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The Gochae Hall and Miss Gochae Pageant
from Growing Up Gottschee with Dan St. Germain · #122
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minRay describes growing up attending the Gochae Hall in Ridgewood, the Miss Gochae beauty pageant, the group's mockery of old photos, and stories from his grandparents' funerals including his brother's deadpan joke.
- 38:20Tim describes going to the Go-Che Hall in Ridgewood after his grandpa's funeral.
- 38:45He watches video of the Go-Che Hall's members and calls them a freak show.
- 39:10Tim's grandpa was forced into the German army, spent seven years in a gulag, then worked as a bread route and butcher warehouse worker.
- 39:31A short lady at the hall told him hipster kids visit on weekends for the steins and beer hall culture.
- 40:07He worries that once Bezos moves in, these people at the Go-Che Hall are going to be homeless.
- 40:22Tim and his brother are in the parking lot leaving when his brother says "good take" to something the short lady said.
- 40:34Tim admits the entire story went nowhere and he doesn't know where he was going with it.
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