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  1. Sep 2019
    1. He just puts his head through a hole in a big piece of canvass and permits the aforesaid head to be used as a target by young men who toss baseballs,” the ad read.

      instead of a lever it's his face!!!

    2. It featured a black man, often dressed as an “African savage” with a jungle backdrop, perched above a tank that sometimes resembled a caldron.

      connected to race

    3. He makes a living by shouting insults at passers-by at America’s small-town fairgrounds.

      so he insults people walking by and then has them pay to dunk him as their revenge.

    4. If you hit a tea-plate-size target with a ball, a lever beneath Mr. Simmons’s perch disengages, dropping his hulking frame into 150 gallons of lukewarm water.Sign Up for the Wait — NewsletterEach week, you'll get stories about money, power, sex and scrunchies.Sign Up* Captcha is incomplete. Please try again.Thank you for subscribingYou can also view our other newsletters or visit your account to opt out or manage email preferences.An error has occurred. Please try again later.You are already subscribed to this email.View all New York Times newsletters.

      love the detail