The name of the phobia related to the fear of clowns is Coulrophobia.

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It is not uncommon among children, but is also sometimes

found in teenagers and adults as well. Sufferers sometimes

acquire a fear of clowns after having a bad experience with

one personally, or seeing a sinister portrayal of one in the

media.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_clowns

Many people have played Bozo. Pinto Colvig, who played Bozo from 1946-1956, was known as the original Bozo. Larry Harmon, who purchased the franchise rights to Bozo in 1956, was one. Bob Bell portrayed Bozo on WGN television from 1960-1984.

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Actors who portrayed Bozo included:

Willard Scott (TV weatherman) - born March 7, 1934

Frank Avruch (Boston entertainer, 1928-2018)

Bob Bell (Chicago actor, 1922-1997)

Joey D'Auria (NY-born comic) - born May 18, 1952

The animated series of Bozo cartoons (1958-1962) used the voice of Larry Harmon (Lawrence Weiss, 1925-2008), and the live actors in various TV venues included Vance Colvig Jr. on KTLA in Los Angeles. Canadian actor Art Cervi (born circa 1940) appeared as Bozo in both Windsor and later in Detroit.

Constantly make jokes and keep saying dumb things like "Ohhh! Pretty water bottle!" or "I read that book already!" to every single book you read in class. Also, while the teacher's talking, get up and start to sharpen your pencil, really loudly. You can also squeak your shoes whenever they're wet and if the teacher says "Get out "this" folder." then say "but but but why hy hy!" And do it in a whiny voice. Nice and whiny.

Ask out every girl/guy in your class. If anyone says yes, then you say "thanks, but you're way out of my league."

Do you really want to be known as the most foolish person in the class? Some people may find that it's the only way they can get noticed, but most class clowns are boring.

Here is the story:

"A girl in her teens is babysitting for a family in Newport Beach, Ca. The family is wealthy and has a very large house - you know the sort, with a ridiculous amount of rooms. Anyways, the parents are going out for a late dinner/movie. The father tells the babysitter that once the children are in bed she should go into this specific room (he doesn't really want her wandering around the house) and watch TV there.

The parents take off and soon she gets the kids into bed and goes to the room to watch TV. She tries watching TV, but she is disturbed by a clown statue in the corner of the room. She tries to ignore it for as long as possible, but it starts freaking her out so much that she can't handle it.

She resorts to calling the father and asks, "Hey, the kids are in bed, but is it okay if I switch rooms? This clown statue is really creeping me out."

The father says seriously, "Get the kids, go next door and call 911."

She asks, "What's going on?"

He responds, "Just go next door and once you call the police, call me back."

She gets the kids, goes next door, and calls the police. When the police are on the way, she calls the father back and asks, "So, really, what's going on?"

He responds, "We don't HAVE a clown statue." He then further explains that the children have been complaining about a clown watching them as they sleep. He and his wife had just blown it off, assuming that they were having nightmares.

The police arrive and apprehend the "clown," who turns out to be a midget. A midget clown! I guess he was some homeless person dressed as a clown, who somehow got into the house and had been living there for several weeks. He would come into the kids' rooms at nights and watch them while they slept. As the house was so large, he was able to avoid detection, surviving off their food, etc. He had been in the TV room right before the babysitter right came in there. When she entered he didn't have enough time to hide, so he just froze in place and pretended to be a statue.

See more on the clown statue urban legend from Snopes.com (linked below).

The name of the phobia related to the fear of teenagers is Ephebiphobia.

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