Word: clown
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...selling potato chips in Liberty, Mo., as Nirvana. But I didn't get the job." Nothing to do but go back to radio, this time in the burgeoning field of talk. He spent four years in Sacramento before moving to New York's WABC in 1988 and becoming the Clown Prince of Conservatism...
RADIO Rush Limbaugh is the clown prince of conservatism...
There is only a bare stage, the magic tricks are purposely corny, and the largest wild animal is made of chairs. The entire troupe, including costumes and apparatus, could fit into a clown car with room left over for a family of four. This is far too modest to be the greatest show on earth. How about something simpler: a one-ring wonder. The sweetest little circus this side of Barnum...
Stephen Fleming's solo in the opening number, Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl," was thin and stilted, and Daria Witt's lead in the next number, Smoky Robinson's "Tears of a Clown," was too reserved to convey the song's emotional power. However, both numbers were tightly arranged and well-staged. And the next song, "Since I Fell for You," made for a nice change of pace, with Amy Daley's lead skillfully communicating vulnerability...
Homey the Clown The abusive character on In Living Color was a favorite with gulf soldiers, who yelled his phrase "Homey don't play that!" after hitting enemy targets. In New York City a 10-year-old bragged that he was imitating the ornery Homey when he hit an old lady on the head with a sock full of sand...