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This small collection of random words glued to magnets and stuck to refrigerators and office cubicles world wide got their start right here in Minnesota. After suffering from writers block, creator Dave Kapell cut words out of his journal and spread them out on his desk. Leftover magnets from a local pizza joint and a … [Read Transcript...]
When enterprising Wilford Fawcett came home to Robbinsdale, MN, after World War I, he thought it would be good business to publish the dirty jokes he heard in the trenches overseas. He called his magazine "Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang" and it became a huge success. MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us Fawcett made a small fortune off of his bawdy humor magazine and went on to build a publishing empire of hobby magazines and comic books, including Captain Marvel. [Read Transcript...]
