. . . its title subject. KING MIDAS was the son of Gordon, who won the first gold medal in wrestling during the inaugural 776 BC Olympics. When he and his son Midas moved to Phrygia in 740 BC, Gordon found that he could not undo the knot tying his ox to the family cart. Overcome from the exertion of struggling with this Gordian Knot, he passed away after predicting that whoever COULD unravel the knot would rule all of Asia--as Alexander the Great did years later. Impressed by this fate-struck father-son duo, the local populace immediately declared Gordon's son Midas to be King of Phrygia. Midas turned out to be a greedy money miser, taxing every gram of gold anyone had and selling his only child to a sects abuser for her weight in gold. Unable to gain any more gold, and unwilling to part with any of his mountain of ill-gotten gilt for food or drink, Midas finally died of starvation in 694 BC. Since he weighed far less than his daughter at the time of his demise, no one would pay a nickel for the Corpse of Midas.
The Bullwinkle Show: Crash Drive or Oedipus Wrecks/Fender Benders or The Asphalt Bungle
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Season 2, Episode 3
18 December 2023