[Sherman]

Greetings all!

I found this place today while looking at clown schtuff. Still working on a rough design for my clown, but I have a few ideas I intend to keep.

To the best of my knowledge, we don't have any "street clowns" here in Savannah. Which is surprising, as we have a thriving tourist industry and the streets and parks downtown are almost always occupied by visitors and locals. We have a variety of musical performers, and the occasional performance artist doing his or her thing, but no clowns. NO CLOWNS! Something needs to be done.

Enter Sherman the Clown.

My concept for Sherman is to caricature and clownify the "businessman" archetype that can be seen pretty much anywhere. The base for the costume will be a slightly oversize, very loud (primary colors) business-type suit, outlandish dress shirt, goofy tie, suspenders and some big shoes. I'll round it out with makeup, a wig, and some appropriate and comedically-large accessories (5"x7" Business cards, big chunky wristwatch, and a HUGE cellphone, cause if I'm talking loudly on a big phone, then I must be important). I'll spend my time entertaining with typical clown-fare, but with the themed twist thrown on it.

The idea will probably evolve over time, but the intention will remain the same... to spend some free time enjoying the outdoors and people, and get a few laughs while I'm at it.

I welcome the advice and knowledge of the community here, and hope to make some friends along the way.