ringmaster
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Behind the seeming anarchy of Monty Python, Terry Jones played the part of ingenious ringmaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
But Johnson is nothing if not a punchy ringmaster of deadpan humor and his grab-bag mindset generates enough goodwill to appreciate the DIY brashness of it all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
We may see Colbert play ringmaster for a future awards broadcast after “The Late Show” ends, if we’re lucky and he wants the job.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
Staging matches at the Stade de France, and attracting near 80,000 crowds in the process, was another of his ringmaster tricks.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024
The master of ceremonies made the introductions with the flare of a circus ringmaster asking the audience to direct its attention please to the center ring.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
On Tuesday, the British band are taking to the stage in Cardiff as they return with their rebooted Circus Live tour, complete with acrobats, ringmasters, tightrope walkers, and even a mechanical elephant.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
And the ringmasters for the last 45 years have been the Buss family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
But there was one notable absence in a room filled with would-be ringmasters, macabre clowns and more than one person capable of hanging from a hoop suspended from the ceiling.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
In previous episodes one might have called out the ringmasters, Heilemann especially, for hamming it up — a quality political junkies who watch “The Circus” may find either entertaining or irritating.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2018
She was standing in front of a booth talking to a group of clowns, comic policemen and ringmasters.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
