The circus has come to town...sville and the public has the chance to watch lions, monkeys, ponies, camels, llamas, dogs, clowns, acrobats and trapeze flyers. The Lennon Bros. Circus will be in town for a few weeks until the 2nd of June, which is their last show day.
One of the main continuing acts of the night was Izzy the clown, who would be pranked by the ringleader between acts. Then, Izzy would try to prank his fellow clown, Pluto, however it would backfire and Izzy would be left looking like a... well... clown.
One such prank was when the ringleader gave Izzy a gift of a telescope, which obviously didn't work. The ringleader would ask Izzy to look into the telescope and hold up to the other end a star, a moon, a black cloth (seen to Izzy as a black cloud), and a lighted match (seen to Izzy as lightening). Finally, the last time Izzy looks into the fake telescope the ringleader pours a jug of water down the tube, soaking Izzy's front.
Izzy would then wish to use the prank on someone else, usually picking on a member of the audience. In this case, Pluto comes along and, as can be expected, Izzy has a "present" for him. As Pluto looks into the tube Izzy runs to get a bucket of water, but every time the ringleader urges him to pull the prank properly. First showing the star, then the moon, then the "black cloud" and finally the "lightening." Between each of these Izzy runs to get the bucket but the ringleader stops him. At one stage Izzy almost throws the water onto audience members, but flicks it onto them instead when the ringleader says, "No not even a little bit."
Finally Izzy gets his chance and pours water down the tube. However it does not come out the other end. The ringleader tells the frustrated Izzy to look through the end of the tube he poured it in to see, and as can be expected Izzy gets soaked once more.
Several puns were being used by the clowns as well, such as when Izzy is chasing after Pluto with a mining pick, Pluto yells, "He's picking on me!"
At the end of the performance, a surprise is in store. The trapeze artists begin to fly in the air and Izzy wants to have a go. During the swing the artist that was supposed to catch him pulls off his pants, revealing very bright and embarrassing boxers. Izzy falls onto the net and the ringleader tells him he's a clown, not a flyer, and that he needs to be dressed as a flyer to be one. Izzy turns to the audience, says "Oh yeah?" and takes his hat, shirt and boxers off revealing a pink mohawk, tights and a surprising body for what everyone thought was a clown. Izzy (still called Izzy) continues to be a part of the trapeze show, which is the last act.
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