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ROBY GASSER
In 1969, Roby Gasser’s parents, Conny and Gerda Gasser, whose aerial act, The Tongas, had had a brilliant international run, left the family’s Circus Olympia in Switzerland to create their own traveling dolphin and sea-lion show, Conny’s Flippershow. At thirteen, Roby was in charge of the technical aspects of the show—sound and lighting. Three years later, his parents gave him a couple of sea lions to train with some guidance from Gerda. Adolf, a male sea lion, and Taxi, a female, were eventually involved into one of the most innovative animal acts of its time, a true comedy act involving in parts of equal importance both the animals and their trainer.... (more...)
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