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The Big Honker Podcast
Andy Shaver & Jeff Stanfield
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In this series, Jeff & Andy dive into a mix of useless facts, myths, forgotten stories, and strange truths.
In this episode, Jeff lists the most watched shows of all time and Andy tells the crazy story of how Doritos were invented.
This series is brought to you by the amazing Cedar Run Decoys.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello! Hey! here we go three two one boom and welcome to the big hunker podcast did you know |
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| 0:56.6 | Okay, Andy, do you know what year was the peak for TV household watching in the United States of America? |
| 1:07.0 | Good question, Jeff. |
| 1:09.1 | Give me a good answer. |
| 1:12.0 | 19... No. No. |
| 1:15.6 | 2,000. |
| 1:18.5 | Okay, what are we talking about here? |
| 1:19.9 | Put some parameters around us. |
| 1:20.9 | A household TV viewing in a day, 24 hours out of a day, how many hours people watch TV in a household? |
| 1:32.3 | 2009. |
| 1:34.2 | No, close. 2010 was the peak. |
| 1:37.7 | Nine hours a day. |
| 1:39.4 | What? |
| 1:40.0 | Yes, it's what a TV. |
| 1:41.2 | And I think it's, I don't know how accurate that is, because like our house right now, nobody's home and the TV's on probably. We don't turn the TV off one lead, do you? No, because Roy's there and it makes it better, right? He likes the sound. So does Amos and Alley? So the TV's on right? Well, I don't know if he likes the sound. I think he likes the sound. You just assume. I assume he wants some sound. That's interesting. Yeah, I was kind of surprised about that. 1972, it was about five hours a day. It was a slow trend up, and now it's going back down the other way. Yeah, we don't ever watch TV. Well, but that's what I'm saying. Is this traditional cable? Just TV. Because, like, my kids watch YouTube. Yes. Is that considered? No, it would just be TV. But your TV's on probably in the house, same time they're watching YouTube. Well, yeah, they're watching YouTube on TV. Okay, well, TV time. So they're talking TV, so that's not counting in statistics. And that might be why we're starting to go down. |
| 2:36.0 | It's just people are watching different ways now. |
| 2:37.8 | Nine hours a day. |
| 2:39.8 | That would be, my goodness. |
| 2:42.3 | Texaco Star Theater in 1950 was the number one show in America with 6 million viewers. |
| 2:49.8 | By the time Gunsmoke come around in the late 50s, we were setting around 18 million viewers. By the time gun smoke come around in the late 50s, we were sitting around 18 million viewers. |
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