80. Texas, Shaq, Sandals With Socks

Recent Texas transplant and friend-of-the-pod Ching helps Phil & Jake rank the Lone Star State, basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, and the controversial fashion choice of sandals with socks on the List of Every Damn Thing.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Chopped & screwed is a subgenre of music pioneered by the late DJ Screw for remixes. It's slowed down and looped. So here's kiss me through the phone by Soulja Boy, and Girl by Paul Wall the People's Champ chopped and screwed.
• Shipley’s Donuts is a Houston-based donut chain that Phil only knows about from the Houston airport. 
• On top of reciting the regular the Pledge of Allegiance every day, Ching’s kids also have to pledge allegiance to the Texas state flag. In addition, they have to sing “Deep in the Heart of Texas” for their school show (when they should be singing “California Love” by 2Pac & Dre).
• Johnny Dang is a Houston-based Jeweler known for making absurd grills. He's the Houston equivalent of Jacob the Jeweler.
• We rattle off a lot of important names in Texas music, including under-recognized Outlaw Country pioneer Billy Joe Shaver, rap legends Geto Boys, post-hardcore punk visionaries At the Drive-In, and Queen of Tehano Selena.
• Texas-inspired songs mentioned include “Waiting for a Train” by Jimmie Rodgers, “El Paso” by Marty Robbins, “Luckenbach Texas” by Waylon Jennings and “Amarillo By Morning” by George Strait.
• We discuss many locations on the map of Texas, such as Houston, El Paso, South Padre Island and Hill Country.Jake mentions the film subgenre Texas Noir, of which No Country for Old Men is a good example. Even though they’re crime-related movies set in Texas, it’s probably a stretch to include Bonnie & Clyde and Bottle Rocket in this category.
• Stephon Marbury was the real-life inspiration for the character of Jesus Shuttlesworth in He Got Game. He's kind of nuts and got the Knicks to buy him out of his contract by eating vaseline on camera.
• Whoa the villain in Steel is Judd Nelson!
• Ex-NBA player Sam Casell used to pantomime having freakishly large testicles (similar to Buster  Gonad's) as a celebration.
• Here’s Shaq chillin’ with The General. And here’s DJ Deisel.
• Here’s Bill Paxton in True Lies.
• Casual footwear discussed includes Crocs, Birkenstocks and Tevas.

ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
tennis * California * South by Southwest * queso * wine * basketball * football * Mendocino County * Caddyshack * shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts & furry cha-cha heels * Chinatown in San Francisco * land * Popeye * LeBron James * dilapidated shacks * race car drivers * “Macho Man” Randy Savage * Blade * Bon Jovi * nail clippers * Shakira * bricks * pedicures * capitalism * pigeons * Howard the Duck * Hulk Hogan * Reese’s Ultimate Peanut Butter Lovers Cup * Band-Aids as fashion * cigarettes

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. sex - idea
4. bicycles - tool
5. coffee - beverage
6. Clement Street in San Francisco - location
7. Prince - person
8. It’s-It - food
9. Doctor Doom - fictional character
10. Cher - person

BOTTOM TEN:

242. Jon Voight - person
243. Hank Williams, Jr - person
244. British Royal Fa...