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Names:
Jon Weiss and Al Rios
Ages: 40, 34
Occupations: Professional clowns
Hometowns: Long Island, N.Y.
Relationship: Best friends
Jon, 40, is married
with three children, and lists his current occupation as
"Human Cannonball" for Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey Circus. He has traveled with them for the past
20 years and has over 5,000 notches in his cannonball belt.
He graduated from Suffolk Community College and has also
studied at the Disney Institute and Clown College. Jon is
determined to win. He fears "getting into an accident
and not being able to support his family." Jon enjoys
golf, cooking and watching sports, and describes himself
as "friendly, honest and ambitious." He speaks
no foreign languages and has traveled to Mexico and Canada.
His teammate, Al, most disappoints him with his "lack
of trust before performing together. Al gets so nervous
he drives me crazy every time." Jon admits that he
procrastinates and is a "go-with-the-flow type,"
while Al "gets stressed out." Of his clowning
skills, Jon says, "If I can pick it up, I can balance
it on my nose/chin."
Al, 34, currently
works as a substitute teacher and as a cruise ship entertainer.
He holds a BA in Special Education. Al is a "people
person" and no stranger to traveling. When in the circus,
he lived on a train for six years traveling the US, in a
trailer for 1½ years in Europe and on a cruise ship
for two years in the Caribbean. He has been to the UK, Finland,
Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Estonia, Morocco, France Italy,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia. He considers
himself "friendly, determined, outgoing, compassionate
and emotional." He fears heights and eating "yecchy
things," getting sick with no help, or "getting
stuck in a life-threatening situation with no way out."
The only time his teammate, Jon, disappoints him is when
he doesn't follow through with things. Jon will be "Mr.
Nice Guy," and they'll get "screwed" because
he doesn't "bluntly explain what the deal is."
They sometimes argue, but if he's upset, Al usually gets
quiet first, or he'll go off "alone and just scream
out loud or have a good cry." Al's the motivator, while
Jon can "waste time."
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