Franklin Pierce impersonator Dylan Cohen drops by to gab about the grocery store that totally changed the game: Piggly Wiggly! I'm thrilled to have this season's rascal-centered episode, and I'm VERY excited to add a new weirdo from the early 1900s to the BBB collection. Grab your bibles, label your vegetables, and let's play some synchronous jazz while we talk about the weird twists and turns of Piggly Wiggly's dramatic changes-of-hands!
Dylan Cohen is performing in The Lincoln Lodge's Future of Comedy Festival on Friday September 29th at 7:30pm for "Powerpoint Night Live!" tickets at thelincolnlodge.com/futureofcomedyfestival
SOURCES:
1. Clarence Saunders and the Founding of Piggly Wiggly: The Rise and Fall of a Memphis Maverick, Mike Freeman, 2011
2. When Piggly Wiggly Tried to Stick It to Wall Street, Shiva Nagaraj, Slate 2021
3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/768156903/?terms=clarence%20saunders&match=1
4. https://newspapers.com/image/774867648/?terms=clarence%20saunders%20piggly%20wiggly&match=1
5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/244984597/?terms=clarence%20saunders%20piggly%20wiggly&match=1
6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/768157998/?terms=clarence%20saunders%20civil%20war&match=1
7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/774867648/?terms=clarence%20saunders%20piggly%20wiggly&match=1
8. Coach Houses, Vance Lauderdale, Memphis Magazine 2008
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