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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Rabbit, Run

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Some people are just incredibly skilled at bringing delight to the rest of us. How they got there, and what their work entailed, though, is often a bit more curious.

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0:00.0

Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:36.8

Every class has a clown.

0:38.4

The person who sits in the back and cracks jokes about the teacher or lightens the mood

0:42.8

with a well-timed jab at the new kid.

0:45.4

They're popular because they make people laugh.

0:47.6

Well, maybe not the teachers.

0:49.7

It's their humor and lack of respect that lands them in trouble.

0:53.0

But a class clown only has detention to worry about.

0:56.5

Back in the 15th and 16th centuries though, insulting an authority figure could land you

1:00.7

in jail.

1:01.8

Or worse.

1:02.8

Luckily for Nicholas Faryal, he could talk his way out of anything.

1:08.0

Faryal was also known as La Fivrelle, or Trouboulet.

1:11.9

And he was a gesture, a performer who entertained kings and nobility with songs, dancing, magic

1:17.0

tricks, and jokes.

1:18.6

And though men were often employed as fools for the court, the occasional female gesture

1:22.6

was known to perform for the royals as well as their children.

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