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Clowns have gotten a bad rap over the last half-century or so thanks to a lot of overweight local TV weathermen dressing up in clown suits to host kiddie kartoon shows in the fifties, sixties, and seventies. But there have been some truly great comedians who worked as circus clowns, with Ringling Bros. mainstay Emmett Kelly at the top of that list.
Kelly used to do a bit where he'd pick out some spectator toward the front row and walk over to where that spectator was sitting. He'd stare right at that person, then pull a whole head of lettuce out of his coat pocket, and slowly and methodically eat the whole thing while never once breaking his stare. Some might find that unsettling and scary, but I think it's one of the most brilliant bits of dada comedy I ever saw.
Kelly used to do a bit where he'd pick out some spectator toward the front row and walk over to where that spectator was sitting. He'd stare right at that person, then pull a whole head of lettuce out of his coat pocket, and slowly and methodically eat the whole thing while never once breaking his stare. Some might find that unsettling and scary, but I think it's one of the most brilliant bits of dada comedy I ever saw.