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                                      June 18, 2006

The film (and play)
"A Thousand Clowns"      Written by
has a really funny       Herb Gardner,     Both film and play
bit where the                              had Jason Robards      film: 1965
catch phrase is                            in the lead role,      play: 1962
"You missed the                            so I would guess
funny part."                               they were pretty
                                           similar.
       I really like
       using that                             It's all about resisting
       phrase out of                          the pressures to conform;
       context, as an                         avoiding compromise with
       implicit                               phonies; asserting your
       reference.                             right to be weird, to be
                                              a real, unique person.
          I usually think it's
          pretty funny, but no                     You know,
          one else gets it.                        the usual
                                                   stuff.
             Which is one of the
             things I think is
             funny about it.





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