Dora Gee Gee

| December 6, 2009

Our little baby was born in 1968 and was named after Dorise Gatti and Gee Gee Steel. Dora GeeGee’s mother was Kenya, an older chimp we did not use in the act. Dad and I had the chimp act on the Joe Gatti  Circus on and off for a few seasons, Never a nicer man to work for […]

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Harold and Gene

| March 19, 2009

Here are Harold Simmons and Gene Randow…. two very  talented clowns. Gene had a pure instinct for comedy.  He understood timing  and how to get a laugh.  Gene was a great help to me with the chimp act.  The comedy in our act would start slowly then build to one laugh after another.  We allowed the chimps to do their own […]

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