Episode
201 - "Rummaging the Range"-TEXAS
„ Orange Show Art Car Rally The annual Art Car Ball and Parade in Houston,
where people collect Neat Stuff and glue it to their car! „ Texas Collectibles
From the Texas hill country to the sallons of San Antonio -- branding irons,
horns and antlers. „ Toilet Seat Man Retired master plumber who collects toilet
seats and decorates them with items commemorating every aspect of his life.
„ Beer Can House A beer drinker's dream house covered inside and out with
over 40,000 beer cans. „ Cathedral of Junk One guy's collection of whatever
he can find wired together forming a bizarre, mountainous pop sculpture in
his backyard
Episode
202 - "Coconut Trove" - FLORIDA
„ Babyboom Bazaar Toys, records, lunch boxes, comics, TV & movie collectibles
for sale at a yearly convention in Tampa. „ Fishing Tackle Collector Collection
of lures, rods, reels and other fishing paraphernalia amassed over 25 years.
„ Drag Racing Museum Don "Big Daddy" Garlits' showcase of drag racing machines
in Ocala. „ Cypress Knees Roadside attraction in the Everglades of eerily
shaped pieces of cypress wood... including likenesses of Stalin and Cramen
Miranda. „ License Plate Collector A man with over 200,000 license plates.
Episode
203 - "New World What-Nots" - NEW ENGLAND
„ Marble Man Half a million marbles in a Boston townhouse, collection includes
a 3,000 year old Egyptian marble. „ Neils' American Dream Museum Hartford
home/museum dedicated to American heroes like Mickey Mantle, JFK, and classic
TV cowboys. „ Cartoon House Massachusetts family who had to build an addition
to their home to contain huge collection of cartoon character toys. „ Nut
Museum Nation's only museum dedicated to nuts (the edible kind with shells).
„ Davy Crockett Collector Davy Crockett collectibles from pocket watches to
"coon-skin" hats.
Episode
204 - "Surf, Sand and Stuff" - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
„ Woodies on the Wharf Vintage wood-sided station wagons and the Santa Cruz
Surfing Museum „ Miniature Buildings Over 2,400 miniature buildings in Oakland.
„Mystery Spot Roadside attraction claiming to be "eeriest spot in the world".
„ Smiley Face Collector "Man of a Thousand Faces" has over 2,000 items adorned
with happy smiley faces.
Episode
205 - " Pacifically Pop" - OREGON
„ Volkswagon Collector "Beetle-maniac" has housefull of VW toys & memorabila,
and a fleet of life-sized bugs out back. „ Boxing Memorabilia Former boxer/trainer's
rare posters, gloves, tickets and sports cards. „ Vintage Clothing Collector
Collection of wild sports coats, neckties includes a purple zoot suit and
a gold lame outfit from "The Wiz". „ Funny Farm Bowling ball garden, "punk"
flamingoes, and more. „ Road Runner Collection Couple obsessed with Road Runner
collectibles, including a "Plymouht Road Runner".
Episode
206 - "Pennsylvania Paraphernalia" - PENNSYLVANIA
„ Toys Tom Frey, author of "Toy Bop", shows his personal collection of 50's
& 60's toys. „ House of Whimsy Harrisburg couple's boomer era memorabilia
includes Pee Wee Herman, Kliban cats, salt & pepper shakers and "The Looney
Room" filled with Looney Tunes characters. „ Howdy Doody Jack Koch's huge
collection of items from the 50's show that invented TV merchandise. „ Roadside
America Incredible miniature world linked by model trains that stretches the
length of two football fields in Pennsylvania Dutch country. „ Cracker Jack
Lady Thousands of "secret toy surprises" from the early paper and tin gee
gaws (now worth up to $100 each) to the plastic prizes and miniature books
of the 50's. Collector even dresses in the trademark sailor suit.
Episode
207 - "D.C. Doo-Dads" - DC/MARYLAND/VIRGINIA
„ Robert White Super-collector's "other" White House... with world's largest
private JFK collection of over 150,000 items once belonging to the president.
White also collects celebrity autographs, Egyptian mummies and shrunken heads.
„ Batman Collector Over 1300 Batman toys and trinkets, plus two life-size
Batmobiles. „ Snowdomes America's most popular low-cost collectible-- also
called shakies, water globes and blizzard weights. This DC couple has largest
collection on the East coast. „ Dinosaur Land Long-standing roadside attraction
outside of DC with 35 full scale fiberglass dinos and gift shop. Kitsch at
its best. „ Zorro Collection College art professor by day, Zorro fanatic by
night... collecting Zorro stuff since childhood.
Episode
208 - "Surplus in Seattle" - WASHINGTON STATE
„ Petroliana Gas station memorabila including pumps, porcelain signs, cans,
premiums and advertising. Collector's "General Petroleum Museum" also has
flying Pegasus kiddy ride and giant rotating neon Pegasus. „ Kite Festival
and Museum Thousands of kites fill the sky at International Kite Festival
in Long Beach, Washington. Informative tour of the Kite Museum. „ Fantastic
Museum 600 pedal cars, thousands of wind-up toys, audio-animatronic animals
and musicians, the Blues Brothers' police car, hand-crank movie machines,
etc. Two guys who opened their own museum to show off an ever growing collection.
„ Roslyn, Washington Tour of the small town better known as "Cicely, Alaska"
in TV's "Northern Exposure". „ Refrigerator Magnets "The Magnet Lady" who
made the Guiness Book of World Records for her collection of over 15,000 refrigerator
magents that cover every inch of her home.
Episode
209 - "Chicago Tchochkes" - ILLINOIS/MIDWEST
„ Popeye Picnic Chester, IL... birthplace of Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy...
hosts annual weekend tribute to America's most celebrated sailor man. Tour
of "Spinach Can Collectibles", a Popeye museum. „ James Bond Collector Chicago
collector has 5,000 Bond collectibles including two speedboats (one from Live
& Let Die), a submarine, spy gadgets, movie props and more! „ Vintage Motorcycle
Collection Harley-Davidson dealer has outstanding personal collection of rare
American bikes. „ Superman Town Metropolis, IL... hometown of Superman, where
nearly everything has a Superman theme, highlighted by a 15 bronze statue
in the town center. "The Super Museum" displays over 40,000 Superman items!
„Brewery Collectibles Hard to find pre-prohibition brewery collectibles. 350
beer mugs and steins, 250 beer signs, 2800 bottle openers and many other rare
brewsky finds!
Episode
210 - "Lost & Found in Tinseltown" - LOS ANGELES
„ Sci-Fi Movie Props Burbank's Bob Burns has over 1000 props, masks, costumes
and special effects gadgets including the Time Machine from the 1960 movie,
the werewolf from "American Werewolf in London" and the 1933 movie model of
King Kong. „ Board Games Rick Pollizi, author of "Spin Again", shows his massive
collection that includes Mystery Date, Lie Detector, Dynamite Shack, and all
your childhood favorites. „ Bananas! Founder of 9000 member international
Banana Club has been collecting 17,000 items since 1972... from a petrified
banana to a sequined banana to a banana jump suit. „ L.A. Landmarks Tour of
kooky Car Culture drive-ins and weird shaped buildings. „ Charlie's Angels
Collector Over 5000 collectibles including Farrah designer jeans and deodorant,
the pilot show script, an Angels pinball machine, and a Shelley Hack shower
cap.
Episode
211 - "Gotham Grab Bag" - NEW YORK
„ House of Lost Dreams Shark jerky, denim diapers, tuna hot dogs...among the
failed products displayed in "The New Product Showcase and Learning Center"
in Ithaca, NY, a 6500 sq.ft. warehouse packed with new products like "Touch
of Yogurt Shampoo". „ AlphaVille THE place for 50's & 60's collectibles in
New York City. Owners' collection of Mr. Potatohead and Ray Guns. „ Marshall
Blonsky Semiotician (or "sign-reader") Professor Marshall Blonsky helps de-code
the hidden meanings in things people collect and what they say about the collector.
„ The Annex Flea Market New York City weekend flea market that has attracted
celebrities and crazy collectors since the 70's, with over 600 vendors of
50's kitsch. „ Statue of Liberty Collector 5000 plus collection of statues
and other items inspired by the NYC landmark occupying every room and wall
of the house.
Episode
212 - "Garden State Gee-Gaws" - NEW JERSEY
„ Baseball Collector Major League collector's home rivals the Hall of Fame
and has been visited by famous ballplayers. Includes Babe Ruth's uniform,
Ty Cobb's mitt and Shoeless Joe's Black Betty bat. „ Chiller Theater Yearly
sci-fi and fantasy memorabilia show in Seacaucus, NJ with stars from "Forbidden
Planet" and "Hellraiser". Also the creepy Alvarez Wax Museum and a way-out-there
costume contest. „ Cocktail Shakers Thirst-quenching collection of cocktail
shakers of every shape and size. „ Crazy House in Weehawken U.S Postal worker
and former art student has adorned the exterior of his 2-story home with sculptures,
rocking horses, tiles and found objects. Kids think he's cool, neighbors think
he's crazy. You decide. „ Bottlecap Collection Peter Stampfel of the Holy
Modal Rounders shows his collection of bottlecaps and sings a song about them.
Episode
213 - "Cactus Artifactus" - NEVADA/ARIZONA
„ Neon Graveyard Final resting grounds for the historic original Vegas Strip's
fabulous neon signs... still plugged in and flashing at the Young Electric
Sign Co. „ Yozeum Donald Duncan Jr., of Duncan Yo-Yo fame, and his family's
collection. „ Trailer Collectors Vintage trailers in the Arizona desert. „
Titan Missile Museum Tour the launch control center and underground silo that
contains an actual Titan II nuclear missile! „ Lil Ale-Inn World famous out-of-this
world gift shop in Roswell.
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