Jim Zajicek, Curator of the Unusual and Proprietor of the Big Circus Sideshow recently wrote a Help Wanted post on Facebook that grabbed our attention. His idiosyncratic slang called up memories of carnival ads from the dear, old Billboard, the Showman’s Bible…
The BIG ONE IS NOW LOOKING TO HIRE
for 2014 Season..Can place Couple and or Individual/s…
WANTED: Freaks, Working Acts, Swaller, Blockhead, BON, Fire, Those that double, given preference, let us know what you can do?…
Chinese involved
We Pay REAL Money, and you must deliver the goods…Salary/Cherry Pie..
A good home to save money for right people…
Don’t misrepresent or get by with smut as the Mgr is a Old Showman…
Only Serious Inquiries Only…
NO Boozers, Chasers, Dopers, Funny Book Readers No Tats on Dome or Bones in noses…This show plays Church spots…IF you walk upright and eat with a Knife and Fork this could be a Good opportunity for you…
Contact: Jim Zajicek..
Big Circus Sideshow.
curatoroftheunusual@hotmail.comOr message Jim Zajicek on Facebook
Zajicek is taking applications for the upcoming season, which runs from mid-March through the first week of November. The Big Circus Sideshow plays mostly West of the Mississippi, he says. After starting in the circus business in 1979 with Franzen Bros. Circus, the showman started his own show more than a decade ago.
Here’s a video by Cris Siqueira of the show’s last three spots of the 2011 season at the Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo in Waco, Texas; the Washington Parish Fair in Franklinton, Louisiana; and the State Fair of Louisiana in Shreveport.
Related posts on ATZ…
November 23, 2013: More Photos from the Glory Days of the Sideshow Banner
November 7, 2013: Photos from the Glory Days of the Sideshow Banner
June 27, 2013: Photo Album: The Front of the Show at Meadowlands Fair
September 18, 2010: Photo of the Day: Takeshi Yamada’s Freak Baby Museum at San Gennaro
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