From Yahoo Answers..

…it’s okay dude, we know how you feel.

Yes, that is a lion. In a sidecar. Pulling G’s with some real entertainers. Not a warning sign in sight. Now that’s entertainment. Line forms to the left.

Actually, the setup was a wooden barrel board wall of the “Thrillarena” or “Wall of Death” It’s called Motor Drome Riding and it was popular in the 20s and 30s. Someone along the way said “Hey, let’s put lions in the drome” uhhhh kay… sure, that’ll bring ‘em in. And it did.

Jason Falls had me thinking about this post after I wrote it so I updated it. When you use Gimmicks, you must just keep cranking them out. You must start out with a dog in the sidecar, then a goat, then a friggin’ lion. But what do you do when the lion gets boring?

So if you’re dependent on gimmicks - keep your foot in it - cause if you slow down, you’ll be lunch.

images from thrillarena.com

I just learned the source: Modern Mechanix

I have always loved the Nick Park / Oscar-Winning Aardman Animation short called “Creature Comforts,” - I remember seeing it an animation festival years ago - you’ll love this behind-the-scenes insight into the interviews - raw unedited tape with Dan Sinclair. These are the uncut interviews that were made to create the scenes. It’s fun to hear the pure sweetness of the people involved. I found myself laughing outloud. It was a brilliant idea to go out and get these interviews.

It took insight into an idea to form a framework, but it sounds like the whole thing was allowed to develop organically at times.

Hint… go watch the video first if you’ve not seen it.

Food Fuse Interesting up to the 2/3 point.

Rhino and Bird longer interview

You mean it?  A free cookie?

I think I need to spring for a faster wireless network or I’ll definitely be dead before these files get copied.

 

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