HOWDY, MY NAME IS BILL STRONG, I'LL BE YOUR "24 HOUR MAN", ROUTING YOU INTO THE PAST TO SEE WHAT THE CIRCUS WAS IN DAYS GONE BY. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, AND MISS WHAT IT USED TO BE, THEN COME ON ALONG AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD FOLLOWING THE ARROWS BACKWARDS, TO "YESTERDAY'S TOWNS"! IF YOU HAVE CIRCUS RELATED PICTURES YOU WOULD LIKE POSTED, SEND THEM TO,,,,yesterday1@verizon.net,,,,AND WE WILL TRY TO FIT THEM IN. "24 HOUR MAN" WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION ON POSTING.
Three years at CWM made me a real traditionalist, and I keep remembering Bob Parkinson saying, "I want the people to see what the circus used to be, not what it is today. That's what this site is about!
I think as late as the fifties they were trying to revive Vaudeville. I remember a show that came to my hometown called "The Best Is Yet To Come" Here's a cute little dog act from a 1950's era, maybe some one out there knows who it is. (I received an email from Stacy Moore that his cousin Bob identifies this act as, "Hector & His Pals".)
posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 7:33 AM
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Do I KNOW who he is?
He's on Yankee Doodle this season!
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Several years ago a fresh-faced, newly-minted newspaper reporter wants an interview.
reporter, "What's Yankee Doodle Circus all about?"
me, "We're the ED SULLIVAN SHOW for kids."
Reporter jots down in notebook and whispers "We're...the...Ed...Sullivan...Show...for...kids."
Reporter, "OK, who's Ed Sullivan?"
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