The clown meme, aka the Clown Putting on Makeup meme, in which the clown progressively applies a full face of makeup and a wig, was created from an actual tutorial for would-be clowns. However ...

Clown University brought in a large freshman class ... but also the year of what I’m calling the “dating clownery meme.” Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Original image ...

“The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight ... a journalism lecturer at the University of Westminster and author of Internet Memes and Society. “Not any kind of emotions, but one ...

but the sight of pennywise is no less strangely hilarious for it. Here are the 25 best It memes, also known as “How the Clown Will Get You in 2017”: ...

Johnny Whitsett, the board's president, said the clown meme "has really gotten out of hand." Whitsett said "it wouldn't be good" if people saw somebody dressed as a clown in their yard.