Showmanship Scholar Gifts

"You'd think a celebrity sex tape would display a higher degree of showmanship."

Academic Idol - 'Professor Johannsen's paper was zippy. It had robust vocabulary and I almost felt that I could dance to it. I would give it a 7.'

'Missed again, eh, Bob? Maybe you should switch to decaf!'

'Wow, Jimmy, that's pretty good!'

The Giamatti era

E=Emcee Squared

Jerry's dancing dogs

"Congratulations on your entertaining presentation skills Smith, and the way they hide your dismal sales figures!"

'Boy that Donna BUGS me! Every party she goes to, she ALWAYS has to make a grand entrance!'

"Why are they being so mean to us?"

"You've got to give Hunter top marks for presentation."

The Abominable Showman...

'I seek an audience with the king.'

Rower Bobby Pearce stops mid-race to let some ducks cross his path safely

"I promised myself I would never let this happen to me."

'Aw, come on guys - at the end of the day, it's only a game - right?'

'So let this be a lesson to you Courtney, 'there's no people like showpeople!''

Sportsmanship

"Miss Rudolf... you're pregnant!"

"Actually I'm doing this to stand out more in the scholarly community."

"You mock, sir—you mock a sport storied and beloved. I, sir, pity you."

Oculist.

"Why always a book report? Why not ever a TV show report?"

An interview with Codlin and Short

'Apparently the first leg was a bit contentious.'

P.T. Barnum caricature.

Rugger.

'No hitting below the belt.'

"Don't worry about your poor cross - I probably wouldn't have scored anyway."

'It's time that ball-kicking cheater got his. Tell mommy that daddy loves her, Ritchie... Here I go...'

"If the ref wasn't on their side, how come he was wearing their kit?"

"Oscar, we need a good actor to present the accounts at the next tax audit meeting."