What The Hell Were You Thinking

Show Notes Episode 428: Black Friday, I’ve Been Shoved This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands 50% off his bar tabs for Black Friday, only to discover Black Eye Friday when the bouncer punches him in the face. (Again.) On the show this week, we prepare you for the Christmas Shopping Season by telling you the True History of Black Friday! Along the way we discover why Dave is afraid to ever step foot in a WalMart again. (He got his ass kicked in the Garden Center like a little bitch! True story!) Then we dive right into the origins of the busy shopping day of the year. (Does it have anything to do with unfettered Capitalism?  You bet your sweet bippy!) From the Panic of 1869 to FDR bumping up the date, we tell you all about the origins and THEN we get to the Old Ultra Violence! (It just wouldn’t be America without unnecessary and excessive violence!) Finally we explain in detail all the ways you are being ripped off by the retailers on Black Friday and why America finally decided to just Stay Home and eat turke