Comments on: A message from Mr. Rogers

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:20:24 +0000

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.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:24:11 +0000

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

By: Lulu

Lulu — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:44:19 +0000

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

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

By: Momma Snider

Momma Snider — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:13:09 +0000

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.

By: Lohengrin

Lohengrin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:51:07 +0000

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

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:20 +0000

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.

By: Randy Tayler

Randy Tayler — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:11:28 +0000

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.

By: Savvy Veteran

Savvy Veteran — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:11:08 +0000

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

By: ClobberGirl

ClobberGirl — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:16:42 +0000

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?

By: Eric D. Snider

Eric D. Snider — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:34:26 +0000

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

Since when?