German learns about American Tall Tales
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2023
- America. What is going on with all these tall people in your folk tales? Now you might say “Hey, you cherry picked those examples! There are plenty of other folk tales about average height people!” But that wouldn’t be very fun for this video, would it?
And you have to admit, there are a lot of giants in these stories, like a lot. It’s weird that the US doesn’t see the NY Giants as America’s Team, since you guys love giants so much. - Zábava
Is Bo Jackson America’s greatest folk hero?
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maybe
Nein, is Superman. And yes, Superman is tall.
Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson is the greatest folk hero
Its a tall story at least
I’m irrationally mad at no mention of Paul Bunyan carving the Grand Canyon or eating 80 stacks of flapjacks.
My kid's "Little Golden Book" version also mentions the time he turned a lake into a giant pot of pea soup for him and his crew, only for Babe the Ox to come drink all the rest
Man, I really hate the idea that Paul Bunyan, a fake "folktale" that was popularized by the marketing department of a lumber company, carved the millions of years old Grand Canyon.
@@RetchedKat
Paul Bunyan *started* as advertising, yes. But he *became* a hell of a lot more, and I doubt him carving the grand canyon was originally part of that advertising line.
These sound like the actions of a man who is very…tall
@@RetchedKat “popularized” is the key word there. We have written references to Paul Bunyan from years before the ad campaign started. They created the famous version everyone knows but once upon a time he had real folklore
I’m gonna question every American Folklore description of height so hard from now on 😂
Technically, Pecos Bill, Davy Crockett, and John Henry were still human sized. Paul Bunyan was a giant. You gotta tell their stories, though, like Paul Bunyan dragging his axe behind him and making the Grand Canyon or Pecos Bill lassoing a twister.
don't worry, the comments section will do that for them 😂
I thought Pecos Bill was a giant?
@@Xhumed No. He was human sized. His lasso was huge, big enough to lasso storms.
@@evilsharkey8954 weird that he was in my Dad's coffee table book about giants then.
@@Xhumed There’s probably a few different versions of him out there
Oh my God...and this applies even to the famous tales of real people too. George Washington and the cherry tree? Famously tall. Abe Lincon walking six miles to return a three cent overcharge to a customer? Famously tall. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
I mean, if Japan used to say their leaders were CHILDRE OR GODS OR LEGENDS, then why can't Americans?
Abraham Lincoln in general: very tall! His hat: also tall!
@@shirleymaemattthews4862Thats just it; Americans DONT claim their folklore heroes were the children of gods!
Instead they're just . . . tall.
@@tinnagigja3723And supposedly he picked swords as a weapon for a duel in order to intimidate the one who challenged him because his arms were so long it scared the guy. The other guy supposedly knew he didn't have enough reach to beat Lincoln so he allegedly backed out due to that.
@@thenovicenovelist Plus he was a wrestler before he became a lawyer lol, he probably could have beaten him in a fist fight.
A stereotypical German being dissatisfied that there’s "not enough drama" 😂😂 And that it’s all "boring" 😂😂😂
What about Johnny Appleseed, who spread apple seeds everywhere he wandered. Which is why there are apple trees in America.
Sounds like a allegory for 'humped many woman across the country and shared his load generously'
Oh my god it's been so long since I've heard someone mention Johnny Appleseed! There's this cute old cartoon with his story which I used to love watching as a kid!
tall trees?
@@uinsel apple trees are actually on the shorter side of trees (20-30 ft for apple trees vs 15-100+ ft for most mature trees)
Johnny Appleseed was a kooky character whose trees produced apples only suitable for making booze.
When I was a child I actually thought that they were called Tall Tales because the people in them were tall. Seemed pretty straightforward.
In the phrase “tall tale”, it’s the tale that’s tall. It’s bigger than the truth. Think of it as being stretched.
That’s why they’re “tall tales”.
Tall tales aren’t necessarily old legends; fishermen and hunters frequently tell tall tales about their catch.
Paul Bunyon is way more interesting than what Calvin described Paul Bunyon was literally a giant and he was so big shaped the landmass and natural beauty of the continental U.S. One story Paul and Babe made the Grand Canyon just by roughhousing. and his footprints were so deep they made a bunch lakes and that tip iceberg
Just to mark this so I can come back when I need to fall asleep.
So he was tall. Got it.
This reminds me of that German tall story of a giant who fell asleep for so long that he formed a mountain, but his pinky was still in the air for some reason and that is were people built a tower. And that's the story of the Fuchsturm of Jena.
As a Minnesotan (someone from a place with several Paul Bunyon statues and arguably its origin) I need to agree.
Why else would we skate around a giant skillet with butter skates to make massive pancakes?
Americans and their goddamn height fetish...
Does it count as folk lore if they're like, actual people? Crocket and Bowie and such were real people
I'd say some of them stories of them count. There's definitely a kernel of truth in most of the stories, but some facts were definitely exaggerated.
Buffalo Bill and his western shows were definitely exaggerated.
We went to the booth. And it’s decided, the call stands, they are folk lore.
real SHORT people ! LOL
It is the lore of those folks
Störtebeker was also a real pirate. Him running headless past his ship crew probably wasn't real though.
Paul bunyon actually does do stuff he creates amarican landmarks like the Grand Canyon
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And the Great Lakes! I never forgot that from school.
After my knowledge paul bunyons stories changed a bit!
@@D0BR0VECE come back when you create a grand canyon why don't ya
@@MusicalMethuselah Yeah, sorry, I'm not a river. 🤷
Maybe a little too focused on Paul Bunyan being tall and not enough on him being THE GREATEST LUMBERJACK WHO EVER LIVED. Dude could fell spruce trees in a single swipe of his axe. He could hitch a chain to his ox Babe and pull a river straight. Why is Minnesota called "The Land of 10,000 Lakes"? Paul Bunyan, that's why.
There's other American legends too, like Mose the Fireman (who, yes, was of above average height and build), who could work an early hand-pumped fire engine all by himself, who invented the firepole to save his lady love from a burning building, and who once saved all of New York City from going up in flames and inventing the New York Subway at the same time.
Some of our legends are even real, like Casey Jones, America's greatest train driver, a man who could always get his trains in on time (take that, Deutsche Bahn) and who could perform impossible feats like saving a girl from being run over by his train by scooping her off the track into his arms. That said, he's probably best known for how he died; sacrificing himself by staying at the brakes to save his passengers when his train crashed.
This Casey Jones fella sounds like a true hero. We would love a Casey Jones in Germany. Also thank you for taking the time to educate us on some more Tall American folk heroes!
@@calvinandhabs - The Grateful Dead have a song about Casey Jones. It is super catchy.
Casey Jones' death reminds me of a poem most Germans will know:
John Maynard war unser Steuermann ...
This Casey Jones fellow sounds pretty tall
so Hes probably the worst train Driver ever. i mean he rescues people who are in danger of the train he steers....Classic murican storytelling. when you fk up smth, make up a Story of how youre the Hero and the "greatest who ever lived".
Missed a chance to say Bunyon's axe was so tall it cut the Grand Canyon.
Or maybe I'm thinking of a different story.
Does anyone know the story of the painter who flies around on the sun to paint the sky?
It was either his axe or Babe the great blue ox was hitched to a giant plow and got a little carried away with his plowing and made the grand canyon.
I've heard/read both.
No that's definitely Paul Bunyan
I heard that he made the great lakes
@@beowulfsrevenge4369 Interesting, I never read the plow version.
@jangschoen1019 I may be missing remembering or combining two different stories. It has been a long time since I've read Paul Bunyon stories, but there was definitely some landmark or geological feature that was supposedly made by Babe with a plow.
I mean, there was Pecos Bill who lassoed a tornado to keep it from destroying a town, that's a pretty cool one.
But Paul Bunyan literally plowed a river straight, and what about his adventure catching the whirling whimpus? He was not just tall...
Great sketch as always guys. Thanks for mentioning both John Henry and Davy Crockett
You guys are some of my favorite creators :) I Love watching you explain things to each other, endless entertainment! More please
I think I finally understand american basketball
Paul Bunyan not just tall but wide
Again what learned!
@@calvinandhabs USA! USA! 🤣
“Why, Some folk say he were tall ‘nuff to stuff the storm clouds away in his hat”
Paul Bunyan has some legendary feats, he dug the Great Lakes, built the Rocky Mountains, even fought in the revolutionary war and baseball batted the cannonballs back at the Hessians.
Of course I only learned that from Mel-o-toons, so take that with a whole bucket of salt
Fun "fact", Paul Bunyan created the Puget Sound, which is home to the Seahawks of Seattle.
Do Johnny Appleseed.
Johnny Appleseed was also a real person.
Mal wieder muss man neue Geschichten nachforschen! Margarette Steiff all over again. Keep it up!
I remember trying to convince my Japanese teacher that Johnny Appleseed was a real person. 🤣
Well I hope that you succeeded because he was real, it’s just that the legend of him was exaggerated. Don’t believe me? Look it up.
@LuckyCharms777 Oh, I know. I know. They should have made him the Saint of cider lol.
tall people folklore is one way to describe it
In the end: the desperation was palpable! I love you guys!
Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack who's livelihood was destroyed by the advances of technology, who proved that no matter how good or well built a person is, you can't defeat innovation and we'll all be destroyed by monsters of our own making. Your crushing demise is inevitable.
How would a German not love that story?
And he made the Grand Canyon with the rut made by his axe as he left in defeat
Paul Bunyan created Lake Supiereor and The Mississippi River in his stories.
He also created Niagara Falls so he could give his daughter a bath when she got maple syrup in her hair.
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Theres also a dog i. American folklore called clifford whos tall and red
More love for Paul Bunyan's supporting characters! I like Johnny Inkslinger, Bunyan's accountant (seriously, that's a thing). And did I miss something or did even Babe the Blue Ox not get a shoutout?
not by name, but he mentioned he had a tall ox.
My dad told stories of Paul Bunyan vs the Whirling Wimpus, a one hoofed monster that would spin around like the Tasmanian Devil and clobber people into a jelly that he’d lick up. I believe he was defeated by attaching a drill to his hoof, sending him straight to the center of the Earth.
Batman does count. He's definitely the modern American version mythology/folk tales.
My Uncle wrote an essay or thesis in college for his Historians degree on this very subject. He would later tell Stan Lee who would then plagiarize him in a live interview. But yes, modern super heros are basically modern mythology
Bruce Wayne is also tall
@@MorbidEelexcept if he was Micheal Keaton, who happens to be short (I mean, for tall standards)
Yeah, and it's a story of a rich guy who goes around beating up poor and disabled people. It's a perfect example of american values.
@boots6384 He's beating up criminals. The wealth of said criminals has nothing to do with it it's their actions he wishes to stop because of the corruption of Gotham city, which prevents the police from stopping crime adequately.
this is seriously hilarious. I love your guys videos so much!
I love your full-length sketches, keep sloggin!
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Don't down about your height calvin, you'll become sub terrainian if you get any lower.
And watch out you dropped this 👑 you should pick it up, no point in habs helping you considering the fact that you're closer to the ground by default.
P.s. if you thought these jabs were a low blow then they'd be just like calvin cause the only jabs he can throw in a fight are low blows to the legs
Cause he's tiny
On the line between legend and truth (being a young country, we have a lot of those) is Molly Pitcher.
In the Revolutionary War, during the battle of Monmouth, a woman was tirelessly running buckets of water from the spring to the men on the cannons, to prevent them from succumbing to heat exhaustion.
In between runs to and from the spring she helped wounded men away from the field and even carried an old man on her back when he was knocked unconscious.
As she was bringing water to the cannon that her husband was working at, she found him on the ground injured and unable to continue.
There were no more gunners to come forward and take his place, so the precious cannon would have to be taken out of service.
Seeing this, Molly delegated her water duties to someone else, took up her husband’s ramrod and took his place.
There she stayed, working with diligence, speed, and accuracy for the rest of the day.
Only then did she tend to her husband’s wounds, now that they were all safe.
After that, any woman on the battlefield was sometimes called “Molly Pitcher” as a term of honor.
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There's also the folklore of Hiawatha and Minnehaha, set in Pictured Rocks, based on 'The song of Hiawatha'. Many parts of upper Michigan and great lakes area have their names origin from this tale.
I’m sad you didn’t talk about Paul Bunyan cutting down a whole forest and whose wrestling with his ox created the Rockies.
Never heard of this sailor guy.
This got personal.
I imagine he would like Pecos Bill, Germans love cowboys.
Man musste ich lachen 😂 Danke
That outro sticker is great ❤
Rip van winkle isn’t tall, he’s just sleepy!
Didn't he hit his head on something that knocked him out?
Because he was so tall.
This one took its time to get to the point where it's really funny, but in the end it was totally worth the wait for the final punchline. 🤣
Paul bunyon single handedly chopped down all the trees across the country. But he represents the real guys who really did the chopping which was pretty epic
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I really liked books about Paul Bunyan actually what with him making the Lakes of minnesota with his footprints, dragging a plow to make a river, or whatever else
Mhhh Das Ende wirklich subtil. Toll.
Ok but Paul faced deadly winters and by dragging his axe on the ground behind him he made the Grand Canyon
No mention of Pecos Bill? He was a cowboy, and cowboys were generally short and lightweight so they could ride fast.
Maybe you could do something like "German learns about American cryptids and/or monsters"? I'd like to see the German's reaction to bigfoot or the Wendigo, or Mothman.
I think Habs is tall enough to be an American hero!
A couple of wholesome dudes of a rather diminutive stature.
Are you guys still on writer strike 😂
That was just a bad joke I thought about but I really liked this video , your acting is getting better and better 💪
Calvin doing the West Side sign like bro, West Side of what? The Rhine?💀
don't forget that jesse james was somehow in every town across the midwest and south too. and that in half of those towns he buried treasure somewhere.
Toll! 👍
I was today years old when I discovered these 2 were german commentators on wwe!!! Watching backlash 2017 right now and couldnt believe my eyes 😂😂
I'm beginning to suspect ther was some etymologogical mishap along the line involving the connotations of the word 'tall'. Is it at all possible the word didn't exclusively refer to physical height and is maybe even related to german 'toll' or sth?
Now we need one about an american finding out about old shatterhand
Should've told him about how Paul Bunyan carved the grand canyon by dragging his axe behind him. Or, you could have mentioned Pecos Bill.
Calvin trying to convince us that he's above average height
Americans do have the folk legend of the Headless Horseman, who was notably not very tall due to missing a head.
i was going to say you missed Ichabob Crain, but then i rembered hes usally dipicted as tall and lanky.
When I was a kid, I had a book of American folk heros. Every one of them was as tall as Paul Bunyan, except for Pecos Bill! 🤣
Oya you don catch me😅 2:58
My grandma used to say that precious perfumes are being put in small bottles.
(Although she wasn’t that small herself)
Quality over quantity!
Is Pecos Bill tall? I can’t remember descriptions of him.
See we make stories about things we lack. may it be slaying a glorious beast, or just being tall.
Biggoot/Sasquatch is also very much folklore, but in a different sense.
Paul Bunyan's story is much deeper than that. He was brought by five storks to his mother, she had to feed him seven cauldrons of wheat every day just to stop his stomach from growling, otherwise it would shake the house, he dug the great lakes to make a water hole for his ox and at the end of his life, he took a pilgrimage to Northern Alaska, where his axe shines in the sky at night.
Clifford is in this pantheon.
Well Paul Bunyan is a Kaiju and you can’t change my mind 😏
YOOOO IM SO EARLY WHAT SHOULD I SAY??!!! SOMTHING THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WOOOORLD!!!
banan.
We have weak tall tales and terrifying cryptids
Honestly that response to the John Henry tale is absolutely perfect 🤣😂 honestly ngl that story is severely depressing and very sad whenever you think about it :(
Whatever, we got Westerns and Big Foot... who is also really really TALL!
Holy crap, my worldview was just shattered. It's all just tall people.
Smothers Brothers have a few versions of the Ballad of John Henry.
And who can forget Big Ben Covington? His height was not mentioned.
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What about Pecos Bill? He could lasso an entire tornado
I am also irrationally irritated that you did not mention that Paul Bunyan created the Grand Canyon dragging his axe behind him
There’s also the tale of Israel Putnam, a commander during the American revolution. He was known to have killed the last wolf in Connecticut, escape native Americans who intended to burn him alive and was the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the battle of havana (where he also discovered smoking, and is believed to have brought smoking to the colonies) he was later made a commander of the continental army and led the battle of bunker hill. His career started to decline from there, as he suffered two other major defeats and suffered a stroke which ended his military career. Despite this, he’s become a popular folk hero in Connecticut to this day.
Can’t believe you forgot about Johnny Appleseed
Don't forget that Davy Crockett was actually a real person.
Totally forgetting Johnny Applebee's XD
Ah but have you heard the folklore about the dragonslayer pirate? That’s the folklore I grew up on.
Cries in short guy 😭
He skipped Pecos bill, the short southern cowboy guy who wrangled tornadoes to cross the country and had a colorful animal
I feel like you forget that Paul and babe carved the grand canyon and the Rockies by being very tall
... huh. We finally got a part answer to the question.
Now we just need to know how tall Habs is
you told him at the end of the video to stand up
I like how every other comment is sticking up for Paul Bunyan or alerting them to real people.
As a confirm I can confirm this confirmation
Is this your pitch for making into American folklore… because you’re so tall?
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I remember Saturday Night Live before the Bush Dukakis election, showing progressive heights of American presidents, with Dukakis being smaller, and Bush at the end, taller: "vote George Bush, he's taller!"