A world gone insane, an upside-down civilization cannot be real. The world of madness and terror.

It's the Dana Gouldower.

Hello and welcome to the show.

Today's episode is brought to you by the letter H.

And the number four.

The letter H as in horses and heroes

and the humiliation that can result from close encounters with either one.

Now our last episode called

Ballyhoo brought in a ton of listener mail and if I have not gotten around to

answering yours yet please know that I will. We were a little

short-handed here, what with vacations and finals coming up and people have other jobs

and doing the washing and such. But one letter did get through that I did

read and I did want to share with you. This is a Coney Island remembrance courtesy of Nick from New Jersey.

Nick writes.

During the 1980s, my father used to deliver amusement park rides.

One time he took me on a trip to Coney Island.

I was maybe 10 at the time.

We got there and about 20 minutes go by.

And a black fella dressed as a woman walks by my dad's truck,

heels, stockings, the whole nine yards.

So I asked my dad, why does that man dress like a woman?

Without missing a beat, he says,

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