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                                      June 18, 2006

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