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Thursday, September 06, 2018

WADE BURCK

9 comments:

Chic Silber said...: Wade pre Clairol; 06 September, 2018 00:41
Wade G. Burck said...: No Chic, post-Clairol. One of the first thing's Irvin Feld asked me after reviewing the tiger act at Marineland was "Could you live without the blonde hair?" I said, "probably, why?" He said, "that's good, because as you know I already have a golden haired tiger trainer. I said, "I know that, but he doesn't have 5 White tigers." Irvin stared at me over the top of his glasses and said, quite firmly I might add, "Is this going to be a problem?" "No sir" I replied quickly, and blonde hair disappeared that day, never to return. That was the first time I spoke with Irvin and I learned not to BS him, because it would not work out well for you. But what a wonderful man to work for. He had a knack of making you want to do anything in your power for him.

Iron Eyes, what a pleasure it was to know him, and become his friend. He also knew Boss Clown Frosty Little quite well as they had done some movie stuff year's ago. We communicated ad exchanged Christmas cards until he died in 1999. A wealth of early show biz/wild west show//circus history.

Wade Burck; 06 September, 2018 03:34
Chic Silber said...: Irvin was indeed a wonderful

man to work for Wade; 06 September, 2018 10:22
Hal Guyon said...: I heard once that Iron Eyes Cody was actually Italian, is that true?; 06 September, 2018 10:26
Eric said...: Iron Eyes Cody was born Oscar DeCorti and was the son of two first-generation immigrants from Italy. In 1924 he moved to California, changed his name to Cody, and started working as an actor, representing himself as a Native American. He married an Indian woman and adopted two Indian sons. Iron Eyes lived and worked as an Indian for all his adult life. Proficient in the Indian sign language, he and Tim McCoy (who was also proficient in Indian sign language) had an early television program in Los Angeles where they explained and demonstrated the sign language. In 1995, Iron Eyes was honored by Hollywood's Native American community as a “non-Native” for his work in promoting Native American causes and for his film work.; 06 September, 2018 12:00
Wade G. Burck said...: Hal, that has been a subject of debate, yet conclusively unproven. Ask Elizabeth Warren, she know's how the game is played. LOL At one point, in the mid 90's his reported half-sister said he was of Italian ancestry. Iron Eyes always denied it, Although it proves nothing, he adopted two Indian children year's ago, and he was born in Louisiana and had an Italian name. Who know's, who care's. Charlton Heston really wasn't Moses, but he has owned the part to this day. Acting is playing a convincing, believable part. He will always be my Chief Sky Eagle in the Cisco Kid television show, and my Crazy Horse in the movie Sitting Bull.

Wade Burck; 06 September, 2018 12:07
Hal Guyon said...: Wade, I had forgotten all about him being Chief Sky Eagle on the Cisco Kid show, thanks for the reminder. I`ve always loved the Cisco Kid along with Roy, Gene, Hoppy and all those cowboys from my childhood. I remember during the summer I along with several other boys in the neighborhood would ride our bikes a couple of miles to the 5 Points Theater on Saturday mornings. I believe it was 10 cents to get in and watch those old cowboy movies, they`d play about 4 in a row and you could also get a box of popcorn and a drink for 25 cents. Man, I sure wish I could relive those days, but just like a lot of things they`re gone forever.; 07 September, 2018 11:11
Wade G. Burck said...: Hal, The town I grew up in, in North Dakota was so small we didn't have a theater, so outside in the wide, open spaces became our theater. I only had TV cowboys. The show's started at 7:00AM Saturday morning and ran until noon. Then we were made to go outside for the rest of the day where we would reenact what we had just watched on TV. I got 25 cents a week for allowance, with which I could buy 2 12 cent comic books and a jawbreaker candy for a penny, or a coke for a dime and a comic book and bank 3 cents for the following week. My father, who was a school teacher used to shake his head in disbelief because when he was a kid he only paid a nickel for a Pepsi and 19 cents for a comic book. By the time I had kid's the coke cost 75 cents and the comic book cost 1.25.

Late each fall, starting when I was 9, I would ride my horse Dynamite 13 miles to my uncles farm where he would stay for the winter, and back to my home town each spring. I would pass the time "droving cattle and keeping a vigilant eye out for hostile redskins." Children today do not really know what "free range" really is. When I made the decision to join the circus years later no one was really surprised. It just kind of made sense.......

Wade Burck; 07 September, 2018 16:49
Wade G. Burck said...: Sorry, that should be 10 cents for a comic book and not 19 cents that my father paid for. Cost of living rose so high on it's own, I sure don't need to help it.

Wade Burck; 07 September, 2018 16:55

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