Friday, March 24, 2006

For Gretchen

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very nice picture. He looks like a mattadore,"Bull Fighter" not a Poet though. Fills the britches nicely. I will be glad when Karen gets back from Florida. Gretchen, Karen and I could really get a perfect man and outfit together.

Buckles said...

The Hasidic Jews sponsored a circus out in Rockaway, NY (maybe they still do)and we made the date with our elephants one year. Joe Bauer provided the tent and produced the show but no women were allowed to appear in the performance. There were only two exceptions, the plate spinners wife had to be there to hand him the plates and another ladyhad to drop bars in the flying act. Both were required to wear coveralls and conceal their hair under baseball caps.
I bring this story up since we have somehow become involved with subject of men's tight pants.
One of the flyers was complaining to me that they were even forced to wear swimming trunks over their tights to conceal even the hint of genetalia. I told him "Hell, thats good, now you won't have to bother with those rolled up socks".

Anonymous said...

And I was worried about telling how Barbara and I would cover falsies with the same fabric as the costumes in case they slipped while performing. Never use satan or silk as they slip something awful. I always used lace trimming. There is a picture out there somewhere of me doing WEB and a lot of lace is showing. Remember this was in the early 60s. Is nothing sacred? I never knew men did the same. I don't think they used lace though. Maybe????

Anonymous said...

There was a Mel Brooks movie years back with a ballet seen that was so funny with the men in tights. People were actually crying they were laughing so hard.

TheShaz said...

Merry Men: We're men, we're men in tights / We roam around the forest looking for fights / We're men, we're men in tights / We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that's right! / We may look like sissies / But watch what you say, or else we'll put out your lights / We're men, we're men in tights / Always on guard, defending the people's rights.

Anonymous said...

We were approached once about doing one of those shows, but they wanted me to work the Tigers instead of Trudy. One thing I noticed, (after I stopped laughing), as much they insist on down playing the woman's role every question he asked me was preceeded by his wife whispering in his ear. Now who do you suppose was really running things.

Anonymous said...

Buckles, as odd as it may seem to men. We look at the rear end on men not the front. Herbet Castle also wore the POET type blouse in his wire act. On CFA there is a young lady working a cage act who looks SOOO elegant in this type of wardrobe.