18. Crocs, Barry Bonds, VW Bugs

Every Damn Thing

Phil and Jake continue their record-breaking streak of adding items to the List of Every Damn Thing by ranking the clog-like footwear known as Crocs, controversial home-run king Barry Bonds, and the Volkswagen Type 1 (aka "Beetle" or "Bug").

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SHOW NOTES:

• In the episode, your humble hosts wonder what material Crocs are made of. It turns out to be a proprietary foam resin called Croslite.
• Phil and Jake also speculate over where Crocs come from. Phil was closest when he said he thought they're from Boulder, Colorado; Crocs, Inc. is based in the nearby town of Niwot. All their manufacturing is outside of the U.S., though.
• Here’s a Croc in chill mode, and here’s one in attack mode.
• We weren't sure about the opening of AT&T Park (now Oracle Park) in relation to Bonds' steroid use and home run record-chase. It looks like Bonds started steroids in 1998, the baseball park opened two years later in 2000, and Bonds started breaking home run records in 2001. Here's an article about a book that traces the timeline.
• We discuss a number of high-profile athlete doping stories, including Alex Rodriguez, Lance Armstrong, Sammy Sosa vs. Mark McGwire, and Jose Canseco (whose Twitter feed is wild).
• Jake's great-grandfather Arky Vaughan is a hall-of-famer who's been called the second-best shortstop in MLB history (after Honus Wagner).
• Here’s an article about the 1960s VW U.S. ad campaign that Phil references, and here's some info on the Hozbrenner (wood-burning) Beetles that Jake talks about.
• The type of hat that Sherlock Holmes wears is called a deerstalker.

ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
throngs * Thanksgiving * Teva sandals * Uggs slippers * toe shoes * Pittsburgh Pirates * San Francisco Giants * BALCO scandal * Baseball Hall of Fame * LA Dodgers * Jessica Rabbit * Cheech and Chong * “Tulsa Time” by Don Williams * the Right to Repair movement * Herbie the Love Bug * the Volkswagen "Thing" * Cozumel

Below is the List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the most up-to-date list, go here):

1. Dolly Parton - person
2. Prince - person
3. Cher - person
4. Donald Duck - fictional character
5. Hank Williams - person
6. air - substance
7. Watchmen - comic book
8. onions - food
9. “Midnight Train to Georgia” - music
10. sex - idea
11. The Three Stooges - comedy act
12. intro to “Back That Azz Up” - music
13. dilapidated shacks - structures
14. shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts & furry cha-cha heels - idea
15. plants - life form
16. handkerchiefs - accessory
17. nail clippers - tool
18. rye bread - food
19. cubed ice - substance
20. Antoni Gaudi - architect
21. Run the Jewels - music group
22. land - substance
23. Charmander - fictional character
24. A-shirts (aka “wifebeaters”) - clothing
25. “Dancing Queen” - music
26. Watchmen - TV series
27. Jessica Rabbit - fictional character
28. Volkswagon “Bug” - vehicle
29. Cheech and Chong - comedy act
30. “Tulsa Time” - music
31. cold brew shandy - beverage
32. Jersey Shore - location
33. crows - animal
34. sea - substance
35. coffee - beverage
36. Whoppers - food
37. national debt - idea
38. band t-shirts - clothing
39. Crocs - clothing
40. Ice Cube - person
41. moist - word
42. lightning rounds - idea
43. generation ships - idea
44. sardines - animal
45. Tommy Bahama shirts - clothing
46. Barry Bonds - person
47. man-bun - hairstyle
48. toe shoes - clothing
49. “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” - song
50. Watchmen - movie
51. blood - substance
52. Oreos - food
53. The Last Starfighter - movie
54. crushed ice - substance
55. pigeons - animal
56. Daylight Saving Time - idea
57. sports team jerseys - clothing
58. Josta - beverage
59. Gambit - fictional character
60. Surge - beverage
61. Double Stuf Oreos - food
62. Jenny McCarthy - person
63. Hank Williams, Jr - person
64. QAnon - idea

The theme song for this episode is by Jade Puget.

Graphic design by Jason Mann.

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