Monthly Archives: January 2011

Shocked and Amazed: Sadly, “The fish was eventually killed by Mr Nivelo and sold” probably says it all. And thanks to Paul Szauter for this one. (And hey, it’s from 2003, so we guess the world’s already ended; seems about … Continue reading →

Shocked and Amazed: Our founder – but most importantly, the Lucky Daredevil Thrillshow – in the news. Oh, just wonderful news.When weird is wonderful: A sideshow husband-and-wife team on and off-stagewww.washingtonpost.comWhat other convention draws

Shocked and Amazed: Reminds us of the hooplah over Oliver, more about whom you can find at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_(chimpanzee) Gorilla Walks Like A Manwww.youtube.comNate & Stace filmed this silverback gorilla showing off in a Flori

Shocked and Amazed: For all you East Coast types who couldn’t see your way clear to do Drew’s L.A. turn, you’ve now no excuse. If you can get to NYC by any means, this is it. We are not making … Continue reading →

Shocked and Amazed: Brothers’ fight against prejudice and illness | The Sun |Woman|Real Lifewww.thesun.co.ukIdentical twins suffer same genetic defect – neurofibromatosis – Adam on the outside, Neil on the inside

Shocked and Amazed: Ripleys Bion’s? Guinness World Records? You guys watchin’ this? And they say vaudeville’s dead.Jordan McCabe – Now this kid’s got gamewww.komonews.com Shocked and Amazed: And a lovely, lovely thing ‘tiz, in all ways, shapes and

Shocked and Amazed: Um, we know that the midway runs on candy cotton, but gee, really?An entire room made of cotton F’n candy (7 photos) : theCHIVEthechive.com…

Shocked and Amazed: Somewhere in the distance, we can hear the phone ringing at Ripleys Bion.Amazing bottlecap art theCHIVEthechive.com… Shocked and Amazed: We’d first heard about Parsons’ book some while back, thought it might end up like so man

Shocked and Amazed: For decades, Robert A. Nelson Nelson Enterprises supplied the magic biz – in all its forms – with the props and means to amaze the public on a daily basis. And many thanks to Vic Brisbin for … Continue reading →

Shocked and Amazed: We want one of these so bad we can just taste it. Ok, we don’t mean LINT, exactly, but you know what we mean.Woman recreates da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ with lint | Odd Headlines | Comcast.netwww.comcast.netA northern … Continue reading →