The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Episode Six: The Racing Monkeys of Leisure — Bob Gurr’s Autopia
Another opening day attraction, but this time we got to meet the guy who built it!
A puzzling anomaly today — we drive for hours on packed highways to a place where we pay money to simulate driving on packed highways — the Richfield Autopia attraction was once a vision of an America poised on the brink of progress and possibility.
Kelly and Pete go on a pilgrimage to Disneyland to consider its history in person and meet legendary Imagineer Bob Gurr along the way! It’s a show packed with ride-vehicles, ghost towns, and the evolution of labor relations in America. The highway we’re traveling on is the scenic route.
Please consider rating our show and subscribing to it on your podcast platform of choice.
It’s Episode Six of The Lowdown on the Plus-Up: The Racing Monkeys of Leisure -Bob Gurr’s Autopia
Available wherever you get your podcasts:
Spotify:
Apple Podcasts:
Podcast Addict:
Or you can listen to us directly from here:
Join our Lowdown on the Plus-Up Facebook group for post-show discussion, supplementary media, and errata. (We make mistakes sometimes.)
Be sure to follow Boardwalk Times for more coverage of The Walt Disney Company.
Support Boardwalk Times on Ko-Fi.
Support Boardwalk Times by visiting Boardwalk Store:
If you like this article. Subscribe to our free newsletter Boardwalk Times: Stories from the Seashore, a monthly dose of Disney and its businesses.
Kelly McCubbin is a columnist for Boardwalk Times