Famous clowns

A dispute over who created Bozo the Clown has caused the International Clown Hall of Fame in downtown Milwaukee to rewrite humor history.

They say I'm crazy. Yep. It's a warning. I am educated although I never seem to learn and repeat the same mistakes. I keep looking for Merlin. Geez, no wonder he wouldn't show up. I'm not even British. Besides, I wouldn't dare compete with Morgana. She could turn me into a Coqui frog. I'm forgetting Merlin and instead settling for Bozo, the clown. Nope I'm not lowering the bar. On the contrary, I'm raising it. Looking for magic is no longer practical for a gal like me, who's getting on…

Based on my experience as a circus clown and a historian of performance, I have identified six eras that illustrate how clowns have been central to the circus

Rereading WICKED CITY by Ace Atkins for my hardboiled fiction class... pleased to be reminded of the scene in which sad clowns try to dynamite somebody's house. Yes, your objection is legitimate: this would seem to place them firmly in the world of scary clowns, which is outside the jurisdiction of the "blog." BUT! Each member of the gang is disguised as Emmett Kelly (pictured - look how sad!), and how have we not talked about Emmett Kelly yet? He was a towering presence at the Clown Hall of…

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