Wiggles The Clown Costume, $23, Buy Costume | Striped Stockings, $8, Amazon | White Face Paint, $10, Amazon | Rainbow Wig, $40, Etsy This is the Mrs. Claus of clowns. She's cute, but equally creepy.

But I do want to acknowledge that there is a bit of a clown resurgence in comedy right now. My fiancé actually wrote a great piece for Slate on this after we went to Edinburgh Fringe, about how ...