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Three Cheers for the jolly good Clown i.e. Rumpel aka Jolly Goodfellow, that is Mr. Goodfellow and his guise R.I.P.
His given name was Sean Goodfellow – HOWEVER, Jolly Goodfellow became his legal name. I have been rightfully asked to leave that original name out. I used it for an historical fact. I was informed that Mr Goodfellow, as I…
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Who Loves Lucy?… clowns and frowns
Who Loves Lucy?… clowns and frowns Photo is of Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. Note: In my method’s chronology of exercises there is a section “The Path of Honor” -9 exercises named after various notable clowns. One exercise is The…
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CORNBALL CLOWNS – Peggy Ryan
Some thread of Clown history relates the word ‘clown’ to a ‘clod’. A clod can be a lump of clay or dirt. A clod can be a country bumpkin. That is a person from the rural areas. Jim Nabors, the…
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Picasso’s Saltimbanques
“Harlequin Dreams” was one of my Clown Theatre experiments. The whole show is 43 minutes and is on a link below. It was one of my semi-autobiographic shows. I came to be Harlequin via a basic commercial gig. The company…
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Women Clowns – Half of The Whole Truth
Women Clowns – Half of The Whole Truth This blog/essay is to provide a little of the background which is the source that led to contemporary Women Clowns. INTRODUCTION When discussing Clown, clowns, clowning, and clown teaching I often refer…
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“The Josephine Baker Exercise” the great Clown exercise for Women… and anyone
“The Josephine Baker Exercise” the great Clown exercise for Women… and anyone. The Josephine Baker Exercise is situated in my method’s chronological template The Four Articulations for Performance, The final section of The Four Articulations is whereThe Josephine Baker Exercise…
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One of THE Greatest Clown Routines
photo: Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon were a legendary Clown Duet albeit on TV, for 23 years. One of THE Greatest Clown Routines No one in Clown knows everything about Clown. Every single one of those who would claim to…
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“HAL” of 2001: A Space Odyssey; and HAL’s Non-Clown Clown Source
Non-Clown Clown I.J.Good “HAL” of 2001: A Space Odyssey; and its Non-Clown Clown Source its Non-Clown Clown Source “Alan Turing … had caught Good sleeping on the floor while on duty during his first night shift. At first, Turing thought Good…
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The 2-Hands Secret to Acting and Clowning
photo: Ira Seidenstein in Harlequin Dreams – whole show 45 minutes on youtube The 2-Hands Secret to Acting and Clowning One of my shortest blogs – just a few points about the value and secret of the hands in performance.…
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My Only Short Blog About Clown/Acting
This is me merely up to episode 4. This tv series is to me the pinnacle and result of a century plus of the development of modern acting, writing, directing, technological integration from hair and makeup to computer wizardry. And…