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‘Whether people view bottled water and tap water as identical or not is a moot point.’

 

P.T. Barnum

PT Barnum, The Shakespeare of Advertising

Barnum was the self-titled "Prince of Humbugs." He was masterful at putting on (as he calls them) "glittering appearances and novel expedients" to attract the public's attention. There are small but crucial differences between hoax, humbug, and out-and-out fraud, and Barnum tread dangerously close to transgressing at times. Still, Barnum was in the business of entertainment, and he always managed to deliver entertainment value to his customers. Even those who were tricked had to admit they had a good time in the process, and that it was worth the money they had paid.

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"PT Barnum, The Shakespeare of Advertising"

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Patron Saint Of Democrats ??? (Or at least those who still have religion)

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P.T. was quite the man, he used to have a man outside his museum who would take a brick from one corner of the street,cross the street, put it in a stack, take another brick ,cross the street again, put it in a stack, then take another brick across the street and go into his museum.
The crowds would follow him in just to see what was going on.

The crowd got so thick at times he finally had to have a sign made.....”This way to Egress!” and people thinking it
was another exhibit, soon found themselves out on the street.