ROUTE 66 Missouri - Quirky Roadside Attractions Ep9

in Uranus it's just absolutely brilliant here and it's all been kind of created like a Wild West theme here got the old water tower and and a car park in the center but effectively there's a great ice cream shop a fudge shop and gift shop I think you could probably get in here could you Gary there's a there's a double there if that guy oh he's just blocked it there never mind oh he's got like all the petrified forest is 1118 miles Wow the places we've already been shop and Gary's just realized that every time the door opens they shout he said he thought they were shouting shut the door welcome to Uranus every time the door opens so we'll try and film it this is the sort of things that's for sale in Uranus got some really nice chocolates and stuff they always shout it when someone comes in I think that says caution pet the alien I'm not putting me hand in but Gary's Gary's bravely gonna do it put your hand in there what does it do it's loads of wanted posters and of course there's a there's a jail again so Gary has to go in the jail I just made a crack in Uranus I mean all right that's really I can assure you everyone he's not innocent on the serious topic of zoological parks this is Uranus a zoological park and there's Gary in the elephant's bottom absolutely brilliant here this is definitely worth a stop and tears the this is the world's largest belt buckle and you can see it's got route 66 written on it Uranus and this is verified on the girl we don't know if that's a joke or not because everything seems a joke here you go here is the certificate it's really good here there's even a double-decker bus someone opening the door of that what's inside it babes it's a British one isn't it because the bus yeah it is and this is the outside of it it's got it's a complete sort of route 66 bus they must have shipped it over from England it's inside the bus it's all been painted you're going upstairs oh god be careful but you go up I'm not going in there oh no don't stand on it you're going to go through it so if you're a big Superman fan there's a real treat for you on route 66 so just outside of Joplin is an ice cream parlor and a Superman museum it's called Super Tam 66 we're gonna have a chat with the owner as you enter it's it's absolutely amazing there's so many things to look at with Chris at Super Tam Chris how long have you had this place we've had it for almost three years now really and what prompted you to buy it that is a funny little story I was at home working one one afternoon and my wife's a schoolteacher here in town and it was summer school and she called she goes guess what's her cell and and she said the Superman place and I said the ice cream parlor she said yeah and I said you do not need an ice cream parlor so she was oh come on so anyway she gets home and she's telling me about it yeah she says I called Barb which is the previous owner's wife yeah she was I called Barb found out how much it is and she was I think we should do it I said I don't think we should and anyway so she wrote it on the bathroom mirror and she put ice cream parlor in the price every every day she finally she called one day and she said just come look at it if you don't like it that'll be the end of it so I said okay fine not knowing that I let's say the meeting was at four o'clock she had gotten here at 330 with the other two real estate agents and already said she walked in and blew her negotiating skills she says I'm on board I want it we just have to talk him into it so anyway the rest is history and I think I enjoy it more than she does she my favorite piece is this 1953 play suit they came out in 1952 yeah there's a little story down here about it yeah but in 1952 they came out this play suit 1953 and how we know it's a 53 is the warning label across the band 52 did not have the warning label 53 they put the remember the suit will not make you fly only Superman can fly so something bad happened in 52 gosh somebody must have tried to fly when I was a kid I I remember my mom putting towels around my neck and safety pinning and I was a huge Superman fan when I was a kid you were I wish I would have had something like that my wife's favorite is this little it is a 48 Coopy doll oh wow and that is her favorite and she has bought this big boy here I saw the big boy yesterday has bought him and we are going to paint him up as the little Cooper so not only is this an ice cream parlor and an amazing Superman Museum it's also a Harvest Host so if you are members of Harvest Host you can stay here I think the maximum is about 30 feet because it's got a nice gravel pad and it's really flat we stayed there last night slept like babies so I would recommend that you come here as a Harvest Host guest pop in but even if you're not if you're on route 66 stop by come in they've got a few 66 pieces and they've actually got another place in Miami Oklahoma and this was your shop called Riley's silver screen soda and gifts so Riley's silver screen soda and gifts is their shop in Miami if you're passing through that way as well you can get loads a little Oklahoma 66 pieces so we just come through Paris Springs and you get to a little gift shop and an old Sinclair and it's called Gary gay parita so or Gary's gay parita we're not quite sure but look get your kicks on route 66 there's a Gary sign that's amazing in it Gary 66 in Springfield you've got like a little route 66 drive-through now we don't really know what to think of this do we but we're gonna take you through it it's the roadside park so it's a drive-through now brace yourself don't get too excited here's the start of it and then obviously we've got a motor home through it so you can pretty much get anyone through it there's some paving a little bit more paving some trees which are nice and then we're coming up to the first attraction slow down Gary slow down okay so on the horizon roadside park okay I think this is it and then there is the giant hamburger I think it's supposed to be hamburger sign but it's a giant hamburger right unfortunately that's it as it's famous for clean restrooms and I am a clean restroom fanatic we're gonna stop at the candy factory apparently it's got the largest gift store in the world I'm not sure if that's true the price of fuels pretty cheap here $2.99 for unleaded so normal petrol to us or gas to other people diesels a lot dearer here than petrol so when you come in it's a right massive gift shop oh I think I'm gonna get a couple of the presents that we're outstanding for people Gary yeah it looks really good in here some of these were like really fun sign things and Gary really likes this one if I agreed with you then we'd both be wrong that's us in there there's just loads of them here it's really retro we don't know what to pick do we burn no imagine this this is really quite mean these are prank gift boxes so you do wrap a bicycle seatbelt oh I see they're like joke presents I thought it was like you pretend you've got a decent present for someone Oh God earwax candle kit baby shield big banana dearie me look at this coffee makes me poop oh that's making me feel sick brilliant a trophy husband an intimate object that really there's just so many things in there a challenge keeping on the 66 isn't it babes and so we're currently on the the 44 through Lebanon now there it's the business loop of the 44 and then the the interstate 44 is to sort of to our right but this is the route 66 so you have to kind of keep your wits about you otherwise it's very easy to go off track on if you're trying to do the authentic route 66 nice day for it though in a bike of Santa ride this is just the tail end of it amazing all the bikers oh he's doing a bit of a wobble oh that's my favorite type I like those trikes I love the trikes how cool there's loads of them it was led by a Santa unfortunately I didn't get my camera out in time to show you but let's wave to them she's in Santa kit brilliant just as you're sort of leaving Lebanon on the 66 you've got the manga moss hotel or motel should I say I think this lights up this is one of the iconic things to start stop and have a look at there's a route 66 bowling alley there as well Gary that's nice look at this it's a golfing thing yeah all right then that's a good idea I've just got to show you this lovely road as we're driving on route 66 we're still in Missouri but the trees are gorgeous I realize that they're not going to be as good as the falling main that we hear is beautiful but this is still really nice and it's November so we've just stopped in Fanning Missouri and it's getting later on in the evening it's about five o'clock now and we've just arrived at the world-famous world's largest rocking chair well it isn't the world's largest anymore it's now the second largest rocking chair in the world and somebody made a bigger one there it is and then give you some perspective there's the motorhome looking absolutely tiny gosh you look like you're in a Giants house Gary well I tell you what though it used to actually rock but the owner got really worried that it would squash someone quite rightly because you've got Egypt's like Gary getting on top of it and you can only imagine what people were doing it's absolutely massive oh we're doing something really lovely today we're heading towards St. Louis but on the way we're stopping at Eureka and we're catching up with one of our followers who's been with us on our journey pretty much since the beginning so a big old shout out to our lovely mate Pat and her husband Joe we can't wait to meet you guys and we're gonna have a spot of lunch with them it's really nice when you get a chance to meet everyone sometimes I can't get to meet people because things happen and we can't go past but it's really nice when we get the opportunity so we're looking forward to meeting up with Pat and her husband and what a fabulous lunch we had with Pat and Joe in Eureka we're in Luminaire sculpture park just outside St. Louis Luminaire just reminds me of that thing on Beauty and the Beast you know I mean that candle thing he's Luminaire isn't he let's see if this is exotic like him there is a car park just outside the sculpture park and there's a lovely walkway and I think it's a couple of kilometers so we've actually hired a wheelchair for today it's quite good so there is some maps as you come in so you're able to pick one up for free and it will show you where to go as you're going around there's 70 sculptures outdoor sculptures in this park we can see this one and Gary says it looks like the concrete mixer thing and that's what it is it's in it's called mix massive giant eyeball there seems to be some instructions with this model called scale and our sense of self can change in the world in relation to what's around us so it's suggesting that we stand at the maquette of Alexander Lieberman's the way that must be there is it stand there okay and notice how you feel in your body in relationship to this representation of the sculpture then you're supposed to walk towards the sculpture and while underneath it let your eye wander from the foot of the sculpture all the way to the top and see how this experience feels okay so let's try this guy so we're at the little base of the one I'm just trying to see how I feel in myself how do you feel in yourself I'm awesome somebody's had too much sugar at lunch okay let's go to the big one and see if we change our mind with the base of it Gary's panting like a dog because he's pushed me all the way around Luminaire Park go and ask me how I feel now I'm under the base of it okay well you need to get your breath back and start to consider how you feel you're not giving it a moment I'm putting my brake on because you're not giving it a moment what you're doing is you're not you're not you're not getting the full experience okay with somebody shouting like crazy okay so let's have a little feel if I look back here honestly it doesn't make you feel quite small I think that's the point it's called scale it's just about how big you feel in the world I feel less fat this one the other one it's pretty much about it here we have ball ball wall wall it's just a wall of massive concrete balls so there's no ambiguity about what it is it's ball ball wall wall so we're back on route 66 we're just outside of st. Louis right now and we stayed in La Quinta on route 66 what a great hotel fabulous staff really good laugh and everything and that is swimming pool so I was able to exercise the old leg of rune which is feeling a little bit better I had really bad car fake before we went there but it's it's getting better every day so I don't want to moan on about me knee all day long any anyway it's feeling a bit better so we're heading through st. Louis we want to see the arts the st. Louis skyline as we're driving along you see the arch just behind that building into my that's beautiful we're over the other side of the river so that we could actually park up the motorhome so if you want to get a good picture of the arch but you don't want to be over the other side trying to park this could work well then I think it was supposed to be a geyser I mean it's a bit industrial around here and some of the pave that some of the roadway was a little bit rough wasn't it getting in here Gary but huh it's a great place to come and see the arch there we go we got the st. Louis arch in the background thanks for watching join us next week for the very final episode of our route 66 series do we make it all the way to Chicago? Tune in to find out!