Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they go down the sport shoe rabbit hole, detailing the strange tail of the brothers who brought Puma and Adidas to the world. Sibling rivalry, Nazis, shoes - there's a lot to unpack here.
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Josh and Chuck dive deep into one of history's most fascinating family feuds: the story of brothers Adi and Rudolph Dassler, whose bitter rivalry literally split a German town and birthed two of the world's biggest shoe empires, Adidas and Puma. Starting from their humble beginnings making track shoes in a small Bavarian village, the brothers built a successful business together until personal conflicts, World War II drama, and a misunderstood bomb shelter comment tore them apart, ultimately leading them to establish competing companies on opposite sides of a river that divided their hometown for decades. The episode also explores how Run DMC's iconic "My Adidas" helped revolutionize the sneaker industry and create the blueprint for celebrity endorsement deals in hip-hop culture.
"Do you remember going to Blockbuster? — Mentioned as a nostalgic 90s reference, but Blockbuster was a video rental store chain, not a film or TV show."
"Hey Dude the 90s called, David Lasher and Christine Taylor, stars of the cult classic show, Hey Dude — Referenced as a podcast featuring cast members from the original TV show discussing 1990s nostalgia."
Poltergeist
1982
1h 54m
★ 7.2
"Do you remember AOL Instant Messenger and the dial-up sound like poltergeist? — Referenced in Hey Dude podcast advertisement comparing nostalgic 90s sounds to the movie's iconic sounds."
Raising Hell
2003
NR
1h 25m
★ 10.0
"Run DMC took issue with that and they ended up releasing My Adidas, the song on Raising Hell in 1986 — Referenced as the album where Run DMC released their famous song 'My Adidas' that changed hip-hop and athletic wear culture."
— Chuck
"I was thinking about a couple of weeks ago when it was like the Costanza moment when you thought of a line after the moment — Referenced as a comparison to George Costanza's character trait of thinking of comebacks after conversations end."
— Chuck
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