Clown car

Lou Jacobs miniature clown car, 1951-1952

A clown car is a prop in a circus clown routine, which involves an implausibly large number of clowns emerging from a very small car. The first performance of this routine was in the Cole Bros. Circus during the 1950s.^[1] The effect is produced by simply removing all of a car's internal components — including the door panels, the headliner and any interior barrier to the trunk — and then filling the enlarged space with as many clowns as possible.^[2] Greg DeSanto of the International Clown Hall of Fame estimated 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 ^b The Physics Of: Clown Cars, by John Pearley Huffman, at Car and Driver; published March 28, 2011; retrieved November 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] The Physics Of: Clown Cars, by John Pearley Huffman, at Car and Driver; published March 28, 2011; retrieved November 10, 2018

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Types	Bouffon Circus Harlequin Jester Mime Pierrot Pueblo Rodeo Silly Billy
Organizations	World Clown Association Clown Conservatory Clowns of America International The World Festival of Clowns in Yekaterinburg
Related	Evil clown Loldiers of Odin Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
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