Anyone have any good stories on the following shows:
Nova Expositions
Crown Amusements (Dick Carl)
Georgia Amusements (either under Doc Hardin or Homer Scott)
I was impressed with Crown Amusements when they first came down south back in the late 80s. They booked in with Deggeller here one year, the next year they had the contract.
He put on a good show that first year, Chance Giant Wheel, Sky Wheel, Rock O Plane, 12 seat wheel, Soli Himi, plus nice round up of other rides. He booked a good with about 5 rides (bumper cars, gravitron, and kiddies) but only allowed him to set up the bumper cars when they got here.
He bought something new every year and the midway was always packed, but then towards the end before he sold out to Pugh he started playing two dates at once and the midway started getting stale. I would have really liked to have seen Pugh at their prime, but that was towards the end and really didn't get to see the whole show.
I would have liked to have seen Nova as well during their prime but they were on their last legs as well when they came around.
The unit I worked on (small unit playing still dates) had a B. Curve/Swiss Bobs, F&B Bumper Car, Scrambler, Wave Swinger (AofA now), slide, laser ship/kiddie coaster combo, bounce, and some other kiddie ride. Only had about 10 guys for full time crew, so moving that big stuff took a long time without enough green help.