# Rodeo Clown **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 31, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodeo-clown/151892 "2003-01-31T16:44:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodeo-clown/151892/1 "2003-01-31T16:44:49Z")
How does a person become a rodeo clown? Do you need experience in something? Or know somebody? Is this a full-time job? ---
**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodeo-clown/151892/2 "2003-02-02T04:59:13Z")
Bump. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodeo-clown/151892/3 "2003-02-02T05:52:39Z")
The professional rodeo cowboy’s association might be a good place to start. [http://www.prorodeo.com/](http://www.prorodeo.com/) The professional bull riders site might be a good one too. [http://www.pbrnow.com/](http://www.pbrnow.com/) Pay particular attention the the injury statistics they publish. Know what you’re getting into. It’s a profession that requires extreme altheticism and skill. The clown’s purpose is to keep a large, enraged animal from killing the cowboy that was just thrown. The clown does this by making the bull want to kill him instead. The entertainment aspect is purely secondary. That’s no bull.