These pages will contain momentos of the now defunct Amusement Business Magazine, once know as The Billboard. It was long considered the Bible of Show Business. The internet, blogs and social networking has made this historical magazine unnecessary...but we do miss the excitement of getting our personal issue every week.
A reader suggested last year that I do a tour of the Allentown Fair carnival games, with warnings and recommendations. I decided this was a good idea. It's a scientific fact that the fastest way to a girl's heart, not counting a tattoo, is to win her a giant stuffed panda. As the Dr. of Love, it's my duty to help. So I embarked Thursday aftern […]
The 88th edition of the Los Angeles County Fair begins its 23-day run at Fairplex in Pomona Saturday with a human body display, a circus, ice sculptures and food trucks among the new attractions. Our Body: The Universe Within, is a display of more than 30 human specimens and organs showing the inner workings of the human body. This is the first time the exhi […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, girls and boys of all ages, welcome to the internet home of the Circus Model Builders, Inc. Founded in 1936, the craftspeople of the CMB have been preserving the great American circus through their models. On our site you will find modeling tips and tricks, pictures of real and model circuses, accurate and up-to-date circus news, plans […]
MADISON, Wis. -- State Department of Commerce officials released a report on Thursday that blames operator error for the accident that injured a girl at the Extreme World amusement park in Wisconsin Dells last month. Teagan Marti, 12, of Parkland, Fla., was hurt after she fell about 100 feet to the ground on the Terminal Velocity ride at the Extreme World am […]
For the first time in its 155-year history, the Utah State fair is going smoke-free. Utah State Fair spokeswoman Denise Allen says fair organizers adopted a nonsmoking policy because of second-hand smoke health concerns. She says many public events and venues are adopting similar policies. To accommodate fair-goers who do smoke, Allen say some areas of the U […]
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