Episode 412: If You Start Me Up, I Will NEVER Stop

Show Notes Episode 412: If You Start Me Up, I’ll Never Stop This week Host Dave Bledsoe finally decides he is in need of an upgrade. (Meaning he started buying liter bottles of Jameson instead of his usual 750ml) On the show this week we head back to the most exciting moment of human history, the launch of Windows 95 (Well that is what Bill Gates TOLD us at the time, in retrospect this might not be exactly true.) Along the way we learn that Dave’s septuagenarian parents are still more tech savvy than he is! (He STILL has to call THEM for help with his computer!) Then we dive into the history of Graphical User Interface. (Which is only slightly more interesting than it sounds.) From there we take a brief look at why the world uses PC’s more than Apples. (All the cool video games were on the PC) Finally we get to what Windows 95 was and why everyone in the world was so amped up about it being released. (The 90’s were pretty boring, really) We explain why Bill Gates and Jay Leno danced to a mid tier Rolling Stones song on stage. (They paid three million dollars for it, that’s why) Finally we talk about the mania that accompanied the midnight release of CD-ROM. Our Sponsor this week is Hewlett Packard 486 DX2, all the computer you will EVER need! We open the show with Microsoft’s promotional video for Windows 95 and close with Christian Porter and a MUCH better song choice for Windows! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/h63LxKAoSsw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Windows 95 Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95: The hype and beyond Nerds wreak their billion-dollar revenge  https://www.theguardian.com/century/1990-1999/Story/0,6051,112728,00.html Windows 95 is 25 years old today https://www.theverge.com/21398999/windows-95-anniversary-release-date-history People were unbelievably excited at the launch of Windows 95\ https://www.businessinsider.com/windows-95-launch-20-years-ago-2015-8 20 years ago, people waited overnight in line for a Microsoft product https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsofts-windows-95-software-turned-192528654.html Windows 95 opens on a waiting world https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/08/23/windows-95-opens-on-a-waiting-world/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices