Great London Circus Makimba
Posted By thecircusblog on September 19, 2012
I was fortunate to have two great chimps! Bongie was my hand balancing and comedy chimp. I lost in him in Las Vegas in the late 19so’s which almost put an end to the act. Makimba, who you see in this photo, learned Bongie’s exact routine within a year. Makimba carried the act as Bongie once did. I added “Boy” to the act and he did just three stunts but he was big and looked good. I had two other big chimps that I would put into the act only when there was a show that called for it and a safe distance away from people. I once thought about having an arena act and working all of my chimps, which at one time numbered ten. I was concerned that it would compromise the comedy in the act. I did not want to destroy the humor that I was noted for, thus I never did the arena act.
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