Be4 the Destination

Is it weird to be sentimental about a state highway? For Nick, the anticipation of reaching Sandusky’s Cedar Point at the end of Ohio Route 4 colors the entire road with wonder. For Katie, the town of Sandusky is a treasure as the home of beloved family but the road itself is a means to an end. For Kelsey… well, she usually gets to Sandusky a different way. On this episode of The Ohio Bubble, our hypothetical trip up Route 4 has as many twists, turns, and surprises as a real road trip. Buckle up!

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Sources and Links:

St. Bernard Catholic Church

Bloomfield Farm

Mechanicsburg

Milford Center

Fruit Strength Farm

The Berry Farm

Shirk’s Homemade Candies

Wyandot Popcorn Museum

Linn School

Pelican Coffee House and Graceful Gifts and the Amish Vault Furniture Store

Pickwick Place

Crossroads Candle Factory Store

And a whole lot of Google Maps including the Mullet Taxidermy review

Disclaimers

Welcome to Ohio 101! If you can’t tell the difference between Ohio and Iowa, this is the episode for you. Unless you came here looking for stuff about Iowa. We can’t help you there.

• Ice Breaker: https://museumhack.com/list-icebreakers-questions/

Disclaimers and corrections:

• This was a broad introduction to Ohio. As such, there were a lot of important things we couldn’t talk about here.

• UDF’s 5 milkshake promotion is no longer active.

Shakers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers

Broom Corn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum_bicolor

• None of us believe the hollow earth theory.

• All of us know that Blarney Castle is in Ireland, not England.

Our first game! Play along with us as we try to guess some of Ohio’s most famous residents- past and present, real and fictional. Can you guess everyone on our list? Can we? 

Spoiler Alert! If you don’t want to know the answers, don’t read our sources and supplements yet! The full list of sources, links and disclaimers may not be visible on your podcast App due to space limitations. Please visit us at https://theohiobubblepodcast.podbean.com to see them all.

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Seriously stop here if you don’t want to be spoiled

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You’ve been warned.

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If you’re still reading, we assume you’ve already listened to the episode.

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Ice Breaker: https://museumhack.com/list-icebreakers-questions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(musical)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lovell

Kenyon College: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyon_College

Marvin Hamlisch: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch

Street Smart and Book Dumb: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BoyMeetsWorld

“Use a mirror, babe” is from Season 1 Episode 4 of Boy Meets World

Played by Rider Strong: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_Strong

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament-Funkadelic

Appeared in: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_Choice_(song)

With https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken

As “Lead Bassist”: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LeadBassist

Namesake of Pelé: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelé

Not to be confused with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Lynn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cummings_filmography

“Squonky” is from Season 4 Episode 3 of the New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Disclaimers and Corrections:

A few episodes back we said we’d take a trip to Kings Island to finally settle the score between it and Ohio’s other premier theme park, Cedar Point. Well, we keep our promises around here! Did we enjoy our excursion into the lair of the Beast or did torrential rains, slow lanes, and migraines restrain our campaign? Find out in this thrilling edition of the Ohio Bubble!

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Disclaimers: 

• There’s no icebreaker this time because we planned this one to be a “mini-episode.” It ended up longer.

Someone had the crazy idea of doing a whole episode for each of Ohio’s 88 counties. And we’re just crazy enough to try! We begin with Washington County, the first established. It’s now home to all the historical sites you could want in a county and all the creepy dolls you could want in a lifetime. In this episode, we also accidentally come full circle on just about every topic and say the name, Putnam a lot. Say it with us: Putnam. Fun right?

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Sources and Links:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta,_Ohio

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County,_Ohio

Ice Breaker: https://museumhack.com/list-icebreakers-questions/

Good or Great River: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River

Hopewell description includes quoted dates from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_tradition

Marietta earthworks: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_Earthworks

Marietta College: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_College

https://www.marietta.edu/explore

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/marietta-college-3073/overall-rankings

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Musgrave Includes quotes 

Songs at the Center Season 7: https://songsatthecenter.tv/season-7/

Sadie Johnson: https://grandblues.org/bluestarconnection/blue-star-committee-champs/sadie-johnson/

https://www.marcolian.com/?p=2009 Includes quote on lobbying the school.

Marietta degrees including graduate: https://www.marietta.edu/areas-of-study

Return Meigs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_J._Meigs_Sr.

Captain Posey and the Ohio River Museum: https://mariettamuseums.org/ohio-river-museum/exhibits/

John Stone: https://henryburke1010.tripod.com/id14.html

Covered Bridges: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wayne/recarea/?recid=6216

https://www.washingtongov.org/PhotoGallery/Album/21

Rivers Trails and Ales: https://www.rtafest.com/

Harrison Gray Chandler: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Gray_Otis_(publisher)

Norman Chandler: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Chandler

Dorothy Buffum Chandler: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Buffum_Chandler

Anchorage Mansion: https://ironcityparanormal.com/2018/09/24/anchorage-mansion-history/

https://www.wchshistory.org/anchorage

Peoples Mortuary Museum: https://www.cawleyandpeoples.com/peoples-mortuary-museum

(Includes direct quote)

W.P. Snyder Jr: https://mariettamuseums.org/ohio-river-museum/ (Includes direct quote)

Muskingum etymology: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskingum_River (Includes direct quote)

Campus Martius: https://mariettamuseums.org/campus-martius/

Children’s Toy and Doll Museum: https://m.facebook.com/100057088825369/

Initial research was probably from this now defunct website: https://mariettaohio.org/member/toy-doll-museum/

Kewpie Dolls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kewpie

Kewpee Restaurants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kewpee (Includes several direct quotes)

https://www.kewpeehamburgers.com/kewpee-hamburgers/history/

Bubble Movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_(2005_film)

LA Times Article on Bubble: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-22-me-bubble22-story.html

Roger Ebert’s review of Bubble: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bubble-2006

Film Comment Review of Bubble: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/bubble-review/

Wayne National Forest: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_National_Forest

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f5de3fd0fb384f1fa9d5ffe17546e6e3 (See especially, the Marietta unit section)

Disclaimers:

• External links are provided to credit the sources used in our research and provide further background. They do not reflect the opinions of the Ohio Bubble Podcast.

In Kelsey’s (temporary) absence we’re joined by lawyer and polymath, Brandon Isleib (AKA Restless Mosaic) to discuss the odd side of Ohio’s laws.  From banned monkeys to reptilian projectiles, we attempt to find out why these weird statutes are on the books. And Brandon attempts to segue between them…

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Sources and Links:

Restless Mosaic on Bandcamp: https://restlessmosaic.bandcamp.com/

Columbus Municipal Code: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances

Ohio Revised Code: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code

Roller Skate History: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_skates

Mo’s Bows: https://mosbowsmemphis.com/

Only In Your State Weird Laws Listicle: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio/crazy-laws-part-2-oh/amp/

Casper Law Weird Laws Listicle: https://casperlaw.com/blog-21-weird-laws-in-the-tri-state/ 

The actual weird Ohio food law is about donuts and not ice cream: http://www.legintent.com/three-laws-weird-almost-want-break/

Other states have weird ice cream laws though: https://atlantainjurycounsel.com/top-10-weirdest-laws-in-georgia/

Disclaimers: 

• External links are provided to credit the sources used in our research and provide further background. They do not reflect the opinions of the Ohio Bubble Podcast.

Like roller coasters? Then Ohio is the state for you! Between Cedar Point in the north and Kings Island in the south, we have 30 different coasters to choose from, including some of the tallest, fastest, and longest in the world. In this episode, we’ll take you through our memories of these two world class amusement parks and in an attempt to finally settle which is Ohio’s best. Along the way, we’ll introduce you to “coaster therapy,” employ the phrase, “furnace of a dog,” and complain some more about the weather.

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Sources and Links:

Ice Breaker: https://museumhack.com/list-icebreakers-questions/

Coaster Studios was our introduction to the term “home park” and other coaster enthusiast concepts and memes, including Millennium Force’s reputation as a weak ride. In particular, the following videos informed our episode:

            Cedar Fair Rankings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbdj6ANYQFg

            Cedar Point Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAXSZGWaQis

            Cedar Point History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBAYpoS8yA

Top Ten US Parks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIoh0Crwkoc (This video was helpful in pointing out the Western themed area of Cedar Point as evidence the park is not only for enthusiasts.)

Iron Dragon Review: https://youtu.be/9ti3rDIuD-4

The Brady Bunch and Partridge Family at Kings Island: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2021/january/january-26-1973-partridge-family-episode-premiered-on-abc-tv (Source of “Another TV family...” quote.)

Son of Beast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Beast (Source of “first wooden hypercoaster…” and “non-fatal accidents” quotes.)

Ready to Go by Republica (flashing light warning): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk

(Fun fact: the Wikipedia page for this song used to contain a joke about how overplayed it was at Top Thrill.)

Cedar Point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Point

Kings Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Island

Accidents: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_at_Cedar_Fair_parks

Wikipedia’s sources are listed on each Wikipedia url.

Disclaimers: 

• External links are provided to credit the sources used in our research and provide further background. They do not reflect the opinions of the Ohio Bubble Podcast.