This was a great documentary - I had it on an old videotape. It was from the American Experience series on PBS several years ago. This part has got to be the strangest thing they ever had at an amusement park -get the crap beaten out of you by midget clowns. Imagine the lawsuits with this kind of thing today at Disneyworld or whatever....the 7 Dwarfs beating guests....
would love to hear as much tales of Steeplechase as possible. I'm wondering if alot of peoples phobia of clowns came for visiting this awesome place. You couldn't see a funhouse like that with todays safety standards.
The little clown and the other clown would also hit the men & women..who came into "The Blowhole Theater"at"Steeplechase Park"in the tushie with a slapstick filled with little bombs.
This was a great documentary - I had it on an old videotape. It was from the American Experience series on PBS several years ago. This part has got to be the strangest thing they ever had at an amusement park -get the crap beaten out of you by midget clowns. Imagine the lawsuits with this kind of thing today at Disneyworld or whatever....the 7 Dwarfs beating guests....
friendsfamilyaccount 6 months ago
would love to hear as much tales of Steeplechase as possible. I'm wondering if alot of peoples phobia of clowns came for visiting this awesome place. You couldn't see a funhouse like that with todays safety standards.
charlezurich 10 months ago
Those clowns are really nasty little guys; rinds me of jugaloos.
hamstergeisha76 1 year ago
this was the best park ever!
Used to get a candy bar if your horse won
1canyonguy 1 year ago
The little clown and the other clown would also hit the men & women..who came into "The Blowhole Theater"at"Steeplechase Park"in the tushie with a slapstick filled with little bombs.
143AC 2 years ago
This is from PBS TV's"American Experience's" TV tribute to Coney Island.The voice of the narrator is Character actor Mr.Philip Bosco.
143AC 2 years ago