# Crazy the Clown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639 "2011-11-11T21:03:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/1 "2011-11-11T21:03:10Z")
Did I tell you a couple of months ago I saw a clown–I mean an actual clown, with wig, makeup, shoes and all–on 7th Avenue screaming “Somebody take mah \*pitcha \*or I’m gonna piss mah _pants!_” He was back in front of Penn Station today, shouting, “Y’all better take mah fuckin’ \*pitcha \*or I’m gonna bone yo’ _camera!_” I love New York–every time I think I am going to leave, I see something like that and go, “oh, right, I \*have \*to stick around and see what happens next.” ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/2 "2011-11-11T21:18:29Z")
See, my first reaction on seeing that would be “Oh man, I gotta take a picture of this.” So now Crazy the Clown is happy, and I’m happy. 😃 I spent a week in NYC 6 years ago. I didn’t see anything as interesting as Crazy when I was there. There was an anti-Bush protest, and one of the protesters gave me a little army figurine. That was pretty cool. Oh, and we didn’t get to take a proper picture of the Statue of Liberty because it was foggy, so we took pictures of ourselves standing in front of a storefront containing a 6-foot tall replica. And we had to walk through a bad part of town late at night in fancy clothes and heels, because the nightclub we had scoped out online had closed down. But nothing bad happened! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/3 "2011-11-11T21:21:08Z")
A little song, a little dance, a little piss down your pants. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/4 "2011-11-11T23:34:35Z")
Never saw Crazy the Clown but I have seen the Naked Cowboy. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/5 "2011-11-11T23:57:44Z")
Never mind, I thought this thread was about me. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/6 "2011-11-12T04:49:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Never saw Crazy the Clown but I have seen the Naked Cowboy. Wait, if he was naked, how did you know he was a cowboy? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/7 "2011-11-12T05:10:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Wait, if he was naked, how did you know he was a cowboy? He was wearing a cowboy hat. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/8 "2011-11-12T05:45:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He was wearing a cowboy hat. He also makes it really clear that he is [The Naked Cowboy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Cowboy). > [@](#): > > From Wikipedia: > > Burck owns the trademark to his Naked Cowboy character and operates it as a franchise. Franchisees must undergo a screening process, and are required to pay Naked Cowboy Enterprises $500 per month or $5,000 per year, which authorizes a person to operate as a “Naked Cowboy” or “Naked Cowgirl” I can’t imagine needing attention this badly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/9 "2011-11-12T08:04:49Z")
I kinda miss the “Jugs Lady” of Penn Station, of 20-odd years ago. I was commuting then, and this homeless lady was a fixture at any time of day. She had the largest breasts I’ve ever seen, like watermelon, and was not shy about showing them off. The only top she wore was a very inadequate t-shirt, and she’d go up to random strangers, pull the t-shirt up, shove her breasts in the person’s face, and bellow “How’d’ya like these jugs!?!?!” Yeah, I miss New York. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/10 "2011-11-12T08:12:04Z")
> [@Sodalite](#): > > I can’t imagine needing attention this badly. You left out the part about him announcing he is running for President as the Tea Party candidate. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/11 "2011-11-12T12:19:30Z")
Sorry, but this reminded me of the old movie “Midnight Cowboy”-when Joe Buck arrives in NYC, he is amazed to see people stepping over a guy, whoese passed out on the sidewalk. I love NY! ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/12 "2011-11-12T12:59:19Z")
I thought this was going to be about [Obnoxio](http://spiderfan.org/comics/images/crazy_mag/090.jpg). I miss Obnoxio. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/13 "2011-11-12T13:20:47Z")
Did you ask Crazy if he knew about Bozo? ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/14 "2011-11-12T17:02:54Z")
I’ve never seen Crazy the Clown but there is a guy near my office that I have officially dubbed The Muppet Pimp. Every day he wears some crazy pimp outfit that is incredibly fuzzy and brightly colored, almost like he killed several muppets and used their corpses to make his outfit. New York is awesome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/15 "2011-11-12T17:09:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I kinda miss the “Jugs Lady” of Penn Station, of 20-odd years ago. I was commuting then, and this homeless lady was a fixture at any time of day. She had the largest breasts I’ve ever seen, like watermelon, and was not shy about showing them off. The only top she wore was a very inadequate t-shirt, and she’d go up to random strangers, pull the t-shirt up, shove her breasts in the person’s face, and bellow “How’d’ya like these jugs!?!?!” > > Yeah, I miss New York. Despite the fact she was probably carbonated with disease, that was your opportunity to “motorboat” her, proclaim, they’re indeed “juggy” and nonchalantly go about your day. And you totally missed it. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/16 "2011-11-12T17:13:29Z")
When I lived in NYC, there was a chain of coffee places called “Chock Full O’Nuts”, and I always thought that was the NYC tourist slogan. One of my favorites was Roller Rina, a drag queen in Greenwich Village who wore a princess costume including a tiara, and would roller skate up and down Christopher Street and touch you with her magic wand and wish you good things. To say NYC has a few colorful characters is like saying Hawaii has a couple of palm trees. They are everywhere…sigh, I miss NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/17 "2011-11-12T20:11:04Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Sorry, but this reminded me of the old movie “Midnight Cowboy”-when Joe Buck arrives in NYC, he is amazed to see people stepping over a guy, whoese passed out on the sidewalk. > I love NY! Yes–what was so great is that no one was paying Crazy the Clown the \*slightest bit \*of attention (which, of course, only made him crazier). ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/18 "2011-11-12T20:13:57Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > When I lived in NYC, there was a chain of coffee places called “Chock Full O’Nuts”, and I always thought that was the NYC tourist slogan. One of my favorites was Roller Rina, a drag queen in Greenwich Village who wore a princess costume including a tiara, and would roller skate up and down Christopher Street and touch you with her magic wand and wish you good things. “_Chock Full o’ Nuts is that heavenly coffee–Better coffee a millionaire’s money can’t buy!_” Amazingly enough, both Paige Morton Black–the Chock Full o’ Nuts songstress–and Rollerina are still alive! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/19 "2011-11-12T20:52:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Wait, if he was naked, how did you know he was a cowboy? Exactly, he might just have been happy to see you! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639/20 "2011-11-13T00:01:46Z")
Huh. I wonder if that guy is my sister’s ex. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-the-clown/602639.md?page=2)