Scott & Joan Houghton have been performing together as a duo since 1984. They’ve played on variety stages throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan as Jessie & James, a comedy slack-wire and unicycling act. They spent three years as the featured comedy act with country music's Lee Greenwood both in Las Vegas and Tennessee, and seven years with Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede. In 1996, the couple adopted their first dog from a shelter. Their second dog Chico, made his stage debut in 2005, and by 2007 they had hung up the unicycles and reinvented their act into Mutts Gone Nuts! The Houghton’s live on a small farm just north of Baltimore along with two miniature horses and two Potbelly pigs named. When the dogs aren’t doing shows, they enjoy chasing squirrels and taking naps. Once a dog is no longer interested in performing, they get to retire with a full pension.