warning: clowns are heading into nursing homes to feed upon entertain the elderly. send help now! what? don’t believe me? well, thanks to wmfu’s beware the blog there’s proof. bear witness to the end of sanity and watch clown ministry video 1 and then, yes, clown ministry video 2. i’ll let the dialogue from the video speak for itself:
when you’re ready to launch out into the unknown, possibly the best place to begin is in a nursing home, or a care center for the elderly. one reason is simply this: the elderly really receive you quite well. i think it’s because they already know how vulnerable they are. they’re lonely, and longing for touch. so as clowns we take seriously what jesus said in matthew 25 …
also, halfway through the first video, there’s some very good advice on the “clown clustering” phenomenon:
when you enter the nursing home, do not stand there with your group in a large cluster of clowns. clowns can look rather intimidating if you see a lot of them in one place.
so true. so very, very true. i remember a traffic-stopping clown party on geary and 23rd ave in SF about 3 years ago. dozens of country clowns and hillbilly clowns. there was a pie fight too. soo scary.
terrifying. What would happen if Mike Murnane was in charge of elederly care. Patch Adams, meet ninja clown.
wow. that turned my day upside down. i think i’ve seen where my career is headed. a future in clown nursing.
unreal.
no clustering though!
I thought for sure you would fortify this post with a picture of said night. So many priceless memories,..Vinny, the stereo, good cop,bad cop, Mike and the money shot, so precious. Oh and Clown Car!!!!!!
yes .. yessss. that could still happen. it’s just a very busy week for image scanning. i think ultimately a clown party website spanning multiple years is long over due.
PS - i’m lonley & i long for touch ….
clownkake!!!!!
I’ve always found the difference between, good touch and better touch , to be about 50 bucks.