The Gemini Giant - History Secured

[@Evom777]

Ironically, I just bought a 1 oz .999 silver piece that commemorates Route 66 and the Gemini Man. It's a good looking piece that really captures his likeness. I wanted to know the history of this muffler man and just found out about the latest drama concerning it. I'm glad it will stand again! 💪

[@jamesdavis5096]

cool silver bar

[@MrGoosePit]

Been following the saga of the Gemini Giant over the past year or so. Was thrilled to hear you guys were there to help save him For Wilmington. Thank You!!!

[@jconnway]

Such a beautiful muffler man!

[@forestpkguy]

Thank you for taking such good care of our giant

[@glennh3855]

Thank You. I drove Rt 66 in 2023 and The Launching Pad was closed and heard several versions of several rumors. I hoped the Giant was going to stay because it was one of the icons of the start of Rt66. I was very relieved to so relieved to see this video. You do great work preserving Americana.

[@StressLessCamping]

Wow - just wow. This just shows that things you think are permanent/forever are part of the march of time. Glad I got to see it at the Launching Pad when we did and glad it’s staying in the neighborhood. As always, great job!

[@DLeadVox]

💛💛💛 I have tears in my eyes. Thank you Dave, Joel and your team for helping! For coming to Wilmington and properly removing the Gemini Giant from where he stood for almost 60 years. He is precious to us. Your help and expertise made sure GG's take off and landing were precision operations. I will be making the trip to Atlanta this summer to visit the museum and thank you in person! DD☮️

[@SmokyMountainBlessed]

happy to see the Gemini Giant saved in his hometown, I traveled Route 66 as a kid with family, and love it and a little as an adult, looking forward to traveling it more, and visiting your museum, thanks for your help in saving this history, and my childhood memories being preserved to see again

[@UkuleleBetty]

Thank you, Joel! Thank you, Joliet Historical Society! Thank you, Wilmington! For now, rest Gemini Giant. 💚

[@UmbrellaWatch]

My thoughts exactly crying just a random video for me but I was soo amazed!! 😊I wonder why this has done this to me? Im a grown old Veteran man.

[@1mespud]

Thank you for doing your part to preserve Americana and saving our history.

[@marauder134]

10 out of 10. Great job!

[@elibourgard8969]

Great job as always, Joel! Thank God there are people like you who care so much about what becomes of these giants.

[@gretchenschmeckpeper7545]

💚🚀Perfect🚀💚 Hopefully one day, anyone who can't fathom why anyone would want to save this big ol' piece of fiberglass will watch this & finally just get it. Thank you to EVERYONE involved! This can't be said enough.

[@Hobart1958]

Great video, loved the history lesson! We'll be making a road trip to your museum this year!

[@UDUMBARA_Helsinki]

Thank You, this is so interesting. Wonderful that going to have a museum for The Great American Giants. I remember admiring them when traveling across USA in the early 1970. They were truly a big wonder for a 12-year-old from Finland!

[@BIGWojo68]

I'm so happy! Can't wait to visit the Gemini Giant's new home. I'm just a hop skip and a jump from Wilmington! Good job, guys!

[@hisdukeness3037]

I’ll be out to Atlanta soon! Just went to Peoria today to check out the tire gal.. looking good

[@galvaillinois]

Thank you very interesting

[@JoeJoyHaveLanded]

Thank you so much for this. It is great to know he is safe. Back in 2012 the Gemini Giant was the first Muffler Man we ever stopped to see. Back then I was photographing roadside attraction and of course on a trip from NY to Omaha he was surely worth a stop. I love the Spaceman design, we actual have a model of the one from Coney Island on our nightstand. We can not wait for the official opening of your museum. We just need to know two things, when is the official date so we can book a hotel? And second can we document it?

[@AmericanGiants]

May 26 is the Grand Opening but we will be setting up some new giants on May 24. Yes feel free to document your experience!

[@JoeJoyHaveLanded]

@@AmericanGiants thank you so much. This will be incredible.

[@Vic_NuRom]

There’s one by the 405 and 110 freeway here in California. I never knew the story behind these muffler men til now.

[@lwhitman57]

I lived in Joliet and worked in Wilmington back in the 1980s and ate lunch at the Launching Pad often. I thought the Gemini Giant was really cool but didn’t understand the significance of it at the time. I last visited in 2016 on a Route 66 drive from Tulsa to Chicago. I now live in Tulsa just blocks from Buck Atoms and soon-to-arrive Stella Atoms. Oh, there are a couple other Giants I’m familiar with - the Bunyan Muffler Man in Springfield, Illinois. I lived there during high school and passed by it often. My high school was Springfield Southeast whose mascot is a Spartan. There’s a huge statue on the front of the school of a carpet Viking turned Spartan.

[@Laine2539]

Love to see the Giant since I was a little girl. So happy he is safe and sound!

[@kat771973]

It was definitely a roller-coaster of emotion!! So happy our giant gets to stay!! 💚💚💚

[@marcseclecticstuff9497]

I lived in the area for close to 20 years, drove past Launching Pad every day. I had no idea the Gemini Giant was a Muffler Man, but TBH, I had no idea what a Muffler Man was! Happy to hear that WiImington was able to secure it's presence for the years to come. It's been a local icon, pretty much the first thing you see as you come around the corner on 53 at the NE end of town. It's really a shame they built the huge intermodal terminal north of town because it massively increased heavy truck traffic and noise in the area as the truckers try to find back ways into the terminals and surrounding warehouses.

[@vbtrobotics3652]

We saw the Gemini Giant on a trailer in Springfield at the state fairgrounds on may 27th. Just wondering why it was down in this area. Thanks!

[@JeffMartin-k1r]

Thank you ❤

[@rearspeaker6364]

Now this explains why those Aliens are always so tall!

[@lesjones5684]

Long live muffler man ❤

[@adamdnewman]

Awesome part of history

[@dntlss]

Such a cool story, i love those old pictures,our country was amazing back then but i dont wanna head down that rabbit hole, keep the videos coming man, i have to ask , why are almost all these guys always standing like that and not straight ?

[@barberjeff67]

I noticed at 5:36 that streetlights used in the 64/65 NY World's Fair are next to the giant.

[@LostDepot]

Ha Ha video has one thumbs down. I wonder who that could have been.

[@patriottowing4973]

very cool I think it was an Adam the Woo video I watched, and there was a football stuck in the giants helmet, some kid lost a football lol

[@notme7770]

Love your vids, just the music is so loud and high pitched, makes it really hard to hear your high pitched mic at the same time, especially when you're using high pitched, high anxiety music..

[@gchicklet]

You should do a follow-up now that's he's been restored and reinstalled.

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

7:16 Salt river project. There's an Arizona connection?

[@lesjones5684]

The one in wood’s town New Jersey has a axe 🪓 cowtown rodeo 😅

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

The location of old space dude is somewhat worrying. All the giants are great.

[@scotlawrence]

The video didn't actually say where the giant went! 😅 he said "Joliet was able to get it", but I have no idea what that means. Who is "Joliet"? where did the giant actually go?

[@barrysmith4276]

So where exactly did the GEMINI GIANT go?Who bought it and where is it standing now?Can't believe I watched this entire video and the question was never answered.

[@proto-geek248]

Small note: NASA's actual official pronunciation of Gemini: was Jem - a - knee rather than eye 🚀

[@DavidPinner-r9w]

My dad worked at a muffler shop from 1956 till 2000 they got a Alfred E Newman in the 1960s muffler shop is closed now I wish someone would save him before the new owners tear him up he is in Beaumont Texas I wish I could have one in my front yard

[@gep2771]

Need a couple posts to protect him from someone crashing into him no?

[@jamesb8305]

I'm shocked he weighs less than 500 pounds.

[@TJVegas-b5w]

ELON MUSK SHOULD BUILD THE 🌎🌍 LARGEST ROCKET 🚀 MAN ♂️ IN THE WORLD AND PLACE IT AT THE ENTRANCE, TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA 🎉🎉🎉🎉 DO IT ELON ❤ with thos vintage look

[@ryanwalterseats3537]

I know where there's a giant standing still in Sandusky ohio