, ▁Ci ampa ▁also ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁entertain ment ▁business ▁throughout ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁st arring ▁in ▁Larry ▁Sun bro ck ' s ▁R ode o ▁and ▁Th r ill ▁Circ us ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁and ▁then ▁travel ing ▁with ▁the ▁circ us ▁to ▁various ▁U . S . ▁and ▁Canadian ▁cities . ▁Not ably , ▁his ▁act ▁did ▁not ▁include ▁the ▁typical , ▁tight ly ▁ch ore ograph ed ▁fe ats ▁of ▁circ us ▁ac ro bat ics ▁such ▁as ▁tra pe ze ▁swing ing ▁or ▁tr amp ol ining , ▁but ▁rather ▁impro vised ▁clim bing ▁and ▁le aping ▁st un ts ▁making ▁use ▁of ▁sc aff old ing ▁and ▁circ us ▁rig ging . ▁ ▁Spect ators ▁were ▁frequently ▁al ar med ▁by ▁the ▁apparently ▁ad ▁li bb ed ▁and ▁obviously ▁dangerous ▁nature ▁of ▁his ▁performances . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Ci ampa ▁was ▁arrested ▁for ▁having ▁scale d ▁the ▁exterior ▁of ▁the ▁Ast or ▁Hotel ▁as ▁a ▁public ity ▁st unt ▁for ▁the ▁Sun bro ck ▁Circ us , ▁concerning ▁on look ers ▁who ▁fe ared ▁that ▁he ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁attempting ▁suic ide . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁Ci ampa ▁performed ▁in ▁the ▁O ls en ▁and ▁Johnson ▁comedy ▁show ▁" P ardon ▁Our ▁French ", ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁start led ▁the ater ▁aud ien ces ▁by ▁le aping ▁between ▁boxes ▁and ▁running ▁along ▁bal con y ▁rail