I'm conscious that the theme never gets visited throughout the whole gameplay in Scout, so I do a spiel during the teach, "that we are each scouts for different circus companies trying to steal performers from other circuses to put on the best show in town." Then show the performer names and compare a low card to a high, "a human cannonball is worth more than a clown show because it draws more people in" etc.

Was pure numbers the first time I played.