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Clip: Season 3 Episode 3 | 35s
How did bobbleheads get started and where? Co-founder of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, Phil Sklar shares the history of this nodding noggins.
Aired: 05/25/15
Video has closed captioning.Funding provided by Alliant Energy, Lowell and Mary Peterson, American Transmission Company, the Focus Fund for Wisconsin Programming, and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.
What are some of the most unique bobbleheads in the Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum?
After retiring from the military, Fritz Thistle became a champion trap shooter and teacher
Phil Sklar and Brad Novak quit their jobs to chase a dream of opening a Bobblehead Museum.
Mary Beth Volmer founded Women in Preservation to restore historic maritime structures.
Fung Miller has passed on her love of painting and other arts to her adult children.
Taking marketing to the next level with personalized business card bobbleheads.
Hear what life and work was like for Coast Guard members and their families on the island.
A look at the remains of the first lighthouse in Death’s Door built in the late 1840’s.
A walk through Plum Island’s Life-Saving Station with a bird’s-eye view of Death’s Door.
Meet go-getter “Dr. Miss Wisconsin” and hit the ice to watch winter ice drag racing.
Meet the man who tends the Green Bay Packers’ turf and hit the ice for pond hockey.
Meet a weight and hammer thrower with Olympic dreams and see cheerleading get competitive.
Forage for native plants and see snow sculptures crafted by the “Starvin’ Carvists.”
Visit an exotic animal sanctuary and learn the ins and outs, ups and downs, of cyclocross
Meet a talented carver, a family of harness racers and a couple who raises butterflies.
Join a charter captain for a fishing trip and learn about prairie and savannah conservatio
Board a ferry, meet Wisconsin’s first female brewmaster and learn about “boonducks.”
