tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post9108954944586991739..comments2024-03-29T09:25:08.645-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: ‘There are a lot of bad clowns out there’Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8281698919319956242021-12-13T21:50:16.149-06:002021-12-13T21:50:16.149-06:00Well, that's interesting. I love the glance b...Well, that's interesting. I love the glance behind the scenes, thanks.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55740321703421940312021-12-13T21:13:03.834-06:002021-12-13T21:13:03.834-06:00Years ago, I was drinking at one of the bars acros...Years ago, I was drinking at one of the bars across from Wrigley, in the dead of winter. It was fairly crowded for a Saturday night in February. The Winter Olympics were on. I ran into a woman I knew from the bleachers, who kept whining about her out-of-town boyfriend. <br /><br />At least three times, she said: "My boyfriend is a real clown." Finally, I asked her why. Then she pulled out the photograph. Taken at the Ringling Clown College, in Florida. Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61809983300591611052021-12-13T15:41:26.530-06:002021-12-13T15:41:26.530-06:00A bit of insider baseball. Originally, the photo a...A bit of insider baseball. Originally, the photo atop the blog, of Leslie Ann Akin's character Flower T. Clown, WAS the main one I placed with the story. But then I considered the nice 70-year-old lady I spoke to, and wedding her beloved clown character forever with the headline, "There are a lot of bad clowns out there," and I couldn't do it, so I dug up the scary mask photo. As a rule, I try not to write the thing to benefit one person. But I try not to gratuitously hurt people either.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55649676465436396912021-12-13T15:20:19.138-06:002021-12-13T15:20:19.138-06:00I don't suffer from Coultrophobia, but I'm...I don't suffer from Coultrophobia, but I'm no particular fan of clowns, either. I would only offer the hope (not suggestion, because this is not a democracy, of course) that when this column heads for the EGD archives tonight, the picture atop the blog replaces the one that's part of the post itself. The top one seems LOL fun to me, while the scary one has no personality! <br /><br />I'm not sure if The Great Zucchini is even referred to as a clown in this wonderful piece by 2-time Pulitzer-winner Gene Weingarten, but it seems apropos for today's topic:<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2006/01/22/the-peekaboo-paradox-span-classbankheadthe-strange-secrets-of-humor-fear-and-a-guy-who-makes-big-money-making-little-people-laughspan/6b97ebc5-1c67-4c61-8509-5baf0157cc40/ Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23133210325186812212021-12-13T00:05:46.604-06:002021-12-13T00:05:46.604-06:00I was never afraid of clowns & when I saw the ...I was never afraid of clowns & when I saw the remake of "It", I actually laughed at the entire movie, it was so absurd.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com