Clowning Around: The Fine Art of Pie Throwing

By Nina Totenberg,

Published September 4, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Nina Totenberg is right on target.

NPR's Scott Simon courageously volunteers for hazardous duty during an interview with former Bozo clown Joey D'Auria, author of My Favorite Comedy Sketches. NPR's Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent, takes instruction from D'Auria in the ancient comedic art of pie throwing.

Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.

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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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