▁in , ▁glob es ; ▁among ▁those ▁that ▁did ▁were ▁Louis ▁“ Spe edy ” ▁Bab bs , ▁Ze ke ▁Sh um way , ▁and ▁Jack ▁H atch er . ▁Bab bs ▁claimed ▁that ▁because ▁r iding ▁in ▁a ▁glo be ▁required ▁a ▁different ▁technique ▁than ▁r iding ▁in ▁a ▁mot ord rome , ▁it ▁was ▁difficult ▁to ▁operate ▁and ▁perform ▁the ▁rout ines . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁after ▁nearly ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁of ▁r iding ▁mot ord rom es , ▁Bab bs ▁acquired ▁a ▁glo be ▁and ▁book ed ▁it ▁with ▁car n iv als ▁across ▁the ▁eastern ▁United ▁States , ▁market ing ▁himself ▁as ▁the ▁“ Man ▁from ▁Mars ”, ▁and ▁on ▁several ▁occasions , ▁he ▁fell ▁during ▁the ▁job ▁and ▁was ▁almost ▁killed , ▁situations ▁like ▁this ▁were ▁not ▁as ▁frequent ▁while ▁he ▁rode ▁the ▁mot ord rome . ▁ ▁Despite ▁arguments ▁between ▁both ▁parties ▁over ▁which ▁is ▁more ▁dangerous ▁for ▁the ▁perform er , ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁visual ▁obst ruction ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁lattice ▁and ▁the ▁distance ▁at ▁which ▁the ▁audience ▁usually ▁viewed , ▁the ▁presentation ▁of ▁the ▁glo be ▁is ▁more ▁limited ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁mot ord rome . ▁ ▁Some ▁perform ers ▁found ▁themselves ▁in ▁a ▁situation ▁like ▁George ▁“ L ucky ” ▁Th ibe ault ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁mot ord rome ▁operator ▁and ▁perform er ▁in ▁the ▁Boston ▁area ▁but ▁acquired ▁a ▁Glo be ▁of ▁Death ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 . ▁While ▁searching ▁for ▁places ▁to ▁perform ▁his