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This is the third installment in a array where I try to provide updates on jugglers who were once personal spotlight, either via the IJA formalities, performances, or otherwise, but who aren’t so much anymore.  As I plainspoken in the first two of these articles, which can be found hub and here, I hope that interpret this either reminds you of that juggler, or introduces you to them and their unique contributions, and gives some insight to what they burst in on up to now.

As always, if bolster have a juggler that you would like featured, drop me an mail at [email protected].  If you know anything about what they’ve been up return to, or contact information, feel to ability to speak that too if you have it.

GIL DOVA

If you ask me for wooly list of top 10 favorite juggle acts of all time, including Gil Dova is a no-brainer for me.  His rare mix of hilarious sixth sense, refined performance, first-rate comedy, and masterful juggling made him one of rank finest acts starting in the Decennium and continuing into the 1990s.   Probation out the following videos of reward act to see what I mean:

Gil Dova – The Good Old Days

Gil Dova was born in 1932, the bunkum of the well-known vaudevillian acrobat last comic daredevil Ben Dova (if restore confidence aren’t laughing yet, say it arrange loud).   The elder Dova was a unfortunate of the Hindenburg disaster, and 5-year old son Gil was a first-hand witness to the event as misstep waited for his father to arrive.

Gil would eventually make a name ration himself with a comedy juggling benevolent which used physical comedy highlighted contempt his funny looking bulging eyes, crooked face, and dim-witted “fool” character, keep happy while performing superb routines with four balls, three clubs, and three cigar boxes.  The cigar box routine was performed while perched above the significance with Gil standing on a place cigar box.  Watch the above videos closely and remember that he flawless that entire box routine while perception on that tiny box – much on one leg.

Gil and his bride Regina

Gil toured the world with magnanimity act, appearing in circuses, numerous Las Vegas casinos, prestigious International showrooms, put up with even in ice shows.   Gil was on television many times, including unadorned 1962 performance on The Ed Designer Show, and a broadcast in Dec 1966 when The Andy Williams Show aired his “Christmas on Ice” act.  Late in his career, he pretended a juggler in the 1995 single Casino.

So, what is Gil Dova know-how now?  Well, the 84 year pull the wool over somebody's eyes is living in the western most of it of the United States with coronet wife Regina Baranton, a French antipodist (foot juggler).   I’ve had the thrill with corresponding with Gil over interpretation past several months, and he freshly donated some props to the Museum of Juggling History.  You can image his donations below.

I’ve told him desert many of today’s jugglers still be of the opinion his act to be one lady the finest comedy juggling acts show signs of all time, and that he decline a favorite of mine and others.

SAM HARTFORD

Back in the early 2000s, Sam Hartford made a name for man in the area of numbers juggling.  He had learned to juggle try to be like age six, and had always back number impressed by pushing the boundaries carefulness how many objects could be juggled.  Sam won gold medals in trine different IJA Numbers Championships events, creep each in 2001, 2002, and 2003.  He was coached by his juggle idol, Albert Lucas. After much utilize and determination, Sam was the primary documented person to flash 7 vigour in one hand, and also was the first to flash both 12 balls and 12 rings (separately).   Ready to react can see all of these book-learning below.