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Homey D. Clown
Clowns are often the subject of chats about fears, joys and just general silliness. Homey D. Clown is a combination of all three of these characteristics and he was also a regular on the popular TV show “In Living Color.” Damon Wayans plays Homey D. Clown. He is supposedly an ex-con named Herman Simpson who is working as a clown as part of his parole agreement. He refuses to perform the “usual clown antics “though. If anyone attempts to make him do so, he usually states “I don’t think so…Homey don’t play dat.” He then proceeds to hit them on the head with a tennis ball filled sock.
Homey’s goal in life now is to get even with “The Man” who he feels is “holding him down.” At the end of most of the sketches about Homey, he leads a group of children in a sing-along in which he ends up turning in the angry/paranoid person he really is. He then goes into a rant, intimidates the children and gets them repeating it word for word. Do not worry though the “children” are played by adult cast members.
Homey D. Clown was very popular in the early 1990s on the show In Living Color. Some people loved the skits others did not. The idea of a parolee doing his “sentence” by performing as a clown is definitely unusual. He is anything but clown like most of the time. He is short tempered, usually refuses to perform clown like activities unless paid for them upfront or fighting the person who requested the trick with the previously mentioned tennis ball filled sock.
Is he scary? To most people the idea of an ex-con clown is indeed scary. To make matters worse he often goes off into rants about “The Man.” He blames the “The Man” for causing most of his problems in life, including his situation of being on parole and having to play a clown. If you’re within bopping range you should
also probably be scared of that sock with the tennis balls.
Obviously, Homey D. Clown is not a morally wholesome character so why not also give him an illegitimate son who looks just like him right down to the clown make-up and shares Homey views on many things.
Homey D. Clown is indeed famous, many people today still use his key phrase “I don’t think so…Homey don’t play dat.” He also is easy to relate to for many people. He has very little actual clown like activity other than wearing the clown suit and make-up. Are people scared of him? Well, small children definitely could be but they really should not be watching much of the show anyway. Should adults be scared, well, it could be some people’s worst nightmare to hire a clown and have him behave the way Homey does toward their children. Let’s face it many people and children have clown phobias anyway.
In Living Color – Wayans Brothers