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14 comments:
Thanks for the pictures of near naked men this morning Buckles. An eye opener for sure. I must be getting old as I reconize the arenas and props more then the performers. Its wonderful to see the people I read about on the Blog. Not a one looks like I thought they would look like, except the one from the St Louis Zoo and I forgot his name for a min. Wonderful story teller.
Ah for the days when the good guys were paid by the cat and there was real money in it
Great memories! My dog act was hired as a last minute replacement for another dog act on the 1988(lst yr) Gold Unit Japan tour. Larry and I as well as the Anastasini Bros. shared a dressing room. Larry was as loud and boisterous as the lions he worked. He told me that the costume he wore was intended to evoke the old time lion tame image rather than the Gebel-Williams style. Hell, Larry didn't have the G-W physique! He was a real character and I enjoyed the conversations we had back then. The Clubb act he worked was very impressive and he had plenty of showmanship for it! As I say, for a mudshow guy with a dog act that 1988 Japan tour was pretty darn special -- the big time!
Bill Schreiber
thanks bill,
I also quite enjoyed that tour
I am humbled to be in such prestigious company
dropa line larryallendean@hotmail.com
some good looking lionshots
Larry's act on Ringling was very good and with his costume and mustache, he looked the part. I was most impressed with the opening parade where he rode in a small cage with a lion.
YES BILL IT WAS QUITE A TIME. LARRY SINGING COUNTRY KAROKE AND HE WAS GOOD. THE JAPANESE LIKED IT. LARRY GOT A TICKET FOR RIDING AN UNLICENSED BICYCLE IN A POURING DOWN RAIN. MEMORIES.
It was like seeing part of the old days. Larry wasn't bashful about cracking a little whip out there, and got bum-rapped for it in the San Antonio paper. I wrote the columnist, who was pining for the return of Gunther, that the whip cracks in the air--that's why you hear it--and not on the animals, and told the guy not to be such a sniveling panty-waist. You know, he didn't print that letter.
a great act. larry looked exactly what the japanese people expected to see in his wardrobe, boots. handle bar mustache. a cage full of beautiful full. black maned lions in an excellent routine. the pairs of lions doing the over the garden wall trick is one of the best wild animal routines i have ever seen. alot of growling and snarling. real circus. well done.
I thought I better add my comments! Originally the act was 8 male lions that was appearing at the Blackpool Tower Circus in 1986. Luis Palacio had a near fatal accident with one of the lions on a Friday afternoon matinee. Luckily Norman Barratt, the ringmaster, was at hand and eventually got the lion off him. I arrived in the evening and took the act over once again, the next day. I showed it for the next twelve weeks until Emile Smith was free from his engagement at the Hippodrome Great Yarmouth, where he was presenting our fourteen mixed panthers, leopards, pumas, jaguars and snow leopard. He then worked the lion act for the rest of the season. Kenneth Feld visited Blackpool and asked me if I could enlarge the act and work it in a wild style like Clyde Beatty. Of course I was brought up on this style of presentation and delighted at the prospect. During the winter I bought back three lionesses from Gerry Cottle, who I had sold to at the beginning of the year. I had another twelve lions in winter quarters, which I added and eventually ended up with the fourteen that appeared on Ringlings. The over-the-garden- wall trick originally had four pairs, but I reduced it to three before Larry took over. In the parade, my good lion, Clarence rode with Larry in the wagon cage. Feld originally asked if I could make an act with two lions doing the bouncing routine in the wagon cage to work at the conclusion of the parade. I trained two lionesses (not the ones in the main act) to do this, bouncing up the wall of the cage, closing the door as I entered etc., but he decided he didn't want it before we shipped. What a shame, as I am sure no one had seen an act like it for fifty years. Dick Chipperfield Snr. had shown me how to break it. I believe this to be a very rare skill and is now extinct. Maybe I should do it again. I could go on more, but I must get back to the lions and tigers of today!
Larry are these not the cats you had in Seagoville in '78?
the group that I had in Seagoville in'78 was 7 tigers & 3 lions trained by "Red" Hartman,owned by Hubert Castle,later purchased as part of the circus by Tarzan Zerbini.Later worked as a tiger group(with more tigers added)by Gary Thomas.then I believe they were sold into Mexico.
The Clubb lions were a group put together for the Ringling show,then I took them to Europe,after a year or 2 they were reduced to a nine for Circus Roncali.after 1 chased me out it became 8.John Campalong then worked them for a number of years around Europe.I heard they finished their career in Japan under the direction of Emile Smith
They were,with-out a doubt,the best quality stock that I ever had the opportunity to work.And working a Jim Clubb act was like going to college.
As we speak,Pat White is working a Clubb cat act and exotic hoofstock on Circus Kinoshita in Japan
I wish we could see more of Patricia White. I saw her work an act only once. She has been arould for a while so there must be some great stories and pictures.
Pat is working the mixed Clubb cats with John Illig. John has been with Cubb for some time working mixed bears and mixed cats.One of the finest acts I've ever seen, is the Clubb mixed leopards, jaguars, and snow leopard presented by Emile Smith.
Hello Bill, Dean Poirier here.aka Dean allan Dean. That Japan tour with my father was Incredible! I so wish I could have stayed in contact with Merlin the Chimp!! I was amazing to have the chance to work with such incredibly talented and caring animal people! & come on,, Carmen was a hoot to sit and talk with about Chimps! Thanks for jarring that memory forward!! Have a Blessed day!
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