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protection.
The next exhibition conf irmed our
suspicions that bigger is belter when
it comes to freaky animals. Not to be
upstaged by a measly rodent, the
Giant “Alive, yes, alive!” Killer
snakes “from the death pits of Viet
nam” were sixteen feet long and
weighed 150 pounds. But anyone
who could prove that Bloody Mama
(“Able to swallow a child whole!”)
and friends were not alive would win
$10 000.
The next exhibit featured the
World’s Smallest Sisters. At “28
inches small,” these 45- and 47-ycar
old siblings would have made easy
prey for their reptilian neighbors.
For two coupons, these little ladies
“will mcetand greet each one of you.
You’ll remember these little ladies a
long, long, time to come” promised
the loudspeaker.
She may have been full-si/ed, but
“voluptuous centerfold model
Robin Marks was lacking something
- and that something was a head.
After colliding with a semi-truck,
Robin unfortunately was decapi
tated, bringing her career to a
screeching halt. But through the
miracle of science. ” doctors man
aged to give the lovely glamour gal a
chance to model the midways of the
Midwest, minus her head.
Although the loudspeaker assured
us that “she is stillll ALIVE?” the
writing by the door revealed that
Robin was simply “an amazingly
real illusion.” Was she a motorized
mannequin in a wheelchair? Or just a
skinny woman in a nasty protester
dress in a wheelchair with a bag over
her head? You decide.
Clustered toward the far end of the
midway were the freak galleries, vir
tual museums of nature gone wrong.
“Look! Look!” commanded the
loudspeakers. “If Freaks of Nature
offend you, please, do not enter.”
One of the freak galleries featured
replicas of such amazing oddities as
the Elephant Man, Ubangi savages
and the Little People of Australia. For
three coupons, one could thrill to
mannequins molded and costumed to
look like the pages of National Geo
graphic gone 3-D. Also included in
the admission charge was the Alas
kan King Crab, surprisingly similar
to its cooked cousins as seen at Red
Lobster.
Across the midway was another
freak gallery that was a menagerie of
“Amazing animals from around the
world.” A combination of living
domesticated animals and stuffed
and embalmed animal freaks (like the
two-headed pig from Georgia
jammed into a jar), this was a case for
the People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals if there ever was one.
One sign inside the gallery said:
“Have fun — feed the animals! ” One
could wonder if this was the only food
thcZonkey (half-zebra, half-donkey)
and the elephant dog would get. Evi
dently, the species most prone to
genetic mutation arc goals, for the
gallery featured several, including
the Dumbo Goat (“You’ll get a
chuckle out of the old dumbo goat”).
And once again, another giant rat
from South America, actually a capy
bara, a large guinea pig-like critter
from the rain forest. There were other
instances of capitalizing on people’s
ignorance of zoology. For example,
the half-turkey, half-chicken looked
remarkably like a guinea hen. Ac
cording to the loudspeaker, “You
know most of these animals arc alive
because you can smell the aroma
outside.” We could, and it was the
stink of sad animals forced to spend
their sorry freakish lives on display.
Our appetites for the odd sated, we
left the sideshow for an encounter
with the nutritional freaks of nature,
sno-cones and ^otton candy.
The Hipsters
return Saturday
From Staff Reports
The Hipsters, a veteran Nebraska
bar band, is back for a return engage
ment at Bash Riprocks Friday
and Saturday night. Drummer Gary
Kathol says his band has gained
popularity across the state by playing
a mixture of familiar covers as well as
lesser known tunes.
‘‘We play all of the danccablc
covers that the college crowd likes,
but we also do some songs that most
people aren’t aware of, but that they
end up liking,” he said. “We think
that we have something to offer alter
native-music fans as well.”
Kathol formed the band four years
ago with his brother Kevin on bass
and cousin Vem, the group’s lead
guitarist. This summer, rhythm-gui
tar backing by yet another cousin,
Chris Kathol, was added to complete
the family affair.
The Hipsters have played in
Omaha, Kearney and various small
towns. They were well-received at
Bash’s last month, doing faithful
covers of R.E.M., Replacements and
BoDeans.
Kathol says he hopes that those
who caught the band’s last perform
ance in Lincoln will come to see it
again. He describes Lincoln crowds
as being ver, appreciative.
Skate park opens
From Staff Reports
Lincoln’s first indoor skate park,
Fast Ramp Skate Park, opened Friday
at 201 West P St.
The park, located in a warehouse,
contains a 10-foot high ramp with a
one-foot declension, a six-foot ramp
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A snack bar and video arcade arc
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