All decent circuses have a good Midway. Hargrove’s Family Circus has one too.
This season, the Hargroves are trying to stop hemorrhaging cash from their Prizes budget line item. They recently parted ways with Shady Carnavral, their one time games manager. Carnavral was just too loose with the Alf dolls, and Teletubbies collectibles for Mrs. Hargrove’s taste. “I would go out to the midway between main events to stroll around and I would hear not just one talking MC Hammer figurine saying “2 legit 2 quit”, but dozens of them all around me.” Said the co-founder of the Family Circus. The talking figurine is like the gold medal of the circus midway in that only one should be awarded every four years.
Hargrove blames Carnavral for virtually giving the prizes away without even trying to scam the players a little more. When asked to elaborate on her former games manager, Hargrove said, “He would be like, “Ring the bottle! Ring the Bottle! You Ring one, you win one!” Everybody who’s worth a shit in this business knows that is just what Barkers say to bring the rubes in. Once hooked and playing, the goal is to keep them playing and that is done with the promise of getting something better. Not giving them prizes. Shady would give in too easily. I saw a kid. A little Kid talk his way in to a 3 foot tall care bear. A fucking kid for Christ’s sake. He wasn’t cut out for the carnival. Hopefully he finds work in charity or some other loser shit line of work.”
The midway for Hargrove’s Capital City stop will open around 6:00.
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