Zack Hill by John Deering and John Newcombe for October 01, 2024

They have freaked me out since the days of Chucko and Bozo. Not so much anymore. But the political clown shows are daunting.

I can’t stand clowns.

Congress not withstanding..

It’s that huge painted on smile and weird hair that freaks me out. Just keep ‘em away from me. (Childhood trauma)

I grew up with a clown oil painting, possibly painted by Red Skelton (lots of intrafamily debate on that). After my lovely bride and I got married in 1990, IT came on TV, with Tim Curry as Pennywise the Clown (aka Deadlights). No more clowns for me!

When he saw one under the sewer grid.

From the time I saw “Killer Klowns From Outer Space” on.

Hey! No trump jokes! Save it for your editorial comics. And speaking of which, they will fact-check but you’ll have to scan a code and look for it. Which means, unless the word that “Walz is a liar” gets out fast, magats won’t be seeing it.

… when he wasn’t looking at me.

When I was a kid clowns didn’t scare me …… BUT …. Nuns “DID” …… :)

My daughter in law is afraid of them just because

After I saw Stephen King’s “It”

My nephew was afraid of Slappy the clown. I was never into clowns or horror movies.