Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Jimmy Durante -- "This great clown . . . "

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Jimmy Durante in the circus movie "Jumbo"  1962. “This great clown stays on with us, as great clowns always stay on in the...

Taco Bell Creates the 'Chocoladilla'

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“ Taco Bell has boldly rolled out quesadillas stuffed with melted chocolate candy bar pieces inside.”  from the Sacramento Bee. I...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Un illustrateur remarqué transforme le président Trump en un étrange clown

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La vision étrange du président Donald Trump comme un clown effrayant sur le devant de la nouvelle édition du New Yorker représente le «...

Melania Trump Urges Young Students to ‘Choose Kindness’

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WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The first lady, Melania Trump, in another public indication that she may refocus on efforts related t...
Monday, October 23, 2017

Réflexions sur le peintre Ilmar Kruusamae, par Bracha L. Ettinger

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"Circus Acrobat" by Ilmar Kruusamae. Circa 2010.  J'ai rencontré pour la première fois Ilmar Kruusamae sur la ri...

Buster Keaton et le monstre de Frankenstein,

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At a 1940 charity baseball game, Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster menaces comedian Buster Keaton Le monde n'était pa...

Florida Cops Warn Against Clown Costumes for Halloween

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The first time I put on clown costume and makeup was in kindergarten, where I did a sort of pantomime that ended in me flopping on my f...

Growing up a class clown: The burdens of a professional circus performer

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(written by Sara Phelps for Deseret News) Either by random chance or cosmic design, Tim Torkildson had his first opportunity to be a...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

In France they're asking -- where's the butter?

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At the weekend, French daily newspaper Le Figaro published a long how-to piece on baking and cooking without butter. The article was embl...

There was a young lady of Nimes

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PARIS — When a fledgling alternative press published Gabrielle Deydier’s plaintive memoir of growing up fat in France, there was littl...