BIG DADDY LIVE

Sally Crawford joins us this week. Sally's new project involves carnies and a reality show. She and her husband, Richard, are producers of commercials, reality shows, documented stories. But what we learned is that she was actually a carnie in her prior career. She and her family traveled the circuit for seven years with her children. Again, time to break the stereotype. The definition - no animals unless it's a petting zoo or pony ride. No animal abuse. They travel mostly to small towns. The carnival is a big deal for farmers to show their animals, crops and kids to compete in the shows and expos. It's a big deal for these towns to get professional acts to come and perform. Richard and Sally took a "panning for gold" stand on the road. It was a huge hit! They had several games to keep it interesting. They lived in a motorhome, trailer, truck conversion.  This led to the first traveling laser light show in Canada. They netted over $250,000 from this - they created a corporation, had partners. It was a true business started from scratch. Before you could get away without reporting cash in the 70s. There were no computers to keep track of it. Now everyone pays their share because documentation is easier electronically. Perfect timing for this topic as Bryan has a delightful meeting set with the IRS tomorrow, aka AN AUDIT. Scary or annoying? or BOTH? Back to the new reality show. Through their connections, the unlikely friends and adopted family they made you can learn a new aspect and stories behind the carnivals we come to associate with those who are "less than." Those "less thans" became their adopted family, helped them care for their children while they were working. Try to think of them this way, carnival workers are BUSINESS OWNERS who TRAVEL - a lot. These are entrepreneurs. AND they took a lot of blame by those in some of the towns for crimes committed by the locals. Easier to use them as scapegoat. Listen to learn more.