Comments on: The Mighty Mannequin

The Mighty Mannequin

misteraitch — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:13:01 -0800

Joan Rhodes, strong woman. Born ca. 1920 in England, as Josie Terena, 'Joan Rhodes became famous in the 1950s and 60s as a strong woman,' sometimes billed as The Mighty Mannequin. 'She performed in cabaret, variety and vaudeville, stunning audiences with her amazing feats of strength. She could bend heavy steel bars that no man in the audience could even dent, she could break six-inch nails with her hands, and she could tear the 1000 page London phone book not merely in half, but into quarters.'

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:18:19 -0800

How to tear a phonebook in half

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:21:29 -0800

I'd not heard of Ms Rhodes until seeing her interviewed on a British chat-show yesterday, promoting her forthcoming autobiography Coming on Strong, which had been provisionally (and I think better) titled Men I Picked Up.

By: serazin

serazin — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:40:45 -0800

Phew! Is it hot in here, or is it just me? Seriously, cool post: lots of meety content. Thanks!

By: serazin

serazin — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:42:19 -0800

"meety"? What's with me?

By: Jody Tresidder

Jody Tresidder — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:57:05 -0800

Totally loved it. Tons of questions - so I kinda hope we hear more of her if she's promoting her book - like did she ever seriously consider anything outside the blonde bombshell novelty circuit? And does her strength appear to be off the charts by modern standards? Who was the UK chat show interviewer, misteraitch?

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:04:27 -0800

Jody: she was on yesterday's New Paul O'Grady Show.

By: Iron Rat

Iron Rat — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:29:15 -0800

Goddess. I am impressed, and a little excited.

By: pax digita

pax digita — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:02 -0800

Anybody else flash on the Bond villain Zenia Onatopp from Goldeneye?

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:51:17 -0800

Xenia Onatopp