Word: clowns
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...eyes glazed, his mouth opened, his hand gripping the microphone like a cigar- store Indian, the young man needed a jolt to make his feet carry him to safety. In the wings, Cooper shrugged. Since his siren had not worked, he had no choice but to send in the clown...
Remember the 1980s? They had movie stars then. Burt Reynolds was the hot-shot hero with a good ole boy's heart. Richard Pryor was the clown who mined laughter from his own black rage. Molly Ringwald was the teen queen who knew that growing pains could hurt like an all-over, seven-year toothache...
...persuaded the protesters to serve out their suspensions and quietly return to work -- without their controversial caps -- pending an arbitration hearing. "So we looked silly, so what?" said one worker. Slamming management, he added, "This just proves you can wear a three-piece suit and still act like a clown...
...Russian accent, at least, but too often the movie went soft, like spun-sugar quicksand. In The Best of Times, Williams went Chaplinesque -- Geraldine, alas, not Charlie -- as a weak geek trying to validate youthful dreams of football glory. And Club Paradise cast him as the ringmaster of a clown caravan. No fair: other guys got to be funny. And not funny: Popeye remains his biggest box-office hit to date...
...then, excitement rears its crazy clown face. "Once a kid walked up and asked me, "What's the fastest animal in the world?" I told him 'The cheetah...