copy cat, but I bet he combusted both extremities of a cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick to come up with it.
I was just making a joke. I was raised on sesame street, 321 contact, electric company, mr rogers land of the weird, square one, muppet show, plenty of tv.
He'll be the only one laughing when his kids are making the big bucks with the Army Corps of Engineers juggernaut with all that lincoln log and dirt moving experience, while your kids are singing barney tunes and saying things like undisclosed location.
further south, you could also crash the Sunhogs annual Memorial Day party at North Sister in Oregon. For 20 years, groups have camped at treeline below the villard glacier. the requirements are simple: 1/2 case of beer minimum & lawnchair. the numbers have been dwindling apparently, so perhaps this could revive the cause.