Berosini At Circus Circus
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
Circus Circus Las Vegas, Nevada. Late 1960’s.
Photo from Jack Badal.
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
Circus Circus Las Vegas, Nevada. Late 1960’s.
Photo from Jack Badal.
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
This truly was one of the finest great ape acts ever. A mixd group of Gorillas, Chimps and Orangutans. In the late 1960’s I went to visit with PaPa Berosini at Circus Circus and we had a fine time talking about our acts and training ideas. He was military because in a mixed group of [...]
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
Jack Badal performing with Ramar.
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
This very beautiful animal is the pride and joy of Jack Badal. Jack raised and trained this great gorilla. Ranar now lives in the Brookfield Zoo.
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
Ranar, in this photo is still a young teen but his weight is at 250 lbs.
thecircusblog | March 12, 2010
Jack Badal handled the entire reptile collection at the Los Angeles Zoo. In this photo he has on the snake stick a Diamondback rattle snake found mainly in the pacific west. Jack trained or handled just about every animal I can think of. For what he did he was one of the best in the business that [...]
thecircusblog | March 1, 2010
This studio photo was taken in 1920. Houdini starred in a movie serial called “Terror Island”. This movie was a silent… it had no sound track. The lines for the actors were written on the screen. Just below the stage and in front was a pit where a person played a piano for background music. The musician [...]
thecircusblog | March 1, 2010
Thanks Jack for the great picture of Ramar.
thecircusblog | January 30, 2010
This snake is a reticulated python, also called the “Regal” Python. They can grow up to 25-30 ft in length and are extremely dangerous. After a large meal they can go without eating for several months. In captivity, sometimes it becomes necessary to force feed them. Photo given to the circus blog from Jack Badal.
thecircusblog | January 5, 2010
Jack Badal feeding “Big Joe”. Jack not only cared for Joe but many other animals at the Brookfield zoo located in Brookfield, Illinios. Photo taken in 1957….. More to come on this “one of a kind” animal man.