I have recently discovered a great piece of Americana--or whatever the Minnesota equivalent is--Minnecana? It is a show called
On the Road, which profiles strange and unique things around Minnesota. Last week it featured "amazing kids," including a kindergarten boy who welds, an elementary school girl who drag races, and (my personal favorite)
vacuum boy.
But the best part about the show is the weekly contest. You know you live in Minnesota when you can compete in something like this:
"Where's Hitch?" Each week we slip a shot of Jason's sidekick, Hitch, the 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS On the Road toad, into one story. If you can tell us correctly in which story he appeared (aside from the usual mention of the contest), you can enter our weekly e-mail contest for one of five 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS On the Road souvenirs. The winners will be drawn at random from the pool of correct e-mail answers received from our online e-mail form.
5 comments:
Oh for cute!
And ps - I highly recommend taking the time to watch the Vacuum Boy video, if anyone is debating.
I can't believe how seriously his parents are able to speak of the hobby.
That completely made my day.
Yes, I kept waiting for them to crack a smile at some point during the clip but they do seem to be totally serious.
Mags, if you read this--the kid is from Shorewood and is probably about 15. Does your mom know him?
Sorry, that might not make sense if you didn't catch that the video was from 1997. Upon further inspection, it appears his name is Sam Warner.
There was another vacuum boy (not the same one grown up) on The Today Show last week. What's with this hobby? It's hilarious.
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