History Main / ClownSchool

* Bobby from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' attends a clowing class at the local college. He's disappointed to learn that the class teaches CommediaDellArte-type clowning instead of circus clowning, and the teacher takes it ''very'' seriously.

-->'''Steve''': ''(to another clown student)'' The teacher is supposed to be the most intense and demanding instructor in all of clowning and -- [[GenreSavvy shit, it's Roger, isn't it? It's going to be Roger.]]

-->'''Steve''': ''(to another clown student)'' The teacher is supposed to be the most intense and demanding instructor in all of clowning and -- [[GenreSavy shit, it's Roger, isn't it? It's going to be Roger.]]

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[[note]]'''Bart:''' "I don't think any of us expected him to say that."[[/note]]

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* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'': "Jeffy the Clown" has Jeffy going to clown college only for it to be run by the failed clown Screwball, who is too talentless and lazy to properly teach him, telling him not to bother trying to juggle because it's too hard and that the only balloon animals he needs to make are a snake and a worm, which just consists of inflating a green or pink balloon.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** In one episode Homer goes to clown school to become a Krusty impersonator. The episode was made possible because Homer and Krusty look alike with the exception of the green hair sported by Krusty as seen in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E12KrustyGetsBusted Krusty Gets Busted]]". The clown was seen without white makeup in some scenes.
** Subverted in this exchange between Sideshow Bob and his brother Cecil.

** When Homer announces that he has to go to college to keep his job, Bart asks "Barber or clown?".
** Krusty founds ''another'' clown school in "Clown V. Board of Education," this one aimed at elementary-school-aged children. Besides performance, The Herschel Krustofsky School for the Clowning Arts teaches standard grade school subjects, though using unconventional methods (i.e. physics taught by calculating the trajectories of thrown pies), and proves far more effective at educating Bart and his BookDumb friends than the SuckySchool they typically attend, to the point where they handily beat the three highest-achieving students from said school in a Science Bowl.

A Clown School is where people go to learn comedy. They're usually staffed by Clowns -- the jokey, {{non ironic|Clown}} variety. The classes there usually range from [[PieInTheFace pie throwing]] to {{Pun}}s to other forms of jokes (But never the practical mean-spirited ones). Sometimes used as a punishment for something or other (usually bad grades), or maybe the character thinks that it might happen for that reason.

Not to be confused with ClassClown, though they may get decent grades there. Also not to be confused with the DisneySchoolOfActingAndMime. Also unrelated to {{Monster Clown}}s and {{Sad Clown}}s, thought they might be dropouts.[[UsefulNotes/BritishUnis Clown Colleges]] are related in name only.

** Krusty founds ''another'' clown school in "Clown V. Board of Education," this one aimed at elementary-school-aged children. This second institution, The Herschel Krustofsky School for the Clowning Arts, teaches standard grade school subjects along with clowning, though using unconventional methods (i.e. physics taught through the angles and trajectories of thrown pies), and proves more effective at educating Bart and his BookDumb friends than the SuckySchool they typically attend, to the point where they handily beat the three highest-achieving students from said school in a Science Bowl.

** Krusty founds ''another'' clown school in "Clown V. Board of Education," this one aimed at elementary-school-aged children. This second institution, The Herschel Krustofsky School for the Clowning Arts, is an unusual example in that it teaches standard school subjects along with clowning, though using unconventional methods (i.e. physics taught through the angles and trajectories of thrown pies), and proves more effective at educating Bart and his BookDumb friends than the SuckySchool they typically attend, to the point where they handily beat the three highest-achieving students from said school in a Science Bowl.

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[[note]]'''Bart'''"I don't think any of us expected him to say that."[[/note]]

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[[note]]"I don't think any of us expected him to say that."[[/note]]

* There is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' where the titular duo go to clown school. It's played like a boot camp, with a drill instructor and parachute jumping.

-->-- '''Homer''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[[note]]"I don't think any of us expected him to say that."[[/note]]

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A Clown School is where people go to learn comedy. They're usually staffed by Clowns -- the jokey, {{non ironic|Clown}} variety. The classes there usually range from [[PieInTheFace pie throwing]] to {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s to other forms of jokes (But never the practical mean-spirited ones). Sometimes used as a punishment for something or other (usually bad grades), or maybe the character thinks that it might happen for that reason.