Oddball History

This week on Oddball History we learn all about John D. Rockefeller’s deadbeat dad “Devil” Bill Rockefeller, the summer heat in Dallas begins to drive us insane and the ocean continues its revenge tour.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(01:36) Scott is Martin Starr

(02:32) Titanic Hot Takes

(06:50) Comedy Mothership/Austin Comedy Scene

(14:35) Comedy Condos in Kansas

(16:45) Texas is Too Hot

(19:21) Oddball History: William "Big Bill" Rockefeller

This week on Oddball History the boys discuss the My Way Killings, a series of brutal murdered in The Phillippines involving karaoke renditions of Frank Sinatra's "My Way," the issue or karaoke rage across the globe, and the very real possibility of Top Chef star Padma Lakshmi joining the pod full time.

We also talk American Spirits, an unrelated dead guy, eating competitions and celebrity news.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:22) Sponsor American Spirits

(01:06) Lawrence jokes about a dead person

(03:34) 72 oz steaks

(07:38) Canadian wild fires

(09:09) Celebrity News

(13:36) Oddball History: The My Way Killings

We talk TV, self-help, and true crime. Then for this week's Oddball History topic we look back on the life and career of baseball legend Babe Ruth, from his humble roots in the Pig Town section of Baltimore (not a fat joke, we can’t stress that enough) to his unsurpassed career in crushing train station hot dogs to his almost equally impressive career in baseball.

Chapters: 

(00:00) Intro

(00:40) Self Help Books

(08:00) Paramedic Questions

(10:57) Zeppelin and True Crime

(15:36) Improv and Bad Shows

(24:50) Oddball History: Babe Ruth

Oddball History presents The 1904 Olympic Marathon. It might as well have been run by the three stooges. People almost died. People cheated. 9 guys no-showed. There was a nap in an apple orchard that sounded really relaxing. The World's Fair was in town. It was a whole thing. Enjoy! 

(00:23) Janelle Monae Update

(02:03) Lawrence shoehorns in a joke premise and Scott gets sad.

(04:42) The boys talk jail and it's Lawrence's turn to get sad.

(11:48) Oddball History: The 1904 Olympic Marathon

The Blue Fugates were a family in Kentucy that were blue and named the Fugates. They were close...very close. Turns out if you're a little blue and marry a cousin you get more blue. Science! But first we discuss the important things like Jackson Mahomes.

(00:38) Jackson Mahomes arrested

(05:59) Lawrence doesn't believe in ice baths

(07:54) Jimmy goes to court

(11:42) Lawrence goes to Arkansas

(14:49) Street jokes and good music

(17:12) We all do comedy

(22:17) Oddball History: The Blue Fugates