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 has worked the midway for Fiesta Shows for more than 20 ... you would think a carnival barker would try to stand out by being louder and running his tongue like an auctioneer or a TV commercial ...

But let’s take a shot at it, anyway. So howdy folks, and welcome to season highlights as compared to State Fair favorites: The fair’s midway barker throws out snappy remarks to fairgoers ...

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 ...