Great thing happened on the "Today Show" this morning....

[lumberingbear]

Ringling Bros Circus had their clowns and a few other people there promoting their new tour. When the show came back from commercial, about 15 clowns were surrounding Katie Couric and the screen splits and shows Willard Scott in Washington DC, who is doing the weather. Katie says "Now we go to the biggest clown in Washington. You know who that is?" Then one of the Ringling clowns hollars very loud "The President!!!".



I was ROTFLMAO. Nothing was said about this, but I hope that clown still has a job!!!

[neuvocat]

1. SWEET!

[MADem]

2. I will have to rethink my opinion of clowns, I fear!!!

I never liked them, but I'd VOTE for that Today Show clown!!!

[checks-n-balances]

3. And you can bet the real clown would do a much better job!

Sorry I missed that great TV moment, but thanks for making my day by posting it!

[lumberingbear]

5. Your welcome c-n-b

:hi:

[Kurovski]

4. Clowns originally come from prestigious beginnings.

They were able to tell the king truths that the court could not, because he put it in a humorous way.

Think Shakespeare's clowns.

[Donailin]

19. Surely you Jest!

Court Jesters. They go back to biblical times

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. Mmmmm, scuse me.. but did you say that you

fear clowns??



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099864/
Tagline: The Master of Horror unleashes everything you were ever afraid of.

Plot Outline: Seven youths have to defeat a demonic creature named Pennywise which dresses in a clown suit and terrorizes a 1960's town in Maine. (more) (view trailer)

[WarNoMore]

10. I stayed up late nights

reading that book. Scaaary!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

11. That clown had little or no sense of humor.... eom.

[MADem]

12. No, I feared that I would have to rethink my opinion of them!

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!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. Clowns for Kerry.... I can see it now.... oops, too late. Maybe next time

[Kingshakabobo]

17. Gacy as Pogo the clown

nuff said

:scared: :scared:

[FreedomAngel82]

32. You're not a lone

Clowns were always kinda creepy to me as well. I do have this little clown doll I love though. :shrug: Something different about it. It had positive vibes and stuff. I guess a lot of love went into making it or something. :) So I keep it around.

[TexasProgresive]

7. There seems to be a lot of people who have a

fear of clowns. I've been thinking about it and I think that part of the trouble is that kids since some years back are exposed to clowns up close and personal. When I was growing up they were mostly afar, doing their strange bazaar stuff. But clowns are at kids birthday parties, people do clown ministry at hospitals and so on. Just a theory.

[magellan]

25. Patch Adams

There's a wonderful documentary called "Clownin' Kabul" that follows Patch and his troupe on a tour of Afghanistan in '02 as they cheer up sick and injured children. Never mind the kids, the ADULTS are mesmerized! I'm not a big fan of clowns myself but gosh, this is well worth watching. They do so much good. Keep Kleenex handy. I caught it a couple of times on Link TV and just discovered that copies can be ordered from Patch Adams' own site, Gesundheit Institute.

[FreedomAngel82]

33. I never was though

Only clowns I ever saw was at the circus. :shrug: I dunno what it is.

[Amfortas]

8. LOL!

[lonestarnot]

9. I would have sacrificed a job to have been able to do that!!!!!!!! HOOOT!

[lavenderdiva]

14. i'm soo glad that someone else saw this...

and made note of it here at DU! It was awesome, and Katie Couric was left momentarily stunned and speechless... (some may think that a good thing!) I loved it!!! :bounce:

[lumberingbear]

27. I'm glad that someone else at DU saw it.

We both got a good laugh!!!

[FreedomAngel82]

34. Too funny

I love it. Thanks for the Katie reaction. I was wondering what she did. LOL.

[bluestocking_lib]

15. ahahahahh

that made my day. gotta love them crazy liberal clowns.

[Kurovski]

16. HEHEHE

Really, though, even moderate Republicans are well aware of who the biggest clown in Washington is.

Scariest clown, too.

Welcome.

[Donailin]

18. O man, I want to see that

is there a link? I need a laugh!

[wicket]

20. Willard Scott is back???

I always liked him :)

[lumberingbear]

28. Willard never left

He still gives birthday greetings to 100 year olds and substitutes for Al Roker sometimes. They had a 25th Aniversery of being on the Today show this morning (Thursday).

[wicket]

29. sweet!

For some reason I thought he'd retired, I'm always at work when the show is on anyway heh.

[GetTheRightVote]

21. This is to good to be true, but great to have it posted in DU

:kick:

[KoKo]

22. Thanks for that post. Haven't watched that show in years...so it was a

good laugh. Also your "smiley thingy" is getting me ROFLing!

:-)'s

[peekaloo]

23. LOL!

Thank You for posting.

[linazelle]

24. Now THAT'S funny! n/t

[Generic Guy]

26. That is offensive

offensive to clowns they must feel horrible having bush compared to them. :)

[reprehensor]

30. God Save the Clowns!

[FreedomAngel82]

31. LOL!

Too funny. I like that. Thanks for the joke. LOL! :silly: What was Katie's face like? I remember going to see their circus as a little kid.
Ah the memories. :)

[DeepModem Mom]

35. kick

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

36. Oh God, I wish I would have seen that segment.

Priceless, absolutely priceless!!

It takes a clown from Ringling Brothers circus to get the truth out to the American public. Too funny...

[Miss Marmelstein]

37. Remember....

Clowns are never funny after midnight.

[Synnical]

38. I heard it, too

Was getting ready for work, and listening to the show. I Laughed Out Loud, as well. Katie immediately responded, it's Williard Scott!

I meant to post the same comments to DU, but work took precedence, and I forgot. Thanks lumberingbear.

FWIW - I've taken to listening to NBC in the morning since I'm boycotting CNN. My Repuke father still cannot understand that I don't watch CNN because it's the "Conservative News Network" - he still thinks it's "so liberal". I've talked to him three times since the November elections and twice I've had to hang up on him. (I always warn him - I'm going to hang up on you if you continue spewing this bullshit.)