ARNAUT BROTHERS: Nightingale Entree, Admiral Broadway Revue (1949)

CAMERA INTERVIEWS - THE ARNAUT BROTHERS THE FAMOUS MUSICAL CLOWNS

After watching the above video please click the title of this post to be taken to video from NBC and the DuMont Network's Admiral Broadway Revue starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in 1949.

Starting at the 8:00 mark, please enjoy Rene and John Arnaut's presentation of the Nightingale Entree, the only version that I've ever seen that doesn't make me cringe.

COMEDYFORANIMATORS.COM

Thank you to John Towsen for introducing me to comedyforanimators.com, a much needed resource bridging the gap between physical and visual comedy live (in the ring, on stage or on screen) and the physical and visual comedy of animation.

HARPO MARX: Bill Marx Invites You to Harpo's Place

Click the title of this post to be taken to one of the most wonderful places in the whole wide world...

CLOWN ALLEY: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (1995)

Link courtesy of Mike Naughton

Please click the title of this post to be taken to C-SPAN footage of highlights from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey 125th Blue Unit edition performing before the US Capitol and members of congress.

NY GOOFS ULTIMATE CLOWN SCHOOL: Jay Stewart Teaches the Art of Pie Throwing

Please click the title of this post to read the Tribeca Citizen article on one of our modern American masters in the ancient and honorable art of pie throwing, Mr. Jason T. Stewart, "slinging the soap" at the NY Goofs Ultimate Clown School in New York.

DAVID CARLYON: On C-Span (2002)

Please click the title of this post to be taken to my friend Dave Carlyon's 2002 appearance on C-Span promoting his excellent and well-researched biography of Dan Rice...

Mr. Carlyon discussed his biography Dan Rice: The Most Famous Man You've Never Heard Of, published by Public Affairs. Dan Rice was a 19th century showman, humorist, and public office-seeker. He was also a popular talking clown who began his own circus titled Dan Rice's Great Show. His routines included speaking on issues of the day, and according to David Carylon, his act's popularity brought national attention. This notoriety allowed him to run for office several times including a brief campaign for President. Then around the mid-19th Century, Americans became more interested in the theater and began to consider the circus as unrefined and lowbrow. Dan Rice was downgraded to children's entertainment, and eventually faded from the American memory.