Clown Skits for Everyone: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Performing Clown (Paperback)

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

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Product Description
A collection of thirty-two clown skits for one or two performers, accompanied by tips for aspiring clowns on props, gestures, terminology, and safety.

About the Author
Feder

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing; 2 edition (February 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916260755
• ISBN-13: 978-0916260750
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #317,262 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 36 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

By	[e-mail] (Rhinelander, WI) - See all my reviews

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.

5 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.