Tuesday, April 12, 2016

#9 Arena Acts


2 comments:

Jim Alexander said...

Swede Johnson? I remember he had a big lion that walked the wires.

Roger Smith said...

Yes, it's Swede Johnson and Big Johnny. Like all acts, they made their stopovers at the Compound in Thousand Oaks. Benny Bennett told me they measured Johnny, and he stood 48 inches at the shoulder and weighed 800 pounds. Not a subspecies, just a giant of his race, like our linebackers and pro wrestlers.