Monday, May 04, 2015

Feed C. Logan #4



Curious about the clown suit I dug out my 1947 RB program and scanned this.
Looks like they were short on clowns that year.

Posted by Buckles at 5/04/2015 06:38:00 AM

9 comments:

Roger Smith said...

At least one of these listed was among the circus fans the show allowed some momentary thrill in the clown roster. Joe E. Ward was a rich civil engineer from Wichita Falls, Texas. He pulled some key strings at times when RBB was coming. Far removed from the amateurish attempts of the common fan, he devised a classic 1920s whiteface makeup that held its own among the pros. Joe was not considered lot lice, and was welcome in the dressing top.

04 May, 2015 17:13
Larry Louree said...

If my math is right, that is almost 100 clowns! I wonder how many are on all three of their current shows

04 May, 2015 18:53
JACKIE said...

Well, I see that my father Jack LeClair and my name Jackie LeClair on on the rouster. Notice they do not have an "e" on the end.No problem it was used both way over the years. I never was on a show with 100 clowns, but then they might be mixing in some of the staff and other performers. I would say 35 to 50 would be at least getting the number a lot closer to the truth.
Jackie LeClaire

05 May, 2015 10:29
JACKIE said...
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05 May, 2015 10:29
JACKIE said...

Sorry, I was listed as Jack LeClair, Jr. instead of Jackie

05 May, 2015 10:45
Mr.Lee said...

Still an amazing number of clowns ! must have been fantastic being there then !

05 May, 2015 13:42
Bob Cline said...

I see the Paul Jung Trio listed. I am not familiar with the Trio part. Can anyone explain who the trio were? Did they have a turn by themselves to be listed as such?

Bob

05 May, 2015 16:36
JACKIE said...

Charlie Bell and Paul Jung and most of the clowns including my father, had had vaudeville acts before them became circus clowns. They may have come over as a group and carried the name with them. I do not remember Paul Jung as ever working as a troop, but I know that Charlie Bell would always hire two first of may's to make up his troop. They could then get paid as a troop and hire others at lower wages so they could benefit themselves. When my father took me on in 44 we became Jack LeClair and son. In my fathers case he was able to pay me more that way than hiring me with First of May wages. There were always lots of games played. As we all know, later in life big acrobatic and performing groups came upon the scene and much later in life, those that came on for the boss could not receive any Social Security as they were never mentioned and
a lot of them had no records to show to get Social Security. Quite a few family acts were treated the same way and did not find that out until they got social security age.
Jackie LeClaire

06 May, 2015 15:30
Bob Cline said...

Just as a heads up to one and all, there is a Private Contractor / IRS issue that is being looked at long and hard right now. I tossed the emails I got as it doesn't apply to me but, I had every performer out there in the back of my mind. Folks might need to start asking some questions of accountants and such that should be or could be knowledgeable about any changes coming up.

Bob

06 May, 2015 20:33

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