This artwork showing Gunther as Ben-Hur was on the side of the truck’s trailer. (I wonder if it had been all hand-painted!) I have a reproduction of an old Ringling poster with very similar artwork. Ben-Hur Coffee also used similar artwork for its trademark logo back in the days when the original Ringling Bros. were still running their circus. |
Monday, August 24, 2009
1979 Ringling-Gunther art
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I remember this well as whenever I couldn't find Rudi he was busy watching Tommy Cooper paint this fabulous painting, Tommy also painted many others that year.
Sue.
I think Tommy Cooper painted
this truck along with much other
show painting for many years
He also silk screened a hundred
license plates "Ringing Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey Circus"
and then did a screen to fill
in the missing "L" but it looked
pretty lame (I have 1 somewhere)
For several years Tommy & Pat
went up to the Jersey shore
and he opened a sign shop that
he named "PBR Signs" which he
told me was inspired by his
favorite beer Pabst Blue Ribbon
I believe he started as a clown
Tommy once painted a nice tiger and presented it to Mr Beatty at a party on the show in Philly.
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