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Traveling shows once fined performers for mild jokes
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Despite their reputation for wild variety, early twentieth-century traveling circuits were run by puritanical tyrants. Managers would stand in the wings during a performance holding strict blue envelopes, ready to instantly fine or fire any comedian who dared utter a mild profanity or attempt a slightly suggestive joke.
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