![]() ![]() A holy fool sees the world in his own unique way and sticks with it. Roger was practically the patron saint of holy fools. When a cop pulled Roger over for erratic driving and said, “Can I see your license?” Roger replied, “Can I shoot your gun?” Only a clown searching for a rhyme for the word purple would come up with “maple surple.” Roger Miller, who may have been the king of clowns, said his pappy was a pistol, which made him a son of a gun. What do you call a beautiful woman on a caddie’s arm? The last itme we teed it up, Ray had this piece of widom for me. And the lack of clown shoes didn’t reduce their ability to find a joke whenever one was needed.Īsleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson wears a size 17, which means he’s in clown shoes all day long, even when he plays golf. Perhaps I’m drawn to foolishness, but I’ve had plentyof other pals who seemed to stumble through life in one extended pratfall. ![]() They didn’t all wear red noses like Turk did when he was the opening act for some of my shows in his much younger days, or dive into a barrel just before an angry bull sent it flying like the fearless Leon Coffee. ![]() Picture, thanks to “A lot of my best friends have been clowns. ![]()
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