tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post2209894740040620007..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: The museums you have to see!By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31780563226606574282008-01-11T05:18:00.000-08:002008-01-11T05:18:00.000-08:00You should see the devil museum, really nice. Of c...You should see the devil museum, really nice. Of course, not as nice as sex museum...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37978526277789326722007-12-16T18:58:00.000-08:002007-12-16T18:58:00.000-08:00Speaking of the world's largest bat, and since Joh...Speaking of the world's largest bat, and since John Dillinger is on this list ... how about Milton Berle?<BR/>PS though the world's largest bat was the "bat" smokestack outside Yankee Stadium!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74633906959852644832007-12-16T18:54:00.000-08:002007-12-16T18:54:00.000-08:00If they don't have an exhibit on Moe Greene or Hym...If they don't have an exhibit on Moe Greene or Hyman Roth, then I'm not going. Greene made that town.<BR/>So said still-missing alleged mobster Alfredo Corleone, who went out fishing on Lake Tahoe one afternoon and has never been seen since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49331932388115423252007-12-14T20:18:00.000-08:002007-12-14T20:18:00.000-08:00You're absolutely right. A Derringer is a SMALL g...You're absolutely right. A Derringer is a SMALL gun. <BR/><BR/>Guess I was listening to Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo as I was writing. <BR/><BR/>You forgot about the Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat museum here in Louisville, Ken. It has the world's largest bat. (See, there's a theme here.)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70247792069901279152007-12-14T16:23:00.000-08:002007-12-14T16:23:00.000-08:00It's John Dillinger, not Derringer. Maybe that wi...It's John Dillinger, not Derringer. Maybe that will help your search. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23839521606876023332007-12-14T14:36:00.000-08:002007-12-14T14:36:00.000-08:00I've heard that about John Derringer's appendage a...I've heard that about John Derringer's appendage as well. <BR/><BR/>Luckily, if you want to see a musuem devoted to a big dick, all you'll have to do is wait a couple of years for the establishment of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. <BR/><BR/>You gotta wonder what they'll do with the rest of the space once they fill the shelf.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79798667789881038432007-12-14T13:35:00.000-08:002007-12-14T13:35:00.000-08:00A fun overview of the Creation Museum: http://scal...A fun overview of the Creation Museum: http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=121MrTacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783996395528458895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13369305925015774332007-12-14T06:53:00.000-08:002007-12-14T06:53:00.000-08:00Urban legend/Rumor says that John Derringer's, um,...Urban legend/Rumor says that John Derringer's, um, appendage, is/was rather large and is somewhere at the Smithsonian. I'm unable to verify this fact. My friends and I couldn't find it on our search mission several years ago, although I was tempted to ask a docent. While strolling the Smithsonian buildings, don't expect to find exhibits of three-headed calves or people with six-feet-long fingernails at the Ripley Museum. It isn't <B>that</B> kind of Ripley's, believe it or not. *g*Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71468203443308868922007-12-14T05:59:00.000-08:002007-12-14T05:59:00.000-08:00I tried to visit a place called "The Museum of Tom...I tried to visit a place called "The Museum of Tomorrow" once... The road signs kept telling me that it was only another day's drive further ahead....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68104291840696764972007-12-14T03:30:00.000-08:002007-12-14T03:30:00.000-08:00Here's the link to comments on creation.You're dri...<A HREF="http://forums.courier-journal.com/viewtopic.php?t=86665" REL="nofollow">Here's the link to comments on creation.</A><BR/><BR/>You're drinking Maker's Mark in Texas. I'm drinking Diet Dr. Pepper in Kentucky. Who says we can't get along. <BR/><BR/>Maker's is my favorite Bourbon. I keep saying I'll go tour their facilities, but I hate having my head dipped in wax.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50986169483154176312007-12-13T21:09:00.000-08:002007-12-13T21:09:00.000-08:00There's also the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum in LaCr...There's also the <B><A HREF="http://www.rushcounty.org/BarbedWireMuseum/" REL="nofollow">Kansas Barbed Wire Museum</A></B> in LaCrosse, KS, whose brochures taunt you with the subtle differences between Leonardo's One Awhile and Leonardo's One Awhile, Two Awhile, but of course, you need to visit the museum to learn the difference.aqDavid J. Loehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730376433424754068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71599370022867209062007-12-13T21:01:00.000-08:002007-12-13T21:01:00.000-08:00Oops. The link is well worth the visit, not the mu...Oops. The link is well worth the visit, not the museum. Good job proofreading...<BR/><BR/>DDerryl Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770159992186256355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35317696082931376892007-12-13T21:00:00.000-08:002007-12-13T21:00:00.000-08:00Odd to think that looking at this list makes me th...Odd to think that looking at this list makes me think the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia might be somewhat mainstream. But by all means, the medical oddities and freaks make for an incredibly disturbing visit.<BR/><BR/>Crutnacker, your link to the Creation Museum comments didn't work. But for those interested, author John Scalzi recently paid a visit:<BR/>http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=121<BR/><BR/>Well worth a visit.<BR/><BR/>DDerryl Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770159992186256355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30424179635863596502007-12-13T20:06:00.000-08:002007-12-13T20:06:00.000-08:00The Museum of Bad Art is disappointing. The art's ...The Museum of Bad Art is disappointing. The art's not atrociously bad, not hilariously bad, just obviously bad.<BR/><BR/>Probably the fault of those damn liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29380878544381582442007-12-13T19:16:00.000-08:002007-12-13T19:16:00.000-08:00We have the same Luddites here in Dallas, only the...We have the same Luddites here in Dallas, only they’ve got money. Why I prefer to leave the creation debate to the professionals. Of course that’s only a <I>theory</I>. <BR/><BR/>But, as I nurse my Makers Mark, now that you’ve revealed you’re whereabouts, I know you will want to add to your museum facts that the Nectar of the Gods Museum (aka Dr. Pepper) is only open for tours at 10, 2, and 4. <BR/><BR/>And, finally, one would be remiss not to call attention to an unexplainable omission of the 10,000 sf “Stoogeum” (3 Stooges Museum) in Spring House, PA. The doorbell rings “Hello! Hello! Hello!” <BR/><BR/>As the last living ingenue (and quite possibly last living anybody) from a half dozen of their oeuvre, my cousin Diana was flown in from LA and worshipped as a goddess for the building dedication in 2004.<BR/><BR/>Shouldn't we give Mr. Levine his blog back now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3376661034029518062007-12-13T18:04:00.000-08:002007-12-13T18:04:00.000-08:00All hail A Buck Short. Here in Kentucky we have t...All hail A Buck Short. <BR/><BR/>Here in Kentucky we have the world's most dubious "museum", the Creation Museum, a heavily attended museum that claims to teach creation "science". <BR/><BR/>If you want an idea of what those of us in flyover country have to deal with, read these messages written about an editorial slamming the "museum":<BR/><BR/>http://forums.courier-journal.com/viewtopic.php?t=86665Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32225766817190925342007-12-13T17:30:00.000-08:002007-12-13T17:30:00.000-08:00A DOZEN JFK CONSPIRACY MUSEUM FAQs ANSWEREDStrang...A DOZEN JFK CONSPIRACY MUSEUM FAQs ANSWERED<BR/><BR/><B>Strange but true:</B><BR/>1. Kennedy had a secretary who took a Subway to Queens. Quizno had a secretary named Jared. Coincidence?<BR/>2. Several observers reported seeing a second Quizno’s on the grassy knoll.<BR/>3. Several others reported 3“hobos” eating “take-out” in the rail yard.<BR/>4. JFK would probably be alive today had Nellie Connolly asked to stop for a sandwich.<BR/>5. New Orleans DA Jim Garrison investigated reports that a shadowy figure named Clay Shaw was actually named Cole Slaw.<BR/>6. Slaw-Shaw planned to open a Dealey Plaza dining establishment serving Po-Boy sammiches with ham slaughtered from the front AND from the rear with a mail order Manlicher-Carcano rifle.<BR/>7. No way of knowing for sure who fired the Manlicher-Carcano found at a nearby Subway, because it had been handled by 37 different <BR/>countermen before being handed over for processing.<BR/>8. Observing kosher dietary principles, Abraham Zapruder would not eat at Subway, but was willing to photograph others eating there.<BR/>9. The Frank Church committee confirms that there definite is a Quizno’s cover up – but it’s only BBQ sauce.<BR/>10. Most restaurants serve their sandwiches with only a lone pickle.<BR/>11. Although the Warren Report gave Quizno’s only one star. Director Oliver Stone insists it deserved at least 2 and quite possibly 3.<BR/>12. Conspirators dining at the new Quiznos are entitled to deduct the meal as a business expense – no questions asked until the public clambers for some.<BR/><BR/>CASE CLOSED (but sub rosa)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13366968148866833032007-12-13T17:07:00.000-08:002007-12-13T17:07:00.000-08:00Ken, since it's getting toward the end of the day ...Ken, since it's getting toward the end of the day and everybody's had a chance, I hope you will permit me 2 longer than conventionally acceptable posts.<BR/><BR/><B>From Dallas Morning News, Dec. 14, 2006</B> [unaugmented]<BR/><B>JFK Conspiracy Museum Making Way for Sub Shop</B> <BR/><BR/><BR/><B>DALLAS, Texas (AP)</B> -- Surely an institution that floats the idea of two Lee Harvey Oswalds can blame its closure on a more complex plot than making way for turkey subs. But the head of The Conspiracy Museum tells a rather bland tale about why its gallery of cover-up explanations behind President John F. Kennedy's assassination is temporarily shuttering December 30 after 13 years.<BR/><BR/> "Basically," says Tom Bowden, the museum's president, "they're putting a Quizno's here."<BR/><BR/> Hardly the skepticism expected from a man who's made The Conspiracy Museum a tourist landmark since opening in 1993 two blocks from where Kennedy was killed. <BR/><BR/> Bowden hopes the changes and new location will boost profits at The Conspiracy Museum, which doesn't break even despite getting about 1,000 visitors a month, he said. He's made up the difference by lending his time and research to Kennedy documentaries and other films, like one on the idea of <B><I>cloning Jesus from the Shroud of Turin</I></B>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91244615056895084022007-12-13T16:43:00.000-08:002007-12-13T16:43:00.000-08:00Usually I just delete idiot comments from anonymou...Usually I just delete idiot comments from anonymous contributors but the one above was just so stupid I had to leave it.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57695569256870085512007-12-13T16:38:00.000-08:002007-12-13T16:38:00.000-08:00this is just like you liberals, talking about muse...this is just like you liberals, talking about museums all day while honest hard working americans are out of a job because of you. what is it with you liberals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90007625061432182172007-12-13T16:35:00.000-08:002007-12-13T16:35:00.000-08:00These all sound enticing, but I'm saving my money ...These all sound enticing, but I'm saving my money for June, 2009, when the ABBA Museum will open in Stockholm. 70,000 square feet of sequined, bellbottom, polyester jumpsuits and music made from some of the finest European cheese. There will even be a karaoke studio and costumes you can borrow, so you can dress up as your favorite ABBA member and sing your favorite ABBA songs. Be sure to shoot some video so you can show your friends back home how cool you are!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77416399887769310642007-12-13T15:34:00.000-08:002007-12-13T15:34:00.000-08:00All hail the crutnacker. Haha!All hail the crutnacker. Haha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16516775125624513752007-12-13T15:32:00.000-08:002007-12-13T15:32:00.000-08:00I'm surprised neither you nor the commenters so fa...I'm surprised neither you nor the commenters so far have mentioned L.A.'s own Museum of Jurassic Technology. It's entirely made up of strange and wonderful exhibits, many of them fictional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6292068448977984102007-12-13T14:29:00.000-08:002007-12-13T14:29:00.000-08:00When I was on vacation in Chattanooga 2 years ago,...When I was on vacation in Chattanooga 2 years ago, I nearly caused a wreck pulling over to the side of the road to get a shot of the International Towing Museum. <BR/><BR/>Is that the definition of ironic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20235194398753650542007-12-13T12:54:00.000-08:002007-12-13T12:54:00.000-08:00What about the Liberace Museum that's in Vegas? ht...What about the <A HREF="http://www.liberace.org/" REL="nofollow">Liberace Museum</A> that's in Vegas? http://www.liberace.org/William C Bonnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18419958146523957415noreply@blogger.com