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Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. 1983 #1 (From Joe Giordano)
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I was a tuba player with the CBCB show the fall of 1971. The elephant "Pete" and I were best friends. We developed a routine where I would keep a few sugar cubes in my right pant`s pocket. Pete would nudge me to retrieve them as a treat. If I didn`t give her the treat, she would put her trunk in the pocket and lift me and shake me until I would give her some sugar. I miss her.She was a great friend.
I saw the circus in my hometown in 1978 I belive Pete was with them. I remember seeing him in Muncie Indiana, Richmond Indiana and on the tv news from Dayton ohio. There were a couple of kids then called Lancelot (trapeze and acrobats ) and his friend Joey ( his family ran consessions i think.
Pete was indeed there Sarah but
he was actually a she & she was
the leader of the herd
Lancelot was from the Ramos family
Wasn't Bessie also known as Bee
Those two elephants "Burma" and "Gypsy" came from Tony Gentry.
Rex preferred one syllable names hence "Bee" and "Gyp".
I believe that for a few years Rex
had the 5 act in ring 2 with Pete
Bee Sue Gyp & Konti
Buckles,
You are absolutely right(yes, you usually are) suggesting that Rex preferred one syllable names. I had never really thought about it, until just now when you mentioned it. Thank you for the "memory jog."
Wade Burck
For the most part the center ring act was "Pete", "Sue", "Dena", "Bee" and "Gyp" in that order.
I remembered after I posted that Pete was a she and couldn't un-post. Pete just had a personality that stood out.
Funny that both Konti & Dena were
2 syllable names (that's my excuse
& I'm sticking with it)
He had a gimpy old cow on the Vargas Show he called "Old Folks".
Didn't his Reed have a gimp leg
or maybe just a stiff leg also
I think Rex liked horseback due to
his painful limp (maybe his hip)
I seem to recall Rex & Reed as a
limpalong comedy duo
I don't think so.
Bobby Gibbs said he just got tired of walking thru the shit.
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