Fracas Frusturates Fraternizing With Friends

April 1, 2006

(UPP) - Unified Puppet Press (NEW YORK) - The star of MTV2's "Wonder Showzen," Clarence, was charged with littering last week in front of the Friends Quaker Church near 17th Street and 2nd Avenue, where the television personality tapes his segments in the park.  The suspect reportedly removed one of hie eyeballs and threw it onto church property.  Two elders from the Friends Church confirmed they are pressing charges against the blue puppet.  Clarence was detained and questioned for several hours in a hotel room four blocks away.  Charges of harassment were dropped, but the puppet still faces conviction for littering, which includes a maximum $500 fine and/or forty-eight hours in jail.

The puppet, famous for no-holds-barred "man-on-the-street" interviews, told says the entire incident shows "not enough cooperation between neighbors" adding "we're just doing it for the kids."  Clarence avoided jaywalking charges since he was being carried across the street, reportedly by his proctologist.  The doctor was not fined.

The puppet is a reporter for the news division of a critically-acclaimed MTV2 program, "Wonder Showzen."  Clarence was convicted of mail fraud in Pennsylvania in 1997.

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