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Tag: clowns

Mr Chonkers at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
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Mr Chonkers at Edinburgh Fringe 2022

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 14, 2022August 14, 2022

**** (out of 5) This is unlike any clown show I’ve ever seen. Because it’s not exactly clowning. More like buffoonery. There’s a whole lotta …

Julia Masli: “CHOOSH!” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
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Julia Masli: “CHOOSH!” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 8, 2022August 8, 2022

***1/2 (out of 5) My friends suggested strongly that I couldn’t leave my first Fringe without seeing at least one bona fide clown show. It …

Les Beaux Freres Audition for America’s Got Talent 2021
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Les Beaux Freres Audition for America’s Got Talent 2021

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 8, 2021June 8, 20212

Who are these two clowns? They’re Les Beaux Frères, aka a French-Canadian duo act who have worked with Cirque du Soleil and Machine de Cirque. …

Episode #262: Natalie Palamides
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Episode #262: Natalie Palamides

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2019June 3, 20191

Natalie Palamides grew up in a small Western Pennsylvania town but could not be contained by convention or conventional wisdom. After an internship with Conan …

Big Apple Circus star clown out after admitting to sexual misconduct with a minor
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Big Apple Circus star clown out after admitting to sexual misconduct with a minor

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 24, 2018

Oh, Grandma. Barry Lubin, who starred as frontman for the Big Apple Circus as Grandma the Clown from 1982-2012 and again in 2017, abruptly resigned …

Episode #165: Nate Bargatze
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Episode #165: Nate Bargatze

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 31, 2017

Nate Bargatze is Jimmy Fallon’s favorite stand-up comedian, and Bargatze has the Tonight Show credits to back that up. Nate also has gone on tour …

A rare look behind the scenes at the unreleased Jerry Lewis Holocaust movie, “The Day The Clown Cried”
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A rare look behind the scenes at the unreleased Jerry Lewis Holocaust movie, “The Day The Clown Cried”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 12, 2013August 20, 20131

People who asked Jerry Lewis earlier this year if we’d ever get to see his infamous unreleased movie about a washed-up circus clown entertaining Jewish …

North American comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013
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North American comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 7, 2013August 9, 20131

Another August, another onslaught of comedians converged upon Edinburgh, all vying for the attention of Scots and the comedy fans who come there each summer …

Jerry Seinfeld thinks clowns have a problem; he’s cool with Crackle, though
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Jerry Seinfeld thinks clowns have a problem; he’s cool with Crackle, though

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 19, 2013June 19, 2013

Jerry Seinfeld is one of those classic throwback stand-up comedians who, like Bill Cosby, still prefers to deliver stand-up standing up at the microphone before …

Tig Notaro: Calling all clowns!
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Tig Notaro: Calling all clowns!

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 29, 2012

Have you ever felt so depressed that you called a professional clown company to send a clown over to your home to cheer you up? …

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