Without promotion, something terrible happens… nothing! American politician, showman, and businessman, Phineas Taylor “P.T.” Barnum was born on this day in 1810 (died 1891). I never wanted to run away and join the circus. For one thing, I don’t do heights. For another, I didn’t grow up going to the circus at the Coliseum. The …
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Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys
On this day in 1884, the Ringling Brothers Circus premiered in Baraboo, Wisconsin. In 1907 Ringling acquired the Barnum & Bailey Circus and merged the two in 1919 to become Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, otherwise known as The Greatest Show on Earth. From what I understand, the phrase “Not my circus, not my …