Today’s post goes out to the kids of the 80s: The Garbage Pail Kids was a series of comical cartoon trading cards, first released in 1985. The aesthetic for entire line was intended to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids and they became so popular that they have been regularly banned from schools over the past [...]
Tomorrow is the 6th Annual World Sword Swallower’s Day! According to the Sword Swallowers Association International, Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI) President Dan Meyer announced the 6th annual World Sword Swallower’s Day to raise awareness of sword swallowers around the world. Founded by SSAI and co-sponsored by Ripley’s Believe It or Not, World Sword Swallower’s Day [...]
Thrill Kill Jill of the Lucky Daredevil Thrillshow recently became the world’s first pregnant sword swallower, according to Bizarre Magazine. The young mother and her husband, Tyler Fyre, have been entertaining audiences with their duo act for years and now, it looks like the show may be getting another member. Jill gave birth to Hank Lightning on July 4th [...]
Since the seminal protopunk band New York Dolls reunited in 2004, they’ve released three studio albums: One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006) Cause I Sez So (2009) Dancing Backward in High Heels (2011) The two surviving members, David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, have traded in their iconic 70s gender-bending glam [...]
This Saturday, February 25th, marks the 4th Annual International Sword Swallower’s Day, a celebrated tradition first established by the Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI). According to SSAI executive director Dan Meyer, “We established World Sword Swallower’s Day to raise awareness of the medical contributions sword swallowers have made to the fields of medicine and science, [...]
America’s last tented, traveling ten-in-one sideshow is gearing up for a 12-day-stint at the annual Florida State Fair. Beginning February 10, the World of Wonders will return to the 319-acre lot in Tampa for approximately the 12th time. Today, sideshow veteran Red Stuart takes a moment to enlighten HeyRubeCircus readers about the inner workings of [...]
Carisa Hendrix is virtually a sideshow unto herself. This Canadian-based performer travels eight months out of the year, and boasts an impressive array of stunts and skills including: prop manipulation (hoop, poi, staves, contact juggling) glass walking angle grinder block head glass eating bed of nails human pin cushion razor blade swallowing and fire eating, [...]
That’s right, there is a Sword Swallowers Association International, also known as the SSAI. As if their name wasn’t self-explanatory enough, there mission statement should clarify any confusion: SSAI is a private organization dedicated to networking the last few existing sword swallowers around the world, promoting dialogue between sword swallowers, encouraging safe swordswallowing practices and [...]