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A FIERY PRESENTATION CA
ART/EVENT 5:30
A flaming mechanical frenzy! Helmeted art warriors drive mechanical car
contraptions with flamethrowers and buzz saws while a crowd of excited
spectators narrowly avoid injury. Scary and out of control! Interviews
with spectators and creator Mark Pauline.
A LIFE AT STAKE CA COMEDY
2:25
Adventurer Wild Will is tied to a stake. The beautiful Regina has her
hands tied. A hungry cannibal is approaching. But Wild Will has a plan...will
it succeed? Tune-in to this episode of Natural Fiction and find out.
AFRICAN SAFARI Naples, FL
ATTR/PROFILE 1:32
Trained elephants, panthers and wildcats are the featured attractions.
Jungle Larry takes us on an entertaining and punfilled tour of exotic
birds, plant life and animals including a rare TIGLON--half tiger and
half lion!
ALLIGATOR MAN FL PROFILE
1:21
Kent Vliet is a researcher from the University of Florida who really gets
into his work. At the St Augustine Alligator Farm we see him swimming
in a lagoon full of live gators in order to study their mating habits.
Strange!
AMERICAN PET MOTEL IL ATTR/PROFILE
1:30
At this ultimate boarding house for animals, pets are called guests and
sleep in little brass beds. The staff caters to every whine with cookies
and reads postcards from vacationing owners. Living proof that a dog's
life isn't all that bad!
ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT
UT VISTA 1:35
A spectacular and rarely visited National Park. Huge, graceful natural
arches that were once part of an ocean floor now frame a desert landscape.
Includes stills of western movies filmed there.
AVE MARIA GROTTO AL ATTR
1:24
A remarkable landscape on the grounds of a southern monastery encrusted
with miniature recreations of all the great biblical landmarks, buildings,
shrines, towns and churches. Created by Brother Joseph, a Bavarian immigrant.
Guided tour and interview.
BALD HEADED MEN OF AMERICA
NC PROFILE 1:30
John Capps, believing that 'Bald is Beautiful', has installed himself
president of the Bald Headed Men of America. Includes interview with Capps
and a visit to National Headquarters. Lots of 'Bald' Jokes and paraphernalia.
BENT'S OLD FORT CO ATTR/PAST
1:35
Bent's Fort was the main trading post along the Santa Fe trail for Mountain
Men and fur trappers in the mid 19th c. This story reflects a unique period
of American history along with highlights from a modernday mountain man
rendezvous.
BIG DINOSAURS US ATTR/BIG
1:35
A couple of giant dinosaurs used to lure customers. One, a filling station
in Florida, and the other a huge ferrocement brontosaurus near Palm Springs
with a museum in its belly.
BIG FISH MN ATTR/BIG 1:35
A giant sixty-five foot Muskelunge is the featured attraction along Route
2 in Bena, MN. Includes classic old 'Big Fish' postcards and an interview
with the owner. Wild Will tries to land the a big one. BIG!
BIG FOOT MO PROFILE/EVENT 1:35
Two ten foot high pickup trucks create mechanical mayhem by pulling a
car apart and driving over a row of junk cars. Includes interview with
creator Bob Chandler. Only in America!
BIG SHOE CA PROFILE/ATTR
1:35
A giant shoe stands at an intersection in Bakersfield. Inside is a shoe
repair shop filled with curious relics where we visit with Don Deschwanden:
the little old man in the shoe.
BIG SURF AZ ATTR/BIG 1:32
An artificial desert surfing amusement which works on the principle of
a giant toilet. Six foot waves flush hundreds of eager desert surfers
to the shore. A desert oddity!
BOMBER GAS OR ATTR/PROFILE
1:33
A B-17 bomber poised over a platoon of gas pumps is the lure for thousands
of motorists at Art Lacey's unusual filling station.
CACTUS COP AZ PROFILE 1:30
Richard Countryman has the unusual job of protecting Arizona's Cactus
from thieves and vandals. Includes interview and tour of Desert Botanical
Gardens and photos of rustlers in action and a giant saguaro that killed
the man who shot it.
CADILLAC RANCH TX ATTR/ART
1:35
Ten graffiti-covered cadillacs buried nose-down in a Texas wheatfield
are a monument to the evolution of the tailfin. The ultimate modern sculpture
and roadside attraction. Includes interview with co-creator Chip Lord.
CANDLELIGHT WEDDING CHAPEL
NV ATTR/PROFILE 1:27
A miniature chapel featuring on the spot weddings and canned music that
can be charged to a credit card. Owner Gordon Guest fills us in on the
wedding business where each Valentine's Day several hundred people tie
the knot.
CHIMP FARM FL ATTR/PROFILE
1:35 1:21
A retirement home for chimpanzees run by two former medicine show performers.
Lots of action by these 'little people in fur coats'. An unusual roadside
attraction including rare footage of a chimp wrestling act. Chimps in
action! Don't miss it!
CLOUDS US VISTA COLL
A collection reel containing clouds and clouded vistas from across the
US during all seasons and shot at various times of the day.
CORAL CASTLE FL ATTR/MUSEUM
1:35
One thousand tons of coral shaped into moons, planets, rocking chairs
and householod appliances by a lovesick Lithuanian immigrant. Often compared
to Stonehenge.
CORN PALACE SD ATTR 1:35
A unique example of American folk architecture. Each year since 1892,
this turreted palace has been covered with elaborate designs made entirely
of corn and other priarie seeds. Includes interview and collage of designs
through the years.
CRATER OF DIAMONDS AR ATTR
1:20
A tour of America's only diamond field. Casual tourists and serious prospectors
search through the fresh spring mud looking for fortune. A few are lucky.
Interviews with Park Ranger and several prospectors.
CURIOSITY CORNER MN PROFILE/ATTR
1:32
Francis Johnson is most famous for owning the world's largest ball of
twine. In addition he is a charming old bachelor and wondrous whittler.
He's devoted his life to collecting signs, tractors, buttons, hats, pencils,
souvenirs and much more.
FAT TIRE BIKE WEEK CO EVENT/SPORT
15:00/1:19
Three hundred fat-tired mountain bike fanatics gather in the Colorado
Rockies for a week of fun, games and races. Awesome biking feats, mud-splattered
racers and a tour through spectacular fall foliage to Pearl Pass. All
cut to music.
FOREST QUEEN MINE CO PROFILE
1:35/5:10
Seventy-four year old John Hahn singlehandedly operates the old Forest
Queen Mine near Irwin, Colorado. A scenic and inspirational story about
the kind of ingenuity and spirit that make America great.
GATORLAND ZOO FL ATTR 1:35
Walk through a forty foot gator mouth and view gators: breeding, eating,
sleeping and snapping. World's largest gator farm.
GREEN ANIMALS TOPIARY GARDEN
RI ATTR/PROFILE 1:35
One of the world's best examples of topiary (shaping live plants into
sculptures). All kinds of animals and fanciful objects created from bushes
and hedges. Includes an interview and demonstration by one of the few
men left practicing this art.
HOLE 'N THE ROCK HOME UT
ATTR/MUSEUM 1:35
A guided tour through a dwelling carved entirely into the side of a cliff.
An unusual and obscure roadside attraction filled with strange artifacts.
HOLLYWOOD ARCHAEOLOGY CA
ART 14:30
For years Lowell Darling collected castoff images from the gutters, streets
and film bins of Hollywood. He has mounted them as slides and they are
combined on tape here with Lowell's inventive, acerbic and humorous interpretations.
HORSE AND COW BAR CA ATTR/EVENT 1:24
A famed submariners bar covered with artifacts from old diesel subs. Includes
christening of the sub and bawdy songs by rowdy sailors, lots of upside-down
margaritas at the bar, skivvie checks, boot drinking and the dance of
the flaming assholes.
HOUSE OF ENCHANTMENT FL ATTR 1:30
Clowns, jugglers and magicians perform by the side of the road and lure
customers and sightseers into their magic house of Enchantment. Jokes,
tricks, illusions and three generations of magicians.
HOW TO MAKE SOUND FOR VIDEO
CO COMEDY 5:00
Wild Will splashes around in a bathtub making up the special sound effects
for his adventure with the freshwater mermaids. Anything handy will work.
This is a hilarious piece of improvisation that is intercut with mermaid
footage. Very funny!
IQ ZOO AR ATTR 1:34
Romeo Rabbit, Burt Backquack the piano-playing duck and Ruby the dancing
Bantam are just a few of the star attractions. Animals in action, a tour
and show and talk with trainer Marion Bailey who knows how to teach an
old dog new tricks.
JACKALOPES US MISC/MYTH
1:35
Giant jackrabbits with a set of antlers are the stuff myths are made of.
This postcard features Jackalopes galore across the country and a visit
with a family who actually makes them. Believe it or not!
JAVA JIVE CAFE WA ATTR/PROFILE
1:35
A fading roadside monument in the shape of a giant coffee pot featuring
a handpainted jungle motif interior assembled by owner Bob Radonich. Son
Bob plays intense classics on a beat up piano while customer eat pizza.
JD THE SUPERCHIMP MO PROFILE
1:30
John Hale and his pet chimp are both four years old. They have been brought
up together on this exotic animal farm and sometimes its hard to tell
who's influenced whom the most. Lots of action including interview with
parents.
JELLO WRESTLING AZ EVENT
1:20
Two intrepid men join in a tag team wrestling match against the finalists
of a women's jellow wrestling contest. Lots of messy, comical action in
three hundred gallons of recycled cherry jello.
KEEP YOU POSTED CA COMEDY/DRAMA
0:42
Wild Will is chained to a post. A man in a hat gets ready to leave. This
is a video version of a Futzie Nutzle cartoon.
LICENSE PLATE HOUSE CO ART/MONUMENT
1:35
A masterpiece of enameled car tags completely covering the sides of several
old buildings in this rock mountain town. Intricate designs and geometric
patterns -- true artistic license.
LONDON BRIDGE AZ ATTR 1:19
Where is London Bridge? Today it spans the Colorado River near Lake Havesu,
Arizona where it was transported by an eccentric millionaire and rebuiltstone
by stone and frames a desert landscape.
LOWELL DARLINGS LAST VIDEOTAPE
CA ART/EVENT 3:30
When Lowell Darling received 25,000 dollars from the National Endowment
for the Arts he figured he would never get that much money for a videotape
again; so, like his childhood hero Stan Musial, he decided to quit while
he was ahead.
MAESTRO BONE ON/OFF CA MUSIC/EVENT/ART
1:35/7:45
The surprising guest conductor for the Bay Bones Trombone Orchestra is
a well rehearsed robot by the name of Maestro Bone On/Off. A strange and
wondrous event at St. Mary's Cathedral as fifty tromboners play for their
inspired metallic leader.
MIAMI SERPENTARIUM FL ATTR/PROFILE
1:36
A visit to one of Florida's premier attractions. Lots of live snakes and
reptiles. Includes interview with Wm. Haast and tour. Also milking of
cobras for venom and delivery of a hundred live rattlesnakes by two South
Carolina snake hunters.
MOHS' AUTOS WI PROFILE 1:30
Bruce Mohs a self-styled eccentric and inventor of the Opera Sedan and
Safarkar. Both are improbable collections of weird safety features, inventivedesign
and lighthearted details. This millionaire knows how to have fun!
MUSEUM OF QUACKERY MO ATTR/MUSEUM
1:30
A collection of some of the strangest gadgets, devices and potions ever
conceived to dupe the public: orgone boxes, stimulators, pep pills and
exotic quacks. Includes tour and interview with Museum Curator Mary Parks.
NOTHING AZ ATTR 1:29
Nothing comprises a gas station, souvenir shop and four residents. It
is located alongside US93 halfway between Las Vegas and Phoenix. As the
folks at the T'Ain't Much Bar like to say: 'When you've seen NOTHING you've
seen EVERYTHING!'
NUT MUSEUM CT PROFILE/ATTR
1:35
This unusual museum features nuts, paintings and sculptures of nuts and
its charming and nutty curator Elizabeth Tashjian who delights us with
her stories and songs including the "Nut National Anthem"
PARADISE GARDENS GA PROFILE/ART
1:30
Rev. Howard Finster is one of America's most famous, colorful and prolific
folk artists with a backyard collection of mundane and religious objects,
sculptures, paintings, collages and junk. Finster sings and entertains.
PARROT JUNGLE FL ATTR 1:35
Flamingoes march in formation, birds scream and a troupe of talented parrots
ride bicycles, play cards, rollerskate, take pictures and rocket to the
moon and back.
PEABODY DUCKS TN ATTR 1:35
Every day a group of lucky ducks follows their cantankerous caretaker
across the roof, down the elevator, through the lobby and into an ornate
fountain at the elaborate Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Tourists delight and
the ducks swim contentedly.
PIERCED CA ART/EVENT 10:00
ROUGH
This is an X-rated document of an evening celebrating the art of body
piercing. A live performance, a bed of nails and pierced nipples. Christina
Ambrosia provides the voice. Compelling and very disturbing!
POLICE HALL OF FAME FL ATTR/MUSEUM/BIG
1:23
A roadside museum paying tribute to America's police. Includes displays
of weapons, forensics, famous crimes, an electric chair and panels of
macabre photographs of accidents, murders and crimes. Tour and interview
with Tom Noto and visitors.
RANDY'S DONUT CA ATTR/EAT/BIG
1:30
A giant donut looms over the San Diego Freeway near the airport. A jumbo
jet appears to fly through the hole and pigeons create a frosty topping.
Owner Larry Weintraub talks donuts. A landmark.
RED MONSTER DC PROFILE 1:37
Country Cole is a black gentleman of indeterminate age who drives an old
Chevy piled ten feet high with junk around the nation's Capitol. His friends
think he's crazy. Tourists scramble for photographs and he smiles and
honks his horns. A delight!
SANTA CLAUS CA ATTR/HOLIDAY
1:34
A visit to Santa Claus Lane where a giant Santa is eternally stuck halfway
down a chimney spreading Christmas spirit twelve months each year. A real
Santa welcomes some happy youngsters, and the story is postmarked Santa
Claus.
SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR
FL MUSIC 3:13
A Postcard from Florida Cut to Bill Haley's classic song. Contains a collage
of all the classic Florida souvenirs, attractions and roadside lures and
features Willie Boy Walker in polyester leisure suit swimming with the
mermaids. Don't miss it!
SINBAD THE PIRATE NJ PROFILE 1:37
Ross Morphew built a pirate ship, changed his name to Sinbad and became
the only registered Privateer in America. Includes interview with Sinbad,
his Lieutenant and 'pirate kids' as well as a sea battle with the Bluenose
of Atlantic City. Action!
SPOTS BEFORE YOUR EYES BC
ART/PROFILE 1:30
Eric Metcalfe has assembled the world's largest collection of articles
featuring leopard spots. Includes spots galore, an interview
STANLEY'S FOLK ART MUSEUM
FL PROFILE/ART 1:35
Fanciful, weird and surprisingly beautiful sculptures built from junk.
Many are thinly disguised, humorous political protests. As Stanley says:
'If junk is on the fat of the land, I'll take the junk!'
STEEL AND FLESH BC ART/DRAMA
12:00
A pastiche of hard edged comic book images based on the childhood fantasies
of Canadian artist Eric Metcalfe. Threatening! Humorous! Weird! A tale
tormented souls! All cut to original music. Miami Vice before Miami Vice--Brutopia
1980.
STICK YOUR HEAD THROUGH
HERE US MISC COLL
Every roadside attraction features a painted body on a sheet of wood with
a hole cut out where the head belongs. Willie Walker sticks his head through
dozens on a cross country search for the best personality.
STRANGE SIGNS 1 US MISC
1:21
A collection of unusual roadside signs which tell a story when put together.
Including: No Name Road, Surprise, Bad Route Road, Bloody Basin Raod,
Last Chance and much more. Only in America.
SUBURBAN THEATER US COMEDY/DRAMA
17:00
Willie Walker shows us how to Make Cheap Science Fiction and How to Make
Sound for Video. An offbeat very funny How To using footage from the Troubled
Zone and Lure Detour. Robots, Mermaids and Sock Monsters in the comfort
of your own home. Learn how!
TETON HOUSE OF MYSTERY WY
ATTR 1:35
"Don't Miss It!" "Only Three More Miles!" A classic
roadside attraction complete with souvenir shop and BBQ. The owner takes
us on an entertaining tour where water runs uphill, people shrink and
unnatural gravitational forces prevail.
THE THING THEY ARE MAKING
CA COMEDY/EVENT 11:00
Father Guido Sarducci & Whoopi Goldberg are on hand to make a trailer
for the SF Film Festival-- so are the newsmedia and the Bologna Brothers
(disguised as an Italian film crew). Chaos reigns along with zany antics
and behind-the-scene action. Funny!
TOMBSTONE AZ ATTR/PAST 1:27
"The town too tough to die!" Includes general scenics, Boot
Hill, OK Corral, Birdcage Theater and World's Largest Rosebush. The WILD
WILD WEST!
UNKNOWN MUSEUM CA ATTR/ART
1:34
America's most unknown roadside attraction features a vast collection
of twentieth century artifacts: thousands of rubber dolls, sharks, pencils,
lunch buckets arranged in imaginative displays. An artistic preserve for
the common object.
VIDEO VISTAS US VISTA COLL/8:00
A sampler reel of vistas from across America cut to music by Lol Halsey.
Includes Congaree Swamp, Mississippi River, Paradise Valley. Pretty!
WAKULLA SPRINGS FL ATTR/PROFILE
1:35/3:55
A trip on glassbottomed boat through the crystal waters of the world's
deepest freshwater spring once thought to be the fountain of youth. A
chanting tour guide points out Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish and othyer
natural wonders.
WALL DRUG SD ATTR/PROFILE
1:30/4:10
The original roadside tourist stop! Signs advertising souvenirs, food
and free ice water lure as many as 10,000 tourists a day. A wonderland
of travelers, knick-knacks, jackalopes and exhibits. Includes interview
with Ted Husted who started it in 1932
WEEKI WACHEE MERMAIDS FL
ATTR/EVENT 1:30
A hundred mermaids return to Weeki Wachee for a reunion. Includes mermaid
show, early photos and film, interviews with current and former mermaids
and Newton Perry, the man who started it all. Breathtaking!
WORLD'S LARGEST US MISC
COLL
A collection reel of oversized roadside architecture and icons from across
America. BIG!
WORLD'S LARGEST 1 US MISC
1:30
A collection of the world's largest buildings and objects including a
seahorse, alligator, covered wagon, hotdog, milk bottle, cowboy boot,
orange, tomato, peach and more.
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