Circus Today is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery, written by Jack Miller and released on June 22, 1940.

Plot

Outside the Jingling Bros. Circus tent (a parody of the Ringling Bros. Circus) a man tries to draw customers to the circus and points out some amazing acts and sights to see. A man offers balloons for children and realizes he is very high in the air before an off-screen voice introduces some acts, such as a glutton who can eat even the hardest and sharpest of items. He takes a bow, revealing his very flabby body shape. Next is Hot-Foot Hogan, a man who can walk on hot coals in just his bare feet. He demonstrates, yelling in pain until he sits back down again. Next is a special attraction, the sensational Captain Clamour, a human cannonball who flies very far into the distance and circles the Earth before landing, wearing the location stickers of places he has been.