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| − | Unexpected hit circus act formed by | + | Unexpected hit circus act formed by struggling jazz guitarist Billy McGuffey, who teams up with horn-playing circus seal Barker, in Sid and Marty Krofft's unsuccessful 1957 TV puppet show pilot, ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9766128/reference Here's Irving]''. They get backed up by a trio of clowns on drums, piano, and sax. |
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| + | Barker's unnamed mother also plays the horns, but disapproved of her son's jazz stylings, wanting him to stick to the classics. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Pelvis Essley]] | ||
| + | *[[Mme. Jenkins Foster]] | ||
| + | *[[Sadie Fats and Her Boys]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:26, 17 May 2019
Unexpected hit circus act formed by struggling jazz guitarist Billy McGuffey, who teams up with horn-playing circus seal Barker, in Sid and Marty Krofft's unsuccessful 1957 TV puppet show pilot, Here's Irving. They get backed up by a trio of clowns on drums, piano, and sax.
Barker's unnamed mother also plays the horns, but disapproved of her son's jazz stylings, wanting him to stick to the classics.
