Legolas and the Invention of Irrigation

There are moments when I revisit the pod when I watch something that makes me laugh so hard that I’m reduced to tears. This was one of them. I knew each of the guys had beef with this one particular scene so I was curious to see who would jump on it first. Matt Gabriele sent a fastball down the plate about 550 feet the other way.¹ And watch for Thomas Lecaque to lose control of his bodily senses.

As much fun as we had in this moment, what I loved is how much insight these historians brought to things like the diversity of Messina, Mediterranean shipping routes, and the battles that actually should have been on film. Checking the stats this morning, the episode is already the seventh-highest we’ve ever done and that’s after three days. Y’all clearly love medieval movies.² I’m already working on getting A Knight’s Tale on the pod in the coming months.

And if you haven’t had a chance to listen in yet, here ya go:

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And don’t forget to tune in tomorrow night at 8pm eastern. We’ll be livetweeting Rocky IV, which is currently available on both Netflix and Amazon Prime. Hope you can make it.

1. Check out his and David Perry’s new book here.

2. If you’re still hungry for medieval pods, we’ve also done The 13th Warrior and Time Bandits. Just click the show page and scroll down to listen in.