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• n  a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

• Playing practical jokes is a way of keeping the crew loose, asserting the primal jester inside the armor of a star's machismo.
• The first book was by David and Tom Gardner, a brother act in jester hats with the catchy title of Motley Fool Investment Guide.
• The Nixonian court jester may well be Red Skelton.

• fool
• motley fool

News & Articles

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• OBITUARY: Kevin Lee Jester
  Kevin Lee Jester, 54, of Shawneetown, passed away 11:08 a.m. July 1, 2013, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville, Ind.
  July 2, 2013 - The Harrisburg Daily Register
• FALSE ALARM?Bolivian President's Plane Diverted on Snowden Fear
  EXCLUSIVE: Pro-US Hacker 'The Jester' Takes Aim at Nations Helping Snowden Snowden's Dad Praises Son in Open Letter DNI Chief Apologizes for 'Erroneous' Answer on NSA Surveillance
  July 2, 2013 - Fox News
• 'MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN' Intel Chief Clapper Admits 'Erroneous' NSA Statement
  Bolivian President's Plane Diverted on Snowden Fear EXCLUSIVE: Pro-US Hacker 'The Jester' Takes Aim at Nations Helping Snowden Snowden's Dad Praises Son in Open Letter
  July 2, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Ian Wright in Times Online
  Wright, a forward who earned 31 England caps, said: "I feel like I'm just there as a comedy jester to break the ice with Alan Shearer and Alan Hansen, who just do run-of-the-mill things. I can't do that any more. People want something different."
• Dierks Bentley in San Diego Union Tribune
  It kind of humbled me and made me remember what my job is,Bentley explained. "If I'd been born 300 years ago I'd be a court jester and get kicked in the butt and told to put on a hat and sing songs and make people happy."
• Dan Mathews in Monsters and Critics.com
  In a letter to Franklin, PETA spokesperson Dan Matthews writes, "Music lovers may think of you as a 'queen,' but to animal lovers, you are a court jester . . . Why not shed the old-fashioned look that adds pounds to your frame and detracts from your...