The Year Is

During the Christmas break here are some of our favourite moments between Bobby and Red

1963 - Disgustingly rich Bobby and Red the emergency driver

1966 - Charles Whitman, known as the Texas Town Sniper kills 16 people from the top of a university clock tower

1986 - Boxer Mike Tyson becomes heavyweight champion of the world and Red's university dissertation on Muhammad Ali

1995 - Michael Jackson releases "Earth Song" and The Rednex hit single "Cotton Eyed Joe" are released

1977 - Roy Sullivan is struck by lightning for the 7th time, and the Wow signal is picked up indicating there may be aliens living in the universe sending us messages.

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During the Christmas break here are some of our favourite moments with our guests

2001 - Ed Night - September 11th or 9/11 , The Invention of Wikipedia

1996 - Jayde Adams - 6ix9ine, Tom Holland and Jade's muted Twitter words

2006 - Tim Renkow - Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is killed by a stingray, what body parts would you trade with an animal? And Jody doesn't have a thyroid

1997 - Helen Bauer - The Death of Princess Diana

1979 - Alfie Brown - Mesrine, The Twinkie Defence, The Staircase, and Serial True Crime Podcasts

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We present our recording at Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival in October where Ed Night joined us to travel back to 1829. Oxford University wins the first inter-university boat race, Robert Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police in London, the first modern police force, Lord William Bentinck pushes through a regulation declaring pushing self-immolation of widow on her husbands funeral pyre is guilty of culpable homicide, Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, claims to have received the Aaroni Priesthood from John the Baptist, Kaspar Hauser is wounded, and a lucky audience member pits their history knowledge against Ed to be in with the chance of winning £25,000!

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What a treat we have for you, one of the funniest episodes of the pod so far, helmed and lead by the masterful research of history undergraduate Red Richardson. We go to 1913 when Vincenzo Peruggia is arrested for stealing the Mona Lisa and has trouble selling it, failed artist Adolf Hitler moves from Vienna to Munich, low cost shopping giant Aldi is founded, Joseph Stalin is arrested by the Russian secret police and exiled to Siberia, the Romanian army cholera outbreak during the Second Balkan war starts, and the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth is recorded in Death Valley, California. Also Red is promoting his new special, and Bobby's dog Sunny makes a return appearance for the first time since the launch of the podcast.

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Well here we are, celebrating our first year and getting straight to business by transporting ourselves to 1895 when Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposes a space elevator, W.E.B DuBois becomes the first African American to receive a Ph.D grin Harvard University, the world's first portable handheld electric drill is developed in Germany, and American frontier and murderer and outlaw John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.

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Now that Red is an international star, sunning it up in Switzerland, and Bobby is lost somewhere on British country roads trying to get to Cornwall and Jody is moonlighting editing other people's podcasts, we have dug into the vault to find another live show from Edinburgh for you to enjoy. We go to 2005, when the first person survives rabies, Prince Charles and Camilla get married, Rodney Marsh is fired Sky Sports, Saddam Hussein is put on trial and hanged, Hunter S Thompson and Richard Pryor die.

Red is about to film his on December 2nd - Get your tickets here - http://www.acesandeightssaloonbar.com/events/2543

Watch Bobby Mair's comedy special "Cockroach" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67iptVv9ac

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This week we go to 2011, a difficult year for dictators, where Prince William Kate Middleton get married, Gaddafi is killed, 9/11 mastermind and Taliban and Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is hunted down killed in Pakistan, and Kim-Jon Il dies. Also Red is looking forward to filming his special in a couple of weeks and we get into a deep discussion about Pete Davidson.

Red is about to film his on December 2nd - Get your tickets here - http://www.acesandeightssaloonbar.com/events/2543

Watch Bobby Mair's comedy special "Cockroach" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67iptVv9ac

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What obscure or significant events did we miss from 2011? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]

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Content Warning: This episode contains either some new legendary argumentative moments on the podcast or very probably the stupidest. We go to 1856, where Scottish-Australian James Harrison invents the fridge, American mercenary takes control of Nicaragua, pre-human remains are found in Neanderthal Valley in Prussia, and the Battle of Black Jack, antislavery forces, led by John Brown, defeat proslavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. Also Bobby has been experiencing incontinence, and what's the difference between a fridge an ice house, neanderthals and humans, and Prussia vs Russia?

Watch Bobby Mair's comedy special "Cockroach" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67iptVv9ac

And Red is about to film his on December 2nd - Get your tickets here - http://www.acesandeightssaloonbar.com/events/2543

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What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1856? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]

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It's 2008, Bobby's recovering from the flu and Red's so excited about doing his research for the year, he dives in immediately, with the origin of phrases such as mansplain, burner phone and fat shame, Bobby's Canadian cousin Justin Bieber is signed to Def Jam records, a fire Universal Studios Hollywood lose 175,000 master tapes tapes to over 700 artists music including Nirvana, Chuck Berry, Eminem, Otis Redding. "Dad of the Year" Josef Fritzl is discovered to have been keeping his daughter hostage in his basement for 24 years, the Channel Island of Sark holds its first democratic elections becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism and stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a recession after the 2007 financial crisis. Also Bobby's comedy special is challenging Baby Shark to be the most viewed video on YouTube

Watch Bobby Mair's comedy special "Cockroach" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67iptVv9ac

And Red is about to film his on December 2nd - Get your tickets here - http://www.acesandeightssaloonbar.com/events/2543

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What obscure or significant events did we miss from 2008? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]

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We investigate one of the most special times of year, we replace the time machine with a broom that travels into metaphysical ideas and concepts, where did the concept and origins of Halloween come from, it's originally being known as Cabbage Night, in Alabama it is illegal to dress in a nun or priest costume, the phobia of halloween has an unusual name and we celebrate the birthday of Saturday Night Live star and Adam Sandler movie's friend, Rob Schneider.

Also Bobby is releasing his special on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67iptVv9ac

And Red is about to film his on December 2nd - Get your tickets here - http://www.acesandeightssaloonbar.com/events/2543

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What obscure or significant events did we miss from the history of Halloween? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]

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