Saturday, November 05, 2005

Rigor Mortis

Receiving word from Gary and Little John brings to mind a story that they will appreciate.
Bobby Gibbs booked the three elephants he leased from D.R. with Billy Burr Amusements one year but Mr. Burr wanted a complete performance. Bobby managed to come up with a pleasing little show but lacked clowns so he managed to acquire makeup somehow and applied it on his two grooms.
He then introduced them to the audience as Those Two World Famous Italian Clowns "Rigor Morti" and "Corpus Delecti" I'm sure you both remember Rigor Mortis (Bob Gibson) when he worked for me at Circus World.
Incredibly I received a call from him after last year's hurricanes. He now works for the State of Florida and was in the process of helping people file claims regarding storm damage. He asked that I refer to him as Robert.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh the stories, folks think that I have this vivid imagination, or that I am just a liar. Just last week I was telling one of many accounts about Rigger to my show rigging buddies. He was working out of my I. A. T. S. E. local in 1986, and I thought that someone might know him. (What’s twenty years?) Rigor Mortis (Bob Gibson), thank you Buckles that ties thing together and makes a lot of sense. Remember his wife?

Buckles said...

Mrs. Mortis.

GaryHill said...

WHO couldn't forget her, just can't remember her name because we all called her Mrs Mortis! Gary