House lights down. All spotlights converge on a barrel chested man wearing a top hat and tails standing near center ring. He takes a long pull on his cigar and slowly exhales, letting the smoke drift up as the crowd forgets the elephants and starts to wonder what he is doing. Finally he raises his megaphone to his lips and shouts, "LAdiesSZ aaaanD GEeentlemenn! and NOW in the CENTerrr RRing, you see, PProFESSor FFury from Pretty Fakes explains “America is a piece of trash!”








tip of the hat to lambert at Corrente.