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...father had been on the board of education. It was just sort of the natural thing for me. But I didn't really have any great desire, sadly, to be a teacher. I was always the class clown in high school. I always liked to cut up. So I thought I would try to write something funny, and it worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: The Spirit Of Junie B. | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

Last Saturday night, as hundreds of first-years converged on the Quad, the old band of regulars gathered around the Whitney’s bar. One man, in a clown ensemble that included a rubber chicken and lots of face makeup, was offering up balloon animals to women. The price? One dance. Bandana headbands seemed to be the fashion trend of the night, although strange hats were also quite prevalent. The crowd welcomed any and all newcomers to grab a stool and get smashed. Even the bouncer, a friendly man doing shots every once in a while, joined...

Author: By The FM Crack staff, | Title: Whitney's A Night Out | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

Derrah acts the clown who knows what sadness is but refuses to be overwhelmed by it. He is not convinced that laughter is a medicine, but he knows that it’s at least a salve. It is something to help navigate through a terrible world, even if cannot make it better...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Johan Padan' Cuts with Wit even as Festival Cut Short | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

...through the eyes of men." "It's sneaking a look into the other side's playbook," says Bonaduce. "We're going to narc out men all over the country." The View with different plumbing, the show gives women an archetypal man sliced into four parts: the daddy (Clark), the clown (Bonaduce), the hunk (Lopez) and, um, the other hunk (Adams). And with segments like "The Other Rules"--which will answer such burning questions as why men never call--it embraces essential differences between the sexes, rather than trying to paper them over. Says producer Susan Winston: "I'm an ardent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Manly Pursuits | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...soon-to-arrive class of 2005. There's the young man who's appeared in "Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda," the recent Russian ?migr? who launched a successful magazine and the Kenyan-born, India-raised student who founded a nationwide human rights coalition. And finally the professional clown who toured the U.S. performing in Circus Smirkus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Admissions Officers Look for More Square Pegs | 8/24/2001 | See Source »

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