Having been born and raised with a circus and always in the shadow of the Ringling Show, we will ever be grateful to Irvin Feld for the opportunity to finally appear in the center ring in Madison Sq. Garden with the Greatest show On Earth but.....
Our greeting by the Press (most of it due to being new that year) caused considerable rumbling amongst some of the old guarde to a point where Bobby Johnson confided that certain Washington office officials and staff gleefully referred to the situation as "Star Wars!" or the "Black and Blue Unit", the details of which I shall seal and carry to the grave.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
1978 A Great Year! #12
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Oh the tales of mayhem & intrigue
Just in the Garden alone would be
worthy of a violent paperback
Still much too early to regale as
many of the participants remain
alive & among us to this day
The tale of the usher calming a
drunk who somehow managed to gain
entry to the Garden with a wrong
date prize fight ticket telling
him that if by the intermission
he had not seen a fight that he
would get a full refund
Is that Shannon lower center with
Ben on the left & Prince Paul on
the right
Chic, that is Shane, Bens stepson.
But yes, the clown is Prince Paul Alpert.
What the hell, you guys. Come on with the details. Hell's afire, we all know of hey-rubes in the backyard, so how about the skinny with names and dates?
yes! And what's the skinny about the second year of the 108th? Wasn't 1979 a great year too?
Oh yeah Jeff the budget for the
Rodeo Route of 79 included twelve
gallons of paint & eighty seven
replacement feathers
Jeff I have plenty of '79 photos but the seasons are hard to tell apart.
Several months ago I ran a set on the show taken in Toledo, not sure how you would track back.
Thanks Buckles!
Yes, I did see the Toledo pics…. and I found myself in one of the Manage photos. I did ride one of the seahorses that got to overlook the "long mount" from start to finish during every Spec. That never ceased to thrill me! I consider myself very very lucky to have had that bird's eye view during every show. I wish I had had a "Go Pro" camera!!!!
Roger, Anna May was holding Big Irvin..
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