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Frank Cotolo
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My rodeo clown work at The Rootin' Tootin' Wildcat Rope and Revolver Rodeo was eventually the
subject of a review. A newspaper in Texas sent an entertainment editor to a show we did in Dallas,
one of the biggest cities the rodeo stopped to perform. The reviewer, Curly Placematt, came to me
after the show and asked for an interview.
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"You are the funniest rodeo clown I ever saw and I want to do an interview with you for the Sunday
supplement," he said.
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"Sure," I said, "but don't make me nationally famous."
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It was a lie because I wanted to be nationally famous. I wanted to be on television talk shows and
visit children's hospitals and go to political dinners and have a comic strip dedicated to my rodeo
clown character.
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I met Curly the next day.
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"You look a lot different in street clothes," he said.
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"That's just because I wear a lot of makeup and crazy shirts and pants when I am performing," I
answered.
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We sat in a restaurant and once Curly assured me he was picking up the check he asked me questions.
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"When you slide under the bull and roll around," he said, "do you ever wind up beneath the bull's
backside?"
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"No, that never happens."
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"When another rodeo clown hugs you to provoke a fall, do you ever feel like kissing him or her?"
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"No, never."
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"If I were a rodeo clown, would you kiss me?"
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"I guess if it were funny, you know? If the kiss was part of a rodeo clown act and we made the kiss
funny, then yes."
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"Do you like clowning better when you are on your feet or on the ground?"
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