I never actually went to Action Park — the infamously dangerous 80’s-era amusement park in Vernon Township, New Jersey. But the name alone conjures childhood memories because it was a perennial source of rumors and urban legends for kids at the time. (And we all lived a few hours away in Eastern Long Island.) I remember the commercials too.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard the name mentioned since that time. (The park closed in 1996, in part because of the same recession that was giving my generation so much anxiety in our first post-college job searches.)
So I was surprised when a friend in Britain, of all places, sent me the first video below. Not only does Action Park’s infamy live on, it extends across the Atlantic.
I tried to leave a building via some glass doors tonight, and saw ANOTHER goofy fat dude trying to enter at the same time. I backed off TWICE trying to let him come through before I exited — then I realized I was being polite to my own reflection.
This one goes out to all my Tolkifriends! It’s a sandwich so good that you’ll want your second breakfast right away!
There are no fewer than five kinds of cheese here: American, Swiss, provolone, Muenster and cheddar — all topped off by Duke’s Mayo. (It’s gotta be Duke’s.)
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 