{"id":1840,"date":"2011-02-02T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2018-06-29T10:19:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T14:19:49","slug":"send-in-the-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/?p=1840","title":{"rendered":"Send in the Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, an e-mail comes across the computer screen with a fairly good message.&nbsp; A friend of mine sent me this hyperlink to a YouTube video of the song, \u201cSend in the Clowns,\u201d sung by Frank Sinatra.&nbsp; I never was a big Sinatra fan, but this is a particularly haunting rendition and Old Blue Eyes does a fantastic job singing the song.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, The video I first posted goes on to show clips of some of the very best comedians and comediennes of our parent\u2019s and grandparent\u2019s generations.&nbsp; In watching the video, one has to wonder why we no longer have such lovable and very talented funny people in this world anymore.&nbsp; Oh, we have a few, but not like those depicted in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, whoever posted the original video removed it so I had to replace it. Here is Frank Sinatra singing \u201cSend in the Clowns.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>For your best enjoyment, maximize the screen and turn up the volume.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Send In The Clowns - Frank Sinatra | Concert Collection\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1UJtMG7Eexk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n(Found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UJtMG7Eexk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UJtMG7Eexk<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-30-<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 2011 J. Clark<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, an e-mail comes across the computer screen with a fairly good message.&nbsp; A friend of mine sent me this hyperlink to a YouTube video of the song, \u201cSend in the Clowns,\u201d sung by Frank Sinatra.&nbsp; I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/?p=1840\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[940,941,1218,1565,1686,2250,2633,2723,3184,4382,563],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-in-general","tag-comedians","tag-comediennes","tag-e-mail","tag-frank-sinatra","tag-good-message","tag-lovable-and-talented-funny-people","tag-old-blue-eyes","tag-parents-and-grandparents-generations","tag-send-in-the-clowns","tag-youtube-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5762,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions\/5762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}