Clown Skits for Everyone [Paperback]

Happy Jack Feder (Author), Lafe Locke (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 1991

Everything you need to know to be a performing clown - written by a performing clown! Advice and ideas plus thirty-two easy-to-perform skits for one or two clown acts. Talks about gestures and actions, rehearsals and routines, talking or miming, modifying skits and the mechanics of performance. Tells about how to make props and the best techniques for beginners. All of the thirty-two skits included in the book have been performance-tested - simplified for easy memorization. The book is delightfully illustrated throughout by Lafe Locke.

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Feder

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing Ltd.; 2 edition (March 15, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916260755
• ISBN-13: 978-0916260750
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource for clown skits for 1 & 2 clowns, July 22, 1999

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This review is from: Clown Skits for Everyone (Paperback)

Clown Skits for Everyone, by Happy Jack Feder, is an excellent resource. It contains a (very) short introduction on make-up & clown character, & then launches into the meat of the book - a collection of skits suitable for one and/or two clowns. Some skits are 'classics', while others are variations. All are funny and quite 'do-able' even for beginning clowns. The book is interspersed with nuggets about character, character development, entertaining, working with other clowns, audience control, etc. Frankly, as a professional clown, I don't know *where* the negative reviewer is coming from.

2.0 out of 5 stars not very creative, February 11, 2011

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Tazzie "laurie4taz" (CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Clown Skits for Everyone (Paperback)

So I was expecting a lot more. This book does not have a big variety of skits like I hoped. It lacks creativity and doesn't give the skills needed to easily create your own. I was hoping it would give better suggestions for everyone to create a variety of skits. This is more like an intro and some ideas.

6 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Degrading look at Clowns, April 22, 1998

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This review is from: Clown Skits for Everyone (Paperback)

I cannot tell you how horrifying it was for me to read this awful book about clown skits. Feder obviously has no comprehension at all of the world of the clown. Mr. Feder, my father was a clown. I know what it's like to be a clown. Believe me, it's not all fun and games as your book would suggest. I hope no one who reads the book will buy into its misinterpretations and stereotypes that you portray. I'm sorry for every true clown you have offended.