Oddball History

Edward Cope and OC Marsh were late 19th century paleontologists that were married to the game...until it quit loving them back.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(03:54) Top Comments

(14:41) Meet the Characters

(23:58) The Bone Wars Start

(34:28) The Bone Wars get real

(49:20) Comedy and Stuff

This week on Oddball History: The strange stories of animal researchers gone wild. Dolphins get satisfied, earth worms have bassoons blown on them, and a Russian guy tries to make an Ape-Man chimera. We got it all.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(02:58) Top Comments

(12:09) Cool Rats Like Jazz

(18:03) Elephants on Acid

(27:09) When a Woman Loves a Dolphin

(35:35) Men and Women are Different

(41:26) Russian Ape-Man Chimeras

(44:55) Charles Darwin Bonus!

(46:36) Comedy + Fire Talk

We look into New Years traditions throughout history. Per usual, Gilmore Girls and other stuff comes up.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(02:56) Top Comments

(09:37) Akitu, Ancient New Years

(18:16) Romanian Dancing Bears

(24:23) Touching Peacocks

(29:30) Bible Dipping

(31:38) NYC Ball Drop

(34:20) Black Eyed Peas

(37:02) The Moment of Truth, TV Show

(42:15) The Plugging of Dates

(43:38) The Beach Boys

(46:38) Gilmore Girls & Simpsons

(51:26) Cow Commercials & Christmas Gifts

This week on Oddball History, we break down some of the strangest saints and martyrs the Catholics have to offer. We also go through last shows top comments, fire department physicals and break down the secret Rock of Love/Below Deck murder connection.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(02:11) Top Comments

(11:36) Drogo: Saint of Ugly People

(13:32) Barbara: Saint of Explosions

(14:40) Fiacre: Saint of Hemorrhoids

(17:03) Simeon the Stylite: Saint of Puppeteers

(18:32) Bibiana: Saint of Hangovers

(19:54) Lawrence: Saint of Comedians

(21:01) Gummarus: Saint of Difficult Marriages

(25:03) Saint Denis: Saint of Headaches

(28:22) Erasmus: Saint of Tummy Aches

(30:44) Agatha: Saint of Breast Ailments

(31:44) Giles: Saint of Breastfeeding

(34:31) Smithin: Saint of Eggs

(36:11) Rita: Saint of Impossible Causes

(38:43) Nicholas: You know the one

(41:09) Fire Department Physicals

(45:55) Old Timey Radio Shows

(49:00) Family Game Night

(52:35) Taco Bell Inflation

(53:51) Rock of Love and Live Dates

Episode 62: "Painless" Parker, the story of a dentist.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(07:27) Painless Parker

(11:54) The Parker Dental Circus

(17:11) Painless Parker = Legal Scholar

(20:26) Remembering Painless Parker

(25:33) Thanksgiving

(27:56) A Wedding

(29:12) Nick Lachey Makes A Joke

(30:37) Fire Station Pranks and Comedy

(38:56) Comedy + Fights

Episode 61 of Oddball History

Chapters: (00:00) Intro (02:11) Top Comments (07:11) Mario Tonelli (22:06) Rommel, the Nicest Nazi (26:28) Would you rather? (31:31) Scott finds Jesus (33:19) Questionable Reddit discovery (37:55) Cowboys Update (40:49) Stand Up Comedy

This week on an utterly macabre Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott talk Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Toaster Strudel and Real Life Dr. Frankensteins--from the alchemist who may have been the inspiration for the book to the Russian transplantation pioneer who became obsessed with creating a two-headed dog for some reason.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(01:14) Top Comments

(06:04) Johann Dippel boils bodies

(14:01) Giovanni Aldini shocks some dogs

(20:12) Andrew Ure was a pretty good guy

(22:53) Robert Cornish boy genius

(34:38) Vladmir Demikhov loves 2-headed dogs

(42:45) Crowd Work Goes wrong and fatherhood

(47:50) Movie: Rover Dangerfield

(50:39) Jerry Jones is messy

(53:48) Closing Remarks: Tom and Jerry

This week on Oddball History

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(01:55) Top Comments

(09:01) Ken Allen "Hairy Houdini"

(20:10) Ham the Space Chimp

(27:04) Koko the Gorilla

(39:15) Politics!

(42:51) Scott Has an Old Man Complaint

(43:32) Wieners and Relationship Advice

(49:35) Closing Remarks

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott talk all things Tarrare—the foul-smelling, ever-hungry 18th century French sideshow act & soldier who once ate a toddler probably. ALSO: Elementary school assemblies, grilled cheese sandwiches and making friends online.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:56) Top Comments

(05:08) Tarrare's Background

(11:31) Tarrare The Traveling Showman

(16:19) Tarrare The Failed Spy

(20:57) Tarrare Goes Full Goblin Mode

(28:55) The End of Tarrare

(31:21) Facebook and Comedy Scene Drama

(36:47) Final Thoughts on Chimp Crazy

(38:37) Comedy and Shows

(45:38) Scott Meets a Blind Man

This week on a heavily redacted Oddball History, Jimmy & Scott talk DB Cooper's whereabouts, "The Devil's Advocate" and a few of the CIA's wildest moments, including a Cold War era plan to turn cats into listening devices and that time the group tried to scare a Filipino rebel army into surrendering by faking a series of vampire attacks.

(00:00) Intro

(01:44) Top Comments

(04:00) Best Football Movies

(09:40) Failed CIA Blackmail

(15:48) CIA Spy Cats

(19:22) CIA Vampires

(25:50) CIA Condoms

(28:39) Chimp Crazy + First 48

(33:13) Jimmy Runs a 40 + The Highwayman

(36:44) Baby Decisions: To snip or not to snip

(40:39) Unsolved Mysteries

(43:23) Standup Comedy