Sometimes you do something stupid and it turns out okay. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t a bad idea though. This week we explore Robert A. Lopez, the 70 year old veterinarian who put ear mites from a cat into his own ears on purpose! Sure he won an igNobel prize for it, but that doesn’t…
Long buried but never forgotten, the ET video game is often considered to be the worst game ever made. The bad idea that is often considered to be the death sentence for Atari has been resurrected from a New Mexico dump. We take a deeper look at what went wrong, and why this infamous title…
Download it! Cop Rock: the television show that asked the question, “Why does the tired police procedural formula need to revitalize it?” and came up with the answer, “Five song and dance numbers per episode just shoved in any old where!” It was a bold plan, but the idea was bad. We take you through…
The Gyrojet was a revolutionary new gun concept developed during the heady research boom of the 1960’s by Robert Mainhardt and Art Biehl of MBA Associates. The gyrojet was a gun that shot out tiny rockets. This had the potential of producing projectiles with much higher velocities but with the drawback that they took too…
Download it! Asbestos is a material known for its incredible strength, heat resistant properties, a whole host of other uses. It’s also a well known carcinogen and destroyer of lungs. Was there a cover up to make sure that these details would be hidden? Was the government complicit in this cover up during World War…
The Yugo was unarguably one of the worst cars ever to be sold in America. But how did this little car made in a communist country make it to American shores in the first place? This is the story of Malcolm Bricklin, relentless entrepreneur, ruthless swindler, and hopeless automotive magnate, and his ambition to sell…