Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
BOBBY KAY: and ?
Does anyone know who it is that Bobby is greeting so warmly in this Paul Tharpe photo?
THE DAILY LAMA
"From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than insects. But we can also say that insects are innocent and free from guile, whereas we often lie and misrepresent ourselves in devious ways in order to achive our ends and better ourselves. From this perspective, we are much worse than insects."
ALBERT ARSLANOV: Big Headed Love Story
"Well Jimmy, that's what a circus looks like... here on Living Island."
WEIRD AL IS SOMETIMES FUNNIER THAN YOU: Bob (2003)
From Wikipedia...
"Bob" is a song and video by "Weird Al" Yankovic, from his 2003 album Poodle Hat, made up entirely of palindromes. The palindromes are arranged in rhyming verses such as the following:
Madam, I'm Adam
Too hot to hoot
No lemons no melon
Too bad I hid a boot
Lisa Bonet ate no basil
Warsaw was raw
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
"Bob" is a "style parody", performed in a style resembling that of Bob Dylan. The music resembles many of Dylan's twelve bar blues songs (particularly Bob Dylan's "115th Dream" and "Subterranean Homesick Blues"); each verse includes ten bars of singing followed by two instrumental bars, with no chorus. The title of the song, "Bob," is also a palindrome.
The song's video is a parody of Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" segment of the film Dont Look Back. In the video, Yankovic stands in an alleyway holding cards with the palindromic lyrics, and also one saying "(Harmonica solo)" (an allusion to the video for the INXS track "Mediate", itself a homage to "Subterranean Homesick Blues", in which the last cue card reads "Sax Solo"), and at the end holds one saying "???" (Dylan's last card in the original video was "What?").The film uses a grayscale color scheme. Yankovic wears a wig to look like Bob Dylan, and the only other characters are two men in the background without any dialogue. These men are played by band drummer Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz and Yankovic's manager Jay Levey (in Dylan's original, one of the two men in the background is poet Allen Ginsberg)."Bob" is the only song on the Poodle Hat album with a video. After Eminem denied Yankovic permission to parody his song "Lose Yourself" with a video for "Couch Potato", the "Bob" music video was filmed for an Al TV special that aired on VH-1 ten days later.
Friday, February 20, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GREG DESANTO!
The very happiest of 29th birthday wishes to the King of the Soap Gags, the Lord of the Ring and the Most Exhalted Mystic Ruler, Mr. Gregory DeSanto, the best pal a clown nerd ever had!
Happy Birthday, Brother Raccoon!
From the hallowed streets of Greenpernt,
To the shores of Sheepshead Bay,
From the Verrazano Narrows,
To Canarsie across the way...
We have come together, one and all,
In fellowship to commune,
And to glorify the Grand Exalted
Brotherhood of Raccoons.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
BERT LAHR: Undated Photo
Bert Lahr, star of burlesque, vaudeville, film, television and Tony Award winner on Broadway, but most fondly remembered today as the Cowardly Lion in MGM's The Wizard of Oz (1939).
There is no date on this photo, nor is there a production associated with it so I don't know if it's from a film or a TV appearance.
HAMID CIRCUS 2009: Congrats Greg and Karen DeSanto!
Congratulations to Greg and Karen DeSanto, who will be handling many of the dates for Hamid this season. Also doing Hamid dates this year are Mitch Freddes and Mike Smith.Oh, and ...
Melha Shrine CircusSpringfield, MA April 30 - May 3rd
CIRCUS VIDBEL: 2009 Advance Clown
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD...
The new Advance Clown for the 2009 spring and fall tour of Circus Vidbel is...
THE DAILY LAMA
"I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists, that the question of Nirvana will come later. There is not much hurry. If in day-to-day life you lead a good life, honestly, with love, with compassion, with less selfishness, then automatically it will lead to Nirvana."
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
COWBOY MIKE REMEMBERS...
Scans and comments courtesy of Cowboy Mike Keever
From Cowboy Mike...
I found this little treasure. It's a fond memory. At least one year, maybe more??? ...Ringling used this graphic for Promotions in Texas. This was the only one I have...it is a t-shirt....they also had Cowboy Mike on posters (which they used for a few years for Clown College Audition Posters).....and even some billboards. I saw a couple in person, but it killed me that I didn't have a camera...and I don't know of anyone who took a snap shot of the billboards. That was exciting.
Take care my Friend...and keep up the good work!!!
God Bless
Your Friend,
Cowboy Mike Keever
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PS. Here's the coloring contest Ringling did in conjuction with the chain of big Western Wear Stores , Shepler's, all over Texas. All of this was way back in 1979
COCO THE CLOWN (1935)
Nicolai "Coco the Clown" Poliakoff (1900-1974) in 1935 with the Bertram Mills Circus.
Check out the guns on Coco!
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