Friday, November 24, 2006

Johnny J. Jones Shows 1917 #2



I assume this elaborate front is for a Girl Show. Posted by Picasa

Posted by Buckles at 11/24/2006 06:02:00 AM

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is there any such thing as a girl show anymore? To be really different, they would have to sit there and knit; 'cause everything else is available on television!!
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24 November, 2006 09:04
Anonymous said...

Twenty years ago my Dad and I used to argue about what was killing (or had already killed) girl shows. He was old school, and convinced that the issue was same kind of regulation and political correctness on the part of fair boards that were frowning at sideshow attractions and sending flatties packing. I thought then and still think that the explosion in pornography, massage parlors and all things sexual in the 1970's simply made anything shown under canvas look quaint. And show operators, many of whom had been on the lots since the 1940's grew older. Today with so much sexual material on the internet, the only way a girl show of any kind could turn a buck would be strictly as a nostalgia gimmick. These days I suppose it might even seem wholesome when compared to what comes unsolicited in my email some mornings.

24 November, 2006 13:38
Anonymous said...

What I would give to see "The Raynell Revue" (just one more time) as presented by Goldie Raynell on Cetlin & Wilson. A first rate revue with a big feature name for closing. We thought it would last forever - if we had only known. Charles H.

24 November, 2006 18:33
Anonymous said...

I remember the Raynell show very well, even thou I was jsut a kid, of 8 or 10 years of age. I saw it many times at the Ionia Free Fair, during the late 40's and early 50's.
If you are wondering how I was able to see the show at such a young age, I had the priviledge of my parents, having a close relationship with an offical of the Ionia Fair.
By the way, her name was Raynell Golden, and she had a close relationship with Izzy Cetlin, one of the owners of the Cetlin and Wilson Shows.
Cetlin and Wilson was billed as THE WORLD ON PARADE!
I have fond memeroys of that carnival, and sure do wish it was still around today.

24 November, 2006 22:33
Anonymous said...

Jim Elliott - I enjoyed your comments about Cetlin & Wilson and Raynell. It was my favorite show - Speaking of Izzy Cetlin - I read in Bob Goldsacks book on Cetlin & Wilson that Izzy worried more about his Floss and Corn COncessions than he did the whole show. That was probably tongue in cheek but I always get a good laugh when I read that. Charles H.

25 November, 2006 20:38

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