(through laughter) Let's talk about that.

(通過笑聲)我們來談談這個問題。

♪ (theme music) ♪

（主題音樂）

- Good Mythical Morning. - Spring is just around the corner,

- 窈窕早安。- 春天馬上就要來了。

- and you know what that means, Link… - Flowers.

- 你知道這意味著什麼，林克...

Amusement park time! And flowers. There's gonna be flowers, too.

遊樂園時間！還有花也會有花的

People are gonna be going to amusement parks. Maybe you go during the winter.

人們會去遊樂園。也許你會在冬天去。

- I don't know what kinda people you are. - If you wanna avoid the lines!

- 我不知道你們是什麼人。- 如果你想避免排隊！

A lot of people start going in the spring. But chances are you're gonna go to

很多人在春天就開始去了。但你有可能會去到

a place that you're gonna walk out of uninjured, right? It's gonna be unlikely

一個你能毫髮無傷地走出去的地方，對嗎？這將是不太可能的

- that you will be injured or killed. - Boo!

- 你會受傷或死亡。- 啵！

But that wasn't the case back in the '70s, '80, and '90s...

但在70年代、80年代和90年代的時候不是這樣的... ...

- Of course. - …at the little place called Action Park.

- 當然，在一個叫行動公園的小地方- ...在一個叫行動公園的小地方。

♪ (There's nothing in the world like Action Park!) ♪

*世界上沒有什麼比行動公園更棒的了！* *There's nothing in the world like Action Park!

Now, some of you may have heard of this, because there's quite a few web videos

現在，你們中的一些人可能聽說過這個，因為有不少網絡視頻。

about this, and there's a really good short documentary...

關於這一點，有一個非常好的短紀錄片... ...

- Okay. - …all about Action Park, back from

- 好的 ...所有關於行動公園的事，都是來自...

- 2013, link in the description. - In the description?

- 2013年，描述中的鏈接。- 在描述中？

- In the description! - All right.

- 在描述中！- 好吧，我知道了

You can go watch that. You can also watch this. This was an amusement park

你可以去看那個。你也可以看這個。這是一個遊樂園

located in Vernon, New Jersey, opened up in 1978.

位於新澤西州弗農，1978年開業。

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but Noah -- who's not here today, but that's where

如果我說錯了，請糾正我，但諾亞... 今天不在這裡，但這是他的位置。

- he'd be if he was here. - Yep.

- 如果他在這裡，他會是。- 是啊

I'm pointing to Stevie, who is here. He went to this park, and he knew

我指的是史蒂夫，他在這裡。他去了這個公園，他知道

- about it, and hipped us to the scene. - Yes.

- 並把我們帶到現場。- 是的 Yes.

- Right? Or you. - Thank you, Noah, for alerting

- 對吧？或者是你- 謝謝你，諾亞，提醒

us to the existence of Action Park. And Link...

我們知道了行動公園的存在而林克...

- He went to this place! - Here's a little taste of what

- 他去了這個地方！- 這裡是一個小的味道，什麼

Action Park was like, from the commercial.

行動公園就像，從廣告。

♪ (Baby, let's take you to the Action Park) ♪

（寶貝，讓我們帶你到行動公園） ?

♪ (Action, Action Park!) ♪

（行動，行動公園！）

♪ (You can ride the excitement and feel the [inaudible]) ♪

（你可以騎的興奮和感覺[聽不清]）?

♪ (Action, Action Park!) ♪

（行動，行動公園！）

♪ (The action never stops at Action Park!) ♪

(行動永遠不會停止在行動公園!) ?

- I love that song! - First observation: catchy song.

- 我喜歡這首歌!- 第一觀察：朗朗上口的歌曲。

- Second observation:... - Yeah.

- 第二個觀點：...- ...

- No one died in the promotional video. - Yeah, it looks like just a good, old fun

- 宣傳片裡沒有人死亡- 是啊，它看起來就像一個良好的，老的樂趣。

- time! I bring my kids out there, right? - I didn't see anyone bleeding or dying.

- 時間！我把我的孩子帶出去了，對吧？- 我沒有看到任何人流血或死亡。

Well, it looks like fun. And you know what? It's really fun. But it's also

嗯，它看起來很有趣。你知道嗎？它真的很有趣。但它也是

the most dangerous amusement park in the world.

世界上最危險的遊樂園。

- (laughing) Officially. - Or, meh, you know. One of them.

- （笑）官方。- 或者，呵，你知道的。其中之一。

- Okay. - Okay, this all started

- 好吧 好吧，這一切都始於

back in '78 with the owner, Gene Mulvihill. Now, it was his philosophy

早在78年就和老闆吉恩-穆爾維希爾在一起了。現在，這是他的哲學

of what amusement parks should be that led to what Action Park was.

的遊樂園應該是什麼，導致行動公園是什麼。

- What's his philosophy? - He thought that you should be

- 他的理念是什麼？- 他認為，你應該是

in control. You know how, like, when you go to Disney World, it's just like...

在控制。你知道，像，當你去迪斯尼世界， 它只是喜歡... ...

- You're drivin' a car… - You and the guy next to you,

- 你和你旁邊的人都在開車..,

you're both gonna experience the same thing, right?

你們都會經歷同樣的事情，對嗎？

Like, you're driving a car, but the steering wheel...

就像，你在開車，但方向盤... ...。

- (Rhett) You're not really driving it! - (Link) Like you just, hey, take your...

- 你不是真的在開車！- 就像你，嘿，把你的... ...

...hand off the wheel, and it's just like, "Thunk...

...手離開方向盤，它只是像，"Thunk ...

- In Action Park, you control the speed. - …thunk, thunk."

- 在行動公園裡，你可以控制速度。- ...咚，咚。"

You controlled whether or not you stayed on the ride or not.

你控制了你是否留在車上。

(Both Rhett & Link) Okay.

好的

- (laughing) Whoa, okay! - (laughing) Okay!

- （笑） 哇，好吧！- （笑）好吧！

And his philosophy was he would hire you if you had a good idea for a ride.

而他的理念是，如果你有一個好的騎行想法，他就會僱傭你。

You didn't have to have a physics background, engineering background.

你不一定要有物理背景、工程背景。

- He's like, "Good idea, son!" - "Build it!"

- 他說，"好主意，兒子！"- "造吧！"

That led to things like this.

這就導致了這樣的事情。

♪ (jungle music) ♪

（叢林音樂）

- Whaaaat?! (laughing) - (laughing)

- Whaaaat?（笑） - （笑）

Dude, there's somebody coming out of that!

夥計，有人從那裡出來了！

- How… - It's not Photoshopped, man!

- 怎麼會...

What do you mean Photoshopped? It's a video.

什麼叫PS？這是一個視頻。

Or, it's not effects! They made that thing!

或者，這不是效果！那東西是他們做的!

How fast do you have to be going to do an actual loop de loop on a water...

你要多快才能在水面上做一個真正的環形循環... ...

- …slide. There's no water, that... - Water slide!

- ...滑動。沒有水，那... ...- 水滑梯！

It's not about the water pressure. It's about you, and your weight.

這不是水壓的問題。這是關於你，和你的體重。

But hold on. You might think, "Hold on. That looks dangerous! I've been on

但是，堅持住。你可能會想，"等一下。這看起來很危險！我已經在

some of those water slides that are just real steep, and…"

一些這些水滑梯，只是真正的陡峭，和... ..."

I think -- no, here's what's happening in that. I want a clear tube, because

我想... ... 不，這是怎麼回事。我想要一個透明的管子，因為

what's happening is there's dead bodies piling up inside of this thing,

發生的事情是有屍體堆積 在這個東西里面。

and then they're just… puttin' other people coming out the other end.

然後他們只是... 把其他人從另一端出來。

(Rhett) Just droppin' one out. Here's what happened.

(瑞特)只是放出一個消息。這是發生了什麼事。

- It's an illusion. - They opened this up in the summer of

- 這是一個錯覺。- 他們在夏天打開了這個

1985, and before the ride was opened, Gene paid employees $100 each to

1985年，而在該遊樂設施開放前，吉恩給員工每人100元，以

- volunteer to go down it. - (through laughter) To test it.

- 自願下去。- (通過笑聲)來測試它。

Now, after a lot of head injuries and nosebleeds later, they decided,

現在，經過多次頭部受傷和鼻血後，他們決定。

"Hey, let's open this thing up to the public!"

"嘿，我們把這個東西對外開放吧！"

- (laughing) Really. - And that's exactly what they did.

- （笑）真的。- 而這正是他們所做的。

A couple of things of things happen. There were more bloody noses, more head

幾件事情的發生。有更多的血鼻子，更多的頭

injuries, and then one rider reportedly got stuck at the top of the loop.

傷，然後據說有一個騎手卡在了環路的頂端。

- Yeah. - And so they had to build a hatch to

- 所以他們不得不建造一個艙門，以便

rescue people, if you got stuck at the top of the loop. I'm not making this up.

救人，如果你被卡在環路的頂端。我不是在編故事

- Wooop! - It was open for one month, (stammering)

- Wooop!- 它開放了一個月，（結巴）。

Just send someone else through a little heavier to like...

只是派別人通過重一點的喜歡... ...

- (spits) Just kinda push 'em out? - … push 'em on through.

- 就這樣把他們推出去？- ...把他們推過去。

- It's like Drano: human Drano. - The advisory board on

- 這就像德拉諾：人類的德拉諾。- 諮詢委員會

carnival amusement ride safety -- which I'm glad that exists --...

狂歡節遊樂設施的安全 -- 我很高興它的存在... ...

- (laughing) - …shut this thing down after one month.

- ...一個月後就把這東西關了。

- Oh, wow. Good. - But there was more.

- 哦，哇。很好，但還有更多。- 但還有更多。

How many people are still in there today?

如今還有多少人在裡面？

Uh, well, just hold on for the end. Okay, another ride was the alpine slide.

呃，好吧，堅持到最後吧。好吧，另一個遊樂項目是高山滑道。

Now, I've actually seen a ride like this before. Never been on one.

現在，我實際上已經看到了這樣的騎行之前。從來沒有坐過。

But this is essentially this concrete track, and you're…

但這基本上是一個混凝土軌道，你... ...

- (Link) Oh, yeah. - …in this sled, and you've

- (鏈接) 哦，是的。- ...在這個雪橇上，你已經...

got this brake, right? You can slow yourself down a little bit, but you're

有這個剎車，對吧？你可以讓自己慢下來一點，但你...

- in a concrete, like, luge thing, right? - (Link) A ditch. Concrete ditch.

- 在一個混凝土的，就像，雪橇一樣的東西，對嗎？- (鏈接)一條溝混凝土溝。

- (Link) Oh, wow. - (Rhett) So you may have seen one of

- 哦，哇- 所以，你可能已經看到了一個

these before. They actually have these… They have one of these in California.

這些之前。他們實際上有這些... ... 他們有一個在加州的這些。

The problem in Action Park was the carts didn't work right. And so they had

行動公園的問題是小車不能正常工作。所以他們不得不

two speeds: really, really slow, or no brakes.

兩種速度：真的，真的很慢，或者沒有剎車。

And what would happen is, they would put somebody on the track who was going

會發生的事情是，他們會把某人在軌道上誰是怎麼回事？

- really, really slow, and then they would - Get frustrated.

- 真的，真的很慢，然後他們就會--感到沮喪。

- let somebody with no brakes go. - (Link) Oh, after 'em.

- 讓沒有剎車的人走吧- (林肯)哦，追他們。

(Rhett laughing) Yes, and (slap) just run into the back of 'em.

是的，（一巴掌）只是運行到'時間的後面。

- (laughing) - Not to mention the fact that it

- （笑）更不用說它的事實

- was impossible to control yourself... - They call it the rear ender?

- 是無法控制自己...- 他們叫它 "尾隨者"？

…you can't steer! And so people would come off of this with huge burns

...... 你不能轉向！所以人們會帶著巨大的燒傷離開這裡

- all over their bodies. - Ugh!

- 遍佈他們的身體。- 啊！

And this actually led to the first death at Action Park.

而這實際上導致了行動公園的第一次死亡。

- Oh. - A 19-year-old employee and his cart

- 哦，一個19歲的員工和他的推車- 一個19歲的員工和他的車

flew off the tracks and he suffered a head injury and died.

飛出了鐵軌，他頭部受傷而死。

And then, according to state records, in 1984 and 1985, the alpine slide

然後，根據國家的記錄，在1984年和1985年，高山滑梯

produced 14 fractures 26 head injuries.

產生14次骨折26次頭部受傷。

Sounds like fun to me. But it gets more fun in the tidal wave pool,

聽起來很有趣但在潮汐池裡就更好玩了。

- otherwise known as the grave pool. - Oooh...

- 也就是所謂的墓池。- 哦...

Now, this is -- you've been in one of those wave pools at like,

現在，這是... ... 你已經在那些波浪池之一，像。

Emerald Point, you know, (southern accent) Emerald Point, Greensboro, North Carolina?

翡翠點，你知道，（南方口音）翡翠點，北卡羅來納州格林斯伯勒？

Oh, yeah. There's like a (foghorn sound) and then the wave starts coming.

哦，是的。就像一個（霧號聲），然後波浪開始到來。

- Stevie knows about that. Yeah. - (foghorn sound)

- Stevie知道了是啊。 （霧號聲）

- "They're send a wave!" - These were some of the first guys

- "他們在送一波！"- 這些是第一批人

to do a wave pool, and they hadn't really figured it out yet.

要做一個波浪池，他們還沒有真正想好。

And they were a little too intense. And so there's two things that happen in a

而且他們有點太激烈了。所以有兩件事情發生在一個地方

wave pool. Number one is waves.

波浪池。第一是波浪。

- Check. - Number two is it's not salt water,

- 檢查。- 第二條是這不是鹽水。

so you're not a buoyant as you typically would be out in the ocean.

所以你不是一個浮力，因為你通常會在海洋中。

- Ah. - And people don't estimate things right,

- 人們對事物的估計也不對。

- and the waves were too big. - Hm.

- 和海浪太大。- Hm.

And so what ended up happening was people would be over there holding onto

所以最後發生的事情是人們會在那邊抱著... ...

the ladders for their dear lives. Like 30, 40 people crowded around these ladders.

梯子的生命。就像30，40個人擠在這些梯子周圍。

- Three people died on this ride. - Oh, goodness.

- 有三個人死在這趟車上- 哦，天啊

Three people died on the wave pool.

三人死在波浪池上。

- And they just left 'em in there? - (clearing throat)

- 他們就這樣把他們留在那裡？- （清嗓子）

No, they got 'em out. They had 12 lifeguards -- all teenagers, by the way --

不，他們把他們救出來了。他們有12個救生員... 順便說一下，都是青少年... ...

They had people working there at the park as young as 14 years old.

他們有的人在公園裡工作，年齡只有14歲。

Ride operators as young as 14 years old.

乘務員年僅14歲。

"Can you sign your name? You can work here."

"你能簽上你的名字嗎？你可以在這裡工作。"

Here's some of the things that stacked up here, okay?

這是一些堆積在這裡的東西，好嗎？

(Rhett) There were more rides that led to more injuries, including fractured femurs,

有更多的騎行導致更多的傷害，包括股骨骨折。

collarbones, and noses, dislocated knees and shoulders.

鎖骨和鼻子，膝蓋和肩膀脫臼。

So many people were taken to the emergency room from Action Park, that the

這麼多人從行動公園被送到急診室，以至於。

actual park bought extra ambulances for the township of Vernon to keep

實際公園為弗農鎮購買了額外的救護車，以保持。

up with the volume.

了與量。

Okay, so there'd been a total of six deaths, which is a lot of deaths...

好吧，所以已經有總共六人死亡， 這是一個很大的死亡... ...

- Oh, dude. - For operating for about 20 years, okay?

- 哦，夥計。- 因為經營了20年，好嗎？

Yeah, I mean, they better be cuttin' their annual pass if...

是啊，我的意思是，他們最好是削減他們的年票，如果... ...

In 1982, two people died a week apart.

1982年，有兩個人相隔一週死亡。

Who's going the week after that, you know? Who's going the third week?

後面一週誰會去，你知道嗎？第三週誰去？

Thousands of people went, continued to go. It was incredibly popular.

成千上萬的人去，繼續去。它是令人難以置信的流行。

They had to set up their own insurance company in the Cayman Islands...

他們不得不在開曼群島成立自己的保險公司... ...

- (laughing) - …in order to insure themselves,

- ...為了給自己買保險。

- because nobody would! - Gene's a business man, man!

- 因為沒有人願意！- 吉恩是個生意人，夥計！

(Rhett) And then things got so crazy that they lost the insurance policy that they

然後事情變得如此瘋狂，他們失去了保險單，他們...

had made for themselves and they operated a year without insurance.

了自己，他們經營了一年，沒有保險。

Then they went bankrupt, because there was just too much to handle.

然後他們就破產了，因為實在是太難處理了。

- Too many legal problems. - Mhm.

- 太多法律問題了- 嗯