The author worked as a sweeper and ticket-taker at the Buena Park theme park in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
David Dickstein worked at Knott’s Berry Farm as a ticket-taker and custodian in the late 1970s and early ’80s. I’ve been blessed with countless pinch-me opportunities and experiences throughout my career as a journalist and public relations professional.
The longest part-time gig I had during my wonder years had me literally down in the dumps, and it was awesome. My three years at Knott’s began as a sweeper — not my first choice, but it was the only job available when I applied late in my senior year at Los Alamitos High School. Dealing with discarded food, soiled diapers and vomit from queasy guests with lousy aim was nasty. But patrolling an assigned parcel of theme park each shift enabled me to get in my steps long before that became a thing.
While I’m namedropping, I met the one and only Barbra Streisand thanks to this job and the lovely, late Marion Knott. The youngest daughter of Knott’s Berry Farm founders Walter and Cordelia was giving the A-list celebrity a private tour of the park. Fortuitously, I was the attendant that night at a re-entry gate that once closed off Ghost Town from guests who didn’t pay for park admission. When the living legend approached my gate, Ms.
Borrowing a lyric from the Association’s first No. 1 hit — I stamped that entire band as well — cherish is the word I use to describe my most bittersweet gate-based memory. I’m believed to be the last gate attendant to welcome Mr. Knott into his own park.
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