tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post5594145039841826373..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: CLOWNING AROUND!Brian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-8974092701936350802010-08-15T13:10:55.302+01:002010-08-15T13:10:55.302+01:00I don't ever recall of being scared of a clown...I don't ever recall of being scared of a clown - and I always thought the clowns in Dumbo were amusing - even though they weren't nice to Dumbo.<br /><br />The clowns in Dumbo were animated by Grant Simmons and Ray Patterson, and the clowns in silhouette were animated by Berny Wolf and (suprising) Art Babbitt.Steven Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-52268344195466717192007-06-15T18:09:00.000+01:002007-06-15T18:09:00.000+01:00I found the whole of Dumbo quite disturbing and tr...I found the whole of Dumbo quite disturbing and trippy.<BR/><BR/>I really liked the sad clown (Pierrot?) who performed every year at the circus we went to as children. It was one of the few perks given to the production line staff at the factory where my dad worked.<BR/><BR/>Sad clowns are okay. It's the ones with the maniacal grins that are frightening, because we are less inclined to trust their smiles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-24712612705163523292007-06-14T19:22:00.000+01:002007-06-14T19:22:00.000+01:00ANNE - Of course the worst scenario would be a clo...ANNE - Of course the worst scenario would be a clown leading a pink gorilla on a leash...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-19012405787498646122007-06-14T19:20:00.000+01:002007-06-14T19:20:00.000+01:00Thank you, that was very interesting. I don't care...Thank you, that was very interesting. I don't care for clowns at all, except for one neighbor who was one. I knew him as a regular person before I saw him in costume, so I liked him. One day he had just bought a pink gorilla costume and went about the neighborhood showing it off to people. One little girl opened the door to see that and wet her pants. Now she won't be afraid of clowns, but heaven help her if she should ever see another pink gorilla! heh heh.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498350890492258475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-87226253234436559842007-06-14T10:17:00.000+01:002007-06-14T10:17:00.000+01:00GILL - Yes, I'm sure you are right... The example...GILL - Yes, I'm sure you are right... The examples you mention - to which might be added jesters and the characters in mummers plays, pantomimes and the commedia dell'arte (the origins of Punch & Judy) - are all true servants of the Lord of Misrule and therefore subversive and therefore threatening... <BR/><BR/>If you then give such beings the mysterious power of the fixed face that hides another identity (the mask, the make-up or the vent's doll) the recipe for fear is probably pretty much complete...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-30401320402429119252007-06-14T10:07:00.000+01:002007-06-14T10:07:00.000+01:00GILL writes...I really don't know whether there is...GILL writes...<BR/><BR/>I really don't know whether there is any truth in this and I am far to busy [for which read 'lazy'] to do any research, but is it possible that the atavistic fear of clowns goes back a long way? <BR/><BR/>I am thinking of Puck-type figures, Pan perhaps; the unpredictable, the illogically malevolent; creatures that operate outside normal human rules?<BR/>Probably a flight of fancy but just a thought.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-81205200898916600882007-06-14T09:16:00.000+01:002007-06-14T09:16:00.000+01:00DAVID - Yes, one day I really should blog about m...DAVID - Yes, one day I really should blog about my encounter with that great exponent of the mime, Marcel Marceau.<BR/><BR/>RYAN - You are right! They ARE out there, travelling the open road, waiting for the unwary!!<BR/><BR/>BOLL WEAVIL - Thank you for reminding us of Mr Sleary and his clowns... Like any phobia, fear of clowns is, I suppose, totally irrational. It is, however, real enough to those who experience it...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-50278104126295039382007-06-14T07:16:00.000+01:002007-06-14T07:16:00.000+01:00Dickens was a staunch defender of clowns and all t...Dickens was a staunch defender of clowns and all things humourous in 'Hard Times' when he brings them to the rescue of young Thomas Gradgrind. Circus master Sleary's epithet in defence of their entertainment might serve us well to redress the balance."Think the best of us, not the worst squire.People muth be amuthed !"Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-62002059080521302562007-06-14T00:06:00.000+01:002007-06-14T00:06:00.000+01:00Vintage? Oh, no, my friend, that "Bertram" is aliv...Vintage? Oh, no, my friend, that "Bertram" is alive and well, haunting the highways of New England.<BR/><BR/>True story: my friend Eric and I are driving through Vermont on the way to the White Mountains. The gas gauge reads "E." We crest a hill. Ahead, a playfully colorful minivan. That's interesting, we think.<BR/><BR/>We pull closer. The bright colors take on a more sinister aspect. This is no soccer-mom-mobile. No, this is a circus carriage of doom. We brace ourselves. And then, as we pass, IT slowly turns its awful visage towards us, a maniacal grin stretched across its loathsome painted face.<BR/><BR/>It is a thing of terror, and it knows! We scream and shudder and shout, and it delights in our horror.<BR/><BR/>We pull ahead . . . and pray for a the refuge of a gas station.Ryan Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156634290115527701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-87919574202673251542007-06-13T23:32:00.000+01:002007-06-13T23:32:00.000+01:00Time to add a piece about the place of Marcel Marc...Time to add a piece about the place of Marcel Marceau, I think. :o)David Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274046456243875879noreply@blogger.com