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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Why Audiences Throw Things At The Stage, Though Obviously They Shouldn’t
Description: Today in 1883, a bizarre headline in the New York Times: “Actor Demoralized By Tomatoes.” Why have audiences thrown tomatoes and other foods at performers? Plus: this weekend in Yardley, Pennsylvania, it’s Canal-O-Ween, a special stroll through a waterway of lit pumpkins.
AN ACTOR DEMORALIZED BY TOMATOES. (The New York Times)
HAS THERE EVER BEEN AN ACTUAL CASE OF SOMEONE BEING PELTED WITH TOMATOES DURING A PERFORMANCE? (Today I Found Out)
Canal-O-Ween: Pumpkins. Fire. Water. Magic - A Yardley, PA Experience (Experience Yardley)
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