clowns

     

Clowns are comic performers, stereotypically characterize by their colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, and unusually large footwear.

Trivia about clowns

  • Inductees into the Hall of Fame for these include Bob Keeshan, Oleg Popov & Red Skelton
  • Major varieties of these circus performers include harlequin, tramp & whiteface
  • A thick white type of theatrical makeup is named for these circus performers
  • Jolly Walkers, formerly Big Foot Shoes, has been making shoes for these performers for over 25 years
  • A "College" for these silly circus performers opened in 1968 (& no, I am not a graduate)
  • A Sept. festival in Seaside Heights, New Jersey features hundreds of these silly circus performers
  • The first week of August honors these circus performers & is appropriately followed by Smile Week
  • Georges Rouault liked to include some tragic ones of these in his works; Red Skelton specialized in them
  • If you're into a little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants, a hall for these is in Milwaukee
  • "Cannibals won't eat" these circus performers... "they taste funny"