The Best Idea Yet 🛻 Jeep: The Car That Saved The World

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

With Veterans Day coming up and everyone exhausted from the election, we thought we’d offer a break from the news. Here’s a sample of our latest episode of TBIY about The Jeep. Known well by veterans, it’s “The Car That Saved The World”.
The Jeep isn’t just a car, it’s a cult: inspiring clubs, meetups, even its own “Jeep Wave.” From cameos in M*A*S*H to Mean Girls, the Jeep’s been ranked the most patriotic brand in America for 20-straight years (sorry, Coke). But did you know that Jeep actually started as a group project? Learn how three fiercely competitive rivals came together for some emergency teamwork to help Allied Forces win WWII, how a freelance designer almost didn’t get the credit, and how its name was (maybe) inspired by a mythical character from Popeye. JEEP isn’t just the world’s 1st 4x4… it literally saved the world. Jump in Yetis, we’re going exploring… Find out why JEEP is the best idea yet.
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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. And today's pod is the best idea yet. That's right. We've got a bonus treat for you this Saturday. We whipped up something really special for the besties. Jack, you want to sprinkle on more context over there? The best idea yet is our new weekly show that we launched last month. The best idea yet. The untold origin stories of the products you're obsessed
0:22.8	with. On this Saturday, here's what we're thinking. With all the political news, the election,
0:27.5	Veterans Day, there's so much going on. We thought the timing was perfect to share our latest
0:32.3	episode on Jeep. So we'll set the Jeep scene for you. Three rival companies were forced to collaborate
0:39.5	under the pressure of limited resources and a ticking clock. It's the ultimate high stakes
0:45.2	group project, but with the fate of the nation during World War II hanging in the balance.
0:51.1	Yeties, the way Jack and I see it, this car, it is the perfect example
0:55.1	of perseverance, ingenuity, and a reminder that when we come together, we can build something
1:00.0	that actually changes the world. So we're about to play you a clip from the best idea. We really
1:06.1	hope you enjoy it. And to listen to the rest of this episode on the creation of the Jeep and more,
1:14.8	tap the link in the episode description to subscribe to the best idea yet.
1:27.5	Nick, you remember doing group projects in school? Jack, do I remember doing group projects in school? No better way to rely on someone else for doing a whole bunch of work over there.
1:29.9	Like, we did this one chemistry project on, like, electrolytes.
1:33.9	And so I whipped up a whole board with, like, power-rate and gatorade,
1:37.6	which were, like, kind of related to electrolytes.
1:39.9	What'd you get for the grade?
1:41.0	I got to see plus.
1:42.0	But that's besides the point, Jack, because as a piece of art, that group project was stunning.
1:46.7	The earliest one I remember was in physics in high school.
1:49.2	I like this.
1:49.6	We had to prove that energy is neither created nor destroyed.
1:53.1	It's only transferred.
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