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Andy Mullins, 46 midway barker. (The Working Life: STORIES FROM THE 9 to 5.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-OCT-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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I grew up going to the state fair, but I'd never seen the midway barker before. They only started the character nine or ten years ago. The midway is right in the middle of the fair, where the Cotton Bowl is, and as a barker, I interact with the crowds as they walk by. I sit up on a pole in a little booth with a big blue curtain. The fair goes for 24 days straight, and I do six shows a day on the half hour, starting at twelve-thirty. I'm an actor during the rest of the year--I do theater, improv, some voice-over work-so I like to perform.

I'm six foot five, but from the booth it appears that I'm cut in half. It's a big illusion. I get a lot of openmouthed, gaping looks. Each show lasts 25 minutes, and I've formulated a script over the years. The first thing I banter about is Big Tex. I ask, "What's he got on me? Yeah, he's fifty-two feet tall, and I'm...



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