Monday Night ONT - September 7, 2026 [TRex]

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Good evening Horde. The time has come for Monday shenanigans. The bar is open and the refrigerator has been freshly re-stocked with A&W Rootbeer.

Welcome to the Monday night ONT which means vintage overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. Pants are optional. This ONT is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Fauci is fair game.

[Top photo: Sailor Bill Tattooing, Victory Drive, Columbus, GA - near US Army Fort Benning - 1982]

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The Monday ONT has dialed up the wayback machine tonight with very random results.

Harvesting wheat in Ritzville, Adams County, Washington (1936)

Butte, Montana (1939) - possibly E Park Street near S Main - note the circular M&M neon sign for the M&M Cafe and Bar which was a 24-hour miners' hangout since the 1890s). The original M&M Cafe/Bar building burned down on May 7, 2021 but was re-built in a neighboring building starting in 2023. It reportedly still serves all-day breakfast, burgers, and drinks. The original 20-foot neon M&M sign was salvaged from the fire, restored, and rehung on the new building in March 2025.

Chops Bowling on South 13th Street in Omaha, Nebraska (1988 ) - it is still operating and looks exactly the same today.

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B-25 assembly at North American Aviation, Inc. in Inglewood, Califiornia (1942)

Christ Chapel in Boise, Idaho (1974) - this church was originally St. Michael's Episcopal Church, built in 1866 at 7th and Bannock Streets in downtown Boise. After St. Michael's Cathedral opened in 1902, it was moved to 15th and Ridenbaugh. It was moved a third time in 1963-64 to the Boise State University campus, restored, and rededicated as a nondenominational chapel.

The James T. Staples (aka "Big Jim") sternwheel river packet underway on the water near Mobile, Alabama (circa 1910) - it typically ran the Tombigbee River route between Mobile and Demopolis, carrying passengers and up to 2,500 bales of cotton. A boiler explosion destroyed the boat in 1913, killing more than two dozen people.

Elephant parade on 8th avenue (near 48th) in New York City (1920) - circus must have been in town

Pentagon construction (circa 1941)

Willard Hotel, Washington, DC (circa 1904) - Ulysses S. Grant liked to sit in the lobby after work, smoking cigars and drinking whiskey. Those seeking favor with him knew to find him there. Hotel lore claims this is how the word "lobbyist" originated. Some hotel staff have claimed that his cigar-smoking ghost still appears in the lobby at night.

Windmill on Mountauk Highway in Suffolk County, New York (circa 1968 ) - it still exists

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The Hollywood Dream Factory on Sylvania Avenue, Toledo, Ohio (1988 ) - it sold movie posters, memorabilia, vintage cameras and projectors, etc. At some point, it switched to a mail order business. No sign of the Dream Factory signage remains.

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Before seeing this, I had never seen a commercial for a dictionary.

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You want music in your ONT? I give you the Everly Brothers from 1957.

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This ONT was brought to you by the 1939 World's Fair at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York:

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Comments

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1 First!

Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at September 07, 2026 10:00 PM (pplPl)

2 That's the end of

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 10:00 PM (EYrlY)

3 that

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 10:00 PM (EYrlY)

4 Good evening morons en bedankt Dino

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 07, 2026 10:01 PM (WXg6e)

6 Sorry I'm late, I forgot to check the power sterring fluid on my surfboard.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 10:03 PM (PMi3m)

7 The problem with a place like Sailor Bill's Tattoos is that not all tattoo parlors are so upscale. You never know what you'll get.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:04 PM (Riz8t)

8 Thought experiment for the Horde: Why weren't the McDonald's fruit pies of the 70s used as heat sources for electrical generation plants? More heat per unit volume than that of nuclear fission without that messy radiation to deal with.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 07, 2026 10:04 PM (WXg6e)

9
Mmmmm, Tastykakes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:04 PM (eRlcH)

10 The Cheesesteak Shop on Divisdadero used to bring in Tastykakes from Phildelphia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

11 Definitely not first. Now to skim the content.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 07, 2026 10:06 PM (PE5pE)

12 Thanks for the ONT, Dino.
Ritzville, been through there a time or two. But not in 1936.

Posted by: scampydog at September 07, 2026 10:06 PM (41CYW)

13 Sailor Bill's is the best tattoo shop anywhere. Bill did my tramp stamp of Bigfoot peeking out from that big patch of hair on my lower back.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 07, 2026 10:06 PM (r7+Q7)

14 Thought experiment for the Horde: Why weren't the McDonald's fruit pies of the 70s used as heat sources for electrical generation plants? More heat per unit volume than that of nuclear fission without that messy radiation to deal with.

Most of them were used to power the Voyager spacecraft.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:06 PM (Riz8t)

15 I knew I should have worn my vintage fedora and saddle shoes for tonight's ONT.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 10:06 PM (PMi3m)

16 Ah yes. Uncle Sam's School for Badly Behaved Boys.

When I think of the wildcats my brother brought home for weekends....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at September 07, 2026 10:07 PM (Vvh2V)

17 Sorry I'm late, I forgot to check the power sterring fluid on my surfboard.
Posted by: tankdemon

Not sure if typo or if I just don't know surfer slang, dude.

Posted by: mikeski at September 07, 2026 10:08 PM (FPn9B)

18 Nice ONT, TRex! Thanks for the old stuff.

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)

19 Tasty Baker is creepy

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 10:08 PM (Cqx++)

20 1939 World's Fair. Kept going even after hostilities started in September. Of course, certain countries stopped participating.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 07, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

21
Elephant parade on 8th avenue (near 48th) in New York City (1920) - circus must have been in town

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The New York Rangers were regularly displaced from Madison Square Garden every spring for the circus.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:09 PM (eRlcH)

22 Greetings Horde!

Eclectic content, I like the old stuff.

Well done Mr T R

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at September 07, 2026 10:09 PM (GhY67)

23 Victory Drive aka VD boulevard. Just like the area around any military base.
Strip clubs, tattoo parlors, and payday loans.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at September 07, 2026 10:10 PM (Lo97M)

24 Outstanding ONT content, my good dinosaur!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 07, 2026 10:10 PM (PE5pE)

25 The New York Rangers were regularly displaced from Madison Square Garden every spring for the circus.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:09 PM (eRlcH)

The Chicato Blackhawks and Bulls used to have extended road trips while the circus was in town too.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 10:11 PM (PMi3m)

26 Good evening Horde! Thanks for being here and thanks to those who enjoy the content.

Posted by: TRex- eclectic dino at September 07, 2026 10:12 PM (XfIK1)

27 That Tasty Cake puppet is pure nightmare fuel.

Posted by: Chemist at September 07, 2026 10:12 PM (sSCNn)

28 Sailor Bills is a franchise operation, isn't it?

Like Subway.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 10:12 PM (wpRMV)

29 I have been to Ritzville. Nice little town. Used to have a blues festival every summer, maybe still do.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 10:12 PM (1z8ji)

30 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 07, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

31 A good friend of mine was the Ritzville Ford dealer for years.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 07, 2026 10:13 PM (2WIwB)

32 The Chicato Blackhawks and Bulls used to have extended road trips while the circus was in town too.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 10:11 PM (PMi3m)

That also reninds me that the first NFL Championship game was moved indoors due to crappy weather. The venu had just hosted the circus and the story is that they did not do a very thorough job of cleaning up after the elephants before opebing kickoff.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 10:14 PM (PMi3m)

33 I went to the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing, NY. Same location?

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:16 PM (Jr+re)

34 Had some trouble loading the ONT tonight. Problem might be on my end. I had thought Pixy Misa might be rolling out the new version of Minx, but it seems to be 0.8 beta.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 10:16 PM (Jc4hv)

35 Cool vintage photos in tonight's ONT, T Rex! Thank you!

I recall reading a story about a B-25 not too long ago. Very interesting to see the assembly factory.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 07, 2026 10:17 PM (D/6p1)

36 Good evening, Horde! Would appreciate prayers from the praying ones for my interview tomorrow, early afternoon!

Now to read the content.... thanks in advance, T-Rex

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 07, 2026 10:17 PM (aJQbY)

37 I was born in Butte. Dad was in school. He was an NCR employee, but I think some of his schooling was through MT Tech. Not sure. We were not there long, moved to Billings when I was about 6 months old. I was born in St. James hospital, the old one, the one that is now an empty edifice populated by bums and the restless dead.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at September 07, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

38 I used to see the Ringling Bros. Circus at Madison Sq Garden annually as a kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

39 Whenever the big time circus came to DC, local radio spots would offer the elephant shit as 'free fertilizer'. They called it 'pachyderm-powered poo'.

Posted by: Don Black at September 07, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

40 The Tastykake Puppet's hair style gives me vibes of a red-headed Lord Farquad...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 07, 2026 10:19 PM (l3cgK)

41
The Chicato Blackhawks and Bulls used to have extended road trips while the circus was in town too.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 10:11 PM (PMi3m)

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The circus was 1) very popular with the public and 2) performed three times a day. Hence it was highly profitable to the arena to host it, which is why the sports teams were displaced when it was in town.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:19 PM (eRlcH)

42 39 Whenever the big time circus came to DC, local radio spots would offer the elephant shit as 'free fertilizer'. They called it 'pachyderm-powered poo'.

Posted by: Don Black at September 07, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

It cost them peanuts to make...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 07, 2026 10:20 PM (l3cgK)

43 The circus was 1) very popular with the public and 2) performed three times a day. Hence it was highly profitable to the arena to host it, which is why the sports teams were displaced when it was in town.

Apparently not that popular, since most circuses are out of business. I suppose the "attractions" were badly dated and couldn't compete with cell phone screens and minuscule attention spans.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

44 Nice ONT, TRex! Love the old photos.

We used to drive through Ritzville (from Spokane) on the way to grandparents' house, when I was little. Scenery was ugly and boring most of the way.

Posted by: JQ at September 07, 2026 10:21 PM (rdVOm)

45
I went to the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing, NY. Same location?
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:16 PM (Jr+re)

__________

Flushing Meadows, yes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:21 PM (eRlcH)

46 I have had a drink at the bar in the Willard Hotel. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Don Black at September 07, 2026 10:21 PM (ZxPkt)

47 17 Sorry I'm late, I forgot to check the power sterring fluid on my surfboard.
Posted by: tankdemon

Not sure if typo or if I just don't know surfer slang, dude.

Posted by: mikeski at September 07, 2026 10:08 PM (FPn9B)

Sex wax goes on the outside...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 07, 2026 10:21 PM (l3cgK)

48 Had a circus here in OK last week (indoors). Ran for three evenings, I think. With our hot temps, probably did well.

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:22 PM (Jr+re)

49 I've been inside Ebbets Grill a few times, which is in the same building as Willard Hotel. On the 3rd floor of the Pentagon, there is a corridor dedicated to the building and reconstruction (post 9/11). It's very interesting. If you tour it, you probably will go through it. I work there so I can meander around the building and do frequently. The perks of mid shift. That windmill? Long Island? There is a very old and very respected golf course there. I'll have to look it up as the name escapes me. Also, Montauk has a 1/4, asphalt race track (Riverhead raceway). I could be wrong about that. In the area anyway. Watch lots of racing.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 07, 2026 10:22 PM (sAmhv)

50 Sex wax goes on the outside...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

It's the best wax for your stick!

Posted by: JQ at September 07, 2026 10:22 PM (rdVOm)

51 Thanks for the ONT TRex. Lovely historic glimpses.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 07, 2026 10:23 PM (CHHv1)

52
Apparently not that popular, since most circuses are out of business. I suppose the "attractions" were badly dated and couldn't compete with cell phone screens and minuscule attention spans.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

___________

The AR crew got to them. Houston had them in NRG Stadium up to about 10 years ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:23 PM (eRlcH)

53 Apparently not that popular, since most circuses are out of business. I suppose the "attractions" were badly dated and couldn't compete with cell phone screens and minuscule attention spans.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

Well, when the animal rights activists forced them to give up their elephants, most of the reason for going to the circus went away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 10:23 PM (1z8ji)

54 “Wake Up Little Susie,” a song about reputation. It might as well have been from another age, which I guess it is. The close harmony of the Everly Brothers comes through clearly. It is somehow reassuring to see how poor NTSC resolution was in 1957. An age of relative innocence.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 10:23 PM (Jc4hv)

55 Didn't clowns enter the big top to "March of the Gladiators?"

How on earth the composer thought it was martial music, I'll never know. It's now associated with clowns, not gladiators. I wonder if the composer ever knew it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 07, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

56 These days we don't have to go to the circus to find freaks, bearded women, and heavily tatooed women...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 07, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)

57 47 Sex wax goes on the outside...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 07, 2026 10:21 PM (l3cgK)

Now you tell me.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 10:24 PM (PMi3m)

58 Good point, Jim!

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr+re)

59 I've been to Toledo.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 10:25 PM (Cqx++)

60 That windmill? Long Island? There is a very old and very respected golf course there. I'll have to look it up as the name escapes me. Also, Montauk has a 1/4, asphalt race track (Riverhead raceway). I could be wrong about that. In the area anyway. Watch lots of racing.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 07, 2026 10:22 PM (sAmhv)

Timing is everything, if you want to get the ball in the doorway without hitting the windmill blade.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 10:25 PM (1z8ji)

61
How on earth the composer thought it was martial music, I'll never know. It's now associated with clowns, not gladiators. I wonder if the composer ever knew it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 07, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

__________

Julius Fučík, the Czech Sousa, died in 1916.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:25 PM (eRlcH)

62
These days we don't have to go to the circus to find freaks, bearded women, and heavily tatooed women...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

You've seen that cartoon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 10:26 PM (Cqx++)

63 These days we don't have to go to the circus to find freaks, bearded women, and heavily tatooed women...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 07, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)

And you can see wonderful gymnastics at several venues around town, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 10:27 PM (1z8ji)

64 A cartoon about the circus: the ringmaster appears to the inhabitants of the Freak Show - the Bearded Lady, the Tattooed Man, the Pinhead, the Siamese Twins and tells them “I have to let you go. You’re just not freaks anymore.”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 10:27 PM (Jc4hv)

65 I have never seen Alka-seltzer advertised for sun relief... until today.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 07, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)

66 Julius Fučík, the Czech Sousa, died in 1916.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:25 PM (eRlcH)

Then maybe he did know what became of his composition. Was it part of some opera or something? Gotta be embarrassing. Something martial turned into clown music.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 07, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

67 61
How on earth the composer thought it was martial music, I'll never know. It's now associated with clowns, not gladiators. I wonder if the composer ever knew it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 07, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

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Julius Fučík, the Czech Sousa, died in 1916.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:25 PM (eRlcH)

Someone's comment on EweToob:
Julius Fučík: “Let me compose something powerful and dramatic for the military.”

History: “Best I can do is clowns.”

LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 07, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)

68 Listened to the worlds fair music. Thrice. Snappy.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 07, 2026 10:29 PM (sl73Y)

69 Then maybe he did know what became of his composition. Was it part of some opera or something? Gotta be embarrassing. Something martial turned into clown music.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 07, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

Was he getting royalties?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 10:29 PM (1z8ji)

70
The Entry of the Gladiators is really a fine piece. Here it is played by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Václav Neumann.

https://youtu.be/RLC6EXyQoNE

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:30 PM (eRlcH)

71 Most excellent ONT, Mr. TRex-thank you! I love all the old photos, and the videos were a blasé from the past! The photo of Butte was interesting, as I have a distant relative who was one of the founders of the Anaconda Copper Mine in Butte. I'm going thru family history at the present time, and learn something new every day!

Who was the band for the World's Fair video - Jimmy Dorsey? Love big band music!

Posted by: misslurk'ette at September 07, 2026 10:31 PM (mLJwj)

72 27 That Tasty Cake puppet is pure nightmare fuel.
Posted by: Chemist at September 07, 2026 10:12 PM (sSCNn)

Reminds me of Mr Rogers puppets, they were scary too.

Posted by: Joemarine at September 07, 2026 10:32 PM (y171U)

73 I wonder how many German spies are in the 1939 World's Fair video. The theme was "World of Tomorrow", so you can bet there were people looking over the exhibits since RCA and Ford played a big role that year. For those unfamiliar, the World's Fair at Flushing, NY started in early 1939, but didn't end until late the following year.

Posted by: Orson at September 07, 2026 10:33 PM (dIske)

74 Circus? What’s a circus?

- Someone born since 2000.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 10:34 PM (Jc4hv)

75 33 I went to the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing, NY. Same location?
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:16 PM (Jr+re)

I would have loved to have attended any of the NY Worlds Fairs.

Posted by: Joemarine at September 07, 2026 10:34 PM (y171U)

76
Who was the band for the World's Fair video - Jimmy Dorsey? Love big band music!
Posted by: misslurk'ette

Might be an AI band.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)

77 The 1939 World's Fair featured two exhibits that celebrated the female form. There was a Salvador Dali Pavilion featuring actual topless mermaids swimming about and an outdoor exhibit (separate admission) that was a Sun Worshipper theme. Topless or sheer topped women sunning, playing badminton, walking about. Most were recruited from NYC burlesque houses and mostly very attractive. There's film and pictures of them online somewhere.

Posted by: Pulchritude On Parade at September 07, 2026 10:36 PM (Fn+3X)

78 At 2:25 of the World's Fair clip, it appears there's a hammer (or something) and sickle on the display.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:36 PM (Riz8t)

79 Mr. Roger’s puppets were so obviously puppets that they never bothered me. You got some phobia about puppets?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 10:36 PM (Jc4hv)

80

I attended Expo '74: Spokane World's Fair

www.historylink.org/File/10791

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 10:38 PM (Cqx++)

81 Didn’t Sally Rand do her famous balloon dance at the 1939 World’s Fair?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 10:38 PM (Jc4hv)

82 The Entry of the Gladiators is really a fine piece. Here it is played by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Václav Neumann.

https://youtu.be/RLC6EXyQoNE
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 07, 2026 10:30 PM (eRlcH)

Except for about forty seconds of the piece, it's not bad.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 07, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

83 The National Golf Links is what I'm thinking of.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 07, 2026 10:40 PM (sAmhv)

84 7 The problem with a place like Sailor Bill's Tattoos is that not all tattoo parlors are so upscale. You never know what you'll get.

Posted by: Archimedes
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Hepatitis, syphilis, trichinosis, sepsis?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 10:40 PM (EYrlY)

85 I also went to Expo '67 in Montreal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

86 I attended Expo '74: Spokane World's Fair

www.historylink.org/File/10791
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 10:38 PM (Cqx++)

I was there too. We stayed in a house on Libeter Lake.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 07, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

87 An artist who painted many murals for the '39 World's Fair, Louis Ross, also made and painted the oak panel I'm sitting next to in 1941. There are pictures of him on a scaffold sketching and painting the murals on the Smithsonian site. The figures he is painting look very much like the ones I'm looking at. My panel is 8'X9'.

Posted by: #7 To Flushing at September 07, 2026 10:42 PM (Fn+3X)

88 If we moved the 1939 World's Fair to present day, a bunch of college students would be protesting Poland committing genocide on the Nazis.

Posted by: Orson at September 07, 2026 10:42 PM (dIske)

89 Joemarine, it was a significant deal to about 65 Boy Scouts from northern Oklahoma. New York City! We rode the subways without harm and went to an Automat for lunch one day. Slept in a National Guard gym in Queens, I think. The fair itself was overwhelming! We were there for four days and I would guess I missed seeing at least a third of it! Chrysler had their turbine car idling for some extended period - it was running on some kind of vegetable oil.

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:42 PM (Jr+re)

90 In 68, I was in basic training in San Antonio and went to that fair. It was boring, but it wasn't basic training!

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:44 PM (Jr+re)

91 I was 9, 10 years old in 64 and 65 when the Fair was running. We lived in Brooklyn and went to the Fair four times. We also went north for Expo 67

Posted by: Those Were the Days at September 07, 2026 10:45 PM (Fn+3X)

92 Apparently not that popular, since most circuses are out of business. I suppose the "attractions" were badly dated and couldn't compete with cell phone screens and minuscule attention spans.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

A number of reasons, but a circus without elephants is just a carnival, and PETA et al have made it hard to employ elephants and the other animals

Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2026 10:45 PM (rbvCR)

93 %#*^ PETA.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 07, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

94 85 I also went to Expo '67 in Montreal.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

That was my first World's Fair.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 07, 2026 10:47 PM (0CU3H)

95 Might be an AI band.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)

The song is "How High The Moon". A jazz standard. Benny Goodman, recorded it in 1940. Ella Fitzgerald covered it. So did Les Paul and Mary Ford, and a host of others.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 10:47 PM (1z8ji)

96 Part of the fun of the World's Fair,
Is the Subway Special that takes you there.
Anytime, night or day,
Just pay fifteen cents, Hop aboard,
And you're on your way......

Posted by: Flushing Line #7 at September 07, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)

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Apparently not that popular, since most circuses are out of business. I suppose the "attractions" were badly dated and couldn't compete with cell phone screens and minuscule attention spans.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Circus are cruel to animal don't you know?
Karen tear down all krewl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 10:50 PM (EYrlY)

98 Wake Up Little Susie: I was pretty young when that came out, but even then I could recognize BS when I heard it. Fell asleep in the theater? And didn't get kicked out, and were out til 4? Riiiight.

Susie was a tramp.

Posted by: mindful webworker - had to marry the girl after she started 'showing' at September 07, 2026 10:50 PM (aKb34)

99 I don't doubt that the loss of elephants didn't help, but most circuses were in financial trouble long before that. I took my kids to Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey, and the selling of schlock in the aisles was nonstop. I read somewhere that it just wasn't a financially viable business model anymore, and as I said, I think the acts were outdated and today's kids were bored with them.

Cirque de Soleil is probably the only successful modern circus, and it's more of a theater experience in many ways.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:51 PM (Riz8t)

100 Strip clubs, tattoo parlors, and payday loans"

What about us?

/Buy Here, Pay Here Used Cars

Posted by: man at September 07, 2026 10:52 PM (XuXeR)

101 >>>
The song is "How High The Moon". A jazz standard. Benny Goodman, recorded it in 1940. Ella Fitzgerald covered it. So did Les Paul and Mary Ford, and a host of others.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Goodman handed the baton off to Charlie Parker who put
Ornithology on top of HHtM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 10:52 PM (EYrlY)

102 Buy Here, Pay Here Used Cars, No Credit Check!

Posted by: LRob in OK at September 07, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr+re)

103 Cirque de Soleil is probably the only successful modern circus, and it's more of a theater experience in many ways.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 10:51 PM (Riz8t)

Also gheyer than Liberace's hairdresser.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 10:53 PM (1z8ji)

104 At 2:25 of the World's Fair clip, it appears there's a hammer (or something) and sickle on the display.

I think it's an 'or something' along with the sickle. Now, what's it supposed to represent?

:shrug:

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 07, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)

105 The 1939 World's Fair featured two exhibits that celebrated the female form. There was a Salvador Dali Pavilion featuring actual topless mermaids swimming about and an outdoor exhibit (separate admission) that was a Sun Worshipper theme.

I'm a bit surprised CBD has never featured Dali's "Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity" on the art thread.

It's right up our alley.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 07, 2026 10:54 PM (WXg6e)

106 Susie was a tramp.
Posted by: mindful webworker - had to marry the girl after she started 'showing'

And Suzy is a Headbanger.

Posted by: Do It One More Time For Me at September 07, 2026 10:55 PM (Fn+3X)

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