Thursday, December 19, 2013

Circus Quiz #8

5 comments:

Ole Whitey said...

I won't be a spoiler on the others but not many will recognize Norman and Shirley Carroll, west coast publicity people of yore.

Buckles said...

Parley Baer told me that Mr. Carroll taught him the art of Press Agency.

John Herriott said...

Mr. Carrol was side show talker and big show announcer on Clyde Beatty's circus in his early days. It was suggested that he was double gaited and the story goes that he made the great Beatty Announcement culminating with and deep voice dramatics, "In the Den of fury the one and only CLYDE BEATTY" and one day after making said Ann. and thinking the mike was turned off said" Go get them pussycats Louella" Beatty was not pleased.

Paul Gutheil said...

Thank you John, once again.
What a stitch.

Reminds me of a less delicate story I heard about a certain young lady and her tiger act of several years ago.

Roger Smith said...

Norman Carroll, indeed, and as we can see--one of the biggest.