tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7982513839007567093..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Pleasure IslandAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-86872581635067427752020-09-18T20:21:53.915-04:002020-09-18T20:21:53.915-04:00Gatlinburg used to have a more strictly Oldtimey/O...Gatlinburg used to have a more strictly Oldtimey/Old West themed place called Silver Dollar City. I think it’s Dollywood now, but I haven’t been to see it. <br /><br />This video gives the sense of it — ham & beans shop there too! — but it lacks the amazing documentary quality of yours. I can’t decide if I’m more taken by the political incorrectness of the Native American impersonation, or the conception of protected wetlands as “useless marshes” whose transformation into huge parking lots was a fit bragging point. <br /><br />https://youtu.be/48f9cXvdiOAGrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-59659647428717545272020-09-17T21:07:46.954-04:002020-09-17T21:07:46.954-04:00Off topic: Mondo Duplantis!Off topic: Mondo Duplantis!Galenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125583145056956261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-52024429529220002972020-09-17T21:06:07.998-04:002020-09-17T21:06:07.998-04:00Pleasure Island? Wasn't that the name of a tra...Pleasure Island? Wasn't that the name of a trap Pinocchio got lured into?Kororahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208444799799287420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-87923093643408089262020-09-17T19:52:51.323-04:002020-09-17T19:52:51.323-04:00There was something similar about 90 miles west of...There was something similar about 90 miles west of my hometown in Iowa called Arnolds Park. It sits on Lake Okoboji, one of several large lakes in the NW corner of the state. I don't think it had any rides quite that elaborate but it might have earlier in the 20th Century. There was also a tour boat on the lake. We didn't go there but did frequent the larger more Disney like parks that were built in the later 1970s in the midwest. Adventureland near Des Moines was one. Arnolds Park had something of a revival in the early 2000s and I did visit once as an adult, mostly to ride the original wooden roller coaster that was restored to operation.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-14754748852767206652020-09-17T10:41:39.738-04:002020-09-17T10:41:39.738-04:00I remember Pleasure Island!I remember Pleasure Island!Aggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089648434324058300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-67619321246779875382020-09-17T09:23:56.663-04:002020-09-17T09:23:56.663-04:00That's often a job most NH Governors apply for...That's often a job most NH Governors apply for once they finish their 2-year terms in the Statehouse - Wolfman at Clark's. Pay is better.Sponge-headed ScienceManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914014641719908195noreply@blogger.com