Back when I was a young'un, Palisades Park in New Jersey routinely took out ad space in DC comics. Unfortunately, I never had the chance to go to the park. The only theme park I ever went to was Storytown, USA (now the Great Escape, part of the Six Flags chain) more than 40 years ago.
Palisades Park, however, was immortalized in song by Freddy Cannon in 1962. What's more interesting is the songwriter, who later went on to become a television icon, and now is considered a bit of a flake because he claimed a few years ago to use his TV work as a cover for espionage activities. Yep, "Palisades Park" was written by America's favorite eccentric of the 70's, Chuck Barris.
Come to think of it, if you close your eyes, you can picture "Chuckie Baby" himself reciting the lyrics. Sounds like something he'd do just for kicks to kill time on The Gong Show.........
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