Bozo!

This is no laughing matter!

According to the World Clown Association, there is a precipitous decline in clowns! Since 2004, clown membership has dropped from 3,500 to 2,500! And 28% fewer clowns since last year!

My dad—in lieu of cursing—refers to very poor drivers with an exuberant “Bozo!” Of course, those Bozos never hear a thing.

The original Bozo debuted on TV in 1949 by a guy named Pinto! I know … with a name like that, he was doomed from the start. I cannot remember the last time I saw Bozo, or a Pinto, or a Bozo in a Pinto.

I guess Smokey Robinson was right when he wrote and sang: ain’t too much sadder than the tears of clown when there’s no one around.

Homey don’t play that!

So if y’all STOP ordering jumpers and piñatas, and START ordering clowns for your kids’ parties, we may not have to bury the big red shoes! And wouldn’t it be great to terrify our little ones with some of our own childhood experiences?

Honk! Honk!