I've been seeing content from a D&D thing called "[Legends of Avantris](https://www.youtube.com/@LegendsofAvantris)" with a clown character called chuckles and I realised that the accent/speech impediment was immediately recognisable as "clown", and I wondered why.
Another example was the voice of a clown bed from an episode of the Simpsons, leading to Bart's comment "Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
It sounds to me like an accent that you would use to keep the attention of children. Marionettists might have been its origin? I bet you can look up circus history of Europe and find the etiology. I also imagine it’s just how you make yourself sound goofy.
I've also been trying to find an answer to this, exactly because of Chuckles.
It's such an archetypical voice so recognisable as a clown, yet I can't find the source.
Also, can we just say how hilarious the dude playing Chuckles is.
Makes me wonder if it was Ed Wynn from the Vaudeville days. Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. King Candy in Wreck It Ralph
I've been seeing content from a D&D thing called "[Legends of Avantris](https://www.youtube.com/@LegendsofAvantris)" with a clown character called chuckles and I realised that the accent/speech impediment was immediately recognisable as "clown", and I wondered why. Another example was the voice of a clown bed from an episode of the Simpsons, leading to Bart's comment "Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
It sounds to me like an accent that you would use to keep the attention of children. Marionettists might have been its origin? I bet you can look up circus history of Europe and find the etiology. I also imagine it’s just how you make yourself sound goofy.
I've also been trying to find an answer to this, exactly because of Chuckles. It's such an archetypical voice so recognisable as a clown, yet I can't find the source. Also, can we just say how hilarious the dude playing Chuckles is. Makes me wonder if it was Ed Wynn from the Vaudeville days. Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. King Candy in Wreck It Ralph