{"id":1718,"date":"2015-10-02T16:40:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T16:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2015-10-02T16:40:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T16:40:06","slug":"state-fair-of-texas-rains-money-on-mikes-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyeslikecarnivals.com\/?p=1718","title":{"rendered":"State Fair of Texas Rains Money on “Mike’s Rainbow”"},"content":{"rendered":"
LINKEDIN LINK https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/texas-state-fair-biggest-cash-payday-mikes-rainbow-comerford?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like<\/a> The State Fair of Texas in Dallas runs for 24 days and is the largest state fair in the United States. A newbie showman in games, I somehow surpassed my whole crew and maybe all crews for sales that year by making up my own routines and sticking to my shtick.<\/p>\n The Texas State Fair is in full swing right now and it brings back thoughts of my amazing year in carnivals. I ran games and rides at 10 traveling carnivals, in 10 states, hitchhiked 36 states between jobs and crossed Canada and Mexico along the way.<\/p>\n When I reached the biggest of the big time in Dallas, I was working with the West Crew, headed by Adam “Batman” West and a veteran group of showmen (carnival workers who run games don’t like to be called carnies).<\/p>\n I began on the “short-range,” a basketball game with a cantaloupe-sized basketball and a lower hoop. The hoop had two inner rims but the ball went through and there were winners. As is true of all the games, you could win but it was far harder than you think. I juggled the basketballs. I told every male walking by, “You are a basketball man, show us what you got.” I did well but I changed my game and my routine and the money started flowing in.<\/p>\n
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