Mr Yuk

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Our pal Gillian Jacobs takes us through the history of poison control and the yucky face meant to warn children about the dangers lurking in their kitchen cabinets

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0:00.0	This is a 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.
0:05.0	Every town or city has its own regional celebrity who everyone recognizes.
0:10.0	Maybe that person is a high school athlete who made it to the major leagues. Maybe they're a titan of industry.
0:16.4	Maybe they're a flamboyant attorney with an excessive amount of billboard ads. Something wrong? Call Ann Fong. Some of them become so of
0:24.0	something wrong call Ann Fong Some of them become so successful that their acclaim spreads around the world and sometimes not
0:29.5	Here to tell us about one of her own favorite local celebrities
0:32.8	is actress reporter and friend of the show,
0:35.4	Gillian Jacobs.
0:36.1	Hey Gillian, hi Roman.
0:37.9	It's so delightful to have you here.
0:39.6	I'm delighted as well.
0:41.0	That's my favorite place to be. So Gillian you reached out to us
0:44.8	because you wanted to talk about a very specific famous face that you saw all over
0:51.1	your hometown. Yes, so I come from the great city of Pittsburgh,
0:55.0	also known as Pittsburgh to locals,
0:57.0	and there was a guy who was so famous there
1:00.0	that I thought everyone knew his name
1:02.0	and it turns out that's not quite the case
1:04.8	So who is this mysterious local celebrity? I'm gonna leave you in suspense for a little bit longer so just to back up and explain. This guy recently popped into my head because a few
1:15.6	months ago I was at home watching a football game which is not common practice for me,
1:19.9	read Taylor Swift. But as I was watching the game I noticed that one of the
1:24.2	players had something on his helmet. It was this little round green sticker and I
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