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Originally Posted by FAX
Poll Come Forth!!!
Meanwhile, here's another ... Famous Clown From History!!!!
Emmett Kelly, Sr. (1898 - 1979): "Weary Willy"
Born in Sedan, Kansas grew up on a farm in rural Missouri. Worked at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, later joining the Cole Brothers & Clyde Beatty Circus in 1935, and joining the Mills Circus in England in the late 1930's. While performing in Europe, he performed for the Queen of Spain and Winston Churchill, among other notables. It was in London that he came to the attention of John Ringling North, who eventually signed him in 1942 for the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Performed for the Brooklyn Dodgers as their mascot in 1956. Inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame in 1989.
FAX
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Once, when I was a very small boy, my grandfather took me to the circus and I got to see Emmett Kelly wipe grandpa's shiny bald head with a shiny purple handkerchief. At the time I didn't realize I was watching greatness. I also didn't realize that handkerchiefs would no longer be used by the time I became an adult. But hey, I was maybe four, what did I know?