At the biggest shows, the ringmaster may be a paid employee of the show, but at smaller shows is apt to be a volunteer.
Teams had to create a skit about a circus, that featured a ringmaster three separate acts.
They learn from the ringmaster that the train has all the animals, and it's stuck out in the middle of nowhere.
When he began there as ringmaster in 1939, there was no public-address system.
From 2005 to 2009 he was the ringmaster of a series of advance-fee fraud schemes that defrauded dozens of individuals out of millions of pounds.
He is trained by the ringmaster to do tricks until he falls and sprains his leg.
The ringmaster is responsible for maintaining the smooth flow of the show -- or at least an appearance of it.
Many modern-day ringmasters become an integral part of the performance, singing and dancing along with the other entertainers.
