Clown car
Circus routine
A clown car is a prop in a common circus clown routine, which involves a large number of clowns emerging from a small car. The first performance of this routine was in the Cole Bros. Circus during the 1950s.[1] The effect is usually produced by removing all of a car's internal components like door panels, headliners, engines, seats, and any interior barrier to the trunk, and then filling the enlarged space with as many clowns as possible.[2] Greg DeSanto of the International Clown Hall of Fame estimates that somewhere between 14 and 21 clowns and their props could fit into a car prepared in this manner.[2]
See also
- Clown bicycle
References
- ^ Feiler, Bruce (2003). Under the Big Top. HarperCollins. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-06-052702-0.
- ^ a b Huffman, John Pearley (March 28, 2011). "The Physics Of: Clown Cars". Car and Driver. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
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Clowns
List of clowns / jesters
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