Buckles Blog: From Kenny Dodd #3

Friday, May 06, 2011

JIM ELLIOTT said...: Buckles;
Tell me the history of this African, please.; 06 May, 2011 06:45
Buckles said...: I think this picture dates from the mid 1970's and shows "Reed", "Gardner" and "McLain" (not to be confused with a later Asian of the same name).; 06 May, 2011 07:39
warren bacon said...: This photograph was taken in 1974 at Charlie Wood's "Storytown, USA" theme park in Glens Falls, New York. I performed in the flying act there that summer.; 06 May, 2011 10:04
JIM ELLIOTT said...: Thanks to both of you for the info.; 06 May, 2011 12:37
Chic Silber said...: 1 of these bulls had a bad leg

but I don't remember which 1

It looked like it was mimiking

Rex's limp in the routines; 06 May, 2011 16:07
Roger Smith said...: The elephant with the bad leg was Reed. Rex had him at Lion Country Safari, in Grand Prairie, Texas, where the park was unsympathetic and wanted Rex to 86 Reed or else. Rex departed, but I do not have the remaining history for Reed.; 06 May, 2011 17:40
Chic Silber said...: Rex & these 3 did a number of

outdoor thrill dates for the

Coronas family (his in-laws)

& I remember him telling me as

long as the elephnt wasn't in

much distress (I guess he was

able to tell) he would keep it

in the working group

I think this was shortly before

he went out to the Vargas show; 06 May, 2011 18:43

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