443: Amusement Park
Aug 12, 2011
We head to some of the happiest places on Earth: Amusement Parks! Jonathan Goldstein revisits one he worked at as a teen, Ira takes us behind the scenes at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, where the staff so loves their jobs they make music videos and other videos.
- Ira continues with Cole Lindbergh and the hundred teenagers who work for him in the games department at Worlds of Fun. We watch them compete against each other to see who can do the most business, in Cole's Sweet Sixteen bracket tournament, which pits all 32 games in the park against each other. We hear about all the things Cole does that other games managers don't. He invents games. He directs music videos starring his team. (23 minutes) Cole's Worlds of Fun videos mentioned in Act One:
- Play My Games Music Video
- I'm in a Game Music Video (The sequel: note how it starts where Play My Games ends)
- Training Video
- Sci Fi Special Effects Film (Yes, there's a two minute credit sequence/prologue before the action starts)
- Others!
Photo
Setting up Games III, Scale Africa, at Worlds of Fun. Photo Credit: Ira Glass.
