00:18Hurry, come one, come all to the greatest, the most sensational show on earth.
00:23It's big, it's new, it's different from anything you've ever seen before, folks.
00:28Hurry, hurry, hurry. Balloons, get a big red gas-filled balloon for the kiddies.
00:34Only ten cents, one-tenth of a dollar. Balloons, balloons, balloons, help!
00:44Now is our first attraction we offer you, Gamer the Glutton.
00:48He eats anything and everything.
00:49Thives, forks, bolts, horseshoes, light bulbs, nails, bottles, pipes, dishes, cups, saucers, pots,
00:57hands. That's fine, Glutton. Take your bow.
01:12And over here we have Hot Foot Hogan the Firewalker.
01:14This miracle of the age man has defined science with his amazing exhibition of walking over
01:20red-hot coals with his bare feet, folks. Bare feet, I said, that's right.
01:25He has performed this act ten times daily for the past 17 years.
01:30All right, Hot Foot.
01:42Now as a special attraction, before we go into the big top, we proudly present the one and
01:48only sensational Captain Clamber. The human cannonball, folks, who will be propelled from
01:54the mouth of a gigantic cannon at the speed in excess of 500 miles a second.
02:21Now, folks, step right inside to the menagerie tent for our gigantic wild animal exhibition.
02:27No circus would be complete without a monkey cage. The circus takes every precaution to
02:33protect the monkeys from receiving food harmful to their diet.
02:48Help! Police! Lawbreaker! Lawbreaker! I got him! I got him! Lawbreaker! Police! Police! Police!
02:58In the bird section, we show you one of our familiar-feathered friends, known to every mother, folks,
03:04that blessed event king, the stork.
03:12Hello? Yes, but... I know, but... Yes, but... Well, I... I tried... Maybe... I tried to... But... Well, I... But...
03:23I'll try again.
03:27That's Eddie Cantor still pestering me for a boy.
03:32Here we present the assassin of the jungle. A giant gorilla captured in the depths of darkest Africa.
03:41A ferocious, monstrous, bone-crushing, man-eating, snarling, growling 2,000 pounds of hate and fury.
03:52How do you do?
03:57Now we go into the big top for the main performance of the afternoon.
04:01First, we proudly present the world's foremost inner marvels of the trapeze
04:06and their astounding and breathtaking series of sensational aerial feats,
04:10The Flying Cadenzas.
04:35The Flying Cadenzas.
04:47Next, we have that dainty little darling in the saddle, folks,
04:51Miss Dixie Dare, and her pure-blooded Arabian charger.
04:54This graceful little lady will attempt to pick up a handkerchief with her teeth.
04:59With her teeth, folks, while galloping at full speed.
05:14Ladies and gentlemen, I now call your attention to the center ring,
05:20where you will be entertained by Madame Trixie and Prancer, her dancey horse.
05:35And alone in this vast steel arena, folks, Captain Clyde Bender will demonstrate man's mastery over brute force
05:43by forcing his will and desires upon the flashing fangs and sweeping claws of this snarling king of the jungle.
06:15We're heading into ring number three,
06:17are the ponderous, lovable, hulking pachyderms,
06:21who will perform new and amazing tricks under the direction of their patient and devoted trainer,
06:27Professor Ignace Ignacevich.
06:32The professor will attempt one of his most daring and dangerous achievements,
06:37allowing this huge mastodon to place its entire 13,876 tons of crushing weight upon his head.
06:53I can't do it!
06:55I can't go through it!
06:57I can't do it!
06:58I can't! I can't! I can't!
07:02I can't!
07:06Now for the final and most spectacular, sensational, breathtaking highlight of this afternoon's performance, folks,
07:15we present the one and only Count Morris Leapoff in his death-defying Leap for Life.
07:23This fearless daredevil will ascend the ladder to the tiny platform 5,462 feet in the air.
07:31And from the dizzy heights of this lofty perch, the Count will hurl his body through space
07:38in an attempt to dive into a small tank of water far, far below.
07:43Let's go!
08:11Let's go!
08:35Okay, Joe. Take it.
08:38Okay, Joe. Take it.
08:44Whoa!
08:52Hold it.
08:55Okay.
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