Clown Dimitri - "Le Porteur" ("The Porter", 1988)

In memory of the great clown Dimitri (1935-2016), Swiss television showed the equally acclaimed by public and press program "Le Porteur/The Porter"" in an abridged recording from the year 1988. 1962 emerged is "Le Porteur" Dimitris oldest program. It's all about mysterious boxes and suitcases. Together with Dimitri we can discover their content.
The clown Dimitri was the most known clown in switzerland in his days.
Im Gedenken an den grossen Clown Dimitri (1935-2016) zeigte das Schweizer Fernsehen das von Publikum und Presse gleichermassen gefeierte Programm «Le Porteur» in einer gekürzten Aufzeichnung aus dem Jahr 1988. 1962 entstanden, ist "Le Porteur" Dimitris ältestes Programm. Es dreht sich alles um geheimnisvolle Kisten und Koffer. Zusammen mit Dimitri können wir deren Inhalt entdecken.
Zitat Max Frisch über Dimitri: «Schaut ihn an, sage ich, das ist ein wirklicher Clown. Was ist ein wirklicher Clown? Das weiss ich nicht, aber schaut ihn an: Er kann schon allerhand und immer noch etwas mehr und dann ist er selig, wenn noch mehr gelingt, sogar das Unglaubliche. Man freut sich wie mit einem Kind, das die Tücke aller Dinge entdeckt und wie durch ein Wunder nicht strauchelt. Ich bin in jedem Augenblick gespannt, aber dann hat immer jemand gelacht, einfach laut gelacht, als wäre er allein, nicht wie man über einen Witz lacht, sondern gelacht vor Freude wie ein Kind; das war ich und der Clown heisst Dimitri».

[@samuelbhend2521]

here for all the english speakers, a rough translation/explanation: "Clown Dimitri" (1935-2016) was the most known swiss clown here in switzerland in his days. This film here is a shortened version of his sketch "Le Porteur" - "The Portier", from an event in 1988. The sketch itself which dates back to 1962 was Dimitri's oldest sketch. It revolves around different mysterious boxes and suitcases he's handling as a portier, and the exploring of them. It was at it's time the very top of clowning here in switzerland and very well reviewed in press and by publicum back then. This film was shown on swiss tv as a tribute after his death in 2016. There was many things he did in art: Theater (he founded some and also a Theatre school) painting, singing, writing, and a Familyshow with his whole Family. 4 of his 5 kids still work in theatre/circus.

[@lexalston9349]

awesome background info. thanks for sharing.

[@rtachera813]

Incredible, Magnificent, Love, Love, Love ..........years of devotion, dedicated to artistry, craftsmanship, skill, and talent..reminiscent of years gone by. Thank you so much for sharing this extraordinary piece with me it brings me joy. With Aloha from Honolulu,

[@diegosalvadorv]

i think the "trying hard to be funny" of course is part of what makes this clown interesting and fun. He´s like a child. It takes patience and heart, open your mind.

[@StephenSmart]

First time I have seen this man....Brilliant and his facial expressions are wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

Que Maestro inolvidable 0:) Gracias por subir este video.

[@keremkarabulut860]

This weekend ı got a clown job so I watched this awsome play, maybe it helps me.

[@BLAHhappy7]

Such quality, such talent. Love it!

[@estellabelle4833]

Adorable!!

[@MrBUESUM]

Great performance

[@luisenrique4398]

Musico ...Malabarista ...Equilibrista y Mimo ...En resumen un Gran Artista !!

[@jasp9661]

Have never heard of Dimitri before. I'm from the UK and was born long after the 60s.. 40 years after.. but I loved this and I appreciate that it's on KZbin for us all to see

[@PicklesPresents]

Fantastic

[@rinocu656]

Magnifico!

[@sbc4ever]

me encanta muuuucho

[@elianeleboucher9993]

De idées, un bon numéro et un bon artiste

[@senhormarinho]

maravilhoso!!!!!!!!

[@rebecavillacorta5317]

Genial muy genial

[@dulette1]

I love this man

[@pabloduran8895]

Que monstruo desde Uruguay che hermano excelente.

[@misionclown]

GENIAL :)

[@carlospirez1654]

Cuánto talento, un maestro !!!

[@chrisjonglage]

Großartig welch ein wundervoller Künstler. Ich habe heute das erste mal etwas von Dimitri gesehen und fühle eine große Trauer weil ich ihn vorher noch nicht gekannt oder ihn während seiner Lebzeiten gesehen zu haben.

[@victorhugovillcaquinones2587]

El es padre de Nina Dimitri, charanguista excepcional!!!🎉❤

[@nathaliasoares8197]

Dorei❤❤

[@TioMussarela]

Achei ele muito bom em tudo, menos no Time, para alguns pode ser tedioso.

[@AndersonFPinto]

Espetacular

[@markhurlinshelton4738]

Salute !! Love you Dimitri. ;)

[@brotando.]

Muy bueno ! 🙌

[@jmj4879]

Magique !

[@crt-bajarecords2051]

Nunca falta el que va con tos a los espectaculos

[@jhossyjhoss789]

Si eso pasa en toooodos lados 😂

[@salam3098]

he is very funny, amazing act¡¡¡¡

[@carmisalas-sarte3779]

I love this M

[@victorhugovillcaquinones2587]

Very nice❤🎉

[@laemartins3473]

Ainda tem gente rindo ! Não acredito e ainda aplaudindo , aqui capam ele .

[@PrimitiveShowKH]

Wow very good sing song good luck👍🙏💕 I im cambodain my time videos got Talent ❤😍

[@EriKGaya]

Quand Grock rencontre Marcel Marceau, arrive Dimitri.

[@cameravideo1230]

Rip 😞 😢

[@MR-MOHON]

wow

[@mariosalgado1812]

The best

[@victorhugovillcaquinones2587]

I love ❤🎉

[@RussianEngineer]

Нда... Душераздирающее зрелище.

[@user-tt9wf1ee3p]

Мастер, очень крут

[@bnsarellano9135]

Muy divertido

[@tony29239]

Lo maximo en encanto

[@gabrielagatti4978]

❤

[@benjapunpunnakamura4051]

Interesante +.+

[@DanielCabrera94]

Para los quejosos les recuerdo que es un humor de hace más de 30 años , de aquí a un tiempo verán de las cosas que se reían actualmente y dirán lo mismo.

[@alexandrebidaud3289]

Cet humour, comme vous l'écrivez, n'a pas 30 ans, il est INTEMPOREL ! Et c'est plus que de l'humour, c'est de la pure poésie ! Quant à 'l'humour' d'aujourd'hui - beaucoup d' 'artistes' se croyant des 'humoristes', alors que chez nombre d'entre eux, seules, la médiocrité et la vulgarité dominent - celui-ci ne peut que tomber rapidement et impitoyablement aux oubliettes !

[@cyrushormusjee5112]

When nitwit's, don't understand/ get, the message behind this act, of his. There has to be negative comments. VERY SAD. ONE NEEDS, BALLS OF STEEL TO PERFORM, OF WHAT HE DOES, . HIS DEDICATION, TO MASTER/ PERFORM WAS HIS FREEWILL. TO GET HOME, BREAD. HONESTLY... THINK BEFORE, YOU PASS, NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON ANYONE... CHEERS, Dimitri. Regards...

[@samuelbhend2521]

this was dimitri's (swiss clown, lived 1935-2016) oldest sketch, originating in 1962. The film is a shortened version of a show in 1988 and was shown on swiss tv as a tribute after his death. It indeed is very boring today, but when it came out 1962 and the following 3 decades it was, according to press and publicum, THE show to see... Yes. we swiss have always been little bit boring:) but if you take humor from the 60's I'm sure all around the world it will be seen as boring today...

[@paulantoniomontielvalle3489]

Master CLOWn # 1 ARTS

[@ajom2184]

Its performance art. And 30 years ago. Its not meant to make you laugh. He speaks like Njinsky as Petroushka. Trying to express something against all odds.

[@user-jf3iq9bf6e]

First time I know.. Incredible true story

[@faulkgough1768]

I love all the "there is no slap-stick." "and, he is not funny" comments. The original clowns were not the goofballs that there are today. like, who is the other good one.. Avner the excentric .

[@weebjeez]

Avner the Eccentric is fucking HILARIOUS, what you are talking about? That man is an absolute DELIGHT! This guy is very talented, I'll give you that. But he's CLEARLY going for laughs at some points, and applause at others... and the awkward silence between what was meant to be a trick and the applause he was waiting for (at times) is deafening. Like when he flipped the plate... Literally something anyone can do... he was clearly waiting for applause... And I thought he was doing it for effect: waiting for applause on an "easy trick" then doing something much more impressive (something that Avner is VERY GOOD at)... but he didn't. He just went on to the next part of the performance, with that being the clear "prestige" of the plate portion. But, the opening, with the guitar? Very good. Losing the pick, getting a new one, losing it again, getting a new one, all that... golden. He played it very well. His object work was ON POINT (I think he over-sold it, at times, but for the most part, on point). His plate-work? Absolutely fantastic, except towards the end, when he ditched the stick. I was very impressed with his work with the stick, in general, let alone once he started in with the plate. And what he did with the ball(s)? Forget about it. Absolutely masterful. But his random distractions, the things which should clue us into his character's personality and charm? They were bland. And boring. And uninspired. And they were things which someone might do to entertain a baby. And it made the whole act feel weaker. I feel like comparing him to Avner, as you did, is a disservice to them BOTH. While Avner is incredibly funny, he tends to focus more on the comedy (though his technical skill is nothing to balk at), so that makes sense. However, Dimitri clearly was more motivated to show off the technical skill of "clowing" and he did so masterfully, even though his stage persona had the personality of wet cardboard.

[@dr.8553]

NO SLAP STICK?!? He literally slapped sticks on the ground and together!

[@pabloricci2786]

Muy muy bueno,pero debiera tener música de fondo

[@tadmuss]

que gracia ._.

[@Nickster0314.]

We live in a society

[@harvey9801]

prefiero ver a karcocha

[@vittoriocastracane5867]

Un grande mimo ❤️ rip

[@cladiclowns]

muito legal!!!!

[@harrylove3780]

Eso era un gran artista sabían musica eran malabaristas eso era una gran comedia y ahora sólo necesitan decir groserias

[@tomjung1067]

Ich liebe guten humor, kreativen humor. Clowns fand ich schon als kind gruselig. Warum sollte man über einen menschen lachen der offensichtlich schwer gestörte dinge tut die weder schön noch tiefgründig noch irgendwie weise sind? Was soll denn die botschaft von so tricksereien sein? Jeder clown gibt mir nur das gleiche gefühl wie wenn ich stephen kings film darüber sehe, das schon bevor es den film gab. Wenn man schon die aufmerksamkeit von kindern hat gibt es unendlich wichtigere dinge denen mitzugeben fürs leben als so kranker schwachsinn. Was sollen kinder denn davon lernen ausser leere akrobatik, trickserei und sich über andere lustig machen.

[@michelebeartGIBBONGASCON]

**************

[@achmadsyaifuddin1778]

29:00

[@marcajoguchi3990]

hola ... nasa? de pura casualidad eres la nasa

[@user-jf3iq9bf6e]

It's never happened,, not having fun with me!

[@samuelbhend2521]

this was dimitri's (swiss clown, lived 1935-2016) oldest sketch, originating in 1962. The film is a shortened version of a show in 1988 and was shown on swiss tv as a tribute after his death. It indeed is very boring today, but when it came out 1962 and the following 3 decades it was, according to press and publicum, THE show to see... Yes. we swiss have always been little bit boring:) but if you take humor from the 60's I'm sure all around the world it will be seen as boring today...

[@anonimuscnr9784]

Eso es traumante

[@tatyanashlenkevich2776]

Как легко смешить немцев

[@nayowanyudityasfaramita1306]

I can't get funny at all. But if i life in 1988 I'm sure I can get the funny. N this video So interesting for me Bcs I want so much see life bfr I born

[@samuelbhend2521]

this was dimitri's (swiss clown, lived 1935-2016) oldest sketch, originating in 1962. The film is a shortened version of a show in 1988 and was shown on swiss tv as a tribute after his death. It indeed is very boring today, but when it came out 1962 and the following 3 decades it was, according to press and publicum, THE show to see... Yes. we swiss have always been little bit boring:) but if you take humor from the 60's I'm sure all around the world it will be seen as boring today...

[@weebjeez]

@@samuelbhend2521 The 3 Stooges would beg to differ.

[@verajoaquim2319]

Up

[@bloodytusk9897]

Номер сильно затянут, юмор не всегда понятен зрителю. Это скорее забавно, нежели весело или смешно. Клоунада должна быть максимально понятна зрителю, каждое движение выверено и отрепетировано. На импровизацию вроде бы не похоже, масса лишних телодвижений. Были же мастера, такие как Чаплин, Никулин, Румянцев (Карандаш) и т.д. у которых есть чему поучиться...

[@user-ox4mk5du2o]

ههههههههههههههههه 👏👏👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣كنت من في السماء و الارض المعطاء و على خاص في طلبات الجوال منتدى أمريكا الشمالية الجنوبية 🎼🪕👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣كما الباحة في

[@user-ox4mk5du2o]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😡👎متى من جانب آخر تعديل على هذا الإعلان عن الوظائف والدورات التي تحتوي على

[@safeveadeosc7397]

Ghost 👻 face and funny act what is this🤔🤔🤔

[@ruzickaw]

ach, wie KOMISCH...gähn

[@leecattell6548]

Couldnt bare to watch anymore. Absolute crud

[@gianmari0m4gallan3s4]

en la grasa habian mejores momos

[@ricardoalonsoaguilar3029]

very very good congratulations from me Méjico tha land of rats exportation.

[@geniostrabajando378]

este da más miedo que risa

[@PORTARIASENAIANGRA]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@Donclion911]

that face making up looks so scared. i cannot find where is funny.

[@nayowanyudityasfaramita1306]

Ya I felt so, coz it made me remember one of phicycopat movie

[@tomjung1067]

Brainscrew for the poor kids who could learn infinitely better things for life instead of laughing at others who do nonsense stuff, complete useless mental abuse of kids this is. If i had kids and such a clown approaches them, i would destroy the demon with just 3 words,

[@rodrigopadillamanzano1434]

nada gracioso

[@user-jf3iq9bf6e]

This only works for kids or children's

[@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301]

Skillled acrobatic clowning, but for me too much milking of facial gestures . . .

[@josejimenez9800]

No tiene nada de gracioso pero estoy como pendejo viendolo

[@leonardoezequiel2792]

No solo debe concentrarte en la risa. Si no mirar más allá. Como sus destrezas. Son admirables. De todos modos no a todos nos atrae lo mismo. Entiendo que no te cause gracia. Pero desde mi punto se vista ese ser es increíble. Espero que leas esto algún día. Saludos✌🏾 Pd: solo quería expresarme. No lo tome a mal .

[@sebastiancabrera7946]

re comediante B)

[@tadmuss]

xD

[@samuelalfonso2647]

xD

[@javiercaamano3180]

Ola os portugueses

[@kaustic2718]

Ненавижу клоунов ...(с)

[@ayelenpecorella8695]

Jju8

[@user-we2ux7vp4l]

айнур ацю

[@cindybates3485]

Cmbgiaes cmb

[@yuliyono3702]

Gk lucu baget

[@ialokin9425]

Frau Merkel?

[@itsjustfunnylol6782]

Ialokin yo stimmt

[@MrBUESUM]

Mireille Mathieu?

[@robotzs3811]

it's not funny

[@doediksetia]

Robotz S because u not life the time

[@nayowanyudityasfaramita1306]

Ya right it's not funny for us Bcs we not life tht time

[@TheDaftpunk95]

It’s not always the time, it id all about art and there are so many things to understand in life as well... And clown sir it is very interesting and also if you didn’t find it funny that’s ok you are going to find your own funny things

[@kokomosquera8862]

pesimo

[@A7B8Q9D11]

Ja an denn Meister Grock kommt Er nicht heran.

[@user-bu7ty3yz8n]

Самоунижение может вызывать смех??? Я не улыбнулся ни разу... Человек унижающий себя вызывает лишь жалость :-//

[@Manaplaneta]

Jamas vi algo tan malo

[@kattymartinez3657]

Alo Fotografo más malo tiene su corazón!

[@jbfranky2878]

No le encuentro ningún chiste a este tipo de comedia.o soy yo o es que no transmite nada de risa de comicidad principiante o que?

[@UnderBridge]

No, no eres tu, este tipo de acto no es gracioso, simplemente no es gracioso. Aunque me gustó el principio, cuando no deja su instrumento cerca de la gente, por miedo a que se lo roben XD lo demás, aburrido.

[@leonardoezequiel2792]

Nada de eso señores. Son ustedes. Este tipo de Acto tiene mucha técnica detrás. Para nada principiante. Este hombre es muy bueno en lo que hace. Y de hecho es muy gracioso. Miren más allá de lo convencional. Este artista es completo. Hace todo tipo de cosas desde lo mimo/clown combinado con acrobacias y destrezas malabaristicas. Y de mas cosas. Espero que lean esto algun día. Saludos hermanos✌🏾🍀🔥

[@user-ss3kw6jl2o]

Как-то всё глупо и не смешно.

[@karthikeswaranar5430]

Waste

[@user-jf3iq9bf6e]

I'm not find any 🔫

[@robby4850]

Do People really found THAT funny??

[@coraline7507]

WE ARE 2 BRO THIS IS NO'T FUNNY!!!!!

[@nayowanyudityasfaramita1306]

Really I didn't find it too, maybe it's funny for people in 1988an.

[@juliabeserra9581]

i liked it, it was funny.

[@robby4850]

@@juliabeserra9581 why???

[@EVIL_by_choice]

No, not funny

[@laemartins3473]

Muito ruim ! Péssimo !