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Elton Litzner New user 58 Posts |
I'm interested in what magicians have worked traditional sideshows at some point in their career. Marshall Brodein, Dick Johnson, Roy Huston, and Harry Houdini come to mind. Who else?
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DonDriver Inner circle 1790 Posts |
Al Flosso...and me but I don't count lol
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Elton Litzner New user 58 Posts |
Oh yes "the coney Island Fakir" I have been meaning to get his book
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Elton Litzner New user 58 Posts |
One of the great sideshow showmen Melvin Burkhart (the original human blockhead) performed a variety of physical acts (i.e. the man with wo faces, the human skeleton) but also performed traditional magic effects like the professors nightmare and the die box. Which raises an interesting question about if this sideshow performer could also be called a magician. At any rate he was a consumate entertainer.
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Elton Litzner New user 58 Posts |
Which show did you work Don?
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Freak Prodigy Inner circle NYC & LA 1805 Posts |
Johnny Thompson's first job in the biz was as a sword swallower, and was fired by the Great Waldo.
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DonDriver Inner circle 1790 Posts |
I worked on four different shows for John Bradshaw,Bobby Reynolds,Jack Waller and Sam Alexander all in the 70's.
I believe Jay Marshall worked in a 10 in one.I know Marshall Brodine did.Johnny Eck the half boy from Baltimore,my home town,was a very good magician. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Eck |
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Stigmata New user A small remote village in NAM 52 Posts |
Theres so many sideshow weirdos currently that are big into magic. Im not sure what would define them as magicians though overall. Seeing half them make a living doing shows that combine magic & sideshow. Some that I have never seen do magic on their stage show but seen them do magic tricks many times over the years.
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Stephon Special user Maryland, USA 911 Posts |
Harry Murphy, who used to be a frequent poster here, performed as the World's Youngest Magician with a sideshow (can't recall which one) when he was a youth.
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Todd Robbins V.I.P. New York 2922 Posts |
Tony Slydini worked at Hubert's on 42nd St. Al Baker also got his start working in a sideshow. Ward Hall did a magic act at one time, as did Bobby Reynolds. Bob Sheets worked in the sideshow on the Big John Strong Circus back in the 1970s. Erich Weiss worked in a sideshow. And though not a magician, Bud Abbott of Abbott and Costello was the stick out at the Dreamland Sideshow in Coney Island.
And just for the record Johnny Thompson was fired by showman Dick Best because of an incident with the Great Waldo. |
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The Curator of the Unusual Inner circle Tampa FL 1399 Posts |
Marshall Brodein @ Riverveiw Park (Chicago)..He also talked the Front...Johnny Carson as the Great Carsoni I believed labored in a Sideshow also...
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Freak Prodigy Inner circle NYC & LA 1805 Posts |
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On 2011-08-12 16:08, Todd Robbins wrote: Thanks for clearing that up... He left out that detail.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Mathias Buchinger (The "Little Man From Nuremberg") wasn't a sideshow performer, but he is often mentioned in sideshow histories, and he was said to be a fantastic magician.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Todd Robbins V.I.P. New York 2922 Posts |
Here's a bit of information that even Ricky Jay doesn't know. If you look in your copy of Learned Pigs & Fire Proof Women you will find a reprint of the Kelty photo of the Dreamland Sideshow featuring Mortado (the guy how had pierced hands and feet) in that photo you will find Wally Krueger. He was the son of Pop Krueger and brother in law of Al Flosso. Wally was a long distance drinker that would often so drunk, he would fall off the stage. Fortunately, the show's stick (this was years after Bud Abbott left) had seen the act so many times, that he could jump up on stage and do the act. That is how Frances Finneran, later known as France Carlyle got into magic. Wally is in the backrow of that photo and Frances is on the far right wearing a Panama Hat.
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts |
Me
One of the last living 10-in-one performers. I wanted to be in show business the worst way, and that was it.
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Jim Hand Regular user Ocala,Fl. 137 Posts |
Walt Stimax and myself had a sideshow for several years in the 60's. We played smaller fairs in the Northeast. Walt and I took turns on the front talking and going inside...I did magic, blade box pitch and the blow-off. Walt did fire , blockhead and nailboard. My wife did electric girl,and contorion, blade box and bally....
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
Earl "Presto" Johnson.
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus” -Mark Twain
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thegreatnippulini Inner circle of Hell because I've made 2582 Posts |
Jim, I love the new avatar!
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
The ONE proper 10-in-1 I saw in my lifetime, to date, included a local guy who was booked to do the blockhead, and to perform platform magic while part of the tip went in to see the blow-off.
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Jim Hand Regular user Ocala,Fl. 137 Posts |
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On 2011-12-28 23:32, thegreatnippulini wrote: Thanks and the BEST part was I didn't have to wait for the paint to dry.... |
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