Thats 18 yr old me operating the Racer! Lots of fun!

Rick we STAND UP (not on a ride) and applaud all the programs you have produced over the years.

These Kennywood specials are so cool,but I can't lie. I'd love a new show that picked up where the 1988 documentary left off. One that talks about the park from 1989-2019. So much has happened with the park since Kennywood Memories!

My father was actually Kenny Kangaroo for several years in the late 90's-early 2000's. These bring back incredibly nostalgic memories.

That's me at the sipper stand!

Reminds me of everything good about the 80s and going to an amusement park. Great footage 👏

"Sometimes you want to kill people and go home" LMAO

I will never get sick of these, nobody captures magic of Pittsburgh like you, please keep them coming Rick! Also, holy freakin mullets

So glad to have seen the legend Rick Seabak in person at Coaster Bash a couple months back. He’s never lost his recognizable voice all these years.

Like to see a brand new one made. So much has changed.

Thank you Brian and Gino for keeping Pittsburgh safe all those years ago and thank you to those who did, do and will keep us safe for a wonderfully enjoyable day.

Hearing the bell on the carousel brought tears to my eyes. Its never changed.

These are the only PBS documentaries I will watch.

Rick Sebak is the man. Seriously wish I had a boxed set of all his docs

Omg I love the train driver wearing the SWATCH watch. That's epic hahahaha

such a great narrator voice over, its so calming and informative it transports me to being a kid again

OMG $1 for the drink!!! That would be $6 today at least

I loved Kennywood. We would visit grandparents in Turtle creek every summer and go to Kennywood. I wish there was film from the 60s. My grandmother said their school would go when she was a girl, and she was born in 1898. My parents went there with school also. Back in the 60s we would find a picnic spot and we were free to go ride. My sister and I ran from roller coaster to roller coaster.

Very fun to watch especially after 10+ years of living in New England. Those Pittsburgh accents! Guys shorts were really short back then LOL. Definitely need to make a new one. Lots have changed. Thanks for putting this together.

beth snodgrass is a mood though

Pittsburgh in the late 1980s--the era of the mullet.

That was really good, thanks Rick. I've been going to Kennywood park for almost 45yrs and bring my daughter's with me now to share in the fun and make new memories

The hair, the fashions... I've never been to Kennywood but this takes me back anyway. I think they sold those Souvenir Sippers at Hersheypark too.

Im eating fries I brought home from Kennywood while I'm watching this.

I grew up in Indiana County and spent some time at Kennywood. I have a yearly tradition in that I watch 'Kennywood Memories' in April/May. After getting married, my husband & I now live in Baltimore, so we haven't made it to Kennywood in 24+ years, but I would love to go one more time. Thank you for giving us those great "Kennywood Memories"!!

Great documentary/ memoir... one of the best commercially sponsored documentaries I’ve seen!

Many years ago when I visited the Museum of Television in NYC, I bought.a PBS tape called Great Old Amusement Parks. To this day, it is one of my prized possessions. Thank you so much for putting together this great compilation.

Wow 30 years ago. Omg

nostalgia is everything

Got my family 2020 season passes! Me and my wife has went, and now I’m so excited to share the fun with my 11 and 13 year olds! Here’s to another great year at Kennywood!!

the kenny the kangaroo part was gorgeous ❤

Thank you for creating this WQED. I love this!

Is switcheroo a Pittsburgh term? My dad used to use it all the time and ever since I moved from Pittsburgh, I have never heard it again until I watched this video.

I was born long after this was made but my family used to take me to Kennywood every year and I love looking at the history of the place and to see what it looked like before I was even born

Definitely miss my mom and all the good times we shared here. Really made my morning running into this, and the memories it brought back of her. 😌

Thank you for the memories. I also haven't been there since the late 60's. You had stand next to the wooden Howdy Dottie to see if you were tall enough to get on that ride. I loved the Fun-House and the Penny Arcade, and of course the Racer, and those electric bumper cars. Controlled head-on crashes were a hoot, such fun. Great stuff Rick and WQED, keep it up...

Rick & Kennywood . How could you go wrong . God Bless you Rick!🎇🎟🦘

Thank you so much for this - I've always loved Kennywood Memories as I was and always will be obsessed with rollercoasters and parks, and this video just brings back more of the feelings of how Kennywood was when I was a kid, even though I was born in '93. I no longer live in Pittsburgh so I don't get to KW more than once a year max so this footage is very special to me.

I need to watch these closer to see if i am in any of them....great memories

I smiled watching this entire production Rick. I loved the 80s btw they dont make ANY hairspray like we had back then. Lol Did you notice the blonde on the Racers pulling into the station after the ride with the super high hair? Notice how it stayed big and high! #memories #nostalgia.

Thank you for this flash back video (though my Parks I grew up in that year was Lakeside and Eliches (in CO) 🤣

Thanks Rick! Excellent show!

Thanks for sharing this!!

Man I miss how kennywood was back in 2012 I would rather have the log jammer any day of the week it was my mothers favorite

Those juices in the fruit bottle with the crazy straw was the bomb. I wish they sold these at every store

OMG the hair!

Welcome to the laser loop. Please, sit up straight, keep your head on the headrest, and your hands on the bar in front of you. We’re ready to launch! Counting down... 3, 2, 1.... GOooooo! Andy Vettle Jr

Leo the paper eating lion! That brings back a lot of memories.

Is Geno still ok?

My favorite Rick Sebak flick! Glad this came in my recommended.

all that 80s hair

I'm not cryin'. Yinz are cryin'.

Very cool video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.

That was great! I really miss Kennywood I went A LOT when I was younger. When my parents moved us to Florida I was sad. The amusement parks in Orlando did not, in my opinion, compare to Kennywood Park!

I love kennywood

Rick you’re a treasure.

Now the historic train is a stupid thomas the tank engine attraction

Rick's Great Old Amusement Parks documentary from 1998 was a big part of my childhood and making me a roller coaster enthusiast and eventually learn to appreciate other aspects too (me seeing rides like those featured in the documentary when I went to Knobles this summer was a big part of me learning to appreciate flat rides and dark rides to be as much of an element of parks). Cool to see bonus footage older than that documentary of one of the parks. I will be riding Lazer Loop next summer when it opens at Niagara Fun Park in Grand Island, NY next year (that's right, it's comming back north after 26 years of operation in Mexico). It's not all fun and games though, seeing the 4 removed flat rides after the 2020 season made me quite mad, Kangaroo especially.

I have Charles Jaques Jr.'s book "Kennywood: Roller Coaster Capital of the World. A great read. Is he still alive? I know he also did the PBS documentary Great Old Amusement Parks.

We need an Idlewild memories!

"n'at". I haven't heard it since 1966. there's something in my eye I think.

great video

1988 was quite a year for me...

I want to go back in time!

I HATE roller-coasters but, I LOVE the memories. :)

When Kennywood was still owned and run by a family. Not the same today. Nice… but not the same.

My parents would take us on a back road that entered the parking lot from the back. We thought we were going somewhere boring until we realized we where at the park instead. I still love that place.

It’s very weird to see kennywood without the phantom.

LMAO when I grow up I wanna work for the steel curtain and say don’t die from the steel curtain defense;)

I hope someone creates a Yinzer Centaur T-shirt. I’d buy!

One of my friends maintains the band organ on the merry go round

Kennywood memories part 2 👀

OSHA would have a stroke watching this video....🤠

I want geno to become a meme

the world before cell phones ,

Ya know what would be cool. If Kennywood got a modern Vekoma shuttle coaster that was made in homage to the laser loop.

Leo was the most terrifying thing in the park when I was little

So America has a a Dollywood and a Kennywood? That's awesome.

my dad worked there in 1952 .pic.of him at kwp then and now wtae.front of dipper baby birds in hat.😃

Why you here, man? Oh it's a long story. Where you at, bro?

DOes anyone know when Naomi retired? Surely she's passed away by now?

But the real question behind this is... Is Racer 1 credit or 2 credits?

26:27: incredible

was there a ferris wheel before the 1986 wonder wheel? because I swear I remember riding a ferris wheel with my friends in high school...which was before the wonder wheel went in?

If you ever go to Kennywood, you have to get that double ice cream cone covered with chocolate, nuts, and the cherry. It's a must.

My grate grandma has a picture of her in the pool when she was young

I was just born in October 3,1988 that same year

10:50 Human Go-Pro :)

I like old Kennywood but I’ kind of okay with Kennywood modernizing

Haha typical Yinzer grandpa he mocks his kid for being a baby lol 0:01

So stupid there getting rid of the kangaroo... somebody save it please!

Kennywood's open! *Looks down*

25:55 nah. Best thing at night is to ride Phantoms Revenge and Steel Curtain.

Is that Jeff Goldblum doing the voice over at 2min?

Does Anyone have a WQED signoff from the 1980s?

OMG, I was a teen in 88 and watching all the park guests and the clothes they wore make me cringe. The mens shorts are so short you can almost see one of the guys nuts.🤪

RIP log jammers

wow!!! a $1

People were more fun back then. We arecso spoiled now we don't appreciate anything

yoooo keñewood