Joseph Grimaldi, London’s “King Of Clowns”

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1778, the birthday of Joseph Grimaldi, the guy who basically invented clowning as we know it today. Here's some of his story. Plus: congratulations to the winner of the 2023 International Wedding Photographer of the Year Contest, and to the bird who helped make the winning photo happen. Here We Are Again!—How Joseph Grimaldi Invented the Creepy Clown (JSTOR) 10 STRANGE LONDON MEMORIALS AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THEM (Look Up London) Bird Landing on Bride’s Head Wins 2023 International Wedding Photographer of the Year Contest (My Modern Met) No joke, our Patreon backers make every episode of the show happen

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