Let Them Fight: A Comedy History Podcast Jacob Trimmer and Tim Groeschel

Well, dear listeners, where do I even start with this one? I guess first off, unless you already know who this is, I assure you that you will not see what is coming next at any point in this story. Because Charles Guiteau was a goddamn crazy person of the highest order. The leaps and mental gymnastics this dude makes throughout his life would make Charles Manson blink in confusion. It's a hell of a rollercoaster, but it's a damn fun one. So enjoy!

Today we'll be taking a trip back to the golden age of Hollywood to talk about king goon, Eddie Mannix. It turns out even before TMZ became famous as the blood sucking leeches that they are making their money off celebrity gossip, people loved to talk about actors and actresses and their various scandals. So Eddie Mannix made sure that either those stories didn't get out, or that at least the people working for MGM were skipped in the headlines in favor of people who worked with a different studio. How did he do this? With corruption, intimidation, and violence of course. So enjoy!

Time for another trip in ye olde scumnut time machine. Don't let Johann Tserclaes's fancy dandy boy title fool you, the Count of Tilly really knew how to throw down. Our boy here was a real die hard Catholic, so when the Protestants started trying to do their thing, well, old boy took it real personal and decided that he was going to show them exactly how he felt about their totally different from his religion. Usually at weapon point. Enjoy!

This week we'll be sticking around Australia, but John Wayne Glover is nothing like the last Aussie we talked about. Instead of being a badass soldier, he's a massive creep. He got started on his creepin' young, and he ramped way up later in his life. But don't worry, he's not totally irredeemable. Wait no, I said that wrong, yea he's totally irredeemable, fuck this guy. Join us in making fun of everything about him. Enjoy!

Today's person of honor is a badass Aussie with a super unfortunate name. When World War 1 kicked off, Albert Jacka was there to get stuck in on behalf of Australia. And boy did he make a name for himself. Then he decided to stick around and just keep up the madness and killing and see just how terrifying he could become to the other side. He saw some of the worst hellholes of the war, and definitely didn't come out unscathed, but he for sure gave more than he got. Enjoy!

We're back with another round of people who were on the wrong side of history, and also giant pieces of shit. Samuel "Champ" Ferguson decided to fight on the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War. But not as a legitimate soldier for the most part, and also not out of any sense of patriotism, or southern pride, or anything that could kinda be respectable I guess. Nope, out of sheer self serving interests. Then he went on to commit a bunch of heinous acts and pretend he right to do so. So listen in while we dump on this guy, and enjoy!