Episode 560

Vacation Hangover

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560 Vacation Hangover

NATIONAL DAYS: SAY SOMETHING NICE DAY, GAME SHOW DAY, GO BAREFOOT DAY, OLIVE DAY, NAIL POLISH DAY, PEN PAL DAY, HEIMLICH MANEUVER DAY

BIRTHDAY: MORGAN FREEMAN (89), MARILYN MONROE (100) 1962, ANDY GRIFFITH (100) 2012, HEIDI KLUM (53), ALANIS MORISSETTE (52), AMY SCHUMER (45)

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1980: TED TUNERS CNN HITS THE AIRWAVES, 1967 THE BEATLES RELASE SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, 1638 THE PILGRIMS EXPERIENCED THE EARTHMOBE (1ST EVER EARTHQUAKE RECORED IN COLONIAL AMERICAN HISTORY)

50 WEIRDEST ROAD SIDE ATTRACTIONS (fiftygrande.com)

Alabama (Boomer Bob): The Unclaimed Baggage Center-Scottsboro, Alabama- This massive 50,000-square-foot store is the only place in the US where unclaimed luggage from airlines and other transit sources is given a second life

Arizona (Mcshane): The Thing- Bowlin’s Travel Center near Dragoon, Arizona- filled with bizarre artifacts, historical oddities, and alien lore. It’s not until the final room The Thing, a mummy-like figure on display

California (Bruce): Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree- Leggett, California- This towering coast redwood tree stands about 276 feet tall and has a carved tunnel at its base, allowing cars to drive through its hollowed center, there are two other drive through trees on Highway 101, but this is the southernmost

Illinois (Aaron): World’s Largest Catsup Bottle- Collinsville, Illinois- Towering at 170 feet tall, this structure resembles a giant bottle of ketchup and can hold up to 100,000 gallons of water, a water tower built in 1949 for the G.S. Suppiger Company, bottlers of the popular Brooks Catsup

Kentucky (Sam and Cody): World’s Tallest Three-Story Building- Paris, Kentucky- on the corner of 8th and Main Streets in downtown, is recognized by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! as the world’s tallest three-story building

Minnesota (Producer Jason): Jolly Green Giant Statue- Blue Earth, Minnesota- At 55.5 feet tall (or more than 60, if you include the elevated base he stands upon), the statue of a shamrock-colored man dressed in a leafy toga stands tall

New Hampshire (Josh): The USS Albacore- Portsmouth, New Hampshire- Originally an experimental submarine operated by the Navy, The USS Albacore was built to test and develop advanced hydrodynamic designs during the Cold War era

New Jersey (John and Duchess): Lucy the Elephant- Margate City, New Jersey- Built in 1881, this six-story tall, wood and tin elephant was originally a marketing gimmick to attract real estate buyers, Lucy the Elephant served as a restaurant, a business office, a cottage, and a tavern

North Dakota (Teresa): The Enchanted Highway- 32-mile stretch between Gladstone and Regent, North Dakota, is home to a series of enormous sculptures, each designed and crafted by local artist Gary Greff.

Texas (Jose): Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum- San Antonio, Texas-This toilet seat-themed museum was the brainchild of Barney Smith, a retired master plumber with an eye for creativity and a penchant for the unconventional. Over the course of several decades, he turned more than 1,000 discarded toilet seats into canvases for his eclectic art

Washington (Mr Coffee Bill): Big Red Wagon-Spokane, Washington- “The Childhood Express,” has been a landmark in Spokane’s Riverfront Park since 1990, this giant replica of a Radio Flyer wagon is 12 feet tall and stretches 27 feet long

Wisconsin (Ken): Al Johnson’s Goats on the Roof- Door County, Wisconsin- Swedish pancakes topped with lingonberries and the goats that live on the restaurant’s grass-covered roof. The story goes that Johnson’s friend Wink Larson put a goat named Oscar on the restaurant’s roof as part of a birthday gag one year and a tradition was born

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SHOW CREDITS:

Thank you to my co-host, Ken Madden of MaddK Studio

Audio credits and Producer Jason Radosevich Horrible Designs

Cast:

Kate the Duchess of NJ and John Jamingo of theBoomer Bunker

Aaron of I had to Say it

Boomer Bob of the Boomer Bob Show

Lorenzo from Misanthrope Radio 2.0

Cody the Beard as the Last Word.

Supporters:

Steve McShane of the Razor Wire News