Watching four Brits have no idea who Lewis and Clark were was transformative. This must be how the rest of the world feels watching Americans discuss the history of literally any other nation.

"In the US, we think 100 years is a long time. In the UK, they think 100 miles is a long way."

Ok, after a quick glance at the Wikipedia: Rush was against slavery because he thought black people were really just white people who suffered from a disease that turned them black, and that they should be healed to be turned white again - but not enslaved. He also sent his son to psychiatric hospital where the son died. And he participated in an intrigue trying to remove George Washington as General during the War. The guy was even more bonkers than it sounds in this Episode.

Matt won double Mystery Biscuits this round, and Gary still wins. This is an outrage. Clearly Tom wins for "uh... uh... Pill."

it does bring up the question: why did tom say "slightly closer" when chris said precision cake throwing, when the actual answer was moral essays?

Chris pretending to make out with a wax Margaret Thatcher is possibly the most disturbing thing that has ever occurred on this show

That shudder at 17:40 when Gary is clearly visually processing what Matt just said, that and the utterly disturbed face Matt makes at the beginning where Gary says "covered in resin" kills me every time I watch this episode.

As an American, your Hungry Hungry Hippo medical system sounds like an improvement to the one we have

18:19 the moral thermometer. Did it, by any chance, use mercury?

Laudanum as a painkiller shouldn't be a surprise. It is, after all, opium dissolved in alcohol, so it kills pain quite nicely, thank you. Of course, like any preparation of opium or opiates (natural or synthetic), laudanum is also going to induce constipation, so you might need to chase it with one of those thunderclappers.

Did he take the Hungry Hippo-cratic oath?

mercury pills = 50% mercury 50% pill

Y'all totally missed the part where good ol Benny Rush thought that being black was a desease that could be cured by living a pure life, which was the reason he was anti-slavery.

"[The Black Death] is very persistent" Hence its name, Yersinia persistis.

Interesting that they didn't realize "laudanum" is exactly an opiate tincture, and Immodium is also derived from opium. So yes, Gary's answers of laudanum and "pain relief" were spot on, unprompted, and totally unrewarded.

I got a really big groan for a pun recently. Someone asked me if I had anything pressing, and I told them, "No, I don't even own an iron."

If you look at the window behind Tom you might experience a mild version of the herman grid effect, where dots appear at the intersections when they really don't exist.

"And what bungs you up?" Funnily enough, Opium.

2:40 I love how different Tom is here when Gary says something compared to two of these people are lying

A good amount of the American founding fathers were VERY anti-slavery, but then about an equal amount was also VERY PRO-slavery.

Wow, this series is really a hidden gem of KZfaq. I used to disregard Citation Needed episodes, but I decided to watch this one out and was amazed. Not only was it really informative, it also gave me quite a few laughs!

Can we just talk for five seconds about how whoever did the closed captioning absolutely nailed the noise "fneeeeer" at 17:37?

And that was season 6! We'll be back with another run of shows later this year. Thanks for watching, everyone!

"There's a lady I used to kno-". Dammit Gary, I want to know the full story!!

As an American, watching this, I laughed more than I have in so long. I have heard about Citation Needed, but hadn't checked it out, I now immediately regret not watching it sooner. I love Tom's videos and this was fantastic.

As an American, having only heard of Benjamin Rush as a name on the Declaration of Independence but being very well-informed in all other aspects, this was informative AND hilarious. So thank.

*Sits here anxiously awaiting season 7*

"Two americans set off and discover south London" is one of my favourite quotes from this show

As a Historian, an American who sometimes spends Spring in London, and decendant of Lewis....that was amazing. Thanks for the new stories of Grandpa to share at family time!

A suggestion for a final prize: A picture of a handled cup with police photographs on it that has been hit by a bullet a shot mug-shot mug shot

I like how Tom is concentrating on the article trying to find a hopeful but futile relative subject to what those three were shouting about to get them a point

Tom scott on trending, as it should.

Seeing people draw a blank upon hearing the names Lewis and Clark is sort of surreal as a life-long American public school attendee. I thought those names were as big as Benjamin Franklin or George Washington.

After hearing them be so knowledgeable about European history and being completely lost, it's a fun change to see them fumble over American history xD

Gary is like a Minecraft splash screen: you'll never know what you'll get

Covered in resin and brimming with juicy seeds!

that burn on America was great, im keeping that in my collection

The window is giving me the black dot illusion

evening mood: sprinkling a few grains of mercury gaily on a piece of bread

Benjamin rush is apparently an ancestor of Stockton Rush who recently payed millions to make a submarine to explore the titanic and has gone missing under the sea

I love how done Tom is for most of these episodes.

That LSD Trip pun was actually amazing, and I'm sad it didn't get that much of a reaction :P

"uncle pillory" is my new stage name.

The Westwood Expedition now has some... less than savoury connotations.

it is interesting to see that Tom is simultaneous able to release nearly 20 minutes of CN and cut the material down to an inch of its life.

Fun fact: the "calomel" mentioned in this episode is the same stuff that ended up killing Napoleon

Spinning patients made me think of the spinning baby delivery machine. I think the centrifugal force was supposed to help the baby out and there was a net to catch the baby. It's a real patended invention. Don't know if it got built.

Benjamin Rush and his thunderclappers is my favorite story from American history, and he's from PHILLY! We love our dysfunctional and problematic kings!

Etiquette at one end of the scale, armed combat at the other end. Surely in the middle you find civil war?

Upload an unedited version, I can't be the only one who would watch the five minutes of laughter on each gag

For the last time this season - 0:40, 8:36 and 13:03. Hey, that's me!

Cousin Swift-Kick-in-the-Bollocks is my favorite member of the Addams Family

This should be and IS on trending! Well done Tom

7:14 "We've started PLUMBING depths..." missed unintentional pun?

#31 on Trending waited my whole life for this

Will all citation neededs going forward be in front of an audience? I like the energy but honestly I prefer the intimacy of the old kitchen table!

gary's facial expressions when somebody says something like this about history are gold

FTR (for those interested): Franklin's kite experiment was 1752.

Ben Rush was my great, great, great grandfather! Ora Rush, my grandmother, was quite proud of this fact.

14:10 Do that the other way around and you have a round of Brockian Ultra Cricket.

Please, please, please bring this back.

This is by far my favorite episode ever! I still come back to this one!

"sleep them like a bat" is the funniest thing ive ever heard

I for some reason knew a lot about Benjamin Rush and his time period of medicine so hearing it all again made me retroactively fear for my health

that window behind Tom has the black dots illusion

2:11 "didn't necessarily do them" is also four word thinking

There should be a wiki of this explaining all the incredibly english references and puns of each episode ...

There haven't been enough long episodes lately, I'm glad we finally got one :)

Thanks for a great season. Loved the new set, and looking forward to the next season.

Just to be clear, mercury doesn't absorb through the skin very well at all. It will do so given time, but just touching it or even holding it briefly in your hand is basically fine. The issue is *breathing* it, because then it can get into the body more easily. Luckily mercury's vapour pressure is essentially "no", so it's unlikely you'll ever breathe mercury from an unheated sample, but it's still a good idea to not stick your face near it. When someone in a lab spills mercury and they have to evacuate, it's because of the potential risk of *breathing* mercury, not touching it.

I can't be the only person here again because of Covid

another hell of an episode! I'll be waiting impatiently for the next run

Absolutely love watching this, as well as your other shows. Would love to see a taping of these, if at all possible.

"To Mars.... on smack!"

You win a movie of a Nazi propagandist eating structural joints: Goebels gobbles gables

I love you guys and this game so much

Thanks for another amazing season! I'm recommending this left right and center because this is bloody amazing!! Cheers! :->

I love Matt. The one-liners are wonderful.

why do you always edit out the bonus material? it's almost every single time the funniest bit of the episode

This is honestly the best episode of Citation Needed I've watched. Can't wait 'till next season

My tradition after the season ends is to go and watch all of the extra bonus bits in a row, saving them for last.

Rarely do jokes make me spit out my drink to laugh, but this show does it every time.

Gary saying "Imodium!" wasn't too far off: Loperamide is actually an opioid, and in high doses can be used to help treat people who are addicted to opiates like heroin and OxyContin.

I've just discovered Citation Needed. Damn. If "No such as the news" gets to be a TV series, then so should this. Hilarious stuff, and worryingly informative.

That was one hell of an episode! Best of the series. :)

“Who knows who Tim Westwood is?” After the past week’s BBC headlines, I think we all do

Matt: "The Bessemer Steel Process"

I love being an American watching this show

Anybody reminded of what it's like hanging with your friends and the puns just can't stop?

These are awesome! I *did* sign up for these!

The war you're thinking of was the American Civil War. The American Revolution was when we decided we liked coffee more than tea, and subsequently set the world record for largest pot of cold brewed tea. Fortunately, we managed to stop the treacherous Farnsworths from preventing us from winning.

A citation needed video I missed after 3 years? My thanks to the algorithm!

Can confirm there was a LOT of laudanum as a pain killer in the past, but it was more of a mid 1800s thing.

Benjamin Rush's name was vaguely familiar. I'm glad I got to learn more about one of our founding fathers. Also, I will have you know that America has both years of history, thank you very much.

The laudanum/painkiller part is why Tom's so quick to dismiss Gary in totpal.

So, I found a spreadsheet in Google Docs that had the running points for the series. It hadn't been updated for most of this last season, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. Though nobody keeps track of the points, I did. I'll keep it updated while I can. This is what happens when you're bored out of your mind on sick leave from work. Have fun if anyone's curious. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Muo-SugSefwbdUMaXr7_s5aP3UAtVob-E9dpVWWr1So/edit?usp=sharing

Tom has incredible patience to deal with Gary

Panthers??!!

It's so weird hearing people from other countries talk about America the way we talk about them....

wow that was really enjoying. im awaiting another season