The New York Daily News‘ “EXCLUSIVE” story reveals that clowns are worried about a “national clown shortage.”
“What’s happening is attrition,” said Clowns of America International President Glen Kohlberger, who added that membership at the Florida-based organization has plummeted since 2006. “The older clowns are passing away.” (Via.)
The sad clowns note that getting the few children who aren’t fucking terrified of them interested in a career of clowning can be difficult (“What happens is they go on to high school and college and clowning isn’t cool anymore”), and that, even more shockingly, clowning is not a top-tier career (“American kids these days are thinking about different careers altogether… They’re thinking about everything other than clowning”).
America is a place where everyone should feel welcome. On the other hand, the idea of our nation being clown-less seems like the closest thing to Utopia that any reasonable person could hope for.
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Clown college, pfft. Who needs that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGcRNzU1f…
They need to get over their generations old divide with the rodeo clowns and band together.
I’m unclear if this or the supposed Velveeta shortage bothers me less.
“Clowning isn’t cool anymore”