Today's CLASSIC Clip: We Built Sioux City

I have been waiting to post this CLASSIC clip for long time... it just never seemed appropriate 'till now - cuz now I can say I've been to Sioux City, Iowa.

Sioux City is a simply a stop along the way for most people. Located on the Missouri River in western Iowa on the border with Nebraska, it is a place where you stop for gas on your way to Omaha, Minneapolis, Kansas City or St. Louis.

I certainly mean no disrespect by mentioning it in this context, but one of Sioux City's only claims to fame is that it was the final stop for 111 people who lost their lives in the 1989 crash of United Airlines Flight 232, one of the US's worst domestic airline tragedies.

I spent last night in Waterloo, Iowa - nothing special to report - and stopped tonight in Valentine, Nebraska (I don't think there will be anything to report from here either). Sioux City was, yes, a gas stop but also an early dinner stop.

Through no fault of my own, I ended up pulling in at the main night club drag, 4th Street. Sweet Fanny's Pub looked as good a place as any to stop in for a beer and a sandwich - and, OMG, what a sandwich it ended up being.

I wish I'd had my camera with me (and I scoured the internet to no avail for a photo), but this was the most rediculously large open face hot beef sandwich in this history of open face hot beef sandwiches. It came on the plate as a giant brown blob... when I finally ventured into it (after laughing out loud and asking the barkeep if she was serious) I found it to be a 4 inch thick slice of sourdough bread, topped with a 3 inch mound of mashed potatoes, topped with caramelized onions and finally what had to be 2 pounds of thinly sliced roast beef - all completely covered with a thick brown beef gravy!!!

It... was... awesome!!!

I spent most of the drive through Nebraska trying to stay out of the ditch as my body tried to process what had just happened. The most epic sandwich I have ever eaten... so good, so gross, and just way too much.

Now, about that clip I mentioned off the top. This clip first made the rounds on internet blogs about a year ago (but because it is also so awesome, it has persisted as a huge hit ever since). It's hard to imagine what the creators were thinking - or what the producers were trying to capture - but one thing is certain: everyone involved failed miserably.

I won't belabour the point, and I'll spare you any further hyperbolic musings - but you know the original by Starship (a great song for its time and place), and you are gonna LOVE this. Enjoy We Built Sioux City:



I told you.

Part two of today's double blog will be up a bit later on...