Siegfried & Roy Finished ?

Assuming Roy survives the whole ordeal, then the pair could always discontinue the show but keep up their "zoo" and conservation efforts.

(Siegfried and Roeper just sounds bad.)

But maybe they might want to switch to house cats. I saw a guy in Key West who had housecats he had trained to walk a tightrope and everything. And it didn't look as if beatings were involved or anything. It was the best (and only good) thing about the Key West visit!

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Just make sure PETA does not get in on this cause then we will have a issue. And I will have to take out my can of whoop a.s and well......

Guess what GottaGimmick, turns out that the line about the tiger being new was also a gimmick! Remember how Tommy Tune brought that woman up from his audience every single night for an "impromptu" dance? And it turned out every night it was the same woman/same routine? It was sorta like that! According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, that tiger had been in the act since he was six months old and the "This is his first night in the show" was a line Roy said every night. We are so often taken in by showbiz "honesty."
The article

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Updated On: 10/4/03 at 03:08 PM

I know. Because that's what audience members said Roy said. And he did say it. But it turned out to be less than true.

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I didn't count the toes, but that would have given me something to do on Key West. Seems like the cats ain't the only in-breeders there. (No offense intended to actual Key Westers who come to this site. But that would indicate a reading ability.)

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I'm a vegetarian, so I would go with the corn fritters. I am not a freak about the animals, tho. I thought the Key West guy with the cats had really accomplished something because most housecats I have met have trained their humans instead of the other way around. All I know is, if a tiger had me by the throat, I'd hit it with my high heels if the microphone didn't work.

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Actually, when it's a tiger lunging at you, you can probably say "Hey... what the..." but that's about it. And, your book title made me laugh out loud. Maybe there's a TigerEmergencies.com?

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Hey...I don't even think it was Roy!!!! Check out this old Las Vegas Sun article I found ( http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2001/feb/23/511475220.html )

The most interesting quote has their manager explaining why the rumor of Roy dying of AIDS and being replaced by a double couldn't be true:

"In promoting a flamboyant, surreal show and image, both performers continually deal with bizarre speculation -- much stranger fodder than the Roy-has-AIDS talk. Over the past few years Yuman has been asked if Roy has passed away and been replaced by a double.

"They are two of the most famous live entertainers in the world, and people fabricate stories about them," Yuman said. "Let me ask you this: If you had a Doberman you had owned and trained from 4 weeks old to 4 years old, and you suddenly died and were replaced by a twin brother to care for this animal, what would happen?

"The Doberman would bite your butt off, that's what. There's only one man on Earth who can handle an 800-pound cat and that's Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn."

(February 23, 2001 , Las Vegas Sun, By John Katsilometes,
email: kats@lasvegassun.com )

PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT!!!

Oh, WSS2. That is SO awful and in such ghastly taste. Thank you!

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