—The Daily Collegian Thursday, December 1, 1977
Trotters still enjoyable
By JERRY MICCO
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The circus' came to Rec Hall Tuesday
night
No, it wasn't Barnum and Bailey and it
didn't have animals or a ringmaster or
even a trapeze artist, but it did have
plenty of talented clowns.
The fabulous Harlem Globetrotters,
featuring the "Clown Prince of
Basketball," Meadowlark Lemon,
displayed their comical basketball
antics to a near-capacity crowd.
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. Besides Lemon, Curly Neal and Nate
Branch completed the cast of old-time
Trotters at last night's exhibition.
Newcomers "Sweet" Lou Dunbar and
Robert "Baby Face" Paige were im
pressive.
But, you really can't talk about
basketball as a game when you refer to
the Trotters, you have to talk first about
their showmanship, their great skills
with a basketball and their audience
appeal.
The Trotters brought out all the old
classic comedy routines which still
seemed to delight all the fans.
The young children in the audience
enjoyed the Trotters' antics even more
than the older people. You can still see
the joy in their faces and the shine in
their eyes as the Globetrotters Repare
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to go through one of their traditional
routines.
But, for the people who have seen the
Trotters before, they still seemed
delighted by the acts. I guess it's like
listening to Alan King tell jokes about his
wife and Steve Martin talk about
"getting small," no matter how many
times you hear it, you still enjoy it.
However, the Globetrotters have
suffered in a sense because of their
worldwide popularity.
Some of the comments I heard last
night when leaving the performance
went like this: "I knew what they were
going to do with the water bucket Daddy,
I saw it twice before on TV." And, "Why
do they do the same old stuff, I can
remember those acts from when I was
six years old." (The guy was in his
twenties).
Yes, the Trotters are getting a little
stale, I must admit, but only because
they refuse to change anything in their
act. They still have the moves and the
great shots and that will continue to
bring the people out, and Meadowlark's
antics will always be favorites for people
of all ages.
We mustn't forget either the fact that
the Trotters are getting older and may
not want to attempt new things.
Evidence that • one of the Trotters,
Meadowlark, is getting older, is the
attempt by the team to instill Nate
Branch as the new floor clown. Branch is
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funny, but he's no Meadowlark. This
could be the future problem for the
Trotters, replacing people like Neal and
Meadowlark.
When neither of the two were out on
the floor, the crowd seemed more
subdued and nowhere near as en
tertained, which is the real purpose of
the Globetrotters.
But, when one goes to see the Trotters,
he should expect the obvious and the
repetitive acts
Some of those acts are still enjoyed by
many of thesfans.
The favorite by far and definetely the
dazzler of all the Trotter acts, is the
Magic Circle, which is done as part of
the team's warm-up.
I'm sure you've seen it a hundred
times, but the passing ballhandling done
by the Trotters is truly the most
remarkable part of their whole show.
The Trotters also leave you with
memories of what you just saw. You still
remember the highjinx they pull with
the water bucket routine and the trick
shots they attempt and sometimes un
believably make and the little kids who
will dream of someday being a
Globetrotter, or even just meeting them.
They probably sung themselves to sleep
last night with the most famous
worldwide memory and trademark of
the Trotters "Sweet Georgia Brown,"
and they're still whistling it today, and
may be forever.
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The Harlem Globetrotters perform their magic Tuesday night at Rec Hall.
Clockwise from upper right: Curly Neal dazzles a New Jersey Reds' player
with his dribbling; curly again, showing some juggling prowess during warm
ups; Meadowlark Lemon, the "Clown Prince of Basketball," teasing a defender
from his familiar position at the corner of the foul line; and Neal along with
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