CLASSIC: The Origins Of, and Backlash Against, Father's Day

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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With another Father's Day in the books, Ben, Noel and Max hit the new studio for the first time, exploring the history of this paternal partner to the slightly-more famous Mother's Day. Featuring a cameo from the one and only Matt in this week's Classic episode.

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0:00.0	Fellow ridiculous historians, we are returning to you this weekend with a celebration and a classic episode.
0:08.2	Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there.
0:11.6	Dude, have you seen the movie The Miami Connection?
0:14.7	Have I?
0:15.6	Why am I asking you?
0:16.5	I don't know.
0:17.2	It's okay.
0:17.7	It's an 80s absolute bonkers B movie that involves ninjas and like some tough fighting guys who
0:28.7	are in a hair metal band called Dragon Sound.
0:31.5	But there's this one plot line, this one dude from Dragon Sound, I think is the keyboard player
0:37.1	who's trying to find his father. And at one point, he gets a letter in the mail. this one dude from Dragonstown, I think he's the keyword player,
0:39.2	who's trying to find his father.
0:41.5	And at one point, he gets a letter in the mail.
0:44.9	And it gets this really heartwarming scene where he goes, he opens the letter.
0:46.7	And he goes, my father.
0:49.8	And then he goes, oh my God.
0:51.8	Just look up that scene.
0:53.1	It'll warm your damn heart.
0:59.0	It's so good. It's a terrible movie that was made by a taekwondo master to promote his taekwondo school.
1:00.4	I'm back in.
1:02.1	Yeah, dude, it's so good.
1:05.0	It's got songs that are about the stuff that happens.
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