Inspired by Catriona’s post at Circulating Library on the problem with clowns, I looked up this clip from early Sesame Street. The story goes that when I was about 2 or 3 my mother was alerted to screaming from the living room and found me greatly disturbed by this freakish segment of a clown removing his makeup to reveal a very ordinary (and I still think just a little bit creepy) face. Watching it now after so many years though I think what is most disturbing is the end when he asks us which face we like best….and then chooses the clown face, not the “everyday” face.
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Oh, dear lord–I remember that! And I can’t have seen it since it first aired.
Wow.
That’s even creepier than I had imagined when you first mentioned it.
Clowns: they’re not right. Seriously.
I hear you!!!
it’s creepier than I actually remembered too…perhaps had tried to block it out…but thanks to the wonders of youtube now we can all enjoy it once more!