he loved doing that. broderick: he was actually a real clown. .who did tricks for little kids. and he was in a union and all that. he got kids laughing. he had little hand puppets. he had a squeaky voice that would talk to the children, and they would talk back. gacy: pogo the clown was the clowning that i did for charity hospital work for the democratic party. pogo comes from being polish and on the go all the time. so it s po-go. broderick: he got pleasure out of performing for people, particularly little kids, in hospitals. he d see this kid who s got leukemia and is, you know, diagnosed incurable. he d do his clown act and cry on their behalf.