History for Foos

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  • EP 65 - The History of Cold Cereal (Kellogg's and Post)
    Felipe and Butch take on the history of cereal. Cold cereal that is. The Kellogg brothers, John Harvey and Will Keith, along with C.W. Post of the famous Post company, invented cereal and by doing that, pushed the industry of food, health, and the refrigeration we have today. Inventions were stolen, flavors and brands were created, and new regimes were unveiled especially by the likes of Marjorie Merriweather Post who took over her father's business and made it to her very own. This is an episode you're gonna wanna have cereal with.

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch - Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento. You can catch him at The Hollywood Improv.
    1 hr 19 min
  • EP 64 - The History of The San Patricio Brigade
    Felipe and Butch keep going back in time to find out the atrocities young America were committing in the 1800s. In this episode, they talk about the history of the Saint Patrick's Brigade formed by John Riley. The brigade was a Mexican Army unit which fought against the United States in the Mexican American War. Consisting of several hundred mostly Irish and other Catholic European expatriates and immigrants, including numerous men who had deserted or defected from the United States Army. This affected how the US took over parts of Mexico which later ended up being California. This is an episode that would require even multiple episodes because of its vast timeline in history but here, Felipe and Butch explain it as much as they can.

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch - Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento. You can catch him at The Hollywood Improv.
    1 hr 29 min
  • EP 63 - The History of The Japanese Internment Camps
    Felipe and Butch are on a consistent focus on groups of people being rounded up and tossed into places against their will. The Japanese Internment Camps were no different and it happened in the US during WWII. The US government forcibly relocated and incarcerated approximately 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans in ten internment camps, primarily in the western interior, due to Executive Order 9066, a controversial measure based on wartime fears of espionage. The guys highlight the camps in California and give great detail as to the conditions Japanese and Japanese Americans went through.

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch - Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento. You can catch him at The Hollywood Improv.
    1 hr 18 min
  • EP 62 - The History of The Bracero Program
    Felipe and Butch deep into the US Bracero Program - a series of agreements between the U.S. and Mexico, allowed millions of Mexican men to work in the U.S. on short-term contracts, primarily in agriculture, from 1942 to 1964, addressing a national labor shortage during World War II. But that's not all - it was also the first wave of mass deportation of the millions of Mexicans that were in the US regardless of the program itself.

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch - Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento. You can catch him at The Hollywood Improv.
    1 hr 34 min
  • EP 61 - The History of Monopoly Board Game
    Felipe and Butch give us the history of the famous board game, Monopoly. But before there was Monopoly, there was The Landlord's Game, that was designed by Elizabeth Magie and first patented in 1904, but existed as early as 1902. The version by The Parker Bros., was patented on December 31, 1935. There's controversy afoot.

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch - Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento. You can catch him at The Hollywood Improv.
    1 hr 17 min
  • EP 60 - The Horrors of Native American Concentration Camps
    Felipe and Butch give us a brief dissection of real Native American history that some history books failed to teach us regarding the "Indian reservations" that the US government like to call, taking kids away from their parents and instilling non-native practices and non-native religion/spirituality.

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch - Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento. You can catch him at The Hollywood Improv.
    1 hr 15 min
  • EP 59 - History of the Irish Easter Rising (Pt 2)
    Felipe and Butch gives us the bloody history of the Easter Rising.

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch - Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento. You can catch him at The Hollywood Improv.
    1 hr 14 min
  • EP 58 - Recap and History of the Irish Easter Rising (Pt 1)
    Felipe and Butch are back and blesses us this year with a quick recap of the last month of December 2024 where they were touring that includes a humbling experience in the UK and Ireland. They also share brief history of Ireland, such as the Easter Rising.

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch - Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento. You can catch him at The Hollywood Improv.
    1 hr 29 min
  • EP 57 - History of Thanksgiving
    Felipe and Butch take their wits and knowledge on the history of Thanksgiving, a US Federal Holiday where we feat with our loved ones, friend, family, what may have you. But there is a dark side to how Thanksgiving came to what it is now in our modern-day traditions. Gobble gobble, motherf-

    Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

    LINKS
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT)
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar
    (IG and TT Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. About Butch Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento
    1 hr 25 min
  • EP 56 - History of The U.S. Secret Service
    Felipe and Butch go on an erract dive into the U.S. Secret Service, going from their inception to the conspiracy theories concerning their influence in world security.

    LINKS 
    Felipe Esparza: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) @FunnyFelipe (TT) 
    Butch Escobar: @ButchEscobar (IG and TT)
    Theme music (Intro and Outro) - by IkeReatorBeatz

    Get tickets to laugh with Felipe @ http://FelipesWorld.com

    Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country. 

    About Butch Butch Escobar is one of the most prominent comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed throughout the country and for the troops overseas. His energetic performances and unapologetic views on contemporary society have made him one of the most in-demand comedians on the West Coast.

    Butch is a featured regular at the world famous Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and Punch Line Comedy Clubs in San Francisco and Sacramento
    1 hr 15 min

About History for Foos

From the publisher's feed

Comedians Felipe Esparza and Butch Escobar are NOT history experts. Actually, they barely passed history in high school... But they like talking about and diving into different subjects... and they're…

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