Buckles Blog: No. 74- Miss Edda (Gattin von Kemal) with Circus Carl Althoff 1963

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Anonymous said...: On top of everything else. we had to keep the seams straight on our tights! cc; 08 April, 2007 08:04
Anonymous said...: I'd be interested to know what had her attention off to the right; it must be very important to ignore a polar bear six inches from her head!; 08 April, 2007 16:51
Bob Cline said...: Pat,
I know that John Illig had the mixed Bear act for Mr. Clubb for a few years. Are there any Polar Bears still in any of Mr. Clubb's acts?
Bob; 08 April, 2007 22:34
Anonymous said...: Hi Bob, The acts Jim Clubb currently has on the road are here in Japan. John and I have his lions, tigers, leopard, zebras and giraffe. I've been trying to persuade John for months to rustle up some photos of the bear act so I could send them in to the blog. But ya know, hey, he's a guy. He'll get to it when he gets to it.

For accuracy, any information on past Clubb acts should be directed to Jim Clubb himself. I goofed up once before on the bears.

When we layed over at Rene Strickler's in Switzerland in 1998, Rene allowed me to have a few pictures taken in the arena with his polar bear "Polaris". It was one of the greatest thrills of my life. When he entered the ring, I recall thinking this bear looked and moved like a living ice floe. I treasure the photos.; 08 April, 2007 23:51