Renaissance Faires
Nerd of Mouth
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The History of Rent Fair Comedy
Every fair has to have a jalst, the traditional menstrual who tells tales and sings. Quarry the riddle master delivers mind twisting riddles in a bardic style. There's also the ancient art of falconry because there's always weird bird people there. Even shit like Monty Python and the history of improv all date back to these guys got their start doing little Shakespearean things at the pleasure fair back in California.
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