Clowning - Staying with the Problem: A Clown Routine

Technique of building up a clown act by sticking with a problem. Drew Richardson's blog about fooling also covers this and more. Visit: www.thinkfoolishly.com/

[@alexferguson6426]

Thanks for posting this! I'm just starting out as a clown and this was a wonderful way to show how the clown thinks

[@foubrat777]

The most useful and to-the-point clowning tutorial I've seen on KZbin - thanks a lot, sir. XXXXXXX

[@SophiaAyaan]

So simple and so brilliant. Thank you Mr. Richardson.

[@thesleepydot]

ahhh I see now! that’s were the comedy and creativity comes in! constantly coming up with ridiculous ways in which it doesn’t work, while acting genuine and clueless! what a fun routine, laughed a lot :)

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Glad you laughed! Good luck with your clowning.

[@noegodinez1777]

If I went with this performance, I probably would have sneezed at the end and accidentally drop the cake. Lol

[@joeseatat]

I liked the act even better with the monologue voiced over. "My leg again? ...But the cakes still good, eh?"

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Glad you liked it and thanks for the positive feedback

[@UncleLouietheMillwright]

Thank you soooo much for this video. I am a caricature artist here in Winnipeg , Manitoba Canada. In the summer time I travel with an entertainment caravan of games and rides. Ferris wheel and other rides and so on. I am using costumes (customized) to act a bit of a chararcter too, so this video was a real delight for further growth into my entertainment gig. Thank you and I look forward to watching more! This is genius on your part explaining things, I do really appreciate your efforts here.

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Thanks for your kind comments and I'm so happy that you found it useful. Good luck with your touring this summer.

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Thanks for that tip Greg. Drew and I are essentially talking about the same thing, but his blog goes into far more detail. For those interested the blog is well worth the visit. I have put a link to it in the video description above.

[@jasonsimmons30]

Nice video, I'm just getting into clowning as I want to use it to compliment my stand up and this video has given me some food for thought. Thanks!!

[@FrederickGrothe]

Great Idea's. I'm sure I'll include my own version of this in one of Cookie & Freddie's shows soon. I love working with chairs, but it is easy to get tangled up more than intended! I think I will do it with a cream pie, and Cookie will of course offer to help by putting it in my face! Thanks again!

[@RamsFan93]

I was chuckling to myself from the start, but when you lay on the chair and started swimming i laughed very hard. Great job!

[@andrewhernandez1509]

Feels like that episode of king of the hill where bobby keeps laughing at the number three and having to explain his jokes lol.

[@ceciliabletterie5173]

Thank you so much Mr for sharing your beautiful training. It will help me a lot in my clown moving body with a chair.

[@walterrobertovillanuevalat9752]

Thanks for sharing this. I enjoyed it and I learned a lot. Best regards, from the bottom of the heart of my little clown.

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

I'm so glad that it was helpful. Happy fooling and good luck with your clowning.

[@Cholosaurus360]

Thanks for outlining the fundamental things to know as a clown

[@squishedcockroach8579]

beautiful work

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Thank you

[@fernandokeller7304]

Wonderfull work. Congratulations.

[@kelliebrace921]

wonderful! thanks for sharing

[@clowningaround2242]

well done. Good explanation. Thank you!

[@snybies]

It's a great video for someone learning about clown, wonderful job+

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Well, thank you for your kind comment.

[@dakotabull1523]

The 11th Doctor Who summed up in one video.

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Now you make me curious to watch the 11th Doctor Who!

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

How the time machine coming along?

[@jimp2200]

Great instruction! Thanks! - Jim.

[@aylarodriguez6785]

This is great! thanks for shearing!!

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Thank you - I hope it has been helpful to you.

[@AilonFree]

GREAT TEACHER

[@yenee94]

This reminds me of Puddles pushing his chair from one end of the stage to the other with all his might for like 5 minutes xD

[@deibize]

me gustan los conflictos encontrados pero también me parecen muy facil resueltos

[@Spirilien]

Thanks! Very helpful.

[@iraseiden]

Well done Alfred. Regards, Ira Seidenstein

[@puffinboi5397]

I sure do love clowning around

[@angelosilva6018]

Fantástico!

[@MarvinMendieta]

Thanks a lot, this help me so much!! Gracias

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Marvin Mendieta I'm glad it was useful!

[@claraclown8036]

beautiful!

[@mollynoodle3161]

Very nice! Thank you!

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Molly Noodle Thanks for your kind comment and good luck with your clowning!

[@marissathefootjuggler6950]

Love the Schubert

[@squirrelspown]

Thank you

[@dejansavicbl]

Superb!

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Thank you!

[@danno2614]

Je ne suis pas regarde pour plus, mais ce vidéo est trés bien! J'adore tu en comparison á mon professeur. Tu fais génial vidéos et avoit le bien facile!

[@schuli257]

thanks a lot for this vid! I absolved my first clowncourse after I saw this ;o)

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

+Pascal Schuler Congratulations and good luck with the clowning!

[@imwithyou6187]

I'm staying with a problem all the time I'm not a clown though)) but probably I should?)) thanks for this video, now I understand a power that make everyday things easier)

[@pollyajohns]

Where has this vid gone 😔

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

The video is still there! Maybe a problem with youtube blocking it in some countries due to music content.

[@gothfreak_official6833]

I'm a magician /clown but I tend to go towards the creepy side of clowning, do you have any references I can look at for knife juggling and maybe more dangerous type stunts

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Yes, clowning can cover so many different styles. Even some of those early circus clowns could be pretty brutal - in Felini's fantastic film 'I Clowns' there is a great bit where one of the clown's puts an axe into the head of another. I'm sure you can find some other dangerous stunts like this on youtube. Have you thought of trying the bowling ball juggling routine which ends with the juggler throwing one of the balls up and bouncing it on his/her head?

[@bigtoptheclown5713]

Awesome Clown Act and Clown Instruction!

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Thank you and wishing you every success with your clowning.

[@bigtoptheclown5713]

@@MrDramaWorkshops Thank you very much!

[@mabelmoon1021]

Hi ! Fantastic video! How can I contact you privately? Thank you!

[@thevikingwanderer2675]

Ok, so the clown sticks with the problem? So say the clown wants a balloon and doesn’t want to lose it, so we as people normally tie it to our finger, but the clown let’s go thinking that it will fall to the ground, it floats away, making another problem of grabbing it, grabs it, then let’s go again. Is that how it works or more sofisticated?

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

That's a pretty good summary of how it works. If you wanted to stick further with the problem and develop an act further, the challenge would be to discover different ways of grabbing the balloon and different reasons for letting it go. And finally the pay off - how will it end? Will the balloon burst?

[@patricksheller2471]

#stoptheabuse

[@rojewolf1]

Chris for president!

[@cristlewrite7944]

that was a really funny clown!

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Thanks!

[@jin_227]

In order to not see the obvious you have to see what is not obvious

Clown çalışması icin iyi bir örnek oldu.

[@rafaelgama7281]

1:26 noooo donde te sentaste!!

[@rednosereddotenjoyempower3577]

#Clown 🥳🤩Every human being is clown but only few have the courage to show it." -Charlie Rivel.🥳🤗

[@foubrat777]

Nice tutorial - thank you. :)

[@svenlima]

It's very creative. From an artistic point of view I like it very much. Unfortunately I've become too scalded (maybe it's the wrong word?) to find it funny.

[@j.j.c.s2802]

Instead of a chair, one could use a Tiger.

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Absolutely - do send me a link to your video when you do the tiger act!

[@davidmonzonisquailty.4597]

Lets feel....y es and nows. Hows. And clowns at noses....reds.......

[@j.j.c.s2802]

Drunk again, David?

[@lacapsulaviajera]

(True Opinion) I did several courses of clown and in nearly all, the main objective of the clown is the tragedy. To get take up, until highest in a energy level. And the needs of the clown are basics, (eat, sleep, run, play, teach, cook,...) The clown birth when he cannot do that he want by all that problems. I haven't seem problems and the need clear. I saw someone playing with a chair and with a cake in the hand not with real problems to sit and eat the cake. I wait that my opinion not disturb

[@davidmonzonisquailty.4597]

Nice...to. Seek.

[@usuarioanonimo-yt]

He needs to sit down and eat

[@yenee94]

I see the problem very clearly. He wants to sit on his chair and enjoy his cake. He can't do that. And that's a problem.

[@studlydorightmuffin]

Check out my own clown stage act......

[@DonPEPEOfficial]

I Wanna Practice be a "Ronald McDonald!"

[@griseus8884]

5:37 nooooo donde te sentaste !!!!!

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Wish I knew this meant - I've figured out its to do with sitting on (or maybe not on) a cake! So, probably relevant. Thanks for the feedback!

[@bethanychristensen2714]

Isn't this technically just miming though?

[@MrDramaWorkshops]

Yes, I guess so - although I would prefer to call it clowning. Were Chaplin and Buster Keaton mimes or clowns? I think clowning can cover a lot of skills - mime, magic, juggling, slapstick.

[@yenee94]

I don't think mimes have props

[@markward3981]

Beware of definitions . It is theatre , one uses skills to do the show.

[@maroshmurad7340]

مممممممممممممممممممم جيد

[@xim-theninja1132]

The 9th out of 10 dentists:

[@patricksheller2471]

cranbrook

[@lewisguapo]

Nephilim

[@allistairelang5955]

mr golasch is better

[@user-wv7gm2zj7k]

по такому материалу не советую учиться даже не смотрите так как бред

[@bburg4547]

Low key boring

[@Ruzhyev]

good theory, but not funny

[@januszpuneil2143]

Youve got little problem dude. Its funny for everyone except you.

[@yenee94]

Bad comment, no sense of humor.

[@iraseiden]

Well done Alfred. Regards, Ira Seidenstein

[@npmau5119]

#stoptheabuse