S1E9: Circus Kings
Blood and Business
Cassie and Bethany
4.6 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re taking a visit to the cemetery… to remember a part of American history, whose grave is still warm to the touch. As a child I attended a show myself alongside my sisters, but our kids will only hear tales and myths of the animals, the ringleaders, the tents… You may mourn their passing, or you may disagree with the ethics of the entire idea and be glad this chapter has come to a close... This sibling set founded the longest reigning circus dynasty America ever will ever see. They are… The Ringling Brothers.
This is the true story of Al Ringling (originally Rüngling) and his brothers: Gus, Otto, Alf T., Charles, John, Henry, and their sister, Ida. We read their biography... here is everything you need to know, complete with all the juicy details.
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| 0:00.0 | Let the spirit of the Kennedys and the magic of the Disney brothers be with you always. |
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| 0:28.3 | Welcome to Blood and Business. I'm Bethany and I'm Cassie. Today we're taking a visit to the cemetery to remember a part of American history whose grave is still warm to the touch. As a child, |
| 0:35.5 | I went to a show myself alongside my sisters, but our kids will only hear |
| 0:40.2 | tales and myths of the animals, the ringleaders, the tents. You may mourn their passing, |
| 0:47.3 | or you may disagree with the ethics of the entire idea and be glad that this chapter has come to a |
| 0:52.1 | close. This sibling set founded the longest reigning circus dynasty America will ever see. |
| 0:59.2 | They are the Ringling Brothers. |
| 1:22.5 | The Ringling Brothers. The Greatest Show on Earth. |
| 1:28.1 | A slogan adopted in 19 when the Ringling Brothers Circus combined with the Barnum and Bailey Circus to begin the last ever chapter of the historic American circus. In a time before YouTube |
| 1:34.2 | or television, the circus was a seriously big deal. And as long as we have known the circus, |
| 1:39.3 | it's always been a family affair. The first place the world ever saw such a show, such an idea, was in the |
| 1:45.7 | 17th and 18th centuries. Single-unit European families began putting on small road shows and traveling |
| 1:51.6 | from town to town with their unique skills. There were tightrope performers, equestrians, acrobatts. |
| 1:57.4 | They lived and worked as a family. And though the Ringling brothers came along more than a |
| 2:01.9 | century later, they were no different. They just scaled it up a bit, hired a few non-blood relatives, |
| 2:07.9 | but in the beginning, it was truly nothing but a family affair. Just five brothers and a crazy dream. |
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