Early Roller Coasters: A Brief History

The History of Fun

Vox Media Podcast Network

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week on The History of Fun, we're diving into the origins of the roller coaster. We're not talking about your grand pappy's roller coaster! Well, actually we kinda are. And maybe your great great grandpappy's. Suffice it to say, hella old roller coasters. Join Russ Frushtick as he LEAPS THOSE DIPS! Special thanks to Foo Obsessed for the great Reader Only Memories theme song! Soundcloud link here: https://soundcloud.com/foo_obsessed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of fun where we explore the hidden backstories behind the things you love to do.
0:15.0	My name is Russ Frustick, and today I am joined by Allegra Frank.
0:17.9	Hello, Allegra.
0:19.0	Hi, Russ.
0:20.4	Allegra, you ready to get scared?'m always scared so oh well okay so we're already there
0:26.0	Plant Christopher Plant are you ready to get scared spooked get me a spoopy
0:32.1	we're gonna get you spooopy with a little thing known as gravity
0:37.1	that's what we're talking about gravity today and how it affects spoopy with a little thing known as gravity.
0:44.1	That's what we're talking about gravity today and how it affects large metal cars.
0:47.9	And it yields terror in human beings because today we are learning about... Sandy Bullock does that to cars?
0:50.6	I don't remember any cars in that movie.
0:52.8	Yeah, that movie's all in space, you fool.
0:55.8	Oh, you're talking about gravity of the movie?
0:57.1	You goose.
0:58.8	Today we were talking about the early, the earliest of roller coasters.
1:05.6	Early roller coasters.
1:07.0	Have you guys ridden any roller coasters in your lives?
1:11.6	I was just at Disneyland last weekend. Okay. So they have no roller coasters, so you're exempt.
1:17.8	No, they have baby roller coasters. Space Mountain is a roller coaster for babies. Yeah. Yeah, it's a baby
1:22.5	roller coaster. Did you ride Space Mountain? I did. And did you get spooked? Yes.
1:28.6	No follow-up statements.
1:30.7	In a word, yes.
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