Mother of Invention

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

Snap, Glynn, Storytelling, Wnyc, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Performing Arts, Washington, Society & Culture/documentary, Arts/performing Arts, Music, Arts

4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It’s the 70’s, two young girls are caught up in the allure of smoking, and the whole scene is about to blow. And a veteran clown knows one thing… don’t bleed in front of the children.

STORIES

Smoke Rings

Back in the 70s, smoking was cool. Angie was not.

Thank you to Angie and her mom Marita for sharing this story.

Produced by John Fecile, original score by Dirk Schwarzhoff

Charles the Clown

When it's time to put on a good face... sometimes you just gotta improvise.

A huge thank you to the one and only Charles the Clown for sharing his experience with the Snap. Charles Krause has been a children’s entertainer based out of the Seattle area for more than 40 years. Check out his videos, songs, magic tricks, and puppet routines! You can even book Charles for your next event.

Produced by Bo Walsh , original score by Dirk Schwarzhoff, artwork by Teo Ducot

Season 15 - Episode 21

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0:00.0	Snap Studios. Okay, so.
0:14.0	so. Okay so I'm telling what I think is a funny story to a group of young people about this time
0:30.7	in my own misspent youth.
0:33.0	When the man kicks me out of Europe,
0:35.0	back to Michigan, I used my last few dollars for gas money to California,
0:40.0	laying on my buddy's couch where I launched my not so brilliant idea for a Horoscope hotline.
0:49.0	And everybody's laughing but one guy, he looks thoughtful and he says something I do not see coming. He's like, wow, how are you so brave?
1:04.0	What?
1:06.0	Brave?
1:08.0	Brave?
1:10.0	Now look at this guy,
1:14.3	at this guy, tailored shirt, smart haircuts, perfect smile, and I'm guessing that's
1:21.2	his new Tesla out front of course despite his age I see that this
1:27.2	charm man he has something to lose resources at his disposal and for a moment I almost almost almost feel sorry for
1:41.3	him because I've never been brave.
1:46.0	But I have been though,
1:49.0	it's broke.
1:51.0	I make no mistake being broke sucks but when you're broke when you have nothing
2:08.5	It does grant you a certain type of freedom to take chances to make choices that people with stuff cannot even imagine.
2:18.0	So today, on Snap Judgment, we proudly present
2:21.0	the mother of invention,
2:25.2	making stories of things that can only happen when we've tried absolutely everything else.
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