Show Notes Episode 362: I Did Not SeaMonkey That Coming

This week Host Dave Bledsoe keeps checking the mailbox for his pair of X-Ray Goggles only to be disappointed again. (Honestly, you can just look at porn on the internet, dude) On the show this week we tell you the truly messed up tale of the guy who invented Sea-Monkeys. (No spoilers, but he was a Jewish Nazi!)

Along the way we learn that Dave gets drunk and falls victim to Facebook scams on the regular. (No surprise there!) Then we dive right into the history of how a guy committed fraud against children by selling cheap crap in the back pages of a comic book. Then we discuss the twisted tale of Harold Von Braunhunt, the creator of SeaMonkeys, X-Ray Specs, and ardent Nazi! (Who is also Jewish) We trace the tale of his rise to child scam fame and fall because he sold a weapon he invented to raise money for seditionists. (No one tell Don Jr.) Finally we explain how even after the Nazi part came out, they still did a Saturday morning cartoon about Sea Monkeys.

Our Sponsor this week is X-O Specs, which are not intended for prurient uses and we MEAN it! We open with an ad for Brine Shrimp and close with Jez Quayle who just wants to Monkey around! 

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Citations Needed:

Comic Book Rip-Off Ads: Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, And More

https://groovyhistory.com/comic-book-ads-sea-monkeys-x-ray

The Shocking True Tale Of The Mad Genius Who Invented Sea-Monkeys

https://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-shocking-true-tale-of-the-mad-genius-who-invented-sea-monkeys/

A Brief History of Sea-Monkeys

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642405/sea-monkeys-history

CONTRASTS OF A PRIVATE PERSONA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/04/25/contrasts-of-a-private-persona/de3976fc-c0b0-4448-8e22-3c6d2edf593e/

HITLER AND THE SEA-MONKEYS

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/hitler-and-sea-monkeys

Uncited Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-tm-29473-story.html

https://junkee.com/sea-monkeys-brine-shrimp/210801

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-battle-over-the-sea-monkey-fortune.html

https://goat.com.au/pop-culture/the-guy-who-invented-sea-monkeys-was-a-literal-nazi/

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