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Show Notes Episode 448: Outrageous, Egregious, Preposterous! This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists he should NOT have to pay for the drink that he drunkenly spilled all over himself because the bartender clearly knew he was too drunk to lift it! (The case was settled out of court when the bouncers appealed to his sense of self preservation) On the show this week we talk about that time that McDonald’s burned an old lady’s vay jay jay and refused to pay! Along the way we discovered where Dave’s terrible taste in coffee originated. (He takes it black, like his men) Then we dip into the history of coffee (because we have a formula and we stick to it) and finally get around to telling you about that time in the 1990’s when an old lady suffered massive burns on her Hoo Hah because McDonald’s crappy coffee was served WAY too hot! We also explain how the media helped their corporate masters spin the story to fuck over all us little people in court. (Again!) Our Sponsor is “Cuppa Damn Coffee” the place where you can get a cup of damn coffee! We open the show with Kramer seeking legal counsel and close with La La Life starting their day! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/HfjPrbatsMg?si=g8df5a5_EJWXnAYC We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: How America’s Coffee Got Bad — and Then Got Great https://www.eater.com/22966312/coffee-history-america-third-wave-dark-roast A Brief History Of American Coffee Culture https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/a-brief-history-of-american-coffee-culture Did Cocaine Users Cause McDonald's to Replace Their Coffee Spoons? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stirring-response/ Remember the Hot Coffee Lawsuit? It Changed the Way McDonald’s Heats Coffee Forever https://www.rd.com/article/hot-coffee-lawsuit/ Calculating the optimum temperature for serving hot beverages https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18226454/#:~:text=Hot%20beverages%20such%20as%20tea,can%20cause%20significant%20scald%20burns. Liebeck v. McDonald’s The Hot Coffee Case https://www.tortmuseum.org/liebeck-v-mcdonalds/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 447: Tell Him About the Twinkie This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he cannot be legally responsible for this bar tab because he was drunk when the charges were incurred! (The bartender dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the bouncers threw him in the dumpster out back. Again.) On the show this week we examine how a snack cake entered the lexicon of American jurisprudence. (Hint: It was the media.) Along the way we learn why Dave was such a fat little boy! (Little Debbies ARE delicious!) Then we explain the history of the Twinkie, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with the court case we eventually get around to talking about! (This is a very circuitous episode.) Finally we get into the court case in which case the aforementioned Twinkie is tangentially relevant. (We have a formula, folks.) We talk about the San Francisco murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. But mostly we talk about the defense their murderer Dan White used in court. (Ergo, the Twinkie Defense.) Our Sponsor this week is Low Rent Legal, because even bad lawyers are still technically lawyers. We open the show with an explanation of the Twinkie and close with Larry Groce, who has a problem. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/jQnIL-XPerQ?si=rFol2hlE5KBieNUl We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: LGBT culture in San Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_San_Francisco#:~:text=San%20Francisco%27s%20LGBT%20culture%20has,a%20town%20where%20anything%20goes%22. SUSPECT SOUGHT JOB https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/28/archives/suspect-sought-job-moscone-had-been-asked-to-reappoint-him-as-a.html The Trial of Dan White: An Account https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/599-home Myth of the 'Twinkie defense' / The verdict in the Dan White case wasn't based on his ingestion of junk food https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Myth-of-the-Twinkie-defense-The-verdict-in-2511152.php Dan White's Motive More About Betrayal Than Homophobia https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184657/http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-01-30/news/white-in-milk/1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 446: Many Fools Were Pitied This week Host Dave Bledsoe is kicked out of a bar for bar tab he claimed he did not commit and is desperately searching for the A-Team to help. (The A-Team in this case is asking Gavin to loan him fifty bucks until Friday.) On the show this week we examine life and career or 80’s pop culture phenom Laurence Tereaud. You know him as Mr. T. Along the way we discover why Dave never wears any jewelry. (He is a cheapskate) Then we dive right into how much America loves to make myths out of men, whether those men deserve it or not. However, in the case of Mr. T.,he kind of does. We trace T’s origins from the South Side of Chicago (It’s the baddest part of town) to a riot on a college campus, then to T’s lumberjacking in the military and finally to Dingbats, the disco where Mr. T’s personae was developed. (And the lawsuit over the proceeds). We follow his movie and television career to the inevitable moment Nancy Reagan sits on his lap and kisses him. (It was a strange moment in America). In the end we discover something about Mr. T. and about ourselves. (Meaning Dave couldn’t find anything horrible to say about Mr. T.) Our Sponsor this week is Fools Gold, because REAL gold is expensive. We open the show with words of advice from Mr. T. and close with Eric Berts explaining an origins story. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/XTd6ZFpQKfs?si=wGaFRdLE7Wtpxn0C We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Actor and professional wrestler Mr. T, known for his mohawk and gold chains, starred in 1980s TV programs like 'The A-Team' and 'Mister T.' https://www.biography.com/actors/mr-t “Silence is a very good weapon” https://pvpantherproject.com/2023/02/silence-is-a-very-good-weapon/ Wikipedia: Mr T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T Famous Veteran: Mr. T https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veterans-mr-t.html#:~:text=In%201975%2C%20he%20became%20Pvt,leader%20at%20Fort%20McCoy%2C%20Wisconsin. Mr. T loses in court https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/25/Mr-T-loses-in-court/7214838267200/#:~:text=%27I%20was%20the%20originator%20of,and%20promoted%20him%20as%20Mr. How The A-Team sparked the cult phenomenon that was Mr. T https://www.metv.com/stories/how-the-a-team-sparked-the-cult-phenomenon-that-was-mr-t Mr. T Reveals How 'That' Photo of Nancy Reagan Sitting on His Lap Came to Be https://people.com/politics/mr-t-reveals-the-story-behind-nancy-reagan-sitting-on-his-lap/ Mr. T dressed as Santa. Nancy Reagan sat on his lap. It was the most shocking first lady photo ever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/12/21/mr-t-dressed-santa-nancy-reagan-sat-his-lap-it-was-most-shocking-first-lady-photo-ever/ 'The A-Team' 's Mr. T https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-a-teams-mr-t-vol-19-no-21/ Words of Wisdom from Mr. T https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/celebrities/words-of-wisdom-from-mr-t.aspx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 445: “What We’re Talking When We’re Talking Taco Tuesday” This week Host Dave Bledsoe passes out face down in a Big Beef Burrito Supreme and is kicked out of Taco Bell. (Again) On the show this week talk tacos, specifically we are talking out the origins of Taco Tuesday! (Who doesn’t love tacos, right?) Along the way we discover that Dave probably missed out on his once chance for a meaningful relationship but not understanding the fundamental nature of “cruising”. Then we dive right into the history of food wrapped in tortillas, going all the way to Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica! We trace the tasty treats journey from south of the border to the boardroom of megacorporations as they squabble over who owned the rights to use the phrase “taco tuesday” (Come to find out, the legal owner is a bar in New Jersey!) Then we take the time to examine the beauty of the taco and how it can heal us as a nation. Our Sponsor this week is the return Tacopocalypse It’s HERE! We open the show with a very smart Chihuahua and close with Lucky Diaz singing the national anthem of Taco Tuesday! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/XTd6ZFpQKfs?si=wGaFRdLE7Wtpxn0C We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Taco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco Where Did the Taco Come From? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-the-taco-come-from-81228162/ The Trademarking of “Taco Tuesday” https://priceonomics.com/the-trademarking-of-taco-tuesday/ The Crazy Contentious History of Taco Tuesday https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/history-of-taco-tuesday-when-did-it-start The Surprisingly Contentious Origins of Taco Tuesday https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/taco-tuesday-history-origins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 444: “Ron, John and Jodie” This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender “You talking to me, are YOU talking to me?” when they ask him to pay for his drinks. (The bartender replied that he must be since he didn’t see any other deadbeat drunks around there.) On the show this week we head back to 1981 when John Hinckley Jr had his shot at greatness and missed. (A very fine line is being walked) Along the way we discover why Dave is the sad lonely old man he is today. (He is afraid of girls!) Then we dive right into the events of March 30th 1981 when Organized Labor saved Ronald Reagan’s life. (And STILL he fired those air traffic controllers!) We might John Warnock Hinckley Jr, a rich kid living the rich kid life in the mid 1970’s. But then his life took a turn toward darkness (not becoming a stock broker, which is how most rich kids turned to darkness back then.) Follow along as John watches a movie and takes the entirely wrong message and then barks a wrong try by trying to woo a young Jodie Foster. (She was gay THEN John!) Finally we talk about his trial and how it changed very, very little. Our Sponsor this week is Boyd’s Body Armor, because somebody probably wants to shoot you. We open with NBC Nightly News and close with J. Fla who wants you to not miss your shot. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/DPJv5u1EcaM?si=bHA4Zs7RTvXojUTI We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The First 100 Days: Reagan Pushed His Agenda of Tax Cuts and Less Government https://www.usnews.com/news/history/articles/2009/03/12/the-first-100-days-reagan-pushed-his-agenda-of-tax-cuts-and-less-government John Hinckley, Jr. brings infamy to Lubbock https://web.archive.org/web/20130925143644/http://www.lubbockcentennial.com/Section/1959_1983/hinckley.shtml The Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. https://famous-trials.com/johnhinckley/537-home?__cf_chl_tk=FpBcrfEUItcGHJE40s26uuMJWXN8nEjNfUe3GY7mdMs-1711234800-0.0.1.1-1365 The John Hinckley Case https://www.crimelibrary.org/terrorists_spies/assassins/john_hinckley/4.html From Daniel M’Naughten to John Hinckley, A Brief History of the Insanity Defense https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/history.html#:~:text=Before%20Hinckley%2C%20the%20burden%20of,the%20time%20of%20the%20crime. John Hinckley Jr., who once tried to kill Ronald Reagan, claims he is a victim of ‘cancel culture’ after concert nixed: ‘Keeps happening’ https://nypost.com/2024/03/20/us-news/john-hinckley-jr-claims-he-is-a-victim-of-cancel-culture-after-concert-called-off/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 443: Hale Bopp, Mmmmhmm, Hale Bopp Part Two of Packing a Purple Shroud This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly gets into a white panel van thinking it was an Uber and spent three days in a UFO Cult before they kicked him out for being an asshole. (Again) On the show this week we finish our story about the Heaven’s Gate Cult. (Trigger Warning, balls are cut off) Along the way we discover Dave was quite the connoisseur of uncomfortable ways to fly. Then we pick back up with Herff and Bonnie who are busy building themselves a clique of believers. We follow along as they assemble their “Away Team” (Honestly, these people were watching too much Star Trek and that is saying something coming from THIS podcast),moving from “starbases” in the woods to a mansion in San Diego. We cover the innovative solution to their sexual desires. (They cut off their balls) Finally, we discuss their ascension and why America found it so fucking funny. (America has bad taste) Our Sponsor this week is Art’s Intergalactic Tours, when it is time to leave the Earth behind, book with Art’s! We open the show with Art Bell and close with Leo Moracchioli who plays us a little bop! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/1ZxP5g7lMrs?si=GaYz2DIMWkkpuOPK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Overview of Present Mission https://heavensgate.com/misc/ovrview.htm Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=4 Wikipedia: Techniques to enter the next level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)#Techniques_to_enter_the_next_level Line separating comedy, tragedy is awfully thin https://www.deseret.com/1997/4/11/19305964/line-separating-comedy-tragedy-is-awfully-thin/ Suicides should inspire curiosity, not jokes Guest columnist Joshua Molina (Not that one) https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19970409-01.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Fascination over Heaven’s Gate cult continues, 20 years after mass suicide https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-heavens-gate-20170319-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 442: “Which Brings Us Back to DOH!” Part One of Packing a Purple Shroud This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender to float him one last drink because later he will be leaving to join a Mothership located near Uranus. (He was still giggling when the bouncer dragged him out.) On the show this week we turn back to 1997 when a group of religious enthusiasts made big news for their unorthodox travel plans! We are talking about Heaven's Gate! Along the way we discover that Dave once tried to join a Wiccan coven because he thought he would see chicks naked. (They turned him down because they had no desire to see Dave naked.) Then we meet Marshall Herff Applewhite, a gentle soul born in the wrong place and time, also the wrong planet. We follow Herff on his journey toward enlightenment, by which we mean we watch him struggle with being gay. Herff struggles would eventually lead him to his cosmic destiny in the form of a middle aged Registered Nurse who was into astrology and aliens. (Everyone has a soulmate.) Together the two would join together to become The Two, Bo and Peep and Ti and Do. (Yes, like the song.) When we are done you will have the backstory you need to understand (OK not understand, but be informed about) the origins of the Heaven’s Gate Cult. Our Sponsor this week is The Temple of Dave Ascendant, we may not save your soul, but at least you get to keep your dick and balls. We open with Lewis Black close withEdgard Roock who metals up on old classic. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: General background information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate:_The_Cult_of_Cults Wikipedia Heaven’s Gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group) Wikipedia Fourth Great Awakening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Great_Awakening Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 441: “A Few Good Lawyers” Movie Night: A Few Good Men This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily insists the bartender “can’t handle the truth” when asked when he might be paying his bar tab. (They dragged Dave outside while screaming: “You WANT me at that bar, you NEED me at this bar” Again.) On the show this week, it is What the HELL Movie Night, we are talking about 1992’s “A Few Good Men” Along the way we discover that Dave has opinions about the women and men in our nation’s National Guard. (Like he is such a hero?) Then we dive right into the story of a bartender with a dream (Yeah, that Dave would find another bar) and that dream is of Hollywood! We meet a young Aaron Sorkin who wrote a script on bar napkins that became a Hollywood blockbuster. We follow along as Meathead from All In the Family takes up the story and casts the sexiest people to ever wear a US Navy uniform in a movie about the bastard step-children of the Navy. (The editorial stance of this podcast is firmly pro-Marine, if for no other reason than Dave still owes some former Marines drinks from back in the day) We close with an examination of why the Marines did NOT like A Few Good Men. (Tom Cruise should have been a Marine Lawyer) Our Sponsor this week is the Navy National Guard, because Oklahoma should have a Navy too! We open with the trailer for A Few Good Men and close with Town Mountain who invoke their Fifth Amendment rights! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Ex-Marine who felt ‘A Few Good Men’ maligned him is mysteriously murdered https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/04/10/ex-marine-who-felt-a-few-good-men-maligned-him-is-mysteriously-murdered/ Can You Handle the True Story Behind Aaron Sorkin's 'A Few Good Men'? https://collider.com/a-few-good-men-true-story-aaron-sorkin/ Close Order Moral Drill https://web.archive.org/web/20121107110601/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977216-1,00.html A FEW GOOD MEN https://web.archive.org/web/20160408084528/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-few-good-men-1992 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 440: Booze Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes to a Tiki Bar in Teaneck and gets lost on the way to the bathroom. (Again) On the show this week we examine the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. (We mean why people in the 1970’s suddenly got so into the idea of the Bermuda Triangle. The other stuff is easily explained.) Along the way we learn that Dave is like he is because parents in the 70’s didn’t love their kids enough. (This is a baseless lie told for comedic effect, his parents HAD to love him a lot not to give him up for adoption) Then we dive right into the mysterious region called the Devil’s Triangle. (Not a euphemism for a well manicured bush) From its origins as some shit Christopher Columbus made up to make himself look cool, to some shit some dudes centuries later made up to sell books and magazines. (There is a common thread) We tell you about all the ways Hollywood made money off the triangle, and all the ways Milton Bradley made up to make money. (Yes, there was a board game!) Finally, we give you the rational explanation for what is happening you all need for closure. (Nothing, nothing is happening.) Our Sponsor this week is Eternal Cruise Lines, isn’t it time to leave it all behind? We open with Leonard Nimoy searching, and close with Gary Gee plotting some dark shit for his lady. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Sea's Puzzles Still Baffle Men In Pushbutton Age https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/evwjones.html The Deadly Bermuda Triangle https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/vincentgaddis.txt Why The Bermuda Triangle Craze Of The '70s? The Hoax And Hysteria Explained https://groovyhistory.com/bermuda-triangle-craze-hoax-hysteria?utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=pinterest_bermuda_triangle_craze&utm_medium=pinterest__bermuda_triangle_craze The Bermuda Depths https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077223/ Bermuda Triangle (1975) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2296/bermuda-triangle TV: ‘Nova’ Explores the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ Case https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/29/archives/tv-nova-explores-the-bermuda-triangle-case-program-challenges.html According to the Google Ngram Viewer, the Bermuda Triangle myth blows up in the 1970s and has been popular ever since. What happened in the 1970s to make it so popular? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1383hh6/according_to_the_google_ngram_viewer_the_bermuda/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 439: Borked by Blockbuster This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets in a drunken row with a fellow barfly on the artistic merits of “Jiggly Juggs Volume 7” versus “Jiggly Juggs Volume 8” insisting 8 was repetitive trash until the bartender tossed them both out. (Again) On the show this week we tell you about the time a Supreme Court nominee’s video rental records gave us a whole new law! (But had nothing to do with keeping Bork off the bench.) Along the way Dave goes on Old Man Rant ™ about how tough it was before corporate video chains took over the video rental market. Then we dive right into a brief history of home video rentals and how capitalism killed the mom and pop video stores. (It is somehow relevant, we swear) before finally getting to the main story about Robert Bork. (It’s OK if you don’t know who that is, we didn’t either.) We explain how the guy who did Dick Nixon’s dirty work gets nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court and everyone gets super pissed by the end of the story. (It really is a wild ride on this one!) Finally we explain why all of this resulted in politicians feeling safe when they rented their hard core porn at their local video store. (You know the stuff behind the swinging doors in the back, you dad went in there while you were looking for Star Wars movies.) Finally we explain why you still have privacy at The Last Blockbuster but not on Netflix. (Say it with us: CAPITALISM!) Our sponsor this week is Mondo Fast Eddies Home Video back again because they still got tapes. We open with Randall from RST Video and close with Datarock who are waiting for you at the video store. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/fqfX_IlYngo?si=Z9d2GkXFtID7w_10 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Silicon Underground: How much did VHS tapes cost in the 80s? https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-much-did-vhs-tapes-cost-in-the-80s/ A Tight Squeeze at Video Stores https://web.archive.org/web/20200414084654/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/01/business/a-tight-squeeze-at-video-stores.html Wikipedia: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork_Supreme_Court_nomination THE BORK TAPES SAGA https://web.archive.org/web/20071009144531/http://www.theamericanporch.com/bork2.htm PUBLICATION OF BORK`S VIDEO RENTALS RAISES PRIVACY ISSUE https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/11/20/publication-of-borks-video-rentals-raises-privacy-issue/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices