American Pickers: Bonus - Marx Men (Season 18) | History
Has Frank died and gone to toy heaven? Must be the case when the guys get a lead to pick Francis and Jason’s Marx Toy museum bonus clip from Season 18, Episode 5, Frank's Big Day. #AmericanPickers
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American Pickers
Season 17
Episode 232
Frank's Big Day
American Pickers takes antiquing to a new level as Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz scour the country for hidden gems in junkyards, basements, garages, and barns.
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Top 10. Tourist Attractions & Things to Do in Moundsville, West Virginia
Top 10. Tourist Attractions & Things to Do in Moundsville, West Virginia: West Virginia Penitentiary, Grand Vue Park, The National Museum of the Paranormal, Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex, Palace of Gold, Marx Toy Museum, Moundsville Bridge, New Vrindaban Temple, Fostoria Glass Museum, The Strand Theatre
Marx Toy Museum 2018: The Ballad of Big Loo
The Marx Toy Museum, in Moundsviille, WV, closed in June, 2016, but every year since its closing, the museum's curator, Francis Turner, has agreed to reopen it during the annual Marx Toy Convention, which takes place at the Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum in nearby Wheeling. He's been selling off pieces of his massive collection, and this is a chance to own a part of history.
In 2017, the History Channel show, American Pickers, visited the museum, and made a star out of one of its exhibits, the only sealed Marx Big Loo known to exist. In this clip, PopCult visits the museum, and finds out what happened as Francis Turner explains The Ballad of Big Loo.
RFC 176: Marx Toy Museum Shirt
Radio Free Charleston 176 is our 2012 Christmas Special. Filmed at and named after the Marx Toy Museum, this show features music from the Charleston Gay Mens Chorale, a duet from Lee Harrah and Pepper Fandango, a special double trio from the cast of MARY: A Rock Opera, and Prank Monkey. Also in this episode, we have the Ghost of Animation Past, a holiday message from Razor Sharp Studios and Burt Flemming, and a quick musical tour of the Marx Toy Museum in Moundsville, WV.
The host segments for this episode were recorded at the Marx Toy Museum in Moundsville, WV which is one of the coolest places on earth, celebrating the legacy of Louis Marx and what was at one point, the largest toy company in the world.(Note: The music for this segment has been replaced, since it was causing this episode to be banned in Germany and on iPads. We hope you enjoy the new background music with the same wonderful toys)
Our first musical number sees the RFC debut of the Charleston Gay Mens Chorale, an eighteen voice powerhouse that sounds like a well oiled machine even though they've only been together less than a year. We were invited in to record Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas at a rehearsal for their big holiday concert which took place December 15th. The featured soloist was Brian DeWeese. You can follow the Charleston Gay Mens Chorale on Facebook and watch for a return appearance on RFC sometime next year.
A normal person wouldn't think to pair up local metal legend Lee Harrah with Charleston's angry chick with a banjo, Pepper Fandango. But I never said I was normal. I came up with the idea of recording a duet between the two on the song Baby, It's Cold Outside, and remarkably enough, they both went along with it. We settled in on a Tuesday night at The Empty Glass, where Lee and Pepper rehearsed for about half an hour before we recorded the song. We think you'll be surprised at the way these two professional entertainers knocked it out of the park.
You'll see brief snippets of snow footage during this song. This video was recorded at Snowshoe Mountain Resort Thursday night, which makes it the last thing recorded for the show.
Our animation this episode is actually a re-presentation of the animation from our very first Christmas episode, Pentagram Flowerbox's Christmas Special. Many of you may remember Pentagram Flowerbox from the early episodes of Radio Free Charleston, and you may remember the nasty split which resulted in Pentagram Flowerbox being excised from early episodes of Radio Free Charleston. On his deathbed, the creator of Pentagram Flowerbox, the late Third Mind Incarnation, decided to patch things up and gave me permission to restore the early shows and use anything else he created before his passing. So we decided to bring you a little more of this 2006 holiday cartoon than we'd used originally.
MARY: A Rock Opera, is a Charleston tradition and we've been bringing you clips of the show for the past five years. This year, with the show running dual casts, we thought it would be a novel idea to present The Trio (Lord Of Mercy) with six voices from both casts united. Many thanks to Dan Khede and Mark Scarpelli for humoring us and to Lo Mallory, Susanna Tucker, Maddy Gourevitch, Susanna Morris, Katie Shaver, and Rowan Maher for doing such an incredible job on such short notice.
Thanks to Eamon Hardiman and Razor Sharp Studios, the folks behind the Porkchops trilogy and Zombie Babies, we have a special Christmas message from none other than Burt Flemming, filmed especially for Radio Free Charleston on the set of Zombie Babies 2. This is a momentous occasion and we know you'll enjoy it. Special thanks also to Burt Flemming's personal assistant, Brian Gunnoe.
We wrap the show up with last year's PopCult Christmas Treat, Prank Monkey (Johnny Compton, Jamie Skeen, and Mike Vandergriff) performing The Chipmunk Song, live at The Blue Parrot. This is a timeless musical pairing the likes of which has not been seen since David Bowie teamed up with Bing Crosby.
Grave Creek Mound Site Visit West Virginia
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Visit to the Grave Creek Mound Historical Site Museum in Moundsville, West Virginia. Walk around the grounds and thru museum includes look at additional exhibits from the area.
Department of West Virgina Arts, Culture and HIstory
Marble King
Marx Toy Company
Ron Hinkle Glass
Homer Laughlin China Company
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One Day Getaway: Wheeling & Moundsville, WV - 9/14/2014
We traveled to Wheeling WV to uncover many of the surprises this region has to offer. This is an area well worth planning a vacation or a weekend Get A Way.
moundsvilleshadow
A brief movie clip from a documentary, Shadows of Moundsville where a psychic was brought in to give her psychic impressions of various locations throughout Moundsville Prison in Moundsville, WV. Towards the end of the clip, she is standing with her back towards of row of prison cells in Maximum Security when a shadowy figure pokes it's head and shoulders out of the cell and then back in. The production did not acknowledge this as paranormal nor did they see it. However when I first saw, I immediately thought it to be a ghost.
In Wheeling Magazine digs deep into Wheeling's history
Their latest issue looks back thousands of years and gives us a look at what this area was like at that time.
A New Wheeling
Learn about life in Wheeling. This West Virginia town is in a great location, rich in history, has a vibrant workforce, and is an incubator for innovation.
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Wheeling Jamboree USA- Timeline of 85 years
When you turn 85 you have a long list of achievements!
Wheeling Jamboree, Dave Heath, made this timeline to help show the rich history that the Jamboree holds in Wheeling.
We all hope you enjoy.
The Country Music Show with Tradition Like None Other!
Native American Artifacts
My collection Of artifacts found in Fulton county IL.And artifacts that was not found by me but was found in my area that can be seen at the Dickson Mounds Museum located in Lewistown,Illinois,Not to far from the Emiquon Nature Preserve.
Wheeling in Vintage Postcards (WV) (Postcard History Series)