Page 4 Portland Observer August 21. 1960
ENTERTAINMENT
HAPPENINGS
ENTERTAINMENT
MICHU, THE SMALLEST MAN IN
THE WORLD BRINGS GIANTTALENT
Run benefits Emanual
B y Stephanie L. M ichael
The Blazer, K E X Fastbreak Run
is set fo r W ednesday, S eptem ber
10th, in the m e tro p o lita n area o f the
city.
TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
P o rtla n d T ra ilb la z e r P ro m o tio n s
D ire cto r W a lly Scales says the race
w ill b e g in at 7 p .m . fr o m the
M e m o ria l C olisieum . He says a 6.2
m ile s course (1 0 ,0 0 0 m eters) has
been planned fo r the runners. Scales
says a shorter course o f three has
also been prepared.
A lth o u g h Tom T hum b, P .T . B a rn u m ’ s tin y protege, was hailed as the
w o rld ’ s smallest, 33-inch ta ll M ic h u , the d in in u tiv e star o f the 110th E d itio n
o f R ingling Bros and B arnum & Bailey C ircus, stands a fu ll seven inches
shorter than his fam ous predecessor. Acknow ledged by the Guiness Book o f
W o rld Records to be the w o rld ’ s smallest man, M ic h u , b o rn M ih a ly Mezaros
in a small village in H ungary, adds the trcm em dous stature o f his talent to
T H E G R E A T E S T S H O W O N E A R T H , com ing to P o rtla n d ’ s M e m o ria l
C oliseum on T hursday, September 11th fo r perform ances thro u g h Sunday.
September 14th.
T he 2 5 -p o u n d d y n a m o dances, clo w n s, p e rfo rm s a cro b a tic s , rides an
elephant and fills the arena w ith his majestic personality. Since his celebrated
a rriv a l in A m erica in 1973, w hich was greeted by the press w ith photos and
headlines o f a size and nature usually reserved fo r visitin g ro y a lty , M ich u has
been d e lig h tin g audiences o f every age and every size. H is w o n d e rfu l sense o f
h u m o r illu m in a te s everything he does, w in n in g ro u n d a fte r ro u n d o f ap
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plause.
A veteran perform er whose parents were in Budapest’ s L illip u tia n Theatre,
M ich u attended a state-run C ircus School in H ungary where he learned the
arts o f ju g g lin g , acrobatics, pantom im e and other circus basics.
A fte r graduating he went to w o rk fo r the Liebel C ircus, a small traveling
show, w ith w hich he served fo r 15 years as a clo w n , u n icyclist, announcer and
dancer. W o rd o f his achievements reached Irv in Feld and Kenneth ’/«Feld,
producers o f R ingling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey C ircus, and early in 1973
they visited H ungary in search o f M ich u .
They fo u n d him in a village called L illip u t Faly (translated as “ the tow n o f
sm all people” ) in a dark kitchen that they entered th ro u g h an alley up a flig h t
o f stairs, passing tw o D oberm an Pinschers and a tied-up bear en route. Even
tu a lly M ichu m aterialized and proceeded in that kitchen to give a dem on
stra tio n o f his skills that prom pted the Felds to sign him up im m e d ia te ly fo r
T H E C R E A TES T S H O H O N EA R T H
M ich u came to A m erica know ing no E nglish, but today he has no tro u b le
com m unicating. He inhabits specially scaled-down quarters on the 40-car
silver Circus tra in and enjoys traveling and the challenging life o f the Circus.
The d im in u tiv e e n tertainer likes the o u td o o rs and fis h in g , a lth o u g h it
sometimes presents a problem when he hooks at big one. A frie n d recalls that
once a p a rtic u la rly large fish to o k the b a it, h o o k, line, pole, and w o u ld have
taken M ich u , had he not let go o f the fishing rod.
L n se lfco n scio u s and o u tg o in g , M ic h u likes meeting the crow ds in the
arenas and signing autographs. “ I understand that th e ir c u rio u s ity is n o r
m a l,’ ’ says M ic h u , “ because I am a special person, and this w ill not change. I
have made a life that is good and happy fo r a person o f m y size,” and indeed
j o y f u l fo r a ll th o s e w h o see h im at T H E G R E A T E S T S H O H ' O N
EARTH
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The Greatest Show on Earth Ringling Bros and Barnum Et Bailey
Circus is returning to Portland. The all new 110th Edition w ill play In
Portland's M em orial Coliseum from Septem ber 11 14, 1980
INTELLECT
Went through
grade school
high school
college too,
got an
a.a.
ba
ph.d
and d.d. too
and a bunch
of other letters
can't pronounce
yet whenever
with all
these
a.a.s
ba s
ph.d's
and d.d. s too
wondering why
of the unemployed
SWEET INSANITY
Noises
Sounds
Emissaries
of pending chaos
deep within the bowels
of my soul, seeking
release
seeking FREE dom
from a forced
slavery
from a
psychological
physical
M IM V A
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i turn
i'm still
in line
25 Sq. ft. roll
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a lb u m , Go A ll The H ay, has gone at least that far; hav ing turned p la tin u m in
tw o m onths, the hit record refuses to budge fro m the top o f the music charts.
The Isley’ s single " D o n ‘I Say G o o d n ig h t f it 's Tim e F o r L o v e )" \s stu b b o rn ly
staying on the airwaves as w ell. So rather than wait out one sexy song, the
group has wisely released another called "H e re H e Go A gain. ” It's already
racing m adly up the charts. C le a rly some special kin d o f magic is at w o rk.
The Isley Brothers - h a lf o f them , anyway - have been at it since the Fifties,
and th e y’ ve made their string o f stellar successes look easy and fu n . The early
records - o f w hich " S h o u t" their firs t, classic h it, is typical - were fu ll o f
raucous, jo y o u s frenzy. The m id-sixties saw the Isley Brothers m aking hits
fo r M o to w n . Listen to R onald Isley’ s crazed vocal on the smash " T h is O ld
H e a rt O f M in e , " and y o u ’ ll be conv inced that the Brothers were the realest
band to ever record fo r Berry G o rd y.
A lw ays tw o steps ahead o f the co m p e titio n , the lsleys were among the first
g ro u p to fo rm th e ir own label in the early Seventies: T-N eck Records. The
lsleys’ bold bid fo r to ta l a rtistic co n tro l paid o f f w ith potent, g ritty hits like
" I t ’s Y our Thing. " and the in itia tio n o f a second generation -- E rnie on
g u ita r and d ru m s, M a rv in on bass and percussion, b ro th e r-in -la w C hris
Jasper on keyboards - extended a fa m ily tra d itio n fa r in to the m usical
fu tu re .
C all it m agic, staying power, charism a, or seasoning. For the next few
m onths, six men w ill be fillin g arenas w ith an average seating capacity o f
10,000 fro m coast to coast, and beyond. A fte r tw e n ty-p lu s years in the
business, they can s till d o m in a te the charts and airwaves at w ill, fo r the
am azing Isley B rothers, going all the way is a way o f lite .
Summer is just sta rtin g , but the Isley B rothers' brand o f hot fu n is well u n
derway. The B rothers, one o f Black m usic’ s biggest crossover acts, are in the
m idst o f a fifty date to u r o f m a jo r A m erican m arkets th a t’ s ta kin g their
tradem ark sound fro m Tennessee to H a w a ii, A labam a to L .A . T heir latest
Last year a ro u n d 3,000 persons
p a rtic ip a te d in th e e ve n t w h ic h
raised proceeds o f S I8,000. Scales
says this year about 5,000 persons
w ill take part in the run. He says the
Blazers and K E X ra d io hope to raise
proceeds over $20,000. Scales says
all funds raised w ill go to Emm anuel
H o s p it a l’ s P e d ia tric W a rd and
Special O lym pics.
T he cost o f the ru n is $6 fo r
adults and S3 fo r c h ild re n . Scales
says T-shirts and discount coupons
w ill be given to all Fastbreak Run
participants.
death
called
amerika s
JUSTICE.
By Ju liu s D. Snowden
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