Fred's Fun Fact: Shotgun!

Find out where the term "shotgun!" came from!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fread show is on Fred's Fun Fact Fred's Fun.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
So much, so much?

Speaker 1 (00:13):
Did you know? Do you know?

Speaker 2 (00:15):
I asked the question, maybe someone here canna do this
and we can just hit the button. We're done. Do
you know why you say I'm calling shotgun if you
want to sit in the front right seat? Do you
know why the calling shotgun for the right front passenger
seat comes from a messenger? The original term is shotgun messenger,

(00:35):
and it was a term used to call the person
who sat next to the driver. These messengers would act
as guards and use a physical shotgun to prevent criminals
from getting too close to the car. Due to Hollywood's
influenced the term eventually made its way into our society.
But you'd have someone there. I guess you were like
running around telling people something or delivering things, and you'd
have someone right there with a shotgunsh to protect you. Wow,

(00:58):
So that's what I call it. That The more you know, see, yeah,
you're well more Fred Show Next