{"id":19477,"date":"2015-08-20T05:58:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T09:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=19477"},"modified":"2021-12-31T13:46:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T18:46:36","slug":"the-owner-of-the-club-mardi-gras-chimes-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/08\/20\/the-owner-of-the-club-mardi-gras-chimes-in\/","title":{"rendered":"The Owner of the Club Mardi Gras Chimes in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17640\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/11\/05\/the-photo-elective-the-mardi-gras-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17640 noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17640\" data-attachment-id=\"17640\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/11\/05\/the-photo-elective-the-mardi-gras-club\/wonder-woman-msvicki\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wonder-woman-MsVicki.jpg?fit=573%2C902&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"573,902\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"wonder-woman-MsVicki\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wonder-woman-MsVicki.jpg?fit=573%2C902&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-17640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wonder-woman-MsVicki.jpg?resize=242%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wonder-woman-MsVicki\" width=\"242\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wonder-woman-MsVicki.jpg?w=573&amp;ssl=1 573w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wonder-woman-MsVicki.jpg?resize=190%2C300&amp;ssl=1 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The former Mrs Tiny Tim<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the great things about the internet is that it&#8217;s so vast that there is always something new\u00a0 out there. Even if an article was published months or years ago, chances are good that it&#8217;s going to be new to some one. Items ricochet around cyberspace waiting to impact a fresh set of retinas and minds of people pecking on their keyboards. Such is the case with <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/11\/05\/the-photo-elective-the-mardi-gras-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an article<\/a> I published a while back about a go-go bar in a small South Jersey town and a famously eccentric celebrity&#8217;s ex-wife who danced there. I recently received an email from <em>Marty Mazie<\/em> who was poking around the internet looking for links to his past, and he came across <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/11\/05\/the-photo-elective-the-mardi-gras-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my article<\/a> about <em><a href=\"http:\/\/missvickinow.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miss Vicki<\/a><\/em> and <em>The Club Mardi Gras<\/em> at <em>Willceau Illo News.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marty wrote:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I GOOGLED CLUB MARDI GRAS BECAUSE I OWNED IT BACK IN THE 1980&#8217;S. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. I AM NOW 82 YEARS OLD AND AS I WAS ON MY COMPUTER AND I STARTED TO REFLECT ABOUT MY LIFE.<\/p>\n<p>I CAME ACROSS YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT MISS VICKI. I HIRED HER TO DANCE AT MY MARDI GRAS CLUB IN THE 80&#8217;S.<\/p>\n<p>AS I REMEMBER THE STORY, SHE LEFT TINY TIM AND WAS LOOKING FOR WORK AS A GOGO DANCER. SHE HADN&#8217;T ANY EXPERIENCE BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS MISS VICKI, I HIRED HER\u00a0 FOR PUBLICITY AND PUT HER PICTURE WITH OTHER DANCERS IN OUR LOCAL NEWS PAPER.<br \/>\nSHE WAS SHY AND DIDN&#8217;T KNOW HOW TO DANCE SO I PUT HER WITH THE OTHER DANCERS TO SHOW HER HOW. SHE WAS SO PRETTY IT WOULDN&#8217;T OF MATTER.<br \/>\nHER FIRST COSTUME WAS A TWO PIECE BATHING SUIT AND IT DIDN&#8217;T SHOW MUCH SKIN. SHE WAS UPSET BECAUSE SHE DIDN&#8217;T MAKE MANY TIPS.<br \/>\nI TOLD HER SHE HAD TO SHOW MORE SKIN AND GET COSTUMES LIKE THE OTHER DANCERS WERE WEARING. LIKE I SAID SHE WAS VERY SHY BUT WHEN SHE TOOK MY ADVISE SHE GOT BETTER TIPS AND SHE BECAME VERY HAPPY AND AND SHE STARTED TO WORK OTHER CLUBS.<\/p>\n<p>MISS VICKI INTRODUCED ME TO TULIP ONLY ONCE IN THE CLUB AND SHE WAS ADORABLE.<\/p>\n<p>I HAD 1\/2 PAGE NEWS PAPER AD OF HER PICTURE WITH 3 OTHER DANCERS, I SEEMED TO HAVE LOST IT BUT IF YOU CALLED THE WOODBURY NEWS PAPER THEY PROBABLY HAVE IT IN THEIR ARCHIVES.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Club Mardi Gras\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/15680412611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"false\" data-footer=\"false\" data-context=\"false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3943\/15680412611_5ded8af06e_z.jpg?resize=640%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Club Mardi Gras\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>WOW!<\/em> I love when puzzle pieces align offering a view of a bigger picture! Thanks, <em>Mr Mazie<\/em>, for sharing your story. I will share it with the readers out there and the folks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/225915227637\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, and we&#8217;ll see what we can shake loose!<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhTLdq7XBpw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have stories, please feel free to comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great things about the internet is that it&#8217;s so vast that there is always something new\u00a0 out there. Even if an article was published months or years ago, chances are good that it&#8217;s going to be new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/08\/20\/the-owner-of-the-club-mardi-gras-chimes-in\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3340],"tags":[33,148,355,158,155,2423,3678,3680,3679,3361,122,137,118,3359,480,336,121,3660],"class_list":["post-19477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-photo-elective","tag-1980s","tag-148","tag-35mm","tag-analog","tag-bar","tag-celebrity","tag-club-mardi-gras","tag-exotic-dancing","tag-go-go","tag-miss-vicki","tag-new-jersey","tag-philadelphia-college-of-art","tag-photography","tag-tiny-tim","tag-usa","tag-vintage","tag-westville","tag-willceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-549","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17607,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/11\/05\/the-photo-elective-the-mardi-gras-club\/","url_meta":{"origin":19477,"position":0},"title":"The Photo Elective &#8211; The Mardi Gras Club","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"November 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This post falls into a category that I call The Photo Elective. 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