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Ooh look, its the Reverend Grebo

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Hello Im back The first 2 Fringe shows (2015 & 2016) were a success and I'm about to do a third! Here's a short film made by some film students around the time I did my first Mucky Melbourne Walking Tour back in 1995.

Strippers, Kids, Tigers, Snakes, Sharks & Ghosts

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Back in 1972 it looks like there was a lot of stuff going on for the St Kilda strippers.  The 7 year old kid in the first story gets to be on stage with a tiger, then not long after is haunted by a ghost at his mums work. Maybe he was the person who stole the Gina's snake! I wonder where that kid is now, he'd almost be 50. If you are out there Jason, let us know what you're doing now. I highly doubt the shark attack story is real, I dont think theres been any fatal shark attacks in Port Phillip Bay since 1930 when 19 year old Norman Clark was attacked off the end of Brighton Pier on a saturday arvo. Melbourne Truth, Jan 8, 1972 SHOWBEAT with alec martin One of the biggest New Year's Eve surprises at Melbourne night spots was produced at the Getcha Gear Off strip revue at the George Hotel, St.Kilda. A live tiger from Sole's Circus walked on stage with the near-naked show girls at midnight. The audience, taken completely by surprise, lapsed into silenc...

little bits of melbourne muck #1

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East Brunswick Club Booby Bar Like a lot of trendy inner city pubs, the East Brunswick Club was once a bar for people who liked to look at tits while having their lunch or dinner Great for business men who need an "important conference interlude".

the CrazyHorse

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:crazyhorse: its the longest running cinema in the cbd of Melbourne it was originally a coffee house opened 1952 to play mainly newsreel originally had 234 seats, now its 100 located in the basement of Carlow House, which was designed by architect Harry Norris in 1939 name changed from The Star Newsreel Theatre to Star Theatrette (1963) then to Crazyhorse (1985) 1963 started screening feature films, the 1st was "Varietease" (starring Betty Page), then spent 20 years playing mainly exploitation and sexploitation films closed for repairs after a fire in 2007 people have been known to buy a ticket on a weekend night and have a snooze down the back while waiting for the first trains to start open 24 hours from Thursday morning to Sunday night 6 new movies weekly - changed each Friday morning Live on stage strip shows - every hour, on the hour from 11am daily Cinema ticket   provides all day, multiple entry access. :me & the crazyhorse: I've only vis...