# The Day The Clown Cried - 27 Minutes of assembled footage

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**Created:** [December 28, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-27-minutes-of-assembled-footage/1012285 "2024-12-28T23:38:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-27-minutes-of-assembled-footage/1012285/8 "2024-12-29T00:39:05Z")

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> [@PastTense](#):
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> We had some discussion of this a few months ago

Which was a bumped thread from 2001.

It has been mentioned in numerous threads here, but here’s another dedicated one:

> [@"Day the Clown Cried" footage finally available](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-the-clown-cried-footage-finally-available/665974):
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> “The Day The Clown Cried”, the infamous Jerry Lewis film about a clown sent to Auschwitz, finally has footage available…sort of. It’s actually behind the scenes footage from the making of the film, from a Belgian special about Lewis. It’s almost certainly going to be pulled soon, so [enjoy it while you can.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJai18eys0M)

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