Word: clown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Enter Laughing, by Joseph Stein. The Jewish situation comedy is not a trend but a glut. This one offers traces of honest observation, and as a clown of a would-be actor, Alan Arkin is outrageously funny...
Enter Laughing, by Joseph Stein. The Jewish situation comedy is not a trend but a glut. This one offers traces of honest observation, and as a clown of a would-be actor, Alan Arkin is outrageously funny...
...lesser lions or Christians, though they are diverting enough in their way. Like the Negro writer Littlepage, who exploits his pigmentation so fraudulently that Clem claims he is in blackface. The main question is the fate of Clem, and whether he will become a tragedian, rather than a clown able only to howl: "Land where no siblings cried, land where our freedoms died, land where Lux, Duz and Tide...
...moved down from the specific realm of the high-tea, highball set to a level no higher than knee, and Mother is gratefully relinquishing her place to the Party Coordinator, whose package deal, along with ordinary old balloons and the rest, most often includes a couple of puppets, a clown, sometimes even a pony...
Keep It Short. Clowns are perennials; Chicago Caterer Harry Oppenheimer, 21, doubles as one, and Los Angeles' Jingles, the Singing Clown, charges $1 per child per hour, provides games, prizes, whistles, and his own merry-go-round. Says Jingles objectively: "Jingles sings with the kiddies and he dances the twist with them. This is important." More important, according to Los Angeles Party Coordinator Gertrude Durand, is the time element. "Very young children have a limited interest span." says she. "I try to keep the parties short, provide the basics-puppets, merry-go-rounds, ponies and carts-and often rent...