1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,760 Speaker 1: I'm Jason Colvin, I'm d Graves. 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 2: Give us five minutes and we will give you the fire. 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 3: Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Surely you Can't 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,280 Be Serious Podcast Special Edition five Minutes of Fire. We 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,519 are here talking about the lyrics of We Didn't Start 6 00:00:22,519 --> 00:00:25,399 the Fire by Billy Joel. We're covering only five minutes 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,239 at a time, which is about to link with the song, 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:28,440 so it works out kind of nicely. 9 00:00:28,559 --> 00:00:29,879 Speaker 1: So please join us. 10 00:00:29,839 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 3: As we dive into some new lyrics today. 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,359 Speaker 2: All right, guys, so here are the topics that we're 12 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:37,759 going to be covering today. The Bridge on the River 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,640 Kuhi Lebanon, Charles de Gaull. 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,079 Speaker 1: Okay, Jason, what can you tell me about? Bridge on 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:45,759 the River Qui? 16 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:49,079 Speaker 2: Okay? This is a nineteen fifty seven epic war movie 17 00:00:49,119 --> 00:00:53,479 starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins and Aliganis help me Obi 18 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,560 wan Kenoby, You're my only hope. It's about British POWs 19 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,000 who are actually helping their Japanese captors build a bridge 20 00:01:00,159 --> 00:01:02,240 over the river Kwai. It was the highest grossing film 21 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,159 in nineteen fifty seven. It won seven Academy Awards, including 22 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,799 Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Is widely regarded 23 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,840 as one of the greatest films of all time. I've 24 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:12,400 seen it. I thought it was great. I thought it 25 00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:15,760 was fantastic. The novel was written by Pierre Boulet, who 26 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:16,840 also wrote. 27 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:17,519 Speaker 1: The plan of the Apes. 28 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: Oh cool, know that bull screenwriter, Thank you Boll. Screenwriters 29 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,560 Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were on the blacklist for 30 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,519 being secret Communists, so they had. 31 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,719 Speaker 1: To work in private. Oh my gosh, I thought this 32 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:29,280 was funny. 33 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,239 Speaker 2: Alec Guinness and director David Lean did not get along 34 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,040 very well, and when he was done with his scenes, 35 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,519 director Lean said, now you can all f off and 36 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,200 go home, all you English actors. Thank god, I'm working 37 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,200 with American actors tomorrow. Fantastic movie. I absolutely love it. 38 00:01:43,239 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: And it comes back up in the breakfast Club. 39 00:01:53,519 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: Okay, tell me about Lebanon. 40 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: Okay, So you. 41 00:01:56,879 --> 00:02:01,079 Speaker 3: Will remember from our previous episode the Suez can Crisis, 42 00:02:01,159 --> 00:02:04,319 and you will also remember from our previous episode Naser 43 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,040 being the second president of Egypt and the guy who 44 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,599 did a United Arab Republic. Well, whenever the Suez Canal 45 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,000 crisis happened and France and the UK were joining in 46 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,560 with Israel to pull a fast one on Egypt and 47 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:23,319 the Suez Canal. Lebanon refused to cut ties with France 48 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,800 and the US, and Naser said, what the heck? And 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,800 he then put out this bulletin to all of the 50 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,439 Arabs to like protest, and that's what they did. As 51 00:02:33,439 --> 00:02:35,759 a matter of fact, they protested hard. There was rioting 52 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:40,840 in the streets, and the Lebanese president, President chow Mun, 53 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,520 called up Eisenhower and said, you've got to help us. 54 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,520 And President Eisenhower in nineteen fifty eight ordered the US 55 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,599 Marines into Lebanon to stop the riots that were occurring 56 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:52,360 all over the country. 57 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,759 Speaker 2: Good thing Lebanon quieted down in the nineteen eighties. 58 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: You know, barely heard a peep from them. 59 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 2: Okay, tell me about Charles de Gaul, all right. Charles 60 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,319 did Gaul was a French army officer and statesman. He 61 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,360 actually ranks up with Napoleon when you talk about French 62 00:03:06,439 --> 00:03:08,960 leaders of all time. Known for his height I think 63 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,840 he was six y five for sixty six, his regal 64 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,560 bearing and his cool demeanor, he led the Free French 65 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,840 forces against Nazi Germany in World War Two. Nineteen forty three, 66 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:20,960 he moved his headquarters to French Algiers, he chaired the 67 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,639 provisional government of the French Republic, so he headed that 68 00:03:23,719 --> 00:03:27,080 up in nineteen forty four in order to restore democracy 69 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,039 in France. He actually marched into Paris to reclaim France. 70 00:03:31,039 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: This is a really cool thing. 71 00:03:32,599 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 2: Nineteen fifty eight, he came out of retirement and was 72 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,759 appointed Prime Minister. After the French crisis in nineteen fifty eight, 73 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:42,199 there's a political uprising that sees power in Algiers. When 74 00:03:42,199 --> 00:03:44,919 he walked into Algiers, they are all crying Degaul to power, 75 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,560 Degaull to power. In nineteen fifty eight, he was elected 76 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,800 French President under the constitution of the Fifth Republic, and 77 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,599 he retired to write his memoirs and died watching television 78 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:59,319 November ninth, nineteen seventy. His funeral was the largest in 79 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,120 French history. 80 00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:02,719 Speaker 3: Okay, guys, that does it for today's episode. Join us 81 00:04:02,759 --> 00:04:05,840 next time for five minutes of fire.