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After every act, Oleg Popov, the famous clown, puts on his own show. Popov is very appealing, but I did not find him very humorous. Liston probably would not think much of Heifetz, either...
Ghoulardi plays bongo drums on human skulls, and he hits fungos with shrunken heads; but mainly he just plays the nut clown. He shows ads that say, "Drink Ghoulaid," and he says he likes to read The Tragedy of Ghoulius Caesar. From college he graduated magna ghoul laude. Perhaps because he sees himself as another Ghoul Brynner, he has a ghoult complex. His favorite ballplayer is Ghoul Hodges. This goes on until adults can justifiably despair of teendom as a world they never made...
...same belief: man en masse is a mess. But the tone and techniques are altogether different. "Tonight ladies and gentlemen, we are going to play a little game, the war game," intones the narrator at the outset, and onto the stage prance the players, garbed in black and white clown costumes. What follows would warm the heart of any Tocsinite (ne Ban the Bomber) as ridicule is liberally applied to the causes, beneficiaries, and leaders of World...
...Stevenson, 63, could be persuaded to do a quick walk-on? "I don't know if I'm dressed properly," laughed Stevenson, but soon he was outside mugging through a long double take as he passed Hope in the plaza. After two takes, Stevenson had the bit clown so pat that the camera crew burst into applause. "Hey," called the upstaged comic, "that'll be enough out of you, Governor...
...combination of the other two-plays constantly. Thus diners have their appetites involuntarily improved by the same tunes that increase the efficiency of riveters; ladies listening to Muzak through earphones placed in beauty-shop hair dryers have the consolation of knowing that their husbands are hearing the same thing clown at the sanitation plant...