Friday, July 25, 2008

CLOWN ALLEY: Mark Buthman and Ron Jarvis on Ringling, 1974

Photo courtesy of Ron Jarvis


The whiteface/auguste team of Ron Jarvis and Mark Buthman.

For viewing this photograph, you now owe Mr. Jarvis $5.00.


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You forced me to view it, so I reckon you should pay!

John.

Mike Naughton said...

Mr. Jarvis -- didn't you ride the long bicycle in 71 or 73 in MSG? You had a plaid suit if I recall.

Anonymous said...

Yes... in '73' when I wasn't pushing Lou around the track in his broken-down 300lb bathtub I rode the long bike.

One memorable day at the LA Forum the left arm detached from the handlebars. The only way to keep my balance was to raise the arm over my head. The kid’s thought I was waving to them... unfortunately the only way to slow down was to pull back on the long arms and apply the foot break. That was imposable with just one arm so at the end of my ride I flew down the backdoor ramp and plowed into the prop wagons.

I think the suit was a Frosty hand-me-down.

GothamTomato said...

Will you accept $5 in pennies?

Anonymous said...

"Will you accept $5 in pennies?"

Heck yes! Thanks to the price of copper a penny is worth 2.5 cents now!!!