Hello and welcome to the history of fun where we explore the hidden backstories behind the things you love to do.

My name is Russ Frustick and I'm joined today by Christopher Thomas Plant.

Hello, Chris.

Hello. And Alleg, Chris. Hello.

And Allegra, Frank.

And that's how I'm going to say your name from now on.

Alegra.

Allegra Frank, who is bringing, if I don't, if I'm not wrong, I think I might be wrong.

The most dangerous toy we've yet had on the history of fun.

God, I think it must be going through some of these stories that people say.

Oh boy. We're going to get some good ones. Allegra, what are we talking about today?

Today, we're going to talk about trampolines. I'm just going to cut right to the chase.

I'm really excited.

The thing is, we call this the history of fun, and I don't know that I've ever talked

about something I find fun.

No, come on, beanie babies, happy meals.

That is also true, but trampolines are something I very much am opposed to.

I love trampolines.

Oh my God.

Plant, how do you feel about trampolines?

I had one as a child in my backyard, and we used it to brutally hurt all of our friends.

It was like a blood sport-y type of thing. Like it wasn't like, you never went out on a trampoline to have fun. It was more like boxing. Like you knew that some people were going to get punched if you were on a trampoline. Oh my God. Is that not normal? That feels like a boy. I want to say that's like, oh, that's a little boy's dude. I don't know if that's true. No, it's definitely a thing. I played spin the bottle on a trampoline when I was like 12. Oh, my God, you did. Of course you did. It was great. Well, so the trampoline clearly has a lot of purposes, a lot of uses.

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