When I first read this topic, the first thing I thought of was that scarry, scarry clown nammed Willie Whistle who used to run a kid's show on a boston station (I live in Connecticut) back in the late 1970's early 80's. This guy would put a toy whistle in his mouth and talk through it so he'd have this scarry high pitched voice. Anyway... he used to do the show live... and I actually remember this episode because I watched it when it aired. Some woman brought a huge boa constrictor on the show to show Willie. They put the snake on him... and then the snake decided to crawl into Willies unmentionables and tangle itself there. This happened entirely live.
This exerpt is from a TV blooper show from long ago that got ahold of the footage.
*Warning.. extremely creepy clown*
I wonder what Willie Whistle is doing nowadays.