Thursday, April 23, 2009

From John Whitfield #1


BEATTY HONCHOS - 1980, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Buckles,
Here are a couple more pictures from Willy's vault!

1. Wilson Storey, Johnny Pugh, Jerry Collins and Tim Stimson

Posted by Buckles at 4/23/2009 05:49:00 AM

12 comments:

Jack Ryan said...

The gentleman on the right's last name is STINSON, fy1.

23 April, 2009 10:29
Chic Silber said...

A unique group of men with 2

true "Showmen" 1 very rich

politico & an ex RB promoter

of little worth

Willy was & John still is of

great stature & a respected

& admired force in the Circus

industry

Chic

23 April, 2009 11:50
Anonymous said...

Stinson was with Ringling before Beatty-Cole?

23 April, 2009 13:17
Chic Silber said...

Yes he was Anonymous

Not one of Allen's favorites

Chic

23 April, 2009 17:32
Jack Ryan said...

Yes, Anonymous. And, Tim was an excellent Ringling "engagement director" and later helped pioneer the Circus Vargas "cold" dates in California, before working for Cole Bros.

Who WAS one of Allen's favorites? Allen?

23 April, 2009 21:44
Mark Lavender said...

In the "for what it's worth" category: I remember on CBCB's 1978 season seeing Tim Stinson often paired with a marketing person named Doug (whose last name escapes me).
I remember hearing older-timers referring to them as "Tim and Doug", "Frick and Frack", but mostly as "Dim and Tug" (said comment was usually accompanied by the rolling of eyes)

23 April, 2009 23:10
Dick Flint said...

That would be Doug Lyon who soon thereafter handled PR for a Michael Jackson tour about the time the Thriller album was released. I've lost track of him since that time.
Dick Flint
Baltimore

24 April, 2009 01:59
Chic Silber said...

Very good Jack

I thought you were one of his

favorites (I was tolerated and

often supported) just lucky

Chic

24 April, 2009 09:58
Chic Silber said...

Jack

Sorry we didn't get to know

each other over the years

Chic

24 April, 2009 09:59
Anonymous said...

Doug Lyons. He claimed to have been with Illusionist Doug Henning, prior. Actually, all he did was make McClosky's money dissappear.

...and DIM & TUG it WAS!!!

LOL
LOL
LOL

24 April, 2009 14:38
Jack Ryan said...

The vitriol here has become unpleasant.

I shrink back into my corner to comment no more.

Have fun.

Jack

24 April, 2009 19:59
Roger Smith said...

When we took out the ill-fated 1980 Winter Tour of the Beatty show, Stinson was on promotions. We didn't do too bad in Ft. Myers, nor in our next town, Pittsburg, Pa. (Yes, the Beatty show made that jump--1,317 miles). In those two towns, Stinson was "Timmy" to Jerry Collins. But on the last 7 towns, Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville, Dayton, Columbus, Wheeling, and Huntington, the cast and crew literally out-numbered the audience for every show in major coliseums, and to Collins Timmy became "that Ringling boy". We cancelled Winston-Salem and limped home broke for a long and bitter winter. In some defense of Stinson, however, it was a presidential campaign year and in every town we day-and-dated either Reagan or Carter, so guess where the news coverage went--they weren't interested in elephants and clowns. To make things worse, this was the winter Florida froze, and Froggie in Cookhouse ladled out 8 ounces of rice and beans twice a day and that was it for the next 4 months.

28 April, 2009 14:29

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