Episode 486
Morning 6-Pack - Six characters you’ll spot at every state fair
We count down the Top 6 types of people you see at every state fair — quick, snarky, and painfully accurate. I got the idea after the Minnesota State Fair and the Tilt‑A‑Whirl hit 100 years, so yeah, nostalgia + fried food = material. You’ll hear about the dad hauling an oversized Spongebob like it’s his trophy, the kid mourning a floppy goldfish, and the guy trying to win a date with milk bottles (keep trying, buddy). We poke fun at the rides (the Tilt‑A‑Whirl’s basically been spinning since weekends became a thing) and serve up fast jokes between bites of corn dog. I won’t spoil the top spot — it’s worth the wait — so hop in, laugh, and mark your fair‑people bingo.
Takeaways:
- We celebrated the Minnesota State Fair and the Tilt-A-Whirl hitting the 100-year mark, which is wild.
- I joked about parents wondering whether to put their kid on a century-old ride — classic fair parent energy.
- We contrasted old rides' 'just hold on' vibe with new rides that lock you in like racecar cargo.
- The Morning 6-Pack ran a quick list of six fair characters — think oversized SpongeBob dads and dead-goldfish tears.
Transcript
The Minnesota State Fair kicked off Thursday, celebrating 100 years as well as the Tilt A Whirl.
Speaker A:Yeah, parents having to answer the question, do I want to put my kid on a 100-year-old ride?
Speaker A:The Tilt World turned 100 years old, which is wild.
Speaker A: It debuted in: Speaker A:So the Tilt A Whirl is old enough to remember when weekends became official.
Speaker A:Still out here spinning children like loose change in a dryer.
Speaker A:Now, to be fair, the Tilt World's not a rickety wooden roller coaster with boards that remember the Coolidge administration.
Speaker A:It's a classic flat ride as the cars rotate around the center and go up and down the little hills and spin on their own.
Speaker A:And it's a simple concept.
Speaker A:I mean, it's a terrible choice after a corn dog, but it's a simple concept and it was apparently built really well.
Speaker A:And historians in the whole ride world say it's stood the test of time because of how it was made, which is comforting mostly.
Speaker A:I mean, older rides have a different feeling.
Speaker A:These new rides lock you in like you're cargoing a NASCAR ship.
Speaker A:Older ones feel like they were designed by a guy who said, eh, just hold on, don't be weird.
Speaker A:It'll be alright.
Speaker A:And that's kind of part of the charm.
Speaker A:The Tilt of World is a century old reminder that America's favorite fair tradition is eating fried food and trusting bolts and nuts and pretending motion sickness is family fun.
Speaker A:I mean, we've had Gravit Day and the grape festival.
Speaker A:The Washington County Fair just wrapped up.
Speaker A:And let's be fair though, as much as the rides and the Tilt of worlds and the Ferris wheels are great.
Speaker A:We don't, we don't go to fairs for the rides.
Speaker A:We go so we can see one of the top six types of people you see at every state fair.
Speaker A:Best way to start your day, these six jokes.
Speaker A:He's about to say, listen up for old hate spaghetti.
Speaker A:I said state fair.
Speaker A:I mean any fair, county fair, city fair, you know, Top six types of people you see at every fair.
Speaker A:Number six, the dad stuck, lugging around an oversized stuffed spongebob.
Speaker A:Number five, the crying child holding a bag with a dead goldfish.
Speaker A:Number four, the guy trying to impress his date at the milk bottle knockdown.
Speaker A:Keep trying, buddy.
Speaker A:Number three, the Tilt a whirl operator with a faded white power tattoo.
Speaker A:Number two, the mom licking her thumb to wipe off melted chocolate from her kid's face.
Speaker A:Aw.
Speaker A:And the number one type of person you see that each and every fair.
Speaker A:The champion Hog collar who sounds like he got his acorns caught in a zipper.
