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  2. Geek show - Wikipedia

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    The geek shows were often used as openers for what are commonly known as freak shows. It was a matter of pride among circus and carnival professionals not to have traveled with a troupe that included geeks. Geeks were often alcoholics or drug addicts, and paid with liquor – especially during Prohibition – or with narcotics. In modern usage ...

  3. Nightmare Alley (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Stanton Carlisle watches the geek show at a Ten-in-One where he has recently begun working. He later asks the carnival's talker Clem Hoately where geeks come from. Clem explains that geeks are "made": a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor. Initially, the bum is only asked to ...

  4. Characters of Carnivàle - Wikipedia

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    Scudder is mentioned several times in the first season, revealing he once worked at the carnival's geek show and was Ruthie's lover. Scudder also had a relationship with Ben's mother once; Samson later confirms Scudder as Ben's father. Season 2 forces both Ben and Brother Justin to find Scudder for their own purposes.

  5. Carnival reveals adults-only Pearl Cove Beach Club coming to ...

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    The beach club will feature an 11,000-square-foot infinity pool with a swim-up bar and water loungers. Guests can also kick back in sun loungers and daybeds, while a DJ plays “tropical lounge ...

  6. Sideshow - Wikipedia

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    The impact of the Jim Rose Circus on pop culture inspired a new wave of performers. There are now more sideshow performers than at any other time in the genre's history. At the same time in Canada, Scott McClelland, grandson of itinerant showman N.P. Lewchuk, formed Carnival Diablo, a show that performs frequently to this day. The success of ...

  7. 'Freaks and Geeks': 25 years later, its brief but legendary ...

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    Twenty-five years ago, on Sept. 25, 1999, NBC debuted the high school comedy "Freaks and Geeks" as part of its new fall season. Thus began a saga of independent vision, creative freedom and ...

  8. List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes - Wikipedia

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    A carnival mesmerist uses hypnosis on a young woman to summon the spirit of a prehistoric female sea creature. The creature emerges from the sea and goes on a killing spree, prompting a heroic farm boy to stop it.

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