December 04, 2019

#25 – Gaslight Village (New York)

1 hour 24 minutes

Gaslight Village

Gaslight Village was a shining gem in Lake George, NY, providing summer vacationers with "yesterday's fun today". Though the park was shuttered decades ago, it still holds the hearts and minds of those that knew it. Come find out what made Gaslight Village special in a wide landscape of theme parks.

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Credits

Podcast cover background photo is by 4045 on freepik.com. Image of the Opera House is from the collection of Bob Carroll and used with permission.

Theme music is from "Aerobatics in Slow Motion" by TeknoAXE.

Incidental music includes

"Olde Timey" and "Plucky Daisy" by Kevin Macleod / incompetech.com. "The Ballad of Gaslight Village and Frontier Town" by Brian Dorn, Addison Rice, and Jahnavi Newsom (aka The Love Sprockets), used with permission.

Additional audio clips are from the collection of Bob Carroll's Gaslight Village memorabilia and are used with permission. All are available in full on his YouTube page, and include a clip of Warren Boden, the Gaslight Village commercial jingle, audience "boos" from a mellerdrama, and part of the Heckler sketch.

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