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I was so worried this morning when I woke up that I was gonna get my brain
busted well guess what you are well I brought a helmet not true actually I'm
just gonna take this straight to the dome piece straight to the dome piece she
got no head protection Emily's got the real brain buster this week what's the
first 60 mile per hour car whoa I mean leading up to this moment that's a big
deal after that moment nobody cares that's how that kind of thing goes yeah
and what I think is funny about that question is that because before that we
were talking about the first 200 mile per hour car and I kind of was like oh
this is that's a really super modern thing to think about but the first 60
mile per hour car like that was a big deal yeah yeah and it happened 14 years
after the bends motor car company whatever that first the first car it
happened 14 years after so it wasn't like it was like right away 14 years
after and something else of note that's kind of interesting with modern times
versus olden times is that now we measure a car's acceleration in like zero to
60 yeah I was gonna say you know that's immediately what I was thinking yeah it's
our Corvette story yeah what's the zero to 60 time and this is just like could
it get up to 60 yeah could it get up to 60 and so what it was was a French
torpedo-shaped car called la jamais content and that means never satisfied
ooh and it went 66.792 miles per hour 66.792 yep and this was in 1899 1899 the
first 60 mile per hour car yep yeah okay and it wasn't that record wasn't
broken until 1902 and that was a steam powered vehicle a cheese 75.6.06 miles
per hour I'm not surprised by that yeah steam it makes incredible power yeah it
sure does what's funny is the driver of the la jamais content this is French and
I practiced so much before we recorded trying to say this name of this damn car
the never satisfied car the driver set up right in the middle so we almost like
on top of the car and that made it so too much like a lot of drag and it could
have gone faster had they been able to like put the driver somewhere else but
they couldn't it sounds like a belly tanker I think maybe that's what it looks
like yeah it's conical on both front and back yeah large cigar shape it looks
like a hot dog incredible speed it's like yeah like a hot dog with cones on the
end of it how hot is what it's like Oscar Meyer wiener car that is so hot
right now hot dogs are so hot right now they are so hot right now shout out the
left-leaning day I was gonna say Jess that's for you this is what's gonna blow
the fucking socks right off of your just blow the lid right off this supper
where yep blow your head right off your neck oh great dude is violence welcome
to Friday everybody damn straight the car was a chop it up girl break through
the other guy's windshield the car was electric yep done you can't see my jaw
on the floor yeah I saw her on the floor oh my god it was two motors with a
chain drive and it went 68 miles per hour whoa the early Honda CVCC's were
sorry not 68 miles per hour it had 68 horsepower oh water coming down the
chimney water coming down the chimney folks sorry excuse me it had 68 horsepower
oh yeah and it went 68 miles per hour no it went 66.792 oh okay so in this case
we could almost say every horsepower was good for one mile yep almost yep every
horse could go one mile wow per hour I guess that's interesting here is a
question I have though okay how the hell did they measure miles per hour in the
1800s I was wondering the same thing yeah they don't know so I was curious if
that was are they counting are they do a stopwatch thing or they just do the math
you didn't you didn't look into that I didn't because I was gonna have that be
this question for this week I mean listen I think people they came before us
were a lot smarter but you know what I've done so much speed stuff I'm not
gonna have that be the question for this week thank but listen people that
question is gonna be coming so I thought for sure the first 150 mile per hour
car was you know I just want to know how they counted I'm guessing it was by a
clock but we'll never know until I do that brainbuster question okay my
question this week is what was the first monster truck oh really really that's
pretty ripping yeah you think so yeah I think so that's freaking ripping it was
kind of fun and I love a monster truck kind of like what's your favorite
monster full name three songs by monster truck I don't know I do like big
say you like monster truck I like Bigfoot because it's the vintage one that I
know but honestly I don't know a lot of the monster trucks I've see I see them
they're cool but okay I couldn't name them I could name Bigfoot that's the one
I can name really yeah yeah I'm kind of a poser what about somebody that likes
monster digger now I know grave digger diggers cool but I didn't want to
mention just because I know grave digger what about Samson Samson I've seen the
dog one Samson I think looks like his arms like they're going up to the front
of the truck and it's like muscular arms is it supposed to be a statue of
Samson it's not a statue oh okay does it look I'm just saying it looks like it
looks like a truck body but it's got muscular arms huh okay interesting it's
weird there was one that was shaped like a skull but I can't remember what that
was called huh yeah I know um and then there's the boogie van which is an
aro star with tank tracks I think oh that sounds cool maybe no boogie van is
a aro star female driver with wheels Bigfoot the team in general has an aro
star with tank tracks oh okay yeah yeah that's cool it's very cool yeah I mean
Bigfoot is it Bigfoot's Bigfoot's it there was another one that was like there
was a USA themed one that was like a Silverado body that was really cool King
of the Road was my neighbors at our grandparents they owned King of the
Road which is that semi truck monster truck yeah and they would have that in
parades and stuff so that was a cool anyway yeah I used to watch it on the
ESPN I did try to catch like Monster Jam sweet it was good it was always fun to
live once I want to go again I saw the billboard for it oh yeah it comes here
it comes here in February usually yeah I want to go I'm gonna be here this year
in February tell me one thing that's bad about it I don't think there's probably
I've never been to one could probably get German roasted almonds I I tried to
go to one not a monster jam but a different one and it got it wouldn't let
you in no it got canceled and we had to get our tickets refunded it was almost
like a monster's got run out of town the monsters got run right out of town oh
my god my sister drove up from Eugene with the little kitties and like what the
whole thing yeah we just ended up going out to eat now they get canceled I can't
remember but apparently this specific like monster truck circuit they do this a
lot I guess I read on Facebook and people are like it's a fucking scam and
they were all pissed but they refunded my ticket so I mean I don't think doesn't
sound like a scam doesn't sound like a scam just sounds like unfortunate maybe
bad planning anyway well people are shitty so yeah nothing new there yep so
I've never been to one and like I said don't know that much about monster trucks
to begin with but I just thought it was an interesting question interesting yeah
so I think they look cool I think everybody knows they look cool Emily yeah
I think that's an undisputed fact duh yeah it's a big deal but my question is a
big deal so your question is a big deal it's about royalty it is about yeah sort
of it's about the first car that was a presidential car mm-hmm not the first
brand named after a president I don't think that's a different question yeah
which she does want to ask I was once hit with that question in the line of the
grocery store like there was some guy there just stumping people I don't know
if he's a troller but you got it didn't you yeah then he tried to be like well
that's the first car with the headlights is steer with the wheels well it's the
Tucker of bull you knew get me with that one and that is a hard one though
everybody would know that well he was harassing my friend and my friend I just
walked up and then my friend like dumped this guy on me the old dumparoo yeah
jeez ask her like what jeez I sign up for jeez grocery store questions jeez what
was the first because I don't know
well she almost spilled her tea I'm gonna go the tea on this car since you
almost did just so close so my question was what was the first car that was a
presidential car yes and the answer to that is pierce arrow in 1909 US
president William Howard Taft ordered two pierce arrows and two white model M
tours to be used for state occasions oh official cars of the White House whoa
no he didn't drive those though right he was driven around yeah I mean people of
a presidential it's a touring car so like this you know chauffeur is in the
front and they're being touring the back yeah so I have a question what if
you're a president that likes to drive or that like is into cars I mean you
probably shouldn't I don't think I don't know what to say about that present
presidents drive that's my new book called presidents don't drive like you
can't just go out for a pack of Skittles at night the secret service go for you
yeah yeah what's your question for next week oh my god oh my god say it isn't so
I'll sort of be the judge of the accuracy of this question but I'm looking for
someone to write in with the accurate name and make of Homer's car oh there's
an episode that states it it's pretty obscure I can't even I couldn't just
tell you right off which episode it is but I know it's out there I know it
exists I know in an episode he calls it something and he uses a name okay isn't
he's not just done college like you know a pile of crap pile of crap yeah I want
yeah that's what I want to know what is the name of Homer Simpson's car all
right I like that that's a good yeah I think that's I think that's uh that's
fair game mm-hmm that's a good question good question well all right then people
yeah I you've done got your brain busted get your get your brain busted get your
brains together and figure this one out go ask somebody you know you know ask the
father of the you know person that you're divorcing father of the ex bride yeah
you know maybe you've just been fired maybe you're getting let go it's not too
late to ask for help yeah with your question yep it's never too late to ask
for help yeah they might not have said good luck but you could always just real
quick pick their brain on this matter exactly go find a priest yeah I think
they're always hanging out in Catholic churches you know what for my question
go find Matt Groening oh yeah that's a good idea doesn't he live in Eugene or
yeah or settle you know settle for any of the other writers just bother them on
their social medias yeah find out yeah there we go get us the answer we need to
know they'll understand it's important
mm-hmm agreed yeah tell them that you're trying to get your brain busted
brain busted bye
you
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About this episode
A lively discussion kicks off with the revelation of the first car to hit 60 mph, the La Jamais Content, which achieved this milestone in 1899. The hosts delve into the significance of speed records, contrasting early measurements with modern standards. They also explore the evolution of monster trucks, sharing personal favorites and experiences with events like Monster Jam. The episode wraps up with intriguing trivia about presidential cars and a fun challenge for listeners to identify Homer Simpson's car from The Simpsons.
