Friday, September 12, 2008

From Steve Flint


the wizard, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Dear Buckles-
Great photo's of you and Gibbs the other day in your Sheik of Araby outfits. Mention was made of Bobby being "the wizard". Here's a photo of that costume (note the Merlin hat) when he was on Carson-Barnes, I think around 1983.
Friend-Steve


"I well remember this day. C&B was set up at the Fairgrounds. All of us CWM people attended the evening performance and combined with visiting Circus Fans, we numbered about 50 souls seated together in front of the center ring.
The highlight of spec was Bobby and the giraffe as pictured above
and as the Wicked Wizard passed in front of us, on cue we all jumped to our feet and cheered. Needless to say, the giraffe did a 360 degree capriole and drug Bobby down to Ring 5 before he gained control.
I told Chico, "Let's see Gunther top that!"
Buckles

Posted by Buckles at 9/12/2008 06:39:00 AM

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, it was '83. I too have pictures and know as my family had the great fortune to spend a couple of weeks with the show in South Dakota! What I wish I had recorded was his "Rat Pitch" for the pit show on the midway!
Carl

12 September, 2008 11:54
Anonymous said...

I wish Rick Pfening would chime in here occasionally. He has this great story about Bobby that I will have to tell in his absence:

Rick and Fred drove up in Fred's Rolls-Royce one day just as Bobby was making an opening. As they got out of the car they heard a familiar voice over the PA system say, "Get that piece of junk off this lot; we're trying to run a high class show here!"

12 September, 2008 13:30
Anonymous said...

Let me add a Bobbyism. When he first did the Big Apple in NYC, he inevitably had to take his first ride on subway.

That was right after Bernhard Goetz had shot those young toughs who were threatening him on the NY subway (1984). It was a sensational story - -true defense or vigilantism?

As Bobby descended the stairs to the subway amid the scurrying throng, he started screaming, "I'm a friend of Bernhard Goetz."

I did not see the incident but was told of it by someone who was there - -cannot recall whom.

12 September, 2008 17:29
BOBBY'S LITL BRO. said...

Thanks to everyone for sharing all of your photos of " Bobby " with me and my family. These are ones we have never seen. You all knew Bobby the only thing he kept was 8X10's black and whites. Spaeial thanhs to you Buckles for having this blog so everyone can share thier great memories. Casey

15 September, 2008 14:20
Anonymous said...

Bobby was also an educator. I think it was a troupe of Chinese performers on Big Apple that he taught the finer words of the English language, which they then shouted, at his behest, from some float in a parade somewhere. Maybe someone knows the details.

15 September, 2008 14:20

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