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• Comedians do it for laughs.
• A few clowns short of a circus.
• Life is a circus and all the clowns are in Washington.
• If the clowns are all in Washington, then who's running the circus?
• Boss: Look, our ratings are down, and the station is being swamped with angry calls and letter-bombs.
  [A few letter-bombs explode in a pile] And it's all your fault!...
• Reckless Driver: A motorist who passes you on the highway in spite of all you do to prevent it.
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• What do they call a comedian who doesn't get any laughs? A philosopher. -- Phil Procto
• All clowns are masked, all personae flow from choices.
• Famous clowns -- Bozo, Clarabell, Ronald McDonald, Homey and Clinton.