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What the HELL Were You Thinking?

All the things that made the world the way it is now. Welcome to the podcast takes your nostalgia, tells you the history behind it and makes you ask What the HELL Were You Thinking. Host Dave Bledsoe takes the history, politics and pop culture of the past fifty years and explains what it was like to live through it and why it is still ruining the world today. So join Dave, his hapless Producer Gavin St James every Monday for time capsule of truth! Find us at whatthehellpodcast.com,

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Episode 373: David and Eddie Had Had It Already by...

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/08/08

Show Notes Episode 373: David and Eddie Had Had It Already By the Summer of 85 This week Host Dave Bledsoe climbs up on stage to do his famous karaoke version of Just A Gigolo (we hate to admit, it’s GOOD) only to bust the seam in the ass of pants. (Sadly, he just kept right on singing) On the show this week we tell you the tale of one great band and two massive egos: David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen. (You all know how THAT ended.) Along the way we discover how Dave’s dad (our Dave, not the cool

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Episode 372: Video Home System Killed the Betamax Star

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2022/08/01

Episode 372: Video Home System Killed the Betamax Star This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets all nostalgic with some old home videos only to discover something unspeakably horrible on a tape labeled “David’s 12th Birthday” (Actual footage of his 12th birthday, god he was a fat little kid!) On the show this week we tell the tale of the most brutal conflict of the 1980’s, the war between VHS and Beta (So…Much…Blood) Along the way we discover why Dave isn’t allowed in any movie theaters anymore. (It would

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41:48

Episode 371: The Dog's Name Was Harvey (Pt 2 of the...

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2022/07/25

Show Notes Episode 371: “The Dog’s Name Was Harvey” Pt 2 of the Summer of Sam This week Host Dave Bledsoe decides to spend a little time at the Dog Park, which is a very disreputable strip club in Bayonne New Jersey where hopefully they haven’t heard of him. (They didn't extend him credit.) On the show this week we wrap up the Summer of Sam with part two, the arrest, confession and trial of David Berkowitz. Then we get to the good stuff about the Devil! (Satan insists he would NEVER hang out with a

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39:46

Episode 370: The Wicked King Wicker Pt 1 of the...

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/07/18

Show Notes Episode 370: The Wicked King Wicker Part 1 of the Summer of Sam This week Host Dave Bledsoe decided to take his beloved out to a popular make out spot for a little heavy petting. (Meaning he is sitting in the park alone drinking Jameson out of a brown paper bag, again.) On the show this week, we continue our series about NYC in the 1970’s with part one of The Summer of Sam! Along the way we discover that all the adults in Dave’s young life thought it was hilarious the way he freaked out

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33:47

Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/07/11

Show Notes Episode 369: We Really Had A Blackout This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to remember if he paid the ConEd bill or if he is about to experience his own mini-blackout. (Again) On the show this week we head back forty five years to 1977 and that time ConEd decided to turn all the fucking lights out in New York City. (Again.) Along the way we learn how Dave used to live in the kinds of places where the power goes on the regular. (Turns out, you DO have to pay that electric bill!) Then we

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34:52

Episode 368: Welcome to Fear City

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/07/04

Show Noted Episode 368: Welcome to Fear City This week Host Dave Bledsoe issues a dire warning that New York City is on the verge of slipping into a hellscape dystopia all because of this unreasonable demand he settle these bartabs. (The Bartenders told him to “Drop Dead”) On the show this week we kick off a month of shows about the Greatest Goddamn City in the World during The Worst Decade Ever, NYC in the 1970’s! Along the way we learn how Dave earnestly believed that Oklahoma City Oklahoma was

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34:07

Episode 367: Who Could've Seen This Coming?

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/06/27

Show Notes Episode 367: Who Could’ve Seen It Coming This week Host Dave Bledsoe would like to turn the show over to a woman and let her say what needs to be said, but all the women he knows either hate him or are too busy doing important shit to talk on some dumb podcast. (Mostly they just hate him.) On the show this week we keep it really simple, we talk about the people who worked so hard to take your right away in the history of anti-abortion. (You think we are gonna talk about Canadian Tuxedos

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Episode 366: Full Metal Lunchbox

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2022/06/20

Show Notes Episode 366: Full Metal Lunch Box This week Host Dave Bledsoe is brown bagging it for lunch, meaning he is drinking cheap scotch out of a brown paper bag in the park. (Again) On the show this week we tell you about the Ultimate Status Symbol of the 1970’s School House: the lunch box! Along the way we learn that young Dave had a very disturbing lunch box when he lived in the Deep South. (Though he denies it, he definitely had a Klan Lunch Box) Then we dive right into that most American

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30:59

Episode 365: The Last Barman Poet

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/06/13

Show Notes Episode 365: The Last Barman Poet This week Host Dave Bledsoe struggles with the reality he will never own his own bar, and the best he will ever have is a tab at one. (Which will be constantly overdue) On the show this week take a look at a Tom Cruise movie that had American flipping bottles and breaking glasses all over their basement bars: 1988’s Cocktail. (Why? There is no why.) Along the way we learned that instead of using an unexpected financial windfall to better his life, Dave

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29:52

Episode 364: Too Damn Cool to Buy the 8-Track Tape

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2022/06/06

Episode 364: We Were Too Damn Cool to Buy the 8 Track Tapes This week Host Dave Bledsoe drops a quarter in the jukebox to play the sad country songs from his youth, only to be kicked out of the diner for sobbing at the counter. (Again) On the show this week we take a look at the long lost and justifiably detested technology that somehow made Foghat even worse, the 8 Track Tape. (Yeah, who knew that was even possible?) Along the way we discover that Dave is no better at keeping a car than he is at

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25:58

Dowers Boys Episode 2: The Watermelon Crawl

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/05/30

The Dowers Boy Sing: The Watermelon Crawl This month Jerrod and Dave do their own version of the watermelon crawl, meaning they claw their way across the patio to puke in the bushes instead of by the BBQ grill where everyone is trying to eat! We also cover Tracy Byrd’s 1994 hit “Watermelon Crawl” about a small town watermelon festival, a watermelon that catches on fire because it is 99% Everclear. (Though that was cut from the music video) The Dowers Boys is a 90’s country music podcast about songs

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17:54

Special Edition: It's Later Than You Think

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/05/25

Show Notes: Special Edition “It’s Later Than You Think” In the aftermath of the shootings, we will not be running our usual show. This Special Edition talks frankly about what happened, where we are and where it looks like we are going. It is presented without music or drops, and without our usual dick and fart humor. We will not be running a show for next week, a Dowers Boys will run in the feed for Monday morning. Hopefully we will return the following week with a show about 8 Track Tapes, which

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30:50

Episode 363: Highway to the Reagan Zone

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/05/23

Show Noted Episode 363: “Highway to the Reagan Zone” This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to get a free drink by strongly implying to the bartender that he was “kinda the Air Force version of Maverick from Top Gun”. (Just as when he used it in the 80’s, he crashed and burned) On the show this week we tell the tale of the original Top Gun and how it was pure propaganda for Reagan’s America and not just hot, sweaty, homoerotic volleyball. (HOT!) Along the way we hear one of Dave’s pick up lines from

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29:54

Episode 362: I Did Not Sea Monkey That Coming

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2022/05/16

Show Notes Episode 362: I Did Not SeaMonkey That Coming This week Host Dave Bledsoe keeps checking the mailbox for his pair of X-Ray Goggles only to be disappointed again. (Honestly, you can just look at porn on the internet, dude) On the show this week we tell you the truly messed up tale of the guy who invented Sea-Monkeys. (No spoilers, but he was a Jewish Nazi!) Along the way we learn that Dave gets drunk and falls victim to Facebook scams on the regular. (No surprise there!) Then we dive

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Episode 361: The Night They Drove Old Disco Down

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/05/09

Show Notes Episode 361: The Night They Drove Old Disco Down This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs out his Boogie Shoes, unbuttons his shirt down to his navel and slaps on his gold chains to get down on the dance floor. And…gets booted out of the Bar Mitzvah where he hoped to score free booze. (Again) On the show this week we head back to The Night Disco Died when a bunch of drunk white dudes got real, real mad about some music they didn’t like. (But liked the people who made the music even

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36:39

Episode 360: Here's Some Money, Go Buy Yourself A...

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/05/02

Show Notes Episode 360: “Here’s Some Money, Go Buy Yourself A Star War This week Host Dave Bledsoe proposes a complex system of interlocking free drinks to protect him from needing to pay a bar tab, only to find the technology isn’t there yet. (Because people don’t like him!) On the show this week we talk about the time Ronald Reagan got really excited about a movie and cost the taxpayers 30 billion dollars for his own personal Death Star! Along the way we learn how Dave stopped worrying and learn

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30:36

Dowers Boys Episode 1: It's A Great Day to Be Alive

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/04/25

It's the 7th anniversary of What the HELL Were You Thinking and we thought "why not use THAT to introduce a NEW show that Dave is doing?" Welcome to the Dowers Boys and podcast about 90's country music. This isn't replacing What the HELL Were You Thinking but will run in the same feed to see if people like it. Jerrod and Dave have known each other over 20 years and used to sing karaoke in a dive bar in Yuba City California back in the 90's. (Oh yes, it is peak Middle Aged White Guy!) So come in,

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30:48

Episode 359: Sleeping In the Wet Spot On Your Waterbed

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/04/18

Show Notes Episode 359: Sleeping in the Wet Spot On Your Waterbed This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks a fellow bar denizen if she would like to come back to his place for some sloshy sex in his waterbed only to remember when he woke up from being knocked cold (Again) he doesn’t have one anymore. On the show this week we break out our leak kits and patch up the story of America’s moment of sleeping on vinyl bags filled with water. (The story has a lot of holes! Get it?) Along the way we learn that

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Episode 358: I Simply Cannot Drive, Fifty Five

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/04/11

Show Notes Episode 358: I Simply Cannot Drive Fifty Five This week Host Dave Bledsoe signs his name on number 24 when the bartender says “Boy, I won’t serve no more” and finally pays down his bartab. (One of them anyway) On the show this week we take you back to 1974 when America had to step on the brakes, at least if there was a cop around, because the National Speed Limit was now Fifty Five Miles Per Hour. Along the way Dave answers the one question everyone had about his time as a cop. (Sadly

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Episode 357: Oh Yes, They Call Him the Streak

What the HELL Were You Thinking? ·

2022/04/04

Show Notes Episode 357: Oh Yes, They Call Him the Streak This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to go Full Monty if that will reduce the amount of his latest bartab. (They told him they would wipe out the entire thing if he promised to keep his clothes ON) On the show this week we head back to the heady and hirsute days of the early 1970’s when a generation of Boomers took up jogging in their birthday suits for some reason no one really understands. (Except maybe for this on Professor we quote

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