What Happened To New Vietnam?

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A Wikipedia stub about the worst Florida theme park idea ever sends John on a search for the reason it never opened. Show notes: 0:45 - New Vietnam on Wikipedia 1:12 - Dolly Parton's Stampede (formerly Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede) 2:16 - Carl McIntire on Wikipedia 3:52 - Wild West City 5:50 - New Vietnam in Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader 7:25 - Portable Press 8:11 - 20th Century Reformation Hour 8:44 - Some clips of the 20th Century Reformation Hour 9:37 - Christianity Today, May 2002 (paywall) 10:41 - Dr. Randall Balmer's website 12:42 - Fred Phelps on YouTube 14:54 - The Carl McIntire Collection at Princeton Theological Seminary Library 15:55 - Faraday Cage 19:03 - "Body Counts" by Dr. Yen Espiritu 24:27 - FCC Fairness Doctrine 24:46 - Infowars on Wikipedia 24:50 - This American Life episode about Alex Jones 29:17 - History of the Present (registration required), an article about film theory published in The North American Review in 1976, led us to the Newsweek story about New Vietnam. 30:40 - Actually, Newsweek's online archives only go back to 2013 30:48 - The September 8, 1975 issue of Newsweek that John bought on eBay 37:19 - Florida Today, November 8, 1975 39:33 - Ricky Ly's food blog Tasty Chomps