Mekado Murphy
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yes, Mikado's rolling his eyes, not the old carnival stories, not rolling that out again.
Yes, I was not in a carnival.
I was in an attraction myself.
But my parents made a living by selling cotton candy and corn dogs.
And we traveled with the carnival called the Mighty Thomas Carnival through Canada, the Midwest, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, California.
So I feel at home in these chaotic manufactured environments.
How many years did you do that for?
From the time I was born to the last season I worked for them was the summer after my freshman year in college.
Oh, my God.
The Zipper, the Himalaya, you know.
I worked for them.
I worked in the stands starting at a maybe younger age than I should disclose.
I don't get the impression there are a lot of like...
You know, the law's a little fuzzy in these places.
The law's a little fuzzy.
But when I was younger, they worked, you know, nonstop.
And I had free reign of the carnival.
So I had my little rounds.