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Dink the Clown – midget sidekick of Doink the Clown. Flunky the Clown – Character of comedy writer Jeff Martin on Late Night With David Letterman. Herman the Clown - main character of Finnish series Pelle Hermanni. Homey the Clown – character from the In Living Color television program, whose famous catchphrase was "Homey don't play that ...
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Bozo the Clown, sometimes billed as "Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown", is a clown character created for children's entertainment, widely popular in the second half of the 20th century. He was introduced in the United States in 1946, and to television in 1949, later appearing in franchised television programs of which he was the host, where ...
Emmett Leo Kelly Jr. (November 13, 1924 – November 29, 2006) was an American clown. He was the son of Emmett Kelly Sr. , who was a legendary circus clown. Kelly Jr. copied his father's style.
The most prevalent character clown in the American circus is the tramp or hobo clown with a thick five-o'clock shadow and wearing shabby, crumpled garments. When working in a traditional trio situation, the character clown will play "contre-auguste" (a second, less wild auguste), siding with either the white or red clown.
The Clown delivers some pigeons, and letters from Titus Andronicus, to Saturninus. He is hanged for his pains. The Clown delivers a poisonous asp to Cleopatra in a basket of figs, in Antony and Cleopatra. The Clown, also identified as "Pompey" is a servant to Mistress Overdone in Measure for Measure. For the two clowns in Hamlet see "Gravedigger".
Emmett Leo Kelly was born in Sedan, Kansas on December 9, 1898. His father, Thomas, was a section foreman for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad.While he was still a child, the family moved to Southern Missouri where his father had purchased a farm in Texas County, near the community of Houston, Missouri. [1]
Articles relating to clowns, persons who wear a unique makeup-face and flamboyant costume, performing comedy in a state of open-mindedness (by reversing folkway-norms) all while using physical comedy Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clowns .