Clown car

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A clown car is a prop in a common circus clown routine, which involves a large number of clowns emerging from a small car. The first performance of this routine was in the Cole Bros. Circus during the 1950s.^[1] The effect is usually produced by removing all of a car's internal components like door panels, headliners, engines, seats, 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 estimates 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 Huffman, John Pearley (March 28, 2011). "The Physics Of: Clown Cars". Car and Driver. 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] Huffman, John Pearley (March 28, 2011). "The Physics Of: Clown Cars". Car and Driver. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

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v t e Clowns
List of clowns / jesters
Types	Blackface Bouffon Chou Circus Evil Harlequin Heyoka Jester Mime Pierrot Pueblo Rodeo Scaramouche Silly Billy Skomorokh
Organizations	World Clown Association Clown Conservatory Clowns of America International The World Festival of Clowns in Yekaterinburg Loldiers of Odin Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
Related	Clown alley Clown bicycle Clown car Clown Care Clown society Coulrophilia Motley
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