Today, we learn the adorable story of the Huskie Hachikō, who waited at the train station for his owner for years after his death. Hachikō isn't the only dog who remained loyal to his owner until his own death. There's obviously Fry's dog in Futurama & many other real-life examples. Taylor wants to remind you that she isn't anti-dog. She just doesn't want one, and she believes that there are many others who feel the same, but they are afraid to speak out. It's ok, you are safe here.
Today, we learn the adorable story of the Huskie Hachikō, who waited at the train station for his owner for years after his death. Hachikō isn't the only dog who remained loyal to his owner until his own death. There's obviously Fry's dog in Futurama & many other real-life examples.
Taylor wants to remind you that she isn't anti-dog. She just doesn't want one, and she believes that there are many others who feel the same, but they are afraid to speak out. It's ok, you are safe here.
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Taylor: I researched a great topic this week
>> Taylor: In the matter of the people of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson, case number BA097.
>> Farz: And so, my fellow Americans, ask not.
>> Taylor: What your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
>> Farz: And we are recording. Hi, Taylor. How are you?
>> Taylor: Good.
>> Farz: How are you Doing pretty well. Pretty well. I became aware during your episode this week that I researched. Well, I researched a great topic. Really. I really actually enjoyed this one, but it wasn't what I told people I would do because I got distracted and forgot.
>> Taylor: And the world, the world just awaits your. You'll get there.
>> Farz: I know I disappointed the fans. next week we'll get there.
>> Taylor: Fans will riot, but we'll figure it out.
>> Farz: Figure it out.
Doomed to Fail brings you history's most notorious disasters, failures, interesting stories
do you want to go ahead and introduce us?
>> Taylor: Yeah. Hi, everyone. Welcome to Doomed to Fail. We bring you history's most notorious disasters, failures, interesting stories twice a week, every week. And I'm Taylor, joined by Fars, who is not telling a woman's History Month story.
>> Farz: I am not, because of the aforementioned, distraction. Instead, my story is going to actually start off a little different than how, we usually do these things. I'm going to start off with a cultural reference that gq, Cosmopolitan, and then a bunch of random British sites listed as the saddest TV show episode in history.
>> Taylor: Oh, the end of mash.
>> Farz: No. Do you watch Futurama or have you.
>> Taylor: Oh, yes, with the dog.
On episode four of season seven of Futurama, they have this episode called Jurassic park
>> Farz: Okay, yeah, so I'm going to be talking. I'm going to go into a brief little precursor here. So on episode four of season seven of Futurama, they have this episode that's called Jurassic park. And I'm just gonna. This is for the audience. Now that I know that you know it. If you're unfamiliar with the background plot line of Futurama series, this is about this hapless guy named Fry who's a pizza delivery boy in the year 2000, but on New Year's Eve, he is delivering pizzas to some lab when he accidentally falls into a machine that freezes him and he reawakens in the year 2090. 29. 99. And then he finds his elderly great grandson is his, is living and he starts working from doing deliveries. That's the story. That's the general.
>> Taylor: The best. I've watched the whole thing, like several times.
>> Farz: Amazing. It's a. It's a great show. I would argue it's better than the Simpsons, but I think that people will say to us and throw.
>> Taylor: No, I agree, but go ahead. I agree with you.
>> Farz: So they get into all kinds of fun and interesting scenarios. and actually, you know what? I think it's the same guy who made the Simpsons Dead Futurama as well.
>> Taylor: It definitely is. Yeah. It's not groaning.
>> Farz: Got it. So the episode Jurassic park was kind of like a huge level up in terms of, like, how emotionally attached we were to these characters, I think.
>> Taylor: Oh, my God. I know.
Fry's dog from the year 2000, Seymour, has been fossilized
>> Farz: So in this episode, Fry goes to a modern m museum in the year 2999, and he finds it. His dog from the year 2000, Seymour, has been fossilized and is now on display. he is able to obtain the fossilized remains. He has his protests outside. We won't stop dancing, if you remember. and given modern technology, it was possible to create a clone of Seymour and include his memories along the process. Fry's closest friend, this robot named Bender, becomes upset and jealous of Seymour and tries to destroy the remains before he can be cloned. In the process of destroying the remains, Bender almost destroys himself, showing how much of love and affection he has towards his buddy, and realized that what he did was painful to him. And so he went through all this. But they get the remains back and they decide they're going to, continue on with the cloning of Seymour. And it was during the process of trying to clone him that it is learned that Seymour lived to be 15 years old, which is 12 years longer than when Fry was originally frozen. So get him for three years, got frozen, and he lived another 12 years. And Fry's assumption there was. He had 13 great years of somebody who took care of him, who loved him, who was there for him. Let's not bring him back, because he had a full, rich life after I was gone. So he kisses the remains, the fossilized remains, and puts Seymour on the shelf. And then we go back in time. The, scene goes back in time to when Fry was originally frozen. And it shows every day, day in, day out, year after year. Hot, cold, raining, snowing. Seymour sitting outside the pizzeria Fry worked at, waiting for him to come back before the scene ends with Seymour laying down and closing his eyes for the final time.
>> Taylor: So sad.
>> Farz: I actually watched it again, Taylor. I legitimately got, like, teary eyed.
>> Taylor: It is very sad.
>> Farz: It's very, very sad. but what's incredible about this is it's a true story.
>> Taylor: Now you can tell about Haji.
>> Farz: So I'm going to talk about Hachi, but I'm also going to talk about several others.
>> Taylor: We make fun of my mom all the time because she loves movie Hachi. And we're like, oh, really, Mom? Like Hachi, did you. I don't care.
>> Farz: You know that's real story, right?
>> Taylor: Yeah, I know.
>> Farz: Okay. Be more surprised, Taylor. All right, whatever.
>> Taylor: no, no, I'm sorry, go ahead. I mean, I mean, it's a lovely story. You tell me about it.
>> Farz: I'm going to tell you about it. There's no choice because I have nothing else for no other research. You're going to hear one way or the other.
>> Taylor: I will watch more Futurama later today. I'm watching it again. I think I'm in the middle of like season three or something.
>> Farz: So.
Throughout history, there have been a number of dogs who have lost their owners
Throughout history, there have been a number of dogs who have lost their owners and never forgotten them. And as Taylor spoiled it, I'm going to be talking about this beautiful Akita name. It's actually Hachiko. The movie is right.
>> Taylor: Richard Gere is not in Japan.
>> Farz: I'm going to talk about Richard Gere too. Stepping everywhere, all over, all at once. Okay, so Akitas are a Japanese breed protection dog and they come in all kinds of different colors. I think that most people, when they think of Akitas, like if you picture like what an Eskimo dog is, that's basically an Akita.
>> Taylor: And in the case they're like bright blue eyes.
>> Farz: Yeah. so that's. I think you're thinking about a husky.
>> Taylor: Pretty sure.
>> Farz: I'm pretty sure you're thinking about a husky. Husky. Akitas are different. Hachiko was a white Akita, so he just looked like a snowball. He was born on November 10, 1923 in Akita Prefecture, Japan, which I never knew existed, which is obviously where the doctor's name comes from.
>> Taylor: Cute.
>> Farz: And, we're gonna jump timelines onto a parallel timeline. we also have a gentleman named, named Hida Sabari Eno, who I will refer from here on out by his last name, Eno, because it is tremendously easier than his first name to pronounce. Yes, Eno was a professor of agricultural engineering at Imperial University, which is present day Tokyo University. This story has multiple levels to it and I'm going to connect the dots at the end. But it's also worth noting that Eno had a partner named Yako Sakano, but they were never formally together together. And as a result of what ended up happening, they never formally married and were as a result never buried together after their deaths. But I'm going to get to that in a second. I tie all the loose ends together, which I bet you didn't know.
Taylor feels persecuted in society because he doesn't like dogs
In your Richard GE movie, Taylor, I.
>> Taylor: Did not see Hachi.
>> Farz: Whatever.
>> Taylor: To be clear, I, This is, again, not to sound heartless. I'm a good person to talk about this with because, like, I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna see a movie about a dog.
>> Farz: So for those that don't know, Taylor, like, fundamentally hates dogs.
>> Taylor: I don't hate them. I just, like, don't want one. And I don't. I don't. The hype is. It's just. They're not for me, which is fine. I like, like a lot of other things, but I don't know. I don't. I feel like there's a lot of people like this, and I just feel like we're. We are told to hide in society and we don't have to. We can say things.
>> Farz: Sorry. Do you feel persecuted in society because you don't like dogs?
>> Taylor: Yeah, I feel persecuted because, like, I don't think you should have a dog in the office.
>> Farz: Okay. I think we need to continue or at least maybe consider ramping up the persecution.
>> Taylor: Then I think, well, and we. We can't say it, but then we have to, like, sit around, have a deal with your dog in the office.
>> Farz: Like, yeah, something cute and adorable that just, like, likes you.
>> Taylor: No, I don't want to.
>> Taylor: Again, I don't think I'm alone. And I think that. I think that there's a lot of us, and I think that we're afraid to talk and we're afraid to come out of the closet.
>> Farz: I don't think there are a lot of you, and I think that.
>> Taylor: I think that there are. I think there's a lot of people and there who are like, I'm not really a dog fan. I don't want your dog in my office. But they're afraid to say it because you're not allowed to.
>> Farz: All right, write to us at dubinopod@gmail.com. if you're part of this resistance that Taylor's talking about, you will not win. But you can still write in.
>> Taylor: Yeah, no, but I mean, I'm not alone. I know I'm not alone. I don't wish any ill will towards dogs. I just, like, don't want one around me while I'm working.
>> Farz: Okay, we're going to get back to the story.
In 1924, Eno acquired Hachiko as his pet
Okay, so back on to the main Quest. in 1924, Eno acquired Hachiko as his pet and established a routine with him. Every day, Eno would go to the train station and travel the six miles or so to the university for work. And then every evening, he would come back on the same train. And the routine was for Hachiko to meet him at the train station. So this was a routine until May 21, 2020. I wrote 2025. I think it was 1923.
>> Taylor: A while. Several years.
>> Farz: Yes, yes, it's been a while. It's been over 100 years.
>> Taylor: No, no, no. Of the routine. Several years of routine.
>> Farz: Yes, yes, yes. so that was a routine until May 21, 1923, when Eno would unfortunately suffer a cerebral hemorrhage in the middle of a class lecture and die, which is also a death from the monkey, which we discussed earlier.
>> Taylor: Oh, you just spoiled that. You said, I'm not going to spoil it, and then you spoil that. That's weird.
>> Farz: So it's only kind of a spoil because when you see it happening, you're gonna be like, what is going on? Like, nothing makes sense. It just looks like a horror movie thing.
>> Taylor: It's.
>> Farz: And then they tell you it was a cerebral hemorrhage. M. You're like, okay, I don't think that's how it happens. I don't. It's.
>> Taylor: I'm not a doctor, but it was.
>> Farz: Way too played up. but anyways, so Hotchko obviously would not know that his master died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and so he maintained the routine. One day, one of Eno's students, a guy named Hirokichi, noticed Hachiko at the station and followed him to the gardener's house, who was. Who used to work for Eno. And he was the guy who was taking care of Hachiko. And this. This guy spoke to the gardener and learned what happened between Eno and Hachiko's daily routine. Hachiko. sorry, Hirokachi. It's not my fault. Developed. Developed his expertise in Akitas and will publish the definitive guide on the Akita breed. And as a result of his research, it was determined that Hachiko was only one of 30 pure breed Akitas in existence. Yeah. So given, Hachiko's rarity and Hirokichi's interest in the breed, he made a point to keep tabs on the dog. And that's when he noticed that this whole routine Hachiko developed wasn't some, like, weird fluke thing. It was in every single day at the exact same time. He would head over to the train station, he would sit and wait for the exact right train that, you know, was supposed to be on. and then when, you know, when he show up, you just get up and walk home on his own.
>> Taylor: I think this is a plus one for Eno not taking his dog to work.
>> Farz: I'm not going to win this. Refuse to let you win. in 1932, Hirokichi published an article highlighting Hachiko's, loyalty, which made the dog a household name in Japan. His display of loyalty became a huge cultural touchstone where parents are teaching their kids about the dog. Stories about him were being written, artwork was being, created depending him, and so. So are sculptures.
>> Taylor: Cute.
>> Farz: On March 8, 1935, at age 11, Hutchko, after nine years, nine months and 15 days, arriving and leaving alone from that train station, was found dead on the street between the station and his home, having died of cancer and heartworms.
>> Taylor: Even go on the weekends.
>> Farz: I don't know. that's a good question.
>> Taylor: that's very sweet. What a good boy.
>> Farz: He's a very, very good boy. He was cremated and his ashes were buried next to his owner, Eno.
Yako was not buried with Eno because they weren't together together
And this is where I'm going to weave some stories together about Eno's partner. Okay, so, Yako from earlier, the partner, she would go on to actually live to age 76. she passed away in 1961.
>> Taylor: Oh, good for her.
>> Farz: Like I said, due to cultural reasons and I think like piousness and propriety or something, she was not buried with Eno because they weren't together together.
>> Taylor: They were married.
>> Farz: The cultural relevance of Hachiko obviously meant there was all this interest in his owner. And so in. In 2013, professors at Tokyo University who were studying Eno in his life found indications that, Yako. Wait, did he mispronounce? Yeah, Yako, had wished to be buried with Eno, having never taken another partner or spouse in the 36 years after Eno's death. So with consent from both living members of the families, her remains were transferred from their initial resting place to be buried with Eno and Hachiko. Oh.
>> Taylor: That's great.
>> Farz: Yeah. So his dog, like, brought this, like, these corpses together, which is, like, sweetest thing a dog can do.
>> Taylor: Yeah.
>> Farz: Fetching bones. But like, in real life.
>> Taylor: It is. It is a very long game for catching.
>> Farz: Very long. Since Hachiko's death, again, his play of loyalty has been revered in ceremonies. There's one that happens on the day of his death, March 8, at the train station where the community kind of comes together with their pets. They bring their dogs and show love and support for this display of loyalty. It's been Part of art and media. Like, I mentioned the Futurama episode from before and also the movie you mentioned, Hachi A Dog's Tale with our pal Richard Gere. interestingly enough, there's two sculptures of him, one a bronze one at the actual train station where you would go. The entrance is actually named after Hachiko now. And because we don't know what reality and fiction are, there's one outside the train station used in the Richard Gere movie as well. Yeah. In America. It reminds me of, It reminds me of Sylvester Stallone's, like, bronze. It's like he wasn't real. Like, do we know that he wasn't?
>> Taylor: Doesn't matter. That's cute.
>> Farz: And like I mentioned, this wasn't a unique case. There's a story of a Bobby the Skye Terrier, whose owner died in 1858. So he went to his grave every day for 14 years hoping to see him again. There's another story that was really, really sad. It was a dog named Costia. it was Russian dog. and the dog itself was a German shepherd who was riding in a car with his owner, which was a young girl and her father, when they got into a really bad accident. They killed everyone but the dog. But then for the next seven years, this thing would just, like, go to the site of the car crash. That's awful, because you gotta imagine that it's probably going there because the smell is just blood and of his own, You know what I mean? Like, it.
>> Taylor: Well, I feel like also, like, they don't understand.
>> Farz: They don't understand. I know. And then there's a reason why it's.
>> Taylor: Sad, you know, like, they just are, like, why wouldn't. Why wouldn't they come home? You know? And they don't give up, which is very. Which is like the loyalty part and the sweet part that, like, you know, maybe after a while you'd be like, okay, well, this isn't coming. Isn't happening. But they kept doing it, which is very sweet.
>> Farz: Yeah. So whenever, So my mom told me forever ago that whenever I used to do a thing, when I would be in Dallas, my parents where. If I was going to go somewhere and they were going to watch Luna, I would just, like, leave when she was distracted, you know, like, she'd be out playing fetch with them or something. I just, like, get in the car and leave because I didn't want, like, you know, her to, like, be freaked out or anything. And my mom was like, when you do that, she doesn't know you're gone. And so all she does is just look for you. Yeah, she just works herself up looking for you and then starts panicking when she can't find you and then just trying to go a new place to look for you. And so from now on, every time I leave, I have to, like, say goodbye to her so she knows, like, this is. I'm coming back. Like, but then what if I die? And then I'll. Oh, man, be so.
>> Taylor: Yeah, definitely ruin her life.
>> Farz: Ruin her life.
>> Farz: I'm definitely not going to put her in your ward.
>> Taylor: I mean, don't. I mean, if you did, I would take care of her. But like, I know you would, but I wouldn't. But I. But no thank you.
>> Farz: No thank you.
>> Taylor: No, thank you.
I definitely learning. Learning boundaries today. Something from 30 Rock that was on
I definitely learning.
>> Farz: Learning boundaries. Learning boundaries today.
>> Taylor: yeah, there was something. Oh God. There was like a. Something from 30 Rock that was on, just a clip. And like, you watched your 30 Rock?
>> Farz: No, not consistently. I know enough. I know enough.
>> Taylor: Like the one, that one page, he was like, he was like. He goes, Tracy, like to like Tracy. He was like, will you take care of my birds when I die? And Tracy said, I have a lot on my plate right now. Every time I say it, it makes me laugh. So, yes, I have a lot on my plate right now.
>> Farz: That is very, very fair and understandable. but yeah, there was one other story that I was going to relay. It was just one of these, like, sidebar ones. It's a dog in Spain, I think it was. the dog was named Canelo and it used to walk with its owner to the hospital every single day for dialysis. But when the owner died, the dog just sat outside the hospital waiting for him to come out for 12 years. It's really sad.
>> Taylor: So cool. And they do stuff like fine cancer in people.
>> Farz: Oh, yeah, yeah. They do all kinds of stuff, though.
>> Taylor: A lot of interesting. They're like, oh, yeah, my dog was like sitting on my face really weirdly for a day and then I went to the doctor and I have tongue cancer or something. You know, you're like, what? So cool. They knew that.
>> Farz: I know.
>> Taylor: They should be doctors. They should go to medical school.
>> Farz: That would be so cute if they made little doctor white coats for dogs, little lab coats in a stethoscope. yeah, that's my story for today. So no women serial killers, unfortunately. But I will prepare women's serial killers for next week.
>> Taylor: That's cool. no, that was, that was cool. I like, I do like that Story. It's sweet. it is very cute and. And lovely.
>> Farz: Are you. So your mom. What are you saying? Your mom's obsessed with a movie or something?
>> Taylor: No, she just watches it and we, like. It is like, when we, like, are making for my mom and we're like, oh, mom, da, da, da. We're like, oh, we want to do watch Hachi. You know, it's like a joke.
>> Farz: She just watches it over and over again. She just loves it.
>> Taylor: No, she doesn't. She doesn't really do that.
>> Farz: It's like Jurassic park for me.
>> Taylor: That's like our example of, like, something that my mom would do, but, like, she doesn't. She necessarily does that. You know, it's like, it's our making fun of her thing. it's. It's all out of love.
>> Farz: Love it. Love it.
>> Taylor: Tell me in two minutes. I'm almost done.
You're really bad at science fairs. Is that why you hate people paying for college
Okay, so the science project is a lion. And the lion is going to eat different animals, and then we're going to talk about the bite pressure. I don't really know how we're going to do it, but she's been working on it for a very long time.
>> Farz: Sorry. So it's. You're talking about bite pressure for lions or you're building a mechanical lion or both. You're building a lion.
>> Taylor: Yeah.
>> Farz: Man. From my days of doing those science projects to now, I remember. I remember the. The, The baking soda and vinegar volcano I made. And I was like, this is going to absolutely crush the science fair and solidify my place. Most popular boy in school. And it did neither of those things.
>> Taylor: I am, I'm really bad at science fairs. I just like, is this not. I'm not. I don't. Obviously not a scientist, but, my part of my villain origin story is I had to do a science fair project, and I was like a senior in high school, and the teacher knocked on my grade by a lot because my poster board was all handwritten and, like, not. And I had great handwriting and it was handwritten instead of printed out. But I didn't have a printer. I don't have a computer. I was poor, you know, and I felt terrible.
>> Farz: Is that why you hate people whose parents pay for them to go to college?
>> Taylor: Yes.
>> Farz: Okay. That was your origin story.
>> Taylor: That isn't my origin story. It's just, some people were very mean to me about it. And then, like, I always had to have a job the whole time, and that sucks. It made me who I am. My strength of character sucks. Yeah.
>> Farz: I didn't Even plan the field.
>> Taylor: you know, Cool.
What are you going to do with Luna when you're away
What are you going to do with Luna when you're away? Is she going to go to your parents house again or to the orders?
>> Farz: No, Rachel usually comes and stays here.
>> Taylor: Okay.
>> Farz: Yeah, we hand off the dogs, but it's always at my house because I have the yard, so.
>> Taylor: Oh, that makes sense. That's cool. That's nice.
>> Farz: See you. That's the tale. Is there any notes that you want to read out?
>> Taylor: No.
>> Farz: Please write unifil pod.
>> Taylor: I promise to try to make Luna famous if she just waits for you forever. If you crash on your way to dc.
>> Farz: you know what? These jokes are getting so prevalent, like across, like, multiple.
>> Taylor: You're bringing it up, too.
>> Farz: It's like multiple different friend groups that are totally disparate from each other and they're all making the exact same jokes.
>> Taylor: I'm like, you keep bringing it up as well, but I think it's like a coping mechanism.
>> Farz: It's a little bit of a coping mechanism. It is.
>> Taylor: You're going to be fine. But it is a little scary these days. And the. The. Is it. Is it Dulles or Reagan? Dulles.
>> Farz: Reagan.
>> Taylor: Reagan. we should do stories on both of those guys. I've heard Dulles was a real piece of shit.
>> Farz: I heard Dulles is. Was a terrifying monster. Yeah, we're like his. His. I think it was like his. His wife was originally engaged to be married to, like, some guy who turned out to be, like, a mass serial killer where she's only attracted to psychopaths.
>> Taylor: Oh, really? That's fun. We should do that. well, you're going to be fine. You're going to be fine. and all of that, but.
>> Farz: Yeah, tbd. Are you looking up Dallas's wife?
>> Taylor: I am. I got distracted, but her wife wasn't clickable on the thing. That's cool. Wait, hold on. Oh, his brother looks cool, but he's probably also a piece of. I don't know. well, he's only in the war for two years. Give me a break. cool. Thank you. Yeah. I know. Nothing else to report, but thank you, everyone, for listening. Please tell your friends we are at doomed to fell pod gmail.com if you have any ideas, please let us know. And remember that I'm a good person, even though I don't necessarily want to have a dog. And I know there's more of us out there. Solidarity.
>> Farz: Hey, Dubnophil. army, prove Taylor wrong and gmail.com or just send us a message on one of our many socials at Dubnopl Pod. Please do. That's it. That's all I got.
>> Taylor: Cool. Thanks. For us.
>> Farz: Sweet. Thanks.