Bozo was famous as the quintessential clown, and the name became a standard term for a stupid person. Who hasn't seen some variation on the famous "No Bozos!" sign?
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But clowns aren't always funny. The famous horror film actor Lon Chaney once famously said, "There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight." It's true, of course. Some clown makeup and antics can be frightening to a child, or even an adult...consider Pennywise the murderous clown from Stephen King's novel "It" ...
Nowadays you don't have to go to the circus to see unfunny or scary clowns. Fox News is full of them, there are about 435 of them in the House and 50 in the Senate, and there's always Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Jimmy Carter and Al Gore if you need more. I saw lots of them on the Pennsylvania Turnpike yesterday as I drove home from Pittsburgh...they're easy to spot, as they're usually chugging down the left lane of the highway with three miles of frustrated drivers backed up behind them.
Clowns. A fitting topic to start off another work week. Too bad they're running for president, too.
Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
5 comments:
I never really liked clowns. Not that I'm scared of them or anything. Maybe I just never saw any funny ones as a child and then as I grew older, they just seemed....so fake.
Well since you covered the Senate you got the biggest two which are the ones running for president right now. And they are scarier than anything Mr. King could come up with any day!
Pennywise has scared a lot of people!
Had I read this sonner I would have called your coworkers and warned them you were coming back to work today!
TO LATE!
we have so many clowns in Indonesia. most of them are in politics.
none are funny. all are scary.
no makeups needed.
i loved 'it' but really thought clowns are spawns from satan after watching it.
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