FROM BOBBY MAY VIA TAPE

In my opinion, Stan Cavanaugh was the best comedy 3 ball and 3 club juggler. In the Ziegfield Follies, he did 6 minutes and stopped the show. He was a great juggler. One of his tricks that he did in the act was to juggle 3 clubs and throw one club a half turn and catch it on his foot in a balance. Then he would kick it back up into a juggle. He could also bounce 7 balls down on the floor. This was a great juggling trick.

I first met Salerno in Paris. He was one of the great jugglers in the tradition of Kara. He was the originator of the color changing torches. He made the torches himself and as he was juggling them behind his back with very high triples they would change colors.

Here's a unique idea, in the twenties an act called Martinettis and the Crow used a real live crow. The man would be juggling balls and let one go so that the crow could catch it in his beak. Then the crow would drop it and the man would go back into the juggle. This was an old vaudeville act back in vaudeville time.

In my act, I showered 5 balls and for the finish caught 4 in a hat and the last one on the back of my neck. Then I would let the ball roll down my back and into the hat. One time in Chicago there was a band on stage with a grand piano. Well, the last ball bounced on stage and went over and knocked out the

stick that holds up the piano lid. The lid slammed shut and the audience thought it was great.

Another time in Chicago, I was juggling lacrosse balls and one went out the window and the last I saw of it it was bouncing down Michigan Avenue. Since we were on the 14th floor, it was really bouncing thru all the people, cars, and all.