Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s by Jane Nicholas “This book represents the…
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Vaudevisuals Bookshelf recommends “Weird and Wonderful – The Dime Museum in America” by Andrea Stulman Dennett.
Vaudevisuals celebrates ‘sideshow & Carnivals’ with a dose of fun videos from great fun sources!
A Vaudevisuals Recap of the June 15th Bindlestiff Open Stage Quarantine Edition.
Vaudevisuals Bookshelf has selected the wonderful children’s graphic novel about a sideshow act of conjoined twins. “The Phantom Twin” by Lisa Brown.
A chance to see the entire film ‘Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed’ with written commentary by James Taylor and director Jeff Krulik.
A historical survey of The American Circus experience. The PBS Special aired in 2018. Wonderful archival footage.
A Vaudevisuals Recap of the May 18th, 2020 edition of Bindlestiff Open Stage Quarantine Edition Variety Show.
Reggie Bugmuncher performs the classic sideshow stunt ‘eyehooks’. The video illustrates the stunts. Performed at the Southern Sideshow Hootenanny.
A video of James Taylor’s presentation “First in Half the World – A Spiel on the Peale” given at The Southern Sideshow Hootenanny in New Orleans in March 2020.