Page 23                                             Winter 1987-88

Young Mark Bakalor has taped an egg juggling commercial to advertise a new Milton Bradley toy named "Dr. Wacko." Bakalor's four egg juggle will be speeded up in editing to look like a dozen or more. The spot will air nationally beginning in February.

 

Anthony Gatto, who continues his year­long appearance at Ballys in Las Vegas, continues to improve his formidable skills. He can maintain impressive runs with nine balls and nine rings, and hopes to do a 10 ball juggle by next summer's Denver convention.  Gatto's 7 ball routine now includes a long overhead cascade, a full pirouette, under the leg and behind the back throws. He also tosses three clubs high behind the back out of his five club cascade, pirouettes with two in his hands and resumes the five cascade.

 

Larry Jordan of Kissimmee, Fla., and Bill Fry claim to have achieved a "first" by untying a volunteer's bikini top by passing clubs around her. They've named the stunt "The Six Club Strip." Fry left town quickly thereafter to work for three months on a Hawaiian-American Cruise Lines ship.

 

Kit Summers appeared on "Hour Magazine" in September with Peter Scolari and host Gary Collins. On Oct. 24 Summers was married to Mary Ellen King, a woman he met in San Diego's Balboa Park at a juggling party!

 

Wally Eastwood, billing himself as "the fastest juggler on earth,'" is performing his fast-paced stage act in Reno, Nev., at the Bally Hotel's "Hello Hollywood Hello" show until April 19.

 

Several comedy jugglers, including The Raspyni Brothers, Edward Jackman, Marty Polio, Daniel Rosen, Frank Olivier and Robert Gruenberg were taped for segments of "George Schlatter's Comedy Club" television show. Also appearing will be stand-up comedians and variety artists like 1986 convention public show magician Pat Hazen. The segments are being aired nationwide this winter on some NBC stations.


The Raspyni Brothers have produced a 30 minute how to juggle videotape called "It's a Juggle Out There." The comedy tape just teaches the three ball cascade, and will be marketed to video stores nationwide.

 

Jackman had another televised appearance on the Showtime network's "Comedy Club Network." He did several Los Angeles-area television shows and performed at "At My Place" in Santa Monica, Calif., with Michael Ruff.

 
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