Monday, November 26, 2007

Say it isn't so!


Miller-Kelly Circus Sale 2007, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Heard tonight that JRN2 has thrown in the towel.

Posted by Buckles at 11/26/2007 08:43:00 PM

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

And I thought a certain Mrs. Circus Executive and her new pony boy were going to be the constant headline of the Showfolks Gazette all this winter.

Let's hope it's not true (the JRN2 thing, not the scandal between the sheets thing).

26 November, 2007 20:55
Anonymous said...

It would be nice to hear from Jim Royal whether there's a possibility of other backers for the show? How was business for Kelly-Miller this season without David Rawls at the helm?

26 November, 2007 22:02
Anonymous said...

Mr. Rawls didn't have $3.00 PLUS diesel to deal with, up over 50% over last year.

Mr. Rawls or Mr. J. Ringling North II can't make folks come out to see the circus if the towners are feeling the pinch in their purses, too.

Remember, KM plays small communities where the family income is less than the fancy schmancy suburbs with their three cars and McMansion estates

Perhaps FELD could purchase KM and incorporate it into one of its units to make RBBB bigger.

I can see it now: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Kelly Miller Combined Shows.

27 November, 2007 07:57
Anonymous said...

Rumors in this business never cease to amaze me. Who Starts them? Thanks to your blog, Buckles, I can put a stop to this one. Winterquarters is buzzing with activity, the route is being booked and John Ringling North II is the MAN.

27 November, 2007 08:25
Anonymous said...

We all owe Buckles a lot. It's nice when a story can be put to rest this quickly. Thanks Jim for burying this one.

Mergers and Aquisitions -- Gosh if we could buy $3 diesel here in California happy days would be here again. It was $3.09 when I left in the spring and $3.69 now. If I had to move a lot of vehicles I'd be tempted to try to make a deal with a biodiesel company to plaster their "brand" all over a fleet in return for a .10 cent a gallon price break. Somebody a lot smarter than I am (wife) who has a Masters in economics pointed out that in the mid-1970's jumped as much or more on a percentage basis as they have these last three years. She's right, and I remember several carnivals that closed as a result, and we all remember how awful the economy was between 1975 when Gerald Ford wanted "Whip Inflation Now" or even before that when the embargo led to rationing and Nixon tried wage/price controls... and 1982 when the economy really started to grow again. If prices stabilize at around $100 a barrel for crude, in a couple years the economy can level the field. Watching some of the Hispanic shows here in the west move using Japanese diesels some of them getting 18-22 mpg is a Eureka moment. Their fuel cost now are what everybody else's were five years ago. This is an old story in circus and carnival isn't it? When economies go south, or economies of scale are out of balance, lighter means easier and less expensive to move.

27 November, 2007 10:16
Anonymous said...

I was estimating that during the season in the midwest (not California) that diesel was $3.00 a gallon.

However, on a positive note, you are correct that your wife is smarter than you.

Follow the arrows!

27 November, 2007 11:21
Anonymous said...

Oh, I reminded daily that not only is my wife smarter, she is also Chief Operating Officer of the television remote -- and should Monday Night Football conflict with Dancing With The Stars... I'd best retreat to Ye Olde Sports Bar when I really need to see the Dolphins embarrass themselves yet again

27 November, 2007 15:06
Anonymous said...

JIm,
Thanks for your input. I hope your business is better that the antique business is these days. A year ago I had a guy from Chicago tell me that this would be his only visit for the year because the gas prices were so high. We see every day that not only gas price, but also tax increases on just about everything are going to put our economy in the dumper. I only hope that the American public will finally get of their ass and get out and vote the whole bunch, at every level, out of office so we can again have a (good?) future.
Maybe next year I can get a few days off and get to visit you.

27 November, 2007 20:07

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