A visit from the school clown: “. . . the children were beyond any earthly restraint, and the teachers were biting their nails and nibbling on their lower lips in expectant terror.”

Clowning around

Another circus memoir from Tim Torkildson: “News of the imminent shuttering of Ringling Brothers Circus has revived interest in the big top — not just among the exalted media, but even down to the local grade-school level. Several of my grandkids have requested my presence in their classroom to demonstrate the old slapstick razzmatazz.

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“For the benefit of Mr. Kite / There will be a show tonight on trampoline . . .”: Where’d Lennon (& maybe McCartney) get those lines?

Clowning around (responsorial)
And: Fun facts to know and tell!

In reply to  Thursday’s Bulletin Board:

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Matinee Idle (Vol. 1, No. 27)

A second midday diversion for you . . . with apologies for the first one, which, when we went to the site, did not ask us to either Subscribe or Sign In … Continue reading “Matinee Idle (Vol. 1, No. 27)”