From perilous playgrounds to precarious products, Henry Winkler hosts a running cavalcade of the most exciting, reckless, unsupervised tales of Americana in our history.
EPISODE 3
Mad Medicine
Ever taken medical advice from a cigarette commercial? There was a time when any and all "cures" could be sold to the public indiscriminately. Dive into a world where animal skin could replace your own, where doctors gave coffee enemas, and a world of heroin-laced cough syrup, and electric shocks for male performance, from a time when Americans were all too happy to buy a miracle...and boy did we pay for it.
EPISODE 4
Very Extreme Sports
The modern concept of "extreme sports" is a product of marketing, but back in the old days, the rules (or lack thereof) of our nation's sports made them truly extreme. From bone-crushing football and deadly baseball games to wild events like auto polo and aerial golf, it's a thrilling look at the chaotic roots of the games we love today, and the ones that were so extreme we'll never see again.
EPISODE 5
Treacherous Travel
Exploding cars and blimp disasters to kids sent through the mail and doomed personal helicopters, the past is packed with jaw-dropping travel tales and the remarkable misfires that paved the road to modern transportation.
EPISODE 6
Food Fiascos
Snack on a feast of food horrors from the past: from radioactive energy drinks, to scandalous snacks made with Olestra, to the appalling additives in your milk and bread, we uncover the incredible things people once ate without a second thought that can only mean one thing: you'll never look at your next bite the same way again.
Henry Winkler
Steve Ascher
Chet Fenster
Richard Foster
Jim Pasquarella
Matt Pearl
