Make way for the corndog: Arkansas State Fair kicks off

By: Ainsley Platt

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: October 16, 2026

Words: 381

Last Updated: 1 day, 3 hours ago

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a corndog?

To be more precise, it’s radio personality Roger Scott dressed in a corndog costume atop a scissor lift at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds on a somewhat-dreary Friday morning.

To do what, you may ask? To inaugurate the newest tradition of the Arkansas State Fair — the corndog drop.

“Forget the ribbon cutting,” a news release from the fair read. “We’re …

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