The featured monster in Damien Leone's "Terrifier" movies is Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), a perhaps-supernatural Halloween spirit who appears every now and again to torture, mutilate, and murder people for no reason other than he seems to greatly enjoy it. Art is a creative murderer, happy to slice victims up in a fashion that communicates a certain effort and passion for the act.
The character quite clearly taps into a widespread fear of clowns that seemingly persists throughout the modern media. Back in the 1950s, famous clowns like Bozo (Pinto Colvig) and Clarabell were common, and clowns appeared in TV commercials regularly, often presented to children as whimsical vagrants or playful weirdos whose antics were meant to inspire laughter. Something about the face eyebrows and pasted-on smiles, however, seemingly terrified and traumatized a generation; it's no coincidence that Stephen King, a child of the '50s, wrote...
The character quite clearly taps into a widespread fear of clowns that seemingly persists throughout the modern media. Back in the 1950s, famous clowns like Bozo (Pinto Colvig) and Clarabell were common, and clowns appeared in TV commercials regularly, often presented to children as whimsical vagrants or playful weirdos whose antics were meant to inspire laughter. Something about the face eyebrows and pasted-on smiles, however, seemingly terrified and traumatized a generation; it's no coincidence that Stephen King, a child of the '50s, wrote...
- 10/26/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Sneak Peek "Wotta Nitemare", the 71st "Popeye" animated cartoon from Fleischer Studios, released in 1939, featuring the voices of Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines and Jack Mercer as 'Popeye', directed by Dave Fleischer and Willard Bowsky:
"...'Popeye' tosses and turns in his sleep. He dreams of himself up in the clouds sitting with an angelic 'Olive Oyl'.
"Soon, however, 'Bluto' materializes and leads the angel away to have a picnic.
"Popeye is left behind bars - in fact, the bars from his bed..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Popeye: Wotta Nitemare"....
"...'Popeye' tosses and turns in his sleep. He dreams of himself up in the clouds sitting with an angelic 'Olive Oyl'.
"Soon, however, 'Bluto' materializes and leads the angel away to have a picnic.
"Popeye is left behind bars - in fact, the bars from his bed..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Popeye: Wotta Nitemare"....
- 7/10/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
2010 is the 50th anniversary of Wgn TV Chicago's "Bozo TV" show.
To celebrate, a number of Bozo collaborators will gather in Chicago Tues., Aug. 17, to commemorate the occasion and attend the first book signing @ Borders on Michigan Avenue, for the autobiography of the late Larry Harmon, "The Man Behind The Nose", available from Igniter Books, an imprint of It Books/HarperCollins.
"This beloved children's personality helped cement our city's reputation for being at the forefront of excellence in broadcasting," said Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Bozo was created in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston, who produced a children's storytelling record-album/illustrative read-along book set, titled "Bozo at the Circus" for Capitol Records. Actor Pinto Colvig portrayed the character on this and subsequent Bozo records.
The character became a mascot for the record company and was later nicknamed "Bozo the Capitol Clown."
In 1956, Larry Harmon, one of several actors hired by Livingston...
To celebrate, a number of Bozo collaborators will gather in Chicago Tues., Aug. 17, to commemorate the occasion and attend the first book signing @ Borders on Michigan Avenue, for the autobiography of the late Larry Harmon, "The Man Behind The Nose", available from Igniter Books, an imprint of It Books/HarperCollins.
"This beloved children's personality helped cement our city's reputation for being at the forefront of excellence in broadcasting," said Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Bozo was created in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston, who produced a children's storytelling record-album/illustrative read-along book set, titled "Bozo at the Circus" for Capitol Records. Actor Pinto Colvig portrayed the character on this and subsequent Bozo records.
The character became a mascot for the record company and was later nicknamed "Bozo the Capitol Clown."
In 1956, Larry Harmon, one of several actors hired by Livingston...
- 8/16/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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