Reply #12: No, I feared that I would have to rethink my opinion of them! [View All]

[MADem]

I never liked them, they were creepy, in your face, and the facepaint on them stunk. My direct experience with them was pretty much limited to childhood, back in the day when they'd shove all the kids in the front row at the circus. I didn't care for the costumes, and I didn't go for their humor. Of course, I like clownish comedy--the 3 Stooges were a big part of my childhood, and they were pretty violent, when I think back on them.

Wasn't that Gacy serial killer a clown? And those cheesy mystery shows on tv, like say, Columbo and Murder She Wrote, often seemed to use a "friendly" clown as the murderer...and it always seems that you hear of a child molester doing birthday parties dressed as a clown....

But hey, they say it takes one to know one, and that Today Show clown sure called it right!