# Arizona! There ain't nothin' there but rattlesnakes and locoweed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [December 13, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935 "2020-12-13T01:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/1 "2020-12-13T01:02:16Z")
That’s from a commercial back in the… '80s? Anyone remember it? It might have been an Arizona tourism commercial. (Video link appreciated.) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/2 "2020-12-13T01:12:54Z")
There’s Huge Fire ant mounds too in Texas, Arizona etc. > **[Avoid fire ant mounds - or suffer the consequences](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/health/article/Avoid-fire-ant-mounds-or-suffer-the-consequences-12366792.php)** > > In the 2015 movie "Ant-Man," Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) develops an armored suit that... ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/3 "2020-12-13T01:16:00Z")
I went to AZ once to visit a friend. Stood on a corner in Winslow. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/4 "2020-12-13T01:19:16Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Stood on a corner in Winslow. Such a fine sight to see. Actually, there’s NOTHING in AZ. No reason to come here, especially to live. The desert is a dangerous place. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/5 "2020-12-13T01:31:23Z")
When in Winslow, I recommend the La Posada for overnight lodgings. I stayed in the Clark Gable Room when I was there. Pretty cool place. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/6 "2020-12-13T02:42:52Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > When in Winslow, I recommend the La Posada for overnight lodgings. I stayed in the Clark Gable Room when I was there. Pretty cool place And a very fine restaurant. We were surprised and pleased at the quality of the food in what is a pretty modest hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/7 "2020-12-13T02:48:50Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Actually, there’s NOTHING in AZ. And it’s the parts where there’s _nothing_ that are most remarkable. > **[Grand Canyon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon)** > > The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Öngtupqa, Yavapai: Wi:kaʼi:la, Navajo: Bidááʼ Haʼaztʼiʼ Tsékooh, Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, Spanish: Gran Cañón or Gran Cañón del Colorado) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).: 902  > The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Fo... ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/8 "2020-12-13T03:08:02Z")
Lots of nice desert including the well known saguaro cactus, which due to poaching is very rare in CA, and few within a short walk of a highway even in AZ. We did a big college ecology field trip out there, throwing one meter hula-hoop like circle to count the living things. Met Justin Schmidt, who told us about getting stung by a tarantula hawk wasp. Lovely desert in the spring. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/9 "2020-12-13T03:10:16Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I went to AZ once to visit a friend. Stood on a corner in Winslow. - Did you see a girl in a flatbed Ford? ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/10 "2020-12-13T03:19:05Z")
You josh, but it practically the only thing to see in Winslow… > **[Standin' on the Corner Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standin%27_on_the_Corner_Park)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Standin' on the Corner Park is a public park in Winslow, Arizona, opened in 1999, commemorating the song "Take It Easy" which was written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey and most famously recorded by the Eagles. The song includes the verse "Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me." The park contains a two-story trompe-l'œil mural... ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/11 "2020-12-13T03:33:55Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > You josh, but it practically the only thing to see in Winslow… - > > [Standin' on the Corner Park - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standin%27_on_the_Corner_Park) That’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/12 "2020-12-13T21:19:10Z")
My visit was in the late Seventies, it wasn’t there then. If I get back to AZ, I’d visit Benson. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/13 "2020-12-13T21:25:47Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > If I get back to AZ, I’d visit Benson. For the surfing? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/14 "2020-12-13T22:32:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > For the surfing? [/quote] Ain’t nothing else in Benson. Although it’s not far from Kartchner Caverns. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/15 "2020-12-14T00:50:12Z")
I was misinformed. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/16 "2020-12-14T14:40:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > For the surfing? The surfing is in Tempe, next to the ice skating and not far from the curling rink. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/17 "2020-12-14T14:45:04Z")
SPOILER ALERT! [Benson, Arizona and surfing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPXodXoaYHI&t=10m30s)😉 ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/18 "2020-12-14T20:05:40Z")
Child please!! If you’re in Benson you can run over & see “The Thing!!” Also Benson is pretty close to Tombstone which can be a fun weekend party town with a side of history thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/19 "2020-12-14T20:29:54Z")
You’re better off in Tucson and taking a day trip. Tucson has a lot of tourist stuff to do. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-there-aint-nothin-there-but-rattlesnakes-and-locoweed/927935/20 "2020-12-14T21:21:38Z")
In any case… Does anyone remember the commercial that is the subject of this thread?