And now you know

[maliszew]

Like me, some of you may have long wondered how it was that Julius Fučík's "Entrance of the Gladiators" came to be associated with clowns (aside from the obvious circus connection). An enterprising Canadian at the turn of the last century named Louis-Philippe Laurendeau (aka Paul Laurent) is apparently responsible, after he re-arranged what Fučík

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[colecash]

I once incorporated this anecdote (along with a 2-man backup acapella of the melody) into a notorious rendition of a shaggy-dog clown joke.

[thebitterguy]

I seem to have learned something today.