176-The Emperor's New Clothes: Matchless

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Three stories this week from the Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen about people that are matchless. The first is the tale of the emperor and his new clothes, where an emperor who needs a new coat every hour gets an offer he can't refuse. The second is about a boy who wants to marry the daughter of a monarch and all the cool gadgets and racially insensitive cosplaying he'll do to win her hand, and the third is the story of the little match girl. That one literally has matches in it. I still do puns. The creature is the scariest couch potato in the world. If the seas have couches. I mean, they probably have lots of couches with how much trash we throw into them. Ok, I'm sad now. The store: https://www.mythpodcast.com/store The post on mythpodcast.com: https://www.mythpodcast.com/14116/176-the-emperors-new-clothes-matchless/ -- Sponsors! Looking for another side of Vegas? Visit Aria.com for more. Check out Simplisafe and get free shipping and a 60-day risk-free trial. Go to http://simplisafe.com/legends Check out Motherland: Fort Salem on Freeform, premiering Wednesday, March 18th! -- Sources: The Emperor's New Clothes: https://www.mythpodcast.com/sources/the-emperors-new-clothes-by-hans-christian-andersen/ The Swineherd: https://www.mythpodcast.com/sources/the-swineherd-hans-christian-andersen/ The Little Match Girl: https://www.mythpodcast.com/sources/the-little-match-girl-hans-christian-andersen/ -- Music: “Symphony No. 1: II. Truth” by Steve Combs “Thom York (At Home)” by Podington Bear “Symphony No. 1: IV. Hope” by Steve Combs “Delican’t” by Podington Bear “Twosome” by Podington Bear “Introduction to Part 1” by Steve Combs “Despite my Empathy” by Steve Combs “Sex and Death and God” by Steve Combs “April” by Kai Engel

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0:00.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, we return to the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen,
0:05.1	and we'll learn that having a clothing budget, larger than some nations' GDP's,
0:09.7	might be a bad idea, and how you can share the wonder of nature with those you love,
0:15.2	by killing it and shoving it into a box. The creature this week is the spirit animal of everyone who
0:20.8	tries, and does not try again. They're good. They tried once, let's go home.
0:34.1	This is Myths and Legends, Episode 176. Matchless.
0:43.9	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are
0:48.0	incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories
0:52.6	that might be new to you, but are definitely worth losing. Today, as I said, we're back in the
0:58.1	literary fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, the very famous Danish author of such stories as
1:04.1	Thumbelina, the Ugly Duckling, the Princess and the P and of course, the Little Mermaid. Today,
1:11.6	we're going to be telling three stories of matchless protagonists. The first is that of an emperor,
1:18.2	who wants to wow the world with a new set of clothes.
1:32.4	Oh shoot, the emperor muttered. Was it 11? His generals looked at the clock inside.
1:39.2	Yeah, it was. The plans for the defense of the empire were pretty important too,
1:45.4	like all of their lives were pretty important. Oh, okay, he's gone. Cool. The emperor was off
1:52.4	to the only thing more important than the physical safety of his empire. His closet. He burst
1:58.6	through the door to greet the man who dressed him, the hunched pale man who spent 12 hours a day
2:04.4	in a closet. He asked his emperor about, you know, a window that request got denied flat out.
2:12.4	The sunlight would fade the clothes, of course. Even lanterns and candles were on a need to light
2:17.1	basis. Couldn't have the empire's most precious resource burning to the ground. And by precious
2:23.3	resource, he of course meant his outfits. He had a rush away from the security meeting,
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