1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to Growing Up, a Lingo kids podcast. It helps 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: kids discover how to be whatever they want to be. 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Join us today as we explore perfect recipes to make 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: jokes and what it takes to get up on a 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: stage and make people laugh. Let's get started. Hey, Luise, 6 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: Oh what a beautiful day it is. I just saw 7 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: Maxie running all the way to get that baseball high. 8 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: Emily, Yeah, we're u pining catch. 9 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: Well, looks like Maxie's a really good catcher. 10 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: Actually, you know what animal is better out a baseball game? No? 11 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: Which one? 12 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 2: A bet? 13 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: Oh? Good one? 14 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: Thanks, Emily. My school's having a talent show in a 15 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: couple of weeks and I'm gonna be in it. 16 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: Oh that sounds fun. Are you telling jokes on stage? 17 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: Yes? 18 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: Wow, So you'll be doing a comedy routine. 19 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: Oh wow, I didn't know that name comedy routine. Here's 20 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: another joke I have. The other day, I was reading 21 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: a book about anti gravity and I just couldn't put 22 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: it down. 23 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: Oh, not bad at all. I think you're ready to go. 24 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 2: Oh, Emily, I don't know. 25 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: Wait, why is that? 26 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: I mean, what if I forget my jokes in front 27 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: of everyone? Or what if no one laughs at them. 28 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: Emily, Oh, I see, Well, don't worry, Louise. That's called 29 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: stage fright, and it's very normal. It is. Yeah, even 30 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: grown ups feel that way. But actually I think you'll 31 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: do great. After all, you do an amazing job with 32 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: our game shows. 33 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 2: Thanks. But at the game shows I have you to 34 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 2: help me out. The talent show is different. I'll be 35 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: all bile myself and there's gonna be a light shining 36 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 2: on me and everyone's gonna be staring. 37 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: Comedy is one of those things that you can only 38 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: really learn how to do by doing it, and it's 39 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: really been that way since the beginning of comedy. Oh 40 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 1: and when is that, Emily interesting question? Well, the kind 41 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: of comedy we know today as stand up comedy has 42 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: been around for a little over one hundred years, but 43 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: comedy in general is a lot older, like two hundred 44 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: three hundred years old, way older than that. 45 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 2: Actually, Oh, I wonder what comedians look like back then. 46 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: Well, Louise, I can think of a really cool example 47 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: of comedians and history. 48 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 2: What is it? 49 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: Well, I could tell you, or I could show you. 50 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: How about we. 51 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: Take a little trip back in time with the go 52 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: forward cube. 53 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: Back in time? How far back. 54 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: H I'm thinking some five hundred years or so should 55 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: do the trick? 56 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 2: Five hundred years? 57 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: Where are we going? You're about to find out. 58 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 3: Let's go whoa. 59 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: Where are we careful with that? Pig Luise? 60 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,119 Speaker 2: Oh sorry, Piggy. 61 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: Let's try to figure out where we are exactly. 62 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 2: Look, here's a flyer. It says, art, thou ready for 63 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: Edinburgh's greatest gesture? Why is this English so weird? Oh? Good? 64 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: Find Edinburgh is in Scotland and that sounds like English 65 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: from very old times. 66 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 2: Louise, Oh okay, so Scotland. Maybe we'll hear some bagpie. 67 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: That'll be fun. 68 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: What else to this say? If thou sickest laughter? Look 69 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: no further for Nikola the Queen's Fool shall deliver the 70 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: finest entertainment. Queen's Fool sounds pretty funny. 71 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: Oh now I know why the go forward que brought 72 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: us here. Nikola was the court jester for a very 73 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: famous ruler, Mary, Queen of Scots, which means we're somewhere 74 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: in the fifteen hundreds. 75 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,799 Speaker 2: Whoa, so we're really back in the days of kings 76 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 2: and queens. But wait, you said jester, and so does 77 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 2: this flyer? What did jester. 78 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: Oh, it's basically someone who entertains the king or queen 79 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: and performs jokes and funny shows for them. 80 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: Oh that's cool. Hey, let's go see Nikola. I bet 81 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: she's a lot of fun. 82 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: Let's do it. If she's the queen's jester, she's probably 83 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: in the castle, which is right over that stone wall. 84 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 2: Wait are those actual nights guarding the doors? 85 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: They certainly seem to be A good knight always finds 86 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: another good night. 87 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: Oh wait, is that woman over there the jester? 88 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: Correct, that's Nikola, the Queen's fool. I love her outfit, 89 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: by the way, it's very colorful. 90 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 2: So a court jester's job is to make the queen laugh, right, Yeah, 91 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 2: basically that sounds hard. 92 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: But Nikola was so good at her job she knew 93 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: exactly what made the queen laugh. 94 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 2: You know, Emily, when I've seen gesters and movies and 95 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: TV shows about nights, I just thought they were, I 96 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: don't know, kind of silly. But now that I see Nicola, 97 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: I see that they're very special. 98 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: Oh what makes you say that? 99 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 2: Well, everyone else in the court is very serious around 100 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: the queen, like they're kind of afraid of her, But 101 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 2: Nikola is the only one who makes her laugh and smile. 102 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: Oh that's a great observation. Having the job to entertain 103 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: someone that powerful really is a special power. Remember what 104 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: Howie said about laughter being away to make us feel 105 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,119 Speaker 1: better when we're sad or upset. Comedians have been doing 106 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: that ever since they were court jesters. 107 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,039 Speaker 2: That's amazing. I want to do it, Emily. I want 108 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 2: to do my stand up. Now you do. Yep, Let's 109 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 2: go back to the lab so I can keep working 110 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: on it before the big day. 111 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 4: You got it, And now please welcome our next student 112 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 4: for today's talent show. Here to make us all laugh 113 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 4: with some hilarious stand up comedy, it's Louise. 114 00:06:49,960 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 2: Oh my turn, Good luck Louise. Hi everyone, few jokes 115 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 2: for you today. You know I don't trust theirs. They're 116 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 2: always up to something. Bless you. Uh well, let's try 117 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 2: something else. I want to hear two short jokes and 118 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 2: a long joke. Joke, joke joke? 119 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 4: Uh? 120 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 2: Okay, last one. What's the difference between a joke. 121 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: And why? 122 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 2: I haven't finished the joke yet? All right, thank you 123 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: very much. 124 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: You got a tough crowd today, Louise. How did you feel? 125 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: You know what? 126 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: Not too bad. 127 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 2: Actually, if it can happen to Howie Mandel, it can 128 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 2: happen to me too. And I kind of made them 129 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 2: laugh a little at the end. 130 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: That's okay. It's all about practicing, Louise, and having fun 131 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: while you do it. You sure you're okay? 132 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 2: Yep, I'm fine. 133 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: Well, congratulations, you were a really brave night today. 134 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 2: Thanks Emily Brow, who knew comedy with such serious business. 135 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on this episode of Growing Up. 136 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: I hope this episode made you laugh, smile, and learn 137 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: about the joy of comedy, Dream big, and always stay curious. Louise, 138 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: Are you ready for more adventure? 139 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 2: There's more? 140 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: Yep, there's loads more to explore on the world's number 141 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: one kids learning app, Lingo Kids. 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