Donnikers Moonbeams and Ferris Wheels
As you sleep safely in your bed, the world's fairs, circuses, and carnivals travel through the night. This creeping movement is called a jump, and those doing it have worked at least 12 hours, torn down, packed up, and are getting ready to set it all up and do it again, usually for another 12 hours before they can sleep. They are tired, smelly, and ready for a fight, and they will fight each other until someone else comes along. They have miles to go before they sleep and months to go before they reach home again. The road and season are long. The food is greasy, but good. The fights are many and tough. Come along with me and understand what goes on and why you can hardly win. Understand the smells and sounds of the midway. The sights, the sexy girls, the thrills- it's what we all go to the fair for. Find out why you're a mark and why the carnies are called withit, the difference between a gazonnie and a clem. Learn the ins and outs of slipping through the darkness, only to find the same people in a different town. Restaurant fights, nights in jail, altercations in Walmart- it's all part of the game, part of the fun. Join the show as it travels through the country and ends its season with an unexpected trip to Cuba.
Lookie, lookie, lookie here. Here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna bring out Zambora; that's right, we're doing a free show, a freak show. Zambora steps from the tent, wearing almost nothing; she is the farthest thing from the gorilla she is about to turn into. She steps onto the Bally stage, is almost naked, and is wrapped in chains. All men want to see all women naked, and when the talker says the words, "watch as her clothes appear to fall from her body," The tent will fill up immediately. "Take her back and lock her up; the show's about to begin.
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