You want payback don’t you? Sure, we all do. We all want it so bad. So bad. Sometimes people do things to get payback against someone who’s wronged them and sometimes those things they do are memorable and monumental. We commemorate some here.
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# Episode Summary
Stuff You Should Know dives into a fascinating top-ten countdown of history's pettiest moments of spite, kicking things off with some truly wild examples from personal vendettas to full-blown architectural standoffs. The episode explores stories ranging from medieval nuns making shocking choices to protect themselves, to wealthy industrialists like Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie nursing century-long grudges, to more modern-day absurdities like a Pennsylvania man's increasingly outrageous Christmas display that drove his entire neighborhood crazy. Along the way, Josh and Chuck uncover how spite has shaped everything from famous car rivalries to changing someone's name to humiliate a record label, proving that human pettiness knows no bounds and sometimes creates genuinely entertaining history in the process.
Ford v Ferrari
2019
2h 33m
★ 8.0
"Ford versus Ferrari because that is a terrific movie that I highly recommend. Is it on Criterion Channel? I doubt it, but I'm sure you could stream it somewhere. The great James Mangold directed it — Chuck highly recommends the James Mangold-directed film about the Ford GT40 racing program and its rivalry with Ferrari, noting it's a great movie worth watching."
— Chuck
"I'd love that stuff. Tinkle yourself? A little bit. I'm not a sports car guy, but I just can't help but see those and think, what an amazing machine that is. Gorgeous. Those Magnum Ferraris — Josh discusses the Magnum P.I. Ferrari as one of his dream cars from his generation, noting that the main character had to be a stunt double due to the cramped car."
— Josh
Purple Rain
1984
R
1h 51m
★ 6.7
"It was on different pieces you know he had a guitar shaped like that previously I think it was on his motorcycle in Purple Rain, maybe. — Chuck mentions that Prince's symbol may have appeared on his motorcycle in the film Purple Rain, discussing how the symbol had been part of Prince's artistic identity."
— Chuck
Risky Business
1983
1h 38m
★ 6.6
"the Porsche from Risky Business are like two of the top five, probably, Dream Tars. Was that a 944, a 911? It was the, no, it wasn't the 911, it was the 928. — Josh identifies the Porsche 928 from Risky Business as one of the top dream cars for his generation, discussing how the movie locked in its appeal."
— Josh
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
★ 7.6
"if you have Criterion, the Criterion channel, streamer? No. Highly recommended by the way. Sure. Like it's really the only great one out there as far as quality stuff. But they have old Mary Tyler Moore — Chuck recommends the classic TV show and praises its quality writing and acting, mentioning watching episodes with Emily."
— Chuck
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