About this season
“The Fast History Of..." is a super-charged romp through the histories of anything from iconic brands to enthralling topics.
Episodes (18)
1. The Classic
The story of the world's most iconic soft drink, and how far its creators were willing to go to to stay on top.
2. Special Delivery
The story of a successful pizza chain that came from nothing and the innovations that changed restaurants forever and helped introduce pizza to the nation.
3. The Chocolate Factory
The sweet, and slightly sour, story of how a humble dairy farm turned into one of the world's greatest candy companies.
4. Breaking Breakfast
The unusual story of the best known cereal brand in the world, an accidental discovery at a sanatorium, huge competition, and creative changes that transformed what breakfast is.
5. Making the Hut
The story of a pizza giant that grew from two brothers in Michigan to a national franchise, and the innovations and marketing that turned them so successful.
6. Dog Eat Dog
How the hot dog went an object of suspicion to a national sensation as one man from Coney Island let the dogs out.
7. Flame Broiled Battle
The story of the biggest ever burger battle, and an outsider overcame to carve its path to the top.
8. To the Milky Way and Beyond
The story of the world's largest candy company and the family feuds, corporate espionage, and brilliant innovations that mark its history.
9. 11 Herbs and Spices
How an eccentric sold chicken at a gas station, grew the largest chicken empire in the world, and became an iconic 'colonel'.
10. The Golden Arches
The story of a BBQ drive-in that grew to be a phenomenon, one of the most recognizable logos in the world, and the innovations that drove its success and food worldwide.
11. When Frito Met Lay
How two rivals joined forces to create the biggest snack food company in the world, and how their creativity transformed American chips.
12. A Burger Is Born
The story of how an impatient cook created one of America's ultimate convenience foods and the first ever fast food chain.
13. Sticks and Cones
How ice cream went from a difficult to make delicacy to an iconic sweet treat.
14. Kings of Pop
How a struggling cola company reinvented went head to head against its biggest rival for more than 100 years and grew to be one a world leading food and beverage company.
15. Car Wars
The dream of a carriage company bigwig brings the world sports cars, giant SUVs, and futuristic hybrid vehicles.
16. Wild Ones
Childhood friends Arthur Davidson and William Harley set out to make their bicycle faster and created an institution that would change the world forever.
17. Built Tough
How Henry Ford's garage-born car company changes the world of automobiles as we know it and becomes one of the biggest brands in the world.
18. The Sky's the Limit
A small Seattle hangar brings the world into the jet age, progressing from jumbo jets to satellites and military aircraft.