Back when cars were a brand new thing, before people even knew they'd stick around, two men and a dog drove from San Francisco to New York. This is their story.
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Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the incredible true story of Horatio Nelson Jackson's groundbreaking 1903 cross-country automobile journey from San Francisco to New York—a wild adventure that helped prove cars were more than just a wealthy person's toy. With his trusty mechanic Sewell Crocker and an open-air Winton touring car they nicknamed "the Vermont," Jackson undertook this mad dash across largely unmapped, unpaved American roads to win a fifty-dollar bet and demonstrate that automobiles had a real future, all while competing against well-funded corporate teams from Packard and Oldsmobile who were trying to accomplish the same feat with far more resources.
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
1h 47m
★ 7.7
"Ken Burns has a great documentary about this topic, which is the first cross-country automobile road trip. It's called Horatio's Drive. — Ken Burns documentary about Horatio Nelson Jackson's cross-country car trip is highlighted as a key resource for the episode."
— Josh
"Yeah, he was in Platoon, too. He's just such a great actor. — Keith David's role in Platoon is cited as another example of his excellent acting."
— Chuck
Stand by Me
1986
1h 29m
★ 7.8
"I have to admit until today, I did not know what a clutch did. I knew that the clutch was the thing you push into shift gears. — Stand By Me is referenced as a recent watch that inspired discussion about driving on train tracks, relating to the episode's cross-country journey theme."
The Cannonball Run
1981
1h 35m
★ 6.2
"So we're going to commemorate him with a recreation of his run. We're going to call it the Cannonball run. — The Cannonball Run race is referenced as being inspired by the record set by Erwin Cannonball Baker and featured in Car and Driver Magazine's recreation."
— Josh
They Live
1988
1h 33m
★ 7.3
"everything from they live to minute work, to there's something about Mary — Keith David's filmography is mentioned as an example of his great acting work."
— Josh
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