showman, jester, clown, circus, magician, marionette, buffoon, puppeteer, emcee, ventriloquist, sidekick, teeterboard, barker, impresario, juggler, circus tent, carny, paterfamilias, conjurer, vulgarian, egomaniac, troupe, prestidigitator, escapology, mystifier, wackily, clownlike, puppet, autolycus, sideshow, compere, conjuror, flo ziegfeld, megalomaniac, pantomime, quipster, whirling dervish, organ grinder, hypnotist, wisecracker, malvolio, goofball, maestro, alter ego, impressario, provocateur, contortionist, buffo, roustabout, wrangler, figurehead, antic, menagerie, dulcamara, minstrel, dervish, taskmaster, boor, mentalist, henchman, egotist, zany, acrobats, balagan, pyrotechnician, illusionist, muppet, fairground, orchestrator, windbag, factotum, drag queen, manservant, magus, motormouth, moppet, showboater, vaudevillian, deviltry, carney, shtick, clownishness, choreographer, florenz ziegfeld, mime, parodist, tightrope walker, wackjob, flamboyance, sancho panza, impersonator, loose cannon, toastmaster, soubrette, thespian, conniver, madcap, fop, bandleader, aerialist, unicyclist, hambone, opposite, tyrant, babylon, claus, clowns, counterfeit, demon, devil, dice, dictator, errand, fairy, giant, god, godmother, incarnate, judas, mankind

emcee, host, master of ceremonies