The Dancing Plague

"**The Dancing Plague**" is the fourth and final episode of Season One, and the fourth ever episode of *Puppet History*.

The episode features special guest Jermaine Fowler and musical guest God.

Diamond Necklace also pays a visit to the puppet theatre for a sponsorship segment for MSCHF.

The episode is won by Jermaine.

## Lesson Content

The episode centers around the story of the dancing plague that struck Strasbourg in the summer of 1518.

## Cast

* Shane Madej as the Professor / God
* Ryan Bergara as himself
* Jermaine Fowler as himself

## Questions & Challenges

* Answers marked with (RB) were chosen by Ryan
* Answers marked with (JF) were chosen by Jermaine
* Answers in bold are correct

### Question 1

Why do you think he stopped his little investigation?

* A) They paid him off in barrels of Barley Wine
* B) A nun blackmailed him (JF)
* **C) A monk threatened to murder him (RB)**

### Question 2

What concerning thing started to happen?

* **A) People began to see the dead walk the earth (JF)**
* B) People began burying themselves alive
* C) People began eating dirt until they died (RB)

### Question 3

Guess what this new disease is called.

* **A) The English Sweat**
* B) Lucifer's Indulgence (RB)
* C) Horsebite Flu (JF)

### Question 4

What did she do?

* Ryan's Answer: She covered herself in gasoline and ran through the town naked ablaze
* Jermaine's Answer: She sought out some doctors
* **Correct Answer: She danced until she passed out from exhaustion then woke up and started dancing again**

### Question 5

What do you think the physicians thought the issue was?

* **A) Hot blood (JF)**
* B) Excess bile (RB)
* C) A phlegm deficiency

### Question 6

What was their plan of action?

* A) Weighing down the feet of the dancers
* B) Baptising the dancers (JF)
* **C) More dancing (RB)**

### Question 7

What was their final measure?

* A) Chain the dancers' feet together (RB) (JF)
* **B) Buy the dancers sweet new kicks**
* C) Dress a monkey up as St. Vitus and have it kiss the dancers' feet

### Question 8

Do you think it worked?

* Ryan's Answer: Yes
* Jermaine's Answer: Yes
* **Correct Answer: Yes**

### Question 9

What else may have healed them?

* A) Antibiotics
* B) A travelling hypnotist (JF)
* **C) The power of love (RB)**

### Tie-Break Question

If you joined a dancing plague, what would your dance move be?

## Points Chronology & Winner

*There is a possibility that some questions, and allocations of points, may be removed during post-production so the point totals presented here may not be the genuine totals that the players ended with as a result of the full gameplay.*

### Winner

Jermaine Fowler is awarded the title of History Master and the Coveted Cup of the History Master.

## Musical Guest

God performs "Didn't Make 'em Dance".

*Listen here on SoundCloud.*

### Lyrics

* I’m god
* Okay?
* I’ve got something to say
* Those dummies dancing half to death
* That wasn’t me, no way
* I made the stars and moon and sun
* And also I made everyone
* Like Genghis Khan, Celine Dion,
* All dogs and cats, fruit bats, your mom
* And sure some people worship me
* But then I did make everything
* Like Jupiter and Tupperware
* And Diet Coke and teddy bears
* But I didn’t make those people dance
* Oh way back when in olden France
* I’m not that guy, that’s not my scene
* You think that I would be so mean?
* And sure I killed their crops for years
* And preyed upon their deepest fears
* Of squalor, plague, no food to eat
* But dancing? Man, that’s not my beat
* Know what, I lied, it’s all on me
* I got those dingbats to their feet
* Boy they could really jitterbug
* But when they died I pulled the plug
* So what, big whoop, who cares, come on
* It’s not the worst thing that I’ve done!
* Like bed bugs, pinkeye, Tampa Florida
* And also the rest of Florida
* So yeah I made those people dance
* Oh way back when in olden France
* I’m sorry I know it was rude
* I guess I’m just a zany dude