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Famous archival photo of a famous touring clown in the US- 1920’s

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George A Adams

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Emmett Kelly as Weary Willie- 1960’s famous Clown

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Emmett Kelly

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Emmett Kelly

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Lou Jacobs on the Front Cover of Life Magazine 1946

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Lou Jacobs

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Bill Britten as Bozo the Clown

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Bozo the Clown

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Bozo the Clown on TV series

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PENNYWISE FROM IT (1989, APRIL) Created by Stephen King, “IT” appears in the novel, IT, essentially a giant telepathic spider that took the form of an evil clown and an assortment of other monsters that like to scare [and kill] children. IT is a really fun Stephen King book, one of the longer journeys (chock full of back story) but is well worth the read. Tim Curry's portrayal of Pennywise in the TV movie remains one of the scariest clowns ever.

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John Wayne Gacy aka Pogo the Clown POGO THE CLOWN aka John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (1942 – 1994) John Gacy was an evil man who raped and killed 33 boys. He is not honored here, but mentioned for his bizarre brush with clowndom. He was given the lethal injection and rightfully executed by the good state of Illinois on May 10, 1994

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THE JOKER (1940) Created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson, The Joker first appeared in Batman No. 1. The Joker is among the top tier of well known fictional villains, a true super star.

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KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988) Killer Klowns From Outer Space is a Chiodos Brothers film from 1988. The movie, while compelling because of its use of evil [alien] clowns, moves slowly due to poor pacing and bad writing. However, it did give us the A+ theme song (and subsequent EP) Killer Klowns album by the Dickies.

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Batman- The Dark Knight

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Clowns from Batman Returns- Tim Burton

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Ronald mcDonald

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Mixed artwork from The dark Knight Joker poster and good old Ronald McDonald

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Krusty the Clown

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