I think clowns are evil. I’ve always been afraid of them (well, was…now I’m just horrified at the sight), traumatized by them – they were active participants in my nightmares. I am, therefore, somehow not surprised that instead of a Stephen King sort of scary, this story describes a different sort of scary. As a parent would you really be comfortable with Spanky the Clown? What might have been his second choice of name – Diddler the Clown? I loved the circus – I hated the clowns. Clarabell’s creepy horn, that freakish car that vomited leering painted faces, maybe the only one I can stand is Emmett Kelly (but only because my grandfather was particularly fond of him…he loved clowns. I forgave him that long ago…)
Have they nothing more important to do? After this they’ll want to change city names that harken back to the days of the Spanish missions to something less offensive to non-Catholics: Los Angeles … Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, San Bruno, San Carlos, Santa Clara, San Clemente, Santa Cruz, Santa Clarita, San Diego, San Dimas, San Francisco, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Joaquin, San Juan Bautista, San Jacinto, San Juan Capistrano, San Jose, San Anselmo, San Leandro, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Monica, San Marcos, Santa Maria, San Marino, Santa Paula, San Pablo, San Rafael, San Ramon, Santa Rosa….Ah, I lurve the smell of litigation in the morning!