#comic__comedian  a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic acts
  supertype:  performer__performing_artist  an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
  instance:  George_Burns  Sir_Charles_Spencer_Chaplin  Jimmy_Durante  W._C._Fields  Oliver_Hardy  Benny_Hill  Leslie_Townes_Hope  Joseph_Francis_Keaton  Sir_Harry_MacLennan_Lauder  Arthur_Stanley_Jefferson_Laurel  Steve_Martin  Julius_Marx  Leonard_Marx  Arthur_Marx  Herbert_Marx  Dudley_Stuart_John_Moore
  subtype:  merry_andrew__merryandrew__clown__buffoon  a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
     subtype:  harlequin  a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
     subtype:  jester__fool  a professional clown employed to to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
     subtype:  whiteface  a clown whose face is covered with white make-up
     subtype:  zany  a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
     instance:  Emmett_Kelly__Kelly__Weary_Willie
  subtype:  comedienne  a female comedian
  subtype:  gagman__standup_comedian__standupcomedian  a comedian who uses gags
  subtype:  jokester__joker  a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
  subtype:  top_banana__topbanana  the leading comedian in a burlesque show

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