An amazon and a tiny absent-minded professor come into the ring. She plays a trombone loudly, skilfully and in horrible taste; he accompanies her on the piano. They then both remove their wigs to show that the Amazon is a man and the professor is a woman.
- William Willeford. The Fool and His Scepter; A Study in Clowns and Jesters and Their Audience
. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1969: 98.
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