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Sun, Jan. 11th, 2009, 01:46 am
Solved!

The mystery of why so many children of the fifties and sixties ended up terrified of clowns....

Sun, Jan. 11th, 2009 06:53 am (UTC)
[info]crosstables

I do believe that it's Willard Scott behind the makeup.

Sun, Jan. 11th, 2009 12:13 pm (UTC)
[info]baxwest

I think you're right. The video also helps to explain how his waistline expanded;-)

Sun, Jan. 11th, 2009 11:58 am (UTC)
[info]satireblank: Scarrier than Pennywise!

Set to the same commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpheMPSytHA

Mon, Jan. 12th, 2009 06:36 am (UTC)
[info]el_jefe_rey: Just. Wow.

I suppose there's not much distinction between luring kids down storm drains periodically and being responsible for hundreds of thousands of cases of obesity and heart disease, right? One's fictional?

Two thoughts:

At times like these, who can forget the "Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey" piece: "To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kinda scary. I've wondered where this started, and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad."

Neither Pennywise nor Tray-head Ronald comes close to Pogo:

http://crimesceneforum.com/images/pogo.jpg

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