Someone should get up there and fix him, though

No thanks. An icon no more, but a memory unforgetable. You wouldn't believe the idea for replacement. Little iron thingys you look at an angle and it gives the illusion of it still being there.
Excellent original post though.
And to slate, Wisconsin is cheese. Vermont is "the green mountain state". Ver-Mont. Known for originality, I would wager they lead the nation in roads beside a river named "river road".
Bob