tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post113171139491923927..comments2023-10-30T06:50:17.036-04:00Comments on Buckles Blog: Jungleland #5Buckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114738213931098664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-1132097560808013892005-11-15T18:32:00.000-05:002005-11-15T18:32:00.000-05:00Also,Cheerful Gardner was badly injured near Auror...Also,Cheerful Gardner was badly injured near Aurora Illinois<BR/>during the late 1920's,when a electric train ran into the Hagenbeck Wallace elephant herd,one of the elephants was killed.<BR/>This wasnt mentioned in Bill Johnston's article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-1132097405156329972005-11-15T18:30:00.000-05:002005-11-15T18:30:00.000-05:00It was in 1940,that Cheerful Gardner was unable to...It was in 1940,that Cheerful Gardner was unable to find work.<BR/>I believe its mentioned in the Bandwagon article by Bill Johnston.<BR/>It may have been because of closer competition near Los Angeles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-1131835336925352262005-11-12T17:42:00.000-05:002005-11-12T17:42:00.000-05:00I remember a certain announcer that would have Cro...I remember a certain announcer that would have Crown Royal Heart Attacks during the show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-1131834968245445662005-11-12T17:36:00.000-05:002005-11-12T17:36:00.000-05:00I never heard that, he worked right almost up til ...I never heard that, he worked right almost up til the end.<BR/>Louie Stern once told me that from advanced age (and possibly from doing too many head carries)he would have spells where he would lose his balance in the ring.<BR/>On several occasions he would work the act from a flat-bed dolly that a prop man would push around while the announcer would cop a plea saying that dispite illness "the show must go on".Buckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114738213931098664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-1131830894384032012005-11-12T16:28:00.000-05:002005-11-12T16:28:00.000-05:00final say?Was Cheerful Gardner being black-balled ...final say?Was Cheerful Gardner being black-balled back then?<BR/>I read where even though he was considered one of the finest if not the finest elephant trainer,he could not find work at one point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-1131719894650820102005-11-11T09:38:00.000-05:002005-11-11T09:38:00.000-05:00Someone told me that when Slivers was Walter McLai...Someone told me that when Slivers was Walter McLain's assistant on the Ringling Show he once returned to his home in Chicago to spend Christmas with his family.<BR/>On his return bus trip he was seated next to this young Italian beauty. The story goes that she continued past her destination on to Sarasota and they were married shortly after.<BR/>Probably not true but it would make a good chick flick anyway.Buckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114738213931098664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-1131714482170491322005-11-11T08:08:00.000-05:002005-11-11T08:08:00.000-05:00Slivers Madison?Slivers Madison?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com