Rick at The Motley Fool writes amazing columns about the amusement industry.

Of course, as a Fool, he writes nearly exclusively about publicly traded, corporate parks.

Yet somehow, we get a mention every once in a while.

Before we shot our YouTube announcement video on Wednesday, we were all giddy in anticipation and nervousness.

"Let's just try not to make fools out of ourselves," was the rallying cry.

But maybe that's not such a bad thing after all.