BARRY COURTER: Lisa, have you ever seen a 30-foot model of Lookout Mountain with a working incline? Or how about a giant wooden television set with a larger-than-life Bob Brandy cutout? This TV is big enough that real, live people can climb inside and be on the tube.
LISA DENTON: I never got to appear on “The Bob Brandy Show” back in the day – or on “Funtime” with “Miss Marcia” Kling, for that matter – so this sounds like the next best thing.
Lisa Denton and Barry Courter
BARRY: I was on the Brandy show in first grade. I won some Little Debbies. Anyway, you and everyone else will get the chance to see these things and more on Saturday when the Chattanooga Fun House on Rossville Avenue hosts a grand opening for Wayne-O-Rama. There are also huge puppets depicting Bessie Smith, Chief Dragging Canoe, Samuel L. Jackson, Adolph Ochs, Emma Wheeler and several other famous Chattanoogans.
We’ve written before about this year-long collaboration between Emmy-winning artist Wayne White and the Shaking Ray Levi Society, but this is the big reveal. There will be a ribbon-cutting, presentations and a proclamation naming it “Wayne White Day of Art and Education.” It will take place from 2 to 7 p.m.
LISA: White, of course, is a Chattanooga native best known for his work on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.” He is an exceptional talent, and this project is a win-win for all involved. The city gets to enjoy this awesome art installation, and White gets to feel appreciated in his hometown.