June 5, 2024 • 11 mins
Andrew Jackson had a bad bird...but did you know that pets often take on the personalities of their owners??? Frick!
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
School of Humans. Oh, hello, filth heads in Christ. Welcome
to another episode of American Filth. And yes we are
starting with the announcement once again, but American Filth we
are doing a live episode in Atlanta, Georgia on June
twenty ninth. That's a Saturday at eight pm at a
venue called Dynamic El Dorado. And we got the ticket
(00:29):
links in the show notes also on the Instagram. So
if you're in Atlanta, please come out to the show.
It's gonna be the biggest night of your life. So
that's June twenty ninth, American Filth Live. All right, let's
get to the episode. You will notice that this episode
is a little bit shorter, but you know, it's the summertime.
I'm doing some traveling, so we're gonna have some many episodes.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
But don't worry.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Next week we will have a regular episode and not
only will it be full length, it's also relevant to
the news. But like the news from last week, what
does time matter. We're all just a speck of dust.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
In the universe.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yes, and it's Pride month, so let's talk about one
of our gayest leaders.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
And by gay I mean gay derogatory. It's Andrew Jackson.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
So this was after he got his cheese, This was
after he was the president. In fact, we're just going
to go to when he died. In June eighteen forty five,
President James K. Polk announced the death of President Andrew Jackson.
He said, Andrew Jackson is no more.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
He departed this.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Life on Sunday the eighth, full of days and full
of honors. His country deplores his loss and will ever
cherish his memory. Whilston Nation mourns. It is proper that
business should be suspended, at least for one day in
the executive departments as a tribute of respect to the
illustrious dead. Wow, I wish I got a day off
(02:01):
when something bad happened. Now in this letter, saying the
country deplored his loss might be a bit of an overstatement. Remember,
President Jackson loved genocide, slavery, and being difficult to be around.
But there was one silly thing that happened at his funeral.
(02:24):
Maybe it was even endearing, but allegedly at some point
during the proceedings, there was a parrot whose cousin cute
the theme song This is American Filter and I'm Gabby Watts.
Every week, I tell you a filthy story from American history,
(02:46):
and this week Polly wants a fucking cracker. Andrew Jackson
died at the age of seventy eight, and the cause
of death.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Was being an old son of a bitch.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
He had dropsy tuberculosis, He had coughs from malaria. He
was also dealing with injuries from his various duels he
had throughout his life, and then he probably finally met
his end with heart failure, and a few biographers have
described his dying moment. Apparently he was surrounded by his friends,
(03:30):
his family, and some enslaved people, and his last words
to the people around his bed were, do not cry.
I hope to meet you all in heaven. Yes, all
in heaven, white and black. Now is it true that
Andrew Jackson said these things? Or are people trying to
(03:51):
make him look good? Because remember, he was responsible for
the Indian Removal Act. He also killed and fucked over
a lot of Native American people and tribes. He was
also very pro slavery. He was very paternalistic towards his
enslaved people well, and overall he had a bad attitude
that seems to be the reviews he was very aggressive,
(04:12):
He was defensive, he was violent, He had a very
short temper. Apparently, at the end of his presidency in
eighteen thirty seven, someone asked him if he had any regrets,
and what he said was, yes, I regret I was
unable to shoot Henry Clay or to hang John C.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Calhoun.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Andrew Jackson was also famous for cousin, Yeah, that's right.
Apparently he was always saying the worst words, probably saying
some slurs, and overall just had a filthy tongue and
that might have rubbed off on his pet parrot.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Jackson originally got.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
This parrot for his wife, Rachel in eighteen twenty seven.
It was an African gray and they named it paul
Like short for Paulie. But Rachel died in eighteen twenty eight,
and even though she and the parrot had a very
short time together, Rachel loved this parrot. In letters that
(05:18):
Jackson wrote later, he refers to the parrot repeatedly as
the favorite bird of my dear wife. And Jackson too
seemed to like the bird. It seems he had a
lot of anxiety around the parrot's well being.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Jackson's like, if I can keep.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
This bird alive, some part of my wife will also survive.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Cute. Sure, do I feel bad for Andrew Jackson?
Speaker 1 (05:47):
No. You can see his anxiety around the bird's well
being in some of his letters. He kept sending letters
to his nephew, who was in charge of the bird
at the time. Specifically, Andrew Jackson wrote, dear sir, write
me on the receipt of this whether poor Paul, the
(06:09):
favorite bird of my dear wife, is still living. The
nephew eventually wrote back, poor Paul too is doing well.
She is as fat and saucy as ever. From her
continued good health, I think she will live to be
an old bird. But after Jackson's presidency was over, he
(06:34):
was able to take care of the bird himself, and
it seems in the seven or eight years that they
were together, the bird started picking up on what Jackson
was putting down, specifically cuss words. Now, unfortunately a lot
of this is just speculation, but there is one letter
(06:57):
that indicates that the parrot Paul, had a dirty mouth
because this one dude wrote a letter that said when
he was at Jackson's funeral, the pair was also there
and had to be removed for foul language. Get it foul,
(07:27):
so Jackson's funeral was packed. And the guy who wrote
this letter is Reverend WN Normant, and he was at
the funeral when he was a child, and he wrote
this letter in nineteen twenty one that said, when hearing
that he was dead, I with others, decided to attend
the burial. The funeral was preached by a Presbyterian pastor
(07:48):
from Nashville, standing on the front porch to a great
concourse of people. His body was then taken by a
military company and born to the garden and placed beside
his wife in a vault that he had prepared. A
military salute was then fired, and we left him there
to rest in peace, to await the Great resurrection. Morn
(08:12):
before the sermon, and while the crowd was gathering, a
wicked parrot that was a household pet, got excited and
commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And had to be carried from the house.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Mister Norman then said, the bird let loose perfect gusts
of curse words, and the funeral attendees were horrified and
awed at the bird's lap of reverence. Now Normant again,
he is the only one who wrote about the bird,
and unfortunately his letter did not specifically say what Paul
(08:51):
the parrot was saying.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
But I took it upon.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Myself to google cuss words in the nineteenth century in
the United States to come up with some ideas of
what the parrot cussed. So what I'm going to I'm
gonna read a sentence filled with nineteenth century curse words,
and then I'll give you the translation. Okay, I got
three different ideas. Number One, the boot liquor didn't like
(09:18):
looking at the strumpets quim because he's a dratted mary.
The translation of this in today's vernacular. The ass liquor
didn't like looking at the whores vagina because he's a
damned homosexual. Second thing, the parrot might have said, Dad,
that cherry makes me want to pull off my inexpressibles,
(09:40):
I'm such a bull. In today's vernacular, God, that young
woman makes me want to pull my pants off. I'm
such a sexually potent man. And finally, here's a third
idea that I came up with based on cuss words
in the nineteenth century.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Okay, fuck of that in today's vernacular.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Fuck Now, we don't know what happened to Andrew Jackson's
parrot after he died. Maybe he was given to one
of Andrew Jackson's family members, maybe he was set free.
Maybe his cusin got him into even more trouble. But
(10:29):
like every episode of American Filth, I think we can
learn a lesson, and that's that Andrew Jackson was more
than just an angry, defensive, ill mannered pieces shit. He
loved this bird, so he had the capacity to care,
to be compassionate, to take care of others. But he
(10:49):
just chose not to and instead killed a lot of people.
What an excellent man.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Quew the credits.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Ergenfeld is a production of School of Humans and iHeart Podcast.
This episode was written and produced, sound designed by Me
Gabby Watts. Our theme song is by me and Jesse Niswanger.
Our executive producers are Virginia Prescott, Elsie Crowley, and Brandon
Barr And You can follow along with the pod on
Instagram at American Filth Pod. Also, if you're in Atlanta,
be sure to get tickets to our live show on
(11:26):
June twenty ninth. That link is in the show notes.
It is also on the Instagram. So I hope to
see you.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
There all right, Bye? Talk at you next time.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
School of Humans
School of Humans. Oh, hello, filth heads in Christ. Welcome
to another episode of American Filth. And yes we are
starting with the announcement once again, but American Filth we
are doing a live episode in Atlanta, Georgia on June
twenty ninth. That's a Saturday at eight pm at a
venue called Dynamic El Dorado. And we got the ticket
(00:29):
links in the show notes also on the Instagram. So
if you're in Atlanta, please come out to the show.
It's gonna be the biggest night of your life. So
that's June twenty ninth, American Filth Live. All right, let's
get to the episode. You will notice that this episode
is a little bit shorter, but you know, it's the summertime.
I'm doing some traveling, so we're gonna have some many episodes.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
But don't worry.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Next week we will have a regular episode and not
only will it be full length, it's also relevant to
the news. But like the news from last week, what
does time matter. We're all just a speck of dust.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
In the universe.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yes, and it's Pride month, so let's talk about one
of our gayest leaders.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
And by gay I mean gay derogatory. It's Andrew Jackson.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
So this was after he got his cheese, This was
after he was the president. In fact, we're just going
to go to when he died. In June eighteen forty five,
President James K. Polk announced the death of President Andrew Jackson.
He said, Andrew Jackson is no more.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
He departed this.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Life on Sunday the eighth, full of days and full
of honors. His country deplores his loss and will ever
cherish his memory. Whilston Nation mourns. It is proper that
business should be suspended, at least for one day in
the executive departments as a tribute of respect to the
illustrious dead. Wow, I wish I got a day off
(02:01):
when something bad happened. Now in this letter, saying the
country deplored his loss might be a bit of an overstatement. Remember,
President Jackson loved genocide, slavery, and being difficult to be around.
But there was one silly thing that happened at his funeral.
(02:24):
Maybe it was even endearing, but allegedly at some point
during the proceedings, there was a parrot whose cousin cute
the theme song This is American Filter and I'm Gabby Watts.
Every week, I tell you a filthy story from American history,
(02:46):
and this week Polly wants a fucking cracker. Andrew Jackson
died at the age of seventy eight, and the cause
of death.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Was being an old son of a bitch.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
He had dropsy tuberculosis, He had coughs from malaria. He
was also dealing with injuries from his various duels he
had throughout his life, and then he probably finally met
his end with heart failure, and a few biographers have
described his dying moment. Apparently he was surrounded by his friends,
(03:30):
his family, and some enslaved people, and his last words
to the people around his bed were, do not cry.
I hope to meet you all in heaven. Yes, all
in heaven, white and black. Now is it true that
Andrew Jackson said these things? Or are people trying to
(03:51):
make him look good? Because remember, he was responsible for
the Indian Removal Act. He also killed and fucked over
a lot of Native American people and tribes. He was
also very pro slavery. He was very paternalistic towards his
enslaved people well, and overall he had a bad attitude
that seems to be the reviews he was very aggressive,
(04:12):
He was defensive, he was violent, He had a very
short temper. Apparently, at the end of his presidency in
eighteen thirty seven, someone asked him if he had any regrets,
and what he said was, yes, I regret I was
unable to shoot Henry Clay or to hang John C.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Calhoun.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Andrew Jackson was also famous for cousin, Yeah, that's right.
Apparently he was always saying the worst words, probably saying
some slurs, and overall just had a filthy tongue and
that might have rubbed off on his pet parrot.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Jackson originally got.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
This parrot for his wife, Rachel in eighteen twenty seven.
It was an African gray and they named it paul
Like short for Paulie. But Rachel died in eighteen twenty eight,
and even though she and the parrot had a very
short time together, Rachel loved this parrot. In letters that
(05:18):
Jackson wrote later, he refers to the parrot repeatedly as
the favorite bird of my dear wife. And Jackson too
seemed to like the bird. It seems he had a
lot of anxiety around the parrot's well being.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Jackson's like, if I can keep.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
This bird alive, some part of my wife will also survive.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Cute. Sure, do I feel bad for Andrew Jackson?
Speaker 1 (05:47):
No. You can see his anxiety around the bird's well
being in some of his letters. He kept sending letters
to his nephew, who was in charge of the bird
at the time. Specifically, Andrew Jackson wrote, dear sir, write
me on the receipt of this whether poor Paul, the
(06:09):
favorite bird of my dear wife, is still living. The
nephew eventually wrote back, poor Paul too is doing well.
She is as fat and saucy as ever. From her
continued good health, I think she will live to be
an old bird. But after Jackson's presidency was over, he
(06:34):
was able to take care of the bird himself, and
it seems in the seven or eight years that they
were together, the bird started picking up on what Jackson
was putting down, specifically cuss words. Now, unfortunately a lot
of this is just speculation, but there is one letter
(06:57):
that indicates that the parrot Paul, had a dirty mouth
because this one dude wrote a letter that said when
he was at Jackson's funeral, the pair was also there
and had to be removed for foul language. Get it foul,
(07:27):
so Jackson's funeral was packed. And the guy who wrote
this letter is Reverend WN Normant, and he was at
the funeral when he was a child, and he wrote
this letter in nineteen twenty one that said, when hearing
that he was dead, I with others, decided to attend
the burial. The funeral was preached by a Presbyterian pastor
(07:48):
from Nashville, standing on the front porch to a great
concourse of people. His body was then taken by a
military company and born to the garden and placed beside
his wife in a vault that he had prepared. A
military salute was then fired, and we left him there
to rest in peace, to await the Great resurrection. Morn
(08:12):
before the sermon, and while the crowd was gathering, a
wicked parrot that was a household pet, got excited and
commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And had to be carried from the house.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Mister Norman then said, the bird let loose perfect gusts
of curse words, and the funeral attendees were horrified and
awed at the bird's lap of reverence. Now Normant again,
he is the only one who wrote about the bird,
and unfortunately his letter did not specifically say what Paul
(08:51):
the parrot was saying.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
But I took it upon.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Myself to google cuss words in the nineteenth century in
the United States to come up with some ideas of
what the parrot cussed. So what I'm going to I'm
gonna read a sentence filled with nineteenth century curse words,
and then I'll give you the translation. Okay, I got
three different ideas. Number One, the boot liquor didn't like
(09:18):
looking at the strumpets quim because he's a dratted mary.
The translation of this in today's vernacular. The ass liquor
didn't like looking at the whores vagina because he's a
damned homosexual. Second thing, the parrot might have said, Dad,
that cherry makes me want to pull off my inexpressibles,
(09:40):
I'm such a bull. In today's vernacular, God, that young
woman makes me want to pull my pants off. I'm
such a sexually potent man. And finally, here's a third
idea that I came up with based on cuss words
in the nineteenth century.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Okay, fuck of that in today's vernacular.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Fuck Now, we don't know what happened to Andrew Jackson's
parrot after he died. Maybe he was given to one
of Andrew Jackson's family members, maybe he was set free.
Maybe his cusin got him into even more trouble. But
(10:29):
like every episode of American Filth, I think we can
learn a lesson, and that's that Andrew Jackson was more
than just an angry, defensive, ill mannered pieces shit. He
loved this bird, so he had the capacity to care,
to be compassionate, to take care of others. But he
(10:49):
just chose not to and instead killed a lot of people.
What an excellent man.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Quew the credits.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Ergenfeld is a production of School of Humans and iHeart Podcast.
This episode was written and produced, sound designed by Me
Gabby Watts. Our theme song is by me and Jesse Niswanger.
Our executive producers are Virginia Prescott, Elsie Crowley, and Brandon
Barr And You can follow along with the pod on
Instagram at American Filth Pod. Also, if you're in Atlanta,
be sure to get tickets to our live show on
(11:26):
June twenty ninth. That link is in the show notes.
It is also on the Instagram. So I hope to
see you.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
There all right, Bye? Talk at you next time.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
School of Humans
Host
Gabbie Watts
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