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