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Sideshow Collectibles was established in 1994. It originally created toy prototypes for major toy companies such as Mattel, Galoob and Wild Planet. In 1999, Sideshow began marketing its own line of collectible and specialty products under the Sideshow brand, beginning with the Universal Classic Monsters 8" Action Figure license, which sold through Toys R Us and other mass market retailers. [1]
Christopher Earley reviewed Citybook V: Sideshow in White Wolf #30 (Feb., 1992), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "At any rate, Citybook V: Sideshow is both a coherent product as a whole, and easily torn apart for use in a broad cross-section of FRPG campaigns." [1]
It is the oldest carnival sideshow organization in America and is currently owned and run by Thomas Breen. [6] In 1970, John Strong Jr (son of John Strong of The John Strong 3 Ring Tented Circus) [7] began a 47-year continuous run of traveling sideshow, The Strong Sideshow. Several acts and artifacts toured over the years such as the 5-legged ...
The Jim Rose Circus is a modern-day version of a circus sideshow. [1] [2] It was founded in Seattle in 1991 by Jim Rose and his wife BeBe Aschard Rose.[citation needed] The sideshow, then called the "Jim Rose Circus Sideshow", came to prominence to an American audience as a second stage show at the 1992 Lollapalooza festival. although they had toured the Northwest and Canada and had several US ...
The World Circus Side Show was a sideshow owned and operated by "Professor" Samuel Wagner from 1922 to 1941 on Surf Avenue, Coney Island, New York.. Known as "The Godfather" of the Coney Island Freak Show, Wagner was a contemporary of other sideshow and circus legends, such as the Ringling Brothers and P.T. Barnum.
[6] While Sideshow Bob is addressing the crowd, a man near the back raises his hand and says "probably"; he is also voiced by Pierce, who had wanted to be a man in a crowd. [7] An early draft of the episode featured an opera house explosion, [5] though this was changed because the writers felt that using a dam would be more exciting. [7]
Several of his books document circus and sideshow history through photography and anecdote. Their titles reflect the hyperbole of the circus: Hoaxes, Humbugs, and Spectacles: Astonishing Photographs of Smelt Wrestlers, Human Projectiles, Giant Hailstones, Contortionists, Elephant Impersonators, and Much, Much, More!
Arte Público Press was honored with the 2018 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award given by the National Book Critics Circle Award for their work in publishing Latino authors. [ 4 ] The press is a member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).