Clown car

Aclown caris a prop in a commoncircus clownroutine, which involves a large number ofclownsemerging from a small car. The first performance of this routine was in theCole Bros. Circusduring the 1950s.^[1]The effect is usually produced by removing all of a car's internal components like door panels,headliners,engines, seats, and any interior barrier to the trunk, and then filling the enlarged space with as many clowns as possible.^[2]Greg DeSantoof theInternational Clown Hall of Fameestimates that somewhere between 14 and 21 clowns and their props could fit into a car prepared in this manner.^[2]

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^Feiler, Bruce(2003).Under the Big Top.HarperCollins. p. 71.ISBN 978-0-06-052702-0.
^^a ^bHuffman, John Pearley (March 28, 2011)."The Physics Of: Clown Cars".Car and Driver.RetrievedNovember 10,2018.

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[1] Feiler, Bruce(2003).Under the Big Top.HarperCollins. p. 71.ISBN 978-0-06-052702-0.

[Car-and-Driver-2] Huffman, John Pearley (March 28, 2011)."The Physics Of: Clown Cars".Car and Driver.RetrievedNovember 10,2018.

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Types	Blackface Bouffon Chou Circus Evil Harlequin Heyoka Jester Mime Pierrot Pueblo Rodeo Scaramouche Silly Billy Skomorokh
Organizations	World Clown Association Clown Conservatory Clowns of America International The World Festival of Clowns in Yekaterinburg Loldiers of Odin Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
Related	Clown alley Clown bicycle Clown car Clown Care Clown society Coulrophilia Motley
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