Fear / Dislike of Clowns

I don't like clowns at all. About 7 years ago I took a photo of an embalmed clown. He died many years ago. His family leased out his body (with his permission) for 99 years, since it's illegal to sell a body in California. I find the whole thing quite ghoulish but it's what this clown wanted. I am not a fan of any clowns anywhere, anytime. IMG_1505.jpg
 

I really have to wonder about someone who becomes a clown -- the costume, the antics, not funny, just weird. Is it because they aren't able to get any other kind of work or do or is it some kind of clown cult/religion? Hopefully they will be phased out of the entertainment venue, as so many people don't like them.
 
Clowning is an ancient. noble art.

I think what bothers people the most is not the clown's antics per se but the make-up and "type".

The Whiteface clown covers their entire face in white greasepaint and is traditionally the most mellow type of clown

The Auguste clown's face is usually a base of tan or pink rather than white, and their features are exaggerated. Their actions are broader than the other types and are often seen as the trouble-makers.

The Tramp clown isn't exactly P.C. these days, and of course their make-up is that of a tramp or hobo. They usually rely upon pathos for their brand of comedy.

We all have a little clown inside of us. :D
 
Cookie said:
I really have to wonder about someone who becomes a clown -- the costume, the antics, not funny, just weird. Is it because they aren't able to get any other kind of work or do or is it some kind of clown cult/religion? Hopefully they will be phased out of the entertainment venue, as so many people don't like them.
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Cookie, the only clown I have known personally was a rodeo clown. He has a mean alcoholic. They claimed he was a good horseman and a good rodeo clown.
 
A clown doesn't necessarily have to wear greasepaint.

As in my earlier video, there are some clowns that break type. Lucille Ball, Harpo Marx, Dick van Dyke, Carol Burnett - they all engaged in clowning.
 
The other side of a clown who I met many times. He was an exceptional man. This video and the lady will explain you why

 
I guess the difference can be the makeup. I mean basically clowns are doing or attempting to do slapstick. Benny Hill doing it without makeup is funny. But the grease paint and wig makes the same antics freaky.
 
Why did the clown go to the doctor? Answer: He was feeling a little funny.

A group of cannibals find a clown on their island and decide to roast him for dinner. As they were eating the clown one cannibal said to another "Does this clown taste funny to you?"

SIGNS YOU'VE HIRED THE WRONG CLOWN FOR YOUR KID'S BIRTHDAY PARTY:

* By the end of the party, he's got every damn kid doing the "pull my finger" trick.
* Clown car must be started with breathalyzer device.
* Keeps screaming, "My name's not BO-zo, it's bo-ZO!"
* Props for his "disappearing" trick: a moving van and your wide-screen TV.
* Didn't bring any balloons, but manages to twist your dachshund into other animal shapes.
* Prefaces each trick with, "here's a little number I learned in the joint."
* Not exactly the Peewee Herman impression you were expecting.
* Wears a T-Shirt that says, "Drug-free since March!"
* More interested in squirting seltzer into his Scotch than into his pants.
* A sad clown is one thing -- a clown who spends the entire party with a gun to his temple is another thing entirely.
* Only balloon animals he can make are a snake and a "snake on acid."
* Business cards include the phrase "From the Mind of Stephen King..."
* Price list includes "lap dance" and "around the world.
* All the balloon animals are ribbed and lubricated.
 
* Clown car must be started with breathalyzer device.
* Didn't bring any balloons, but manages to twist your dachshund into other animal shapes.
* Prefaces each trick with, "here's a little number I learned in the joint."
* A sad clown is one thing -- a clown who spends the entire party with a gun to his temple is another thing entirely.
* Price list includes "lap dance" and "around the world.

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* Didn't bring any balloons, but manages to twist your dachshund into other animal shapes.
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Bluecheese50 said:
I have never liked clowns. I am not afraid of them, just never found their antics funny.
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Butterfly said:
I've never found them funny, either. Just creepy.
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For the most part, this has always been my feeling about them till some of the movies I saw with the more scarier killer menacing type clowns made appearances, but, yeah mostly, I've never found them to be funny, just really annoying same with mimes.
 
I agree, Bluecheese50, I am not amused by them in the least. Baskets_Zach_Galifianakis_article_story_large.jpg
On a side note, I watched the new television show Baskets and also wasn't amused. This being the FX comedy (it debuts Thursday night at 10), Galifianakis plays Chip Baskets, who has devoted his life to the art of clowning, a vocation he treats with utter seriousness, despite flunking out of a Parisian clown school because he doesn't speak a word of French.
 
Oh, Lord, not Toronto clowns - they're the worst! :playful:

Jujube, that list had me spewing coffee - thank you!

Interesting comment about clowns being descended from court jesters ... the one big difference I've always seen is that a court jester was often the most intelligent and perceptive person in the Royal chamber. He was the only person who could speak the unvarnished truth to the King. Just look at the jester (fool) in King Lear - smartest one in the bunch, and often got his point across in truly clever ways, utilizing irony and sarcasm.

That's a far cry from funky balloon animals and throwing cream pies.
 
Phil, these Toronto clowns aren't just ordinary clowns -- these are big city clowns - cosmopolitan, sophisticated and upwardly mobile clowns of a higher stature than the sawdust and elephant droppings variety that most people are familiar with. I think its about the red noses, we have better red noses here. Personally I don't have a clue, but there it is.
 

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