good night, America
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/15/509903805/after-146-years-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey-circus-to-shut-down
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 January 2017 13:12 (seven years ago) link
the long national nightmare is over.
― scott seward, Sunday, 15 January 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
Wow.
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Sunday, 15 January 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
I've never been to a circus. Am I missing out? Even as a kid I thought it seemed lame.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, 15 January 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
I would've guessed Ringling Bros ended decades ago, tbh.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, 15 January 2017 16:33 (seven years ago) link
The same weekend they debut the first female ringmaster in their 146 year history, they also announce they're ceasing operations in four months. Thanks Trump!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 15 January 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
I've never been to a circus. Am I missing out? Even as a kid I thought it seemed lame.― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, January 15, 2017 11:32 AM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, January 15, 2017 11:32 AM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I went to one of these as an adult. Can confirm it was lame.
― how's life, Sunday, 15 January 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
no
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 January 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
The only cool part was the motorcycles in the steel sphere.
― pplains, Sunday, 15 January 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
I'm partial to contortionists, but arenas are the wrong venue...
― this device is capable of killing you without warning (Sanpaku), Sunday, 15 January 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
over a century of torture and abuse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECspj0daAlE
― scott seward, Sunday, 15 January 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
Circuses are great ! But the animal mistreatment is horrifying, and Ringling is doing the right thing to rehabilitate the elephants – even if it means folding up the tents.
I've never been to a circus. Am I missing out? Even as a kid I thought it seemed lame.― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, January 15, 2017 11:32 AM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI went to one of these as an adult. Can confirm it was lame.― how's life, Sunday, January 15, 2017 11:49 AM (fifty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― how's life, Sunday, January 15, 2017 11:49 AM (fifty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Maybe you just went to shitty circuses? Good circuses are wondrous.
― remy bean, Sunday, 15 January 2017 17:58 (seven years ago) link
i went to some circuses as a kid. it was pretty rad. high wire acts are cool af, crazy athletic weirdos pulling off death-defying stunts hundreds of feet in the air. no video screens tho so yeah i can see it being considered totally lame to some kid who never got to go.
sad to see them go, but there's always been some varieties of underlying bad energy to a circus.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 15 January 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
Seeing that the parent company is also behind Monster Jam/Moto Cross because of course they are.
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 15 January 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
Oh, and the Live Marvel & Disney stuff--The Wave of The Future!
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 15 January 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Just glad the unicorn never lived to see this day.
http://i.imgur.com/jCs63B7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ntk97oc.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 16 January 2017 01:40 (seven years ago) link
it me
― sleepingbag, Monday, 16 January 2017 02:21 (seven years ago) link
I think my childhood experiences of circuses left an impression of being seedy and smelly.
― MrDasher, Monday, 16 January 2017 02:26 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bc/b3/f6/bcb3f640388dc60902b87dbbe4f80fac.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:09 (seven years ago) link
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/401176/slide_401176_4960802_free.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:10 (seven years ago) link
Your neighborhood streets just got a lot unsafer with these unemployed freaks, pawing for the sound of children's laughter, but with no place to go.
http://i.imgur.com/0KfKShi.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/60/39/c8/6039c83f9d28b3c9e5b24520cb2c2479.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nYE2osy.jpg
I think I see "Kevin" from "The Office" in there!
― pplains, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:15 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/23/c0/7c/23c07c530a9fd450e960ffd26783509c.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
Good Lord, these poor creatures.
http://i.imgur.com/XSh1ChK.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
I went to the Ringling Bros. circus once in California when I was a little kid. I have very vague, but positive, memories. In 1990, I went to see Madonna's Blond Ambition tour and there was a carnival on the other side of the arena parking lot, so after the concert my friend and I climbed over the fence and snuck into the carnival. Almost everything was closed up already, but the freak show was still going, so we went in and saw The Girl Who Turns Into A Gorilla. That was awesome.
http://www.cultofweird.com/sideshow/girl-gorilla-grind-show/
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 16 January 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6xKuIh3.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
https://www.otrcat.com/images/clown-and-billy.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:31 (seven years ago) link
http://www.altmanphoto.com/PrincePaul.fr.jpeg
― scott seward, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:37 (seven years ago) link
Checked out the Shriner Circus page to see if they were prepared to fill the void and
http://i.imgur.com/iWqDxNj.jpg
looks like we're in for a national circus vacuum, folks.
― pplains, Monday, 16 January 2017 03:43 (seven years ago) link
Can we applaud the evident increasing gender equity for clowns, before their most desired workplace shutters?
http://files.vividscreen.info/soft/36606c51282a43b3b447a50b6eb703ed/Sad-Clown-1920x1200.jpg
― this device is capable of killing you without warning (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:07 (seven years ago) link
Tempted to just bomb the thread with "sad clown" GIS results and Puddles Pity Party youtubes.
― this device is capable of killing you without warning (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
And yet fucking Cirque de Soleil continues on unto the end of time.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:46 (seven years ago) link
Goodbye and good riddance.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:58 (seven years ago) link
I went to the circus once, almost 20 years ago now, and I never thought I would be so moved by it, but I was. Not the animals and god knows not the clowns, but the acrobats and aerialists and dancers...it's like they've become something better than human. Plus I know a couple of ppl who do that professionally. I think that part of the circus will be missed.
― If authoritarianism is Romania's ironing board, then (in orbit), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link
were these acrobats and aerialists and dancers somehow different from cirque du soleil? and yes, there are circus arts communities now in lots of cities, with annual performances at things like seattle's moisture festival.
― sciatica, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 02:06 (seven years ago) link
were these acrobats and aerialists and dancers somehow different from cirque du soleil?
Cirque du soleil are the marvel universe movies of the circus arts world.
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 02:30 (seven years ago) link
yeah, i think there is a definitely an olde-tyme acrobatic circus thing going on now a la swing revival/roller derby/cabaret/gypsy jazz. these guys are near me. small but fun for the whole family and no sad animals. lots of summer circus camps for kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piz_z9DOSy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEEFP_Yu7mI
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 02:32 (seven years ago) link
The old-timeyness of it is tiresome but I'm not gonna lie I would be mesmerized.
― If authoritarianism is Romania's ironing board, then (in orbit), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:01 (seven years ago) link
a circus came to my town when i was a kid. just set up in a field off of route 7. it was amazing to me that they could just show up and do that. it wasn't like a carnival or fair. it was an actual circus just like the old days.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:06 (seven years ago) link
everything worthwhile in American showbiz history is seedy and/or smelly
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:07 (seven years ago) link
Not Doris Day!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:18 (seven years ago) link
she smelled like a rose.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
Doris Day had b.o.
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:24 (seven years ago) link
she is present tense at 92 btw
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:34 (seven years ago) link
and starred in a circus movie called Jumbo
anyway is that all there is to a circus?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sWTnsemkIs
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:37 (seven years ago) link
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, January 16, 2017 10:34 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no she got rid of the b.o. is what he means
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:49 (seven years ago) link
Everybody was up in arms about Doris Day's b.o.
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 03:51 (seven years ago) link
In the bottom row, I wonder what was so "freakish" about the first, second, third, and fifth person from the right? Gangster? Moor? Dominatrix? Suffragette?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 13:02 (seven years ago) link
thank fucking god
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 11 February 2017 03:34 (seven years ago) link
RIP
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 May 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link