What
’s in a name? "That which we call a rose / By any other name
would smell as sweet." Shakespeare
THE WHEEL OF WHAT? THE WHEEL OF DEATH...
(ask TGTina, a new name might be "The Cookie Cruncher.")
"The
hand of the master is guided by skill and set free by inspiration."
(author
unk.)
Where does it all
begin? Throwing a knife: to hit a tree...to
stick and not fall...to hit a target -— a bulls-eye...
to miss a human assistant…to be several inches from your assistant...to
break a balloon between your
assistant's legs — or out of her mouth...to cut a straw out of your assistant's
mouth…and then throwing a
hand full of knives around a human target spinning on a wheel in front of a
paying audience who peek
between their fingers and say, "I couldn't watch." You won't find
your answer in
middle school lessons plans,
but after tens of thousands of throws, you have it. You've
seen a throw become a stunt, a routine, a show,
a performance. There it is...now you know.
There are very few stunts a knife thrower can undertake that tests his skill
and fortitude more than throwing knives
around his lovely assistant, tied to The Wheel of Death, at less than 1 second
per throw. Having been in that position
and having been first trusted by Lady Astrid I dedicate this page to all the
impalement artists that have stood before
that whirling wheel and mustered the strength to throw that "FIRST knife"
as well as the lovely assistants who so
faithfully put their fate in the hands
of such throwers.
AND DON'T EVER FORGET THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT "THING" TO AN IMPALEMENT
ARTIST IS HIS
ASSISTANT'S SAFETY. THE INESCAPABLE FEAR OF DRAWING EVEN ONE DROP OF BLOOD NEVER
LEAVES THE MIND OF THE ARTIST. NEVER.
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What
’s in a name? "That which we call a rose / By any other name
would smell as sweet." Shakespeare (ask TGTina, a new name might be "The Cookie Cruncher.") |
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| LA RUEDA DE LA MUERTE (Spanish) | DAS RAD DES TODES (German) | LA ROUE DE LA MORT (French) |
| HET WIEL VAN DOOD (Dutch) | LA ROTELLA DELLA MORTE (Italian) | A RODA DA MORTE (Portugese) |
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Girl on the Bridge — Quotes from the Movie Girl on the Bridge — Images from the Movie Girl on the Bridge — Movie Teaser from Paramount Pictures Girl on th Bridge — Not quite, Gabor didn't get there in time! Geena Davis "Chefs Do That" — from the movie "The Long Kiss Goodnight" Gangs of New York — Images / quotes from the Movie The Knife Thrower by Steven Millhauser Actors as Throwers by Larry Czekaj Circus of the Stars — faked throwing by David Janssen around Lynda Carter in 1977. For the record there were three other knife acts using Fritz Brumbach, Skeeter Vaughan, and Paul LaCross. TGs were Kelleman, Tilton, and Blair. Impalement
Art Cartoons The Knife Thrower's Assistant by Throwdini's Assistant Ula, The Painproof Rubber Girl Circus Artistes — A tribute to circus knife throwers Missing You — Postcard, unknown author Le Lanceur De Couteaux (The Knife Thrower) 1943 — by Henri Matisse 1869-1994 Maximum Risk promotional posters — by Joachim Heil, M.A., & Andy Glick Dick Haines — The Dean of Knife Throwing — Dick Haines images Throwdini's Wheel Goes to The Opera — Henry Street Chamber Opera, NYC Cyber Knife Throwing — Short stories about Target Girl fantasies (Link to Knife Stories) Vintage Knife Throwers — Knifethrower's from yester year, in particular Arcaris Vintage Woman Impalement Artist — Circa 1950 throwing knives around her children Lon Chaney in The Unknown — 1927 movie, Lon Chaney throws with his feet. (Scroll to bottom) WANTED: Knife Thrower's Assistant — series of advertisements that appeared on BBC News Target Girl Images — assorted staged/model images US Patent for an Impalement Arts Board — 1916 patent for a board with knives that spring from the back. Knife Stunt — a device to simulate being at the board Old Wheel - a new use for old Wheel boards |
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