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Comedy as entertainment has been around for a while. The oldest written comedy was written by a playwright of the ancient Greek theater, Aristophanes. He wrote 40 comedies, and 11 of them are still performed today.

These ancient Greek comedies were based on “humour” that today would be called “politically incorrect.” They were lewd, sexist, and full of sexual innuendos, poking fun at certain groups or stereotypes.

Vaudeville gave birth to modern humor. Although the humor was still mostly politically incorrect, it moved from sexual innuendo and mockery of certain groups of people to more sophisticated forms of “thank you”.

When moving pictures came along, comedy was almost entirely based on action. We call it “slapstick.” Punching, beating, twisting arms, etc. it was funny. The Three Stooges were the quintessential comedians of the time. They could walk into a room full of high-society Francoists and leave the place a mess. The Three Stooges movies are still popular today, and no one has improved on their slapstick technique, ever.

You can’t talk comedy without mentioning the “first comedy couple”, Lucy and Desi. The “I Love Lucy” show was comedy at its best. The jokes are still politically correct today. There was no need to rely on sexual innuendos or ethnic humor. Lucy and Desi were just FUN. Those old reruns can still make people laugh!

Sexual and ethnic humor gets the “cheapest” laughs. Very little talent is required, and even timing is not that important. REAL comedy makes you laugh without relying on cheap laughs. Think of that the next time you see what sometimes passes for comedy today.

Real comedians are real artists. Comedy is probably THE most difficult form of entertainment. Comedies and comedies don’t have to wait for reviews to be written. If the audience was laughing in the right places, the show was a success. If they didn’t, it didn’t.

The entertainment industry includes everything that is fictional and/or makes us laugh, cry, be scared, happy or sad, or experience any other emotion because of what is happening before our eyes.

I call the circus entertainment at its finest, but there are those who would disagree with me. Some want to classify the “entertainment industry” only as plays, movies, or television shows that employ actresses and actors to portray fictional characters. That is simply too narrow a definition for me. I stood in front of the monkey cage at the zoo and laughed harder than the last comedy production I attended.

The entertainment industry, in my opinion, includes everything that provides entertainment, and that includes the circus.

The circus has it all. There’s suspense (tightrope acts), there’s drama (trapeze acts), there’s comedy (clowns) and the most amazing trained exotic animals you can imagine. That is entertainment. What else would you call it?

The circus is not new. There was a circus in ancient Rome. There were horse shows, horsemanship exhibitions, staged battles and jugglers, acrobats and trained animals. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey did not invent the circus.

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