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Stupid Deaths: Milo of Croton

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The setup

A champion strongman explains his fatal encounter with a tree, while Death tries to prove that brains beat brawn.

Community rating

– / 10

The premise

Here’s the bit.

Death is delighted with his Sudoku skills when Milo of Croton arrives in the afterlife. The Olympic wrestler boasts of his extraordinary strength, then reveals how an attempt to split a tree left him trapped and vulnerable to wolves. Death finds the contrast between Milo’s muscles and his judgment irresistible, but his own display of cleverness fails to impress his visitor.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 2

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

But can you finish a Sudoku?

I don't get it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The episode was moved forward from its originally scheduled slot, so some guides list it as episode 11.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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