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America Bizarro: A Guide to Freaky Festivals, Groovy Gatherings, Kooky Contests, and Other Strange Happenings Across the USA
Do you breed rats and mice that could preen like poodles in a pet show? Have creative juices yearning to be set loose on a 20-ton block of packed snow? Possess a melodious voice best suited to singing the praises of SPAM? Nope? That's okay, with America Bizarro, you can find out all about people who do!
It's a weird place, America, and even if you have a hobby or interest that no one you know shares, there's probably a group of people meeting somewhere in America to enjoy it together. Not only that, but someone else's obsession or bizarre display of civic pride is being celebrated right near you. Organized state-by-state, and illustrated with some pretty funny pictures, America Bizarro is an hysterical armchair read which doubles as a practical guide in case you want
See the Jumping Frog competition immortalized by Mark Twain in Calaveras County, CA
Be a delegate at the Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club Convention
Munch on Rocky Mountain oysters at Montana's Testicle Festival
Get lost in Grandpa John's Amazing Maze in a Nebraska cornfield
Tickle, caress, and seduce the ivories in Las Vegas' Liberace "Play-A-Like" Competition
Join Polar Bear plungers in the Atlantic in February at the Jersey Shore
Win a truck in Texas' famous Hands on a Hardbody contest
You never know. You could be the next International Pack Burro Race champion or just enjoy taking in the annual ArtCar Parade in San Francisco. America is what you make it, so make it Bizarro!
It's a weird place, America, and even if you have a hobby or interest that no one you know shares, there's probably a group of people meeting somewhere in America to enjoy it together. Not only that, but someone else's obsession or bizarre display of civic pride is being celebrated right near you. Organized state-by-state, and illustrated with some pretty funny pictures, America Bizarro is an hysterical armchair read which doubles as a practical guide in case you want
See the Jumping Frog competition immortalized by Mark Twain in Calaveras County, CA
Be a delegate at the Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club Convention
Munch on Rocky Mountain oysters at Montana's Testicle Festival
Get lost in Grandpa John's Amazing Maze in a Nebraska cornfield
Tickle, caress, and seduce the ivories in Las Vegas' Liberace "Play-A-Like" Competition
Join Polar Bear plungers in the Atlantic in February at the Jersey Shore
Win a truck in Texas' famous Hands on a Hardbody contest
You never know. You could be the next International Pack Burro Race champion or just enjoy taking in the annual ArtCar Parade in San Francisco. America is what you make it, so make it Bizarro!
- GenresNonfiction
272 pages, Paperback
First published August 5, 2000
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July 9, 2023
Hardly what it tries to be
The author apparently rounded up a precious few of truly bizarre happenings likely from the Internet. Most of these listings are mundane, everyday, ordinary festivals/happenings. What is so bizarre visiting an airplane museum and show (EAA in Oshkosh, WI) compared to eating Brugoo that's cooked for weeks in Utica, IL? That paste is truly bizarre!
The author apparently rounded up a precious few of truly bizarre happenings likely from the Internet. Most of these listings are mundane, everyday, ordinary festivals/happenings. What is so bizarre visiting an airplane museum and show (EAA in Oshkosh, WI) compared to eating Brugoo that's cooked for weeks in Utica, IL? That paste is truly bizarre!
October 8, 2021
Some pretty interesting, some not as much, but a semi-enjoyable read. This was put out in 2000. I wonder how many of them are still going today? I'm curious, altho not curious enough to actually look it up...
June 30, 2023
Was probably good, 2o-25 years ago.Now, so out of date as to be functionally useless.
December 13, 2011
Ok, so the book's almost 12 years old and a bit outdated. (There's one annual event listed that takes place on the top of the World Trade Center - ouch.) But it's still a fun and funny read for armchair travel. I would be a happy road-tripper if I could use this book as a checklist. There's good stuff here.
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