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Rappel Veteran user Memphis Tn. 303 Posts |
Hey Ken, you say Mannix is on tape? Didn't know that! Do you know where I can get it?
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Rappel Veteran user Memphis Tn. 303 Posts |
The book that started it all for me when I was about 11 was "Very Special People" by Fredrick Drimmer. I was fasinated with these "very different" people. I would guess that most of us on this forum are "different" than most earthlings.
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Stephon Special user Maryland, USA 911 Posts |
Quote: Ditto thatOn 2008-06-18 16:19, thegreatnippulini wrote:
~Les S. Moore, The Dapper Dipper
Swami Yomahmi and Cheeky Monkey Sideshow "Comedy is a man in trouble." ~Bill Irwin |
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Kondini Inner circle 3609 Posts |
Memoirs of a Sword Swallower (Dan Mannix) Tape, Read by Micky Dolenz. BBC Radio Collection.Running time 2hrs.From >> BBC Radio Collection,Room A2106, BBC Enterprises Ltd, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0TT >>> 081 576 2210 (Number could have changed !!) OK.
I have no wish to go back to the USA right now cos you Buggers would only steal my act if I did !!!!!! Ken |
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thegreatnippulini Inner circle of Hell because I've made 2582 Posts |
Ken, we couldn't steal your act even if we tried (which we wouldn't).
The Great Nippulini: body piercer, Guinness World Record holder, blacksmith and man with The World's Strongest Nipples! Does the WORLD care? We shall see...
http://www.greatnippulini.com |
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Rappel Veteran user Memphis Tn. 303 Posts |
Thanks Ken, I'll try to find it.
In "Memoirs of a Sword Swallower" the person that I found most interesting was Bronko the cowboy and his wife Lu. He was a guy from Brooklyn working in a tin can factory with dreams of being a cowboy, not a real one, but like the ones in the movies in the 20's and 30's, clean shaven, rope-spinning, high morals, played guitar, etc. "Real cowboys" in his mind. So he read books, took some riding lessons in Central Park, and practiced rope-spinning, became one of the best in draw and shoot contests, and joined a carnival. Then became Bronko the Cowboy and toured across America. And you gotta meet his wife Lu, what a character! What a story! Rappel |
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Rappel Veteran user Memphis Tn. 303 Posts |
By the way, the book takes place in the 1930's I believe.
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Kondini Inner circle 3609 Posts |
Another scoop for you lads,,,my old mucker Ken Fox has a DVD out Wall of Death, The worlds greatest show (Excluding Kondini of course!!) A Mike Barrett Production.
Before you ask >>>> try >>>> http://www.mikebarrettproductions.co.uk OK. For the future >>> Dingles are hosting a Sideshow weekend alternating with the Wall of Death weekends biyearly !!! Yes the Great one will attend !! |
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thegreatnippulini Inner circle of Hell because I've made 2582 Posts |
I will?
The Great Nippulini: body piercer, Guinness World Record holder, blacksmith and man with The World's Strongest Nipples! Does the WORLD care? We shall see...
http://www.greatnippulini.com |
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Kondini Inner circle 3609 Posts |
Well that`s brought the b****y standard down right away !
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ReggieB Regular user Philadelphia, PA, USA 183 Posts |
Did anyone read Nell Strouds, Josser: The Secret Life of a Circus Girl?
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Rappel Veteran user Memphis Tn. 303 Posts |
Never heard of it. Tell us more Reggie.
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ReggieB Regular user Philadelphia, PA, USA 183 Posts |
I cant say much yet, I just ordered it, thought it would be a fun summer read... just wanted to see if anyone had read it before... so I could get excited or make assumptions before hand (kidding)
heres the amazon review: Amazon.co.uk Review A "josser" is an outsider, someone who comes to, rather than from, the circus. Nell Stroud came into the circus from university, and from selling tickets during the morning and ice- creams during the performance she worked her way up to the role of ringmistress astride her beloved horse Prince in the family-run Santus Circus, touring Britain during the 1996 and 1997 seasons. This is her account of the people she encountered and the life she led, as she pulls back the Big Top's flaps and ushers us in. Her words are, in its truest sense, a chronicle. Early on she relates how circus folk accept her fairly quickly due to her private, non-gossipy nature, and this is a quality that shines through her text. The problem is, writers are usually fantastic gossips, and a body of writing stripped of curiosity seems bare, or at best functional. Her staccato style of adjectival abstinence is that of a diarist intent on preserving fact at the expense of reflection, leaving one longing for a sentence of Proustian extravagance. This is a pity, because her subtext, of how her family life was shattered by an awful accident to her mother which seemed to impel young Nell in to the ring, is certainly there, and would add dimension to what is essentially a series of anecdotes stretched to a narrative. What is clear is that Nell Stroud has circus in her soul. Whether she has poetry is another matter. --David Vincent and the link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Josser-Secret-Li......16848395 |
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Rappel Veteran user Memphis Tn. 303 Posts |
A good friend of mine I've known since he was a young teen, always dreamed of joining the circus too. Well he did it and now he's 28 and has fulfilled nearly every wish he had in the circus. Larry Clark aka Just Larry. http://www.Justlarry.com Some of you may know him. What a great guy too!
Speaking of joining the circus, has anyone read "Under the Big Top" by Bruce Feiler? I did, and highly recommend it. Here are some reviews: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product......&s=books Rappel |
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