What kinds of carnival food are the Gypsy Pistoleros addicted to?

SUBMITTED BY: Ilya Mirman    LOCATION: Pryor, Oklahoma (2011)

Perhaps one of the country’s most prolific photographers of wax museum scenes (Jessica Simpson‘s patriotism, George Clooney‘s wedding, Tiger Woods‘ shenanigans, etc.), Ilya ironically stumbled across humans who pose like wax figures.

The body language and facial expressions of the Gypsy Pistoleros almost seem too perfect, like it was staged for the final frame of a VH1 “Behind The Music” documentary.

Other rock and metal bands stalked by Mirman’s lens at the Rocklahoma music festival include Motley Crue, Poison, Whitesnake, Papa Roach, the Sick Puppies, Saving Abel, Drowning Pool and Black Label Society.

(Ilya Mirman, who recently met Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx on his flight from Tulsa to Dallas, is the co-founder of Tacky Tourist Photos).

SUBMITTED BY: Tacky Tourist Photos    LOCATION: Hopkinton County Fair, New Hampshire (2009)

We have no problems using burly cigar-smoking guys and intimidation to sell popcorn.

Just please change the sign!

What happened to Kermit the Frog, arguably the greatest journalist to live on Martha's Vineyard since the late Walter Cronkite?

SUBMITTED BY: Laura Molta   LOCATION: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (2007)

Think county fairs are all about cotton candy and fried Snickers bars?
Think again.

In West Tisbury, Massachusetts, Laura was horrified to stumble across this gruesome scene of Kermit the Frog danging from the rafters of a carnival game.

We’re equally horrified that Kermit, the best Muppet journalist to ever grace the airwaves, was fired as a Sesame Street news correspondent long before this incident.

(Laura Molta is a TV news producer and documentary filmmaker who occasionally takes cooking classes in Tuscany)