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honor because only one of every 12 applicants was selected for the parade, be
Tuesday, December 9. 1975
PATNODE BUILT HIS own "clown train" for parades from a three-wheeled Cushman scooter cart. Called the "Eight-horse" it was made of an engine and a caboose.
In 1988 while Gov. George Wallace was campaigning for President, Boo Boo appeared in a Republican parade in San Bernardino County driving a mini-Sutz Bearcat which towed an outhouse covered with Wallace campaign posters.
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The clowns also constructed a polka-dotted Volkswagen "Clown Car," with no roof or renter. The car had a "apple" stand in the rear, supposedly for selling what the clowns picked up while trailing behind horses in the parade.
Boo Boo's circus antics were standard clown-fear—sitting on the chair at the dunk tank, exploding large "firecrackers" in his mouth, and jumping into water and confetti tricks between acts.
DURING THAT TIME, the mid-'80s, the blue-haired Boo Doo's partner was a red-haired clown named Doo Doo. Patnode's son, 2-year-old Timmy and 7-year-old Stevie, joined the act as Boo Doo Jr., and Doo Doo Jr.
One of his favorite skis, he said, was to drive an old car into the ring where it stalled. The claws jumped out, raised the blade and cut him apart, arms and wristes叫 "firing," the vehicle.
ANOTHER CLOWN, waving a playful hand from the edge, others from the foot. The exclamation clowns
regrouped and returned to "kill" the gun-
wielding clown, who sprouted flowers while
Other clown antics Pathone performed included those at a national convention of barbershop quartets. The singers immaculately groomed and handsome dressed, were asked to assist for a pie-throwing stunt by ducking when a clown said a code word. The word was never spoken and the clowns plastered the walls of their apartments, pies, he said. Later in the show, in an unplanned activity, two dozen quartet members staged a pie-throwing free-for-all, Pam穴陷 recalled.
BOO BOO'S ACTIVITIES weren't always confined to formal functions. He said once after a show, he was among a group of "rather inebriated" dows driving home through the California desert, when one of the dows playfully tossed the car keys out of the window and walked law-enforcement officers came by. The police were amused but stern, be said.
One of his stunts, he said, was a staged baseball game in which clowns blindfolded the umpire and swung oversized bats with large holes through which balls could be thrown. He then threw water ballons and bombed the umpire, much to the delight of the spectators.
"IF I CAN GET just one person to crack a
node," Poad said, "it makes it all worth
while."
Everybody loves a clown, he said, but he indicated that people's affection had also caused problems for him. For instance, he told the girls in his class: "Apple Valley, Calif., 'a very large' Indian."
girl said that she liked him very much and insisted that he come home with her. She finally picked him up and literally carried him away.
"As far as clowning goes," he said. "if I
had to sit all over again, I do it all the
same to you."
When preparing to clown, Patnode combs out his hair, gets out his hat and fake nose and begins applying theatrical make-up. About 45 minutes is required to correctly apply the make-up to achieve the right facial lines, he said.
CHARITY IS ONE of the Patadones' concerns. They often invite KU students and others, who are unable to spend vacations with them because they are attending holidays. Boo Boo also makes appearances at charity functions without charge, but often receives original gifts from children. He has been awarded about 150 trophies and awards in his field, which have also included playing Santa Claus.
His favorite performances are for children, hospital patients and the elderly, he said. Older people make the best performers and said because they're very appreciative.
"A clown is something they remember
a bit about for the rest of their life,
"in his book."
He has done little clowning since moving
to Kansas from Hawaii in 1973, but he said that he enjoyed entertaining when asked and that he was developing new ideas for the future, deeply seeking more appearances in the future.
Although Ibo Bo may not wear as many jabs now as now as he previously has, his jabs are still a little more pronounced.
"After all," Patnose said, "there's already too much sadness in the world."
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Reis said the standards he was demanding were published in the American Journal of Cardiology. He said that the standards were higher than several years ago, but he pointed out that 20 years ago the risk of death in open heart surgery was 20%. "It's it one to three per cent, he said, under recommended operating conditions."
If it temperature gets below 60 degrees or above 75 degrees Fahrenheit, he said, there is a risk of fire.
Reis said that he didn't know why the machinery hadn't been fixed.
Dykes said that a lack of funds was the problem.
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