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Many years later, Chas Slumber's advertisement still appears under "Children's Entertainers" in {{CAM}}. How frightening is that show? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 04:36, 6 January 2017 (UTC) | Many years later, Chas Slumber's advertisement still appears under "Children's Entertainers" in {{CAM}}. How frightening is that show? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 04:36, 6 January 2017 (UTC) | ||
Could be ''very'' frightening. Like clowns, can the name be passed on in your will or sold on after your demise? And Punch-and-Judy shows are one of ''those'' time-honoured forms of entertainment which today are still, word-for-word and action-for-action, pretty much exactly as they were several centuries ago. Punch is even dressed in recognisable motley. The horrible thought emerges that this is a small but recognisable part of the Fools' guild portfolio of entertainment interests and as such comes under the purview of doctor Whiteface. Somewhere in the Halls of Mirth a small dedicated department is ''training'' Punch-and-Judy operators in the time-honoured skills and ensuring they deviate from the script not in the tiniest iota... Help, I feel fanfic coming on.[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 15:39, 6 January 2017 (UTC) | |||
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Many years later, Chas Slumber's advertisement still appears under "Children's Entertainers" in The Compleat Ankh-Morpork. How frightening is that show? --Old Dickens (talk) 04:36, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
Could be very frightening. Like clowns, can the name be passed on in your will or sold on after your demise? And Punch-and-Judy shows are one of those time-honoured forms of entertainment which today are still, word-for-word and action-for-action, pretty much exactly as they were several centuries ago. Punch is even dressed in recognisable motley. The horrible thought emerges that this is a small but recognisable part of the Fools' guild portfolio of entertainment interests and as such comes under the purview of doctor Whiteface. Somewhere in the Halls of Mirth a small dedicated department is training Punch-and-Judy operators in the time-honoured skills and ensuring they deviate from the script not in the tiniest iota... Help, I feel fanfic coming on.AgProv (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2017 (UTC)