Entertainment

thumb|upright=1.35|Banqueters playing Kottabos (game)|Kottabos and a girl playing the [[aulos, Greece (). Banqueting and music have continued to be two important entertainments since ancient times.]]

art form that is performed for an audience

alt=Two characters sit at the table and chat with expressive faces, a common scene in sitcoms|thumb|A shot of singer Tennessee Ernie Ford as Cousin Ernie and [[Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo from a 1954 episode of the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, often regarded as one of the most influential television programs in history]]

thumb|300px|Burlesque on Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ|Ben-Hur, A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. The word is loaned from French and derives from the Italian ', which, in turn, is derived from the Italian ' – a joke, ridicule or mockery.

thumb|200px|King Ludwig II of Bavaria was famous for his escapism, which involved his admiration for the work of [[Richard Wagner. In this caricature, he is portrayed in the role of King Lohengrin.]]

description of any piece of fiction that reveals any plot elements

padded box or pool filled with small colorful hollow plastic balls

exhibition of pictures, objects or people viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass

thumb|A plumbing fixture showroom, Canada, 1921 A showroom is a large space used to display products or show entertainment.

a quiz held in a public house

zoo where visitors can touch the animals

A cosmorama is an exhibition of perspective pictures of different places in the world, usually world landmarks. Careful use of illumination and lenses gives the images greater realism.

Politainment, a portmanteau word composed of politics and entertainment, describes tendencies in politics and mass media to liven up political reports and news coverage using elements from public relations to create a new kind of political communication. Politainment, while outwardly emphasizing the political aspects of the information communicated, nevertheless draws heavily upon techniques from pop culture and journalism to make complex information more accessible or convincing and distract public attention from politically unfavorable topics. The interdependencies of politicians and media a

thumb|A urinal in [[Thailand with a ribald depiction]] Ribaldry, also known as blue comedy in performing arts, is a humorous genre of entertainment that ranges from bordering on indelicacy to indecency, with the humorous elements based on amusingly coarse and morally incorrect or irreverent talk and behavior. Blue comedy is also referred to as "bawdiness" or being "bawdy". Like any humour, ribaldry may be read as conventional or subversive. Ribaldry typically depends on a shared background of sexual conventions and values, and its comedy generally depends on seeing those conventions broken.

a ticket that grants privileges over a defined period of time

form of visual entertainment

legal services provided to the entertainment industry

alt=|thumb|right|Illustration of a stereopticon A stereopticon is a slide projector or relatively powerful "magic lantern", which has two lenses, usually one above the other, and has mainly been used to project photographic images. These devices date back to the mid 19th century, and were a popular form of entertainment and education before the advent of moving pictures.

ritual burning of cats in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries

performance art utilizing light and hand shadows