Episode 5: Jack Parsons



Original air date: 11/1/2017

Aaron is actually not introduced at all. This is his fist profile, and John just tells him to regale him.

This is when they began the short-lived Sudio headphones sponsorship. Sudio isn't around anymore, go figure.

Jack Parsons was a nasty rocket man who tried to summon the devil, hung out with Aleister Crowley, Ray Bradbury, and had his girl stolen by none other than the most trustworthy man - our lord and savior, L. Ron Hubbard. Consulted with Wernher Von Braun. Worked for Howard Hughes. Fond of jerking off on tablets. Spoiler Alert! he gets into a lot of trouble and eventually blows himself up. He is rumored to have had carnal relations with his mother and a dog (...fuck a dog). Good times, great times.

John is scandalized by a Chinese man named Qian Xuesen, a compatriot of Parsons, who will be profiled 2 years later.


 * 1) Aleister Crowley


 * 1) Ray Bradbury


 * 1) Qian Xuesen


 * 1) L. Ron Hubbard


 * 1) Rocketry


 * 1) Sci-fi


 * 1) Magic


 * 1) Sex Magic


 * 1) Wernher Von Braun


 * 1) JPL


 * 1) Light cakes


 * 1) Howard Hughes


 * 1) Chop It Up

This is the first time chop it up is mentioned. This is another way of saying you're doing cocaine.

This is the first time Aaron says most great men are not great people.