Saturday, May 22, 2010
ICHOF GRAND OPENING:The Ribbon Cutting
With 150 people in attendance including Mayor Patrick Liston, the entire Baraboo Chamber of Commerce, Rep. Fred Clark, local newspapers, NBC television and documentary film makers the ribbon was cut and the new home of the International Clown Hall of Fame was officially open to the public.Please click the title of this post to be taken to the NBC15 Madison report of the event and click the click the video link under the headline.
ICHOF GRAND OPENING: 2nd Set of Photos
The ICHOF's new Executive Director Greg DeSanto and fellow Board of Directors member Karen DeSanto showing off one of the beautiful congratulatory bouquets that arrived from friends and fans around the world.
Jessi (upset that no flowers arrived for her) starting flashing gang signs, which frightened the McNuggets out of poor Toto. That is NOT how young ladies conduct themselves Davenport, Iowa.
ICHOF GRAND OPENING: 1st Set of Photos
The sign now residing outside 102 4th Ave Baraboo, WI
At 10 AM yesterday there were already 50-75 people on line (under Mark Renfro's beautiful sign) and eager to be among the first to see the Hall's new home.
Jessi Hoffschidt, Toto Johnson, Karen DeSanto and some hucklebuck welcoming the crowd in the Hall's new gallery.
INTERNATIONAL CLOWN HALL OF FAME: Photos Are Coming!
The International Clown Hall of Fame and Research Center is open for business today from 10:00 - 5:00. Once the doors open I'll start posting some of the photos that have come in from yesterday's grand opening.Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
JAMES R. ADAMS
Information courtesy of the Circus Historical Society
ADAMS, JAMES ROBERT “PICO”. (January 28, 1856-August 30, 1915) Clown. Born in Kent, England, the son of Charles H. Adams and Mary Ann Cooke, and brother of the pantomimist and clown, George H. Adams. Served a 7 year apprenticeship to Ethardo, the English circus manager, before coming to America, 1870, at which time he first engaged with James M. Nixon’s. Joined W. W. Cole’s, 1878-79; followed by a sojourn in Havana with Orrin Bros., winter 1879-80; W. W. Cole’s, 1880, and Australian tour (left San Francisco, October 23, 1880). George H. Adams’ “Humpty Dumpty” Co., 1881, under the management of Adam Forepaugh; William O. Dale Stevens’, 1883; John B. Doris’, 1885 (known as “Pico” Adams); Dockrill’s, South America, winter 1885-86. Starred in his own production of “A Crazy Lot”; also connected with Thompson and Lundy, Luna Park, Coney Island, and with the same management at Colonial Theatre, NYC., as assistant stage manager. Member of the NYC Hippodrome company from its opening, April 12, 1905, until it abandoned its spectacle productions. Married English actress, Becky Taylor, December 1891. Died in NYC.
ATTENTION SARASOTA AND GIBSONTON, FLA: Hip Raymond's Trailer
OK, here's the deal...
Bill Strong told me that he knew where Hip Raymond's trailer was in Gibsonton and that they had taken the car out and it started right up. All the props for the act were still in the trailer. The props would need to be rebuilt or refurbished but everything was there.
Bill never told me who to contact about the trailer. Is there anyone out there who knows Hip's widow or where the trailer is and who I contact about coming down to get it?
There has to be SOMEONE down there who knows where the trailer is
Bill Strong told me that he knew where Hip Raymond's trailer was in Gibsonton and that they had taken the car out and it started right up. All the props for the act were still in the trailer. The props would need to be rebuilt or refurbished but everything was there.
Bill never told me who to contact about the trailer. Is there anyone out there who knows Hip's widow or where the trailer is and who I contact about coming down to get it?
There has to be SOMEONE down there who knows where the trailer is
THE LOVE SONG OF FREDERICK J. FLINTSTONE: The Higgins Boys and Gruber
Courtesy of Ellyn Rose Acord
THE LOVE SONG OF FREDERICK J. FLINTSTONE
Let us go then, Barney and I
As the Bedrock sun is spread out against the sky
Like a Brontoburger laid out upon a table
And in the cave the women come on through
Speaking of the Great Gazoo
I am not Joe Rockhead nor was I meant to be
A stone quarry worker willing to bowl a frame or two
I grow old, I grow old
Shall I wear my saber-toothed tiger suit rolled?
Shall I prepare bronto ribs to eat?
Power a car with my feet?
I hear Pebbles and Bam-Bam singing each to each
And in the cave the women came on through saying
Yabba
Dabba
Do
THE LOVE SONG OF FREDERICK J. FLINTSTONE
Let us go then, Barney and I
As the Bedrock sun is spread out against the sky
Like a Brontoburger laid out upon a table
And in the cave the women come on through
Speaking of the Great Gazoo
I am not Joe Rockhead nor was I meant to be
A stone quarry worker willing to bowl a frame or two
I grow old, I grow old
Shall I wear my saber-toothed tiger suit rolled?
Shall I prepare bronto ribs to eat?
Power a car with my feet?
I hear Pebbles and Bam-Bam singing each to each
And in the cave the women came on through saying
Yabba
Dabba
Do
CANDY CANDIDO: Rhythm Parade (1943)
This is Candy Candido with Ted Fio Rita and his Orchestra from the film Rhythm Parade. While he had a long career in radio and voiceover work, Candido is probably best known as the man Bud Abbott partnered with for a short-lived 1960 comeback in Las Vegas after the death of Lou Costello.