Sunday, March 22, 2009

Kaleidoscape Revisited #1


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RINGLING BROS. MAY PITCH TENT ON CONEY ISLAND

By RICH CALDER

March 19, 2009 --

The world-famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus is looking to pitch their Big Top in Coney Island this summer a move that would provide much needed adrenaline for the ever shrinking amusement district.

City officials said they're trying to iron out an agreement to bring the "Greatest Show on Earth" to a site off the area's fabled boardwalk after negotiations between Ringling Brothers and Joe Sitt, the amusement districts biggest landowner, felt apart two weeks ago mostly, they alleged, because Sitt was too greedy.

Talks have now switched to bringing the three-ring circus to a less active area of the boardwalk by W. 22nd Street owned by Taconic Investment Partners, but no deal has yet to been reached.

Posted by Buckles at 3/22/2009 06:12:00 AM

13 comments:

Buckles said...

I brought this subject up to Bill Powell recently and he denied any knowledge.
In fact his very words were, "I'm shocked! Shocked! I know nothing of these matters!"

22 March, 2009 06:50
Chic Silber said...

The New York Times is usually

very careful to fact check the

information in the articles

that are printed in the paper

Chic

22 March, 2009 11:07
Anonymous said...

Three rings ??? There are indeed rumors aplenty and some things in print, but 3 rings ???

Paul G.

22 March, 2009 11:27
Buckles said...

I had a telephone interview by a Times reporter yesterday afternoon asking my opinion of today's Greatest Show On Earth.
I explained that it is absolutely magnificent but others on my Blog are misinformed, insist on living in the past and even go so far as to cast aspersions on today's offerings.

22 March, 2009 11:30
Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
Brilliant, brilliant alibi!!!! When there is a course taught in school on the "Art of the Patch,alibiing with honor", this needs to be reference as the standard for all to emulate. LOL
You see Chic, there are many way's to fact check.
Wade Burck

22 March, 2009 12:22
Chic Silber said...

Good thing it was a telephone

interview Buckles otherwise it

would have taken your extreme

efforts to maintian decorum

I love it but would have tried

to have a similar response

I've been very happily married

to a truly great theatrical

press agent for 25 years

And yes Wade I can tell the

difference between facts & facts

Chic

22 March, 2009 13:23
Buckles said...

This was a chap named Glen Collins that Barbara and I know from our days with Big Apple.
In fact the first thing he said was how is the Elephant Empress.
Glen said the show claims to be doing good business and I'm certainly in no position to dispute that. My complaints with the show are purely aesthetic.
He said he would send me a copy of the article before it is printed and I'll put it on the Blog.
He added that he would include the Blog address, nothing wrong with that.

22 March, 2009 14:32
Chic Silber said...

If the Times prints your blog

address you'll have to hire

help to keep up with the deluge

But you could up the anti on the

ads or join a syndicate

Chic

22 March, 2009 14:41
Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
If you are going to ride this horse "My complaints with the show are purely aesthetic," you had better get the shredder warmed up!!!
Wade Burck

22 March, 2009 16:27
Anonymous said...

Aspersions you say?!

I will not express any personal opinion of Z Z Z other than we've seen it three times now in two different cities. We think the elephant act is one of the best in
recent years and were delighted to see Billy Morris is heading it up. We also very much like Taba and his tigers.

At all three shows we saw we sat pretty much in the midst of parents with kids generally ranging in age from 2 to 12 years old. Almost without exception the kids gave every indication of having a great time every time, and there were many, we looked around.

The Good Ol' Days, yes miss them like crazy, bring them back in a heartbeat...PLEEEZE, but the Felds certainly seem to be pleasing their target audience.

On another note, we were at the Big Apple a week ago (we like the show alot, still miss that elephant act though!) and were seated in the midst of two or three family units that were apparently very close. Ever try to enjoy a show when the woman in front of you is changing a diaper and/or feeding baby food or a bottle to her kidS...and the woman next to you has a three year old on her lap that keeps flailing (SP?) his arms around hitting you every two minutes and then jumps down and leans across you to see how his "cousins" in the row in front of you are...and on and on ad nauseum. Thanks for helping me purge...and now back to the blog.

Paul G.

22 March, 2009 19:45
Little John said...

Always onward to bigger and better things, Captain you never fail to amaze us all.

22 March, 2009 20:52
Anonymous said...

Buckles..your style of dance makes Michael Flatley look like a clogger! Hey, I have a steady flow of Beefs that need attention...Do you Freelance??

22 March, 2009 21:08
Anonymous said...

Actually what is the problem in bring the show, apart from money? Is it not possible to earn bringing the show?

25 March, 2009 03:31

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