Comments on: Be My Guest

By: Klar Ken T5477

Klar Ken T5477 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:24:06 +0000

Some vintage Palisades Park commercials can be found on Youtube with a catchy theme all its own.

Growing up I lived in the NY area and never made it to Palisades Park once. No car.

By: Lee Semmens

Lee Semmens — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:40:03 +0000

Well, as I said, I am Australian, and I’ve never seen corn dogs or hot dogs on sticks, but then I never go to “fairs, race meetings, agricultural shows, circuses and church fetes.”

However, sausages or hot dogs in batter (minus the stick) are very common here. I wouldn’t touch them though, if they had mustard (which I hate) or sauce on them.

By: Aldous

Aldous — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:24:09 +0000

That’s what Kiwis (and, I’m pretty sure, Aussies..?) call a hotdog, although you would never eat it with mustard here — only tomato sauce (ketchup). Not to be confused with an “American” hotdog, which is the dog laid lengthways in a split bread roll complete with optional onions, mustard, tomato sauce, etc. Hotdogs (the battered ones on a stick) are VERY popular Downunder, and yes, will be found at EVERY fair, race meeting, agricultural show, circus and church fete.

Also, a side-order of Pepto Bismol would not go amiss.

You said that on purpose. Now I’m REALLY stumped.

You know, Nightwing, every time you bring up how far it was to drive to some great place in the U.S. of A., I roll my eyes and hum “Cry me a river…”

By: Pat Curley

Pat Curley — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:56:08 +0000

Palisades Park closed for good after the summer of 1971. According to this tribute website, the park was a victim of its own success, as the clogged streets and lack of parking caused the town where it was located to change the zoning for the park to high-rise residential. This resulted in lucrative offers and the owner eventually sold out for $12 million.

I went to Palisades Park in the summer of 1968. It is my recollection that it was a pretty good park, with several terrific rides, although the roller coaster was not as great as the famous one in Rye, NY. There was also a 1962 hit tune called Palisades Park recorded by Freddie Cannon and written by Mr Gong Show himself, Chuck Barris, about the park.