Wall Drug

[mamagotcha]

Wall Drug
Originally uploaded by mamagotcha.

A little memory for anyone who has driven that stretch of South Dakota
along I-90... the Famous Wall Drug Store. The sheer tenacity of their
billboard campaign is remarkable.

Otherwise... a snowy, rainy, dreary driving day, lightened with a
wonderful rendition of C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe." This book is read by Michael York, who I'm not familiar
with... but Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi read other books in the
same series, gifted to us by Uncanny (thank you, thank you, thank
you!).
--klsabin

Comments

[essaying.livejournal.com]

Sure, you know Michael York -- he was the male lead in Cabaret. Also in Logan's Run, and D'artagnan in the Richard Lester Three/Four Musketeers.

[paulaandandrew.livejournal.com]

And the agent boss in Austin Powers.

[uncanny-npl.livejournal.com]

Wall Drug! Boy, does that take me back to the magical world of my childhood!

Glad you like the CDs!

[lorraine-inwa.livejournal.com]

when I first went to Wall Drug (1962) it was a small building not a whole block plus. They had 5 cent a cup coffee, and continued to advertise the 5 cent cup for many years. Do they still do that, and free ice water?

[mamagotcha.livejournal.com]

They were indeed still advertising both!