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The Legendary George Carl and Another Funny Meeting
George Carl, the Tumbler George Carl was an excellent tumbler and was the topmounter in the teeterboard act in the Tom Mix Circus. I think he was topmounter to 4-man high. He told me that one day in Chicago he was doing pure tumbling on the grass by the lake, he was tumbling with the…
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Absolute Clowning: Preston Sturges
I’m halfway through seeing the three series of the TV show FARGO. As usual I’m an advocate of the clown Max Wall’s philosophy of life which he said was “One thing leads to another “. In reading about Fargo I saw that the writer Noah Hawley was commissioned by FX to “create a Coen Brothers”…
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Show Biz, The Art of Variety
There was a time when one said they were in “show business” or “show biz”. The performers understood that they shared a common bond with their colleagues whether they were singers, actors, dancers, circus artistes, musical theatre performers, etc. It was also a business that thrived in diversity and international artistes who traveled to perform.…
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Diversity Is Normal
Martha Graham was one of the most prolific directors/creators of live performance. From the beginning of her company she worked closely with a diverse group of artists including her dancers, designers, musicians. She was born in 1895 and continued to direct and create into her early 90s. Graham had also worked as a dancer in…
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Non-Clown Clowns
Clown is a natural phenomenon. Clowns appear in all fields of human activity. I also include Clowns who are infrequently recognised as ‘clowns’ so I give them one of my highest compliments by calling them also “Non-Clown Clown”(s). Several of the other 50+ blogs on this site are about other Non-Clown Clowns. The 50+ blogs…
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Einstein and The Radical Clown
Wavy Gravy was one of the first radical clowns within the hippie movement. His performance career started in standup comedy and the more radical comedian Lenny Bruce was Wavy’s manager. Wavy’s real or birth name was Hugh Romney. His one comedy album is as Hugh Romney that album is on youtube. Hugh’s family moved to…
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The Incredible Clown – Sid Caesar
Astounding. ACTOR/CLOWN/WRITER SID CAESAR The link below is the main link/source that someone has made to list ALL of Sid Caesar’s work available on youtube!!!!!!!!!! There is one category of 16 of his pantomime solos!!!!!! I suppose I told you I saw him LIVE. NYC. Lower East Side venue called The Village Gate a 300…
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The Universal Mind and Non-Clown Clowns
Jazz Musicians; Scientists: People can be ‘clowns’ without doing clowning as a profession. “Non-Clown Clowns” is a concept that there are numerous people in all sorts of fields who are natural clowns but express their humour and creativity outside of the field of clown or theatre. In this case there is not a lot of…
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Is Nonsense Necessary to Make Sense of Society?
Is Nonsense Necessary to Make Sense of Society? I think that nonsense is a necessary part of the human mind. It is not something likely to be provable. Provable generally tends to mean – scientifically provable. But the social sciences are soft sciences that involve one’s perception. Hard science claims that perception and the personal…
