At the beginning of the 1988 film “Big Top Pee-wee,” the circus blows into town — literally, thanks to a wind-whipping storm — and lands on none other than Pee-wee Herman’s farm. Pee-wee (Paul Reubens ...

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There are different types of clowns: kids’ entertainer clowns, circus clowns, adult cabaret clowns, and even clowns who do their whole act naked, or so we’ve heard. “If you’re a clown and you see a ...