21 Responses to “A message from Mr. Rogers”

1. Speeding Slowly Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 10:35 am

   Oh my goodness.. I think that’s the first time I almost wet my pants in both laughter and sheer unbridled terror.

2. Turkey Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am

   That’s almost as good as the Mary Poppins one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic (almost)

3. brandt Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

   Um, yeah, i think i wont be sleeping for the next 3 nights

   thank you for that wonderful uplifting video

4. Christina D Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

   That was awesome!

5. Carrie Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

   Fantastic. And that Mary Poppins one is genius!

6. Momma Snider Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

   When did clowns become terrifying instead of funny? I don’t think I know anyone who doesn’t think clowns are creepy, including myself, but I didn’t mind them when I was a kid, back in the 60s. Bozo and Chucko even had their own cartoon variety shows.

7. David Manning Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

   I don’t think clowns are scary, and I didn’t think that was scary, but for the record, I’m so desensitized that it’s really hard to phase me.

8. Carrie Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

   Reasons why clowns are creepy:

   1. John Wayne Gacy, a REAL rapey, killer clown
   2. Pennywise, a fake killer clown with needle-point teeth
   3. The clown doll in Poltergeist, the reason why I can’t have stuff, especially dolls, sitting in chairs in my room when I’m sleeping.

9. David Manning Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

   For the record, I’d like to point out that the movie version of “It” was so awful, and Pennywise so unscary, that I was often laughing at it.

10. Randy Tayler Says:
    August 19th, 2008 at 7:04 pm

    Don’t forget the Joker, that devil-clown thing in Spawn, and any real life clown you’ve ever met. All creepy.

    Momma Snider, a guy in my ward called me a while back asking if I knew anybody — what with all my comedy connections — that would be willing to dress up as a clown for a ward activity. I told him that I didn’t, and that

    a) I did the OTHER kind of comedy — the FUNNY kind, and
    b) everybody I knew thought clowns were creepy.

    “Creepy?! That’s the first time I’ve heard that word associated with clowns.”

    I couldn’t believe it. But if he never saw Poltergeist or It, then maybe he escaped the tainting of clowns in his world.

    So I dressed up as a clown and broke into his house and killed his dog, laughing merrily.

11. Michael Says:
    August 19th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Rhm7kp-tk

    This was an actual segment that aired on Sesame Street in the ’80s that used to torment me as a kid. …….It still gives me the shivers.

12. Eric D. Snider Says:
    August 19th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    Randy: “I told him … that I did the OTHER kind of comedy — the FUNNY kind”

    Since when?

13. ClobberGirl Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 12:16 am

    Here’s a thought: most people seem to think clowns are creepy (John Wayne Gacy and Pennywise are good reasons why), but the examples are all male clowns. What about female clowns?

    I regularly take my two year-old to the local farmer’s market on Thursdays where there’s always a woman dressed as a clown making balloon animals for the kids. We get a balloon animal from her almost every week and my daughter loves it. Her clown costume is light in that she doesn’t wear full facial make-up, but still, she’s a clown and advertises herself as a clown. Is she funny? Not really, but she is sweet and makes a lot of kids smile.

    I can’t really think of any female clowns that have creeped me out, and I think male clowns who are accompanied by female clowns are decidedly less creepy. What do you guys think?

14. Savvy Veteran Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 7:11 am

    ClobberGirl: As for your statement “I think male clowns who are accompanied by female clowns are decidedly less creepy” I will refer you to this, which you may remember–

    http://www.ericdsnider.com/images/buckygigi.jpg

15. Randy Tayler Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 8:11 am

    Eric: I hate you so much.

    You feel that? You feel it? That’s my hatred punching you in the groin from 800 miles away.

16. Karen Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 8:30 am

    That’s an interesting theory, ClobberGirl. I had a clown at my birthday party when I was 7 or 8, and my friends and I just loved her! I figured only movie clowns were creepy, because they were trying to put a new spin on an old figure (except since everyone does it, it’s no longer a new spin – it’s a new reality). I hadn’t considered her gender as a possibility as to why real life clowns don’t really bother me. Except when they’re dressed as hobos.

17. Lohengrin Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    I have lost two of the foundations of my childhood. Without Mr. Rogers and Mary Popins, what is left to me?

18. Momma Snider Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    Michael, that Sesame Street segment was intensely creepy.
    Randy, please don’t hurt Eric. He doesn’t mean what he says sometimes.

    There was an episode of Supernatural where a demon guy appeared as a clown, knocked on people’s doors late at night, and when the kids answered the door and let him in, he killed their parents. Why didn’t the parents answer the door? Do you let your seven-year-old answer the door after you’re in bed at night? And even in the olden days, a clown showing up at the door would have scared me.

    But the gender thing is interesting. I don’t think I’m scared of girl clowns, either. Maybe because I know I could take them if necessary.

    “It” was a hurtin’, anticlimactic movie, but that was a scary clown.

19. Lulu Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 11:44 am

    “Maybe because I know I could take them if necessary.”

    Wow, Momma Snider. That comment made me laugh more than anything else!

20. Timmy Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    There are two types of people in this world: those who hate and fear clowns, and clowns.

21. Carrie Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 7:20 pm

    I don’t think the Sesame Street clip is creepy, but do you know what would make it creepy? Blood. Lots of blood spattering everywhere. Moving toys + happy music + blood = creepiest, most scary Sesame Street clip ever.

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