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From a letter to Werner Herzog by Roger Ebert: It is safe to say you are as admired and venerated as any filmmaker alive—among those who have heard of you, of course. Those who do not know your work, and the work of your comrades in the independent film world, are missing experiences that might [...]

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Sword Swallower vs. Sharks UNDERWATER – EXTREME! Watch extreme Sword Swallower Dan Meyer swallow a 30 inch solid steel sword submerged 20 feet UNDERWATER in a tank of 80 sharks and stingrays at Ripley’s Aquarium Myrtle Beach SC on Friday, May 18, 2007. All under water and all real. Believe [...]

The Pickled Brothers Sideshow is a circus sideshow based in the Cincinnati, Ohio area.

I have been delinquent in writing about the International Juggling Association Festival 2009. It has been going on all week at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. See world-class jugglers practicing before your very eyes. Learn tips and tricks from jugglers from around the world. See the Cascade of Stars Friday night in the Stevens [...]

The Awesome Alain Robert Human Fly. Spider Man.

“CIRQUE BERZERK [is] a wild, sexy, decadent and demented alternative circus, that isn’t exactly for kids.” – CirqueBerzerk.com

I just bought Alan Plotkin’s documentary about the world’s greatest juggler, Anthony Gatto. I knew Anthony was good at a very young age, but I didn’t know he was performing as a professional at the age of 11. I also learned that Anthony gave up juggling for one or two years to start a landscaping [...]

Hadji Ali was a Vaudeville performer who specialized in swallowing and regurgitating water, kerosene, nuts and other objects. Watch his act as it appeared in the Laurel and Hardy movie, Politiquerías.

I am trying to learn to juggle plungers. On YouTube there are some videos of people who already know how.

Sword swallowers amaze me. I’ve seen three performers in person. The first was in 1987 when Western Guilford High School took the senior class to the state fair. I went to a show in a tent and saw a guy swallow a really long screw driver. I believe there were other performers that did other [...]