Fame City Houston

[jfuture1]

Originally Posted by RVD26

I bet the OP doesn't remember Physical Whimsical though.....

Physical Whimsical wasn't popular enough. I seemed like an indoor carnival (I hate carnivals and carnies). But, yes I do recall it.

[jfuture1]

Originally Posted by hbcu

beechnut and eldirdge

You're correct.

[jfuture1]

Originally Posted by LocalPlanner

I worked in F.A.M.E. City at the hot dog stand in the food court the first summer, right after it opened (1986). It was pretty busy and just crazy on the weekends. My shift went until 2:00 am on nights where I had to be there at 9:00 am the next morning.

Starting pay was $3.25/hr (minimum wage). The Feds raised it to $3.35/hr during the summer. It was 1986, the darkest year of a very dark time in Houston, and I was just glad to have any sort of job.

It was kind of fun, I met some coworkers with whom I could bond. Never made any lasting friends though.

At the end of the summer, most kids quit to go back to school or off to college. I was also about to start my freshman year of college, but it started much later than most schools, so I stayed to work for another week or two into September. The place still stayed open every day but was just dead M-F. I would imagine it had a hard time cash flowing unless it had huge reserves or tons of capital to get it through about 8 months of the year. It probably should have just closed to open only Friday nights - Sunday afternoons.

Wow, $3.25/hr for hardcore labor. Blue collar work is torture. When I was in my mid twenties I was a UPS Driver helper with a salary of $7.50/hr; I thought the salary was cruel. Now, I'm only striving for white collar work. I guarantee you that if you go there now it's like a prison yard. I live about 3 to 4 mins from FunHex (yes, you read that correctly, FunHex. The fun is no more). Stay away, far away. It's only for thugs (adult and teen) and low-income families.

[hou-iah]

Ha...I liked the Whirly Ball with the bumper cars.

I can still hear Belinda Carlisle "Mad About You" playing every time I would go there it seems.