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74Life in the Circus Sideshow
Ive been asked many times if I was happy while living under the big top..Well to tell you the truth I cant say if I was ever truly happy.The circus life was the only way of living I had ever really known.My mother was the famous Juilet "Princess of...
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81Top 20: My Favorite "Simpsons" Supporting Characters
A long time "Simpsons" geek runs down his personal Top 20 list of favorite "background" characters, i.e. those who are not members of the immediate Simpson family. Since "the Simpsons" has such an extensive and rich "cast" of characters, it was tough to decide who made the cut!
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45Movie Review: Freaks
Based a short story, Freaks (1932)is a black-and-white movie about a group of circus performers, most of whom were real-life sideshow “freaks.” When beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra and her lover...
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67What are SideShow-Collectables.
Operating out of Thousand Oaks in California, Sideshow Collectibles are industry leaders when it comes to manufacture of licensed collectibles products. Sideshow specialise in creating limited edition replicas...
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74Jenny Who? The Search For Jenny Haniver
I am without a shadow of a doubt a thrift store junkie. It is not uncommon to see me terrasquing the used book section of the local Goodwill being ever watchful for that one book my collection just can't do without. Recently on one of my trips to...
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65Buy Simpsons Playmates Figures and Environments Series 5
Series 5 of the Playmates Simpsons figure sets was released in late 2001 and extended the number of Simpsons characters that were available by a further 6. This time more bit part characters were included such as Kent Brockman and Sideshow Mel,...
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73Tale of the Fiji Mermaid
Adolf Hitler may have had it right when he wrote in his book titled “Mein Kampf”, "The great mass of people will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one." Circus great P.T. Barnum...
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87Freak Show
Unusual human beings have been exhibited in public since antiquity. The first traveling "freak show" appeared in 1738 in Europe. Curiosity seems to be the motivating factor of the audiences. For over 100 years, carnival and circus...
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72It's All GEEK to Me: Analysis of the Sideshow Geek
I wrote this article in 2002 for the Harry Anderson fan newsletter. “Let's talk GEEK. When I talk GEEK here, I'm not talkin' about the pencil neck in school who never got dates. A GEEK is a guy who used to work in a circus sideshow. They would do...
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53Sideshow Skillet
Lots of people are tired with messy dishes which aren't worth the additional efforts. Not any more because Cathy Mitchell thought up the Sideshow Skillet that is a skillet to take the pain away from cooking...
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