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Ent_FiveTop_060331.appFooter = "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By Wendell Wittler";
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Ent_FiveTop_060331[i-1].body = "<img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060329/060328_5top_krusty.vsmall.jpg align=right hspace=4 border=1><b>Krusty the Clown, \"The Simpsons\":</b> He's one of the most popular \"Simpsons\" characters and Springfield's No. 1 TV personality, but deep down, under the white face, red nose and green hair ... hey, wait a minute, that ain't make-up! Krusty&#146;s a man of many addictions: alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, prescription medications and Pepto-Bismol. His main source of income is from slapping his name on every product imaginable -- and some that aren't: pregnancy tests (&#147;Warning: May cause birth defects&#148;), crowd-control banners (\"Krusty Sez: Get Back!\") and of course the Krusty Burger. Krusty has frequently retired, been canceled or faked his own death, always returning to do a \"comeback special.\" He is Bart Simpson's role model. Enough said.";

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Ent_FiveTop_060331[i-1].body = "<img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060329/060328_5top_pennywise.vsmall.jpg hspace=4 align=right border=1><b>Pennywise, \"Stephen King's It\": </b> Before discovering cell phones, Stephen King had to create other sources of mayhem, in this case a demon who came to life every 27 years to curse a small town in Maine and terrorize its children. Its physical manifestation was Pennywise, an unjolly jester who spouted bad jokes (\"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?\") between horrific declarations (\"I am the eater of worlds, and of children\"). In the 1990 TV version, this bad clown was played by Tim Curry, midway between his performances as \"Rocky Horror&#146;s\" Dr. Frank-N-Furter and \"Family Affair&#146;s\" Mr. French. His would-be victims included John Ritter and a very young Seth Green.";

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Ent_FiveTop_060331[i-1].body = "<img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060329/060329_5top_homeydclown.vsmall.jpg hspace=6 align=right border=1><b>Homey D. Clown, \"In Living Color\":</b> In all fairness, Damon Wayans&#146; character (real name: Herman Simpson, no relation to Homer, O.J. or Ashlee) didn't want to be a clown. It was forced upon him as part of a prison work-release program. (What could possibly go wrong?) Best known for his catchphrase, \"Homey don't play that,\" he blamed everything wrong with his life on The Man and frequently resorted to low-level violence with his trusty stuffed sock. He has since been the star of a video game, though a Homey movie has been stuck in development since 2003 ... probably the fault of The Man.";

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Ent_FiveTop_060331[i-1].body = "<img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060329/060329_5top_the%20joker.vsmall.jpg hspace=4 align=right border=1><b>The Joker, \"Batman\":</b> Of all the supervillains Batman has faced over the years, the Joker is his ultimate nemesis: randomly destructive, psychotically deadly and frustratingly resilient. When the comic-book writers decided to kill off the second Robin in 1988 (explained <a href=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8077996/ target=_new>here</a>), it was the Joker who done it. This was the role Jack Nicholson was paid the Gross National Product of Europe to play. In the '60s TV series, Cesar Romero&#146;s gaggy Joker was upstaged by Frank Gorshin's Riddler and Burgess Meredith's Penguin, but a chilling vocal performance in the '90s animated version revived the career of former Jedi Mark Hamill.";

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Ent_FiveTop_060331[i-1].body = "<img src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060329/060329_5top_jackinthebox.vsmall.jpg hspace=4 align=right border=1><b>Jack I. Box:</b> Jack in the Box restaurants are a pioneer in drive-thru fast food, with their often copied plastic-clownhead intercom. (&#147;Speak directly to Jack.&#148;) In the &#145;80&#146;s, they ceremoniously &#147;blew up&#148; Jack to promote a grown-up image, but after their E. coli crisis, they brought Jack back, still with the big round plastic head, but wearing a business suit and staging a hostile takeover. (He blew up the board of directors.) Since then, CEO Jack has been their spokes ... thing. Commercials show him at work, at home and even playing celebrity poker against Gary Coleman and William Hung. Jack&#146;s a far more responsible burger peddler than Krusty, but his dry demeanor is hopelessly un-clownlike and kind of creepy. Worse, he&#146;s the obvious inspiration for the even creepier plastic-faced Burger King.";

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