Programs Wrapping The Mummy - The Hula Hoop Trick That Got The City Comptoller in 1962 WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Gil Sandler Published November 21, 2013 at 12:43 PM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:21 The craze was all over Baltimore, and when the city held a hula-hoop contest among its children, the City Comptroller himself thought he could have won it.