack.
Speaker 1: We took it when the backpack guard wasn't looking. Don't
Speaker 1: tell anybody, we'll bring it back when we're done. Be
Speaker 1: will describe objects from the backpack, and you'll choose the
Speaker 1: answer that describes what the object has to do with Confucius.
Speaker 1: Since this is our first game, every question is worth
Speaker 1: one point. B. Tell ranger what the first object is. Ah,
Speaker 1: it's two dragons. We never should have borrowed this backpack.
Speaker 1: It's okay. BE in China, dragons are nice. They represent
Speaker 1: wisdom and power. Okay, But well, why would Confucius be
Speaker 1: carrying these dragons around in his backpack? Is it because A,
Speaker 1: as a boy, his mom wouldn't let him have a
Speaker 1: pet dog, so he pretended to have two pet dragons,
Speaker 1: or because B. According to the legend, two dragons guarded
Speaker 1: Confucius's mom when she gave birth to him. Um, B,
Speaker 1: that's right. The answer is BE. Long after Confucius had died,
Speaker 1: people came up with legends to describe what a great
Speaker 1: person he was. One of these legends said that his
Speaker 1: mother was guarded by two dragons when Confucius was born.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this probably didn't happen. But if George
Speaker 1: Washington can have a made up story about shopping down
Speaker 1: a cherry tree, why can't Confucius have a made up
Speaker 1: dragon babysitter ava. This next object is for you. Oh,
Speaker 1: it's a stack of postcards. This one says having a
Speaker 1: blast in Chew. This one says welcome to Song. I
Speaker 1: wish you were here. Here's one it says living, laughing,
Speaker 1: loving in Chen And they're all signed by Confucius? Is
Speaker 1: does he have all these postcards? Because A Confucius spent
Speaker 1: many years traveling to find a job or b Confucius
Speaker 1: broke the first ever travel guide entitled The Great Sages
Speaker 1: Guide to China's Hottest Night Spots and Hippis Clubs. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's right. The answer is a Confucius s felt. But
Speaker 1: the philosopher's role was to advise rulers how to govern wisely.
Speaker 1: At the time, China wasn't one country but many different
Speaker 1: little states, So we figured he'd find some ruler who
Speaker 1: wanted his advice. Unfortunately, rulers weren't exactly lining up to
Speaker 1: hire Confucius. He and his students traveled hundreds of miles
Speaker 1: over ten years without much success. Eventually, he and his
Speaker 1: students returned to Confucius his home in the region called Lu,
Speaker 1: but not until after spreading word of his reputation and
Speaker 1: wisdom among people all over China. Okay, ranger, this next
Speaker 1: item is for you. Whoa, it's a whole tree? What
Speaker 1: is this doing in here? Is it because a someone
Speaker 1: wants tried to kill Confucius by dropping a tree on him?
Speaker 1: Or be Confucius famously settled an argument with another philosopher
Speaker 1: by climbing the tallest tree in China. That's right, it's
Speaker 1: a During confucius Is long travels, he and the students
Speaker 1: went to the state of Song, where he criticized the
Speaker 1: government official named Juan Tweet. As revenge, Juan ordered his
Speaker 1: men to cut down a tree Confucius was standing under
Speaker 1: so it would fall and crush him. Confucius escaped unharmed,
Speaker 1: telling his students, Heaven has bestowed me with virtue. What
Speaker 1: do I have to fear from Juan Tweet? I don't
Speaker 1: know it was me. I'd be pretty scared of a
Speaker 1: tree falling on me. And the last item in the
Speaker 1: backpack is for Eva. Oh it's a ruler like um,
Speaker 1: you know, a ruler that you'd used in math class,
Speaker 1: not a ruler like Juan Tweet. But it's surprisingly heavy.
Speaker 1: But no wonder it's made of gold. Why would Confucius
Speaker 1: have a golden ruler in his backpack? Was it because
Speaker 1: A he said he wanted to work for a goal
Speaker 1: than ruler, a ruler who is pure in everything he did,
Speaker 1: or because b he taught the golden rule that people
Speaker 1: should treat others the way they would want to be treated.
Speaker 1: I think you're right. It's be confucious. Talk to students
Speaker 1: that which you do not desire, do not do to others. Basically,
Speaker 1: treat people the way you'd want to be treated. This
Speaker 1: is known as the Golden rule, and Confucius is one
Speaker 1: of many wise people who have taught it throughout history.
Speaker 1: If only we could all live by this simple rule,
Speaker 1: the world would be a better place, and we'd never
Speaker 1: have to worry about angry government officials dropping trees on us.
Speaker 1: It's something I worry about constantly. At least, now you've
Speaker 1: got those two dragons watching over you and I can
Speaker 1: shield myself with these postcards. Uh sure. And that's the
Speaker 1: end of the game from the Baby Great Round. Thank
Speaker 1: you all, and now let's turn to our own great
Speaker 1: Sage producer Jane with the scores. Thank you, Elliott. I
Speaker 1: don't mind telling you that things are getting pretty scary.
Speaker 1: Ava and Ranger are tied at two points each. Thank
Speaker 1: you Jane. Those scores are so close they're the exact
Speaker 1: same thing. But you could still be any siblings game.
Speaker 1: And we'll get right back to the game after this
Speaker 1: short break. Eric, please play us some Golden Rule music.
Speaker 1: Please measure it in carrots. Welcome back to the Who
Speaker 1: Was Podcast. Today we're learning all about who was Confucious
Speaker 1: and who were the Three Stooges. Our scores are Ranger
Speaker 1: with two points and Ava with two points. Now back
Speaker 1: to your host, Elliot Galen. Thank you be. We've learned
Speaker 1: about one of history's wisest men. Now let's learn about well,
Speaker 1: the exact opposite, the Three Stooges with four fast facts Fast.
Speaker 1: The Three Stooges were a comedy team who performed together
Speaker 1: from seventy and start in two movies. The Three Stooges
Speaker 1: got laughed by pretending to fight, have clumsy accidents, or
Speaker 1: throw pies at each other, a type of comedy called slapstick.
Speaker 1: Those six different people took turns in the group. The
Speaker 1: most famous Stooges were Mo Howard, Curly Howard, and Larry Fine.
Speaker 1: Mo Curly and another Stooge, Shemp, were actually brothers. Their
Speaker 1: real names were Moses, Jerome and Sam Horowitz. Prospects. Hey, knucklehead,
Speaker 1: should we get to the next game? Certainly, it's okay, everybody,
Speaker 1: We're just talking like the Stooges. B wasn't really calling
Speaker 1: me a knuckle head? Oh, I wasn't okay. Our next
Speaker 1: game is called soun Effects of a Sound Defects sound Effects.
Speaker 1: In this game, we'll play a sound effect inspired by
Speaker 1: something important from the Three Stooges life, and our contestants
Speaker 1: will tell us what us sound represents. Since this is
Speaker 1: the second round, each question will be worth two points.
Speaker 1: Ava This first sound effect is for you, hm hmmm.
Speaker 1: That sounds like the sound of clipping scissors. Why would
Speaker 1: that be important to the lives of the Three Stooges.
Speaker 1: Was it because a? The Stooges were known for their
Speaker 1: silly and distinctive haircuts, or be they started out as
Speaker 1: the Three cut Ups, a comedy group that told jokes
Speaker 1: while running around stage carrying scissors. I think that's a.
Speaker 1: That's right. The answer is A. When Moe was a
Speaker 1: young boy who was bullied for having long, beautiful, curly hair,
Speaker 1: in a fit of anger, he cut his own hair short,
Speaker 1: leaving himself with a ragged bowl cut that he would
Speaker 1: keep for the rest of his life. Larry fluffed up
Speaker 1: his hair so it would stick out from his head,
Speaker 1: and curly shaved his head bald. Audiences could tell them
Speaker 1: apart just from their hair. And just so you know,
Speaker 1: running around with scissors is extremely dangerous. Even the Stooges
Speaker 1: didn't do that, and they spent a lot of time
Speaker 1: sticking their fingers in each other's eye. Okay, Ranger, This
Speaker 1: next sound is for you. Moof that sounds like a
Speaker 1: piece of fruit being smushed into shempower its face. Is
Speaker 1: that because a shemp was born without a mouth and
Speaker 1: could only eat by smushing food up his nose, or
Speaker 1: because b the Stooges act was born when someone shoved
Speaker 1: a piece of fruit in shemp's face. Be you got it.
Speaker 1: It's be. As a young man, Mo worked for a
Speaker 1: comedian named Ted Held. One night, his brother Shemp joined
Speaker 1: them on stage. While eating a pear, and Healy smushed
Speaker 1: it into Shemp's face. Audiences thought it was hilarious, and
Speaker 1: Shemp joined the act. Heally called the boys his stooges,
Speaker 1: meaning guys he could push around. Soon Larry joined the
Speaker 1: act and the Stooges left to perform on their own,
Speaker 1: becoming even bigger stars than their old boss. Head Ever
Speaker 1: was serves them right for smushing Shemp's pair. Our next
Speaker 1: sound is for Ava wh Who? What was that? Was
Speaker 1: that a some of the wacky sounds Curly Howard would
Speaker 1: make while performing, or be the sounds Curly's pet squirrel
Speaker 1: would make when he would have to sit in his
Speaker 1: cage while the Stooges traveled between live shows. A. Yes,
Speaker 1: that was a some of Curly's trademark sounds. Curly was
Speaker 1: the last of the Howard brothers to join the act,
Speaker 1: but quickly became the most popular. He would do anything
Speaker 1: to get a laugh, makes silly noises, talk in a
Speaker 1: squeaky voice, or spin around on the ground. The Stooges
Speaker 1: were known for their zeny humor and Curly was the Zadist.
Speaker 1: And this last sound is for Ranger. Oh okay, that
Speaker 1: sounds like an old TV set from back before people
Speaker 1: watch shows only on their phones. Is that because a
Speaker 1: The Stooges accidentally broke the first TV set and it
Speaker 1: took scientists years to make a new one. Or be
Speaker 1: the Stooges found a whole new audience on early television.
Speaker 1: I think do you think right? It's be. Most of
Speaker 1: the Stooges movies were what's called shorts. They were only
Speaker 1: about ten to fifteen minutes long, and they were shown
Speaker 1: in theaters before a full length movie in the nineteen fifties.
Speaker 1: Early TV stations needed things to show, and the Three
Speaker 1: Stooges shorts fit perfectly into the schedule. So when you're
Speaker 1: grandparents were kids, the Three Stooges were on TV all
Speaker 1: the time. Suddenly they were more popular than they've ever
Speaker 1: been in America went through a Three Stooges craze. Their
Speaker 1: shorts are still shown on TV today, more than half
Speaker 1: a century after they were made. That's nothing. Who was
Speaker 1: podcast will last thousands of years? That's probably true, and
Speaker 1: that's also the end of the game. Sound defects of
Speaker 1: fog sound sound defects the fogery. Great game, everyone, Now,
Speaker 1: let's woo woo woo over to Jane with the schools.
Speaker 1: Oh welliot, but I've got to tell you we've got
Speaker 1: no knuckleheads on the game today. We have Ringer and
Speaker 1: David tied at six points each. Still, time of amazing.
Speaker 1: Not a knuckle head to be sound. This is one
Speaker 1: smart set of siblings, Thank you, Jane. Now before our
Speaker 1: next game, we'll go to a quick break and then,
Speaker 1: uh b, can you turn off the sound effect Safari
Speaker 1: sound effects Machine? Sure? Hey? Does the sound effects Safari
Speaker 1: sound Effects Machine look like a big bald guy with
Speaker 1: a silly face? Who's standing right there? Not the last
Speaker 1: time I checked. Unless that isn't the sound effects Safari
Speaker 1: sound effects Machine, it's hallo, hallo, hallo. Hallow, Curly, three stooges,
Speaker 1: it's me who can't thinking what with me? Oh sorry, Curly.
Speaker 1: We just didn't expect to see you there. I didn't
Speaker 1: expect to see me there either, But there I was
Speaker 1: minding my own business when I flipped on a roll escape,
Speaker 1: parked over a railing, hit my head on an ample,
Speaker 1: writing who was it? Who? Was that you want someone in?
Speaker 1: Oh you need yeah that one. I'm just a victim
Speaker 1: of suctim stick. Well, we're honored to have you in
Speaker 1: the studio. Mr. What are you doing? Put that down? Gee?
Speaker 1: You mean I shall be playing with this expensive look
Speaker 1: in the electronical though, Hicky, I ask him that every day. No, Curly,
Speaker 1: please just set that breakable equipment down very gently. Hey
Speaker 1: go go Gorde. No, hey, Curly. Maybe we should change
Speaker 1: the subject before Elliott loses a little bit of cool.
Speaker 1: He has left a plendid idea. While I'm here, I
Speaker 1: may as well share some of my life's sayings about
Speaker 1: the probable way. So we've probably like Confucius. Oh won't
Speaker 1: confuse us? All right? There's one. A person may be
Speaker 1: said to love learning if they remain as curious as
Speaker 1: a child. That's beautiful, Curly, I'm not done. And also
Speaker 1: if they hit their bread over the head with a
Speaker 1: really big book. I don't know that that's the best lesson. Now, okay,
Speaker 1: what about this one? I don't wonder what you would
Speaker 1: have thunder you? Now that's some lines advice. How let
Speaker 1: they finish so folk up in the eyes, shake the
Speaker 1: nose and suck their fit, so it springs around, it
Speaker 1: hits him in the back of I don't look it, Curly,
Speaker 1: that's a terrible thing to tell kids. How right, already,
Speaker 1: there ain't no pleasing some people. I'll drive one more.
Speaker 1: Remember that one's funny on spring isn't always funny in
Speaker 1: real life. And that's it. I mean, all the fighting
Speaker 1: I did with Moa and Larry was all pretend I
Speaker 1: loved my fellow stokis. I never would have done anything
Speaker 1: for real. That's really wonderful, Curly. I guess it's true.
Speaker 1: In real life, you and the other stooges were very
Speaker 1: carrying people. All that destruction in Mayhem was all make believe.
Speaker 1: That's right what he's wrecking the studio? All right enough, already,
Speaker 1: that's my job. We've got to get him back in
Speaker 1: the act. Hey, quick portion, quick person, So long, nucklehead.
Speaker 1: Let's take a short break so be and I can
Speaker 1: clean up the studio. Then we'll be right back with
Speaker 1: our final rounds. But first, Eric, could you please play
Speaker 1: us some getting hit in the face with HI music.
Speaker 1: Please exfoliates and moisturizes. Hey who was? Hers? Exciting news
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Speaker 1: to thank them. Geraldine, we're back on the who Is Podcast.
Speaker 1: When we last left up, Ranger had six points and
Speaker 1: Eva had six points. It's a tie, and now back
Speaker 1: to your host, Elliott Helin. Thank you, B. Neither of
Speaker 1: these siblings is giving an inch, but we'll see what
Speaker 1: happens with our final game, Converge of Greatness. In this game,
Speaker 1: B will ask you multiple choice questions about how Confucious
Speaker 1: and the three Stooges overlap, connect or converge. And because
Speaker 1: we're in the third round, each question is worth read points. Ready.
Speaker 1: First question goes to Ranger, be taken away? All right, Ranger.
Speaker 1: All of the three studies fighting was pretend for the cameras.
Speaker 1: Confucius wasn't into real fighting either. When he was asked
Speaker 1: by Duke Ling how best to use his military, Confucius
Speaker 1: realized the Duke was more interested in fighting than ruling. Wisely,
Speaker 1: so how did Confucius reply. Did he a tell the
Speaker 1: Duke he was an expert warrior so the Duke would
Speaker 1: like him, or be say he knew lots about religious
Speaker 1: practices but little about warfare, or see hooked the Duke
Speaker 1: in the eyes and say that's enough out of you
Speaker 1: shout ahead, um b that's right. The answer is being Confucius,
Speaker 1: who really wanted the job of advising Duke ling, so
Speaker 1: he could have told him all sorts of things about
Speaker 1: military strategy. For Confucius felt it was more important to
Speaker 1: live up to his ideals of peace and justice. So
Speaker 1: Confucius tanked the job interview by pretending he couldn't do
Speaker 1: the job and could have really used that job too.
Speaker 1: He and the students were unemployed for so long they
Speaker 1: eventually ran out of food. The next question is for
Speaker 1: Ava Confucius traveled a lot looking for rulers to advise.
Speaker 1: The Stooges traveled a lot too. Was this because A.
Speaker 1: Before they made movies, they performed on the vaudeville theater circuit.
Speaker 1: B they had to keep running away from bakers whose
Speaker 1: pies they splattered. Or see they were so dumb. They
Speaker 1: couldn't remember where they lived. H that's right. The answer
Speaker 1: is a. The studges started out in a type of
Speaker 1: theater called vaudeville. It was incredibly popular from the eighteen
Speaker 1: eighties to the nineteen thirties. In a vaudeville show, you'd
Speaker 1: see lots of different kinds of actors, comedians, musicians, jugglers,
Speaker 1: even trained animals. There were vaudeville theaters all over America.
Speaker 1: Some of them were nice and some of them were
Speaker 1: not so nice. The Stooges were forced to get dressed
Speaker 1: in storage rooms full of popcorn in one of them. Oh,
Speaker 1: I don't know what you're talking about. I can't imagine
Speaker 1: anything better that are room full of popcorns. You should
Speaker 1: have tried to eat a room full of popcorn. B
Speaker 1: not to eat to swim in. Obviously, all right. The
Speaker 1: next question is poor Ranger. The Three Stooges comedy routines
Speaker 1: will live on forever because they were recorded on film,
Speaker 1: but there weren't any cameras or microphones when Confucius was alive.
Speaker 1: How have his sayings lasted for thousands of years? Is
Speaker 1: it because A. They were engraved on the side of
Speaker 1: an enormous Mountain b They were written on tiny strips
Speaker 1: of paper that were hidden inside cookies for people to
Speaker 1: find after a meal or see. They were collected into
Speaker 1: a book called the Analects. I think see you think right?
Speaker 1: The answer is c. Analects is a word that means
Speaker 1: brief sayings, and the Analects of Confucius are supposedly recordings
Speaker 1: of things Confucius said or did during his life, including
Speaker 1: how he dressed and what he liked to eat. Nobody
Speaker 1: knows who collected the sayings together, but the Analects have
Speaker 1: become one of the most studied books in the world.
Speaker 1: And now our final question of the game is for ava.
Speaker 1: Confucius spoke about the importance of acting responsibly and loyally
Speaker 1: to other people, especially members of your family. When Curly
Speaker 1: became too sick to perform, how did the students show
Speaker 1: their loyalty to him? Did they A spend their own
Speaker 1: money on an enormous Curly puppet that Curly could operate
Speaker 1: from his hospital bed, b agreed to each contribute part
Speaker 1: of their salaries to pay for Curly's medical care, or
Speaker 1: See renamed themselves the two Stooges because nobody could ever
Speaker 1: replace Curly be that's right, The answer is b. When
Speaker 1: Curly could no longer perform, the stooges all donated part
Speaker 1: of their salaries to pay his medical wills. The amazing
Speaker 1: thing is it was Larry who came up with the idea,
Speaker 1: and he wasn't even Curly as real brother. They become
Speaker 1: such good friends that he felt like family. In one sense,
Speaker 1: Curly was irreplaceable, But in another sense, Moe replaced him
Speaker 1: with her brother Shim, and then Shem died and they
Speaker 1: replaced him with the stooge named Joe. And then he
Speaker 1: read hired, and they replaced him with the stooge named
Speaker 1: Curly Joe. So Curly was irreplaceable, and they replaced him
Speaker 1: three times. And now it's time to replace this game
Speaker 1: with the end of the show, because that was the
Speaker 1: end of Converge of Greatness. To quote Confucius, We've come
Speaker 1: to the end of the show and producer Jane will
Speaker 1: now tally up the scores. Wait, Confucius never said that
Speaker 1: it was a different kind named Confucius. You don't know him.
Speaker 1: He's a friend of mine from college. But before we
Speaker 1: discover our winner, I'd like to consult the ancient wisdom
Speaker 1: of our contestants. What is something you were surprised to
Speaker 1: learn about Confucius or the Three Stooges eva, Um. Something
Speaker 1: that are surprised about with the Three Stooges is that
Speaker 1: they replaced Curly with uh, Curly Joe. They still wanted
Speaker 1: to have people think someone like Curly or maybe Curly
Speaker 1: himself was still in the in the show. So yeah,
Speaker 1: they were placed that. To have someone in Curly in
Speaker 1: your group and then to lose him and then have
Speaker 1: someone in Curly Joe and your group, it's kind of confusing,
Speaker 1: isn't it. Yeah, it sounds like something real stooge, Like, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you'd have to be a real stooge to try something
Speaker 1: like that. To eat a minute, they were, But I
Speaker 1: guess just because one stooge is unavailable, it doesn't mean
Speaker 1: the other two stooges want to stop stooging around, so
Speaker 1: they have to get a third stooge. And that's the
Speaker 1: most I've ever used the word stooge in a sentence.
Speaker 1: Ranger or something that surprised you about either Confucius or
Speaker 1: the Three Stooges. I was surprised that Um, in the
Speaker 1: pot fight, they threw like a hundred or like almost
Speaker 1: two hundred pies. They wanted to have the biggest pie
Speaker 1: fight that had ever been had, and they threw so
Speaker 1: many pies, and you have to imagine somebody was hoping
Speaker 1: they wouldn't throw one of the pies because I eat
Speaker 1: that pie afterwards, and then they threw that pile. Just curious.
Speaker 1: How many pies have you thrown in your life? What's
Speaker 1: the most pies you've ever thrown? None? Eva? What about you? Um? None?
Speaker 1: But you eaten pie? Okay, that's fair. That's like throwing
Speaker 1: it into your mouth, I guess, and into your stuff. Well,
Speaker 1: here's the tip, because I have been in a show
Speaker 1: where you actually you smash a pie in someone's days.
Speaker 1: Whipped cream is not great for this, folks. If you're
Speaker 1: doing it in like a stage production, you've gotta go
Speaker 1: with shaving cream because it looks the same from the
Speaker 1: stage and it cleans up much easier. It doesn't taste
Speaker 1: the same. That's something that you should keep in mind. Also,
Speaker 1: if you run out of whipped cream at your house,
Speaker 1: don't you shaving cream. It's not gonna it's not gonna
Speaker 1: be the right kind of taste. Uh. This is a
Speaker 1: lot of good advice we've given into everybody. Thank you.
Speaker 1: I feel a little bit like Confucious. This is the
Speaker 1: kind of knowledge that Confucius was always dropping on people
Speaker 1: when he was traveling around China. But knowledge time is over.
Speaker 1: Now it's time for the big moment. Jane, Please, will
Speaker 1: you announce the winner of this sibling rematch, grudge match
Speaker 1: Championship of the Universe, Holliett and b I don't mind
Speaker 1: telling you. I think Confucius would be quite pleased with
Speaker 1: the outcome because peace will remain in the Ranger Aba home.
Speaker 1: They have tied with tall points which a one. It's
Speaker 1: a sibling tie. It's never happened before, I think in
Speaker 1: the history of Who Was podcast? If it has, please
Speaker 1: don't write it and correct me. Both of you each
Speaker 1: have ten seconds for shoutouts as our winners. Eva, would
Speaker 1: you like to go first? Who would you like to
Speaker 1: thank for getting you here? And Ranger don't worry, you'll
Speaker 1: get your chance to Um. I shout out to my parents,
Speaker 1: my mom and my friend. Okay, there we go, honoring
Speaker 1: the parents already. Okay, Confucius would be very happy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Ranger here up. Um, I'd like to shout out on
Speaker 1: my two friends Cal and Nvill and my other friends
Speaker 1: change amazing, we got friends, we got family, perfect, nice job.
Speaker 1: Our winners and their library of choice would be receiving
Speaker 1: a selection of Who Was books, and I'm going to
Speaker 1: get my own. Shout out to intern Zach, to Jane,
Speaker 1: to Eric, to Hampton out for being our curly Howard
Speaker 1: and to be. And a big thank you to both
Speaker 1: of our contestants who played just a fantastic game today.
Speaker 1: And thank you to you at home for listening to
Speaker 1: the show. Next week we'll find out about two more
Speaker 1: amazing people from the past. Until then, this is Elliott
Speaker 1: Knucklehead Calin saying I had another pie. Laugh. Goodbye everybody,
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