I grew up going to the state fair, but I’d never seen the midway barker before. They only started the character nine or ten years ago. The midway is right in the middle of the fair, where the ...

He had a 128-115 career record and 2.92 ERA in 10 years. In retirement, Chance acted as a midway barker and operated games of skill at carnivals and fairs during the 1970s and ‘80s. He employed ...

Are they afraid some age-guesser or midway barker might get out of control? It’s absurd even to be having this discussion and shameful that gun-rights groups are actually proud of a bad law.

The carnival barker, a "carney" for short, stands on the podium in front of the midway. His job is to use deceit and obfuscating language to lure suckers into choosing the fraud of the midway over ...