Date:  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 08:26:57 -0500

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: Re: -head



Bob Haas asked:



BTW, has anyone mentioned

>"pinhead" as in Zippy the . . . ?

>



Pinheads were a fascinating group of circus sideshow freaks who I presume

were hydoencephalitics whose water had been removed.  The head came to a

point and they were somewaht mentally retarded. Tod Browning's 1932 movie

Freaks, an all time classic, featured them. They resided in Gibsontown

Florida where the sideshow people from the circus winter quartered. Flossie,

who was featured in the movie, died about 10 years ago.



Seth Sklarey

Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

Coconut Grove, FL

crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ipof.fla.net