Episodes
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Kodak. You push the button, we fail the rest.
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Do they really do the rest? Or was it a flash in the pan?
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Cleveland balloonfest fiasco
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
What goes up must come down. Even if it was 1.5 million balloons.
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
BetaMax/Laser disc flop
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
There's a belly flop. There's also a betamax flop.
Williams, Nate (August 7, 2023) “The Real Reason Betamax Failed Spectacularly”. History Computer. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
Williams, Nate (August 7, 2023) “The Real Reason LaserDisc Failed Spectacularly”. History Computer. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
Weber, Jeff (January 4, 2021) “What is a Betamax (Beta) video cassette tape? Heirloom Cloud. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
The deflategate fiasco
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
This episode will deflate your confidence in humanity.
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
The Yugo Car
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Hint: Yu don't go.
1. Kacher, Georg (2023, March 23) “What to Buy: 1986-1992 Yugo” Car and Driver. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
2. Furchgott, Roy (2021, June 15) “They Love the Car That People Love to Hate.” The New York Times. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
3. Phillips, John (2018, June 6) “Book Review: A Quick Look at the Yugo, the Worst Car in History” Car and Driver. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
4. Hawley, Dustin (2022, October 2) “A Quick History Of The Yugo” J.D. Power. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
5. Foster, Patrick R. (2020, March 2) “Yugo: How it went wrong” Old Cars Weekly. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Hoverboards
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
"Yes, I'll take a hoverboard. Hold the hover, and add second degree burns on the side, thank you."