This is similar to an old joke about former British Prime Minister John Major. His father had been a circus performer, so it was aid that “he’d run away from the circus to become an accountant”.

this could be a fun premise for a comedy where a couple of circus performers perform their way up the corporate ladder with their folksy wisdom and bravery. kinda like Being There about the gardener.

I wonder if Larson meant this as a Krofft brothers reference.