Free Roll for the Red Unit Clowns

Phineas did it....his goal was to get free roll, in this case a nice big plate of home baked cookies, to our friends on the red unit of Ringling Brothers. The Show for the 143rd edition is "Built To Amaze" and as usual they put on a great show with all the glitz and glitter and sparks and confetti cannon that we've come to expect from Feld Entertainment.
So here's what the deal is. We got there early, very early  so we could be first online to get into the arena and down to the floor for the preshow. We went right over to Chris who we met at the Dallas Pie fight and then spoke to again in Bridgeport at the end of the Fully Charged Tour. Then the other members of the alley we have gotten to know came over as well and we presented the free roll to the alley!
The other cool part is that Phineas spent a week or two just drawing cartoon versions of each member of the alley and brought it for them to sign. This drawing was cool and the clowns were excited to see it, sign it and some even took pictures of it with their phones. We talked for a few minutes but then they had to go back to work as the rest of the crowd was finding their way to the floor.
During the show my phone was vibrating every few minutes, Chris texted us to hang around after the show and then I got a bunch of Facebook alerts that the clowns were liking the drawing and Circus Bicuspid!
After watching the show we hung around as the arena empties out and Chris came to find us with backstage passes. We had a great tour of the backstage of the 143rd edition and got to spend time talking with the performers (and Phineas' future colleagues-we hope)
What a great afternoon, we appreciated the hard work the entire circus does in putting on a show and the clown alley for being "the pegs the circus hangs on"
To all of our friends in the Red Unit Clown Alley......see ya down the road!

keep 'em clean
Bruce Lish DDS aka "dr molar magic"

DRI- Carnival For A Cure

Once agian, Phineas and I performed walk around clowning and general stupidity at the Annual Diabetes Research Institute's Carnival For A Cure at the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC. We really enjoy being a part of this event each year. Sometimes you don't realize how long you've been working with a group of people. They've had the same events company for years and the same staff run the games. As we walked in there were a lot of "Hi"  and "great to see you guys again" from everyone.

We got there a little later than in the past because we came in costume wearing our jumpsuits. These suits are great and like in the big shows they keep our costumes clean and under wraps while loading in (well for me they do because Phineas NEVER helps with load ins...there I said it!) and during our makeup.

We had a great day working with the crowd. My juggling was off for some reason, maybe there was excess gravity this year, maybe I need more sleep...or heck even more practice. I ended up sticking to the spinning plate for a lot of the event but it worked out because the kids loved taking it onto their own stick and letting it spin. Great parental photo op.

Speaking of photo ops, I think there were more requests from the staff and vendors to take photos with us this year than ever before. I even gained some new followers on Twitter from it. Check out this photo of us and Trader Joe's team.
Another cool encounter was with some staffers from Z100 in NY. They asked for photos with us and then we asked if they knew Wendy Wild the DJ who hosted the Big Apple Young Legends Show. They said they would see her Monday morning and we told them to send regards from Phineas! Great networking huh?

This evening we are off to see the ELEPHANTS WALK! Yes we are heading out to the Nassau Coliseum to watch the elephant walk from the train to the venue for the arrival of RBBB BUILT TO AMAZE. We are going to see the show on Sunday morning and it really looks great.

Wow that's a long post for me....
Keep 'em clean