Guy Anthony Hutchinson (born November 22, 1974) is an American author,
broadcaster,
theme park historian and comedian.
Published works
Hutchinson (with Chris Mercaldo) wrote the book ''Sesame Place'' which was published by
Arcadia Publishing
Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of neighborhood, local, and regional history of the United States in pictorial form.(analysis of the successful ''Images of America'' series). Arcadia Publishing also runs the History Press, which publ ...
.
The book was made with the cooperation of
Sesame Place and
Sesame Workshop and tells the 35-year history of the
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
theme park in photos and text.
Hutchinson had begun researching the history of Sesame Place by "watching other people's home movies on YouTube, sifting through Flickr photos, eBay auctions, and digging through old newspapers on Google," when he was contacted by Mercaldo about pitching the book to Arcadia Publishing.
His additional published works include the following:
* ''Mean Merle and the Pigeon of Frizzante Park'', a children's anti-bullying story book set at a fictional theme park;
* ''Letters to the Hall of presidents (And Answers to Letters to the Hall of presidents)'', a humor book where Hutchinson "chronicles" his fictitious former job as responder to fictional correspondence sent to the Presidential robots in the
Walt Disney World
The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment resort complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, near the cities of Orlando and Kissimmee. Opened on October 1, 1971, ...
attraction;
* ''The Nut Before Christmas'', a parody coloring & activity book spoofing ''
A Visit from St. Nicholas
''A Visit from St. Nicholas'', more commonly known as ''The Night Before Christmas'' and ''Twas the Night Before Christmas'' from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title ''Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas'' i ...
'', starring "Santa Squirrel"; and
* ''Ghost Memoirs: Disney After Death'', a fictional novel set in the 1990s about two deceased "slacker" Walt Disney World "cast members" whose ghosts fail to reach their eternal resting place, so they stay to haunt the park.
* ''Bibbity Boozity Book'', a cocktail guide featuring drinks from Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
Podcasts
Hutchinson previously co-hosted the interview series ''The Adventure Club'' along with co-host John Galbo and others.
He also co-hosts ''Drunk On Disney'' (with
Dana Snyder
Dana Snyder is an American actor. He is known for his voice roles of Master Shake in '' Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', Granny Cuyler in '' Squidbillies'', Baby Ball on '' Ballmastrz: 9009'', and other roles in various Adult Swim television shows. Hi ...
).
On the show they try cocktails from EPCOT and the Disney hotels, but the title of that show refers the host's obsession with Disney theme parks as kids. In a 2015 interview Hutchinson said "we were 'drunk' on Disney before we had ever tried booze."
Radio
Hutchinson began doing voice over work on
WHWH
WHWH (1350 AM) is a radio station in Princeton, New Jersey, serving Trenton, New Jersey. Established in 1963, the station is owned and operated by Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC.
History
WHWH signed on September 7, 1963. The ca ...
radio in 1993. In 1994 he was promoted to "afternoon drive talk show host." Hutchinson left the station in 1997 and began working as a disc jockey at
WMGQ
WMGQ (98.3 MHz Magic 98.3) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to New Brunswick and serving Central Jersey (Middlesex, Union and Somerset Counties). It is owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group, along with sister station WCTC 1450 AM. ...
where he worked for three years.
Personal life
Hutchinson attended
Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville NJ, graduating in 1993. Raised in
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...
, Hutchinson resides in nearby
East Windsor Township, New Jersey
East Windsor is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Located within the Raritan Valley region, the township is an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census B ...
.
[English, Chris]
"New book on Sesame Place coming out Monday"
''Bucks County Courier Times
The ''Bucks County Courier Times'' is a daily newspaper located in Levittown, Pennsylvania
Levittown is a census-designated place (CDP) and planned community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part ...
'', July 2, 2015. Accessed January 17, 2020. "It’s written by Guy Hutchinson and Chris Mercaldo, who both used to visit the park as children. Hutchinson, who grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and now lives in East Windsor, New Jersey, has also been back several times as a parent, he said."
References
External links
Art, Comedy, Pop-Culture Network
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1974 births
Living people
American podcasters
American satirists
People from New Jersey
American male non-fiction writers
American male comedians
21st-century American comedians
Notre Dame High School (New Jersey) alumni
People from East Windsor, New Jersey
People from Princeton, New Jersey