George Washington Carver the Peanut Genius | Corpse Talk

May 06, 2024

- Hello! I'm Adam and welcome to Corpse Talk! The show that brings a famous dead person to life! This week, my guest is a brilliant scientist and inventor who used his love of nature to improve the lives of millions of people. He's the only one...Peanut Man! (crowd cheering) ♪ Corpse Talk ♪ ♪ Corpse Talk ♪ ♪ History Talk About This Or That ♪ ♪ Corpse Talk ♪ ♪ Corpse Talk ♪ ♪ Where famous dead people come to life ♪♪ Welcome to the George Washington Carver Show! - The

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man? He makes me look like some kind of superhero. - With the power to provide a tasty and nutritious snack!

Is it a pea? Is it a nut? It's... kind of both. It's... The Peanut Man! - Are you OK? - I'm sorry. (laughing) Anyway, who needs a pretend hero when you're still a real hero to so many? - You are very kind, but my life didn't start like that. My parents were enslaved by a Missouri farmer named Moses Carver. My father, Giles, died before I was born into slavery. When slavery was abolished in Missouri, Moses and his wife raised me and my brother. He was too sickly to work in the fields. So instead, I spent my time reading books and exploring nature.

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I love observing the wildlife around me. I wanted to know the names of every flower, insect, bird and beast. - Oh! George, what's that little blue one? - Do not forget me! (laughs) - Of course not, George. That is the objective of the program. Ah, that's the name of the flower. (laughing awkwardly) - Um... Over time, I learned so much by observing nature, that people used to call me the plant doctor. - Mmm, plant doctor. How did that work? - I don't know what to do, doctor. He doesn't speak, he doesn't eat, he barely photosynthesizes. Tell me clearly, will it bloom again one day? (strong heartbeat) - Hmm?

Hmm. I am going to prescribe you a larger pot, a little fresh fertilizer, daily water and lots of sun. Next! Well, something like that. - So, George, what came next? Although slavery was abolished throughout the United States, I still found it difficult to obtain an education. A university accepted my application, but when I arrived they saw that I was black and rejected me. - That's ridiculous! How were you supposed to become a world-famous scientist if they wouldn't even let you in? - It wasn't easy, but I wasn't going to let that stop me from trying. And finally I was accepted into agricultural college. - Did you want to be a farmer? - Not exactly, but I wanted to use what I had learned to help people.

I did so well there that I stayed and became a teacher. (horse neighing) He had great ideas. He wanted to revolutionize agriculture throughout the southern United States. - With a cart? - That's how it is. It allowed me to bring my classroom to the people. And it worked! You see, most farmers had been slaves and only knew how to grow one thing. (wind howling) - I just don't get it! These crops keep dying! - As a scientist, I could show you how after a while, cotton absorbs all the nitrogen from the soil... (screaming, burping) ...making the soil useless for growing anything.

So I encouraged them to plant something that was not only better for the soil, but also healthy and affordable for human consumption. The new crop I encouraged farmers to grow was, you guessed it! Misery! - Hurrah! At last! We're getting to the

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s! - But it wasn't just peanuts. I also recommended that they try growing soybeans and sweet potatoes! Do you know any jokes about that? - Um... No, I'm sorry. Can we keep the peanuts please? (laughing) - Of course! It's my favorite topic! I had to show people how incredibly versatile they were! So I went to the lab. - Oh! - You just ate one of my experiments! - Hey, sorry.

They're so... (gulps) ...crazy! - Indeed! To convince farmers, I had to help find as many uses for peanuts as I could! (laughing) How many do you think there were? - Mmm, salted peanuts, dry roasted peanuts... (gasping) Peanut butter! Um...peanut oil. Yes, then, four! (laughing) - No! Almost 300! - No way! Three hundred?! (laughing) - Like I said, versatile! Do you want to guess what they were? - I feel like a crazy game show is coming! ♪ Name That Peanut Product ♪♪ Welcome to Name That Peanut Product! It is a provisional title. - Here they come, Adam! - Peanut sausage?

Actually? - Yeah! Delicious! (swallowing) Mmm! - Peanut juice? - No! Ink! Although we also made several drinks with peanuts! - Wow! Hey, okay! Um... Peanut paint? - No! That's peanut cheese. Although... - Oh, don't tell me! You also made peanut paint. - Peanut ice cream, peanut face cream, peanut pickle. - Mmm... Ah! Ah ha! I know this one! Hmm! I love peanut butter! (laughing) - Close! But I'm afraid it's actually peanut shampoo. (spitting, gagging) - Yuck! - Interestingly, I didn't actually invent peanut butter. - Oh! That's a plot twist I didn't see coming! - Although I helped make it popular! -But still, when people thought of peanuts, they thought of George Washington Carver! - I wasn't in this for the fame or the money.

I just wanted to help improve people's lives. - Oh! What is this? Oh! - That's peanut nitroglycerin. - N-nitroglycerin?! Do you like the things they use to make dynamite, nitroglycerin? Ah! (moans) - Oh God. - Mmmm, mmm! Tasty! George Washington Carver, you are an inspiration. Thank you very much for being my guest. (crowd cheering) - Well... I would have been crazy to say no! - Ha! Now you are understanding it. That's all we have time for. Join us again on Corpse Talk! The show that brings a famous dead person to life! ♪ Corpse