The only Mike Bourbon story I know has to do with his one season on Ringling in 1970. He was in drag as a mother character in a ring gag revolving around a country picnic. For the blow off of the gag he was inside of a small tent in the ring (maybe supposed to be like one of those old time changing tents from the beach?), and a bomb would be thrown inside and explode....because every old American clown gag needed some kind of explosive in it!
One performance the pyro did not detonate, so Mike ran out of the little tent in his dress, waving his arms and yelling, "Boom, everybody, Boom!"
Anyone have any Mike Bourbon stories you would like to share?
