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Favoriting July 5, 2020: The ACTION NEVER STOPS!
Action Park is hard to explain. That will not stop me from trying. Featuring an interview with Andy Mulvihill, son of the park's founder and co-author of Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park and other special guests...

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Artist Track Album Label Comments New Approx. start time
XTC  Statue of Liberty   Favoriting Civics 91.1: Therese's 2016 Premium  WFMU Premium 2016      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Count Five  Declaration of Independence   Favoriting Psychotic Reaction  Double Shot Records      0:02:36 (Pop-up)
Sad13  A Fine Day for a Parade   Favoriting Saving for a Custom Van  Father Daughter Records  Tribute to Adam Schlesinger, all proceeds benefit MusiCares COVID Relief Fund  *   0:04:24 (Pop-up)
The Hollies  Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park)   Favoriting Single  Polydor Records      0:08:26 (Pop-up)
Violent Femmes  American Music   Favoriting Add It Up (1981-1993)  Slash/Reprise Records      0:12:30 (Pop-up)
Solomon Burke  None of Us Are Free   Favoriting Don't Give Up on Me  Fat Possum Records      0:16:14 (Pop-up)
Tom Scharpling with Gregg from Philadephia  Tom talks Action Park with the Greggulator   Favoriting The Best Show on WFMU, March 29, 2011  WFMU Archives      0:21:33 (Pop-up)
Shellac  Dog and Pony Show   Favoriting At Action Park  Touch and Go Records  No relation to NJ's Action Park, but still...    0:23:04 (Pop-up)
Unknown  Action Park Commercial   Favoriting via YouTube  No Label      0:26:59 (Pop-up)
Melissa F. from Vernon, NJ, former Action Park Ride Attendant  Turkey, TURKEY!!!   Favoriting   No Label      0:28:14 (Pop-up)
Unknown  1988 Action Park Commercial   Favoriting via YouTube  No Label      0:30:19 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The B-52's 

Follow Your Bliss   Favoriting

Cosmic Thing 

Reprise Records 

 

 

0:30:56 (Pop-up)
John Hodgman speaks with Therese  Action Park Memories...   Favoriting via Skype  No Label      0:36:34 (Pop-up)
Unknown  1983 Action Park Commercial   Favoriting via YouTube        0:56:56 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The B-52's 

Follow Your Bliss   Favoriting

Cosmic Thing 

Reprise Records 

 

 

0:57:28 (Pop-up)
Andy Mulvihill speaks with Therese  Andy discusses his new book, Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusment Park   Favoriting via Skype  No Label      0:59:01 (Pop-up)
Unknown  1982 Action Park Commercial   Favoriting via YouTube  No Label      1:33:22 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The B-52's 

Follow Your Bliss   Favoriting

Cosmic Thing 

Reprise Records 

 

 

1:33:54 (Pop-up)
Danny P. from Los Angeles, former host of the Jungle Challenge  All Hell Breaks Loose at the Jungle Challenge   Favoriting   No Label      1:38:06 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The B-52's 

Follow Your Bliss   Favoriting

Cosmic Thing 

Reprise Records 

 

 

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The Hooters  And We Danced   Favoriting Nervous Night  Columbia Records  The Hooters performed at Action Park at least once.    1:50:03 (Pop-up)
Fleetwood Mac  You Made a Hit   Favoriting Don't Go, Please Stay/You Made a Hit  Hyperion Books/ Warner Special Projects  from a single tucked into the back cover of Mick Fleetwood's book, "My 25 Years in Fleetwood Mac."    1:54:20 (Pop-up)
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs  Who Knows Where the Time Goes?   Favoriting Under The Covers, Vol. 1  Shout! Factory      1:57:32 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:16pm
mariano:

Hey, where is everybody? Or where am I? Can't seem to find the right playlist.
Avatar 5:18pm
Therese:

@mariano- you are in the Playlist Neitherlands! Come back at 6pm!
Avatar 5:55pm
slugluv1313:

ahhh okay there you all are!
hiya Therese and Billiy Jam and Skeletons and Mariano!
just signing in, got totally confused by the playlist mystery :)
(hah! well, Mercury and like four other planets ARE in Retrograde! and, i hear the Moon will be hanging out with Saturn and Jupiter later tonight)
SO looking forward to this ACTION PARK special! Therese, i had no idea that you actually worked there, HOW did i miss that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
chresti:

Hi Therese! Everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
lukavino:

i think the Action Park wikipedia entry might be my favorite on the entire site.
Avatar 6:02pm
Therese:

Hello all! Welcome to the Alpine Slide. You are responsible for controlling the speed and balance of your cart.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63Chan7:

The ferocious & indomitable T Rez.
  6:04pm
ami ad:

Hello DJ. Hello all. am i late for today's playlist?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
lukavino:

i need to track down that ep of Headbanger’s Ball where Riki took Alice In Chains to AP (or vice versa).
  6:04pm
Jett:

Hello Therese, finally you are on. I am so thankful. I've missed you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Michael in Montclair:

Hi Therese and everyone!
Avatar 6:06pm
SoCal Denis:

Darn. Is the show 2 hours now?
  6:06pm
Hyperskee:

Grass skiing ..now that was a burner ...
  6:07pm
BH:

on checking a calendar for 1776. July 4th, 1776 was a Thursday. An excellent entry if any of us get bored enough to want to figure out "the most significant day by day of the week" (example 'most significant Thursday ever')
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
Franco Twinkie:

Oh hey, Therese.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
radioronan:

Hello Therese. I just read the Action Park article by Andy Mulvihill in Esquire this morning.
www.esquire.com...
  6:07pm
ami ad:

@lukavino:Used to record Headbanger's ball in high school,Into the Pit too.Watched it the next day usually.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

WFMU - U.S.America's most derangedist bemusement heart.
  6:09pm
queems:

hell yes!!!! finally someone is playing the hollies version
  6:09pm
Jett:

I love the Hollies version of "Sandy" ty for playing.
Avatar 6:11pm
Therese:

I love the original, but this version doesn't get nearly enough attention.
  6:13pm
tracy in LA:

Yes. I love it too, thx!
Avatar 6:14pm
slugluv1313:

YES!!!!!!!! i have always adored The Hollies' version of "Sandy" too! (i think it is on their "Another Night" LP -- which i never had, but borrowed from my local library constantly when i was a teenager in the 70s)
  6:16pm
Jett:

I like the first three albums by Springsteen, after that he really begins to lose me, and as time progresses he just gets worse and worse. A rare occasional good track.
  6:16pm
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Therese Rules √√√√√
  6:17pm
Jett:

Yes, Therese rules!❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I have signed the various waivers and release forms and declare I am ready to listen. I have the emergency room on speed dial and know the location of the first aid kit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:22pm
suzyhotrod:

I am so pumped for this upcoming interview! <wooder slider>
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
lukavino:

omg i remember this Best Show call.
  6:24pm
Peter in tappan:

Yes Therese of course!!! At action park! Haha
  6:24pm
Peter in tappan:

Got a biggg smile over here
  6:25pm
Choggie:

Isn't it Mountain Creek Water Park now with safe safe safer rides?
Avatar 6:26pm
Therese:

Sigh. Yeah. Not sure if it's open this summer with the Covid and all...
  6:27pm
Kim:

A diy waterpark hahaha
So glad I caught this show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
Handy Haversack:

Hi, Therese, hi, all! We seem to be just in time for Alpine Slide time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
Franco Twinkie:

This is so fantastic! When is someone going to get their head torn off?
  6:30pm
Choggie:

Betcha some retired gumba from one of the Jersey families opened Action Park as a front
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
suzyhotrod:

I've never been so proud to say that I've been injured on an alpine slide in the 80s. But it was in PA, not Jersey.
  6:31pm
Choggie:

FYI: a group of turkeys is called a rafter
Avatar 6:31pm
Therese:

@Suzyhotrod- was it at POCONO ACTION PARK?!
  6:32pm
Choggie:

Ambulance drivers musta loved the place
  6:33pm
Peter in tappan:

I pretty much left my nipples on a concrete kiddie splash pad at like age 8.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
suzyhotrod:

Camelback! Which is still there, sans alpine slide. I was secretly hoping we would have shared both a scarring experience with an easy bake oven, AND injuries on an alpine slide. But alas, we don't have that in common.
  6:34pm
Kim:

I want to know if Andy dated a Playboy Bunnny!?
Avatar 6:34pm
Therese:

My alpine slide scars are all on the inside, Suzy!
Avatar 6:37pm
Therese:

Warning- the audio may be a bit wonky at first...
  6:38pm
Siobhan:

Two near-death experiences in the tidal wave pool and some good cement burns on my arms. Which yes, means I kept going back in spite of all of the above
  6:40pm
Jett:

Nothing that you do could be wonky. I think you are so awesome! @Therese
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

This is the tube with the loop-de-loop near the bottom?
  6:45pm
BH:

listening from a market where the local amusement park has had one ride fatality in 47 years (and when it happened, it was a big deal). So, this is wild compared to my points of reference for amusement parks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
efd:

thank you John Hodgman for having the discretion to say "Cover your A."
Avatar 6:46pm
Therese:

He's a pro, @efd!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
mariano:

Hi Therese, Ruth, folks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
efd:

The best.
  6:47pm
Martinibomb:

I helped John out in a greenroom about 2yrs ago with Jean Grey both super nice people
  6:47pm
Kim:

Kamikazie?
Avatar 6:48pm
Therese:

@Kim- we didn't even get to the Kamaikaze! Or the Aqua Skoot, or the Battle Action Tanks....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
Franco Twinkie:

I bet a lot of these teenagers got jobs in the sexual punishment business after they graduated from Action Park.
  6:50pm
Kim:

Ice cold water!!
Avatar 6:54pm
Chud:

Woo, Maine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
Franco Twinkie:

Lobster MacNuggets?
  6:55pm
Martinibomb:

Defunctland did a little documentary about it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Sean:

Rocky Point in RI is coming to mind
Avatar 6:56pm
Chud:

The McDonalds by me had a McLobster sandwich for a while in the 90's
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
efd:

like coming to Broad-way!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
mariano:

Defunctland has some really great episodes.
  6:57pm
BH:

Over/under on the number of Broadway plays she had been to: 0.5
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Franco Twinkie:

Chud, I knew it was something like that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
chresti:

Action Park Senior Village.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
chresti:

Action Park Senior Village.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Handy Haversack:

What a coup! Great talk, Therese!

We alpine slid in Vermont once, YEARS ago ... maybe 2004?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
chresti:

OOps, A double.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
Franco Twinkie:

I've seen some real crap-ass fun parks, but nothing like this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Aha. Body Mods...
  7:10pm
Kim:

Sprayed them with a garden hose lol
Avatar 7:10pm
Therese:

True story!
  7:11pm
Joe R.:

This is great Therese—only just learned after 28 years of marriage that my wife worked there briefly (and of bunch of her family too it turns out)

(oh, and we just ordered the book too :D)
Avatar 7:12pm
Therese:

@Joe R: I may know your wife!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Franco Twinkie:

Okay, I'm going to get the book, but I have to know - how many times was the park sued?
Avatar 7:15pm
Therese:

pfft- your guess is as good as mine, @Franco Twinkie.
Avatar 7:16pm
Chud:

I agree, this book is a must-read!
Avatar 7:16pm
slugluv1313:

@ Franco -- hah! apparently a LOT of crap going on at a buncha Jersey places -- Haunted Mansion had a ton of allegations of sexual assault on visitors by the workers -- Jungle Habitat too, and the poor creatures who had to "live" there were treated horribly, may died :(
  7:17pm
BH:

"There's places that bar right turns on red lights" is a surprise entrant for things to surprise me from this show. (Although I can make some reasonable guesses about why that ban exists)
  7:17pm
Joe R.:

@therese - she says she worked there in ‘83 but only for a couple of weeks?
Avatar 7:18pm
Therese:

ah, that is before my time. I think it was '88 or '89 when I first worked there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Franco Twinkie:

I like that, chasing the leisure dollar.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Tome:

Cannonball Loop

Cannonball Loop, the infamous looping water slide, was only opened for brief periods in Action Park's existence.
In the mid-1980s GAR built an enclosed water slide, not unusual for that time; in fact, the park already had several such slides. On this one, however, they decided to build a complete vertical loop at the end, similar to that of a roller coaster.[43] The resulting slide, called the "Cannonball Loop", was so intimidating, that employees have reported they were offered $100 (equivalent to $238 in 2019) to test it. Fergus, who described himself as "one of the idiots" who took the offer, said, "$100 did not buy enough booze to drown out that memory."[39]

The slide was opened for only one month in summer 1985 before it was closed at the order of the state's Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety, a highly unusual move at the time.[3] One worker told a local newspaper that "there were too many bloody noses and back injuries" from riders, and it was widely rumored, and reported in Weird NJ, that some of the test dummies sent down before it opened had been dismembered and decapitated.[3] A rider also reportedly got stuck at the top of the loop due to insufficient water pressure, and a hatch had to be installed at the bottom of the slope to allow for future extractions.[3]

The ride supposedly reopened a few more times over the years. In the summers of 1995 and 1996, it was opened for several days before further injuries forced its permanent shutdown.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Tome:

Never got to ride that one
  7:27pm
BH:

Wonder how often the 'Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety' had to meet

Just remembered a much more recent situation around where I live involving the world's tallest/fastest water slide... which ended with it killing a kid (the park shut down shortly after). It's possible lessons still need to be learned for non-dangerous water slides?
  7:28pm
Peter in tappan:

Knoxville read this guy like the back of a box of Cheerios
  7:28pm
Peter in tappan:

Got the rights for the cost of a plane ticket
Avatar 7:29pm
John from Madison:

Great show thanks.
Avatar 7:31pm
northguineahills:

Oddly enough, I was visiting my aunt and uncle when I was 13 (lived in FL at the time), and visitied Action Park. It was September, and there were maybe 5 other people there. I got to do the water slide loop, and had a blast w/ my bros.

It wasn't until I moved to NYC 20 years later that I was told about the notoriety of the Action Park.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
Franco Twinkie:

This is kind of like when people tell me they saw the Beatles.To bad you missed out - it'll never happen again.
Avatar 7:31pm
northguineahills:

jinx!
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northguineahills:

errrr, not 20 years later, 10 years later....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

This is a job for Ron Obvious.
Avatar 7:32pm
northguineahills:

oh, and I found out the year I went was the last year it was open....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Franco Twinkie:

Thanks Andy!
  7:35pm
Dave Miss:

The alpine slide was the BEST
Avatar 7:35pm
northguineahills:

ahh, Canonball Loop, that one! I loved it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Franco Twinkie:

Wow Therese. I see you in a whole different light now.
Avatar 7:36pm
northguineahills:

unfortunately, the Alpine slide was closed when I was there, I remember looking at it and wishing it was open....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
lukavino:

Therese, this was so special. thank you.
Avatar 7:36pm
Therese:

The Bailey Ball, as promised: slate.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Pauly from Clifton:

Therese, thanks for the interview with Andy. As a teen being reared in North Jersey in the early 80s, Action Park was the place to go. Much closer than Six Flags Great Adventure and much cooler...and much more dangerous!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
lukavino:

Baltimora!!
Avatar 7:40pm
Therese:

Yes- Baltimora's 'Tarzan Boy!'
Avatar 7:41pm
slugluv1313:

omg TARZAN BOY!!!
  7:44pm
Siobhan:

This is so amazing
Avatar 7:44pm
HexFamChan:

This is killing me hahaha
Avatar 7:44pm
Therese:

Yeah, the place was NUTS.
Avatar 7:45pm
northguineahills:

Excellent!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
efd:

That was an amazing story, and this whole show has been great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Handy Haversack:

What efd said!
Avatar 7:48pm
slugluv1313:

what a fantastic show, Therese -- thank you so much!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Franco Twinkie:

Therese, when I was in junior high I knew a girl who saw The Rolling Stones at Altamont. It was kind of like "You did what!?!" This is kind of like that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
lukavino:

Billy Jam lead in was HOT
Avatar 7:48pm
HexFamChan:

Yeah Billy Jam! That was dope!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Franco Twinkie:

This is excellent holiday programming!
Avatar 7:49pm
Therese:

@Franco Twinkie whuuuuuttttt?!?!
  7:50pm
Jett:

I like you @Therese for 3 hours, but if it makes you happy, I will not complain. I can never get enough of you. ❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
efd:

omg
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
neil quarantino:

Thank you Therese, great interviews. I worked in the ski and rental shops and had some wild times there!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
efd:

NEM HOOTERS!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Franco Twinkie:

Whuuuttt, been at a historical brawl?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
lukavino:

Hooters rule. “All You Zombies” is unassailable.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
chresti:

Wow, thanks Therese!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Handy Haversack:

We missed Billy Jam! Sigh.

We're going off on a walk to the pond. Thanks, Therese!

WHOA. Hooters!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Aitch:

Settle down EFD
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Bootsie:

Ahhhhh I love this song!
Avatar 7:51pm
slugluv1313:

gosh i do not even like The Hooters but THIS is freaking awesome!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
mariano:

Thank you Therese and Ruth!
Avatar 7:52pm
Therese:

@efd they played at Action Park! I think more than once!
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Therese:

Joe Belock saw them there!
Avatar 7:53pm
Therese:

And I may or may not have lost a bet with Philly Boy Roy...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
lukavino:

also their fire cover of Skatalites “Man On The Street”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
mariano:

slugluv: Not my all-time favorites either, but this song really takes me back (and is taking me back as I type!).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Worse things happened in the 80s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
efd:

haha! I have to say, I am in the same camp as slugluv on this one.
  7:53pm
Erik Brynildsen:

Amazing show and this song is perfect. Thanks Therese! I was only at Action Park once since I grew up in Ocean County. The Alpine Slide was freakin' awesome
  Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Leon:

It warms my heart to hear the Hooters on WFMU!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Handy Haversack:

Like those summers you and I worked at Action Park, Mariano, and the moon was made of potential, and I was decapitated on that water slide, which only brought us closer together.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
mariano:

Lol Handy!
Avatar 7:56pm
slugluv1313:

hahahahahaha @ mariano and handy!
  Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
CleanShirt:

This was magnificent. In the most “hell yeah” kind of way
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

In summary: Action Park, fun yet dangerous. Thanks, Therese!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
radioronan:

Thanks Therese - Thanks skeleton crew!
Avatar 7:58pm
northguineahills:

anytime to play a Fairport cover is a great time!
Avatar 7:59pm
slugluv1313:

who knows where the time goes indeed!
gorgeous version -- i adore Judy Collins' version too, and of course the original Sandy Denny *chills*
  Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
PeterD:

Great show!
Avatar 7:59pm
HexFamChan:

The Action Park stuff… my kid and I were ROLLIN'! Thanks Therese!
  7:59pm
Jett:

bye Therese ty
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Franco Twinkie:

Thanks Therese, you are awesome!
  8:01pm
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Therese Rules ThereseTherese
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19am
Ken From Hyde Park:

New York Times interview with the author: www.nytimes.com...
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