413 - Action Park: Everything is Legal in New Jersey

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hamilton</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">taught us, everything is legal in New Jersey. So we shouldn’t be surprised that it was once home to Action Park, the most dangerous amusement park in the world. Eugene Mulvihill’s vision of a lawless hellscape with pleasure as its only principle is the American Dream in miniature, with a guest appearance by Donald Trump himself! Paul and Arlo discuss the new HBO Max documentary</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Class Action Park</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which brought the Mulvihill legend to their attention; some ancillary material available on YouTube, including one insane post-credits sequence; how Paul would love to bean somebody with a flaming tennis ball; and their respective childhoods, one as a latchkey kid in the ‘70s/’80s and one as a cowardly nerd in the ‘90s/’00s. Will they emerge unscathed? Tune in and find out!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next: another episode of your favorite podcast. No, not that one. This one. Wait. Come back.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>THE BREAKDOWN</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Total Run Time: 01:24:00</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:00:30  -  Intro / Main Topic</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">01:21:07  -  Outro / Next</span></li> </ul> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>THE MUSIC</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Action Park commercial (1983)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“Don’t Talk to Strangers” by The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turtle Tunes</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(1994)</span></li> </ul> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>THE LINKS</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=