Crossin' Carolina at the Fair '94

Alright just as I promised almost 2 weeks ago, we're going to step into the Flashback City Wayback Machine to 1994.

1994 was back when WFMY News 2 was still using their funky retro 2 emblem, Lee Kinard was still on, and aired a special occasional program called "Crossin' Carolina". I believe all if not most of them were hosted by Arlo Lassen and these programs would take you across Carolina.

At 7:30 PM on an early October evening in 1994, Crossin' Carolina came on the air at the Dixie Classic Fair. Arlo Lassen took the viewers all through the fair including other places.

I was fortunate enough to record this when it aired. And at about 9:00 PM on a mid November evening in 2006, this video tape resurfaced. On that tape included the full original program plus commercials.

I've encoded the video to the computer and we will now take a look at some screenshots of this program.

Here's the opening to Crossin' Carolina at the Fair. Now those are some awesome graphics.

Here's our host of Crossin' Carolina, Arlo Lassen. You'll be seeing plenty more of those awesome News 2 emblems as we proceed.

I actually remember when the ferris wheel and that swinging thing were next to each other. That ferris wheel is now multi-color now.

During the ride segment, Arlo showed us video clips of him at various theme parks. That's him on the Loch Ness Monster at Bush Gardens.

During the scenes with Arlo on The Hurler at Carowinds, they showed 2 clips of the movie Wayne's World, one of my favorite movies that that ride's based off of.

A little more local taste here. This is the Sky Coaster at Emerald Pointe in Greensboro.

Now we're back at the fair. Interesting story here. That same year, I tried to throw that football through that wooden Mike Hogewood. I didn't make it, but I got a magnet out of it that I showcased here. There are four News 2 emblems in this shot by the way.

I guess this thing is a carrot.

The winner of the crowing contest.

Here's Arlo talking with one of the midway game operators.

Arlo gave pieces of elephant ears to fair visitors he talked with.

And this brings Crossin' Carolina at the Fair to a close.

As a bonus, this quick promo came on at the very end of the video. This is for the 11:00 news talking about the weather. Does anyone know who this meterologist is?