November 9, 2022 • 16 mins
It's our most musical mini-episode ever when rock star David Bowie returns to pitch some ideas and we FINALLY get to chocolate maker meet Milton Hershey!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, Elliott, I be Do you want to tell them
who was just about today's episode? Or shall I? Oh?
I have an idea. How about we flipped for it?
Sounds good? I call heads, okay, and we'll have Geraldine
toss the coin hot shirt on the count of three, one,
two three. Whoa, Elliott, you just did a flip? So
(00:26):
did you? Yeah? But I'm delightfully whack and listeners have
come to expect the sort of thing for me? Who
knew you could flip? I was a child diver beat
some things who can't unlearn? Oh, tails, I guess you win.
I'm still too shocked. You go ahead, go ahead and
tell the children, all right? Who was here? In place
(00:48):
of our regular episode where we quiz kids about their
knowledge of two specific people from history, we fired up
that walkie talkie to the past, the who was that?
That's the one to get in touch with some of
our best guest stars from this season. These big names
are such huge fans of the podcast that they had
their people call our people who to be clear as
(01:10):
an elephant to jump back on the show to spend
some more time with us. All right, Eric, please plancing
here we go? What do you think you know about
the greats from this story before the game is on.
To get some energy and buckle up your brain, because
(01:33):
it's signed to play the podcast. Because it's time to
play with days who live from tong Land or so
called Sokow Los Angeles. It's who was the podcast? Where?
Or Today? We're given the quizzing arrest and just kind
of you know, viby with some very cool folks from history.
(01:55):
I'm your announcer, Met and I would describe my personality
as swarm. Now here's your host, the man who doesn't
believe inside parts. Thank you be Both have of my
head are so nice I can't choose, so I just
go right down the middle and welcome everyone who was podcast.
Let's waste no time in meeting our guests. One of
(02:15):
the most influential singer songwriter actors of all time, the
history making rock musician David Bowie. Yes, it's me David Bowie.
It's great to see you again, David. Well, what are
you doing here? Well, as I recall, you're both a
couple of gene genie, smart, smarty, so I wanted to
run you by a couple of new personas I'm working
(02:35):
on Oh right, You've had a lot of different personas
or characters you would perform as. Even the name David
Bowie wasn't the name you were born with. You performed
as a Laddin Sane, Arnold Horn's the White dou and
Major time. That's right, and I realized I had a
wonderful opportunity I could be the first rock star to
continue their career from the great beyond David Bowie breaking
(02:58):
boundaries once again, that sounds as spooky as it does cool.
Go right ahead, Well, I reckon you recall one of
my most famous personas Ziggy Stardust. Oh, of course, the
alien rock star, the Martian Messiah. That's the one, all right,
And I'm working on a character in the same vein.
He's called Fred the garbage Man. Okay, I guess I
(03:19):
don't immediately see the connection. Well, perhaps a bit of
the song will up your memories to the tune sounds
great as usual. I'm just not sure what the connection
(03:42):
is between an alien and the garbage man. Well, they're
both here to save the world, aren't they. Imagine you're
without sanitation workers made. It's a good point, thank you.
Be Here's another one. It's called Tim the postal tell
you the whole smart Rien car legation. Awesome, very email.
(04:15):
I assume it just really seems like your personas don't
have the same flare, David. I mean they're great so far.
They just don't say David Bowie to me, Elliott. If
they said David Bowie to you, would they really be personas?
Gold starts to you, my dear, truly a smart, smarty,
(04:36):
extraordinary Thank you, David. Did you hear that? Elliott? Extraordinaire?
He said, Wait, David, you have any others? I'll get
at this time. I swear I want to be extraordinaire too.
Everyone deserves another chance. Here's what I've been tinkering with.
More of a rocker, less of a balladia. Yeah, I
am more of a stone cold rocker than a valid guy.
(04:58):
It's true. I'm something of a MSIL guy. So I
entertain the eye. I do it all just about the liquor. Really,
I'm tit. Laurie and but no perfection. The miss the
sibly hid the film projectionist. Okay, hold on, you already
used to Well it's a bit of a placeholder name.
(05:19):
I admit more wanted your opinion on the contents. Yeah, yeah,
here's a lightning round. We'll just go through my notebook.
How about Melissa Sissler, the substitute art teacher? Hold off
on your projects may play. We're watching a video today.
(05:41):
I can visualize Richard the sushi you'ret go with a
missing glass. I'm in charge of the Hollan based waiting
that's got glass of perfect and the retiree Wait wait, okay,
(06:02):
did he retire from an alternate universe to hours or
I don't know? Is he immortal and retired after a
thousand years? Just a normal bloke if you consider taking
care of your family, putting two girls through college, and
working for the same company for thirty seven years quote
unquote normal, I absolutely do not. That's fine, love, let
(06:23):
me try a nothing. Well. I'm the host of Who Was?
And I criticized just because I'm jealous. I'm quite jealous.
I'm an eds of podcast host, and I'm negative more
than most. I'm just jealous. I can't enough. I'm jealous.
(06:54):
And wow, I'm speechless. Elliott, are you all right? I
I oh, craigy, I forgot my number one rule. Don't
use music to Neggie. I love it. He's like a
(07:15):
man of the future, but he's divided inside. Wow, David Bowie.
I can't wait to hear the next big concept album
about Elliott, the podcast host. I assume this Elliott spells
her name with one t Oh. Yeah, that's what. I's
so outlandish. It's unbelievable yet totally relatable. Unbelievable but relatable.
(07:37):
That's me, David Bowie. Well, I must be going now.
I've got to lunch with Shakespeare. See you later, Jean Genie,
Smart smarty Elliott the podcast host more negative than most. Wow.
So cool to Sally, who was asked Imoir, Marie Curie.
(08:02):
You may remember me from winning multiple Nobel Prizes, or
perhaps from my episode of The Worst Podcast where I
played myself. I wanted to take a moment to read
one of my favorite reviews about the who Wast podcast.
This is from Shake and Bay and it reads loved
this Me and my little sister love this show more. Please.
(08:25):
Our faith is Arie Toman. If you want to hear
your review right on the air, make sure to subscribe, like,
and review to the Oast podcast in the I Heart
Radio up or wherever you give your podcasts. Revoir or
should I stay abiat to live from h Milton Hershey's
(08:48):
Chocolate Factory. It's the one the podcast where for today
we're giving the quizzing arrest and kind of just you know,
vibing with some very cool folks from history. I'm your announcer,
and I never mind my own bees wax. Now here's
your books. The man whose aura is hacky, it's Elliot Kalen.
(09:08):
Thank you be. It's a very versatile aura. I can
wear it to work. We're to a nice party and
welcome everyone to the who Was Podcast and like be set.
Today's very special episode finds us out of the studio
and on the assembly line. I can't believe film Hershey
invited us to be the first visitors ever to see
inside his legendary Hershey Chocolate Factory. I know, Elliott, I
(09:31):
bet it's a whimsical world of sany magic. Interesting. I
always assumed it was a zany world of whimsical magic. No,
it's the other way around. Look the gates are opening.
It's Milton Hershey. Welcome podcast hosts to my world of chocolate.
Come with me and you'll see a world of hardware.
(09:57):
Conndicated research for chucolate is made through repeating increments, acting
time intervals. Wait, wait what, I don't even understand what
you're saying. I'm saying I took the assembly line production
methods used in making cars and applied it to chocolate.
It doesn't sound very whimsical or playful. Oh it's not.
(10:17):
It's extremely boring. Luckily, my factory workers don't mind, because
their magical gnomes who sing and do KRT wheels. See
for yourself, raspberries. There aren't magical gnomes, w just regular
people working. Yeah. When you said see for yourself, I
(10:37):
assumed you meant we would see for ourselves that they
were magical gnomes. They do sing making chocolates, not all
that we do with the We also enjoy the time
our days. All right, boys, close that don't so we
(11:00):
can focus on doing our Boy now, aren't happy, healthy
workers making good wages better than magical gnomes? I guess.
So don't let him bully you, Elliott, we wanted a zany,
colorful world of magic. This is just a factory. You
try to build a successful company that treats people fairly
(11:22):
in azaney way. I dare you can't be done. Okay, okay, sorry,
I suppose you don't want to see my experimental laboratory
where I'm constantly working to invent you kinds of sweet treats. WHOA,
of course we want to see that. That sounds super zaney.
(11:45):
You can make ice cream out to things you don't
normally make ice cream out, like hamburgers and rainbow and
rolling our coasters, tinking like that. We make ice cream
from celibri in turn ups and beats grows. It's like
the worst part of Thanks GIVEL. Now that's quite enough.
(12:07):
The whole point is to find inexpensive ways to make
chocolates so that it can be available for everybody. I
grew up with very little money, which meant I had
to work as a child and never got to finish school.
A taste of candy would have surely sweetened my bitter existence,
and yet at the time, only expensive caramel was available.
I couldn't afford it. I always thought that was weird.
(12:29):
Chocolate tastes better than caramels, so why does it cost
less because of the hard work of chocolate scientists like me.
Chocolate scientists. Please don't be distracted by the idea of
chocolate scientists. They're not scientists made out of chocolate. Everyone
deserves to have good tasting things, which means finding less
(12:50):
expensive sources of sweets like celery and turnips and beats.
And I know that rhymes, but I'm not about to
start singing a whimsical song. We understand. I guess rain
bows and roller coasters are kind of expensive. And think
about how impractical the favorite you're describing with the ice
cream that tastes like rainbows and roller coasters. I wouldn't
even know where to begin making that. We just thought,
(13:13):
since candy is so fun, making candy would be even
more fun. Even making fun things takes work. We do
the boarding part so you can have the fun when
you eat it. Now go wait, is this a test
to see if we have the right combination of honesty
and imagination to take over your factory someday? Why would
(13:34):
I do that? Actually leave the factory to a charity
that builds schools and hospitals, because seeny, here are your
complementary hershey barbs, and there's the door. Well that was
a lot less fun than I thought it would be.
I guess it was a little foolish to think an
industrial factory would be a whimsical wonderland of fun. Yo
(13:57):
did someone called for a whimsical wonderland fun? How would
you like to go to a laboratory where movies are made?
Lightning boats are thrown around the crash and it's all
oversee by a wizard. Wow, that sounds like the most
fabulous and glorious labriold. On a second, we've already been
disappointed once today. Who's this wizard? Anyway? Me to Tomas Edison,
(14:23):
the wizard of man Low Pard, whose magical little elves
are working night and day to perfect my inventions. He's
got elves, Elliott, what more do you need to know?
There's no way he has elms me. Aren't you the
same Thomas Edison who cheated Nicole A Tesla out of
money you promised him? As mentioned? It are Nicola Tesla
(14:45):
George Washington Carver episode available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen, Bud.
I admit that's one way to look at the story.
But if you hear my side of it, you'll see
I had a good reason to cheat him out of
that money, namely, your boy wanted it lights out, Edison.
I think we're done with factories for today. We're going
(15:06):
to a real zany world of whimsical magic. You mean
that's right, the library. I thought you were gonna say Narnia. No,
the library. Let's go be okay, but Narnia is at
the library. In the words of C. S. Lewis, you're
putting a hat on a hat. The library is already created,
doesn't need talking animals. I know you two can't hear
(15:28):
me but from up on your high horse. But you
haven't heard the last of me Elliott and b. I
ain't been at the light bulb for crying out a lot,
and I Thomas Edison vowed to use all my powers
of invention and capitalism to be chosen as a subject
for the Who Was Podcast wherever podcasts are available, And
(15:57):
that's our show for today. I'm gonna give a shout
out to in Earned, Zack, Jane, Eric b and are
amazing cast, which includes Devin Cole, Megan O'Neill, Adam Protector,
Sandia Route, Eric Shack, Zach Timpson, and a big thank
you to you for listening. Next week we'll find out
about two more amazing people from the past. Until then,
this is Elliott Airport pick up Calin saying we are history.
Goodbye Everybody podcast because it's time to fly bo
Hi, Elliott, I be Do you want to tell them
who was just about today's episode? Or shall I? Oh?
I have an idea. How about we flipped for it?
Sounds good? I call heads, okay, and we'll have Geraldine
toss the coin hot shirt on the count of three, one,
two three. Whoa, Elliott, you just did a flip? So
(00:26):
did you? Yeah? But I'm delightfully whack and listeners have
come to expect the sort of thing for me? Who
knew you could flip? I was a child diver beat
some things who can't unlearn? Oh, tails, I guess you win.
I'm still too shocked. You go ahead, go ahead and
tell the children, all right? Who was here? In place
(00:48):
of our regular episode where we quiz kids about their
knowledge of two specific people from history, we fired up
that walkie talkie to the past, the who was that?
That's the one to get in touch with some of
our best guest stars from this season. These big names
are such huge fans of the podcast that they had
their people call our people who to be clear as
(01:10):
an elephant to jump back on the show to spend
some more time with us. All right, Eric, please plancing
here we go? What do you think you know about
the greats from this story before the game is on.
To get some energy and buckle up your brain, because
(01:33):
it's signed to play the podcast. Because it's time to
play with days who live from tong Land or so
called Sokow Los Angeles. It's who was the podcast? Where?
Or Today? We're given the quizzing arrest and just kind
of you know, viby with some very cool folks from history.
(01:55):
I'm your announcer, Met and I would describe my personality
as swarm. Now here's your host, the man who doesn't
believe inside parts. Thank you be Both have of my
head are so nice I can't choose, so I just
go right down the middle and welcome everyone who was podcast.
Let's waste no time in meeting our guests. One of
(02:15):
the most influential singer songwriter actors of all time, the
history making rock musician David Bowie. Yes, it's me David Bowie.
It's great to see you again, David. Well, what are
you doing here? Well, as I recall, you're both a
couple of gene genie, smart, smarty, so I wanted to
run you by a couple of new personas I'm working
(02:35):
on Oh right, You've had a lot of different personas
or characters you would perform as. Even the name David
Bowie wasn't the name you were born with. You performed
as a Laddin Sane, Arnold Horn's the White dou and
Major time. That's right, and I realized I had a
wonderful opportunity I could be the first rock star to
continue their career from the great beyond David Bowie breaking
(02:58):
boundaries once again, that sounds as spooky as it does cool.
Go right ahead, Well, I reckon you recall one of
my most famous personas Ziggy Stardust. Oh, of course, the
alien rock star, the Martian Messiah. That's the one, all right,
And I'm working on a character in the same vein.
He's called Fred the garbage Man. Okay, I guess I
(03:19):
don't immediately see the connection. Well, perhaps a bit of
the song will up your memories to the tune sounds
great as usual. I'm just not sure what the connection
(03:42):
is between an alien and the garbage man. Well, they're
both here to save the world, aren't they. Imagine you're
without sanitation workers made. It's a good point, thank you.
Be Here's another one. It's called Tim the postal tell
you the whole smart Rien car legation. Awesome, very email.
(04:15):
I assume it just really seems like your personas don't
have the same flare, David. I mean they're great so far.
They just don't say David Bowie to me, Elliott. If
they said David Bowie to you, would they really be personas?
Gold starts to you, my dear, truly a smart, smarty,
(04:36):
extraordinary Thank you, David. Did you hear that? Elliott? Extraordinaire?
He said, Wait, David, you have any others? I'll get
at this time. I swear I want to be extraordinaire too.
Everyone deserves another chance. Here's what I've been tinkering with.
More of a rocker, less of a balladia. Yeah, I
am more of a stone cold rocker than a valid guy.
(04:58):
It's true. I'm something of a MSIL guy. So I
entertain the eye. I do it all just about the liquor. Really,
I'm tit. Laurie and but no perfection. The miss the
sibly hid the film projectionist. Okay, hold on, you already
used to Well it's a bit of a placeholder name.
(05:19):
I admit more wanted your opinion on the contents. Yeah, yeah,
here's a lightning round. We'll just go through my notebook.
How about Melissa Sissler, the substitute art teacher? Hold off
on your projects may play. We're watching a video today.
(05:41):
I can visualize Richard the sushi you'ret go with a
missing glass. I'm in charge of the Hollan based waiting
that's got glass of perfect and the retiree Wait wait, okay,
(06:02):
did he retire from an alternate universe to hours or
I don't know? Is he immortal and retired after a
thousand years? Just a normal bloke if you consider taking
care of your family, putting two girls through college, and
working for the same company for thirty seven years quote
unquote normal, I absolutely do not. That's fine, love, let
(06:23):
me try a nothing. Well. I'm the host of Who Was?
And I criticized just because I'm jealous. I'm quite jealous.
I'm an eds of podcast host, and I'm negative more
than most. I'm just jealous. I can't enough. I'm jealous.
(06:54):
And wow, I'm speechless. Elliott, are you all right? I
I oh, craigy, I forgot my number one rule. Don't
use music to Neggie. I love it. He's like a
(07:15):
man of the future, but he's divided inside. Wow, David Bowie.
I can't wait to hear the next big concept album
about Elliott, the podcast host. I assume this Elliott spells
her name with one t Oh. Yeah, that's what. I's
so outlandish. It's unbelievable yet totally relatable. Unbelievable but relatable.
(07:37):
That's me, David Bowie. Well, I must be going now.
I've got to lunch with Shakespeare. See you later, Jean Genie,
Smart smarty Elliott the podcast host more negative than most. Wow.
So cool to Sally, who was asked Imoir, Marie Curie.
(08:02):
You may remember me from winning multiple Nobel Prizes, or
perhaps from my episode of The Worst Podcast where I
played myself. I wanted to take a moment to read
one of my favorite reviews about the who Wast podcast.
This is from Shake and Bay and it reads loved
this Me and my little sister love this show more. Please.
(08:25):
Our faith is Arie Toman. If you want to hear
your review right on the air, make sure to subscribe, like,
and review to the Oast podcast in the I Heart
Radio up or wherever you give your podcasts. Revoir or
should I stay abiat to live from h Milton Hershey's
(08:48):
Chocolate Factory. It's the one the podcast where for today
we're giving the quizzing arrest and kind of just you know,
vibing with some very cool folks from history. I'm your announcer,
and I never mind my own bees wax. Now here's
your books. The man whose aura is hacky, it's Elliot Kalen.
(09:08):
Thank you be. It's a very versatile aura. I can
wear it to work. We're to a nice party and
welcome everyone to the who Was Podcast and like be set.
Today's very special episode finds us out of the studio
and on the assembly line. I can't believe film Hershey
invited us to be the first visitors ever to see
inside his legendary Hershey Chocolate Factory. I know, Elliott, I
(09:31):
bet it's a whimsical world of sany magic. Interesting. I
always assumed it was a zany world of whimsical magic. No,
it's the other way around. Look the gates are opening.
It's Milton Hershey. Welcome podcast hosts to my world of chocolate.
Come with me and you'll see a world of hardware.
(09:57):
Conndicated research for chucolate is made through repeating increments, acting
time intervals. Wait, wait what, I don't even understand what
you're saying. I'm saying I took the assembly line production
methods used in making cars and applied it to chocolate.
It doesn't sound very whimsical or playful. Oh it's not.
(10:17):
It's extremely boring. Luckily, my factory workers don't mind, because
their magical gnomes who sing and do KRT wheels. See
for yourself, raspberries. There aren't magical gnomes, w just regular
people working. Yeah. When you said see for yourself, I
(10:37):
assumed you meant we would see for ourselves that they
were magical gnomes. They do sing making chocolates, not all
that we do with the We also enjoy the time
our days. All right, boys, close that don't so we
(11:00):
can focus on doing our Boy now, aren't happy, healthy
workers making good wages better than magical gnomes? I guess.
So don't let him bully you, Elliott, we wanted a zany,
colorful world of magic. This is just a factory. You
try to build a successful company that treats people fairly
(11:22):
in azaney way. I dare you can't be done. Okay, okay, sorry,
I suppose you don't want to see my experimental laboratory
where I'm constantly working to invent you kinds of sweet treats. WHOA,
of course we want to see that. That sounds super zaney.
(11:45):
You can make ice cream out to things you don't
normally make ice cream out, like hamburgers and rainbow and
rolling our coasters, tinking like that. We make ice cream
from celibri in turn ups and beats grows. It's like
the worst part of Thanks GIVEL. Now that's quite enough.
(12:07):
The whole point is to find inexpensive ways to make
chocolates so that it can be available for everybody. I
grew up with very little money, which meant I had
to work as a child and never got to finish school.
A taste of candy would have surely sweetened my bitter existence,
and yet at the time, only expensive caramel was available.
I couldn't afford it. I always thought that was weird.
(12:29):
Chocolate tastes better than caramels, so why does it cost
less because of the hard work of chocolate scientists like me.
Chocolate scientists. Please don't be distracted by the idea of
chocolate scientists. They're not scientists made out of chocolate. Everyone
deserves to have good tasting things, which means finding less
(12:50):
expensive sources of sweets like celery and turnips and beats.
And I know that rhymes, but I'm not about to
start singing a whimsical song. We understand. I guess rain
bows and roller coasters are kind of expensive. And think
about how impractical the favorite you're describing with the ice
cream that tastes like rainbows and roller coasters. I wouldn't
even know where to begin making that. We just thought,
(13:13):
since candy is so fun, making candy would be even
more fun. Even making fun things takes work. We do
the boarding part so you can have the fun when
you eat it. Now go wait, is this a test
to see if we have the right combination of honesty
and imagination to take over your factory someday? Why would
(13:34):
I do that? Actually leave the factory to a charity
that builds schools and hospitals, because seeny, here are your
complementary hershey barbs, and there's the door. Well that was
a lot less fun than I thought it would be.
I guess it was a little foolish to think an
industrial factory would be a whimsical wonderland of fun. Yo
(13:57):
did someone called for a whimsical wonderland fun? How would
you like to go to a laboratory where movies are made?
Lightning boats are thrown around the crash and it's all
oversee by a wizard. Wow, that sounds like the most
fabulous and glorious labriold. On a second, we've already been
disappointed once today. Who's this wizard? Anyway? Me to Tomas Edison,
(14:23):
the wizard of man Low Pard, whose magical little elves
are working night and day to perfect my inventions. He's
got elves, Elliott, what more do you need to know?
There's no way he has elms me. Aren't you the
same Thomas Edison who cheated Nicole A Tesla out of
money you promised him? As mentioned? It are Nicola Tesla
(14:45):
George Washington Carver episode available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen, Bud.
I admit that's one way to look at the story.
But if you hear my side of it, you'll see
I had a good reason to cheat him out of
that money, namely, your boy wanted it lights out, Edison.
I think we're done with factories for today. We're going
(15:06):
to a real zany world of whimsical magic. You mean
that's right, the library. I thought you were gonna say Narnia. No,
the library. Let's go be okay, but Narnia is at
the library. In the words of C. S. Lewis, you're
putting a hat on a hat. The library is already created,
doesn't need talking animals. I know you two can't hear
(15:28):
me but from up on your high horse. But you
haven't heard the last of me Elliott and b. I
ain't been at the light bulb for crying out a lot,
and I Thomas Edison vowed to use all my powers
of invention and capitalism to be chosen as a subject
for the Who Was Podcast wherever podcasts are available, And
(15:57):
that's our show for today. I'm gonna give a shout
out to in Earned, Zack, Jane, Eric b and are
amazing cast, which includes Devin Cole, Megan O'Neill, Adam Protector,
Sandia Route, Eric Shack, Zach Timpson, and a big thank
you to you for listening. Next week we'll find out
about two more amazing people from the past. Until then,
this is Elliott Airport pick up Calin saying we are history.
Goodbye Everybody podcast because it's time to fly bo
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