As you may know, we are able to do some bunderfulevents as Hotdoggers. From parades to state fairs to athletic games, we take the Wienermobile almost everywhere! There is one special week out of the year in which we take a break from our not-so-typical events, and visit university campuses in search of the next class of Oscar MayerHotdoggers.

Each year Oscar Mayer hires twelve recent college graduates to pilot the Wienermobilevehicles all over the nation, and I had the pleasure of being able to recruit at my Alma Mater, Penn State, along with Anggie Dogg and Hot Diggity Holly. Check out some pictures below from our trip to PSU!

WNRMBLE outside of Beaver Stadium!

Kevin Bacon Bits, Anggie Dogg, and Hot Diggity Holly with the Nittany Lion!

Can you spot something in the background?

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One question that we Hotdoggers get all the time is “The Wienermobile looks so clean, where do you wash it?!” Sometimes we clean the vehicles old-school, with a good ol’ ladder, sponge, and suds. If we’re lucky dogs though, local fire departments will let us wash our Wienermobile right there in the station, fire hose and all.

Thanks, Providence Fire Dept!

Anggie Dogg and I had a great time with the Providence Fire Department the other week in Rhode Island getting WNR MBLE (the Northeast vehicle) squeaky clean. Check out some pics below, and be sure to follow us @Wienermobile to ketchup with us on the road!

So Fresh and So Clean

As a driver of one of America’s most iconic vehicles, I get to meat tons of car enthusiasts along the way. Some drive classic cars, others relish their hot rods, but it’s safe to say that everyone who comes to see the Wienermobile wants to know all about the nuts and bolts of the vehicle.

Did you know that the toasted fiberglass dog and bun sit on top of a Chevrolet? Or that the Wienermobile is 27-feet-long, 11 feet high, and 8 feet wide? Check out the photos below of some cool custom cars that came to see the Wienermobile in Newport, OR; Kennewick, WA; and Billings, MT!

IWSHIWR gets a visitor in Newport, OR!

Kevin Bacon Bits behind the wheel!

Carol was just a little girl when she first saw the Wienermobile at a parade in her home town. She was excited to see that the drivers were tossing Wiener Whistles to the crowd as they drove past, and reached her hand out to catch one. Just as the whistle was inches from Carol’s hand, the person next to her reached over and caught it first. She left the parade that day disappointed that she never got her own whistle.

As Hotdoggers, we relish hearing stories like Carol’s, and being able to give the story a happier ending. Check out the video below as Carol FINALLY gets her very own Wiener Whistle!

Meat Brad! He and his family came to see IWSHIWR in Omaha, Nebraska. Right off the bun, it was clear that Brad was a true Wienermobile fanatic; he has collected close to 20 different items of Wienermobilia, some of which date back to the mid-1930s. Included in Brad’s collection are the famous Wiener Whistles, Oscar Mayer Wienermobile banks, a stuffed plush Wienermobile, two push-carts, and a newly added Wienermobile keychain that we happily donated to his awesome arrangement of artifacts.

Brad first became interested in collecting Wienermobilia when he received a miniature Wienermobile vehicle from his father. Brad also passed down the Wienermobile tradition to his son and niece, who accompanied him on his visit. Check it out below!

Brad with his son & niece!

Little Oscar popping out to say hello

That's a lot of Wienermobilia!

As Hotdoggers, we often hear stories that begin with “I remember when…”, and these stories are always fun to hear because each person has a unique experience when they first see the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile vehicle. Some people laugh, some people smile, but most importantly, everyone is happy when they see the big dog cruising around town.

I met Paul at one of our events in bunderful Billings, Montana. Everyone in Montana is so nice to us and Paul was no exception. It was his first time seeing IWSHIWR (one of six Wienermobile vehicles on the road today), and he said that he was the first in his entire family to see it! Paul used the word “stunning” to describe the bright colors and sheer size of the 27-foot-long hot dog. He said that it is truly a piece of Americana, given that it has been cruising the mustard striped roads of America since 1936.

Paul used to live near the headquarters of Oscar Mayer on the east side of beautiful Madison, WI. Before that, he attended high school in Geneva, Switzerland and eventually found himself living in Billings, MT where he has been for the past 20 years. Paul chaperoned a high school field trip to Brittany, located in the northwestern region of France, where his students translated the famous “Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener…” jingle into French! Check out his story!

If there is one thing you have to see in South Dakota, it’s Mt. Rushmore. As our Northwest Hotdogger team was rolling through the Black Hills of SD, we made it our mission to bring IWSHIWR to see George, Thomas, Theodore and, Honest Abe atop the historic mountain. When we got there, however, we soon found that the Wienermobile vehicle attracted almost as many fans, tourists, and photographers as our past American presidents! Check out some cool pictures below…

Two American Icons Meat!

Kevin Bacon Bits catching some air!