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-- It was Oscar Mayer's nephew Karl G. Mayer who came up with the idea of getting inside the giant wiener and driving it around. Thirteen feet long and $5,000 of faux-beef, it quickly found its way onto America's streets and into Americans' hearts. Drivers of Wienermobiles, known as hotdoggers, hand out toy whistles shaped as mini replicas of the Wienermobile, affectionately called Wienerwhistles. Source
Read: Dog Days: A Year in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, by Dave Ihlenfeld
-- It was the ultimate road trip: a year-long journey in a 27-foot-long fiber glass hotdog across the US and Europe. Rife with breakdowns, meaty puns, the burdens of instant celebrity and more Wiener Whistles than anyone could ever hope for, this book explores a year in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.
Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities and Crafts:
• Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Printable Party favors
• 1952 Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Free Paper Model
• Oscar Mayer Wienermobile - where is it now? Hotdoggers Wanted, Wear it with Pride and grab the free app
• Grab yourself a Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Whistle!
• Printable accordion book of favorite vehicles: including the wienermobile and an amish buggy!
• Hot Dog colouring pages
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