About this episode

Frank Santopadre takes listeners on a nostalgic audio tour of roadside Americana with guests Rich Brown and Rolando Pujol.

Frank "hits the open road" with producer-historian Rich Brown ("The Daily Show," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!") and award-winning journalist and "retrologist" Rolando Pujol ("The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana") for a nostalgic, coast-to-coast audio tour of roadside attractions and destinations, including South of the Border, Lucy the Elephant, Hildebrandt's soda shop, the Creston Dinosaur, the All American Hamburger Drive-in and Nipper, the world's tallest dog statue (to name a few). Also in this episode: Burma Shave makes advertising history, Bob Barker is immortalized in corn (!), New York City shutters its last remaining speakeasy and Rolando explains the origins of "duck architecture." PLUS: Remembering Wetson's! The Disneyland of supermarkets! The legend of Tom Carvel! Rich visits a mummy! Frank gives tours of the "Brady Bunch" house! And Rolando reveals the "GOAT" of roadside attractions! Join our Patreon today! ⁠⁠Patreon.com/FunForAllAgesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Frank Santopadre

Guests: Rich Brown, Rolando Pujol

Topics covered

• roadside attractions
• nostalgia
• American culture
• advertising history
• journalism
• humor

Keywords

• roadside Americana
• nostalgia
• attractions
• advertising
• journalism
• humor
• Frank Santopadre

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Books & works: The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana

Places: South of the Border, Lucy the Elephant, Hildebrandt's soda shop, Creston Dinosaur, All American Hamburger Drive-in, Nipper, New York City, Brady Bunch house

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