Hooters’ $300M Downfall: Lawsuits, Planes, and Bikini Nights

Описание: What happens when six guys with zero restaurant experience open a bar just so they'll always have somewhere to drink? You get Hooters, a wing joint that grew from Florida novelty to international phenomenon. But between failed airline ventures, bikini contests, and changing social attitudes, America's original "breastaurant" learned that some business models belong in the past — right next to those infamous orange shorts. Jimmy Pardo and Courtney Revolution join Misha to learn how Hooters went from “Delightfully Tacky” to totally bankrupt.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
3:21 The Origins of the Breastaurant
10:39 A Hoot From Day One
14:20 Hooters Worldwide Wing Commander
17:16 The Breast in Branding
22:22 Unsurprisingly, Lawsuits Roll In
24:47 Hooters Takes to the Skies
28:08 A Family Business No Longer
31:45 Good Food, Cold Beer, and Pretty Girls Go Out of Style
34:48 One Last Hoot
39:04 What Now?

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Fyre Fest goes up in flames, Ashlee Simpson bombs on SNL, and somehow even Taylor Swift couldn’t fix the ill-fated Cats movie. Who doesn’t love a good fiasco?! Join us each week as we dissect the most deliciously disastrous flops in recent history. On Wondery’s comedy & pop culture series The Big Flop, host and TikTok superstar Misha Brown unpacks all-time epic fails from Crystal Pepsi to Google Glass with the help of hilarious, highly-opinionated guests in every episode.

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