The FWG Magic and Circus Emporium is giving show tickets away this year on a lottery system, since the whole season is fully funded with sponsorships.
That story is common, DtotheJ. Universal in some places.
I remember delivering pizzas in the projects one Tuesday night in January. 25 degrees outside, 11pm, just after payday, and that hurdy gurdy man was raking in the bucks. There were 40 people lined up around his truck. Curiously, after their purchases, all of them must have gotten real cold, because they stuck the good humors in their coat pockets and walked back to their apartments! I've often wondered since then how their products didn't melt.