Stetson Kennedy Infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan (feat. Matt Walsh & Jason Ritter) - Drunk History

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  • Stetson Kennedy spies on the Ku Klux Klan and uses his knowledge to take them down - with a little help from Superman.
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Komentáře • 462

  • @waireads2712
    @waireads2712 Před 4 lety +2720

    He sounded remarkably sober for someone who was so drunk he had to lie on the floor

    • @MrAlvarez23
      @MrAlvarez23 Před 4 lety +8

      Lmao tell me about it

    • @MicrosoftPaintOfficial
      @MicrosoftPaintOfficial Před 4 lety +32

      Sometimes they pretend to be drunk

    • @theoriginaleb9616
      @theoriginaleb9616 Před 4 lety +165

      They actually have the narrators tell the stories a few times, then they piece together the best takes. That’s why they don’t seem consistently drunk - during some parts, they’re just buzzed, and some parts they’re smashed.

    • @warlockthankless5323
      @warlockthankless5323 Před 4 lety

      @Toughen Up, Fluffy aye ooo tell me boutit

    • @steveisking
      @steveisking Před 4 lety +1

      This is me pretty much.

  • @GlitzPixie
    @GlitzPixie Před 4 lety +2711

    the sneezing part had me in tears

  • @yaskween8817
    @yaskween8817 Před 4 lety +1066

    The sneezes being include was perfect 😂

  • @greta7353
    @greta7353 Před 4 lety +663

    Me in class: I'm going to lay on the floor now, but I promise to be focused

    • @Gabby-bk3go
      @Gabby-bk3go Před 4 lety +6

      Greta 😂 I love this. I did a teaching practicum in a class that lets her students do this as long as they don’t disrupt others or slack off. Bc classrooms should be about flexible learning (school is kid’s work space, instead of an office like an adult) not about rigid order

    • @noahpartic7586
      @noahpartic7586 Před 3 lety +2

      Other than nap time in Kindergarten, that was it.
      From there, head on your desk when the teacher wasn't looking or gave a fuck. Been there, done that😏😴.

    • @Quinntus79
      @Quinntus79 Před 2 lety +2

      @@noahpartic7586 I really do think High Schools should have a designated nap time. Especially when you consider most teenagers are night owls, have to wake up early to go to school, and don't get enough sleep.

  • @megdoe6482
    @megdoe6482 Před 4 lety +782

    I can’t stop laughing at the part where he sneezes like 7 times I’m crying

  • @arielbenyochanan7687
    @arielbenyochanan7687 Před 4 lety +59

    An important point of the story that he didn't mention is that Kennedy initially went to the FBI offering his services as a mole. But the FBI at that time was still run by J Edgar Hoover who was sympathetic to the Klan and their goals. So they showed no interest. Only then did Kennedy appeal to the writers of the Superman radio show. At the time, they were hungry for new villains to Superman to defeat. And Superman was the brainchild of a pair of Jews, whom the Klan also hate. So it was a perfect match.

    • @notvalidcharacters
      @notvalidcharacters Před 3 lety +4

      Well said. In 1946 with WW2 being over they were short on villains so the KKK was a fit.

  • @chaunceylock
    @chaunceylock Před 4 lety +1496

    This is pineapple, do you like pineapple?

  • @brienelwoodwashburn2839
    @brienelwoodwashburn2839 Před 4 lety +70

    Oh my hell, the actor’s portrayal of the sneezes had me cry laughing! The little smiles, and especially the final steadying breath immediately followed by a sneeze was hysterical

  • @3bellam
    @3bellam Před 4 lety +313

    I seriously don't understand why people like this and so many others I've learned about through drunk history, I've never once heard mentioned in a history class?! People like this are important as hell!

    • @Yelenots
      @Yelenots Před 4 lety +4

      Bella C well It IS Comedy Central... are we even sure these stories are real? Part of Comedy Central's role in media is to make people laugh about true and important events to ease them into less important situations in society.

    • @cookiecreeper22
      @cookiecreeper22 Před 4 lety +12

      Because school is to teach you how to look this up to your self and research on your own, there is not enough time to go over every single impactful person in HIstory.

    • @8Rincewind
      @8Rincewind Před 4 lety +4

      Do you mean you "don't understand why people don't like this"? I'm not trying to be an asshole, but missing out that second 'don't' changes the entire meaning of the sentence.

    • @KarlKristofferJohnsson
      @KarlKristofferJohnsson Před 4 lety +2

      @@8Rincewind "People like this" as in "this kind of people", not "people are liking this".

    • @8Rincewind
      @8Rincewind Před 4 lety

      @@KarlKristofferJohnsson you've really just added to the confusion. It sounds like you're suggesting that Bella meant "I don't understand why people ARE like this", but it seems like you missed the word "are".
      Again, I'm really not trying to be an asshole. It seems that Bella enjoys this show and believes the man shown is important. But if she said "I don't understand why people enjoy this" or "I don't understand why people are like this" that would go against my understanding of her comment.
      I'm really trying to avoid being a pedant. You don't need perfect grammar to communicate. But the specific words you two seem to be missing, completely changes the meaning of the sentences

  • @TabithaElkins
    @TabithaElkins Před 4 lety +775

    Where is superman when we need him??? Superman, save us from the racists!!!

    • @deborahskillman3003
      @deborahskillman3003 Před 4 lety +4

      , okay my fathers my grandfather my grandpappy my dad's father he was son racism in praying I saw the Ku Klux Klan on his concert I know that cuz I had holes in head so obviously he was a racist cuz he didn't like Japanese people so it's obvious I didn't think anything of it so for all the black people in the world I am sorry 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 Před 4 lety

      lmao

    • @camerakitty8167
      @camerakitty8167 Před 4 lety +1

      This comment is more prevalent now.

    • @Quinntus79
      @Quinntus79 Před 4 lety +5

      “Oh Superman where are you now? When everything’s gone wrong somehow? Men of steel, these men of power, I’m losing control by the hour.” Land of Confusion by Genesis

    • @sweaterwearingsquirrel9302
      @sweaterwearingsquirrel9302 Před 4 lety +1

      Tabitha Elkins don’t worry someone can stop the Democrats!!

  • @6thwilbury2331
    @6thwilbury2331 Před 4 lety +53

    I like to imagine Stetson Kennedy, Jerry Thompson, Daryl Davis and Ron Stallworth all getting together at some point in the 1990s, throwing back a few beers, and sharing their best stories of pwning the Klan.

  • @ladyagent3556
    @ladyagent3556 Před 4 lety +242

    OMG the sneezing has me DYING OVER HERE

    • @missgolo7401
      @missgolo7401 Před 4 lety +1

      bless you...... thank you! all the time

  • @chironapolonio
    @chironapolonio Před 4 lety +254

    Jason is just as adorable as his dad was.

  • @FloridaManMatty
    @FloridaManMatty Před 2 lety +16

    This was great. I actually knew Stetson. First met him when I was a paramedic and we got called to his house after he tripped over one of his Golden Retrievers and got a nasty cut on his forehead. I had no idea who he was at the time, but when I noticed the photo of him with Woodie Guthrie in his living room, we got to talking and it finally dawned on me who he was. After that, I started to swing by and check on him at his place on Beluthahachee Drive in Fruit Cove (up in Switzerland, FL in St. John’s County). He was a raconteur of the highest order.
    He was such a sweet old man. Ol’ boy married Sandra when he was 90! He was sharp as a tack right up until he passed about 11 years ago.

  • @CynicalLight
    @CynicalLight Před 4 lety +82

    The sneeze attack was everything

  • @meliavalentine3709
    @meliavalentine3709 Před 4 lety +105

    Me: ah yes jason ritter excellent actor
    Me, internally: DiPpeR piNeS

  • @johnnydoenuts9959
    @johnnydoenuts9959 Před 4 lety +105

    I swear when he was doing the "hold ur hand up like this and then turn it like this" that they were doing the Beyonce "put a ring on it" routine. Lol

  • @donaldoconner
    @donaldoconner Před 4 lety +37

    One of the most damaging things in the shows was that the KKK leaders didn’t actually believe in the ideals of the klan and we’re just using it to milk idiots for membership fees. There’s a moment where a leader of a local chapter calls his higher ups for back up and they essentially say “oh wait you don’t really believe this crap, do you?”

    • @charliefarmer4365
      @charliefarmer4365 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I think that was the second iteration of the KKK and this was the third iteration. Also interesting fact: The first blockbuster in history glorified the aKKK

    • @Mourtzouphlos240
      @Mourtzouphlos240 Před 22 dny

      Never believe that anti‐ Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti‐Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. It is not that they are afraid of being convinced. They fear only to appear ridiculous or to prejudice by their embarrassment their hope of winning over some third person to their side. Jean-Paul Sartre The Anti-Semite and the Jew (1944)

  • @username3788
    @username3788 Před 4 lety +44

    3:00 i like how there are just random 21st century cars in the background of this skit

  • @J_M_V_0164
    @J_M_V_0164 Před 4 lety +102

    Looking like a mix between james franco and leonardo dicaprio

    • @spoonfulsofjam6647
      @spoonfulsofjam6647 Před 4 lety +2

      Oh...my....gawd ...he does!!!! I'm just now seeing it 😲😲😲😲😲🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Soooo hot though lol

  • @yuyumisu4924
    @yuyumisu4924 Před 4 lety +26

    "so, i'm gonna lay on the floor"
    what a mood

  • @kaileealtman9630
    @kaileealtman9630 Před 3 lety +12

    My mom and I stumbled across this episode on MTV yesterday, and I was laughing so hard at the sneezing our dog was giving me funny looks 😂 I nearly fell out of my chair!!!

  • @appreshe8
    @appreshe8 Před 4 lety +10

    This guy is a Treasure! We must protect him at all cost. **How could you not incorporate the sneezes? He kept moving right along with the story, like nothing even happened! **Truly 😭🤣😭🤣

    • @appreshe8
      @appreshe8 Před 4 lety

      He promised he was going to be focused 😭😭😭

  • @arizonalady7569
    @arizonalady7569 Před 4 lety +103

    Do you guys have a Netflix thing? You guys should make these into mini series on Netflix or something so we can just binge watch history with no ads lol

  • @seeyeah5172
    @seeyeah5172 Před 4 lety +6

    The story actors waiting for him to sneeze and saying bless you! Oh my gosh! 🤣🤣🤣😍😂😂

  • @penguinman9570
    @penguinman9570 Před 4 lety +28

    Awww he sneezed just like a kitten!

  • @camilabonfadini3332
    @camilabonfadini3332 Před 4 lety +31

    I love when he lays on the floor 🤣🤣

  • @Toniegoodaz12
    @Toniegoodaz12 Před 4 lety +79

    Those sneezes lol

  • @etsakir
    @etsakir Před 4 lety +19

    2:26 The clocks on the wall. haha

    • @Bedevere
      @Bedevere Před 4 lety +1

      I saw this and laughed so hard I had to go back and re-watch half the thing.

  • @harryburganjr.969
    @harryburganjr.969 Před 4 lety +4

    “Careful Jimmy, don’t touch that fiery cross!” 😂😂😂

  • @johnnydoenuts9959
    @johnnydoenuts9959 Před 4 lety +139

    If I had a dime for Everytime I got drunk and a guy was tapping me asking me if I wanted to put it in my mouth. Well I'd have at least a nickel.

  • @aronbennett4760
    @aronbennett4760 Před 4 lety +257

    Shot out to the 13 klansmen who didn't like this video!

  • @Quinntus79
    @Quinntus79 Před 4 lety +11

    Pretty sure even Larpers would find the Klans rituals silly.

  • @lenatisdale
    @lenatisdale Před 4 lety +652

    This was nice but take it from a black woman: the Klan was not defeated.

    • @aw2584
      @aw2584 Před 4 lety +118

      But it kinda was. Put it in perspective, when back then KKK was super powerful and had members and sympathizers all over, and those who rejected their racist ideology feared them as they did seem mysterious. After this shit and all the shit that came after, ridiculing the clan? They became a laughing stock and even though they still exist, it's like maybe 1/100000 people share their ideology while back then it was, let's say, 1/20.

    • @samuelwoods164
      @samuelwoods164 Před 4 lety +47

      How powerful are the actual Klan though? Arent they in actuality just a bunch of slow men in the south that play dress up in the woods, at what point have you ever felt threatened by the actual KKK?

    • @chrissiek8706
      @chrissiek8706 Před 4 lety +94

      No. They retrained and got elected 😐.

    • @DOT107
      @DOT107 Před 4 lety +30

      @@samuelwoods164 Back then? powerful enough to have influences on the entertainment and business front. That they even have a summer kampf for kids.
      Now? Not so much, There are few people here and there, other than that, its a boogeyman to some.

    • @docholiday1544
      @docholiday1544 Před 4 lety +12

      Candace Owens a black woman say white supremacists, nationalists, privilege, doesn't exist today. Candace is all kinds of wrong..there are exceptions to be embraced by white society and she earned it and now she is blind, as she preaches you can too!

  • @TheNormanmurk
    @TheNormanmurk Před 4 lety +10

    I'm crying in tears from this!! The sneezing had me on the floor!!

  • @KingxTankboyx
    @KingxTankboyx Před 4 lety +87

    I like pineapple
    Why did you guys like this

  • @nikkiespinosa8854
    @nikkiespinosa8854 Před 4 lety +5

    I'm so glad you guys finally uploaded a full version of this!

  • @arinodonichi7928
    @arinodonichi7928 Před 4 lety +13

    I LOVE THE FOLEY ARTIST IN THE BACKGROUND IN THE RADIO SHOW SECTION

  • @CJihoo
    @CJihoo Před 4 lety +12

    I really love when this guy tells stories. I'd totally drink with him.

  • @elainejsta
    @elainejsta Před 4 lety +4

    Love how he rolls his eyes when he says “the Klan Klave.”

  • @ShanCarns
    @ShanCarns Před 4 lety +10

    5:40 I was crying 6:12 I LOST IT

  • @apinkfrosteddonutwithrainb9767

    Oh, Jason ritter.
    Sounds like a nice person.

  • @rycariad
    @rycariad Před 4 lety +9

    Who knew sneezing was so funny?! Hahaaahaaa!

  • @naikun7444
    @naikun7444 Před 4 lety +3

    The way Jason Ritter sneezed! I'm laughing my ass off!

  • @edwardtheloser2748
    @edwardtheloser2748 Před 3 lety +3

    the shot with all the clocks showing southern capitals' times all having the same time was gold

  • @Chefgrlangel
    @Chefgrlangel Před 4 lety +3

    Aw he's feeding him fruit to help that's so cute! I love it 😹😹😹

  • @owlmug6052
    @owlmug6052 Před 4 lety +3

    Mark Gaglardi makes me so happy everytime he narrates. The man is full of love and hilarity.

  • @truthhurts8819
    @truthhurts8819 Před 4 lety +29

    Somebody needs to be like that dude now in 2019.

    • @ajmeyers5661
      @ajmeyers5661 Před 4 lety +11

      There are people like this, just very few stories told. The FBI is well known for infiltrating neo-Nazi, KKK and skin head groups to bring the morons down.

    • @1337snake888
      @1337snake888 Před 2 lety

      @@ajmeyers5661 more like turning members into intelligence assets and controlling them than actually taking them down

  • @PGomez-ti7is
    @PGomez-ti7is Před 4 lety +3

    I was belly laughing so hard at the sneezing fit. The way the damn mask thingy would fall, oh my gawd. They were so polite aswell "Achoooosijbvdisb" "Bless you," "Thank you"....

  • @kelgreen99
    @kelgreen99 Před 4 lety +26

    Why is he giving the drunk guy fruit????

  • @annabella1250
    @annabella1250 Před 4 lety +30

    Jason Ritter is so cute, I'd let him DP me

    • @CJihoo
      @CJihoo Před 4 lety +3

      @Oh Ohbut she wants Jason Ritter, not just any dimp lick

  • @daniellemhall1358
    @daniellemhall1358 Před 3 lety +2

    Derek taking care of Mark is my favourite.

  • @brandonphillips9008
    @brandonphillips9008 Před 4 lety +1

    The clocks on the wall in the klan kave got me, the times in mississippi, arkansas, and alabama, nice detail

  • @estephaniey123
    @estephaniey123 Před 3 lety +1

    Lmao the sneezing part I almost died 🤣🤣

  • @AFishBicycle
    @AFishBicycle Před 4 lety +14

    I knew Kevin Nealon was the Grand Wizard

  • @jakecreations
    @jakecreations Před 4 lety +10

    Kevin Nealon is a Grand Dragon? That's news to me.

  • @evo2542
    @evo2542 Před 4 lety +4

    If we learned history like this in school, everyone would be history buffs

  • @RobFMDetroit
    @RobFMDetroit Před 4 lety +2

    I just went down the rabbit hole on Drunk History (like 20 clips in) and this is by far the funniest and best story yet.

  • @MrRicksgirl2006
    @MrRicksgirl2006 Před 4 lety +8

    This is my favorite episode! I also love Jason Ritter ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @jamielimbaga8664
    @jamielimbaga8664 Před 4 lety +1

    this guy is a fucking trainwreck every time he does drunk history and it gives me life

  • @gakahuarthur993
    @gakahuarthur993 Před 4 lety +1

    the sneezing though 😂😂😂.
    have mercy upon my ribs

  • @zaphyyy
    @zaphyyy Před 4 lety +4

    the sneezing XD

  • @JackNapier-pl2hv
    @JackNapier-pl2hv Před 4 lety +1

    Scott Snyder as the bartender always kills me

  • @minteaskullz
    @minteaskullz Před 4 lety +13

    Mark is one of my favorite drunks. Like there is so much gay energy with him and Andrew. I also wished I could hear Jason speak just to close my eyes and see Dipper

  • @icelordotis
    @icelordotis Před 4 lety +1

    2:26 The fucking clocks on the wall are hilarious

  • @johancakep
    @johancakep Před 4 lety +4

    Is he that one host who always laying down on the floor while telling a story? Lmao

  • @bosgotnojams
    @bosgotnojams Před 4 lety +2

    this dude is a *mood*

  • @bassassassinnn7459
    @bassassassinnn7459 Před 4 lety +5

    3:03-3:16 that deserves an award...

  • @diamondamongrocks
    @diamondamongrocks Před 4 lety +2

    If Mark doesn’t end up on the floor, it’s not a good episode. 😂😂😂😂

  • @mipoorboy1478
    @mipoorboy1478 Před 4 lety +3

    When a Klansman says bless u, a devil gets his horns.

  • @Miamcoline
    @Miamcoline Před 4 lety +2

    Amazing! a single person making a difference and someone changing the community around them and in a positive way.

  • @CoralPinkLeviathan
    @CoralPinkLeviathan Před 9 měsíci

    The part where he sneezes like seven times in a row is my favorite.

  • @JamOweN
    @JamOweN Před 4 lety +8

    Nealon would have made a fantastic hype man for the 40s Klan...

  • @chrisweathers1267
    @chrisweathers1267 Před 4 lety +3

    The top of the “f” in infiltrates connects perfectly with the dot of the i

  • @EthanKMoore
    @EthanKMoore Před 3 lety +1

    The clocks got me!!!😂😂

  • @trebanger6934
    @trebanger6934 Před 4 lety +1

    I got so excited when I saw this story come up in the way he described it in the beginning is how I used to tell people about what happened and no one believed me. Cheers

  • @kalebmcginnis672
    @kalebmcginnis672 Před 4 lety +1

    The sneezing made me cry, thanks

  • @Stanmf666
    @Stanmf666 Před 4 lety +2

    He really put them on blast 😭..... He called them Children

  • @CJCroen1393
    @CJCroen1393 Před 4 lety +3

    Mabel: Aww, you sneeze like a kitten!

  • @SerenityM16
    @SerenityM16 Před 2 lety +1

    Don’t touch fire!
    Oh, ok
    😂

  • @andramorrell
    @andramorrell Před 4 lety

    are we just going to pass up that she said "She nuck and she buck" LOL!!!!! DEAD!!!!

  • @aoedemontague1489
    @aoedemontague1489 Před 4 lety +1

    Stetson Kennedy, that's a superhero name. Love it.

  • @dannyschiffer
    @dannyschiffer Před 4 lety +1

    The sneezing bit killed me

  • @mialove1989
    @mialove1989 Před 4 lety +1

    Okay, but the clocks are genius!

  • @keatonscreations
    @keatonscreations Před 4 lety +6

    Why does Jason Ritter look like Post Malone and Josh Hartnett’s love child?

  • @Theomite
    @Theomite Před 4 lety +1

    I don't care how funny the sneezing part is...nothing was as pants-pissingly funny as seeing Kevin Nealon as the head KKK guy. I can actually see him joining the Klan to troll them by making awkward and absurdist observations at meetings.

  • @harryv6752
    @harryv6752 Před rokem +2

    As non-white dude that lives in the southeast, I can confirm that everything said in this video is exactly as how it went, word for word. 🤘😆

  • @cirrusB612
    @cirrusB612 Před 4 lety +3

    Dipper Pines and Superman vs the KKK.

  • @hollyjoan2992
    @hollyjoan2992 Před 4 lety +1

    2:37 the clocks lol

  • @thedukeofdorks6001
    @thedukeofdorks6001 Před 4 lety +3

    High class psychological warfare tactics

  • @glennkirste2774
    @glennkirste2774 Před 4 lety +15

    Finally..drunk...not , sorta buzzed..thanks

  • @missdynofire7558
    @missdynofire7558 Před 4 lety +1

    THE SNEEZING HAD ME ROLLING

  • @satevo462
    @satevo462 Před 2 lety

    I knew he was gonna get he spins when he laid on his back lol.

  • @sewcrazy4426
    @sewcrazy4426 Před 4 lety +1

    Nerd Sync did an awesome video on this

  • @Bananagram007
    @Bananagram007 Před 4 lety

    And this is why you always give a strong handshake

  • @humongousfungusamongus3871

    I want Derek to hand feed me cantaloupe & pineapple!

  • @Ei8hty9High
    @Ei8hty9High Před 4 lety

    Mark can't keep his drunk ass off the floor.... I love Mark

  • @n0x823
    @n0x823 Před 2 lety

    the sneezing was made me cackling

  • @dorisbarkler8570
    @dorisbarkler8570 Před 4 lety

    Haha 🤣🤣 he’s feeding him fruit. Just in case 😂😂 can’t booze on an empty stomach!

  • @willowwish64
    @willowwish64 Před 4 lety +1

    wow Dipper Pines really did That