Last night I did a show.
Tried to do a show.
Yet, I was super funny. The moments where everything is truly going wrong, not the controlled wrong. I get people laughing. I get to be a clown.
Here's what it is to be a clown. Everything is your stage and you comment on it. Comment, meaning joking, acknowledging, a body language gesture, making physical or eye contact. Everything. that's what's funny about clowns, it's the reflection of what we see. Most people don't see the world. A clown brings everything upfront.
I always remember in elementary school. The teacher had us put our heads down, we listened. She said, "can you hear the train far away?" "Can you hear the bird outside" etc. Stuff you just process.
By acknowledging EVERYTHING the audience notices the absurdity of the world. That's what clowns do.
My party last night had everything wrong. They held it in a local Chinese restaurant, no banquet room, just in the middle of the restaurant. So, hmmm, how do I deal with people that might actually be there to eat that are not part of this party? Point them out and say, "I guess you didn't go out to eat for this tonight..."
Absolutely no room. I had some parents move the tables a bit but there were 35 kids. Lots and lots of adults. The children were at my feet. I mean, at my feet. Being a clown, I can step on them, pretend to step on them, use a whoopie cushion on them for being so close. Acknowledging the situation.
i had kids that were "older" meaning 9 or 10. They were in the "that's not magic, this is boring" part. And they shouted it out a lot. So, I acknowledge that. "You sound like my wife" "You think this is boring? Try my day job, urinal cake testing" whatever. I don't think I said that.
The birthday boy was special needs and totally in my stuff. It was hard to do routines with me having to get him out of my stuff, every few seconds. I do this in a fun gentle way. He was overly excited and tried to hit me and kick me a lot too. More potential for jokes.
And of course comment on it.
Plus it was a magic themed party, all the kids had magic wands they were poking at each other and my face. I made a joke about Kaiser. That's our big hospital chain.
For me. The show was way less than ideal.
It doesn't matter. If you pick and choose your shows, you'll be stuck, to be a clown you can't choose
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. A clown, just by definition (see above) has to go into the unknown, has to get into life threatening or just horrible situations.
That's why clowns are funny. Because you put your career, your physical well being, everything on the line. I got lots of laughs and today huge praise from the parents about how memorable it was for their son.
I'm not sure how I feel about a show like this one. I was truly a clown. I made memories, I was super funny.
On the other side, it was crowded, I didn't do a lot of my routines very well. That part failed.
And that's what clowning is. Nearly always success/failure. That's truly what's funny. Not so much to me. But I'm sure a truly funny show to watch.
Tried to do a show.
Yet, I was super funny. The moments where everything is truly going wrong, not the controlled wrong. I get people laughing. I get to be a clown.
Here's what it is to be a clown. Everything is your stage and you comment on it. Comment, meaning joking, acknowledging, a body language gesture, making physical or eye contact. Everything. that's what's funny about clowns, it's the reflection of what we see. Most people don't see the world. A clown brings everything upfront.
I always remember in elementary school. The teacher had us put our heads down, we listened. She said, "can you hear the train far away?" "Can you hear the bird outside" etc. Stuff you just process.
By acknowledging EVERYTHING the audience notices the absurdity of the world. That's what clowns do.
My party last night had everything wrong. They held it in a local Chinese restaurant, no banquet room, just in the middle of the restaurant. So, hmmm, how do I deal with people that might actually be there to eat that are not part of this party? Point them out and say, "I guess you didn't go out to eat for this tonight..."
Absolutely no room. I had some parents move the tables a bit but there were 35 kids. Lots and lots of adults. The children were at my feet. I mean, at my feet. Being a clown, I can step on them, pretend to step on them, use a whoopie cushion on them for being so close. Acknowledging the situation.
i had kids that were "older" meaning 9 or 10. They were in the "that's not magic, this is boring" part. And they shouted it out a lot. So, I acknowledge that. "You sound like my wife" "You think this is boring? Try my day job, urinal cake testing" whatever. I don't think I said that.
The birthday boy was special needs and totally in my stuff. It was hard to do routines with me having to get him out of my stuff, every few seconds. I do this in a fun gentle way. He was overly excited and tried to hit me and kick me a lot too. More potential for jokes.
And of course comment on it.
Plus it was a magic themed party, all the kids had magic wands they were poking at each other and my face. I made a joke about Kaiser. That's our big hospital chain.
For me. The show was way less than ideal.
It doesn't matter. If you pick and choose your shows, you'll be stuck, to be a clown you can't choose
That's why clowns are funny. Because you put your career, your physical well being, everything on the line. I got lots of laughs and today huge praise from the parents about how memorable it was for their son.
I'm not sure how I feel about a show like this one. I was truly a clown. I made memories, I was super funny.
On the other side, it was crowded, I didn't do a lot of my routines very well. That part failed.
And that's what clowning is. Nearly always success/failure. That's truly what's funny. Not so much to me. But I'm sure a truly funny show to watch.
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