Tuesday, September 11, 2018

FROM WADE BURCK


3 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Chic in 1984 when Ringling had a "dark day" at the Garden

I took my sons out for a Circle Line boat tour around Manhattan

Adam was taking pictures and happened to take this one

Who knew what was to come........

Regards Wade

Chic Silber said...


We ALL would have lost the bet

Chic Silber said...


In 1976 I was doing special effects

on the Dino DeLaurentiis remake of

"King Kong" spending much of a month

on the plaza between the 2 towers

The 2nd (North) tower was nearly

finished but we spent some time

on the roof of the South tower

My team assembled the 40 foot ape

It came from L A in 5 sections

By a strange situation I became

the driver (in uniform) of the

Willys Jeep rented from Burbank

Studios with several millitary

vehicles from "Mash" because

the "Teamster" that should have

driven it refused as it pulled

a trailer mounted searchlight

twice the weight of the jeep

without any trailer brakes

It was a pretty exciting ride

The "Gaffer" (head electrician)

rode the trailer to operate

the big carbon arc searchlight

He cursed me out screming at

top of his lungs throughout

the thrilling ride but with

the great background noise

no one heard him except me

We actually were good friends