1776 - Thai King Ekkathat, Meermin Slave Mutiny, Mozart and a Paper Entrepreneur

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Renaissance man Bobby Mair takes us on his own personal tour of 1776, and introduces us to King Ekkathat of Thailand when the country is besieged by invaders from Burma, the Meermin Slave Mutiny when the captive Malagasy prisoners take the ship over, Mozart returns to Salzburg after a grand tour of Europe and Paper Entrepreneur, Henry Fourdrinier is born. Also Red is considering a holiday to Tulum in Mexico and Bobby paints his own inimitable picture of how Robert de Niro has ended up having so many children

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