79. "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Klaus Nomi, Plackers Dental Flossers

Every Damn Thing

Phil, Jake & Jason rank pro wrestling icon “Macho Man” Randy Savage, New Wave vaudevillian Klaus Nomi, and Plackers Dental Flossers on the List of Every Damn Thing.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Jake instructs listeners to send collectible clown figurine intel on to Jason on Instagram (@rehog), but it’s probably better to tweet at him (@JasonMarmor) since you can't post links on IG.
• As he mentions in the episode, years ago when Phil was unemployed he saw an ad on Craigslist looking for a man to sit on balloons and pop them. This is a fairly common kink it turns out. It's a big world!
• Professional wrestling personalities mentioned include Hulk Hogan, Miss Elizabeth, Sensational Sherri, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig, The Rockers, The Rock, Rowdy Roddy Piper and New Jack. When Phil says “Vince” he’s of course talking about Vince McMahon.
• Slim Jims still feature Randy Savage in their marketing! Phil refers to them as “beef jerky” but they’re made out of chicken. Here’s an awesome remix of the “Art thou bored?” commercial that Jake loves so much.
• Dexters’s Lab was a cartoon in the 90s about a genius boy. He had a pet monkey that often had his own adventures in a superhero milieu, including this episode w/ Randy Savage, which draws heavily from an old Ben Grimm (aka The Thing) comic book.
• The American Dream's Hard Times promo is just a fantastic piece of work.
• Macho Man’s “Speaking from the Heart” song from Wrestlemania: The Album is also quite incredible. The Hulk Hogan diss track from his 2003 rap album is pretty cool too.
• Here’s the scene from the 2002 Spider-Man movie that features Randy Savage (with a side of Bruce Campbell).
• Is Jessica Rabbit more popular than Randy Savage on Google trends? They're comparable but every so often, Jessica Rabbit interests spikes.
• We discuss saxophone in rock music, as embodied by Tim Capello aka the buff sax player from Lost Boys & the Tina Turner video.
• Stacy Martin is the tattoo artist who did Jason’s Klaus Nomi tattoo.
• Jake mentions German Expressionist cinema, which includes Metropolis and many other great (mostly silent) films.
• Here’s the clip of Nomi backing up David Bowie on Saturday Night Live.
• The surgeon from Prince & the Revolution is named Doctor Fink.
• Jake originally thought the Klaus Nomi character on The Venture Bros. was supposed to be the guy from Prodigy.
• The Nomi Song is a documentary that Jason recommends if you want to cry.
• Nomi is sampled in “Beloved Freak” by Garbage.
• Here’s the Nomi cover of “You Don’t Own Me”.
• There’s some pickle talk, including the controversy around the bread & butter variety.
• We get on a bit of a Jewel tangent, including her being the inspiration for a shaving product made by Schick (not Gillette), her song (and video) “Intuition”, her appearance on Undercover Boss and her recent tweet about Joe Rogan.
• The Blindspotting TV show is great. Subscribe to Starz for a month to watch it. No comment And Just Like That (don’t tell Jason).

ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
kayfabe * meat snacks * “Weird Al” Yankovic * “Macho Man” by The Village People * Popeye * Dan Aykroyd * cubed ice * the Marx Brothers * Keith Haring *