Pierrot Pagliacci

Laugh and the world laughs with you.
Weep and folks show you a frown;
This sad old earth has stolen your mirth,
And you're left with the tears of a clown.

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Just before Easter 1940, 'Coco the Clown' volunteered to join the British Forces, also bringing laughter to the Pioneer Corps on Dartmoor during the Second World War.

This is Nicolai Poliakoff's vivid first-hand account of his wartime circus showbusiness:
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[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

Which were scarier: Victorian clowns (left) or Edwardian clowns (right)?

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[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

Today in pulp... it's time to look back at a forgotten pulp genre: Crime Clowns!

"I didn't choose the crime clown life, the crime clown life chose me."

[TheRealThelmaJohnson @TheRealThelmaJ1]

Hey look it's the Republican Freedom Caucus

[AP Strange @AProdigiosus]

Clown Alert!

Watch: Creepy Clown Spotted Roaming Around on Bridge Over Florida Highway | Coast to Coast AM https://t.co/uDQkKxqAqR

[Karen Knight @KarenKn12866337]

56 years ago today, May 23, 1968, Bozo the Clown interviews Barnabas Collins,

[Deb @DontCallMeDebby]

Dear God😳

[Mario Speedwagon @SilipigniMario]

Clown donut delivery service subscription. Unless it's for @BellaLaRue1 or @FlindersEmma- they'll thank you forever! 🤡❤️😊 #BadHolidayGiftIdeasFor2023

[Steven Stenzler @sstenzler]

If found return to sender c/o Orion 34210, thank you.

[Kim @Kimz620]

@DavidCornDC

[Arthur David Spota @ADASpota]

An explosion of amazing color about to happen. And some honking too.😮

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Terrifying Sugar Coated Rice Krinkles commercial from 1956.