From Joey Ratliff #1

PinkyM, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Here are a couple of promo sheets from days gone by, although not that long ago. The first is Pinky Madison and his "Minnie" and "Dolly" act. What can you tell me about Mr. Madison. All I know is he was often confused for Slivers and Bucky Steele always spoke highly of him. "Bucky was right, they were were very nice people, June was the only Hawaiian Elephant Empress I ever knew. I'm not aware of Pinky's prior circus background. He pretty much made a career out of replacing his brother Slivers whenever he moved on to a better job. A case in point was that when Hugo Schmitt referred to Slivers Madison he always called him "Pinky Schlivers" totally unaware that he was talking about two people. I wasn't about to challenge him on the matter. This was a neat little two-act owned by Bob Dietch and worked by the Madisons 1958-65 and then sold to Tony Diano in 1966. For some reason Diano sold "Dolly" to Mexico in 1969 and replaced her with "Dolly #2" from carnival owner Lawrence Maturo. Both "Minnie" and "Dolly #2" were included with "Tommy" in the 1986 sale to Kenneth Feld." Buckles