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Where is the Merry-Go-Round featured in the movie Free to Be You and Me located?

Asked by Kraigmo (9223points) March 9th, 2021

The 1970s movie Free to Be You and Me featured a Merry-Go-Round in the very first scene of the movie (the opening credits).
It’s located near some big city. I thought at first this might be the Central Park Carousel, but it’s not.
So where is this thing located?
(To see it, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26FOHoaC78 )

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YARNLADY's avatar

It looks like Jane’s Carousel in Brooklyn

JLeslie's avatar

Wow. I had forgotten about that show. Here is a Wikipedia about it. I grew up with it so I never gave it much thought, but a lot of thought went into it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_to_Be..._You_and_Me

It’s not a merry-go-round, merry-go-round is what kids play on in a park and they spin it themselves.

I thought the carrousel was in Manhattan, I used to ride it, but I was so young I might be wrong about the borough. Someone will know. I’ll send it to some New York jellies.

janbb's avatar

Not clear enough to me to see what city it’s in.

Inspired_2write's avatar

Check the credits at the end of the movie as locations are always listed.

smudges's avatar

@JLeslie A carousel and a merry-go-round are the same thing, but, merry-go-round is also the name of the the thing kids play on in the park, and it’s also called a ‘roundabout’.

JLeslie's avatar

@smudges Ok, thanks! I never use them interchangeably. I assume a playground merry-go-round is not called a carrousel, it would only be the other way around. Is that right?

smudges's avatar

@JLeslie I’d guess that’s correct. And to confuse things even more, that thingy at the airport that brings your luggage into the building and goes around so you can collect it is called a carousel, a-a-annd a roundabout is also a circle which routes traffic, although imo they just confuse us. A simple intersection would make more sense, but I think city planners think they look classy. LOL

YARNLADY's avatar

@smudges Traffic engineers install round-abouts to SLOW traffic on purpose on roads that are too congested, not because they are classy.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

@smudges also cuts down on cars idling and producing exhaust gases at a red light or stop sign.

JLeslie's avatar

My city has about 35 or 40 roundabouts, I lost track. One about every ½ of a mile. Most people here just call them circles, even though technically I don’t think they are traffic circles, but people seem to use roundabout and traffic circles interchangeably.

My husband does car racing, and some tracks have a carrousel, which is almost a full tight circle.

Meanwhile, we still have not found the definite answer for the Q. I will ask my mom and dad, I think they will know.

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