The guys get giddy and examine the roots of the unlikely partnership that forms in the early-1980’s between professional wrestling buffoons and rock n roll misfits - and changes a corner of pop culture forever.

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SHOW NOTES
Songs used in this episode: Husker Du “Makes No Sense at All”; Bob Mould “The Silence Between Us”; Blue Angel “Maybe He’ll Know”; Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” 

  

ELO/Rock and Roll Express: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg9KAX5I9cU

Jake the Snake and Nord the Barbarian/RATT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vczmz-dOYUs

McMahan and Lord Alfred Hayes’s late night talk show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3zZyOAo8FU (warning: Roddy Pipper slaps the crap out of Lord Alfred Hayes) 

Husker Du on the Today Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmk_Fw1GrMk

https://www.biography.com/athletes/cyndi-lauper-wwe

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2687433-how-cyndi-lauper-was-essential-in-the-launch-of-wwe-wrestlemania

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper

https://ew.com/article/2005/07/22/professional-wrestling-bob-mould/

https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/05/27/bob-mould-on-joining-the-wcw-creative-team-pitching-ideas-to-hulk-hogan-the-dynamic-between-eric-bischoff-and-vince-russo-leaving-the-company/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Replacements_(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker_D%C3%BC

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/30/bob-mould-alt-rocks-gay-icon-takes-on-american-evil-my-heads-on-fire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Albano

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRBQ

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/18/arts/pop-nrb-band-at-ritz.html

NRBQ - Captain Lou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNa3nW1w7vw

Lou and the Q album: https://www.discogs.com/master/423304-NRBQ-And-Captain-Lou-Albano-Lou-And-The-Q

Classical music commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9u_7eSlTQ

The NRBQ - Tiddlywinks album promo ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGeACei7-4E

https://www.goldminemag.com/artist-news/see-nrbq-once-banned-tiddlywinks-tv-spot

Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 book excerpt: https://www.vulture.com/article/glory-days-jon-wertheim-excerpt-cyndi-lauper-lou-albano.html