What the HELL Were You Thinking?

Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho Redux

Show Notes Episode 343: Frosty the Snow Ho (Redux) This week, Host Dave Bledsoe is basically phoning it in so he can get on with the business of his Christmas Bender.  (You probably won’t be able to notice anything different)  On the show this week, we take a look at some of the bizarre and inexplicable Christmas specials that taught us that sharing special times with family is the true meaning of Christmas.  (And to buy whatever junk they were plugging in the special.) Along the way we learn that Dave is not only a bad son, he is a really shitty uncle too!  (Shocked?  Don’t be.) Then we dive right into the strange and questionable television offerings that have “entertained” kids for decades.  (Yes, we mention the Star Wars special, but it is hardly the only one out there.)  From Eternia to 75 million years before the Reason for the Season was ostensibly born in a stable, we pick at all the logical flaws and blatant commercialism we can find.  Finally, we wrap up with REAL Holiday specials, with heartwarming themes like gangbags and sodomy!  (Because spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you love for about an hour is what Christmas is really about!) Our Sponsor this week is the Elvish Liberation Front, from the North Pole to the Keebler Tree, we won’t stop until every elf is free.  We open with Han and Chewie and close with the Universal Robot Band getting funky for Christmas! Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense [https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense] The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast [https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast] The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/] www.whatthehellpodcast.com [http://www.whatthehellpodcast.com] Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast [https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast] The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/7NEnSkpbmCY [https://youtu.be/7NEnSkpbmCY] We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ [http://seltzerkings.com/] Citations Needed: The Gay Subtext of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html [https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.html] The 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php [https://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/12/the_16_worst_christmas_specials_of_all_time_1.php] Fright Christmas: 15 Horrifying Kids Holiday Specials https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/ [https://www.cbr.com/horrifying-kids-christmas-specials/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Episode 515: Sodas In Spaaaaace!

Show Notes Episode 515: Sodas In Spaaaaace! This week Host Dave Bledsoe got liquored up on orange flavored Metamucil and vodka and got kicked out of a retirement village bingo game. (Again) On the show this week we head back to 1985 when the Cola Wars took off for low orbit because Coke and Pepsi had money to burn. Along the way we learn that Dave never stood a chance at NASA. (They didn’t make space suits in 5XL) Then we dive right into what the first astronauts ate in space. (Goo, they ate goo.) Then we head back down to the Earth where a Coca Cola executive had an idea that was out of this world, and how it turned into yet another vicious skirmish in the long running and increasingly bitter “cola wars”. We learn how Coke spent a quarter of a million dollars and Pepsi opened their medicine cabinet.  Finally we discover why sodas crashed and burned like a solid rocket booster in chilly weather.  (Too soon?). Our Sponsor this week is Tap Water, if you’re thirsty get some.  We open the show with Coke in space and close with astronaut Chris Hadfield singing out sitting in a tin can. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense [https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense?language=ennse] The Show on Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social] The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/] The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ] The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/] Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq [https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq] Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com [http://www.whatthehellpodcast.com] Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast [https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast] The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/AfEng898uRA?si=JGyjlv-GQ_D-4Q4Z [https://youtu.be/AfEng898uRA?si=JGyjlv-GQ_D-4Q4Z] Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop [https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop] Citations Needed: Fallout from the Unauthorized Gemini III Space Sandwich https://www.nasa.gov/history/fallout-from-the-unauthorized-gemini-iii-space-sandwich/ [https://www.nasa.gov/history/fallout-from-the-unauthorized-gemini-iii-space-sandwich/] How would fizzy drinks behave in space? https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-would-fizzy-drinks-behave-in-space [https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-would-fizzy-drinks-behave-in-space] The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/science/coke-pepsi-nasa-space-shuttle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E8.TPFd.7B7gLuAuHrDA&smid=url-share [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/science/coke-pepsi-nasa-space-shuttle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E8.TPFd.7B7gLuAuHrDA&smid=url-share] 'Space cola wars' at 35: When Coca-Cola, Pepsi tested soda in space https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081120a-space-cola-wars-35-years.html [https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081120a-space-cola-wars-35-years.html] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Episode 340: Wall to Wall and Tree Top Tall Redux

Show Notes Episode 340: We’re Wall to Wall and Tree Top Tall This week Host Dave Bledsoe is coming down out of Hog Town in a Thirteen Letter Shit Spreader hauling Go-Go Girls on the Dance Floor bound for Bingo Town, only to discover that no one has a single fucking clue what he is saying when he talks like that.  (Not an uncommon event.) On the show this week, we climb into the cabs of our big rigs and take you back to the days when the Asphalt Cowboys captured America’s heart and everyone had a CB radio in their Pontiacs.  Along the way we learn that Dave thought he would be a Big Rig Driver because he liked the hats, until he learned he would need to park the damn things.  From there we dive right into the strange cultural moment in the 1970’s when everyone in America talked like a truck driver.  (What a bunch of Bucket Mouths) We find out how a combination of gas prices and not being able to drive 55 made the men (and they were almost all men) on the road big damn heroes because of some commercials for white bread  (Yeah, this story goes in some unexpected directions.) Our Sponsor this week is Pappy’s Pep Pills, we swear they ain’t speed (wink wink) We open the show with NPR and close with Phil and Shawn talking about BJ and the Bear. Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense [https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense] The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast [https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast] The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/] www.whatthehellpodcast.com [http://www.whatthehellpodcast.com] Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast [https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast] The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/pX5XB_MOVfA [https://youtu.be/pX5XB_MOVfA] We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ [http://seltzerkings.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Episode 87: Thanksgiving In Hell Total Redux

Show Notes Episode 87: Thanksgiving In Hell Total Redux This week host Dave Bledsoe found himself in Federal Custody after getting shitfaced in an Irish bar and loudly demanding he wants to be deported to Ireland.  (Note, he is not actually FROM Ireland but he thought he would give it a try.) On the show this week we dug deep into the vaults to pull out an ancient but seasonally appropriate show, dusted off some of the references and hope you wouldn’t notice we did it years ago. Along the way we discover that no one in Dave’s family misses him at holiday dinners at all. (Or any other time of the year.) Then we dive right into how to get through Thanksgiving Dinner without killing a distant relative.  (Weed, the answer is weed.) Then we cover in painful details all the ways to WIN a fight with your relatives at your Thanksgiving Dinner. (Fight dirty.)  Our Sponsor this week is Distractors, punch the button, stop the fight before it starts. We open the show with a typical American holiday dinner and close with Flula who does not want you to call it a comeback. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense [https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense?language=ennse] The Show on Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social] The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/] The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ] The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/] Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq [https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq] Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com [http://www.whatthehellpodcast.com] Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast [https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast] The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/G-VM5wqzhWY?si=bLw7aKYGno689VRx [https://youtu.be/G-VM5wqzhWY?si=bLw7aKYGno689VRx] Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop [https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Episode 259: We're Not Gonna Take It (Redux)

Show Notes Episode 259: “We’re Not Gonna Take It” This week Host Dave Bledsoe puts a Twisted Sister pin on his uniform and drunkenly shouts at himself in the bathroom mirror just to feel like someone else is with him.  (The man is desperately lonely and drinking too much.  You know, just normal Dave stuff)  On the show this week we travel back to 1985 to examine the Parents Music Resource Council, an issue so unimportant and trivial to the modern context that it should distract you for a good half hour from all the crazy shit in the world.  (You’re welcome) Along the way we meet the White Wives of Washington who decided it was their job to censor artists.  (They were the Karen’s of the 1980s)  We introduce to you to each of the Filthy Fifteen the list of songs the PMRC deemed so vile and offensive that children must be protected from them at all cost.  (God forbid they learned about getting off from Cyndi Lauper!)  We hear from the artists who defended the list, even though some of the Metal songs are just BAD songs. (Not evil, just really  poorly written.)  Finally, we learn why Tipper Gore felt it was SO important we have warning labels on music.  (Hint, it was so parents didn’t need to talk to their kids.) Our Sponsor this week is Columbia House Records, who want you to know they are back and they are coming for what they are owed.  We open the show with Dee Snider getting real with the Senate and close with Sunkissed Music being adorably rebellious! Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense [https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense]The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast [https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast]The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/]The Show on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4 [https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4] www.whatthehellpodcast.com [http://www.whatthehellpodcast.com]Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast [https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast]The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/3fCaxOBBPQo [https://youtu.be/3fCaxOBBPQo] Citations Needed: Parental Advisory Forever: An Oral History of the PMRC’s War on Dirty Lyrics https://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/09/oral-history-tipper-gores-war-explicit-rock-lyrics-dee-snider-373103.html [https://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/09/oral-history-tipper-gores-war-explicit-rock-lyrics-dee-snider-373103.html] The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship, Gore And The “Parental Advisory” Sticker https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/filthy-fifteen-pmrc-censorship/ [https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/filthy-fifteen-pmrc-censorship/] The Tipper Sticker at 30: The Most Entertaining (and Least Effective) Attempt at Censorship in Rock History https://www.kqed.org/pop/18111/the-tipper-sticker-at-30-the-most-entertaining-and-least-effective-attempt-at-censorship-in-rock-history [https://www.kqed.org/pop/18111/the-tipper-sticker-at-30-the-most-entertaining-and-least-effective-attempt-at-censorship-in-rock-history] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]