49. Frasier, The British Royal Family, Fast Fashion (w/ Eirinie Carson)

Every Damn Thing

Phil, Jake and Beth are joined by writer, model and friend Eirinie Carson to rank the TV sitcom Frasier, the British Royal Family, and fast fashion on the List of Every Damn Thing.

Follow Eirinie on Instagram (@eirinieeee) and Twitter (@Eirineee). Her articles (including the one Jake mentions in this episode) and other projects can be found here.

Beth is raising money through Rise Up Against Racism to build little free anti-racist libraries throughout the Bay Area. Her fundraising page can be found here. You can follow her progress on Instagram (@little.free.antiracist.library).

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SHOW NOTES:

• We talk briefly about kid’s shows, including We Bare Bears, Apple & Onion and Hey Duggee.
• In Apple & Onion, Richard Ayoade plays Onion. He and his best friend Apple live in an apartment and deal with various problems. Everyone they know is food. It's strange because their friend Falafel has ground onions inside of him and they never mention it. It's like Pixar's Cars where it's best not to think about it too much. Here's some examples of the rules of anthropomorphic food on the show.
• Sitcoms discussed in this episode include Cheers, 30 Rock, Seinfeld, The IT Crowd and Peepshow. Phil also brings up That Mitchell & Webb Look, which isn’t sit but is com.
• We were right in assuming Kelsey Grammer hung out with Robin Williams. It turns out they were roommates at Julliard. It's possible they may have used cocaine together.
• Here’s the article Beth mentions about Grammer’s problematic politics putting the Frasier reboot at risk.
• When Jake says the character of Daphne Moon reminds him of Cathy, this is what he's talking about.
• There's some talk of how Julia-Louis Dreyfus / Elaine changed throughout the course of Seinfeld. It's possible when Phil said this what really was happening was that he himself was growing into manhood and began to look at JLD differently.
• Here’s some fish-throwing at Pike Place Market.
• Our Black Frasier discussion includes the one on 30 Rock as well as Phoebe Robinson podcast.
• Eirinie doesn’t think Choppin’ Broccoli is funny but Jake still does.
• Here’s Monica Bellucci in a latex dress from The Matrix movies. She wears more than one so here's a video of all Monica Bellucci content from those films, compiled by someone operating with one hand.
• Most of Jake & Beth’s research on the royal family was done by watching The Crown on Netflix. Jake also listened to the Prince Harry interview on Dax Sheppard’s podcast.
• Fast fashion retailers discussed include H&M, UNIQLO, Target and Old Navy. They’re all doing okay so we didn’t provide links.

ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Sideshow Bob * laugh tracks * the male gaze * David Hyde-Pierce * Seattle * Lilith Sternin * Batman: The Animated Series * Saturday Night Live * The Three Stooges * Shakira * air * Bruce Springsteen * Wigan kebab * The Truman Show * Double Stuf Oreos * capitalism * colonialism * war * Hank Williams, Jr. * consumer waste * Warner Bros large-graphic cartoon t-shirts * band t-shirts * Grocery Outlet * commandos * Tommy Bahama shirts

Below are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here):

TOP TEN:

1. Dolly Parton - person
2. interspecies animal friends - idea
3. Clement Street in San Francisco - location
4. Prince - person
5. It’s-It - food
6. Cher - person
7. Pee-Wee Herman - fictional character
8. Donald Duck - fictional character
9. Hank Williams - person
10. air - substance

BOTTOM TEN:

160. Jenny McCarthy - person
161. Jon Voight - person
162. Hank Williams, Jr - person
163. British Royal Family - institution
164. Steven Seagal - person
165. McR...