Oscar III

The Yayhoos (see the oos part on my shirt to the right?) are my second favorite band. And that was before I knew about their attachment to the Wienermobile.

The wienermobile fueling up was posted and ~bing~ this image came through on my Blackberry. Synchron-oscar-icity! Eric “Roscoe” Ambel looks proud of his midwestern heritage. Uff-dah!

My Plimptonesque dream is to drive a series of novelty vehicles: 

•Wienermobile
•Zamboni
•Popemobile (they’ll never let me drive that)
•Staircar
•Phantom Dreamcar*

Spotted the Wienermobile parked in front of the White House about 10 years ago and strolled up to take a closer look. Heavens, what a mess! Looked like a bunch of 19-year-old guys had been riding around for weeks and weeks. Dash all strewn with sun-faded wrappers, torn maps and sticky bits. Cassettes with ribbons of tape pulled free, “Wiener Jingle” chicken-scratched on one label. 

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More on the Phantom Dream Car (driven by my friend Doug Michels) later… True brilliance.