Retrocast #36 - UI Podcast #245

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Abbott & Costello agree to perform in a boy’s backyard for 70 cents, parents sue a milk dairy because their son grew too tall, a man sleeps only 2 hours per day for 33 years, and much more! Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-36-podcast-245/ Listen to my interview with cartoonist Leigh Rubin discussing how his parents were The First Jewish Couple Married on National Television: https://uselessinformation.org/the-first-jewish-couple-married-on-national-tv/ Also, you can see the original Bride & Groom episode where his parents were married at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8943Q48X4 You can follow the Useless Information Podcast on these platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uselessinformationpodcast X (Twitter): https://t.co/7pV2H8iXJV Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FlipSideofHistory/ The Useless Information Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit https://www.airwavemedia.com/ to listen to more great podcasts just like this one. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:05.3	Today on the useless information retrocast, you'll hear a number of fascinating, totally true stories,
0:11.3	and that includes a 12-year-old boy who asked comedians Abbott and Costello at the peak of their fame
0:17.5	to perform at a charity show that he was staging in his mother's backyard.
0:22.8	Or how about a family who suited dairy simply because their son had experienced a sudden
0:27.6	growth spurt? Clearly had to be the milk. Plus, you'll hear the story of a young man who walked
0:33.0	from Los Angeles all the way to New York City and then back just so he could win a $500 bet.
0:40.3	Well, all those stories, the question of day, today's retro sponsor, and so much more.
0:45.0	They're all coming up next on this, the 36th edition of the retrocast.
0:50.5	I am Steve Sleman and this is the useless information podcast.
0:55.8	Useless information.
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1:24.8	include The Pilgrims, Marco Polo, Henry Ford, Joan of Arc, Jackie Robinson, Klondike Gold Rush, Ancient Greek Olympics, Easter Island, and the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1:44.0	There's also a six-part series about the Titanic.
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1:52.9	or go to CalmHistery.com.
2:02.2	Hey, everyone, I hope you're doing well. I have to tell you things are going great on this end.
2:07.5	And that's because my wife, Mary Jane, and I just returned from an eight-day vacation in Denver.
2:13.9	Now, I have to admit, I didn't work on the podcast at all.
2:18.0	I did take a bit of a mental break, although I did read an entire book on the flight out there,
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