David Carlyon, author, playwright and a clown with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1970s, argues that the fear of clowns — known officially as coulrophobia — is a relatively ...

Such was the daily uniform of Bozo the Clown, who entertained kids for decades when TV was in its infancy. It’s also a uniform that for many now seems grotesque and sinister.

In a suburb of Bozo's Chicago, there was the ultimate evil clown, John Wayne Gacy Jr.: At local birthday parties and children's hospitals, he dressed and performed as Pogo the Clown. In street ...

The actor David Arquette currently owns the rights to Bozo The Clown, and he was on hand at Billy Corgan’s Madame ZuZu’s weekend. On Friday, Arquette took part in a panel discussion.

Do we ever get over childhood trauma? Despite years of therapy, I am still traumatized by Bozo the Clown. There I am vacationing on a little Caribbean island, Bonaire. I’m driving around with my ...

Bozo will be at RetroRama Classic Collectibles Con on Sunday, Oct. 30/2016 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event is help at Caboto Club at 2175 Parent Avenue in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Some of the ...

Bozo the Clown returns for a weekend at Billy Corgan’s Madame ZuZu’s in Highland Park Generations of fans of the beloved character flock to Madame ZuZu’s for a packed weekend of sold-out ...

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Such was the daily uniform of Bozo the Clown, who entertained kids for decades when TV was in its infancy. It’s also a uniform that for many now seems grotesque and sinister.

His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his arched eyebrows hung ridiculously high on his forehead.

Do we ever get over childhood trauma? Despite years of therapy, I am still traumatized by Bozo the Clown. There I am vacationing on a little Caribbean island, Bonaire. I’m driving around with my ...

The death of longtime Bozo performer Frank Avruch this week triggered both feelings — warm memories from some and a shiver of fear from others who associate clowns more with the film “I… ...