John Herriott said......
Obviously you seem either bitter or frustrated in reading between the lions. Your comment about the Potentates underwear made me realize that probably over 80 per cent of your career has been on various Shrine Circuses where in reflection mine has been pretty much the exact opposite.
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Johnny,
The date Clyde Beatty was getting those cat's ready for was in Detroit, I believe you said? Was that a sponsored date? Is so who was the sponsor? Johnny, I am not bitter, frustrated, or jealous. And I think our careers were more similar and alike then you realize. Example: I was with Ringling and so were you. I was there for 7 years? I don't recall how long you were there?
I am sure we can find other examples of the similarities in our career, but lets start with clearing up these things I don't know first, so we don't loose track.
Regards,
Wade Burck
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Response to my friend, Publicist/newspaper reporter Henry Edgar, who is 1984 described me as" the most exciting thing to happen to the American circus since Clyde Beatty." Paul, pay attention, as this parallels "authorized autobiographys" and the importance of a good PR team. LOL
What happened? I thought I was your Huckleberry? A short time ago, you were telling everybody, I should have been the next "Superstar", but Ringling and their PR department didn't handle me right. If you had been handling it, we would have set the world on fire, remember. Shoot, Henry I'm glad I didn't sign you up. I believe you would have broke a boot off in my ass, and abandoned me at the first bump in the road. "Wade Burck was spotted showing Sophia Loren the New York nightlife" I believe you would have screamed, "Hulligan loving traitor", and caught the first train out, Henry.
Wade Burck
i've been trying to stay out of this round because i know that the only way wade would say anything good about clyde beatty would be if he found out beatty's mother was from a european family.