Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Otto, The Count and Emmett


Posted by Buckles at 10/11/2006 12:49:00 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Each year when the Red show and the Blue show would play Washington and Baltimore at the same time Mr. Irvin Feld would through an elegant party at his Penthouse aptmnt. in Washington for executive staff, bosses and star performers of both shows. I along with Otto and Israel Feld were sitting in Irvin's library brousing through his extensive collection of circus books. Israel was Irvin's brother and business partner and a very nice, quiet, unassuming person. He remarked," Otto how did you get into the circus business ?" Otto replied in all seriousness in his deep gutteral voice, " I voss a bareback rider in drag in Albert Hodgini's riding act", and then with a little twinkle in his eye, he continued, "and I looked so goot I get paid extra to do the side show blow off on the bally platform as a cooch broad". You can well imagine the reaction of Israel and myself. True story and also true about Otto.

11 October, 2006 09:13
Bob Cline said...

Thank you John for another great story. This really makes Circus History come alive to hear about a part of an icon we never heard about before and to see there was so much more to the people than what we saw in their performance. Getting to work with showfolks was always a great part of my life but I do feel like I missed out on a lot by being in my generation and not the generation before me. My how times have changed.
Bob

11 October, 2006 22:17

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