The 1982 Worlds Fair:then and now

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  • Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
  • this was a documentary i made for my capstone project for film class and i hope everyone likes it.

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  • @THEQUICHE1
    @THEQUICHE1 3 роки тому +8

    The Worlds Fair Park is used a lot during the Summer months. There are festivals, out door concerts, etc. The Sun Sphere is open for parties. You can rent it. In the warm months its a very beautiful part of Knoxville. Your video and the music make it look like some post apocalyptic ghost town.

  • @asnormalasitgets2819
    @asnormalasitgets2819 Рік тому

    I was at the Knoxville World’s fair in 1982 from Arizona.

  • @Dazlidorne
    @Dazlidorne 8 місяців тому

    I was there and took pictures with my Brownie Hawkeye camera, which I still have to this day!

  • @conormeet5185
    @conormeet5185 4 роки тому +9

    Excelent video, I was look about the fair in a The Simpsons episode, and I search about it, and finaly find this good video XD

    • @nickanderson3106
      @nickanderson3106 3 роки тому +7

      Strange to think that the Sun Sphere is now home to thousands of boxes of unsold wigs

    • @conormeet5185
      @conormeet5185 3 роки тому +2

      jajajajaja

    • @benfir8920
      @benfir8920 2 роки тому

      They didn’t mention anything about the wigs

    • @crlaw75
      @crlaw75 4 місяці тому

      Wod's Fir?!?

  • @russell53594
    @russell53594 2 роки тому +1

    I was six when I visited the World's Fair with my family. I distinctly remember seeing the windmill that looked something like an egg beater, which is shown at 3:00 and following.

  • @Xcorgi
    @Xcorgi Рік тому

    I was there in 1982 and i was only 15. The best food served there was at the Korean, Japanese and Chinese pavilions.

  • @robertkees6048
    @robertkees6048 2 роки тому

    I remember eating there I guess it was during the fair, maybe shortly after. It was a fancy restaurant and I remember a plaque that the place was managed by Hardees, the fast food franchise. It wasn't burgers, but I still remember it cause it seemed odd, still does.

  • @christophergrim3rdchannel610
    @christophergrim3rdchannel610 3 роки тому +4

    Wod Fir?

  • @techguy9023
    @techguy9023 4 роки тому +6

    I was there twice. I was expecting something bigger like what I had heard about the New York World’s Fair. It really was just ok.

    • @eternal7015
      @eternal7015 2 роки тому +1

      what do you expect from a small city honestly. they were in for too much

  • @andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697
    @andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697 2 роки тому +2

    interesting seeing this after watching the Simpsons episode on the world’s fair

  • @sheltonsnyder7592
    @sheltonsnyder7592 3 роки тому +3

    What a weird history, I walk around this area a few times a week. Nice video

  • @Muonium1
    @Muonium1 3 роки тому +8

    Are you gentlemen gonna buy some wigs er ain'tcha?

  • @TheFiscallySound
    @TheFiscallySound 3 роки тому +2

    I attended with a girlfriend and her young son. We stayed in a mountain cabin that was old and a big disappointment. Funny .. I can remember the old cabin but cannot remember anything about he fair. Perhaps I was hoping for something like the 1964 worlds fair in New York that I attended as a kid.

  • @ScreenHackTV
    @ScreenHackTV 3 роки тому +5

    Sunsphere was knocked over by Nelson in the 90s

  • @burner9147
    @burner9147 3 роки тому +9

    Of course now days the sun sphere just contains wigs

    • @boomy776
      @boomy776 3 роки тому +2

      They need to put lots of things of the fair there. Big history for knoxville.

    • @burner9147
      @burner9147 3 роки тому +1

      @@boomy776 yeah that would be nice.

  • @BillsDiosdelaSeduccion12
    @BillsDiosdelaSeduccion12 3 роки тому +4

    Bueno, van a comprar una peluca o no?

  • @benfir8920
    @benfir8920 2 роки тому +3

    I thought the sun sphere was knocked over by some kids.

  • @TheMrPeteChannel
    @TheMrPeteChannel Рік тому

    That chinaman working on the Great Wall in the commercial looked like Chairman Mao.

  • @stephensimington479
    @stephensimington479 Рік тому +1

    WO D' F IR

  • @c0rnp0p80
    @c0rnp0p80 Рік тому +2

    They built the Sunsphere on the lowest spot in downtown so you can't really see much from up top lol.

    • @TheMrPeteChannel
      @TheMrPeteChannel Рік тому +1

      Is it filled with wigs?

    • @c0rnp0p80
      @c0rnp0p80 Рік тому

      @@TheMrPeteChannel no, it's been empty since the fair. Nobody can ever figure out what to do with it, so it just sits there empty. The only good it does is to let you know you're in downtown Knoxville if you can see it lol.

  • @mbookey7561
    @mbookey7561 3 роки тому

    this fair looks like a big disappointment. If you want to see a winner, look up "something is happening here" the 1986 Vancouver world's fair.

    • @missshellybeach
      @missshellybeach 3 роки тому +1

      Or world expo 88 in Brisbane Australia with the theme song “together We’ll show the world”

  • @matthewparsons1064
    @matthewparsons1064 Рік тому +1

    Look on the bright side, I knocked over the Suns Sphere! Ha ha Nelson Muntz

  • @radimirlacruz233
    @radimirlacruz233 3 роки тому

    Ahora solo venden pelucas :(