Let's Guess The Juggler Bob Story

[scot]

Was it a story of doing eightballs so that Bob could stay awake long enough to eat 50 Klondike bars in a dike bar?

[Butterfly Man]

kingpin and the 2-10 split

Scot,
I intro'd big Bob Whitcomb at an IJA festival public show in '86 ... he does a "picture trick" at the end of his act where (amongst a whole bunch of other shit) he has to spin a ring on his ankle ... well, he had to perform in front of the curtain so space was at a premium and, as you can plainly see, Bob has some serious girth ... the ring on the ankle is the first thing he gets going then he adds beach ball spinning & some one hand juggling with some other stuff that no one watches anyway ...

So, each time Bob gets everything going the ring somehow manages to hit the curtain and stop spinning ... he missed once...twice... three times ... then I just had to do something so I grabbed an off stage mike and started making comments ... 1st one was ..."could everybody stand back please." (good laugh) ... this just encouraged me ...

So every time he misses I keep commenting ... on his 10th or so try (it was getting pathetic) my comment was "could YOU Bob stand back please" ... he almost gets it and then he backs up just a bit and misses again ...the audience howled ...

He should tattoo an "L" on his head because he just kept going ... and going ... like a transfat fed energizer bunny he just wouldn't quit...

So I didn't either ... my next to last comment was "could everybody leave the theater please"
(also a good laugh)
... he misses yet again, so I finally say, "Could YOU Bob please leave the theater" ...

It was a great laugh but unfortunately, for me, Bob didn't like the remark ... he snaps...

At a dead run (more like a lumber really) he charges me in the wings ... I was standing next to Pat Hazell and Anthony Gatto ... like a giant angry bowling ball of angst he takes all three of us out ... the crash could be heard for miles... Nick Gatto rushes to young Anthony's aid ... Pat brushes himself off and I limp out to pick up the props and introduce Anthony.

I think most people in the audience thought it was rehearsed ... it was just too good.


P.S. this guy Bob is the one who flew all the way to England from Ohio to (as he told the INS in Heathrow) "I came here to street perform!" ... they put him on the next plane home ...

[Stephon]

misspelling-

Scot, you made a spelling mistake; it's "Klondyke".

[Juggler Bob]

Robert,

I'm glad you didn't share what happened to me at the Pentagon or in Death Row. Someone else will have to spill the beans on those shows.

[scot]

Good guess, Robert, but I don't think that's the story. Anybody else?

[jeep caillouet]

Scot, it seems your are both from Hollywood. So you tell us the real story. Or should I call Tim Eric, that escape guy out there in Hollywood.

[jesus]

Is the story set in Italy and involve a forest, police officers, handcuffs and a night stick?

[Rachel Peters]

I think I remember something about a cat named 'Rusty' and a coffee enema. ...but my memory is foggy.

[Rachel Peters]

oh no, wait. sorry. that was one of my own stories.