Epic Rap Battles of Historyyyyyyy!

... oh.

I think they knew exactly what they were doing with that last line.

Joan Rivers had the best lines for me but I'll admit this one didn't resonate with me or sound all that great. One of the more middling ones.

Yeah I have to join the "probably would have liked it better if I had known who they were" crowd. Never heard of the first two and the third, only vaguely heard of Cosby and that cos of his sex crimes, and I knew even Robin Williams better from his movies than stand-up.

That said there were some good zingers and lines. Like pointing out there are 7 words that are taboo on mainstream tv... then naming every single one of them in a sentence, not in a list.

Eh, half of them are okay now, but this is his most famous bit. (My father liked the Hippy Dippy Weatherman more)

Bill Cosby had two or three sitcoms about him as a father, but his Jello Pudding Pops campaign became memetic for some reason.

The crazy mushmouthing that comes out in Bill Cosby impressions seems to come mostly from the Dentist bit.

They also referenced Chocolate Cake for Breakfast.

I never saw Richard Pryor's standup, but he was known for being at least as colorful in expression as George Carlin, and he did a bunch of buddy movies with Gene Wilder. I'm surprised they didn't reference Brewster's Millions, which is one of his most infamous solo films.

Here he is on Saturday Night Live.

Joan Rivers was a red carpet staple for decades, and has been much-parodied. There's a Joan Rivers parody in Shrek 2.

Pryor wins for the sole fact that I too am from Peoria.

Represent, motherfuckers

I'd say Joan wins this one because she took the 8-Mile route of roasting herself so that there's no ammunition that can be used on her.

As others have said, I'm just not familiar enough with these people to enjoy it. Which isn't always the case; I have enjoyed a few battles with people I'm not familiar with (I quite liked Shaka Zulu and hadn't heard of him).

maybe there should be a 50 year rule for history

Yeah most of this guy I didnt know it, I mean I dint know the last guy was robin william because it look in his stand up him rather than actor him so who knows.

Any change of them doing another history figure?.

Here's a cool matchup I never thought of.

This is the most even battle in recent memory, for sure. I have no clue who won that, but I was thoroughly entertained.

Definitely my favorite for this season.

Teresa got dunked on.

As much as I dislike Sigmund Freud, I have to agree. He kicked her ass 8 ways to Sunday.

Gotta be honest, Mother Teresa's performance somehow seemed overall stronger - probably because of the flow.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Sep 22nd 2019 at 8:30:19 PM

I thought Theresa absolutely wrecked him, particularly in the second verse: "You want a second coming ? I'll bless the mic again / I'll end you like a prayer, motherlover: AMEN!".

Maybe I'm just dense, but I don't really get this matchup? It feels random.

My guess is they're opposites: a very chaste Christian nun VS an atheist psychologist that loves to analyze things in a sexual way.

It's Freud's "men wanna have sex with their mother" theory vs Teresa as a sexless mother.

Also pseudoscience vs. pseudomedicine.