HALL OF FAME HALL OF FAME
The Wall O' Trophies: Notice The "Frankie" Award for Hot Dog Excellence (second from left)
Hall Of Fame Hall Of Fame (The Pop Culture Event of the Year?) was a
collection of 54 Halls Of Fame from all across the United States. The venue was San Francisco's beautiful Center for the Arts in Yerba Buena Gardens on Mission Street. The show ran for almost 3 months (November 24, 1996 to February 23, 1997) and attracted thousands of visitors. It was our first ever public exhibition and we were very well received (some say we stole the show).
Some of the more off beat participants were The Rock & Roll Hall Of
Fame, The Cowgirl Hall Of Fame, Fiddler's Hall Of Fame, The Rodeo Hall
Of Fame, The Clown Hall Of Fame and Burlesque Hall Of Fame.
For the sports-minded, there were Halls Of Fame for the usual and the
not so usual suspects such as: Croquet, Bay Area Sports, Basketball (2),
Bicycling, Boxing, Figure Skating, Fly Fishing, Football, Fresh Water
Fishing, Game Fishing, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Little League, Polo, Senior
Athlete, Softball, Skiing, Ted Williams, Trap Shooting, Tennis and
Wrestling.
There were also exhibits from the Astronaut, Automotive, Racing,
Recreational Vehicle and Sprint Car Halls Of Fame. If you're an animal lover, there were items from Agriculture, Poultry, Greyhound, Kentucky Derby & Harness Dog Racing Halls Of Fame.
Finally, there were also exhibits from collections harder to classify,
such as Checkers, Frisbee, High School Band Directors, Inventors, Poker,
Quackery, Quilting, Radio, Rivers, South Carolina Criminal Justice
System, Space, Television and Women's Halls Of Fame.
Mr. Big Bite (a 7-11promotional), Mrs. Uncle Frank & The Boy (That's Mr. MBA to you!) and one of our hot dog costumes (The Burlesque Hall Of Fame hogged all of the mannequins)
Hot Dog Tapestry & The Wall O' Fame (from another angle)
A Display Case Full O' Weenies: Squirt gun, Lamborweenie's license plate, hot dog Christmas tree lights, Wienermobiles, etc.
Postman Bites Dog: Event poster (3' x 5') features our mail man Rudy Carabajal