What do greed, bad business decisions, a terrible movie tie-in, and a New Mexico landfill have in common?

The Video Game Crash of 1983.

In this episode of Are You Sh!#ing Me?, Brett dives into one of the biggest business disasters in entertainment history. Atari was printing money, arcades were packed, and video games seemed unstoppable. Then the industry collapsed almost overnight.

Discover how a flood of low-quality games, too many competing consoles, and the infamous E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game helped wipe out nearly 97% of the North American gaming market. Learn why millions of unsold Atari cartridges ended up buried in the New Mexico desert and how Nintendo used the industry's biggest failure to build a gaming empire.

It's a story filled with corporate arrogance, rushed deadlines, spectacular mistakes, and one of the greatest comebacks in pop culture history.

Grab a beer and join Brett for another edition of Something I Learned While Avoiding Real Responsibilities.

Are you sh!#ing me? Nope. This one actually happened.

Cheers!

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The Parental Advisory sticker on your favorite album? Yeah — that came from four Washington wives, a Senate hearing, and one very unfortunate Prince song.

In this SILWARR, Brett breaks down the moment the U.S. government decided words in music were a national threat — who started it, which artists got caught in the crosshairs, and why the whole thing spectacularly backfired.

Short, sharp, and slightly unbelievable. This one happened. All of it.

Are You Sh!#ing Me? — Something I Learned While Avoiding Real Responsibilities.

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A Belgian inventor walks into a fancy London party in the 1770s with a world-changing invention, a master plan, and absolutely zero regard for physics. What happens next is either the greatest product launch fail in recorded history — or the most spectacular party entrance anyone has ever attempted. Either way, someone's paying for the damage.

Are You Sh!#ing Me is the show where history's most unbelievable true stories get the appreciation they deserve. Host Brett raises a glass to the legends who swung big, missed spectacularly, and somehow never made it into the textbooks.

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Everyone learned George Washington had wooden teeth… except he didn’t.

In this episode of Are You Sh!tting Me?, Brett uncovers the disturbing truth behind one of America’s most famous myths. Washington’s dentures were made from things like hippopotamus ivory, metal springs, animal teeth, and even human teeth — and they were so painful they actually changed the shape of his face.

From one surviving natural tooth at inauguration to the strange reason the wooden teeth myth survived for centuries, this is one bizarre piece of U.S. history you probably never learned in school.

Plus: check out our older episode “U.S. History Myths” for even more strange historical lies and legends.

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You already know Andrew Jackson was unhinged. Duels. Brawls. A whole bullet situation. But nobody warned the mourners about the parrot.Brett found the story of Poll — Jackson's African grey — and the one detail every history teacher leaves out. We know what happened at that funeral. We know why it happened. We just don't know exactly what was said.This is a two and a half minute SILWARR that you are going to text to three people immediately. Are you sh!#ing me?Cheers!

Chuck had knee surgery.

That should’ve slowed him down.

It didn’t.

Now he’s gone quiet, sending cryptic texts, and somehow turning recovery into… content?

Where is Chuck?!

Cheers!

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The real story of Weird Al is stranger than his fake biopic. The accordion came from a traveling salesman and a polka name coincidence.

His record deal came from the band he parodied. "Amish Paradise" dropped without Coolio's permission due to a miscommunication nobody can fully explain — including Weird Al. And when Prince's management sent him a telegram telling him not to make eye contact at the American Music Awards — Weird Al sent one right back.

27% of the movie is true.The 27% is unhinged.

Are you sh!#ing me?

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The biggest musicians in history weren’t just talented—they were absolutely wild. From Mozart’s bizarre humor to Elvis’s shocking death, The Beatles’ controversy, and more… these stories will make you say “Are You Sh!#ing Me?”

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