| 单词 | jester |
| 例句 | Prince Hamlet joined the charade, tugging upon the jester until he rebounded like a tennis ball and jumped upon the king’s table, where he commenced singing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The job at North High was not going to be offered to a court jester. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z ‘I am learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey. First he was a conspirator, now he’s a jester. He’ll end up by becoming a wizard — or a warrior!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Wearing his green and grey jester’s motley, Trip could say just about anything and get away with it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the jester seized his own throat and fell to the ground, his limbs twitching in a pantomime of death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If Pollard was the jester, Woolf was the king. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were self-appointed jesters in a court of fools. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She appointed the eldest child at home to be “king” or “queen” to run the house in her absence and we took it from there, creating court jesters, slaves, musicians, poets, pets, and clowns. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Saruman, you missed your path in life. You should have been the king’s jester and earned your bread, and stripes too, by mimicking his counsellors. Ah me!’ he paused, getting the better of his mirth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He wore the largest black turtleneck Percy had ever seen, black pants, and black leather shoes with points so long and curly, they might have been jester slippers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There were usually at least eight wagons in our troupe and well over two dozen performers: actors and acrobats, musicians and hand magicians, jugglers and jesters. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He stood still in the torchlight with some straws in his beard, a pitiful figure in his jester’s patchwork. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of a Jewish jester so tickled her, she began to laugh out loud. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Or as Shakespeare wrote in his description of Feste, the jester in “Twelfth Night,” never underestimate a man who is “wise enough to play the fool.” Ringmaster of the Royal Bachelor Party 2011-02-05T01:32:09Z The pointy-capped jester of a doll by the bedhead is less frightening than the Spirit of the Dead, but nonetheless vaguely malign – the clownish plaything that is also the impresario of her dreams or nightmares. Gauguin: Into the mystic 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z A sort of court jester, Rigoletto angers the hangers-on with his jokes, and in return one of them curses him. Review: Seattle Opera stages a ‘Rigoletto’ that’s a sure-fire argument starter 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The class clown is kind of like the court jester — not on the throne, but next to it. From Selina to Stalin: The man behind ‘Veep’ talks satire and cynicism 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z A jack of all mediums, including music, he is part court jester, part circus master, part philosopher and also something of a Luddite. Martin Creed’s Anti-Spectacle at the Park Avenue Armory 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Yet another tweet excused Fallon for not drilling his subject as a journalist might, but faulted him "for his willingness to serve as hell's court jester." Fallon faces social media backlash after Trump interview 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Some are hell-raising provocateurs while others are more like cheeky jesters full of merrymaking and mischief. Hat Makers With Attitude 2011-10-03T18:23:15Z I discovered through our research about female jesters — was not aware that they existed. Keegan-Michael Key Will Do Anything for a Laugh 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Nancy Ohanian caricatures him in Mexican poncho and sombrero, and Rosemary Luckett gives him a choice of “4 Con Man Caps,” including a jester hat and a Nazi helmet. In the galleries: Trump in poncho and sombrero, Clinton as a suffragette 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Glastonbury was supposed to be a stinky guitar festival, churning with stoned students in jester hats, portaloos overflowing with hippie bodily fluids. When Beyonc?'s on stage, our rock gods should quake 2011-02-13T00:06:39Z Who used the stagecraft of the court—ballet, choral music, jesters doing wheelies, dancing acrobats—to tell the court he had arrived. Stormzy at Glastonbury: King Michael Wears His Crown 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z For nearly half a century, Rivers has been Hollywood's licensed jester, mocking all the stars she moves among with a wry ferocity that almost no one else would be permitted. Comedy gold: Joan Rivers in An Audience with Joan Rivers 2012-08-09T11:23:23Z He projects a mixture of menace as he was the head of the National Police when the drug war began, but he's an entertainment jester who jokes with the crowd. Journalist Maria Ressa, convicted of libel in the Philippines, takes on Duterte in new documentary 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Katkout finds himself sheltering at Fahd’s house and bonding with his friend’s grandmother, Mama Hissa, who is a combination of crone and court jester, but whose fables help Katkout cope with his loneliness. Review | In ‘Mama Hissa’s Mice,’ three Kuwaiti boys find solace in fables 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Yet Hope was a court jester careful not to offend. “I’m afraid the President would like to do this”: Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Johnny Carson and a legend’s strange final years 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Try looking on the bright side of life: The delightfully barmy musical “Monty Python’s Spamalot” just opened at 5th Avenue Theatre, in a production stocked with some of Seattle’s A-team of stage jesters and buffoons. ‘Spamalot’ is a successful quest for laughs 2014-02-08T03:50:51Z Urban, who died in 1933, at age 61, designed the Ziegfeld Theatre on Sixth Avenue at West 54th Street, financed by Hearst; medieval jesters frolicked in its murals. What to See in New York Art Galleries Right Now 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Recently, she’s gotten attention for a creepy, shadowy video in which she lip-synced Paul’s entire 13-hour filibuster while dressed as FutureClown, a jester character she invented who wears a bizarre papier-mâché hat and harlequin makeup. | The Filibuster, As Performed by a Scary Clown 2013-07-25T16:09:31Z Alone onstage, he looked like a relic from a forgotten ballet — a jester who had lost his sleeves. Review: City Ballet Dresses Up for Another Fashion Letdown 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z As you enter Davidson Galleries, three jauntily grotesque “jesters” greet you so vividly at the door that you half expect them to speak. Tip Toland’s cheery, startling ceramic ‘jesters’ hold court at Seattle’s Davidson Galleries | Art review 2012-11-16T23:21:05Z Catching the 700 bus opposite the Theatre Royal, we crossed the park gateway in under 20 minutes and began an uphill crawl past “Get Ready” signs and giant model cowboys, jesters and burglars. In the Royal Borough of Windsor, attractions ancient and modern 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Together they form a triumvirate of stereotypes: the lawful strongman, the cunning jester and the femme fatale. ‘Red Notice’ Review: When the Stars Don’t Shine 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z When at Tonto’s insistence he dons the mask, he asks, like a self-conscious actor forced to wear jester’s garb, “You sure this works?” The Lone Ranger: Lost in a Western Myth 2013-07-02T18:21:11Z But it’s really little more than carefully deliberated studio algebra, meant to capitalize on the post-“Dark Knight” legacy of superhero cinema’s most serious jester. We don't need a prestige Joker movie, but "The Dark Knight" made one inevitable. 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z "The Comedy Awards" is a zesty who's who of jesters, supplemented by Andy Richter in the announcer's booth and The Roots as the robust house band. Trophies and laughs await on 'The Comedy Awards' 2012-05-04T15:46:11Z Presented as part of Film Forum Jr., a series exposing children to classic cinema, the movie stars Kaye as a jester in the Middle Ages who manages superfast tongue twisters, among other talents. Spare Times for Children for May 30-June 5 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z So we constructed one using computer imagery and painted backdrops, to create a world of dragons, jesters and warlocks. How we made Knightmare 2013-04-08T16:58:00Z “Music lovers may think of you as a ‘queen,’ but to animal lovers, you are a court jester,” the letter, attributed to the vice president of PETA, said. A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The 70-year-old star tenor sings the leading baritone role - a devastatingly dramatic court jester who drops his mask to reveal what Domingo calls "a hunchback filled with vengeance, and sadness." Domingo sings live from streets of Italy, on PBS 2011-07-15T02:03:08Z Suddenly, it was the court jesters who were taking on the role of defenders of our values and our core institutions. Jon Stewart, defender of American values: How comedians are redefining patriotism now 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z With his easy, relaxed vocal style, West is a playful, drawling jester hosting his own ostentatious champagne sodden hip hop party. Poll: Who's best? Jay-Z or Kanye West 2012-05-18T11:35:20Z In South Korea's new 17th-century period drama Masquerade, a court jester is put on the throne after the reigning monarch, Gwanghae, is drugged by his enemies. Seoul searching: how politics plays out in South Korean cinema 2012-11-07T13:31:27Z Over the years, Nkoloso has been called “an amiable lunatic,” “a court jester,” and “Zambia’s village idiot.” The Zambian “Afronaut” Who Wanted to Join the Space Race 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z In medieval style, we sat at long wooden tables surrounded by fantastical woodcarvings of jesters and knights, a chandelier made of wooden mermaids hanging whimsically over our heads. Overnighter: In Kutna Hora, Near Prague, Contemporary Art Amid Medieval Charm 2010-11-15T18:15:00Z Other hall-of-fame comedies, like “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Cheers,” had wits and jesters and clowns mixed in among the goody-goodies and grumps. ‘Friends’ Is Turning 25. Here’s Why We Can’t Stop Watching it. 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The discussion will conclude with a look at a contemplative scene from “Hamlet,” in which the prince comes face to face with the smelly skull of Yorick, a court jester. Around Town for Aug. 12-18 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z He's the court jester who's poking fun at the idiocy and hypocrisy in the world. Comedy Central's Kent Alterman 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Rigoletto is supposed to enter the palace in his jester’s costume, half-crazed and singing a ditty. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z He is a disarming figure, part nationalist, part jester. Nigel Farage on the Story Behind His Friendship with Trump 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Murals were tucked into hallways — one a massive circus scene with acrobats, jesters and women entwined with snakes. Bobby Berk’s New York 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Verdi’s jester, Rigoletto, is turned into this Rat Pack duke’s sidekick, though what exactly his responsibilities are remains a gap at the core of the director Michael Mayer’s concept. Review: ‘Rigoletto’ at the Met Opera Sounds Almost Desperate 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z In her bijou Cookham residence, the ageing, self-obsessed Judith holds court with her irrepressible teenage children as main courtiers and novelist husband playing part-time jester. Hay Fever 2010-06-20T21:01:00Z Perhaps the greatest delight of this book is Mr Wright’s description of some of the secondary figures, such as Hassan el-Tohamy, Egypt’s deputy prime minister, who served as Sadat’s “astrologer, court jester and spiritual guru”. Loaded terms 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Goude followed the Warhol path as a zesty jester in the world of art and commerce. A Joyous Image Maker Way Before His Time 2012-01-09T12:30:21Z He is a bleeding-heart liberal comfortably ensconced in a fundamentally conservative milieu, a court jester whose proximity to power underscores his impotence, a critical intellect whose aloofness renders him ineffectual. ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z One jester played rock from a tinny speaker. Matt Haimovitz and Bach, Colonizing Columbia’s Campus 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z “Trump created the cult that includes people who serve as court jesters there to entertain the monarch and augment his power,” Mr. Robinson said. The President’s Backup Band 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z George Condo, On View In and Outside the Metropolitan Opera House A large black-and-white banner featuring a court jester by the artist George Condo is currently up on the façade of the Metropolitan Opera House. ArtsBeat: George Condo, On View In and Outside the Metropolitan Opera House 2013-01-25T21:44:41Z Not all historians agree; many assume that the wordplay and truth-telling to power for which jesters were famed is beyond the capacity of the learning disabled. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z Either way, Los Angeles’ funk jesters sound like they’re treading water. Album review: Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'I'm With You' 2011-08-26T16:04:00Z “I’ve just been around for a while and weathered a lot of stuff,” Johannes says, “but maybe I’m more like the jester.” Heartbreak leads Alain Johannes to 'Fragments and Wholes' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z This exhibition explores the art of the Medici court in the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing on depictions of social outcasts, like gamblers, jesters and dwarves. Iggy Azalea in Rabat, British Portraits in Moscow and More: Global Arts Guide 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z He is portrayed as a kind of court jester in Humphrey Burton’s Bernstein biography, which sounds about right. Leonard Bernstein at 100: Why the music world is making this the Year of Lenny 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Through his lens, his family members are competing jesters in their one-room kingdom. A Japanese Photographer’s View of Life in His Family’s One-Room Home 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z As time went by, we got regular actors involved, like Paul Valentine, who played the jester Motley, and Michael Cule, who played the monk, Brother Mace. How we made Knightmare 2013-04-08T16:58:00Z The palace was an achievement of art and at the same time, a prison chamber that brought misery upon two jesters. Q&A with J.M. Sidorova, Seattle author of ‘The Age of Ice’ 2013-08-09T21:33:45Z There may also be a suggestion of jester; that Jeremy Clarkson plays at the News Corp court the role filled by Fool for the Lear whom Murdoch Sr increasingly resembles. TV matters: The Clarkson Connection 2011-07-20T21:00:01Z Technique and timing is miles off, if I were you I’d just keep looking at the hat, or Karen’s dress, which appears to have been made from a couple of jester hats. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z No, it's not a party political conference, but the country's biggest jester festival, where professional mischief-makers amass at Muncaster Castle, home of Tom Fool, allegedly England's last court jester. This week's new events 2010-05-28T23:07:00Z In many respects, Jordan Peterson is a philosophical clown, an intellectual court jester. After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Fools and jesters are accepted as wise men whose nonsense conceals truths too difficult for mortals to accept. Phonics speaks to children's knack for nonsense 2012-11-19T13:31:18Z Under the guise of the court jester, Perry infiltrated Western music, earning that nickname of “the Upsetter” as he set profound messages to enticing grooves. Perspective | Behind the smokescreens, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was a true master of sound and spacetime 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Queens are using their powers as “shamans, witch doctors or court jesters,” as RuPaul recently put it, to make people laugh, question and, yes, sometimes cry. It’s Gay Pride Weekend: Dress the Part 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Jolly, full of energy, he dresses like a jester, and skips about, and flaps his silly hair, and strides down into the audience to show latecomers to their seats. Comedy gold: Billy Connolly's Billy and Albert 2012-05-17T14:32:23Z Statues of medical workers appear alongside traditional Mardi Gras cutouts, including jesters and other carnival celebrators. Popeyes decorated New Orleans restaurants with Mardi Gras floats despite parade shutdown 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z And yet, the jester might have it exactly right. Even Bad Jokes Can Make Good Thanksgiving Wines 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Huxley is slender and stands 5 feet 8 inches, a stature that could have placed him in the land of jesters — roles traditionally given to shorter male dancers — not princes. Anthony Huxley, the Anti-Jock of City Ballet 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z In awarding the Nobel to Mr. Fo, the Swedish Academy noted that he “emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.” Dario Fo, Italian playwright and ‘jester’ who won Nobel Prize, dies at 90 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z His range of vocal colorings and shadings rendered potent the conflicting personality elements of snarky jester and tender father, especially vital in a semi-staged performance that had limited physical movement. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Technique and timing is miles off, if I were you I’d just keep looking at the hat, or Karen’s dress, which appears to have been made from a couple of jester hats. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Le Riche, bending down on one elegant knee, stutters a few yards in that position — a prince turned anxious jester. Sylvie Guillem - review 2011-07-06T23:44:38Z In her compulsive oversharing and scornful eye-rolls, she has something of the court jester or sacred clown, allowed to tear through society’s taboos. Being ‘Fleabag,’ From Stage to TV and Back Again 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The jester in orange and green decorated with a third-grader’s squiggles; the man’s shiny purple skirt and open black vest for the Russian variation; and the mismatched greens of the Villager women? At New York City Ballet, Swans Use Grit to Find Glory 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Like all good jesters, the All the King's Fools company pass off as ribald entertainment some truths society may find hard to take. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z As rap’s lanky jester, he has a penchant for crafting club anthems laden with hilariously off-kilter punch lines. 2 Chainz brings his music, timing and humor to Fillmore Silver Spring 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Every weekend from now until October is splitting at the seams with pulled pork stalls and jester hats. Tribute bands take centre stage at the festivals 2013-05-10T23:00:05Z O, the prophetic soul of Mr. Stoppard, whose younger self has resurfaced as both the poet laureate and court jester of our addled age of confusion. Stoppard Classics, Reborn for an Age of Uncertainty 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Barring some dramatic turning of the tide, DiCaprio is now secure in his place as Hollywood's unimpeachable golden boy, while Cruise, the previous incumbent, is in danger of resembling the court jester. Two men. One dream 2010-08-05T07:00:00Z As court jesters tweaking the nose of the powerful, they are quite possibly helping to keep the nation sane. South Africa's new comedians find a nation eager for laughs 2013-01-04T13:02:55Z The jester is done making you feel comfortable. Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”: The stunning Netflix special that made Louis C.K.’s comedy irr... 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Benign jesters and warty trolls alike offer them up as provocative replies to any issue you can think of. Fifteen years later "Tropic Thunder" is a flawed comedy that we're still trying to agree on 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Rigoletto, a hunchbacked jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua, is approached at night by a mysterious man who says he’s an assassin for hire, should Rigoletto ever need such services. Familiar Operas Are Stunningly Fresh in English 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z “Historically, street preaching has to do with the proclamation of injustice and freedom for the oppressed. It’s a kind of street theater. It’s sacred jesters.” These Booths Are Made For Talking: Soothers Hit the Streets 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z As portrayed by the excellent Adrian Scarborough, this court jester is as trapped in an unsavory social role as everyone in the play is. Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ on an Epic Scale, Starring Simon Russell Beale 2014-01-26T22:47:10Z But it’s too late, and too abrupt, to turn tiresome jesters into actual, vulnerable human beings. In this ‘Lysistrata,’ sex and war don’t mix 2013-07-25T22:40:24Z For a while it seemed like he might be a jester in the court of serious art. Charles Ray: Radical Conservative 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z His inaugural lecture, in December 2010, was entitled "How ill white hairs become a fool and jester". Forward shortlist includes Geoffrey Hill, Sean O'Brien and David Harsent 2011-07-13T23:05:01Z Tower of London jester attempts a trumpet solo. Readers recommend: songs about fools 2011-08-04T23:01:02Z It was court jester chic, with several variations of checkerboard prints and ruff-collar necklaces. A Backpack That Asks: What Is a Backpack? 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z He’s half madman, half court jester, prone to inappropriate outbursts, sulking and thoroughly uninterested in , or for that matter, in ruling Denmark. A Royal Affair: The Enlightenment Brings Sexy Back 2012-11-08T15:00:36Z In this age of celebrity generated purely from personality, he used his own particular oddness, fame-filled Rolodex and appearance to launch a whole new career as a television jester. David Gest: from impresario to star of British reality TV 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z It leaves us less sure, as Notre Dame’s bells toll for the dead jesters, who will get the last laugh. The Life-Giving Defiance of the Charlie Hebdo Cartoonists 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Jack Clement was a court jester who emphasized the joy and camaraderie of making music. Review: Posthumous Clement album a sweet send off 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Happy Mondays' Bez at the Roundhouse, London: 'the only jester whose antics never grow old'. Happy Mondays – review 2012-12-23T00:07:47Z Think of the mischievous grin of his jolly jester in “The Lute Player.” Frans Hals and the Art of Laughter 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z “Evelyn is like the court jester, the weirdo on the outside, and I’m the kind of dopey, hapless one who is asking questions and doesn’t understand anything.” A Choreographer Gives In to His Ambition of Recklessness 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Harrelson, on the other hand, does little with the role of the unflappable super assassin, playing put-upon straight man to Hart’s over-the-top jester without much chemistry. ‘The Man From Toronto’ Review: Not So Clearly Canadian 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Cattelan is known as both a public jester and an intensely private figure, and he said that the decision to retire at 51 was agonizing. Duchamp, Eat Your Heart Out: The Guggenheim Is Installing a Gold Toilet 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z This moment replicates the opening image of the production, when, through that Grosz curtain, we see the jester treading home as the orchestra plays the ominous prelude. Review: Amid Omicron, the Met Opera Opens a Weimar ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Juggling the work of a jester and a rebel is a challenge for Marceau, and for the film itself. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Resistance’ and ‘Finding Your Roots’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z At this second of two back-to-back Garden shows, Eilish commanded every inch of the stage like a hyperactive court jester. At Billie Eilish’s Arena Show, the Only Spectacle Is Herself 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z He had to be both insider and outsider, scourge and jester, everyone’s best black friend and the person at the party who points out that having a black friend isn’t good enough. Let’s Talk About the Oscars: An Evening of Squirming 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The bad story I take on in the book is this idea that our court jesters are somehow going to rescue the kingdom. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z It concerns a motley crew of mischievous ghosts-for-hire, and is best known for characters such as jester Timothy Claypole and Dobbin the pantomime horse. Russell Brand in Rentaghost revival 2010-12-09T12:31:00Z Liddy’s place in the Watergate Cinematic Universe was somewhere between villain and underling, jester and patsy. Perspective | Little Liddys everywhere: The legacy of a political ‘super-klutz’ 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z If the host is the king of this court, the sidekick isn’t the jester so much as the flatterer, the yes man, the official doormat. Does the Job of Talk-Show Sidekick Even Make Sense Anymore? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Quint made the jester Jack Point’s broken heart no laughing matter. Music in Review: ‘THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD’ 2013-01-21T22:40:14Z In a rare interview from 2017, Dylan himself dismissed the notion that he was a jester, pointing to righteous anthems such as “Masters of War” and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan, Our Most Underappreciated Comic 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The Devendorfs played Led Zeppelin covers at the Dessners' junior high school dance, in an outfit called Paleface Jimmy, who were known locally for handing out hamburgers and wearing jester hats. The National: gloomy ? with a hint of sunshine 2010-04-22T20:30:00Z When this motley-clad jester leapt in ardor, his feet batted the air with manic enthusiasm. American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Harlequinade’ isn’t anything exciting, but it sure is colorful 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z And as the sly jester Touchstone, Darragh Kennan once again excels at making elaborate wordplay comprehensible to modern ears. 'As You Like It': Inconsistency slows this visit to the Forest of Arden 2012-06-08T20:27:04Z There are big holes in his concept, starting with the rather important character of Rigoletto, Verdi’s hunchbacked, pitiable and tormented court jester, sung here by the admirable Serbian baritone Zeljko Lucic. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z Wearing it, I realized the line between royal and royal jester isn’t very wide at all, and it’s not clear which side is better. Critical Shopper: Now, Something for the Body Eccentric 2011-05-03T21:28:42Z The message is clear: you come at the jester, you best not miss. Robert Benchley’s Legacy in a Era of Fraught Comedy 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Anna Akhmatova wrote: "You were an incomparable jester, / And gasped for breath between stifling walls." Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov – A Life in Letters and Diaries by JAE Curtis – review 2012-08-07T11:20:01Z Cash smiled wildly, pointing to the eerie jester statues and paintings throughout his studio. Adventures at the Clown Palace: Stand-up comedy helped me confront my depression and cultural taboos 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Fleck accidentally becomes a vigilante symbol when he is spotted gunning down three bankers on the subway, face painted like a mournful jester. Joker strives to capture our cultural moment – but it’s smug and banal at heart 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z In rude health, Bez is the only jester whose antics never grow old. Happy Mondays – review 2012-12-23T00:07:47Z The dancer who caught her eye was Jay Donn, a manic jester of flex, overflowing with ideas and giddy energy. Street Dancers Tackle a Ballet Project and the Armory Stage 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Dusty crystal chandeliers and disco balls hung from the ceiling, and there was a stage flanked with statues dressed in silver jester costumes. Rihanna kidnapped me to watch her new video: A diary 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z There was a knock on the door and another rabbi – this time dressed in a jester's hat – swept into the room, accompanied by a gaggle of children sporting brightly coloured Afro wigs. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z Swift kicked off the live telecast dressed as a ringmaster with a circus-themed performance of her infectious chart-topping hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," backed by dancers in jester and acrobat costumes. Taylor Swift kicks off Grammys, Adele wins best pop solo award 2013-02-11T02:13:14Z That the events in that Chicago courtroom are such catnip to dramatists is understandable — it was, in many ways, performative in nature, with heroes and villains and court jesters aplenty. The Chicago 7 Trial Onscreen: An Interpretation for Every Era 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Rather than playing a jester, villain or de-eroticized Ken doll, he was chill, joyful in his identity, and he seemed to glow with an unapologetic sex appeal. A Gay Icon From Reality TV’s Early Years Makes a Hesitant Return 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z On the other hand, we have Quentin Tarantino, the court jester of mayhem, making good on the lurking connection between violence and laughter by making violence into its own comedy: hyperbolized, postmodern, extreme. Haneke and Tarantino make odd couple in race for Oscars screenplay glory 2013-02-07T15:22:00Z Mr. Chamblee is a tall, hunky corps dancer; Mr. Ulbricht, a principal for 11 years, is a short, stalwart, experienced virtuoso who has tended to be pigeonholed into comic mascot and jester roles. 4 New Cavaliers Go Full Throttle in ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z There amid the waxworks, Herman plays the court jester, as a few intimates unkindly note. David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z “And the jester is the one who puts his finger on certain truths that the court doesn’t want to hear.” Dieudonné, French Comic Behind ‘The Anti-Semite’ 2012-06-24T01:27:16Z I thought of him as a weird sort of sidekick, or a jester who made me laugh and ran errands for me, and certainly not as a threat. I was raped — and now I can finally say it 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z When he was with the LSD-fueled jesters, McClanahan was known as “Captain Kentucky” and would frequently wear costumes, an experience he recalled in his 1985 memoir, “Famous People I Have Known.” Kentucky author and ‘Merry Prankster’ Ed McClanahan dies 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Bush considered him a kind of court jester, inviting him to official events. In Carvey’s D.C. show with Miller, politics won’t be a centerpiece He considers himself the scamp in a still buttoned-up bastion of scolding conservatism — the disruptive court jester, the fool. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Clowns, as pranksters, jesters, jokers, harlequins, and mythologized tricksters have been around for ages. "Larger than life, but still true": Where Pee-wee Herman fits in the history of American clowns 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z A combination of theatre, heritage site re-enactment and living research, the performances – by Bristol companies Foolscap and Misfits Theatre – draw on recent studies that suggest history's court jesters often had learning disabilities. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z I’ve got to be a court jester, but a court jester’s got to make sure that he doesn’t get executed as well. Ricky Gervais on ‘After Life’ and Life After the Golden Globes 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z They throw coins at the jester, but he repays them by instigating a brawl among the spectators. Review | Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘Tyll’ — a future Netflix series — follows a German jester navigating war-torn chaos 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Yet some bewilderment aside, Mr. DeMarco insisted that he harbors no existential anxiety about the jester role, mostly because it’s not a character. How Mac DeMarco Became the Lovable Laid-Back Prince of Indie Rock 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z This free fair turns the park into a village from the Middle Ages, with jesters, jousters, troubadours, minstrels, wizards and all manner of knights and damsels. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 2-8 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z “I’m more of a jester of the lobby.” How the Concierge Endures in an Internet World 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The loose expectation of an awards host is to act as a court jester among showbusiness royalty, poking fun at their foibles. Worst job in showbiz: why will no one touch the world's glitziest gigs? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The logical outcome of what happens when a farcical former president fancies himself a kingmaker but favors jesters for the job — Dr. Oz, Sarah Palin. Perspective | What in the name of Trump was the Herschel Walker campaign? 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z So, as in all good fairy stories, it was the court jester who solved the problem, not without some slight deception but to the satisfaction of the Princess Lenore. When William Faulkner and Langston Hughes Wrote Children’s Books 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z We need court jesters like Bee too show us the foibles of the culture and this year in particular, the TV media outlets. Samantha Bee Condemns NBC and Jimmy Fallon’s Trump Interview 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z In early 16th-century India, Tenali Rama, the court jester of Prince Krishnadevaraya, grew so impertinent that he was sentenced to death but was graciously allowed to select the method of his execution. Review | So you think it’s all a big joke? What wit really is — and why we need it. 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z She not only wrote the music and lyrics, but also stars as the show’s jester and sage, M.C. and balladeer, accompanist and accordionist. Finding Music in Shakespeare, Suffragists and Mitch McConnell 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z If Hill is the grand old man of English poetry, perhaps Paul Muldoon is court jester. Christmas gifts 2012: the best poetry books 2012-11-30T08:30:03Z While all of this was happening, on the internet and in the media, he was a relentless jester — hilariously self-deprecating on Instagram and, later, TikTok. Lewis Capaldi Will Break Your Heart. (But Don’t Take Him Too Seriously.) 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The boggle of medieval jester Tom Fool - who used to sit under the tree pictured, directing unsuspecting travellers across the nearby quicksands - still walks the castle. Cumbria is the place to boggle your Hallowe'en mind 2012-10-29T10:33:55Z At the height of their powers, our overlords at Marvel have deigned to prove, like an emperor tolerating a court jester, that they do, in fact, have a sense of humor. Review: ‘Guardians’ is irreverent but not enough 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z I do fault him for his willingness to serve as hell's court jester. Should Jimmy Fallon Have Been Tougher on Donald Trump? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “My favorite is the basketball player,” says Isabel Richardson, 12, about the colorful group, which also includes a chef, a jester, a skier and a cast-iron squirrel. Nutcrackers invade historic Sully home in Chantilly 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Basing their art on the tradition of the medieval jester and the improvisation techniques of commedia dell’arte, Mr. Fo and Ms. Rame thrilled, dismayed and angered audiences around the world. Dario Fo, Nobel-Winning Italian Playwright, Dies at 90 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “King Liar”: A monarch promises his kingdom to all three daughters, then leaves it to his jester. Style Invitational Week 1370: What’s in a name? 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The jester was a revelation…that sense of knowingness always there, underneath a façade of madness and anarchy. Stage reader review roundup: your take on Damned by Despair and This House 2012-10-12T15:11:55Z Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera, before the curtain rose on Monday on a revival of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” a donkey in a pink jester’s hat waited patiently for her cue. Enter Stage Left: A Donkey Debuts at the Met Opera 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z A lowly bartender in Little Italy, the butt of constant jokes who must also keep the Duke and his mobsters amused, is an apt equivalent to a modern-day jester. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z Mr. Mann, a gangly 23-year-old from Dallas, started off in sixth grade, when his middle school production of “Sleeping Beauty” required a jester. Breakthrough Performances of the Summer Movies Season 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z An amazing Martagon lily entertains with a jester’s bonnet of upturned white petals that reveal hot coral-tipped pistils, while a mysterious jet black butterfly alights upon a delicate pale mauve delphinium. | Carmen Almon, The Naturalist 2013-08-21T19:11:13Z Philips – wheezing, squeaking Philips, with the hair of a court jester and the physical awkwardness of an embarrassed child – is still going, and strongly. Emo Philips 2010-08-12T15:48:00Z Medieval court jesters were often required to spite their faces. Quip on the draw: The Style Invitational’s winning cartoon captions 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He seemed simultaneously to embody the jovial, backslapping Rotarian of the mid-20th century, the midway barker of the 19th and, in the opinion of at least some critics, the court jester of the Middle Ages. Willard Scott, TV’s Clown Prince of Sun and Showers, Is Dead at 87 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z That baritone, Quinn Kelsey, is expected to be back on Saturday; filling in for him as the tortured court jester on Friday was Michael Chioldi, solidly resonant and credible in the role. 4 Operas in 48 Hours: A Critic’s Marathon at the Met 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z A notorious jester, he also reveled in staging elaborate pranks. Now You See Him, Now You Don’t: Duchamp From Beyond the Grave 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z For centuries, this performer was the beloved hero of comedy, the court jester, the star of the mighty mid-20th-century circus and the painted face of the most famous fast-food franchise. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z In it, lavishly decked-out Magi seem nearly to romp around the Holy Family like slightly inebriated court jesters. Art Review: Rediscovering an Earthy Master 2010-10-07T21:50:00Z “Tyll” embraces this tradition, entertaining us like a jester on a tightrope and reminding us of the danger of a fall. Review | Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘Tyll’ — a future Netflix series — follows a German jester navigating war-torn chaos 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z A spate of clown sightings in shady areas in several states, some involving reports of clowns trying to lure children into the woods, has the country on high alert against the jesters. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Welsh National 's staging was first seen in 2002 and revived once before; only now, with baritone Simon Keenlyside shifting the focus back to the tortured eponymous jester does Macdonald's concept really begin to work. Rigoletto 2010-06-27T21:01:00Z But I think that what’s sad about it is that they lose their status as a court jester. Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, a.k.a. Mr. and Mrs. Claus 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Rebecca contends that being picked on in school prepared her for her role as YouTube court jester and that she only shed tears once over the massive critical onslaught. Rebecca Black works to overcome 'Friday' infamy 2011-04-25T13:35:01Z In that sense, television’s court jesters are helping to keep the blood of democracy circulating. John Oliver: ‘Maybe Brexit is a great idea. There’s absolutely nothing to suggest that’ 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z At Dalston's Holy Trinity church on Sunday, harlequins, jesters and pierrots will assemble for an act of worship. In praise of ? the clowns' church service 2011-02-04T00:01:03Z And the court jester character that he created was his armour. Jimmy Savile: Steve Coogan on playing paedophile TV presenter in The Reckoning 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z "He's the king of the court jesters," the unnamed adviser told the outlet. Expert: TrumpWorld can't wait to spill the beans on “hated” aide named as “co-conspirator 6” suspect 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Morris said he started "going on the attack rather than just playing the jester". Secret Tory: Man behind parody account is Henry Morris 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Sister Loose Clarita, whose striped iridescent makeup resembles the Mexican flag, said the sisters are playing with the archetype of the jester or the clown. For Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, being a drag nun transcends Dodgers drama. It’s a calling 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Prigozhin is not directly challenging Putin but rather playing a jester role and acting with the approval of those dismayed by the military's conduct of the war, officials, diplomats and analysts told Reuters. Jester or rebel? Mercenary Prigozhin lays bare the strains of Putin's war 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Having accepted that he’d never write a piece of music as sublime as Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” Levant adopted the role of court jester to showbiz royalty. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The Spanish court employed many people with dwarfism, as well as jesters or “buffoons,” as they were called. Perspective | When Velázquez painted marginalized people, it liberated his genius There’s almost nothing in the history to suggest that jesters always teetered to the point of having their heads chopped off. Calendar Feedback: Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar for "The Whale" 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z So I was happy about being able to kind of bridge these two archetypes of jester and orphan together to create Emerald. The unique hodgepodge that is Keke Palmer 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z And comedians have faced danger on the job at least since medieval times when court jesters were tasked with keeping monarchs entertained. The rise and fall of cancel culture in comedy 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z So I was happy about being able to kind of bridge these two archetypes of jester and orphan together to create, you know, what is the character Emerald. Keke Palmer talks 'Nope' and how Hollywood exploits everyone 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Velázquez could take liberties with his portraits of little people and jesters because they were neither members of the royal family nor nobility. Perspective | When Velázquez painted marginalized people, it liberated his genius The main risk to life for jesters came from their occasional roles as messengers across battle lines during conflicts. Calendar Feedback: Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar for "The Whale" 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z When it comes to roasting kings, jesters are still our most necessary resource. Best comedy specials of 2022 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z There will be live dubia roaches, which grow to nearly 2 inches; Satan on stilts; a homicidal jester with sparking gloves. From scare-actors to ofrenda artists, L.A.'s October’s spooky season is back in full force 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The self-deprecating court jester of a figure led the Conservative party to a thumping election victory in 2019 with his bombastic speeches and populist policies. Boris Johnson ends comeback bid — but promises another 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z But the visible ones are often jesters to be laughed at. A personal reckoning, and the truth comes out of the closet 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z In “Hamlet,” Shakespeare had his prince muse famously about the human condition, clutching the skull of Yorick, a court jester. With its queen gone, Britain ponders how to discuss death 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The stories toward the end of the special illustrate how even world-renowned jesters must find their own line when it comes to jokes and how it affects the ones they love. Best comedy specials of 2022 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the character of Hamlet holds the skull of a court jester, his departed childhood companion, and laments his passing. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The French couturier and lover of art and theater took his audience back in time on Wednesday to a Renaissance universe of court jesters, fairytale maidens and cantering horses. Theatrical shows, horses and sparkle gear up Paris couture 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Seconds later, it burst through the waves, a winged jester among graceful acrobats. Pelicans’ paradise on Smith Island, Md. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z This latest “Jan. 6 Committee” tragicomedy is run entirely by court jesters, all of whom are introduced reverentially in whispered tones as “impeachment veterans.” ‘Apocalypse Wow’: Jan. 6 clown committee pursues Col. Kurtz in latest tragicomedy 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The team had loyal fans and a bad-boy image — its name translates to Jokers, and its logo is a jester — but it was losing money and games. How a former King helped build Putin’s hockey dream, then expedited Finnish team’s escape 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Le Pen mocks Melenchon as the “court jester” who will never be prime minister. Emmanuel who? Far-right fighting hard-left for French vote 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z A court jester appeared in an amorphous white bib featuring playing card motifs, as a model in pigtails and a baby pink textured gown with capped sleeves offered out candy floss. Theatrical shows, horses and sparkle gear up Paris couture 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z “I’m a nerd in many ways,” he fires back with the timing of, well, a jester. Turkey legs, mead and oyster sliders: What to eat and drink at the Renaissance Faire 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Practice rounds are, of course, less pressurized, and Couples, who has long been close to Woods and is now in the twilight of his career, signaled that he sometimes plays the court jester. For Masters Players, a Big Stage Swells When Woods Is in the Group 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z When Fo won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1997, the Nobel Committee praised him for “emulating the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.” Two years to the day after shuttering, the Actors’ Gang is back with stylized in-person theater 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Folly is always depicted as a court jester who chases his skeletal foe, Death, around a broken column that symbolizes the fragility of life. Opinion | After two pandemic years, ‘Folly chasing Death’ takes on a new Mardi Gras meaning 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z In Madrid, after seeing Velázquez’s full-length portrait of the jester Pablo de Valladolid, he described it as “possibly the most extraordinary piece of painting that has ever been done.” Why did the Frenchman Manet paint a Spanish matador? "People are absolutely disgusted by it. It is a sign of the arrogance of the man. The reality is that Boris is a court jester who wants to be king," he told Reuters. 'Absolutely disgusted': grassroots UK Conservatives turning against PM Johnson 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z But as a franchise that has made the playoffs just three times in the past decade and hasn’t advanced past the divisional playoff round in a quarter-century, it has been more jester than powerhouse. Perspective | How ’bout them Cowboys? America’s Team is loved, hated and tricky to figure out. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The Latin street food section of the menu is a royal court of kings and jesters. Review | Cocineros in Hyattsville breaks the mold for pan-Latin restaurants 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The effect is one of hapless relatability: author as bumbling travel companion, or as court jester, expertly capering to disguise her expertise. Review | Animals and humans on a collision course (sometimes literally) 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “The background disappears,” Manet wrote after seeing Velázquez’s portrait of the court jester, “there’s nothing but air around the fellow, who is all in black and appears alive.” Why did the Frenchman Manet paint a Spanish matador? It was like watching a jester in court. The Mascot Whisperer 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Or perhaps they both end up on the soccer team, but the older one is the serious hard worker, and the younger one tries to establish himself as the team jester. The Psychology Behind Sibling Rivalry 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z The musical numbers are forgettable but still fun especially the opening with Kaye dressed as a jester standing next to the opening credits as he sings commentary and breaks the fourth wall. Blu-ray movie review: ‘Paramount Presents: The Court Jester’ 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z It includes beads flying through the air, barricades, a jester, a Bellingrath float and much more. Alabama light show memorializes longtime employee 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z The Clippers are still trying to achieve the court jester status of the Chargers: Get it right, Dylan. Letters: Trojans are right where they deserve to be 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Some dresses and skirts were worn over leggings, giving styles a modern twist - with a hint of the court jester. COVID-conscious Chanel streams fashion show from Loire chateau 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z His left hand is tattooed with a skull in a jester’s hat, a grim image offset by his lanky and not-quite-old-enough demeanor. ‘I Forget About the World:’ Afghan Youth Find Escape in a Video Game 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Kurt Russell wishes his fellow Hollywood players would keep their traps shut when it comes to politics, so they can remain the “court jesters” he believes they all are. Kurt Russell has advice for 'court jester' celebrities: Steer clear of politics 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z There is also a kind of sympathy that comes with getting inside a character; targets are not simply insulted, as Trump and his court jesters are wont to do, but inhabited. They made their names poking fun at Trump. The election may change that 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z However, as people continue to write in with misty-eyed tales of boogying and jester’s hats, do less rosy-coloured memories have a chance of making the cut? Can Donald Trump shrug off Amy Dorris's allegations of sexual assault too? Barbara Ellen 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z But the Rev. Al Sharpton — once dismissed by some as a fraud, a jester — is still standing. Decades later, Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peace 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z But Sharpton — once dismissed by some as a fraud, a jester — is still standing. Decades later, Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peace 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “A court jester isn’t always funny,” he said. Kurt Russell has advice for 'court jester' celebrities: Steer clear of politics 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z “People may have seen her as a court jester, but Faith always told the truth.” Faith, Broadway bugler and 9-time candidate for D.C. mayor, dies at 96 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z “Chuck D, he’s the politician of the group. I’m just the friendly jester.” Flavor Flav says Public Enemy feud has nothing to do with Bernie: 'I wish him luck' 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In Cologne, a somber float depicted a weeping Carnival jester holding a heart with the slogan “our heart beats for Hanau.” German Carnival floats take aim at racism in wake of attack 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z "I wasn't the court jester and it wasn't entertainment," he said. Changing clocks is bad for your health, but which time to choose? 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Mr Aringo, one of the most famous court jesters, became known for his eloquence. How Kenya used satire to tackle Moi's presidency 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The comforting response, if you’re a fan of the Cougs, is to tell yourself that Leach’s personality had grown tiresome — that he was more of a jerk than he was a jester. Some Washington State fans may say good riddance to Mike Leach, but good luck trying to replace him 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Settling into Knopf’s cluttered Park Avenue offices with the carefree aplomb of a court jester, the black-bearded boss seemed amusedly uninterested in literary power and the genteel backstabbing politics of the publishing world. Sonny Mehta, Knopf publisher who guided millions to great reads, is dead at 77 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Radford asserts that clowns and jesters have been ambiguous characters for hundreds of years. Having a laugh: is this the end for clowning? 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z A frequent guest, commentator Jeff Greenfield, once called Mr. Imus “the court jester to the powerful,” whose show was “a very comfortable place to have real conversations about real stuff.” Don Imus, talk-show host who turned bad behavior into big ratings, dies at 79 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z A frequent guest, commentator Jeff Greenfield, once called Imus “the court jester to the powerful,” whose show was “a very comfortable place to have real conversations about real stuff.” Don Imus, talk-show host who turned bad behavior into big ratings, dies at 79 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z And here’s a little bullet point that just came to me as I was driving over: This isn’t a jukebox musical, this is a jack-in-the-box musical, and I’m the court jester that pops out. For 'Love Actually Live' star Rex Smith, Billy Mack is Iggy Pop meets Jayne Mansfield 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But Yogi is still here, shaven-headed 10 years ago, now sporting a jester’s hat. Back to the border of misery: Amexica revisited 10 years on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z In the party’s heyday, Pierre Trudeau once called them “the court jesters of the nation” – which the party took as a compliment. ‘Stupid, but it works’: satirical candidate brings levity to Canada election 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Barker brings her customary linguistic invention and wild humour to a tale about history’s hold on the present, as contemporary Ashford is haunted by the spirit of a medieval jester. The 100 best books of the 21st century 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z “Jest to Impress” will see players assume the role of a court jester who must keep the king and his court entertained. Cartoon Network's first VR game will let players pick a cosmic journey 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Now, at 28, the soprano has mentors in the world’s foremost opera companies and is to appear at Glyndebourne as Gilda, daughter of the hunchback jester, in Verdi’s Rigoletto, opening on 11 October. Opera’s newest star taught herself to sing by copying divas on DVDs 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Climbing in proved awkward with the mini skirt of my court jester costume. L.A. Affairs: I was rusty at this dating thing. Could I get past my nerves and get back in the game? 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Why would capital wish to be represented by middle managers one moment and jesters the next? From Trump to Johnson, nationalists are on the rise – backed by billionaire oligarchs | George Monbiot 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Everyone’s a court jester now, eager to expose the foibles of kings and queens. Opinion | Mad magazine’s demise is part of the ending of a world 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Donald Trump's favorite jester of the moment is Ben Carson, the famed brain surgeon now turned secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Trump and Ben Carson: King and court jester of the kakistocracy 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z It was Lawrence, Morgan added, who got him “to see that the court jester was the noblest person in the court. He was the only one allowed to tell the truth.” Tracy Morgan Turns the Drama of His Life Into Comedy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Behar slammed Trump for not admitting “any flaws” and believed he would “behead the jesters.” Whoopi Goldberg trashes Trump for skipping White House Correspondents' Dinner 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z DiDi Richards, the team’s court jester, is also its most dogged defender. N.C.A.A. Women’s Final: How Baylor Intends to Stop Notre Dame 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z The jester’s role extracts more original color from this vibrant English actress. Review: Glenda Jackson battles through a brazenly busy ‘King Lear’ on Broadway 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Ben Carson is not the only jester in the court of the king of the kakistocracy. Trump and Ben Carson: King and court jester of the kakistocracy 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z This night wouldn’t include paralyzing nerves and anxiety over becoming history’s jester. Perspective | Grinding, methodical, dominant Virginia returns — and moves on to the Sweet 16 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Many of today’s most prominent d.j.s and producers have found fame as jesters on the festival circuit. Gesaffelstein’s Dance Music Punctures the Coachella Bubble 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Tork was positioned as the goofy one, the court jester. Peter Tork, Court Jester of the Monkees, Is Dead at 77 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z While some dismiss the would-be candidates as nothing more than carnival jesters, Mohamed Laggab, a political-science professor at Algiers University, said the huge number of possible contenders was a sign of degradation in Algerian politics. Ailing Algeria Leader, 81, Announces a Fifth Presidential Run 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z While some dismiss the wannabe presidents as nothing more than carnival jesters, political science professor Mohamed Laggab of Algiers University says the huge number of potential candidates is a sign of degradation in Algerian politics. As Algerian leader ails, would-be challengers eye election 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Turton is fearlessly wacky, but he’s an actor before he’s a jester and so the performance can’t help seeming a little studied at times. At Actors' Gang, a timely return of the political madness of Dario Fo's 'Anarchist' 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z He was both the crown prince and the natural-born jester of the old system. The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “He had just gone through I don’t know how many bankruptcies. But we made him out to be the most important person in the world. It was like making the court jester the king.” How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z I wasn’t exactly wearing a jester’s hat, but I might as well have been. ‘A crunch. A rip. Pain spread like a stain’: my lifetime of back trouble | Maggie O'Farrell 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “I thought I was supposed to be the jester,” she says, mulling her post-diagnosis future. It’s a pleasure to spend time with Gilda Radner again in ‘Love, Gilda’ 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z “A few hundred years ago, I would have been a court jester,” he told The Plain Dealer of Cleveland in 2007. Alan Abel, Hoaxer Extraordinaire, Is (on Good Authority) Dead at 94 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Homecoming court jester: Aaron Sanchez of the Toronto Blue Jays was eagerly awaiting his June 21 start at Angel Stadium. Three up, three down: Short but stout sluggers lead home run race 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z But most are as flat as the royal family sitting on their thrones eating from TV dinner trays, while the queen complains about having to watch the jester while they eat. Disenchantment lacks the magic of Netflix’s other animated originals 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Though the pair can’t help but be jesters and riff off each other constantly, their music shows a different, more reflective side. What’s In Your Bag, Peking Duk? 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z When I was killed by a jester who then danced a jig, I was less than impressed. My fortnight playing Fortnite 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The dining room of his more casual space bears hints of a French Quarter tourist trap, with Mardi Gras beads and jester’s masks slung over a wall sconce. Lowerline and Café Booqoo Translate Classics of New Orleans Cuisine 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Burnham was less Maleficent cursing Sleeping Beauty’s christening than a court jester mildly needling the royals. Bo Burnham’s Age of Anxiety 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z He soon became a member and young leader of the Mattachine Society, an early gay advocacy group named after a group of medieval jesters who, disguised by masks, protested the oppression of peasants. Dick Leitsch, whose ‘Sip-In’ was a milestone for the gay rights movement, dies at 83 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The role of the jester is one of the most powerful - and Mr. Gladwell's enormous success is proof of that. Malcolm Gladwell Likes Things Better in Canada 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Rigoletto Matthew Aucoin conducts LA Opera's staging of Verdi's classic tragedy about a court jester, his beautiful daughter and a womanizing duke. The week ahead in L.A. classical music, May 20-27: Matthew Aucoin's 'Crossing' and more 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z A court jester, his beautiful daughter and a womanizing duke form a deadly triangle in “Rigoletto.” Weekend Picks: 'Hamilton' returns, 'The Love Potion' opens and Pop-Up takes the stage 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z And then, her hand jesters — yes, that's how he spelled it — made me feel she could strike me. I watched my OkCupid date implode — over nachos 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Six of the jesters turned up and despite their crude costumes of turbans and beards glued to their chins, the "princes" were welcomed with an honour guard and given a 45-minute tour of the vessel. The woman who gave birth to rabbits 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Gladwell, who doesn't promote himself as the ultimate authority, is one of the court jesters. Malcolm Gladwell Likes Things Better in Canada 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Mac is a cultural jester — a fool in the Shakespearean sense of the wise idiot who cracks jokes in the middle of a storm — and can deftly stab a fork into raw psychological wounds. Whatever you think of Taylor Mac’s ‘Hir’ at ArtsWest, the play provokes 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Here was a man dressed like your humorless boss, acting like a national jester. Is the Suit Dying? Not on Late-Night TV 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Moscow has enabled Republican disparagement of institutions created to preserve American sovereignty - and they have access to the highest office in the land and the jester whom they helped elect. Former Skadden Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Lying in Russia Investigation 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z His Jacksonville Jaguars are no longer court jesters, and now that they have a wicked defense and promising future, you can see the man Khan has always been. Perspective | Jaguars owner Shahid Khan proves to be the exception in more ways than one among NFL owners 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z There was not a king, queen, lord, tyrant or jester that Mr. Obama would not bow to. Donald Trump: He’s no Throne Sniffer 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z In between, the experience was punctuated by a few jokes from court jesters and sword fight or two. Madrigal dinner returns to Snyder — thanks to choir director 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z In between, the experience was punctuated by a few jokes from court jesters and sword fight or two. Madrigal dinner returns to Snyder _ thanks to choir director 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z This sad drama needs a court jester like you. What (if Anything) Does Carter Page Know? 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z But anyone expecting him to become court jester in the Senate was in for a disappointment. The rise and fall of Al Franken: from comedy to politics to disgrace 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Adele dressed up as a glamorous court jester for this Halloween. The Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes of 2017 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z No wonder the ratings of late night’s court jester, Jimmy Fallon, are slipping. Robin Thede joins the late-night fray to speak to viewers historically excluded from the demographic 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z And how dare these NFL court jesters have concerns about equality? Perspective | The NFL responds to Trump by embracing its diversity 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Which reminds me; I hope “lame jester” and “inane banter” are cool, new slang phrases the kids use to compliment people. Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Apple’s Big Media Bet and More Uber Drama 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z But not only lefty jesters are enjoying a field day as comedians on the right are extracting nuggets of hilarity from that goldmine, too. Donald Trump provides fodder for comedians on both the left and the right 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z "Their president is a jester, a puppet. Other people determine the policies." Russia reacts to White House soap opera with a shrug 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Dr. Jones, who died July 19 at 79, at times described himself as a fraud, charlatan and “court jester in the palace of science.” David Jones, British chemist and ‘court jester in the palace of science,’ dies at 79 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z As the nation was preparing to celebrate its storied independence from the British crown, the president secured his place as history’s greatest jester. Opinion | Bizarre. Absurd. Ridiculous. Embarrassing. Trump. 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z When Trump isn’t playing king, he’s happy to be the court jester. Opinion | How can you still doubt Trump’s intelligence? 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z In “Rigoletto,” the tragic tale of a court jester and his efforts to seek revenge on the Duke of Mantua, the duke enters an inn and demands of the innkeeper, “Una stanza e del vino!” Philip Gossett, musical sleuth who revived forgotten operas, dies at 75 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z "Their president is a jester, a puppet. Other people determine the policies." Russia reacts to White House soap opera with a shrug 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z But he said that Mr Johnson was a "court jester" playing the "role of crown prince" and was not being taken seriously. Syria: Boris Johnson denies defeat over sanctions call - BBC News 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z How dare you criticize the king , shout the minions at the jesters. Opinion | Republicans would rather have a king than a president 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z But the representative from northern Mississippi’s Lee County is more than a jester. Mississippi lawmaker discloses dementia diagnosis from floor 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z At a cocktail party they attend together, he is “the jester king,” entertaining the hostess’s “suitors and sycophants with tales of his childhood,” though some attentive listeners discover “inconsistencies in the fabric.” Jerzy Kosinski’s Traumas, Real and Invented 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The Englishman gets nothing but the sad satisfaction of playing court jester to the American, in this new world order he has undeniably helped bring about. How I see Britain: photographs that define the country 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z “But then all of the sudden I’m the court jester and the credibility of someone who is representing the people of a state goes away.” Joe Piscopo Considers Running for Governor of New Jersey. No Joke. 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z There are glimmers of hope that the jester might mature to majesty. Despite his lies, Donald Trump is a potent truth-teller | James S Gordon 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century claimed Leonardo employed musicians and jesters to make Lisa smile. Did the Mona Lisa have syphilis? 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z There is a long tradition of humor in dissent, adds Young, from medieval court jesters to the 20th-century satire of H.L. Today’s protest signs are sharper, meaner, funnier — and live on long after the rallies 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z It’s been our job since jesters needled kings. ‘Hamilton’ and the danger of attacking the theater 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z At the end of the “Midsummer,” the only truly interesting character is the jester/sprite Puck who neatly sums up the play in Act 3: “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” ‘The Lost Girls’: A midsummer night’s nightmare 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z So 20 years ago, the Aurora, N.Y., company renamed it “Courtly Check,” a nod to the bright, whimsical design’s role as a kind of visual court jester, Ms. Proctor says. Home Decorators’ Checkmate 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The narrator decides to get revenge and meets Fortunato, who is dressed up as a jester for a carnival celebration. Could Poe teach Trump about wall building? - BBC News 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Mason first voiced the jester’s pop in a 1990 episode, and will do so again when the episode “The Nightmare After Krustmas” airs Dec. 11. Jackie Mason slams Bernie Sanders for being ‘self-hating Jew’ 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z For many people, clowns are simply jesters with colorful makeup and funny-looking hair and clothes who entertain kids and adults at parties, variety shows and rodeos. Coping With Creepy Clown Scares and Other Threats 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The citation described Mr. Fo as a writer “who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.” Dario Fo, Nobel-Winning Playwright and Satirist, Dies at 90 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But the jester brings to Detroit a question, a blunt, uncomfortable challenge that compels attention and demands an answer. Black Americans on 'what they have to lose' if Trump becomes president 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Chelsea, of course, have not forked out on a court jester. David Luiz is not really Antonio Conte’s type, but Kanté will offer protection | Dominic Fifield 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z He proved to be a rare combination, both diplomat and court jester. Four Seasons, Lunch Spot for Manhattan’s Prime Movers, Moves On 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Virtually all of the sightings of what some people consider sinister-looking jesters turned out to be inaccurate or hoaxes promoted on social media. Coping With Creepy Clown Scares and Other Threats 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Although a jester, full of quips, he is also deeply focussed. The Power of Pell Grants for Prisoners 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In medieval courts the jester had special license to speak unpalatable truths. Black Americans on 'what they have to lose' if Trump becomes president 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Many classic children's stories in India follow the common trope of the wise jester teaching the king, through criticism, how to govern better. Viewpoint: Why is Indian comedy kicking up a storm? - BBC News 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Muhammad cannily ensured that something would happen by playing the court jester. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Muhammad Ali Became a Big Brother to Me 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z While some students hid, others formed posses to look for the allegedly scary jester. Coping With Creepy Clown Scares and Other Threats 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He’s a death’s-head jester cackling on the edge of the void, the clownish host of one last celebration of America’s bombast, bigotry and spectacular ignorance. Appetite for destruction: White America’s death wish is the source of Trump’s hidden support 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The multifarious voices united on only one issue: the jester must not become king. Black Americans on 'what they have to lose' if Trump becomes president 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z “Cattelan gives himself a jester’s hat so he can look at things we don’t always want to see,” Mr. Gouzer said. Christie’s Sells Hitler Sculpture for $17.2 Million 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The next best thing to leaving the job unfilled, goes the thinking, is filling it with a reality-TV jester. Trumpism Equals Arbitrary Government 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Teams wore matching shirts, and some were in costume - animals, jesters and knights of the robot round table. Johnston County’s first robotics team shows stuff 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Mattachine, founded in 1950 in Los Angeles, was named for a fictional jester who told truths to the king no one else dared to. Before the Stonewall Riots, There Was the ‘Sip In’ 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z When English ships destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Sluys, King Phillipe VI’s jester said the English sailors lacked “the guts to jump into the water like our brave French”. Black Americans on 'what they have to lose' if Trump becomes president 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z But what’s the difference between a court jester and a genuine voice of dissent? When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z "Claudio is fun and certainly turns on the laughs when he wants to but don't be fooled into thinking he's a jester because he isn't," he says. Richard III v Claudio Ranieri: How do Leicester's titans compare? - BBC News 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Even those who dismiss Scott’s work agree that he is the perfect successor to Franco Moschino, who was sometimes called the court jester of Italian fashion. Jeremy Scott’s Haute-Kitsch Runway 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Repeatedly underestimated as a court jester or silly showman, Mr. Trump muscled his way into the Republican elite by force of will. Donald Trump’s Presidential Run Began in an Effort to Gain Stature 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z But it was enough to decide that if the jester took the throne there was plenty to lose. Black Americans on 'what they have to lose' if Trump becomes president 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z At 22 feet and 12,000 pounds, he was a would-be ocean king reduced to a court jester with a floppy dorsal fin, splashing delirious SeaWorld audiences at the end of circus-style shows. Tilikum, SeaWorld’s Killer Orca, is Dying 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z To the frustration of the site administrator and the dozen or so moderators, Lucid had always been fond of Eris, who he considered the site’s honorary jester. Death of a troll | Alina Simone 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z He’s also one of the jesters in the team, valued for creating a good atmosphere. Germany looking to add 2016 Euro title to World Cup 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Its general tenor will be one of gaiety, wit and satire, but it will be more than a jester. A magazine with sentences like ‘nobody else’s sentences in the world’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z “He’s the ultimate jester: Instead of us going to the game, he just made the game us.” WSJ. Magazine’s 2015 Technology Innovator and co-founder and CEO of Slack believes in the power of play 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Leaves resembling medieval jesters’ collars encircle the bright yellow blooms of aconites. How to Plan a Garden That’s Beautiful Come Winter 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z People dress as medieval court jesters for the Joan of Arc festival in Compiegne, France, in this photo from a 1932 issue of National Geographic. 15 Pictures of Traditional Dress Around the World 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z He is a dead court jester whose skull is retrieved from his grave by a gravedigger. 'Empire' recap: Cookie plots revenge as Andre saves the day (again) 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “In prison, I was a toy for the boys and a jester for the staff.” Ashley Diamond, Transgender Inmate, Out of Prison, but Not Fully Free 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z EDT on Comedy Central little more than a month after Stewart ended 16 years as the nation’s court jester who molded “The Daily Show” in his own savvy image. ONLY ON AP: Noah arrives at ‘Daily Show’ ready, ‘terrified’ 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The news media is still so confounded by Trump and his appeal that he’s too often treated as a jester. Soldiers are more than talking points – someone should tell Donald Trump | Matt Gallagher 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z People dress as medieval court jesters for the Joan of Arc festival in Compiegne, France, in this photo from a 1932 issue of National Geographic. 15 Pictures of Traditional Dress Around the World 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z But if the former vice president wants to play a role in the drama surrounding Iran, he’s too late – we already have enough jesters, and Cheney isn’t qualified for any other role. Cheney's Iran lie exposed in dramatic fashion 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z In the meantime, political jesters are free to keep joining the moneyed ranks of Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. 'Deez Nuts' Copycats Are Giving Election Officials a Headache 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Smith referred to Hall as a “court jester” when referring to himself as the king. Steve Smith’s retirement causes DeAngelo Hall to reflect on their battles 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z But some of the grass-roots activists in attendance described him as a jester, not a threat. Hand-Wringing in G.O.P. After Donald Trump’s Remarks on Megyn Kelly 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z People dress as medieval court jesters for the Joan of Arc festival in Compiegne, France, in this photo from a 1932 issue of National Geographic. 15 Pictures of Traditional Dress Around the World 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z She spent long days at the hospital as both “caretaker and court jester trying to lift his spirits,” she said. A Chinese Miner With a Heart of Gold 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Heath is equal parts smalltown mayor and court jester of devious repute. Can Politico make Brussels sexy? | Gideon Lewis-Kraus 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The honours system dates back to 1348 but, for the likes of Henry VIII's jester Will Sommers, the biggest reward they received was not being sent to The Tower of London. Barren Knights: Why comedians rarely receive honours - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z And why Sugar Ray Robinson, the greatest boxer who ever lived, drove a pink Cadillac and had a jester in his entourage. Boxing is a weird career - Mitchell 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z David Misch discusses the history of comedy from ancient Greece to “Modern Family ,” from court jesters and commedia dell’arte to Monty Python, and from Oscar Wilde to Woody Allen. D.C. community calendar, May 7-14, 2015 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In time, we may mourn even the jesters. Baltimore, comedy, and courage 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Who was the jester who sang for the king and queen? What do American Pie's lyrics really mean? 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The fool’s fool, the very jester in the court of jesters! CHARLES HURT: Benjamin Netanyahu believes in American Exceptionalism, too bad Obama doesn’t 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Stewart, playing his designated role as court jester, goaded them with humor to get them to say what they meant in ways “serious” interviewers can’t or won’t. Jon Stewart’s exit as a phony newsman is a loss to real news 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Stewart, playing his designated role as court jester, goaded them with humor to get them to say what they meant in ways "serious" interviewers can't or won't. Jon Stewart's exit as a phony newsman is a loss to real news 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The court jester that let you escape from the horrible creature that Walter White was becoming, if only for a brief moment. Better Talk Saul: an in-depth, spoiler-y analysis of the first two episodes 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Twice, he referred to himself as a court jester. Sexism and consequences at TechCrunch’s annual award show 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z COLUMBUS, Ohio — He was the lovable court jester, the willing participant, pranking himself while getting pranked. 2015 NHL All-Star Game: Capitals star Alex Ovechkin draws attention for his play, zest 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. Former 'Onion' editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Missouri needs a serious discussion of the lack of ethical boundaries and transparency in its political system, not a sideshow coordinated by a court jester. Recent Missouri Editorials 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The tutued young woman, the court interpreter and the middle-aged dad wearing a jester's cap in Seattle Seahawks colors traipsed down to the Living Computer Museum here Saturday morning with a single goal in mind. High-tech effort calls up smartphones for Ebola battle 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Worse, Hope seemed like the perfect jester for the Nixon court: contemptuous of his audience and even of his role. When Bob Hope Was Funny 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z He will play the goofy character, the lovable jester, the minus-35 skater or the plus-12 one, the mature leader, the gray-haired veteran, the polarizing superstar. 2015 NHL All-Star Game: Capitals star Alex Ovechkin draws attention for his play, zest 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z My character, William, only had the one scene - a rustic, he finds his true love Sylvia cavorting with the clown Touchstone and, after allowing himself to be verbally humiliated, leaves Sylvia to her jester. Driving a cab in 1970s New York 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Andrew Jacobs, a Times reporter now based in China, brought us the story of the last of the Catskills “tummlers,” the in-house jesters whose sole job was to keep Borscht Belt hotel guests amused. New York Summer Stories: Getting Out of Town 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z I'm waiting for a fey man who I half expect to turn up dressed in a pixie hat and jester's boots. Julian Cope interview: 'I live in a visionary state … I'm a wild beast' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!” When Bob Hope Was Funny 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z In other precincts this jester might be referred to as a “hater,” but his smile was so exuberant and constant that his fellow countrymen could only good-naturedly scold him. Watching the U.S. World Cup Win in a Ghanaian Neighborhood in the Bronx Time once again to dust down that cobwebbed St George Cross jester's hat, to unfurl the bunting, to put out more small plastic flags. World Cup 2014: despite the grass, the heat and the hurt, England still expects 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z And I won with a medieval jester circus act.” Album: The House of D.I.Y. 2014-05-09T20:56:34Z Aurora is the one with the sword, and as you explore you begin gathering other party members—a jester, a dwarven mage, a mouse archer, etc.—each with their own suite of powers. 'Child Of Light' Review: Pure Magic 2014-04-30T18:32:00Z Skipping beside this Aryan god, goddess and beast was a tiny person, scarcely taller than the dog, wearing a belled jester’s cap. Tripping in LSD's Birthplace: A Story for “Bicycle Day” 2014-04-19T12:41:38Z In a time “lacking in politics or politicians,” Mr. Sadat wrote in a short newsletter, “clowns and jesters dominate the political arena; where everyone is fooling themselves as well as everyone else.” Egypt Charges Renowned Scholar With Espionage 2014-01-22T20:50:41Z A jester at heart, Mr MacDonald says people always ask him why he laughs so much. 'American nightmare' in Detroit 2013-10-23T02:31:27Z But the Conservative backbencher is here in the role of semi-official jester instead, lobbing in one-liners and provocative questions, like he is back on Have I Got News for You. Deputy speaker race: Best of seven 2013-10-15T21:28:18Z South African clown Norman Pudney has won a defamation suit against men's magazine FHM after it printed his picture with a report likening jesters to cross-dressing drug addicts. South Africa clown wins libel suit 2013-06-06T15:38:51Z He's not stupid enough to think that more than 80% of the public are liberals but he's politically smart enough to play the valueless, non-partisan court jester. President Obama Brushes Back His Activist Left 2013-04-09T11:05:27Z The Chicago Tribune went so far as to call him a "jester." The Real Reason Andrew Mason Was Fired 2013-03-01T15:50:34Z Troy Johnston of Jackson, Miss., looked slightly dazed in his purple, green and gold jester costume as he prepared to climb aboard a float during the weekend parade. New Orleans' Mardi Gras packs festive punch, economic boost 2013-02-11T19:43:07Z At the presentation, he wore a chequered brown and beige number that screamed loads of things – retirement home, medieval court jester, free jazz – except football manager. Schalke in 'mega-crisis' with Jens Keller's sartorial misadventures 2013-02-04T15:25:53Z Perhaps the committee meant to honor the E.U. for economics, mused some jesters. Nobel Peace Prize Sows Discord -- And Laughter 2012-10-12T15:05:40Z After scoring in Vasco's next match, Romário told the media: "Now, everyone in the kingdom is happy – the king, the prince and the court jester." From Cruyff v Van Gaal to Winterburn v McClair – football's greatest rivalries 2012-10-11T08:29:01Z The cathedral's grounds were transformed into a historical market complete with jesters, sculptors and a toffee apple stall. Ancient pilgrim festival draws modern crowd 2012-07-30T14:43:26Z He was a famous fool, and his name carries us back to the time when kings and noblemen employed jesters for the delectation of themselves and their friends. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z He then delivereth his commodities by little and little, the jester still playing his part, and the musicians singing and playing upon their instruments. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z And it was rich in the extreme when, one day, the man at whose expense the joke was made took the jester by the button, smiled, and whispered something confidential.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z By now it was snowing and the storm sprinkled the jester and the costumes of the torchlit merrymakers with him, as they trailed about, singing. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z And he cackled the harsh ungenial laugh which seems the birthright of all sorry jesters; and the doctor gave a little laugh too, more from habit, however, than enjoyment. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Jack Point could have been no ordinary jester. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Did he live in the courts of princes, perchance holding some office which enabled him to listen to the grave utterances of kings and their counsellors, or to the witty sayings of court jesters? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Here he has stolen a jester's cap and bells, And dances with the queen. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z While refusing the part of jester yourself, do not, by stiff manners, or cold, contemptuous looks, endeavor to check the innocent mirth of others. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z "What other hive has a jester, a bee that does no work, that just hops and sings?" demanded Uno angrily. Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z It was the old, old story of the jester who to the world's eye was a merry and boisterous fellow, though in his inner being he was suffering all the while the tortures of anguish. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Perhaps some were inclined to think him a jester, one of the party masquerading under the famous bandit's guise; if so, his last words to Maillard had removed all such thought. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z The priest seems to have been regarded as the satirist's fair game, the common butt of the jester. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z I'll give you merry jesters just four minutes to finish your supper and make your beds. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Beffa was the name of the deformed bee, and he was the jester of the hive, as could be guessed by his hopping way of walking, and by the words of his song. Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z The deathly pallor of the poor jester at the end was contrived from many similar experiments. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Let the fire of Divine love touch the jester’s lips, and that mouth will show forth His praise which once poured out dishonour to its Maker and shame to His image in man. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z But just as the agreeable jester rose into the earnest satirist, one of the most striking peculiarities of his style became a more manifest defect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z The jesters of Marie de Medici made fun of their own hunched backs or dwarfed forms. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Let the guards guard, and the jester jest, Let Saggia clean, and the new queen wed, Let all the bees do all they did, For life is doing what we're bid. Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z The London public regarded him as, what in truth he was, a great jester. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z "I wanted to thank you," she said, holding out her slender hand to the painted little jester with the gracious dignity that had always been her charm. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z His mode of life showed the magnificent and stately etiquette of a European monarch, with lords-in-waiting, court jesters, pages, secretaries, and household guards. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z He had to pass close to the jester on his way out, and the fool, rushing upon him, exclaimed. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z All English poets have ever been ready to sing English flowers until jesters have laughed, and to sing garden flowers as well as wild flowers. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Whenever kings or noblemen in the old days were pleased with their jesters they threw them a ring. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z When he peeled back a padded sleeve on his left arm, he revealed two jester masks — "Laugh now, cry later" — tattooed on the inside of his arm. Rainier Beach star Anrio Adams making good on second chance 2012-02-29T04:05:06Z Tell her that the ladies-in-waiting are the dearest that ever lived, and the three court jesters are the funniest. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z "Don't throttle me, sir," said the jester apologetically, "for then you would be the biggest fool at the court of the Prince." The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z What their feelings must have been how few can no, specially when they found theirselves the sport of the ribbald jester. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-17T03:00:35.863Z The bumblers, charlatans, strivers and jesters who populate the television landscape have been reassuring evidence, to a nation still fighting the ghosts of Communism and humiliation, that Russians live in a modern, and normal, country. The TV Watch: In Putin?s Russia, TV Mirrors Longing for Normalcy 2012-02-13T05:52:11Z The jester may have been expendable, but to deny him a Pepsi? Super Bowl Spoiler: Elton John Rules the Middle Ages with Pepsi 2012-02-05T02:35:33Z Her jester, in whose habiliments Death has ludicrously attired himself, endeavours in vain to protect his mistress. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z "You worthless rascal," roared Nalaczi, throttling the jester, "would you play your pranks with me!" The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Rig′gite, one who plays rigs, a jester.—Run a rig, to play a trick; Run the rig upon, to play a trick upon. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z The need of this element in human society is shown by the ancient jesters and court fools.... Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z This hospital has long remained a monument of the piety of its founder, — Rahere, who was minstrel, or jester, to King Henry the First. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z They are followed by a noble person with a hawk on his fist, his buffoon or jester, and a little boy. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z The magnate considered this jest highly indecent, and seized the jester by the throat. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Scoggan, the jester of the Elizabethan court, falls into financial distress. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z The staff of the monarch included an orator or “Talking Man,” and a jester, thereby recalling the attendants of the Duke of Austria in The Talisman. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z At the same time they are great cowards, and they play the r�le of the fool or the jester in the popular anecdotes of eastern Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z We know not how to converse, and wits are as dead as kings’ jesters. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Was jester ever in A viler than the present? A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Toledo was sure the heroic jester was making fun of his scrupulous precautions. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The Talking Man, whose badge of office was a fly-whisk, carried over his shoulder, had had his innings at our formal reception, but the jester came in very useful at the banquet. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Not until all was finished did any one break the silence, and the talk turned upon the ordinary topics of the day, and the men laughed at the jester's jokes as usual. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z To seem to reverse the starting-point, and to conceal wit with the mask of folly, is the art of the jester and the clown. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Had Bob stuck her panty girdle upside down on his head and danced about in the snow with the garter tabs flopping around like jesters’ bells? Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress.” 2011-12-12T05:00:00Z It was found merely that he was a sharp jester, flouting his neighbours continually, but never having missaid Monseigneur God, or Madame Virgin or messieurs the saints. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z She calls him a coward and other terrible names, but the despised jester only shrugs his shoulders. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Is he not the official jester of a warlike people? Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z The contemporary mood of John Bull towards Brother Jonathan has always voiced itself through the grinning lips of this chartered jester. Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z Anyway, he added, every king’s court includes a jester. Mocking Vladimir Putin With Poetic Flair in Russia 2011-11-19T01:20:54Z Perhaps, however, “critic” is hardly the word for the author of “G. K. C.”; he is rather a jester whose irrepressible hilarity is favoured by a fortunate choice of his subject. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z He is only a jester, and quite ridiculous to look upon; but he nevertheless loves Nedda, and tells her so. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z “I simply found it extremely fun to do,” Mr. Murong said of writing online, as he chain-smoked one afternoon in his 26th-floor Beijing apartment overlooking the Western Hills, a jester’s grin on his boyish face. Culture and Control: Murong Xuecun Pushes Censorship Limits in China 2011-11-07T01:26:23Z At different intervals during the time of dinner, there entered certain Indians, humpbacked, very deformed, and ugly, who played tricks of buffoonery; and others who, they said, were jesters. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z In the old manorial halls fools or jesters were frequently to be found among the members of the households. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z He is a court jester to the Islamic world, a provocateur in a kufi. Beliefs: Michael Muhammad Knight Straddles Muslim and Hip-Hop Worlds 2011-10-29T01:40:37Z Now there was about the King a kinde of buffon or jester who had a Table Book, wherein he was used to register any absurdity, or impertinence, or merry passage, that happened about the Court. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z He usurped the Duchy of Urbino, and spent his last days in fooling with a jester. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Suddenly the court jester, who was standing by, jumped three feet in the air and jaggled his bells. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Like Chicot, the jester, who could speak his mind fearlessly to his "Henriquet," while the ordinary courtier cringed obsequiously, Mayeux shared the proverbial privilege of children and buffoons, to speak the truth. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z I do not know of it as an Anglo-Saxon name, but I suppose Scott must have had some authority for introducing it as the name of the jester in Ivanhoe. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z “Respect the intuition of a 17-year-old,” he told the audience of college counselors, bedecked in Mardi Gras beads and sequined jester hats. The Choice Blog: In Praise of the Teenage Brain 2011-09-22T22:35:44Z The cynic, the satirist, the jester with life, as the world believed him to be,—false faces all—dissolved, and the real ego emerged, to play hide-and-seek no longer. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z He was the son of Night and Sleep; the name Momus signifies a jester. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z In the background, team jester hid behind Briggs and yelled out, "I agree." Briggs' trade request doesn't faze teammates 2011-09-06T02:18:00Z Was it by literary intuition that Scott pitched upon such a name for the jester, or did he know of its supposed meaning of "paunchey"? Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z Who ever heard of jesters neglecting their duties! Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z And with that he seized the Spanish cane which was standing beside his chair, and belaboured with it the dog's back and the jester's body at the same time, and so restored peace between them. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z They had reached the door of the log-built quarters and Brouillard spun the jester around with a shoulder grip that was only half playful. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z But the jester felt very uneasy about it all; he felt so sure that the old Sausage-Glutton's amiability had some trickery underneath it. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z James Wheaton was not a town's jester, and he was not a failure. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z His love is in fact more scant than that of his jester who helps him to put rhymes together. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z At last there was silence, and the jester was able to begin. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z "Why, the seneschal and the Baron, and the retainers, and—er—the jester, and all the rest of them." The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z Court jester comes up, looking very grave, and sneaks of her. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z For jesters have to go off by themselves once in a while to think up new jokes, and no other king lived within riding distance. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z "I am just as good a noble as any of you!" answered the jester. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Casimir also joked familiarly with the jester—nay, he almost openly urged him to go along and try conclusions with the doctor. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z He had been the high jester of finance, always, and once more the bells upon his cap jingled merrily. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z And he seized the jester and raised him to the Bench at once. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Really, the jester was thinking of rhymes to zithern, which is the name of the curious musical instrument he carried, and is a little like a mandolin, only harder to play. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z But the jester looked on one noble and then on another; at last he said, "None of you gentlemen can guess who that is?" The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z But the jester burrowed his way out from beneath the table, and thrust his head between them that he might cast a glance at the portrait. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z It's hard to talk to Chris Carter without becoming a silly coincidence jester. Seahawks receiver Chris Carter hopes to make a(nother) name for himself 2011-08-07T05:04:58Z The Dutch fairy doll heard her and was very angry, for she knew of course why the jester had come to a tragic ending. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z The jester got off the ground and, as he did not know that Muffin was a king, he sneezed; for the ground was damp. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z He turned and saw his own jester, who, holding with one hand to the frame above the door, was writing with a coal on the wall of the council-house over the door: "Mene Tekel-Peres." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The merchant will not sell them any oil, The jester mocks them and the monk rebukes them,— A shrewd morality. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Emma has been with me six weeks; and enacted Mrs. Gerry, Queen's jester, Cerberus, and a 'thorn in the flesh,' as she styles herself, with the perfection that belongs to such an actress. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z The jester was even more alarmed for Ethelinda than she was herself; he was quite certain that Winifred was being wickedly deceived, and that the pardon so cunningly suggested would never come. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z But how worried King Zooks would have been if he had known that at that very moment his enemy, King Muffin, was coming into the castle, disguised as a jester. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z With the genuine fickleness of March weather, the stormy militia changed in one moment to curiosity and desire to hear some new stroke of wit from the jester. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The weights which made the jester turn a somersault were gold inside a lead casing—Giovanni might need that. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z And he would go all round the company, at times, pledging some of the guests in a standing posture; and at times entertaining himself with the jesters or with the music. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z And, don't you see, Winnie, this has been a plot got up by the jester; Ethelinda was innocent all the time, and he's just nicely caught in his own trap.... The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Nobody stopped King Muffin, for wandering jesters were common in those days. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z At the last the youth, once an innocent jester, pours a stream of half-believed lies upon the man who, having caught him in his fraud, lets him go with a chance to start life afresh. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Under this diversion of the audience, no one noticed that no answer was given to the original question put to the jester. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z How ill, how thin and pale, The features of the furtive jester! More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z I can't bear her to talk about that poor jester in this way.' The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Now King Muffin hadn't had a thing to eat, for jesters are supposed to eat at a little table afterwards. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z How ill white hairs become a fool and jester! Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z I regret that what I and so poor a statesman as my late jester have brought to light, must, for the present, remain a secret, noble queen. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z There was nothing but jugglers, jesters, and dancers. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z The jester did not care to dispute this. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z |
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