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In modern times, sideshow performers are often individual professionals or groups. A greater number of "Single O" attractions still tour carnivals. In the 1940s, Ward Hall began the World of Wonders Amazement Show, which is still running today.
Melvin Burkhart (1907–2001) was a sideshow performer known as the Human Blockhead for driving a large steel spike up his nose with a hammer. He was also known as Melvin the Two-Faced Man, due to his ability to wear different facial expressions on the two sides of his face, and as Melvin the Anatomical Wonder for his abilities as a contortionist.
Filmmakers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey at the Miami International Film Festival presentation of Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016). Photo: David Heischrek. World of Wonder was co-founded as a record label and management company by Barbato and Bailey in the mid-1980s after meeting in New York University's (NYU) graduate film program, [15] with the name coming from a British magazine ...
WOW Presents Plus (also called World of Wonder Presents Plus or WOWPresents+) is a subscription-based streaming service owned by production company, World of Wonder. [1] The subscription service was founded in November 2017, by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey. [ 2 ]
In 2012 Strange produced his own variety show titled "Johnny Strange's Theatre of Wonder", which he currently hosts and performs in, [3] alongside a range of circus, sideshow and freak show artists from around the world including; contortionists, knife throwers, snake charmers, strongmen, aerial performers, hand balancers and fire breathers. [4]
Pages in category "World of Wonder (company)" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Frock4Life; W.
Coco Jones performed the national anthem Monday at the national championship game in Atlanta ahead of Ohio State vs Notre Dame.
In the 1993 Beavis and Butt-Head episode "At the Sideshow", Beavis and Butt-Head go to a carnival, run afoul of the staff, and are forced to join the sideshow as Siamese twin chicken geeks. In the 1995 X-Files episode "Humbug", real-life sideshow performer The Enigma portrays a mostly-mute geek named "The Conundrum." True to the classical view ...