Some people say dogs are man’s best friend, but we say there are dogs worthy of winning Best Actor at the Academy Awards.

In this week’s episode, Jared and Abe grab their flea combs and diva into the hairy history of animal celebrities. From memes to movies and from the 1920s to the 2020s, we explore famous animals and what they tell us about ourselves. Tangents include but are not limited to The International Canine Semen Bank, projecting our fear of rejection onto baby zoo animals, and the ethics of giving your pet chimp wine and Xanax.

Sources:

• Life & Times Transcript of an interview with Alan Young, October 2007
• Info on Air Bud and the bizarre stuff with his owner
• Beethoven and the St Bernard
• Beethoven
• Koko the Gorilla
• Crystal the Monkey in NY Mag
• What happened with Travis the Chimpanzee
• More Travis
• Crystal PopSugar interview
• “RIN TIN TIN” in Silent Stars (2000) by Jeanine Basinger
• “What’s new pussycat? A genealogy of animal celebrity.” by John Blewitt (2013)
• The saga of Lassie by Vernon Scott - Saturday Evening Post,10/3/1964
• Animal Celebrities by David C Giles (2013)

THAT'S HISTORY, BABE! is hosted by Abe Merker and Jared Tetreau. This episode was produced by Jared Tetreau, Abe Merker, and Claudia Chiossone. Research Assistance by Madison Albertson. Music by Kinneret. Series Artwork by Sid Lugo. Intro Animations by Gemma Hill.

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Let’s face it: opinionated people can be polarizing. Jared knows it. Abe knows it. And Peggy Eaton – the 1820s political wife who brought the executive branch to a halt - definitely knew it too!

In this episode, Jared and Abe take you back to the age of Andrew Jackson with the story of a scandal that paralyzed his presidency. Learn how snubs and sideways glances in the parlors of Washington, DC cost an entire cabinet their jobs and changed the course of American political history. Tangents include, but are not limited to, Charli XCX x Guy Fieri, the mail, and Mary from SLC marrying her grandpa.

#womenshistory #historypodcast #history #funnyhistory #hiddenhistory #americanhistory #presidentialhistory #thepresidents #andrewjackson #gossip

SOURCES

• Booknotes - C-SPAN | The Petticoat Affair by John Marszalek
• The Jackson Era: Democracy and the Mob | The Cynical Historian
• "One Woman so Dangerous to Public Morals": Gender and Power in the Eaton Affair by Kristen E. Wood
• Andrew Jackson: The American Franchise By Daniel Feller
• The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House by John F. Marszalek

THAT'S HISTORY, BABE! is hosted by Abe Merker and Jared Tetreau. This episode was produced by Jared Tetreau, Abe Merker, and Claudia Chiossone. Research Assistance by Madison Albertson. Music by Kinneret. Series Artwork by Sid Lugo. Intro Animations by Gemma Hill.

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Nineties television; a hellscape of trashy talk shows. Maury. Jerry. Sally. Ricki. But only one show remains on the airwaves to this day, arguably stronger now than it’s ever been: THE VIEW.

In this episode, Jared and Abe explore the origins of TV’s last highly-rated daytime talk show. What made THE VIEW different from its competitors? Who still watches it and why? How does THE VIEW keep booking all these political guests? And why is Meaghan McCain the way she is? Tangents include, but are not limited to, Sean Connery, the difference between a shark and a sunfish, and Jared’s coaching advice to the Boston Celtics.

SOURCES

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/the-view-politics-tv.html
• https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/1062175139/the-view-is-cultural-and-political-canon
• https://ew.com/tv/view-hosts-why-they-left/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xht0HcPryWA
• Talking Trash: The Cultural Politics of Daytime TV Talk Shows by Julie Manga
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d62JBdqsG94&t=8s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIDDKKjejbU
• Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV
• https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/barbara-walters?chapter=4&clip=125185&full=true#full-interview

THAT'S HISTORY, BABE! is hosted by Abe Merker and Jared Tetreau. This episode was produced by Jared Tetreau, Abe Merker, and Claudia Chiossone. Research Assistance by Madison Albertson. Music by Kinneret. Series Artwork by Sid Lugo. Intro Animations by Gemma Hill.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.