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Musatuti Singlee
from India was on
the Ringling Show
for many years.
He
didn't do a flame
act but with irons
that were heated in
sight on stage to
red hot he would put
a foot on one and
hold it there for
several seconds.
You could smell
burning flesh.
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He would also bend a
red hot bar over his
tongue, and bite
into a red hot horse
shoe.
I only saw him
perform in the late
forties maybe as
late as 1954? by
that time his teeth
were just nubs from
doing the horse
shoes.
Remember on the
Ringling show in
those days the
sideshow would open
before noon and
finish around 11 at
nite, so the
performer did many
shows per day for
many years. |
My late partner knew
him and would say he
was a nice gentleman
to visit with.
I have no idea how
he did his act, but
it was
sensational.
2006 marks my 61st
year in the sideshow
biz. I tried
retiring but I love
those twenty five to
thirty weeks of many
shows per day. It
keeps me young.
I expect to work for
another 25
years.. WARD HALL
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