Description

A Wikipedia stub about the worst Florida theme park idea ever sends John on a search for the reason it never opened.

Show notes:

• 0:45 - New Vietnam on Wikipedia
• 1:12 - Dolly Parton's Stampede (formerly Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede)
• 2:16 - Carl McIntire on Wikipedia
• 3:52 - Wild West City
• 5:50 - New Vietnam in Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader
• 7:25 - Portable Press
• 8:11 - 20th Century Reformation Hour
• 8:44 - Some clips of the 20th Century Reformation Hour
• 9:37 - Christianity Today, May 2002 (paywall)
• 10:41 - Dr. Randall Balmer's website
• 12:42 - Fred Phelps on YouTube
• 14:54 - The Carl McIntire Collection at Princeton Theological Seminary Library
• 15:55 - Faraday Cage
• 19:03 - "Body Counts" by Dr. Yen Espiritu
• 24:27 - FCC Fairness Doctrine
• 24:46 - Infowars on Wikipedia
• 24:50 - This American Life episode about Alex Jones
• 29:17 - History of the Present (registration required), an article about film theory published in The North American Review in 1976, led us to the Newsweek story about New Vietnam.
• 30:40 - Actually, Newsweek's online archives only go back to 2013
• 30:48 - The September 8, 1975 issue of Newsweek that John bought on eBay
• 37:19 - Florida Today, November 8, 1975
• 39:33 - Ricky Ly's food blog Tasty Chomps