Clown Prince Of Shoes

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Clowns would seem unlikely pitchmen for shoes, given their generally unfashionable footwear.
Nonetheless, a clown was deemed the appropriate centerpiece for one TV spot from Kupper Parker Communications for Shoe Carnival, an Evansville, Ind.-based chain of 129 stores in the Midwest and the South.
The clown is down because the circus is closing as people are heading to Shoe Carnival instead. “People don’t have time for clowns anymore,” he laments. “Shoe Carnival. I’m so sick of their brand-name shoes … and the fun.”
Yet when his cohorts want to take him on a trip to the store, he agrees.


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