more about the King Mango Strut

this graces my office, signed by the artist.

Highlights of the King Mango Strut as I witnessed it.  I shall never forget the Chonga Girls.  Nice Catholic girls taking a swipe at bad form latinas.  They were a you tube sensation, here is their participation in the KMSrut.  I suggest you actually google you tube for Congaliscious and see them up close and personal.  kept me in stitches..  the One Ear Society took on the Weapons of mass destruction, Bush years.  We turned it into the Weapons of Mass Distraction. “The Weirdest Parade in the Universe that brought you The Marching Freds, The Synchronize Briefcase Brigade, The Booger King, The Million Chad March, The League of Dead Voters, Cuban Eye for the Gringo Guy, Idu Grab Prison, Weapons of Mass Distraction, Osama Piñata, The Hare Krishnas and the Running of the ...yes that would be the LW Hashers. “occasionaly we did a routine. We came out with Barets and black capes a la Francaise. Did a little number and exposed our construction cone brassieres with blinking lights inside, we out did Madonna.  It was a hit.  Not sure how we thought of these things.  definitely they were a distraction.

The Creator of the King Mango Strut Parade Glen Terry with the distaction.

Artist Mr. Flood with Audrey on a Pennyfarthing.

 

 

In 2001 the film Moulin Rouge came out and we at the One Ear Society had a ball with that one.  One of our quadriplegics artist Bill White became “Too loose to trek”  what a good sport RIP.

Bill Whiting , he drew with a mahlstick in his mouth.

these photos from an actual photo album

 

 

taken 1987

photo here was taken by Harry Emilio Gottlieb “Asked the old codger to please pose for me. By now he must be in King Mango Strut Heaven. The skimpily clad gals in the background are straddling a bomb or missile, that is wrapped in newspaper stories of the War. I even sold a few prints.”  Harry

anything goes

the year of the pussy

 

he was a lone strutter, just perfect somethings don’t change he can just redo the sign a bit. 

oh the crowd 10 deep in many places

The ladies holding their own

When they did this I didn’t  know what a hash tag was.  a whole new younger set is signing on.

We should invite a group or two up here to Lake Worth  for our 4th of July raft race.  only difference is ours is on the water.