The following year Bud's daughter
Kathleen and her husband Larry Graber leased a store off of the Boardwalk
at the corner of Lincoln and Ocean Avenue to start anew. The store would
be called Cookie's Fun Shop and would continue to operate at that location
for the next ten seasons. In that period of time the culture changed
and so did the Fun Shop - concentrating less on pranks and magic and
more on Rock and Roll merchandise. The Fun Shop would eventually end
up back on the Boardwalk at their current address of 3912. Through the
90's the pranks and magic were completely eliminated from the store
and the business relied heavily on Rock and Roll and movie memorabilia,
posters, T-Shirts, buttons, stickers and music CD's. Larry and Kathy
Graber continue to operate the business Albert and Kate Cohen had started
almost 60 years ago and have even recently brought the gags back to
the shop. The Fun Shop was a perfect fit for Wildwood's kitsch and was
by far the coolest store on the Boardwalk. A true experience of american
pop culture and another great Wildwood memory. |
