1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Guess what mango? What's that? Will? All right? So I 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: was in a restaurant the other night and I was 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: looking at the menu, and for some reason, I started 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: thinking about all the names that were on the cocktail 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: list there. I was. I was kind of bored, to 6 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: be honest with you. I started thinking about these things 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: and I saw Irish coffee on the list, and then 8 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: I was even more board. So I started to wonder 9 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: a little bit more about this, and I was trying 10 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: to think through like whether that's offensive, you know, like 11 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: you pour a little whiskey into a hot coffee and 12 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: then suddenly it's Irish for some reason. Yeah, I mean 13 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: I feel like cocktail names are so weird, right, Like 14 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: white Russians had nothing to do with Russia or Mikaile 15 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: burushnikof right, I mean they do have vodka, and my guess, 16 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: and the same with black Russians, Like that was invented 17 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: in Belgium apparently. So the weird thing is that Gabe 18 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: was looking into this and the name Irish whiskey was 19 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: actually a point of pride for the man who coined it. 20 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: So the guy's name was Joe Sheridan, and he was 21 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: the chef at an airport restaurant and the Port of 22 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: Points Over in Ireland, so that that's kind of funny 23 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: it was invented in an airport. But what's the story there, 24 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: all right? This goes back to three and I guess 25 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: at the time, there was this extremely rough winter storm 26 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: going on, so planes are getting grounded and you know, 27 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: passengers are stuck inside there. So Joe basically takes pity 28 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 1: on the exhausted passengers and he offers them this mix 29 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: of hot coffee and Irish whiskey kind of as a 30 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: way to help them warm up. And so one American 31 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: passenger inquires about this and he asked, you know, have 32 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: we just been served Brazilian coffee? Well, Joe shakes his head, 33 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: of course, and he said, no, sir, that's Irish coffee 34 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: or drinking. Yeah, if you're glad I spared you the 35 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: Irish accent there, all right. So a few weeks later, 36 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: Chef Joe just convinced the restaurant owner there to add 37 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: his Irish coffee to the menu, and passengers there and 38 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: Foins and beyond have been enjoying it ever since. So 39 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: that's just the first of nine facts about cocktails that 40 00:01:46,040 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: will dig into today. Let's dive in. He their podcast listeners, 41 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: Welcome to Part Time Genius. I'm Will Pearson and as 42 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: always I'm joined by my good friend Man Gueshow Ticketer 43 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: and sitting behind the soundproof booth trying to mix himself 44 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: Poos Cafe. Yeah, it's exactly what it is. You know. 45 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: These are these gorgeous drinks because they look kind of 46 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: like a rainbow and glass. It's like super alcoholic and 47 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: they're layered, but each sip is a little bit different, 48 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: and the trick is to make sure it all SIPs good. 49 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: I think that's what Trista was trying to do, but 50 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: it kind of came out tan, so he just poured 51 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: it out and made himself a Zema with a little 52 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: red skittle at the bottom. But I think that's a 53 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: less savvy cocktail, to be honest, which is amazing that 54 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: Tristan found a bottle of zema. They make that anymore now, 55 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: they definite know. I am excited to talk about cocktails 56 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 1: because the first one is something I've had questions about forever, 57 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: and that's a Tom Collins. So the question everyone asks, 58 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: who exactly was Tom Collins? And you and I are 59 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: not the first person to wonder about this, and in fact, 60 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: in nineteenth century New York asking folks if they knew 61 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: Tom Collins was some people's favorite pastime. So the way 62 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: it worked was that a stranger would come up to 63 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: you in the street or whatever, and they'd tell you that, 64 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: like twenty minutes earlier they saw Tom Collins trash talking you. 65 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: And they say this to like anyone who listened, right, 66 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: He was like talking about your clothes, your week, work ethic, 67 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: the fact that you can't go left on a basketball court, whatever. 68 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: And so you get all confused and flustered because you 69 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: don't really know anyone named Tom Collins, and who is 70 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: this guy to slander you? Right? So you asked a 71 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: stranger where he saw Tom Collins last, and he directs 72 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: you towards the local pub. Right, So it's like this 73 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: genius marketing trick. So a few minutes later you storm 74 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: in to the bar demand to see Tom Collins, at 75 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: which point the bartender nods silently, fixes you a drink 76 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: and he hands you with Tom Collins, which I guess 77 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: is old Tom gin lemon juice and sugar, topped off 78 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,119 Speaker 1: with carbonated water. And the thing is right, you get 79 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: to meet Tom Collins. So it's like a cute little 80 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: trick and it's a nice story. And according to saucy 81 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: dot com, which is a beverage sipe, the Tom Collins 82 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: was a product of a nineteenth century prank for people 83 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: with way too much time on their hands, and of 84 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: course the bartender was actually in on the joke. Some 85 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: people have suggested that the entire hoax was concocted by 86 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: bar owners as a way to sell more drinks, and 87 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: that the strangers on the street were actually on the 88 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: bar's payrolls. But either way, what we got on the 89 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: end was this tasty summary drink, which is way better 90 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: than any bar fight. That's pretty cool. I'd actually wondered 91 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: that one as well. A well, another name I've been 92 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: thinking about recently is the screwdriver, which is a very 93 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: simple cocktail. It's just one part vodka and one part 94 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,679 Speaker 1: orange juice. Of course, yeah, I mean, isn't it funny 95 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: that's something that's simple has a name instead of just 96 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: like vodka with orange and the fact that a greyhound 97 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: is vodka with grapefruit juice too. But supposedly that got 98 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: its name from being served at the restaurant attached at 99 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 1: a Greyhound bus station. I guess that's super weird. I 100 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: feel like I've never heard Paul Simon sing about that. Yeah, 101 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: I mean there's a little bit of questioning, you know, 102 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: the veracity of all of these, But the screwdriver has 103 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: a better story than this. Obviously, Americans like their vodka, 104 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: and in fact, it's actually the best selling liquor in 105 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: the country accounting for it's something like a third of 106 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: all liquors sold last year and more than six billion 107 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: dollars in sales. And of course making screwdrivers, as we said, 108 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: is super simple. But if you want to stay true 109 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: to the drink's roots, then you actually want to use 110 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: a real screwdriver. And that's because the drink is said 111 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: to have been invented by American oil workers who were 112 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: stationed in the Persian Gulf. And this was back in 113 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: the forties. That's funny, you know. I've obviously had that drink, 114 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: but I never think it's that old. Yeah. So the 115 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: workers decided to make the work day a little bit 116 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: more interesting by secretly adding vodka to their morning o J. 117 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: And because they didn't have any spoons handy, they stirred 118 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 1: the drink with their screwdrivers instead, and before long the 119 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: men started referring to the drink as a screwdriver now, 120 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, parsonally, because it was just a fun way 121 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 1: to talk about drinking around your boss is like, you know, 122 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: this job sure would be a little easier with a 123 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: screw driver. Well, I mean having murky origin stories. It's 124 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: kind of like a running theme with famous cocktails, and 125 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: the Long Island Iced Tea is no exception. So a 126 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: lot of people say the drink was first mixed during 127 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: Prohibition as a way to disguise a drink as plain tea, 128 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: and others say the drink was created in the nineteen 129 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: seventies and this contest sponsored by a Triple Sex. So 130 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: I've actually seen a video of the guy nicknamed Rosebud 131 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: who supposedly invented it in the seventies, and he's just 132 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: throwing this like equal parts of vodka, jin rom tequila 133 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: and triple sec into a blender and a little bit 134 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: of coal up. And it's not like the super Neat 135 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: mixology video because he makes kind of a mess with 136 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 1: the blender and everything. But you know, apparently he dubbed 137 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: it a Long Island Iced tea because of where his 138 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: bar was located. But what's incredible to me, and this 139 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: is all gay during the research here, is that New 140 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: York isn't the only Long Island to lay claim did 141 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: this drink. Tennessee also has a Long Island of its own, 142 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: and it's right in the middle of the Holston River 143 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: near the town of Kingsport. So, according to the town, 144 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: Long Island, iced tea was actually the creation of this 145 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: local bootlegger there. His name was Charlie old Man Bishop 146 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: and old Man Bishop. One day, I suppose they got 147 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: a little creative. He took vodka, gin whiskey tequila and 148 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: mixed them together with maple syrup, and then in the 149 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: nine is so Ransom perfected the recipe by adding a 150 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: little bit of citrus juice and and a little cola 151 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: to the mix. And as you can imagine, the two 152 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: Long Islands are at odds over who came up with 153 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: this disgusting drink first. I mean, they even compete in 154 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: this thing called Battle for the Tea where they blindfolded 155 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: bar patrons and gave them each of the regions tease 156 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: and everyone voted for their favorite. But unfortunately they made 157 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:40,239 Speaker 1: it a best of two match. So both Long Islands 158 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: have actually won one round each and there's no third 159 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: round schedule. Sounds like they've had a few of them 160 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: before they came up with that idea for a best 161 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: of two. I also feel like we should grab a 162 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,559 Speaker 1: few folks from the Savor team and have a little 163 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: office test and kind of choose for ourselves. But yeah, alright, Well, 164 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: speaking of murky origins, why don't we talk about the Cosmopolitan, 165 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: which claims two stories of its own own, actually none 166 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: of which I'm guessing have to do with Sex in 167 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: the City. Well, here's the weird thing is that one 168 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: of them actually does. So one option is that the 169 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: drink got its start in the mid nineteen eighties at 170 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,559 Speaker 1: a bar in Miami South Beach. So, according to legend, 171 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: a woman named Cheryl Cook invented it, and it was 172 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: supposed to be like a more feminine take on the 173 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: Martini because she had noticed that many women seemed to 174 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: enjoy the shape of the classic Martini glass more than 175 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: the taste of the actual drink that it came with. 176 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: So here's where the Sex and the City connection comes in. 177 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: Cook claims that the show's mother daughter costume design team 178 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: had been customers at her bar for like fifteen years 179 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: before the show started, So the inclusion of the Cosmo 180 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: on the show might have actually been a fun nod 181 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: to cook. That's interesting, and the show actually did revitalize 182 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 1: the cocktail from from what I know, I mean kind 183 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: of the same way as Sideways got people to stop 184 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: drinking more low yeah, or the way you know everybody 185 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: started drinking white Russians right after the Big Lebowski. You know, 186 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: there's there's actually another great story that could also be 187 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: the starting point for the Cosmopolitan as well. So according 188 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: to an African American bartender named Neil Murray, he invented 189 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: the drink back in nine and this was as a 190 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: way of asserting himself at the bar that was under 191 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: racist management at the time. Now, the story goes that 192 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 1: Murray had interviewed to be a bartender at the Cork 193 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: and Clever Bar in Minneapolis earlier that year, but despite 194 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: having a pretty good interview, he was actually later told 195 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: by a friend that the managers passed on him simply 196 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: because he was black. Still, the staff was on Murray's side, 197 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 1: so when management went away for the weekend, the staff 198 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: slip trained him. Over the course of three days and 199 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: put him on the payroll. Then the managers agreed to 200 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: try him out once they returned. But here's the backstory 201 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: to the drink. So one night not too long after, 202 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: Murray was mixing up a popular cocktail called the Comic 203 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: Kaze when he decided to add a splash of cranberry 204 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: juice to the mix. Now, the customer loved the extra 205 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: fruity punch and asked Murray what had inspired him to 206 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: add it, and Murray just said it just felt like 207 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,839 Speaker 1: it needed a little color. So the customer responds that 208 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 1: it looks very cosmopolitan, and that's how the drink and 209 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: actually got its name. But the funniest part is that 210 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: Murray says he started ordering the drink and every town 211 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: he passed through after that, so he would go to 212 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: a bar and order a Cosmopolitan, and when they had 213 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: asked him to remind him what it was, Murray would 214 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: tell them that it was a Kama Kaze with cranberry juice. 215 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: So bartender suggested the drink to customers, and the drink 216 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: gradually spread from coast to coast. Have you ever heard 217 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: that This American Life, where Sarah Kanig is talking about 218 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: her dad who's this legendary admin. He wrote the old 219 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: Volkswagen thinks small ad and lemonads, and he's you know, 220 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: kind of known as a genius. But he also makes 221 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: these outrageous claims, Like one of the things he claims 222 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: is that no one used to eat shrimp in New 223 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: York before he came to town, and he just kept 224 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: asking people for pulling peel shrimp, eating it on docs 225 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: and stuff, and suddenly, like the whole town was into it. 226 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: He also claimed he invented thumb wrestling. I would be 227 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: so star struck, but who knows, maybe you did. But 228 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 1: speaking of crazy ideas that took off, I'm going to 229 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: talk about a non alcoholic cocktail, and that's the Arnold Palmer. 230 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: I feel we've talked about this one before, haven't we. 231 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: That's right, But you know, as you'd imagine, legendary golfer 232 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 1: Arnold Palmer was not the first to combine iced tea 233 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: with lemonade, but he was the first to popularize to drink. 234 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: You know, this is something that I order from time 235 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: to time, but I always get a little nervous before 236 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: I say it. And my kids actually made fun of 237 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: me because I have a hard time saying without really 238 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: slowing down, saying Arnold Palmer. So they like to wait 239 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: for me to say an Arner Palmer. So I do 240 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: love that old ESPN commercial. Whether they're in this cafeteria 241 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: and these two sportscasters are they're just watching is Arnold 242 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: Palmer goes up to the dispenser and he fills his 243 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: glass half with lemonade than half with iced tea, and 244 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: then he walks away, and they go, that was awesome. 245 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: I love that. And you know, I'm sure there's plenty 246 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: of people out there who can't say Arnold Palmer. So like, yeah, 247 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: so we should just call it an Arnie Palmy. I 248 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: like that. I like it. Well, the name of the 249 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: drink goes back to the late sixties and and this 250 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: is when this woman happened to overhear Palmer ordering his 251 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: favorite drink at a bar in Palm Springs, and she 252 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: apparently was star struck. Right, she was a huge fan, 253 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: so she immediately ordered one of the same and simply 254 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: referred to it as that Palmer drink. Another way you 255 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: and I can refer to it, And that's how it 256 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: kind of took off. But more official connection was made 257 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: years later when Palmer licensed both his name and image 258 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: to branded versions of the drinks. But you know, in 259 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: the early days, it was just his fans requesting the drink, 260 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: and and that's sort of how it's spread. But here's 261 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: what's funny. If you want to mix up your own 262 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: Arnold Palmer at home, you actually have to decide which 263 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: ratio to use. Normally, the drink is served fifty fifty, 264 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: also known as a half and half to non Palmer fans. 265 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: Palmer actually preferred sent tea to lemonade mix, but his 266 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: wife was this total sweet tooth, and so she'd use 267 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: sweet tea and lemonade, and her versions called a wind 268 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: Palmer after the namesake. And you know, just because I 269 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: have to say this, Arnold Palmer's dentist used to be 270 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: in Delaware for some reason. He used to come to 271 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: Delaware to get his teeth done. So I would just 272 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: feel like, that's in fact every where should know. I 273 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: don't know why you know that, but anyway, we've got 274 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: a few more cocktail origins to get to. But first 275 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: let's take a quick break. Welcome back to Part Time Genius, 276 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: where we're talking drink origins. Now I'm gonna stick with 277 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: your mocktail theme and talk about the grandmother of all 278 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: mock tails, which is, of course, the Shirley Temple. So 279 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: as you might imagine, this mixture of ginger ale, grenadine 280 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: and Americino on top was reportedly served to the child 281 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: actress Shirley Temple starting in the late nineteen thirties, and 282 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: in true cocktail fashion, there is some disagreement on where 283 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: and when the drink originated. There was this Beverly Hills 284 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 1: restaurant called Chasen's that claims to have invented the drink 285 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: on Temple's tenth birthday so she'd have something special to 286 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: sit on when she dined with her parents. And you know, 287 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: while the Brown Derby restaurant claims to be the true 288 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: home of the drink, also the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 289 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: Wakiki claims that they were the first to mix it 290 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: for But the funny part is that while all these 291 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: places claimed they invented it for her, Shirley Temple actually 292 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: wasn't a fan of the drink. She reportedly found it 293 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: to be much too sweet for her taste, which is amazing. 294 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: It feels like such an insult coming from a child. Yeah, 295 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: I mean, apparently the only thing she found more distasteful 296 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: was when companies tried to market a bottle cherry soda 297 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: called the Shirley Temple in the nineteen eighties. She responded 298 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: by filing multiple civil lawsuits claiming her name was not 299 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: a generic term and that the use of it was 300 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: an invasion of her privacy. And the company's actually eventually 301 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: back down. That's pretty amazing. I mean, I do know 302 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: she was super smart, right, like she was supposedly like 303 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: this ambassador or diplomat. Yeah, that's true, and I believe 304 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: it was to Czechoslovakia. But since I did a Shirley 305 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: Temple fact, I think I should tackle its sibling cocktail 306 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: while I'm at it, And that's the Roy Rogers. So 307 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: one of my favorite scenes on Dirty Rock is when 308 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: Alec Baldwin's at this far and he orders this really 309 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: fruit fru drink, like I think it's like a white 310 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: rum with diet ginger ale and a splash of lime 311 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: or something, and the bartender says, sir, here's your Nancy Drew, 312 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: and Alec Baldwin is just so offended and he says, 313 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: for men, it's called a hardy boy. I know why 314 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: that line is so funny to be but the idea 315 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: that we need like a coke version of the Shirley 316 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: Temple to appeal to boys is just so dumb. Yeah, 317 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: you're right, it's pretty ridiculous. And and sometimes the Shirley 318 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: Temple with cola substituted in for ginger ale is also 319 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: called a Shirley Temple black, which also happened to be 320 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: Shirley's married name. But the reason the mocktail is interesting 321 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: is that it's also named for Rory Rogers, you know, 322 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: the cowboy actor who later owned his own fast food place. 323 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: But apparently Rogers was a teetotaler, and I always thought 324 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: that it was given the cowboy name Roy Rogers just 325 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: to appeal to boys. But supposedly he actually had the 326 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: drink mixed up for him on set when he was 327 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: shooting westerns on TV. And this was, of course, back 328 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: in the nineteen forties, so it's been around for a while. 329 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: That's interesting that he actually liked the drink wheer Shirley Temple. Hey, 330 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: but you know, I got to cat this with a 331 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: proper cocktail. Fact, and this one's about the my tie. 332 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: So Gabe has been trying to get us to do 333 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: a show on TIQ culture for a while now, and 334 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: we'll definitely get to a game, don't worry. But this 335 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: story comes from him. So most people associate the my 336 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: Taie with Hawaii, likely because of the name, which means 337 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: good or nice Intohitian, but the drink was actually the 338 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: creation of this Oakland bartender named Victor burger On. He's 339 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: also known as Traitor Vic, you might know, and this 340 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: was back in a few years later. Vic was hired 341 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: to create a cocktail menu for a Hawaiian cruise line 342 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: and also the sister hotel, the Royal Hawaiian, So he 343 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: put on the menu, but he really wasn't confident about it, 344 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: so he kind of stuck the my Time near the 345 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: bottom of the list, and of course it became this 346 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: immediate hit, partially because people assumed it was a Hawaiian 347 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: drink and they just wanted to blend in with the locals. 348 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: But the downside to the success is that Vic felt 349 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: the need to protect his recipes from the public, which 350 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: made it difficult for other bartenders to recreate the drink, 351 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: and as a result, there all these different versions of 352 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: the drink on the market now, so like some use 353 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: way too much pineapple juice or grenadine and they're like 354 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: sickly sweet. Some aren't sweet but just taste disgusting. And 355 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: this is all why the ma Taie is sometimes called 356 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: the most abused cocktail in the world. But if you're 357 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: looking for a true my tie, it should include just 358 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: a handful of ingredients rum, orange liquor, almond syrup, simple syrup, 359 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: and freshly squeezed lime juice, and it's topped with freshman. Oh. 360 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: I like that. Yeah, I like the fact that things 361 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: are getting even more wild out there. I think Tristan 362 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: pulled out as that his third Sema of the day 363 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,719 Speaker 1: four pack. You know, I feel like we've covered a 364 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 1: lot today that drinks shouldn't be gender that you know, 365 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: drinking on the job was a thing that happened with 366 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: screw drivers, sex in the city, Arnold Palmer's thinnest. But 367 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: I do feel like the fact I like the most 368 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: was the one about Tom Collins talking trash about you 369 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: last night in a bar. That was pretty good. I agreed, 370 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: I will not stand for it, So let's take Kristen 371 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: and go find Tom instead of straight. But you know, 372 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 1: Gave actually texted me right before this, and he said, 373 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to read from the email if you get 374 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: a chance, toss out a mention of the Jersey Turnpike, 375 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: a notorious lost a bet cocktail where the server flips 376 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: the bar mat, collects the liquid run off, and then 377 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: completes the drink by ringing a used bar rag straight 378 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: into a glass, which is so Grossot. You know, I 379 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: do want to thank you for the trophy this week, 380 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: and to all of you out there, thank you so 381 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 1: much for sending fact. It really makes it other day. 382 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: You know, we got this Twitter fact from Robert Vogel, who, 383 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: after our Raccoons episode told us about the Madison, Alabama 384 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: new baseball team they've got. It's a double A team 385 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: called the Rocket City trash Pandas and I love this name. 386 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,919 Speaker 1: So my son and I have already agreed that there 387 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: are new favorite double A team and keep those facts coming, 388 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: but from all of us here at part time, Genius 389 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 1: gave Tristan, Will and me thank you so much for 390 00:18:52,000 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: listening to the b