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NextRicky Is Clown is abbreviated as RIC Ricky is a clown.
He would walk on stage in his street clothes, and introduce himself as Irv Romig.
It was so subtle, that it would take you a while to notice it.
Remember the bad knee that I told you about? There were other clowns on TV, but I always saw them as men dressed in funny clothes who introduced cartoons. Saying no will not stop you from seeing Etsy ads or impact Etsy's own personalization technologies, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive.
NextIrv and his lovely wife Rosie welcomed me into their home and treated me like an old friend.
While Irv put on his Ricky makeup, his voice would get progressively higher. I would remind him that Ricky was, and will always be, my hero.
NextHis body was pretty beat up from the years of rough and tumble acrobatics that he performed in professional circuses for most of his career.
When the show was over, Ricky would quickly make the transformation back to Irv, complete with hunched back and bad knee. To me, Ricky was the real deal.
NextAs he put on his clown face, his posture would straighten, and, I swear, 40 years would melt off of his body.
As he put on his makeup in front of the audience, he would explain the history of clowning and the circus. I just loved his energy, the circus gags, the animals and the music. Find out more in our.
NextHis doctor wanted him to have a knee replacement, but at his age he was reluctant to have the operation.
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Ricky would then play the bugle, do a few funny bits, perform a couple of magic tricks, followed by questions from the audience..
At this stage in his life, Irv was well into his 80s. Now, what happened next always amazed me. When he put on his wig and derby to complete the transformation, he would step away from the table as Ricky the Clown, then do his act for the next half hour.
NextThey were all pretty terrific to my 8-year-old eyes, but my favorite, by far, was.