In a famous series of shorts, Emmett Kelly played a clown named Weary Willie. One of his routines was repeatedly trying to sweep up what?

In the Weary Willie bit, he was a down-and-out clown hobo with tattered clothes. He would try to sweep up the spotlight, only to be suddenly startled when the spotlight disappeared. Weary Willie was a clown based on the hobo life.

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