32. Steve Jobs, Wool, Rod Lavers

Every Damn Thing

Phil and Jake insert a few new lines of code into of the List of Every Damn Thing by ranking Apple founder Steve Jobs, the fabric wool and the Rod Laver shoe by Adidas.

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SHOW NOTES:

• The documentary Jake watched is Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine. It's pretty good.
• Here’s the New York Times obituary for Jef Raskin the “Father of the Macintosh” (he died in 2005).
• When demonstrating his vast knowledge of the cotton gin, Jake forgets that the main function of it was to separate the seeds from the fibers. Here’s an ancient educational film that shows how the machine worked (and plays pleasant music while depicting backbreaking plantation labor).
• We talk about planned obsolescence (as seen in Apple products), though we never call it that.
• We mention that Apple contracts with Chinese companies that have poor working conditions. We don’t say it by name, but the company we’re mainly referring to is Foxconn.
• Much has been written about Stan Lee & Jack Kirby's partnership, by people who know a lot more than we do. One such person is Abraham Reisman, who just wrote a biography of Lee that deals with it.
• Here’s some pics of Jobs’ car parked in disabled-only spaces.
• The cashmere worn by Phil was probably mushy to the touch.
• When Phil says in the episode that he likes moths, he's thinking of the little ones in North America. But he later found this pic of an Australian moth and reconsidered.
• Rod Laver was one of the first modern athletes (along with René Lacoste & Fred Perry) to have a clothing deal.
• The Australian Open is one of the major tennis tournaments along with Wimbledon, the US Open & the French Open. Naomi Osaka is the current champion of the Australian open. The French Open is really called the Roland-Garros tournament: it's named after a WW1 fighter ace.
• Spider-Man villain Kraven the Hunter is kind of based on the villain in The Most Dangerous Game.
• Alex R. Thomas & Co. was a pear-packing company where Phil and Jake (and many other people in our hometown) had summer jobs. The business closed about ten years ago.

ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
salads * Oops! All Berries * Apple Inc. * NeXT * personal computing * Mac vs. PC * iOS vs. Android * iTunes * QWERTY keyboards * tax avoidance * Bob Dylan * Woz * Breakout (video game) * philanthropy * California Buddhists * Ice Cube * Barry Bonds * Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure * Bill & Ted Face the Music * the "Little Bo Peep" look * sheep * synthetic fabrics * eggs * super-submitters * Phil’s creaky chair * Rod Laver Arena * shoe collectors * toe shoes * Boxer dogs

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. Clement Street in San Francisco - location
3. Prince - person
4. It’s-It - food
5. Cher - person
6. Donald Duck - fictional character
7. Hank Williams - person
8. air - substance
9. Watchmen - comic book
10. onions - food
11. “Midnight Train to Georgia” - music
12. sex - idea
13. Rod Lavers shoes - clothing
14. Star Wars - media franchise
15. Boxer (dog breed) - animal
16. ducks - animal
17. firefighters - people
18. Shakira - person
19. The Three Stooges - comedy act
20. Christmas trees - seasonal decoration
21. puns - idea
22. Trading Places - movie
23. intro to “Back That Azz Up” - music
24. The Truman Show - movie
25. dilapidated shacks - structures
26. shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts & furry cha-cha heels - idea
27. plants - life form
28. handkerchiefs - accessory
29. nail clippers - tool
30. rye bread - food
31. snare drums - instrument
32. saxophone in rock - music
33. cubed ice - substance
34. Antoni Gaudi - architect
35. Run the Jewels - music group
36. Popeye - fictional character
37. land - substance
38. Carthage - location
39. Charmander - fictional character
40. Popeyes chicken - food
41. wool - material
42. A-shirts (aka “wifebeaters”) - clothing
43. “Dancing Queen” - music
44. Watchmen - TV series
45. Jessica Rabbit - fictional character
46. Volkswagen “Bug” - vehicle
47. Sorry! - game
48. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey - movie
49. Cheech and Chong - comedy act
50. “Tulsa Time” - music
51. sriracha - food
52. brief - idea
53. cold brew shandy - beverage
54. Jersey Shore - location
55. crows - animal
56. sea - substance
57. coffee - beverage
58. video games - medium
59. eggs (chicken) - food
60. Whoppers (candy) - food
61. national debt - idea
62. band t-shirts - clothing
63. Crocs - clothing
64. Ice Cube - person
65. wind chimes - decoration / instrument
66. moist - word
67. Nerf gun...