(日本語はこちら) One of the best sources of juggling videos from the middle of the twentieth century is The Ed Sullivan Show. This iconic television show, which ran from 1948 until 1971, featured hundreds of variety acts, including many jugglers. The Ed Sullivan Show Youtube channel has uploaded many juggling acts in the past two years. These are a treasure trove …
Jugglers On The Ed Sullivan Show – Part 1
(日本語はこちら) One of the best sources of juggling videos from the middle of the twentieth century is The Ed Sullivan Show. This iconic television show, which ran from 1948 until 1971, featured hundreds of variety acts, including many jugglers. The Ed Sullivan Show Youtube channel has uploaded many juggling acts in the past two years. These are a treasure trove …
Gus Raglus
(日本語はこちら) If you’ve heard of the juggler Gus Raglus, I would be very, very surprised. I had barely come across his name in my forty years as a juggler and decade as a juggling historian. Gus Raglus was born Charles Hughes on November 10, 1883 at No. 9 Fox and Grapes Yard, Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, where his parents, John …
Bingaro, a Juggler from the Year 1065
(Haz clic aquí para español.) (日本語はこちら) The following story was published in the German newspaper Der Adler (The Eagle) on April 30, 1840. It is written in a kind of old German, so there were a couple of paragraphs that could not be translated; others were omitted for lack of context in the text. The story concludes with the visit …
Three Talented But Little-Known East German Jugglers
(日本語はこちら) During the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, Germany was split between West Germany (allied with the United States) and East Germany (allied with the Soviet Union). Today we’ll look at three popular East German jugglers. I have found very little information about their lives and careers, but I’m hopeful that the publishing of this …
Jugglers in Their Childhood – Part I
(Haz clic aquí para español.) (日本語はこちら) Are you able to recognize these jugglers just by seeing what they were like in their childhood? In this article, which is different from the ones I do on eJuggle, you will see what some jugglers were like in their early years and what they are like now. Important notice: the following images may …