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
Then, in 2010, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made Ricky Gervais its returning ringmaster and things went up before plummeting sharply downhill from there.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
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
His energy as ringmaster has flagged at times — the pandemic was a doozy — but “I honestly don’t see any reason to stop at this point,” Aukerman says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
The deep voice sounded like a circus ringmaster announcing the next act.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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
Jones and Wayans have both served as game show ringmasters.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2022
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
One player who has ready wit is chosen to be ringmaster, or there may be different showmen or ringmasters for each group of animals.
From Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Bancroft, Jessie Hubbell
