Horrible Histories Historical Wife Swap French Royal Special

[JadehavenAcademy]

Austria: The country where every other countries rulers seem to come from :P

[Juristpen69]

The only thing that is not real on this video is the french accent and the few words in french.

[tomizdabest1]

How does dropping your trousers entertain people (except when it happens in a funny way)

[musicgal365]

And this children, is how the french revolution started!

[GaladedridDamodred]

It's a bit unfair to Marie Antoinette. She was in fact very sympathetic to the poor and was forced by the royal family to curb her charitable tendencies for the sake of royal decorum.

[dukes0916]

I was wondering why the Queen had a French accent... as she was Austrian. (I guess it just fit thecharacter better!)

Also, I heard that the royals would have succeeded in their escape to Austria, but just inside the French border... the King descided to stop for breakfast!?! (After all, it is the most important meal of the day!?!)

[Singsonggirl]

@dukes0916 The Habsburg court spoke French at that time, so it's pretty safe to say that Marie Antoinette's French was better than her German...

Why's Ben always playing the posh one? I'm not a native speaker, does he have a certain accent or something?

[spazzy69]

Poor Laurence at 1:25!

[galwguitar87]

the way Ben portrays King Louis...makes me think why on earth would anyone want to decapitate him?!?!?! lmao

[Dracofangstudios]

Dropping your pants is always the best way to quell a revolution

[FrankIeroiscute]

I would love a threesome with Ben and Mat.

[FrankIeroiscute]

The sad truth is if I slept in the same bed as Mat I would squish him because I'm so fat. :(

[Petipulpul]

@FrankIeroiscute whaaaat? Why do you have the need to put down like this? Commo! Change attitude girl! I am not thin but I think that any man who sleep in my bed should thank God for beeing so damn lucky!

[FrankIeroiscute]

@Petipulpul I would love it if Mat was mine.

[tibaramov]

Vive le roi!

[Miredell]

vive la révolution! *yes i do speek english*

[SCR360]

*whistling along, and seeing Marie Antoinette* PRETTY! *takes Marie Antoinette home*

[CycocelVocalist]

Ben Wah BALLS!

[marthabeck94]

isn't ben willbond lovely :3

[JKConquerer]

"Do i like a cow?"

"Serious question?

lulz

[MurasakiFujiwara]

#occupyversailles



[kjfhgbkjhfbv]

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!

[LilyMoth12]

I love this show! :)

[ravens825]

Grass isn't horrible.

[missluckyducky07]

serious question? LOL BEST PART!!!

[burn0all0toast]

You think I look like a cow..?

...Serious question?

The way he said that XD!

[ladyrenegade96]

thumbs up if you would love mat to say to you 'this is your room. and my room.'

[joyhorse13]

LOL!

How about a Cowboys/Pioneers&Indians "Historical Wife Swap" next XD?

[pagola]

this is exactly how africa is....what a mess..the minority rich shyt on the poor daily

[adpenguingirl25]

Love it!!

[mitchlisad]

2:36-40---not sure Marie would have really acted like that....

[FrankIeroiscute]

I would rather be a peasent if Mat got to be my husband.

[zekeoman1]

Marie Antoinette=hothothothothothoth­ot

[thdoom81]

man this shyt is soooooooooooooo funny

[spiderlover678]

OH look at that! Your trousers are around your ankles! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

[FrankIeroiscute]

What would you do if Ben dropped his trousers in front of you?

[JTeamjesters]

I love the lovable eccentric Louis XVI !! XD Ben is such a merry lad!

[mxgirl918]

"oh your troussers, they appear to be around your ankles"

lol i was laughing more at the lame French accents xD

[raymovie345]

u wrote historical twice LOL

[blueberryblast1]

I wouldn't mind being Mrs French Peasant. I'd love to be married to Matt

[Klonen75]

Rofl that's hillarious! Can somebody tell what's the title of the program?

[staceyjizzaine]

Tic.....Toc.....mmmBOOM!!! Look! XD Oh Ben I adore you!

[TheRealXboxNerd]

Apparently the mirrors in Versailles have mercury in them, so it's poisonous. Just a fact

[ntherewas1]

-3 Ben

[threenorns3]

i have to say, this is one i cannot agree with. marie antoinette, infamous for "let them eat cake" has been vilified and demonized for no reason. when she said "let them eat cake", she ****really meant**** "let them eat cake" - open up the bakeries and give them what they needed to survive.

[MyShoeisAmazing]

@threenorns3 Except, not only were her last words not that, but she never said that in her life. Her last words were actually "Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it," when she stepped on her executioner's foot.

[MyShoeisAmazing]

@threenorns3 Except, not only were her last words not that, but she never said that in her life. Her last words were actually "Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it," when she stepped on her executioner's foot.

[threenorns3]

@MyShoeisAmazing never said they were her last words. the phrase was in common usage for donkey's ages before she appeared on the scene. one of the thing well-known about her is that she was very generous to the poor - famous for charitable donations. ironically, one of the things tht pissed off the populace was that she bought an estate intended for her children who were not going to inherit anything. it doesn't make sense that a

woman who... (cont)

[threenorns3]

@MyShoeisAmazing demonstrated concern for the population's well-being would utter such an insanely inane and inflammatory sentence. it is FAR more likely that when told of the people starving, she would order that the bakeries be opened wide to the ppl so they could have *something* to eat, even if it was of far better quality than what they were accustomed. unless you were actually there, my version is equally likely as the popular slander.

[MyShoeisAmazing]

@threenorns3 I didn't mean to suggest she didn't do anything good, I was simply saying that she has never been recorded ever saying "Let them eat cake", and that suggesting that she said that, is a bad way of proving a point. And yes, I knew it had been around for awhile before her.

[MyShoeisAmazing]

@threenorns3 I didn't mean to suggest she didn't do anything good, I was simply saying that she has never been recorded ever saying "Let them eat cake", and that suggesting that she said that, is a bad way of proving a point. And yes, I knew it had been around for awhile before her.

[bubblegumgirlsworld]

2.24 is my favourite part :D

[blackreazor]

sans culottes

[JudyFox11234]

At the end the peasants wear red hats, Arent those hats from the Jacobins from the french revolution?

[ilessthanthreeu99]

I wouldn't mind being either of these girls.

[DoomFire13]

Its always Peasants

[Kerriangel]

@DoomFire13 it's done to show just how different lives rich and poor people lived back then

[rosierocksat10456]

thumbs up if you think mat's face full of grass in funny

[MultiBelle22]

@rosierocksat10456 I'll bet the second the camera was moved he was like "Pleh!" and spat it back out again!

[MakeCakeNotSense]

@stupidintellect90 XD I can't say 'cake' any other way know! Oh, what has HH done to me? :) I think I watch too much...

[SuperGingernutz]

@MakeCakeNotSense

We should begin a thread entitled: You Know You Are Addicted To Horrible Histories when...

We'll continue this on my channel... ;-)

[stupidintellect90]

@MakeCakeNotSense Yes...I know exactly how you feel. I was at a cafe the other day and I was so close to saying 'can I have some ciiiike' I had to resist by thinking how weird I'd seem. You're not the only one....my friends have all grown out of it, I can't beleive I'm starting uni and I still jump around all excited when it starts!

[rosierocksat10456]

ha ha mats face full of grass

[RANDOMROCKET18]

his accent is awesome

[98bigbutt]

The American working class people should do the same thing to these politicians and the corporations.

[MakeCakeNotSense]

Makes me laugh so much when he says 'cake'. Would you like some cayke? XD

And at the start when he claps!

[SuperGingernutz]

@MakeCakeNotSense Aw, I know... couldn't you just cuddle him? :-)

[stupidintellect90]

@MakeCakeNotSense Me too! I love that part...cayke!!!

[SuperGingernutz]

Ben Willbond is so cute here. Comes to think of it, he's cute in practically EVERY HH scene...

[chocolatefountain95]

I prefer Matt b/c he takes his top off more

[SuperGingernutz]

@chocolatefountain95 Ahhhhh...

But you Bayntonettes have yet... YET! ... to see Mat gain the privilege of being in a scene where it involves having strategically placed clipboards, wild plants and carefully placed props and shelves to cover his... er... um ... 'boy zone'!

His stint as a Celtic warrior in the computer game sketch DOES NOT COUNT!

Why? A loin cloth!

In HH, Ben, Jim and Simon have been in the nip - with their charms perfectly hidden from small eyes!

Mat hasn't...

[chocolatefountain95]

@SuperGingernutz There's always next series.

[yvrucsniatpac]

@SuperGingernutz

True. Very true. So which computer game sketch is it exactly? Please tell us!

[SuperGingernutz]

@yvrucsniatpac It's the Warrior! themed sketch where Mat is a Celtic Warrior where he fights Romans. I think it is in Series 1 (which is out on DVD). He cheekily lifts part of his cloth and scares the Romans away...

I'm trying to find it on YT.

Hope this helps you!

[yvrucsniatpac]

@SuperGingernutz

Thanks, that does help. I don't think it's on YT either, but I'll be sure to keep an eye out!

[Vampjier]

Mat's face when he's eating the grass -3 love you Mat!

[TheSkittleface]

i love matt! im a bayntonette lol x -3 forever and always xxx :)

[missymiley24]

@TheSkittleface me 2 :D

[ThePrettyPoetess]

The thing was, although Louix XVI was not a brutal King, he was a weak one. It is never really the very bad kings who get the chop - just the ones who would have been better doing a different job. Same applies to Tsar Nicholas II.

[SuperGingernutz]

@ThePrettyPoetess I agree. You are spot on about both Louis XVI and Tsar Nicholas II. Marie Antoinette did not say 'let them eat cake'.

[zorpgirl]

look!!!! mat in the background!!!!! he is so cute! 2:26-2:41

[blade1313]

ben said cake in a americon acsont

[sofiadubon]

-you think I look like a cow?

-serious question?

[HelenaCat100]

mathew baynton is even hot as a peasant <3

[poppylwood2]

VIVA LA REVALUTION !!!!!!! poor Matt

[Sunsetsmiles3]

snoib 100 good point

[snoib100]

i wouldn't care about eating grass, as lo g as it was willy wonka's sugar grass

[Baynton0chickk2]

"And zou royals are spending money zike it vrows on trees!'

"hehe, which is silly because, it.....doesn't?"

Omg i almost died there, lol!

[rosierocksat10456]

why is mat always the poor guy.... i feel bad for him at least he has a better personality

[demisser]

@rosierocksat10456 he's not always. he was also a rich roman in a roman (with celtic I believe) swap. he's sooooo lovly then!

[rosierocksat10456]

"...i have never learned so much...like never to hang out with peasents yuck...."

[genungapearl]

Ok, the pants thing whatever, but tripping his servants? What a prick.

[TheChrono18]

they shud hav put that as a fact wen miss pezant got the cake from the sevant and likd it LOL

[Saisons1234]

people if you are very hungry don't eat grass, you won't be able to digest it (can't take nutrients from it) because humans lack cellulase (enzyme) to break down cellulose in the grass. There is a bit of biology for you in case anybody asks :D.

[rubberduck4544]

"I've lost so much weight zat zey keep falling down. Us peasants are starving to death."

(awkward pause)

"Well anyway its very funny when Louis does it..." :/

[annie10103]

"Would you like some cayuk?" LOL

[JenRageify]

1 Person got mistake for a cow.

Or

1 Cow got mistaken for Marie Antoinette.

Either way, 1 person mistook the dislike button for the love button.

[HeyYashamaru]

tic-tac-BOOM

Indeed

[carlo5678]

haha. King Louis XVI, what a d*ck.

[misssupercookie2011]

Ze poverty ze hardships i have learned so much. LIKE NEVER HANG OUT WIT PESANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[liverpoolfcfan08]

Love it! Ben is amazingly hot and i learnt something too lol. A great Program for all ages.

[baconandcrisps]

Mathew is well hot!! OMD, i'd give anything to meet him:) <3

[JenRageify]

Ben Willbond is so cute in this one. I just die when he laughs XD

[SuperGingernutz]

@JenRageify So do I ;-)

[JenRageify]

@SuperGingernutz Hehe!! <3

[annie10103]

OMG I'm obsessed by 18th Century France

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM ABOUT THIS VIDEO!!!

[FudginCake]

You Zink I look like a cow?

Zerious Qvestion