ringmaster
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Often star soloists are employed, each exhibiting ego and leaving the conductor as ringmaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
The frozen automaton was dressed in a black top hat and a bright red ringmaster jacket.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
That’s why many award shows employ comedians as their ringmasters, as last year’s Emmys producers did by tapping Nate Bargatze.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 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
She was inspired not only by historical photographs of clowns and ringmasters, but also by the boldness and flair of the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” outfits.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2016
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
