3/13/2010 Ostrich Festival part 2

NOTE: I have added more to the post titled Ostriches & Camels & Emus, Oh My!

This post is a continuation of the previous post due to the length of it.

FREAK SHOW

What’s a festival or carnival without a FREAK SHOW??? This is one we are glad we saw.

The show’s leader, I believe his name was The Reverend Tommy Gunn, kept things running smoothly.

He soon introduced his show partners. (L to R) Kitty Karloff, Alice of Malice and Amy Amnesia.

Tommy Gunn asked for a volunteer from the audience and my friend Donna was chosen from all the people wildly waving their hands in the air. To clarify that, Donna was NOT waving wildly, everyone else was.

Donna was first given a good size nail, or small spike if you will, to inspect and examine. She determined that it was in fact made of steel and didn’t fold into itself in any way.

Next came the hammer which again she inspected and assured the audience that was in fact a real hammer.

Tommy Gunn explained to the audience what he was going to do. He was going to insert that small spike up his nose. Ewwwwwww!

And he promptly proceeded to do so with Donna as his witness. Look in the picture below at his nose.

Tommy Gunn then needed help getting the small spike out of his nose so Donna came to the rescue with a pair of pliers and pulled it out.

For her participation Donna got this super-duper bumper sticker!

Alice of Malice was next and here is showing the crowd a good sized mouse trap and that it is in fact a real one and that is soundly snaps when triggered.

Now what do you think sweet Alice of Malice did with that mousetrap?If you guessed she set it off on her hand you would be wrong. However if you guessed she set it off on her tongue…..well, you’d win the prize if there was one. Between you and me, I could think of dozens of other things I’d rather do for work than this.

Amy Amnesia was up next for our entertainment and wouldn’t you agree she looks a mite perplexed in the picture below?

I guess I would be too if I had to walk up that ladder with steps made of sharp knives. See the cucumber that is sliced up on the ground? Yep, very neatly sliced by the stair steps.

Up she goes…..

….step by step

….what goes up, must come down.

Of course when Amy Amnesia got to the bottom she showed the audience the bottom of her feet and not a scratch was to be seen.

Kitty Karloff was next, her act being glass walking.

She dumped a large pile of broken glass on the tarp and very gingerly stepped on it.

Not only did she step on it and she walked a few steps….

To show the crowd how really stupid brave she was, she proceeded to jump up and down.

Now trust me, the boys and men in the audience were not watching her feet! They were watching to see if those ginormous fake boobs were going to fall out of that top!

Amy Amnesia was back up again to show us how she could get herself out of chains and a straightjacket.

Did you really have any doubt?

Kitty Karloff was on again with “her specialty”. She blew up a balloon, the long skinny type that a balloon animal would be made out of. I have to tell you that most of the women didn’t see this feat because they were too busy watching their husbands and boyfriends.

You could have heard a pin drop in this tent!

Soon after the above picture was taken Kitty took a straight pin and popped that balloon and pulled it out. The crowd men went wild with applause.

Up next, the freak show standard. The BED OF NAILS. Alice invited audience members up to check the bed out and to make sure that the nails were made of stainless steel and had pointy ends.

Amy came out to lay down on the bed.

As if that wasn’t enough, out came the cinder block!

Tommy Gunn brought out the mallet with which to break the cinder block.

The show was all but over but of course there has to be some way for the performers to make some extra money. No hat passing here, no DVD’s to be sold, what could they possibly do to bring in the bucks?

How about DOLLAR BILL STAPLING????

Yes, indeedy, let’s staple dollar bills to the performers!!!!

Doesn’t this just want to make you quit your job and join the FREAK SHOW????

They all got into the act!

Ahhh…a memory this child will have for life!

And that, friends, is the Freak Show!

Stay tuned, there’s still more to come!