Jim Rose Circus

[citation needed] Rolling Stone magazine called the show an "absolute must-see act"[3] and USA Today termed Rose's troupe "Lollapalooza's word-of-mouth hit attraction".

[citation needed] Rose himself performs in between acts, mostly comedy but often stunts as well such as attaching paper currency to his forehead with a staple gun, driving a long nail into his nostril and having darts thrown into his back.

His most outrageous trick followed: he would invite audience members to stand on his head after he had placed it in a shallow crate of broken glass.

[citation needed] Rose's book Snake Oil: Life's Calculations, Misdirections, And Manipulations was published in 2005.

[8] According to an interview with Oddities Magazine, Jim Rose claims to have been involved in fundraising for the Mo Udall political campaign during a time in his life when he was addicted to heroin.

[10] The Independent praised the show as "brutally comic", adding that Rose "plays the highly-strung audience like a violin".