1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: Welcome to stuff you should know, a production of iHeartRadio, and. 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: Welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh, and there's Chalk and 3 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: Jerry's here too, and it's time to buckle down and 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 2: get serious about some silly inventions that turned out to 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: be pretty popular. 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, man, this takes me right back. 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: It does, because this is a super kind of eighties. 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: But I really associate most of this with the nineties, 9 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 2: don't you. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: Oh, I just mean this episode takes me back to 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: like twenty twelve. 12 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: Oh gotcha? But yeah, sure, yeah, Well, this article is 13 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 2: clearly written around two thousand and nine or twenty ten 14 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: by our esteemed colleague Jonathan Strickland esteemed. Oh yeah, there's 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: loads of esteem going his way from us. We're talking 16 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: today about some silly inventions. Typically they were what you 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: would call direct response TV marketed types of inventions or products, right, 18 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: which are what those like the little thing, at least 19 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 2: in the United States, that little red icon that says 20 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: as seen on TV mm hmm. Those are basically across 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: the board direct response TV marketed. 22 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: Products, that's right. And by direct response that basically means 23 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: we want to make more money, and we'll do that 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: by making like an infomercial, and instead of the infomercial 25 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: saying like and now go to your store and buy 26 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: this thing, even though a lot of the stuff you 27 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: could find in drug stores and like maybe a bed, 28 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: bathroom beyond or something like that. Sure, but generally what 29 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: they were trying to do was sell direct to you 30 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: get a direct response by putting like an eight hundred 31 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: number up you could call an order. So that just 32 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: means they get more juice for themselves since they're not 33 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: having to sell it to a store. 34 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, and often it's like, yes, of course they wanted 35 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: more profit, but they also wanted to be able to 36 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: pay off the third mortgage they took out on their 37 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: house to get this invention of theirs out. 38 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe public. 39 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of these that were just 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 2: invented by some person. You know, it's a good idea, 41 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: and luckily for them, they took off and became super popular. 42 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 2: So there's one that it wouldn't qualify in any really way, 43 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 2: shape or form as a silly invention, so we didn't 44 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 2: include it on this list. But it is the most 45 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: the greatest selling direct response TV marketed product of all time, 46 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 2: far and away, and it's the George Foreman grill. From 47 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: what I saw in the last like twenty plus years, 48 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 2: more like thirty years, I think it sold about a 49 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: billion dollars worth of product. That is pretty significant. I 50 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 2: don't know if you're counting, but a billion dollars still 51 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: means a lot these days. 52 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: It does. I never had a Forman grill. I never 53 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: owned one, but I lived with one for a year. 54 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: Oh yeah. Did it pay a share of the rent? 55 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: Yeah? No, I think one of my roommates had one year, 56 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: I feel like in college. And you know, if you 57 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: don't know what those words, the whole trick is. It's 58 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: like any kind of standard Panini press or something, except 59 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: they raised up one side of it so Greece could 60 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: trickle out of it. And that was about the only difference, 61 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: I think, right. 62 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, But the thing is it really works. You mean, 63 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: and I have one and we use it basically anytime 64 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 2: we cook burgers, we use it. And I mean, like 65 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: there's no loss of taste, but there's a ton of 66 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 2: like fat that's just just strips right out. So we 67 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: use ours pretty frequently. 68 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: That's funny. I don't think I knew that you guys 69 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: had a Foreman. 70 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: We do. And one other thing about this too. This 71 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: is another thing too with direct response products. Most people 72 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 2: think George Foreman invented that grill because he refers to 73 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: it in the ads as his grill. He did not. 74 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 2: It was already an existing product and he was approached 75 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: to basically be the pitch man for it, and very 76 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 2: wisely he said, sure, I'll do it, but you have 77 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: to give me forty five percent of the profits. 78 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. He made a lot of money on miss things. 79 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: Just crazy gobs of money. Good for him, And there's 80 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 2: a similar So moving into our list now, Chuck, and 81 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: this is in very much stuff you should know tradition. 82 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: Not a top ten, a not a full ten top 83 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 2: ten list, I guess is what we call this kind 84 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 2: of thing. 85 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't know that we've ever done ten, and 86 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: we're never gonna. 87 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 2: We better not. If we did. At some point we 88 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 2: need to find that episode and go edit out one 89 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: of them. 90 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, or maybe that's like our very last episode will 91 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: be a true ten. 92 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's a good one. 93 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: That'll be the tell everyone will know we could. 94 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 2: Do a top ten of our top ten episodes. 95 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds it sounds like a great way to finish. 96 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: Actually, so the segue I guess from George Foreman to 97 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 2: the first on our list is the idea that people 98 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 2: tended to think Suzanne Summers may have invented the thigh Master. 99 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: She did not. Just like George Foreman, she was approached 100 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: to become the pitch person for an existing invention, and 101 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 2: she thanked her lucky stars all the way to the 102 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 2: bank later on that she agreed to it. 103 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: That's right. If you have a certain age, you may 104 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: not even know who Susanne Summers is, or you may 105 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: know her as the thigh Master lady. If you're a 106 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: little bit older, if you're in our generation and above, 107 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: you know her as Chrissy from the great She's Raids 108 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: the Sheriff Sitcom threes Company. 109 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 2: Oh Three's Company. 110 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, great show. 111 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 2: She was also and she She's the Sheriff. Though, that 112 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 2: was a good one. 113 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: I didn't I've never even heard of that show. 114 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 2: It was the kind of show that would come on 115 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: at three point thirty pm Saturday, right after reruns of 116 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: Mama's Family. 117 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've really never heard of She's the shaff I 118 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: take it to the Sheriff. 119 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 2: She was the sheriff. Okay, it was a good show. 120 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: But yes, of course Three's Company Chrissy is who she 121 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 2: is vastly far and away better known for. But by 122 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: that I mean that was like the late seventies, early 123 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 2: eighties when she left Three's Company. Apparently she was making 124 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty grand less an episode than Jack 125 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 2: John Ritter, so she's like, I'm out of here, and 126 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: there was kind of a lull in her career between 127 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 2: then and I guess nineteen ninety one when she came 128 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 2: back with a vengeance on TV pitching this thigh master. 129 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, pitching the v bar. That's what it was originally 130 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: called when a Swedish physical therapist named doctor Anne Marie 131 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: Binstrom invented this thing in the sixties. But they tweaked 132 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: it a little bit. They made it look cooler, they 133 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: made it a little more colorful, and brought it into 134 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: the eighties slash early nineties and approached her to like 135 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: you said, like, hey, you know, you're a very recognizable 136 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: face and you're into fitness and you're smart lady. She 137 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: played a dingbat on Three's Company, But Suzanne Summers is 138 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: a very smart woman. Yeah, as evidenced by the perhaps 139 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: three hundred million dollars she made on Howkin the thigh 140 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: Master and eventually like buying out the partners to where 141 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: she outright owned it. 142 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 2: That's awesome. So you said that this is an existing device, right, 143 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 2: the V bar? Yes, So what it was we should 144 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 2: just say real quick, the thigh master or the V 145 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: bar was this kind of device? What would you liken 146 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 2: it too? You know those like paper chip clips? 147 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm just ready for you to confuse everybody. 148 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 2: Go ahead, Okay, it's like a giant paper chip clip, 149 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 2: but it doesn't open up, so you couldn't clip it 150 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 2: to anything. It's just the squeezing part. So go to 151 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 2: your kitchen right now, get a paper chip clip, break 152 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 2: off the part that opens up, and then put the 153 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: little remaining part that's like a V the V bar 154 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: between your legs and squeeze. And what you're doing is 155 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 2: using a mini thigh master right now. 156 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: That's right. You do the same thing with your fingers 157 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: if you wanted to. 158 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 2: Right. So, they made it pop and like they hid 159 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: the spring in the middle, and they gave it some 160 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 2: great coloring. And this was now the thigh Master that 161 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,679 Speaker 2: Suzanne Summers was now demonstrating on some very famous TV 162 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: ads again starting in nineteen ninety one. 163 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: That's right, And I guess the only other thing we 164 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: should mention is that there was a physician on a 165 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: lot of these commercials. There was a guy wearing a 166 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: lab coat, doctor Herbert L. Gould, who was there to 167 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: recommend the thing and saying that he uses it. And 168 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 1: the cherry on top is that doctor Gould was an ophthalmologist. 169 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: Is great, not that that doesn't you know, I mean, 170 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: still a doctor still used the thing, I guess for sure. 171 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not illegitimate, it's just funny. 172 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: Clearly knew Suzanne Summer somehow, probably. 173 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 2: Or they just started picking doctor at random. 174 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: Now I think he was probably her optomologist, be my guess. 175 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're probably right. I feel like there is one 176 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 2: more thing we should mention about the ad, and that 177 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 2: is the fact that Suzanne Summers appeared in it wearing 178 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 2: leotard like you would think for working out, but also 179 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 2: panteos and high heels, which is the specific kind of. 180 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: Look yeah, oh, actually, there is one more thing, because 181 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: this is we buried the lead. The probably the most 182 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: interesting thing about all of this is that there is 183 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: a direct response Hall of Fame and she's in it. 184 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 2: Yep. She was inducted in twenty fourteen and rightly so amazing. 185 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 2: Take an early break or move on? No, we got 186 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 2: to move on, Okay, so I say we move on 187 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 2: to the pocket Fishermen and a little bit of a 188 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 2: bio on rom Po Peel, one of the great salesmen 189 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 2: of all time. 190 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Ron papill. If you had a TV in 191 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: the nineteen eighties and nineties and you have seen this, dude, 192 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: he was the guy that you know. But wait, there's 193 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: more that came from him. He originated that term. He 194 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: was popular in the I guess even the like the 195 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: fifties and early sixties when he made the first infomercial 196 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: for the vegematic. Yeah it's vices, it dices like that 197 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,599 Speaker 1: was Ron Papeel. All these sort of tropes of infomercials, 198 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: a lot of them come from the great Ron Papel. 199 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, that vegematic infomercial that was like the world's first one. 200 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 2: So yes, he was an infomercial god. And he got 201 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 2: his start. He was always good at selling things. Apparently, 202 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 2: by the time he was sixteen, he was selling his 203 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 2: dad's inventions at flea markets and grossing about five hundred 204 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 2: bucks a day, and that's in nineteen fifty one dollars, 205 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 2: so that's like ten million dollars a day today. And 206 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 2: within just a few years he was a household name 207 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: thanks to television. And it was largely built on that 208 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 2: vegematic that apparently his dad invented. 209 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was you know, it's a veggie chopper. 210 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, manual food processor, that's it. But because he was 211 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 2: he could get so excited about any wacky, weird invention 212 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 2: and try to make you excited about it, and there 213 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: was just no ignoring this guy. 214 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, he had the enshll egg scrambler, and that was 215 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: a device where if you didn't want to crack your 216 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: egg put it in a bowl and scramble it, you 217 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: could use this little device that had a little bent 218 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: pin that went inside the eggshell and spun around. Very 219 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: interesting invention. And the GLH which stood for Great Looking Hair, 220 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: the g LH Formula number nine hair system, which is 221 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: basically spray paint for bald spots. 222 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was like aerosol spray hair like product or 223 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 2: something like that. 224 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: Remember when Rudy Giuliani sweated his sweated that stuff down 225 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: the side of his face. 226 00:11:58,760 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I do. 227 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: It's amazing. It was like, what a time when he 228 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: was on TV in front of like sweating what looked 229 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 1: like shoe polish, and then standing in. 230 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 2: Front of that huh for landscape. 231 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: Oh my god, what a time to be alive. Amazing. 232 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: It was like SNL come to life. 233 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 2: It really moment after moment too, something new. 234 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: Yeah. 235 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 2: That Inside the Eggshell Scrambler too. By the way. So 236 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 2: one of the other things about all these products are 237 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 2: their ads are magnificent. Sometimes they're magnificently terrible or just 238 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 2: so absurd or just unintentionally salacious. But this Inside the 239 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 2: Eggshell Scrambler ad had a little kid sitting at a 240 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 2: table and he had been served like runny eggs, and 241 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 2: it's the TV announcer says, no more runny eggs, and 242 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 2: the kid looks at his plate and kind of gags 243 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 2: a little bit. 244 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: Good lord, I love runny eggs. 245 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 2: Well this didn't, and apparently neither did Ron Pop Peel 246 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,719 Speaker 2: because he used it as a selling point. 247 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: Well, his company, because he was Ron, was called Ronco. 248 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: They've done a couple of billion in sales over the year, 249 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: and part of that chunk is owed to the pocket 250 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: Fisherman which is the one on the list here, and 251 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: that's you can still get a pocket fisherman. It is 252 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: a is exactly what it sounds like. It's a compact 253 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: fishing rod that folds up very small. It has a 254 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: little compartment in the handle to hold some stuff, and 255 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: it's you know the problem with the pocket fishermen like 256 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: it works. If you go on YouTube, there are plenty 257 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: of examples of people using this thing and catching like 258 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: a decent sized fish. Even it's just not I think 259 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: you had in here. Maybe it was strickling. It said, 260 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: it solves the problem that we didn't know existed, And 261 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: that's kind of true, because you know, if you're going camping, 262 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: let's say, or backpacking, and you pack up and break 263 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: down a regular sized fishing rod, it straps on the 264 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: outside of your backpack, no problem, and it's not really 265 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: that big or in the way. So the pocket fisherman 266 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: just took it a little further, I. 267 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 2: Guess, yeah, and made it chunkier. 268 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. They're cool looking. 269 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, they look vaguely like a staple gun. Oh okay, 270 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 2: that you break off the handle from and put between 271 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 2: your legs and squeeze staples into your the insides of 272 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 2: your thighs. That's what its like. 273 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: I think we should definitely take that break now, Okay, 274 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: all right, we'll be right back with a few more 275 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: right after this. All right, we're back, everybody. And next 276 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: on the list, we have the shake weight, which is 277 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: a you know, a semi legitimate piece of workout equipment. 278 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: It's kind of like a dumbell if you picture a dumbell, 279 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: but instead of just lifting the dumbbell, you put both 280 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: hands on it and move it. And there's a spring 281 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: in the middle and the two ends of the dumbbell 282 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: like move like when you shake it. A shake weight, 283 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: that's what it is. But it became popular not because 284 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: of it's how well it worked or how good of 285 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: a piece of gear it was. It became popular because 286 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: of the clearly obvious sexual innuendo that comes about while operating. 287 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, we don't really need to explain it. Just go 288 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 2: look at a shakewaight, ad, and you'll immediately understand what 289 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 2: we're talking about. Yeah. The thing is, though, Chuck, is 290 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 2: it does seem to have worked right, Like you're basically 291 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 2: instead of you moving, the weight is moving, and what 292 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: you're trying to do is stabilize it and what the 293 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 2: shake weight makers were saying is like, hey man, this 294 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 2: requires way more muscle exertion than traditional dumbbell lifting. And 295 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 2: they commissioned some studies that basically said, yeah, this actually 296 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 2: is is correct. Use something more like three hundred percent 297 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 2: more muscle activity than you do with traditional dumbbells, and 298 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 2: in like one sixth of the time too. And plus 299 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 2: I think they had a two and a half pound 300 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: version that was for women apparently, and then one that 301 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 2: was double the weight for men. And the two and 302 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 2: a half pound version burned as many calories as a 303 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 2: twelve pound dumbbell. So all of this checked out. But 304 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 2: again that's not really what people were buying the shake 305 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 2: weight for. 306 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: No, it was parodied sort of all over the place, 307 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: obviously on stuff like SNL Ellen DeGeneres, and you know, 308 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: it's just one of those funny things that hit like 309 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: virally early on because of how it looked when you 310 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: used it. You know, I imagine it was a pretty 311 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: decent cardio workout. I don't think I've ever seen one 312 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: in person. Are touched one? 313 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 2: I don't believe I have either. 314 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: I lived with one for a while. 315 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 2: Did you know it was? It was a mean drunk. 316 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I wonder if these things had if they were 317 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: like in actual gems. 318 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 2: I don't know, Like this is one of the things 319 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 2: like when it comes to exercise equipment, like the thigh 320 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 2: Master two. The Shakewaight was like there was article after 321 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 2: article like it doesn't really work, it actually works, And 322 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 2: from what I saw, the consensus seemed to be that 323 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 2: it definitely did give you a workout, like you could 324 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 2: feel it, but it for as far as strength training, 325 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 2: which is what most people use dumbbells for, it wasn't 326 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 2: going to help you very much for that. 327 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, probably pretty good cardio though, like I said, and 328 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 1: I imagine it was a pretty decent four arm workout, you. 329 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 2: Know, right exactly. But yes, I'm sure most people wouldn't 330 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,679 Speaker 2: have been caught dead at the gym using one of 331 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 2: those things. All right, Well that was the Shakeway. Oh 332 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 2: one other thing I saw that in one year, I 333 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 2: think this was two thousand and ten, they made something 334 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 2: like forty million dollars off of it. 335 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: Man, these things it's crazy. 336 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is pretty impressive. So what's up next, Charles? 337 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: Well, we got to go with big mouth. I couldn't 338 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: even say it, right, almost, said Billy big mouth. But 339 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: that's just what I called mine. Big mouth. Billy Bass 340 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: took the world by storm in the early two thousands. 341 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,479 Speaker 1: And if you don't know what I'm talking about, it 342 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: is if you've ever seen a taxidermied fish mounted on 343 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: a plaque on the wall like a big largemouth bass, 344 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: imagine if that thing came to life and saying don't worry, 345 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: be happy to you. 346 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, this thing had a real evil dead vibe to it. 347 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. Take Me to the River was 348 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: the other one of the two original or not original songs, 349 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: but you know what I mean, the first songs that 350 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: the Billy Bass played, right. 351 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 2: And this is in two thousand, when Billy Bass Spentett's 352 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 2: year in the limelight. But the story goes back a 353 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 2: couple of years earlier and the inventor, Joe Peltieri, and 354 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 2: his wife Barbara, were out on a road trip. Joe 355 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 2: was looking for the next big idea. He was a 356 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 2: VP at a novelty company and he was trying to 357 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 2: figure out, you know, what to do. I think he 358 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 2: had kind of hit a dry patch and was a 359 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 2: little concerned. And they ended up at a bass pro 360 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: shop on the road trip and his wife, Barbara, knowing 361 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 2: that he was trying to come up with a new idea, 362 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 2: said why not a mounted fish that sings? And Joe said, Barbara, 363 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,719 Speaker 2: I could kiss you and she says, well, what are 364 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 2: you waiting for? And they kissed. 365 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: I wonder how that went down. Was she literally walking 366 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 1: around a bass pro shop and saw a taxa dermat 367 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: fish and said, wouldn't it be great if that thing 368 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: sang don't worry to be happy? 369 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 2: That's that's how I envision it. 370 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: Just what a while? I mean, was she on Paoti? 371 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 2: I don't know. Yeah, maybe she didn't even think of it. 372 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 2: She saw it, you know. 373 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's such a weird thing to conjure up, but 374 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: I love it and it was a very very fun product, 375 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: Like out of all these, to me, this is the 376 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: most kind of fun thing that you might want to 377 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: have on your wall. 378 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's great. They went with don't 379 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: worry be happy to take me to the river. You 380 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 2: understand that's pretty funny, but don't worry be happy. That 381 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 2: was like the smash It of nineteen eighty eight, Like 382 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 2: it had been dead and gone for over a decade, 383 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: and they brought that thing back with big mouth billy bass. 384 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: Yes, hard to get that out in it. 385 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is. So. 386 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: The thing was actually, for what it was was a 387 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: fairly sophisticated piece of gear. They had a censor inside 388 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 1: of it so when you walk by it, it would 389 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: pick up on that and just automatically start singing. And 390 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: he had some designs that he did over the years 391 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: that he didn't love, but he really hit on it 392 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: when I guess his wife Barbara probably said well, why 393 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: don't you have the thing turn its head out and 394 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: sort of look at the person they're serenading, And he 395 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: was like, by god, Barbara, we've got a kiss. 396 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 2: Again, right, And that was a big deal like that, 397 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 2: Like you did not see things that did that, that 398 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 2: turned away from the plaque and looked at you to sing. 399 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 2: That put the novel in novelty for big mouth billy bass, 400 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 2: if you ask me. 401 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. So, like I was saying, though, it was a 402 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: pretty sophisticated thing the way it all worked. And for 403 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: twenty nine ninety five, you know, they took a long 404 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: time to build. It wasn't cheap. It was a well 405 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: made piece of gear. It was forty days to build one. 406 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: So I think Jimmy G. E. M. M. Y was 407 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: the company that which still owns the big Mouth Billy 408 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: Bass that he was working for. But they didn't know 409 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: it was going to be such a big deal. So 410 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: and like I said, because it took so long to make, 411 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 1: they ended up shorthanded. And these things were going on 412 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: eBay for like three times the amount. 413 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean twenty nine ninety five in two 414 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 2: thousand was about fifty seven dollars today for a latex 415 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 2: singing fish essentially. But it just it hit just right 416 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 2: and it became like basically the big thing in two 417 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 2: thousand in the United States, and in very short order, 418 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 2: competitors came out and knockoffs came out, and then they 419 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 2: showed up with different songs too. I Will Survive, Stay 420 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 2: in Alive YMCA. 421 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: Of course this was. 422 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 2: During a disco revival, if you'll remember correctly. And I 423 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 2: found I didn't send this to you, I don't think. 424 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 2: But the Royal Palm shuffle Board Club, the Chicago location 425 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 2: along one wall, they have more than seventy big mouth Billy. 426 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: Bass Wow Nightmare Fuel that. 427 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 2: They have choreographed, not even to do to sing in 428 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 2: unison like one will sing the main part and the 429 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,719 Speaker 2: others will turn and like sing the chorus and stuff 430 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 2: like that, but they sing Staying Alive. They sing talking 431 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: Heads once in a lifetime, and then they sing Choices 432 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 2: by E forty. So it's really something to see if 433 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 2: you go look up the video. 434 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 1: Wow, I gotta check that out. That took some pretty 435 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 1: brilliant wiring, I imagine. 436 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 2: I can't. I think it is just timing. I don't 437 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 2: know how they did it, but it's really impressive. But yeah, 438 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 2: it is a little haunting for sure, because they have 439 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 2: dead eyes. I never really thought about it before. But 440 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,199 Speaker 2: that's the thing. One of the things that makes it 441 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 2: so absurd is the fish looks dead still, you know 442 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,479 Speaker 2: what I mean. They didn't try to make it look alive. 443 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 2: It looks like a dead mounted fish come to life 444 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 2: or come to reanimation, singing to you. 445 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: I never really thought about that. 446 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: I didn't either until just the second Chuck Well, he sold. 447 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 1: About one hundred million dollars worth of these things. It 448 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 1: was popular for about a year, which is all you 449 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: need really, and they don't even advertise their products, so 450 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,360 Speaker 1: this was all word of mouth, like somebody would see 451 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: it in someone's house, and you know, in the bathroom. 452 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: They would go to use a bathroom and this bass 453 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: would start singing to them, and before you know it, 454 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: they're buying four of them to give to their friends 455 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: and so on and so on. And they don't realized 456 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: when they buy it. Though, as you know, that motion 457 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: sensor worked pretty well, and so you got sick of 458 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: it pretty quickly. 459 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 2: I think, yeah, for sure, in America as a whole 460 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 2: got sick of it pretty quickly. So, like you said, 461 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 2: a year is pretty much all you need and we 462 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 2: moved on. But not before like it appeared in all 463 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 2: sorts of different TV shows, and like it was parodied too, 464 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 2: and I think it played a role in an episode 465 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 2: of Murder. She wrote. Nope, it was on Sopranos, though 466 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 2: there was a like a at least one episode where 467 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 2: it showed up and it was kind of like a mcguffin. 468 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: Maybe, Oh God, can we move on to the be Dazzler. Yes, 469 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 1: this was a big deal. This was a came from 470 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 1: a guy named Herman Brickman who was a protege of 471 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: ron Papel, and he invented it in the late seventies 472 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: and it was called the stud Setter, the Ronco rhinestone 473 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: at first, and you know, it was like kids used 474 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 1: it some of the eighties, But in the nineties it 475 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: became a really big deal because people like Paris Hilton 476 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: and Britney Spear. It became like a fashion thing because 477 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: people would be dazzle. Like there's a lot of denim, 478 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: like denim jackets and jeans and stuff like that. 479 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 2: Just to kind of get across what you're doing here. 480 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 2: This is pretty involved. But you take say a pair 481 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 2: of jeans, maybe around the pocket, and you slide that 482 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 2: bit of fabric in between the backstop, the bottom of 483 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 2: the thing, the base of the thing, and the plunger, 484 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 2: and under the plunger you put a setter and the rhyinestone. 485 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 2: You plunge it down and all of a sudden, you've 486 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 2: just bedazzled your genes. Well you yeah, you've put one 487 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 2: bedazzle onto your jeans and you have a lot of 488 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 2: work ahead of you. 489 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think you need to put at least five 490 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 1: things for it to truly bedazzle. 491 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 2: That seems like the minimum. 492 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but yeah, it looks kind of like a 493 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: stapler and Mental Floss. You've got some stuff from Mental 494 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: Floss on this one. And apparently Ron Pappeel at one point, 495 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: as a selling point, said it can make an eight 496 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: dollars pair of jeans worth up to fifty dollars. 497 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 2: The thing that kills me from that is worse up 498 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 2: to fifty. 499 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: Dollars, Like, are you gonna get sell them or something? 500 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess so, I think that's what he was suggesting. 501 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: I think people did that actually. 502 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. So it's identified as a Y two K fashion 503 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 2: trend that came from millennium optimism. I don't remember optimism 504 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 2: of the millennium to you, I remember like fear in dread. 505 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: Hmm uh, I don't remember. I remember the fear in 506 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 1: dread about the Y two K bug. But maybe after 507 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: that there was optimism because we were now like living 508 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: in the future or something. I don't know, I don't remember. 509 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 2: Maybe maybe I'll. 510 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: Pretty out of it at the time for sure. 511 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 2: But well, I'm talking more about like the whole X 512 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 2: Files zeitgeist. You know, it was a lot really paranoid 513 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 2: and just kind of dark. I don't know. I always 514 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 2: think of it as like a people were just kind 515 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 2: of worried on a really unconscious level about what was 516 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 2: going to happen. That's just you buddy, Yeah, maybe it was. 517 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 2: So it's made a comeback chuck. If you go on 518 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 2: to TikTok or Instagram and you say bedazzle in the 519 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 2: little search bar, I'll bring up like little videos of 520 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 2: people bedazzling stuff. They don't use the bedazzler machine anymore 521 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 2: because you can. I think people still bedazzle clothes here there, 522 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 2: but this is more like the current trend is more 523 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,360 Speaker 2: about like bedazzling objects instead. 524 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've definitely seen bedazzleed cell phone cases and stuff 525 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: like that. Uh, and I know that. I guess you've 526 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: seen vasoline jarsdests where you see these. 527 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,879 Speaker 2: I saw it on man, I can't remember where I 528 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 2: saw it, but somebody took a little mini vasoline brand 529 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 2: vasiline petroleum jelly jar just redid the whole thing in 530 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 2: different colored rhinestones and it looks like a it's a 531 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 2: bedazzled vasiline jar. It's pretty impressive. 532 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I guess if you need, if you 533 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: need to grease yourself up, you might as well have 534 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: on doing it. 535 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 2: And so the thing is, though, it is like, since 536 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,719 Speaker 2: you can't use the bedazzling machine, you're just kind of 537 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 2: like kind of tediously like applying one after the other 538 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 2: with an adhesive. It's not the whole satisfying plunge of 539 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 2: applying them. So it's a little more of a craft 540 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 2: these days, like a kind of a meditative, tedious craft, 541 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: as opposed to like the whole rock and roll ethos 542 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 2: of the original Bedazzler that was in the nineties. 543 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like the origami of you know, blingy crafts. 544 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 2: All right, Chuck, we're down to our last two, if 545 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 2: you can believe it or not. I think we're gonna 546 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 2: end up doing eight total, because remember we're not including 547 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 2: the form and grill. That's not silly, and it was 548 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 2: the intro. Everybody, don't get confused here. 549 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I guess we need to take the break then. 550 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 2: Oh boy, thank you for thinking of that, because Jerry 551 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 2: would have killed us. 552 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: All right, we'll be back right after this with Oh boy, 553 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna say, you just gotta wait and see. 554 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 2: Okay, Chuck, we're back, and you wouldn't say what was 555 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 2: coming up next. You left it to me, So I'll 556 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 2: just tell everybody we're about to go dive into the 557 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 2: flow bee. 558 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, what episode did we talk about the flow bee? On? 559 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 2: Doesn't ring? A bell. 560 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: We've talked about it at some point, because I remember 561 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: mentioning that we almost bought one in our college house late, 562 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: you know, kind of late night one night, like you do. 563 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: You're up late doing god knows what, and you see 564 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: the infomercial come on, and you're all like, we should 565 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: get one of those and cut each other's hair. But then, 566 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: true college passion, no one ever follows up on that 567 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: and does it. 568 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 2: Yep. That's because no one had a credit card that 569 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 2: they were willing to bust out. 570 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's true. I had that college MX. 571 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 2: That's uh. Yeah, I had college Capital one. Huh that 572 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 2: that's uh. That's how it works. Though, like those late 573 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 2: night commercials, essentially, I would guess probably fifty sixty percent 574 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 2: of sales of all these products come from people ordering 575 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 2: them while they're drunk. Yeah, probably, So it's got to 576 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 2: be like that explains quite a bit of it. So 577 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 2: the flow bee this is like a humble, legitimate invention. Oh, 578 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 2: by the way, we must have talked about it in 579 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 2: our how Vacuum Attachments Work episode? Yeah that was but 580 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 2: this guy, this was invented by a guy named Rick Haunts, 581 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 2: who I saw the original infomercial for this, and he 582 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 2: said that he was dissatisfied with the haircuts he was 583 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 2: getting and that they grew out too fast, and wouldn't 584 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 2: it be great if he could keep up with it himself. 585 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 2: And he wasn't in the salon hairstyle industry, he wasn't 586 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 2: in the vacuum industry. He was a carpenter who owned 587 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 2: a cabinatry company out in California. So he was a 588 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 2: California cabinet carpenter. That would have been better if all 589 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 2: of it had rolled off the ton. And his name 590 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 2: was Rick Hunts. I don't know if I said that 591 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 2: or not. 592 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, just a humble carpenter, much like Jesus and Harrison Ford. 593 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: So he gives up. He believes in this thing so 594 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: much he gives up his carpentry business. He sells it, 595 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: in fact, to help fund it. Went around to county 596 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: fairs demonstrating this thing. He called it the vacuum cut 597 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: at first, but eventually renamed it the flow bee because 598 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: it makes like a buzzing sound, like a bee. And 599 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: he colored it thustly. It was like a yellow and 600 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 1: black and it's you know, if you don't know what 601 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: this thing is, it attaches to a vacuum cleaner, and 602 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: so you got to have one of those, of course, 603 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: and it engages the vacuum and pulls your hair into 604 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: a you know, they have these like recessed hair trimmers 605 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: blades in there, and they had different attachments to cut 606 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: it at different links. So it just sucking your hair. 607 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: So you know, I saw a guy went on YouTube 608 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: today to see it demonstrated in modern times, and I 609 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: guess this is during COVID because the guy was like, Hey, 610 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: these are great things to have around right now during COVID. Yeah, 611 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: and yeah, you just sort of suck some up and 612 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: then push it back down and pull it out and 613 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: push it down all over your hair evenly, and it 614 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: supposedly does a decent job of cutting your hair. 615 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, So you know when you go to you know, 616 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 2: Great Clips or Van Michael or something like that, the 617 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 2: hairstylist will put their fingers through your hair and pull 618 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 2: up and put tension on your hair to make it 619 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 2: easier to cut. That's what the vacuum suction does to 620 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 2: your hair. So that means that you don't need to 621 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 2: have somebody with extra hands to cut your hair. Technically, 622 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 2: you can do yourself. This thing you just run over 623 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 2: your head. And that was always essentially the big selling 624 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 2: point for the flow be is well two of them. 625 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 2: One you can cut your hair anytime you want. Well 626 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 2: three two you're gonna save a ton of money. The 627 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 2: flow he's gonna pay for itself in a couple of months, 628 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 2: depending outside of your family. And then three no clippings 629 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 2: to pick up because it all gets sucked right into 630 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 2: your shop back. 631 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 1: No muss, no fuss. Uh. The problem for me is 632 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: I love getting a haircut. 633 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,959 Speaker 2: Oh me too. I get to go hang out with 634 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 2: my buddy Michael, who does my hair. 635 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: I get to hang out with my friend Robin, and uh, 636 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: it's always good. It's fun, it's a it's it's sort 637 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: of like I don't do spa treatments much, so this 638 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: is sort of like a spa treatment for me. Get 639 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: my hair washed by somebody. It's the best. 640 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is nice. Do you get a hot towel 641 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 2: and like a little lavender essential oil? 642 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: Uh no, she doesn't do like it's not like one 643 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: of those men's barbershops where they offer you a whiskey 644 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: and no, no in the hotael treatment. But she does 645 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 1: a great job. 646 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, No, neither's mine. It's a salon for sure. Uh so, 647 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 2: uh let's see. Oh so I wanted to say also, 648 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 2: one of the reasons the flow gets to me is 649 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 2: Rick Kant's like he was kind of the person I 650 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 2: was referencing at the beginning, where like he really I 651 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 2: think you might have said he sold his cabinetry business 652 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 2: to fund this, and he started pounding the pavement. He's like, 653 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 2: I've got a great idea here and I've got to 654 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,440 Speaker 2: just get it out there. He went to Nialko, he 655 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,720 Speaker 2: went to con Air, he went to Remington. I saw 656 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,399 Speaker 2: there was a great article on mental floss that really 657 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 2: kind of covered the flowbee. But he was getting nowhere. 658 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 2: He went to salons, and salons are like, no, we 659 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 2: don't want to sell this. It's going to cut into 660 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 2: our business. So he did what most great silly inventors 661 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,799 Speaker 2: have done. He took it directly to the consumer. He 662 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 2: created a direct response infomercial. He ponied up thirty thousand 663 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 2: dollars of his own money to produce a thirty minute 664 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 2: infomercial and it first aired in nineteen eighty eight, and 665 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 2: the premise of it is it's a fake show. The 666 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 2: show is new products and ideas which doesn't exist. It 667 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 2: was just for the show and it was hosted by 668 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 2: Lenny mcgil no one knows who that is, had a 669 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 2: synth soundtrack, and the guests just happened to be Rick 670 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 2: Hunts and like, he just demonstrates the flowbe and you 671 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 2: could get it directly through that infomercial and it just 672 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,479 Speaker 2: started to take off from there. 673 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, a thirty minute infomercial for something that takes ninety 674 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: seconds to describe is and demonstrate too. Probably we haven't 675 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: seen patting like that since probably this episode of ours. 676 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 2: That was that was a low blow, but pretty hilarious. 677 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 1: They sold between seventy dollars and one hundred and fifty 678 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: dollars a piece. He sold about two million of them, 679 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: so they sold a ton of these. And if you 680 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: go on YouTube to you know, and type in flow 681 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 1: B if you want to see a demonstration, one of 682 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: the top things that'll come up is George Clooney because 683 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 1: he's been on I saw him on Kimmel, I know, 684 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: he's been on CBS Sunday Morning. Apparently has been non 685 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: ironically using the FLOWB for decades on himself is what 686 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:06,359 Speaker 1: he says. 687 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 2: At least, Yeah, he said listen, man, it works, yeah, 688 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 2: he was. Yeah, non ironically is a great way to 689 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,879 Speaker 2: put it. So that's it for the Flowbe hats off 690 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 2: ra Kunts for sticking to your your dreams, your vision. 691 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 2: I think recunts demonstrates a lesson for all of us. 692 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: Agreed. 693 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,680 Speaker 2: And then last up, Chuck, we have one that's a 694 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,799 Speaker 2: little dear to my heart. The Snuggie. Yeah. 695 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,880 Speaker 1: I never had a snuggy. The snuggie is a blanket 696 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: with sleeves, full stop. 697 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, you can wear it. Essentially, it's a blanket you 698 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:46,800 Speaker 2: can wear. It's opening in the back like a hospital gown. Basically, 699 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 2: I don't remember what. 700 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 1: Like. 701 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,440 Speaker 2: I think the current snuggies are made of fleece, but 702 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,880 Speaker 2: the original ones were definitely not fleece. They were like 703 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 2: the most chemically chemical fabrics you can possibly imagine, oh man, 704 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:08,319 Speaker 2: and you would get them at like drug stores, that 705 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 2: kind of thing. But they originally started as a direct 706 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:16,240 Speaker 2: response TV campaign and they made a splash, like almost 707 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 2: out of the gate. They were just this talked about item. 708 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 2: In two thousand and eight and nine twenty ten, I 709 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,839 Speaker 2: saw there was a blogger who I could not find 710 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 2: the name of. If this was you write in and 711 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,879 Speaker 2: let us know because it was great. They said that 712 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 2: the people in the Snuggie commercial who are just doing 713 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 2: like everyday stuff but wearing this blanket, he said, they 714 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,839 Speaker 2: all looked like members of a laid back satanic cult. 715 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,280 Speaker 1: That's amazing. It's pretty good. That's a cult I wouldn't 716 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,399 Speaker 1: mind being in. Actually, the only cult that appeals to. 717 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:46,920 Speaker 2: Me, this snuggy cult. 718 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, they sold a ton of them, though, like all 719 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: of these, that seems to be a recurring theme. They 720 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: sold twenty five million Snuggies, so not twenty five million dollars. 721 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 1: That's about five hundred million bucks. And they did that 722 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,640 Speaker 1: generally between two thousand and eight and topped out at 723 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,439 Speaker 1: that number by twenty thirteen. So it wasn't it wasn't 724 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: a one year wonder. It was a you know, I 725 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:09,960 Speaker 1: had a little bit of staying power. 726 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,200 Speaker 2: It did. And Snuggie wasn't the first one. Apparently, the 727 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 2: very first blanket with sleeves was called the slanket, which 728 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,480 Speaker 2: was invented by a freshman at University of Maine and 729 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,600 Speaker 2: I think nineteen ninety eight. It's name was a course 730 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 2: and that made its a splash, I guess on QVC 731 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,279 Speaker 2: and I think it enjoyed like a resurgence during the 732 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:36,800 Speaker 2: Snuggy era. But even before the Snuggie and after the Slanket, 733 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,000 Speaker 2: there was the Freedom Blanket, the Book Blanket, the Cuddle Rap, 734 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:44,839 Speaker 2: the Toasty Rap. The difference was Snuggie went all in 735 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,759 Speaker 2: on their direct response TV campaign and they I think 736 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,399 Speaker 2: the cute name really helped too. 737 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. And you never know when you're you know, 738 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 1: something is just going to hit the zeitgeist. It just 739 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:56,920 Speaker 1: in just the right way, you know. 740 00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I said it had a place in my heart. 741 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,840 Speaker 2: The Snuggie did that. It's because for Halloween two thousand 742 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 2: and nine, which is the best Halloween I've had as 743 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,200 Speaker 2: an adult in my life. You me went as a 744 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,799 Speaker 2: Snuggie and it was a lot of fun. We walked 745 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 2: around New York and then went to a friend's party, 746 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 2: our friend Adam's party, and just had a great night. 747 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's awesome. 748 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,839 Speaker 2: So I think that said Chuck, forty minutes of high 749 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,400 Speaker 2: quality stuff. You should know podcasting has just been completed. 750 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, forty two and a half minutes. If you want 751 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:29,600 Speaker 1: to get technical. 752 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 2: Oh god, I guess I started after you. Oh now 753 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 2: it says forty one fifteen. 754 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,879 Speaker 1: Now, Oh my god, I hope this is a big 755 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:39,480 Speaker 1: edit job for Jerry. 756 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,400 Speaker 2: Well, since Chuck worried about the edit job for Jerry, 757 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,280 Speaker 2: I think that means it's listener mail time, don't. 758 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: You That's right? Instead of listener mail, though, we're gonna 759 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 1: do an Instagram comment, okay, because I couldn't find a 760 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: get into listener mail. But I went to our Instagram page, 761 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:02,560 Speaker 1: which is I think that's HYSK podcast, correct is the 762 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,160 Speaker 1: name of it. And you know we're going to start 763 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:06,640 Speaker 1: doing some more fun stuff over there by the way, 764 00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,279 Speaker 1: if you want to give it a follow. But this 765 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:13,440 Speaker 1: is from a J gree six a J g r 766 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,719 Speaker 1: e E six okay, and this was following up on 767 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,280 Speaker 1: the Kentucky Meat Shower short stuff episode. 768 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:20,040 Speaker 2: Oh good good. 769 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 1: I haven't listened yet because I'm on vacation, but I'm 770 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:27,000 Speaker 1: sure you mentioned it's coming up on the Meat Showers anniversary. Guys, 771 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:32,360 Speaker 1: and Bathco was supposedly re enacting this event crying laughing emoji. 772 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,279 Speaker 1: This could be a fun way to do listener mail 773 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,080 Speaker 1: moving forward. Actually, I always geek out when you two 774 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,320 Speaker 1: talk about Kentucky. I've gone to your past four Seattle shows. 775 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 1: My one question, if I had the chance, was always 776 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,680 Speaker 1: going to be do you love Kentucky or are we 777 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,440 Speaker 1: just really weird? And we're talking about a bit of both, 778 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure and AJ gree six now remembering we've done 779 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,800 Speaker 1: a few Kentucky based episodes now that I think about it. 780 00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, remember the Beverly Hills supper Club fire in northern Kentucky. 781 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Blue People, right. 782 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,760 Speaker 2: Were they out of Kentucky? You're right, You're right. Kentucky 783 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:11,799 Speaker 2: wasn't great memory, sure, and how jack Hammer's worked that 784 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 2: was Kentucky heavy. 785 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,160 Speaker 1: Oh, we probably we had to mention Kentucky in our 786 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: Thoroughbreds episode. 787 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:24,920 Speaker 2: Definitely. Man, we really have to done a lot of Kentucky. Sorry, Iowa, 788 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:27,120 Speaker 2: we need to do a show in Kentucky. 789 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,360 Speaker 1: I've always on it. Just Lexington or Louisville is the 790 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:31,840 Speaker 1: big question, so let us know. 791 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,919 Speaker 2: Okay, there you go. Well who was that again? 792 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:40,000 Speaker 1: R J gree six, Yeah, something like that. 793 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 2: Thanks a lot our J gree six or something like that. 794 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,879 Speaker 2: We appreciate you hanging out on our Instagram page. We 795 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,840 Speaker 2: have that Instagram page. I think we have a Facebook 796 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:55,200 Speaker 2: page too. We're on X Blue Sky TikTok we're even 797 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:56,800 Speaker 2: on TikTok Chuck. Is't that nuts? 798 00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:58,040 Speaker 1: I did not even know that. 799 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,000 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure we are. A shout out by the 800 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,840 Speaker 2: way to Spencer, our social media friend who helps us 801 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,360 Speaker 2: big time with that stuff. 802 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we'll shout those guys out. If you're 803 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,760 Speaker 1: looking to hire someone to do your paid professional social media, 804 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,680 Speaker 1: you can do a lot worse than hot Dog Sandwich. 805 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:16,479 Speaker 1: Those guys are great. 806 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 2: They are great, and they're fun to work with and 807 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:19,560 Speaker 2: they just know what they're doing. 808 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:20,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, super cool dudes. 809 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,840 Speaker 2: So yeah, keep an eye out on our social media 810 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 2: stuff for I guess some more things from us than 811 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,960 Speaker 2: you're probably used to, and then you can also, as always, 812 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 2: contact us via email at stuff podcast at iHeartRadio dot com. 813 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,640 Speaker 1: Stuff you Should Know is a production of iHeartRadio. 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