One of my personal favorite stories and show business history is about the time John Stewart went on a show on CNN called Crossfire and basically single-handedly got the show canceled.

John went on the show and reminded everyone on the show and watching at home that what the country needs is actual discourse and discussion of policies and how they lead to people's problems on the ground.

Rather than some bifurcated right left these are the only two options and these are the only two possible problems or solutions that we have right now which is what Crossfire offered.

The segment was so popular and went so viral at the beginning of the internet and CNN scrapped the show.

Of course the downside of this is it led straight to Tucker Carlson going to Fox and becoming a worm without a bow tie because John made him stop wearing the bow tie that day too that he is today.

Another horrific show that also is as responsible for the downfall of America as Crossfire was if not more so was Robin Leach's lifestyles of the rich and famous.

This show is a sin. It is disgusting. The entire point of the show is to deify rich people and their lives when it came out in 1984 America didn't know what to think.

What most Americans thought was man I'd like to live like that and I know if I work hard one day I might be able to when really you have to be born in the generational wealth and have a connection to power that allows you to bend taxes and tax code to your will.

Now am I going too far with how I feel about lifestyles of the rich and famous I don't know I will say this I know for a fact it led directly to reality television shows like the Kardashians so if nothing else can we blame it for that.

Much like John Stewart the people needed a hero to cancel and get rid of lifestyles of the rich and famous now I'm not saying that when Byron Hill penned lifestyles of the not so rich and famous it was his goal to get the show taken off the air I'm not saying when Tracy bird put it out in 1994 he thought I a country singer a man of the people I'm really doing something here I'm speaking out against this show and this song as a send up as a parody of it will in fact lead do it getting canceled.

But what I do know is less than a year after it came out the show was canceled now is that really because Robin leech got cancer.

Maybe the parody gave him cancer I'm not saying he deserved that I'm not saying he didn't I'm saying fuck rich people and this song is awesome this is bubbershot the podcast.

Welcome to bubbershot the podcast gentlemen first the facts and I was not ready to start the episode now I am lifestyles of the not so rich and famous is a song written by Byron Hill Byron Hill is a very successful songwriter we will get into him later it was recorded by American country music artist Tracy bird released in 1994 is the first single from his album no ordinary man.

It won an ask cap award for being one of the most performed country songs in 1994 for those of you who don't know ask cap is the group the national organization that protects copyright there's the people who go around go around a little flea markets and sue people who own flea markets because they're playing songs without permission and so I guess this particular song was a huge hit my guess is with karaoke that does not surprise me hold on what.

Why stop on this for a minute what we stop on this for a minute yeah so this the song cops yeah yeah but they also having awards ceremony I don't know that either till I but there so what's the point this is the like I don't I don't get it so his most times legally and they know that they keep track of how the fuck did I do that well so that you have to file to get permission to do it.

My guess is that you can't keep up with actual single ones like if I've got a karaoke bar I don't have to tell you how many times I do it but I do have to like request certain songs to be in my book I would say that in in those karaoke books you know that's the thing that you have to buy well the people who buy it by license so I would say that it was licensed broadly the most times is what this means it also may have been in a lot of TV shows it may have been you know what I mean there's there's a lot of things that I'm going to do.

There's a lot of things they keep up with and there's sort of a like half government institution when you file for your copyright fees a lot of it goes to them and yeah they got them going around law school you serious about them going around and staying in people like you can be in a flame market playing

or just open a badge it's like song cop. You've just been cop. No, I know they do. I can cry out her song cop. I wish I think what happens is you get a letter two weeks later and they are like hey the song cops were there and you know it's a fuck ton of money.

Yeah, I mean take it video. I've never heard about it with the songs but I know that like you know WWE they have agents that around the country that go to bars looking for people playing like

the pay-per-view and shit like that and shut it down but like that's a one-time event that they know when to look for it is wild to think of just some I've been like alright today I had to go the fucking the bait and tackle shop make sure they ain't playing George Jones

for all of my knowledge about this comes from copyright law class and the cases were from like the 70s 80s and 90s my guess is now they do all their work on the computer.

Yeah, like I actually is the thing on YouTube by the way that that block sheet like it's them you have seen their name beside it copy right power.

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