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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
Don't know how old he is but he'd make her a great dancing partner
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Haha!! Yeah, I've seen that one before. He reminds me of Harmon Baker from Memphis, aka "The Baffling Mr. Baker", who at one time was the oldest living magician.
~michael baker
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
I had never heard of him so tried to look him up.
http://www.memphismagazine.com/Blogs/Ask......r-Baker/ Sounds like a hoot! (The best stories are in the comments section!) "Mr. Baker appeared in the Theatre Memphis production of Anne of the Thousand Days back in, I think, 1980 or '81. He was, I understand 96 at the time, and was playing a character who was aged 72. In early rehearsals, Harmon would stoop very low and shake almost as if palsied and use a shaky, quivering voice. Sherwood Lohrey asked him why he was doing those things and Harmon replied that he was doing it because he was playing an old man." |
funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9981 Posts |
It is documented in San Francisco papers that my great-great-grandfather Richard Dowdall "jigged-down" the prima-ballarina of the SF Company in 1905. Claimed his secret was a pint of Irish Whiskey at bedtime. He was 94.
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
OK, so I have a suspicion but I'm not really sure. What exactly does it mean to have "jigged-down" the prima-ballarina?
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
As much fun as it might be for it to mean something else, it sounds like he out-danced the best of the best.
~michael baker
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9981 Posts |
Yup - Irish folks do a jig. Some challenge each others to an endurance contest of more intricate steps = like dueling banjos with feet.
Of course, she may have let him win on his birthday celebration.
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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