20. McRib, Clement Street, Wind Chimes

Phil and Jake expand the menu of the List of Every Damn Thing by ranking McDonald's BBQ pork sandwich the McRib, Clement Street (in San Francisco's Richmond District), and wind chimes.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Phil wrote about eating the whole McDonalds menu for a zine we made with some friends in the 90s. We’ll try to dig up a copy of it to post on social media.
• This chart shows you how turkey consumption spikes at Thanksgiving & Christmas. Phil’s theory is that if people actually liked either of these things, they’d eat them all year. People eat Snickers bars all year.
• Here’s the article about the correlation between McRib availability and bulk pork prices that Jake inaccurately cites as being from Business Insider.
• There was a McRib cross-promotion with The Flintstones movie. Phil just realized that the joke of Flintstones is that everything is rock this and rock that. They go bowling and don’t use rocks as bowling balls?!
• McDonald’s pickles are very sour dill pickle slices.
• Here’s a story on the Humane Society lawsuit against McRib meat producers mentioned by Jake.
• Jake just realized that Jenny McCarthy starred in a TV movie where she plays the daughter of Santa Claus; this adaptation of her 90s Playboy pictorial is of questionable taste.
• Here’s a brief article about the history of San Francisco’s cemeteries (and how they were moved to the city of Colma).
• Notable Clement Street establishments mentioned include the 4 Star Theater (which has operated since 1913), Green Apple Books, Kamei, Heroes Club, The Bitter End and Toy Boat by Jane. The Blue Danube Coffee House holds the most special place in our hearts.
• Jake talks a bit about the Clement Street comedy scene that happened mostly before our time. The Holy City Zoo was in the heart of the Inner Richmond and has an important place in stand-up comedy history, as evidenced in The Comedians of Comedy. There were more than a few open mic nights in the neighborhood when Phil and Jake lived there in the early 2000s, where you could catch the likes of Brent Weinbach and Jasper Redd. 
• Jake says in the episode that Burma Superstar appears on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. The restaurant actually isn’t in the show, but its co-owner is. 
• Phil mentions Arsicault Bakery, but not by name. It’s just around the corner from the beginning of Clement Street, and people line up down the block for their croissants and whatnot.
• Jake mentions Marvel’s upcoming Shang-Chi movie. In the 70s everyone was trying to make horror and martial arts comics. In the comics his father was literally Fu-Manchu. They can’t seriously be considering using Fu-Manchu can they?
• We discuss current top spot-holder Dolly Parton. We had to include this link to 51 Hottest Dolly Parton Big Butt Pictures That Are Sure To Make You Her Most Prominent Admirer because the title was so great. Why 51?
• There are a lot of notable things about historical and present-day Clement Street that we don't mention, including this sign (which has been gone for a while now).
• Phil sort of used the word skeuomorphism wrong. It’s okay; last episode while talking about capitalism, Jake said “strive” when he meant “thrive”.
• We discuss lighthouses a bit. The Lighthouse is a great movie BUT it killed Phil’s desire to live on a lighthouse for good.

ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
McDonald’s sausage patty * McRibLocator.com * Surge * Coca-Cola Freestyle * Double Stuf Oreos * QAnon * The Presidio of San Francisco * walk scores * mindfulness * chance-based music * windmills

Below is the List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the most up-to-date list, go here):

1. Dolly Parton - person
2. Clement Street in San Francisco - location
3. Prince - person
4. Cher - person
5. Donald Duck - fictional character
6. Hank Williams - person
7. air - substance
8. Watchmen - comi...