Charles Edward Ringling

Literally.

John and Charles Ringling bought into the snowbird idea quickly.

By 1927, their whole operation was moved here to ride out the colder months.

By 1940, there were more than 11,000 residents, mostly northern transplants who knew how to work the land.

Godmonster has further ties to the films of Russ Meyer thanks to the production manager George Costello, a brief cameo from Vixen herself, Erica Gavin, and the legendary Stuart Lancaster as Mayor Charles Silverdale.

Cantankerous, joyously horny, and eternally elderly, Lancaster was the grandson of Charles Ringling of the Ringling brothers.

He was involved in theater in Cleveland before spending his inheritance renovating a shuttered movie palace in Sarasota, Florida, turning it into the Palm Tree Playhouse in the early 50s.

The Playhouse closed in the 60s, but the location is still a theater to this day.

There are 29 days left in this year.

Born on this date in history, Charles Ringling in 1862, Ray Walston, 1914, Adolph Green, 1915, Leo Gordon in 1922, Maria Callas, 1923, Alexander M. Haig, 1924, Julie Harris in 1925, Kathy Lee Crosby in 1948, Dan Butler in 1954, Stone Phillips, 1954, Dennis Christopher, 1955, Stephen Bauer, 1956, Sidney Youngblood, 1960, Rick Savage from Def Leppard in 1960, Tracy Austin in 1962.

Nat Mendel from the Foo Fighters was born this date in 1968.

Jimmy Ha Ha, J- uh, from Jimmy's Chicken Shack, 1968, and Britney Spears in 1981.

On this day in history, 1804, Napoleon was crowned Emperor of France at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

In 1816, the first, uh, saving bank in US, the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, opened for business.

1862, circus entrepreneur Charles Ringling was born.

1901, Gillette patented the first disposable razor.