Product Description

Written by the towering Turk Pipkin, a 6' 7" professional clown, BE A CLOWN! The Complete Guide To Instant Clowning provides the know-how, techniques, encouragement--and official red plastic nose--needed to put kids of all ages in the center ring. This lively, humorous handbook covers all aspects of clownmanship, including makeup, funny faces, costume (how to make big clown shoes at home), and props like the Bouncing Hankie. Fully illustrated throughout, it reveals step-by-step the secrets of Slapstick, Timing & Takes, and Juggling. Develop your own oddball walk, swallow chair legs--you'll always have a stunt up your sleeve. 72,000 copies in print.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #169833 in Books
• Published on: 1989-01-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 104 pages

From the Back Cover
STEP RIGHT UP!

Slip into your own red snooter. Now you're a Joey! Make the faces, walk the walks (there's nothing like the feel of 36 inches of shoe leather on your feet). Learn the Spring-Loaded Hat Trick, the Five Great Handshakes, the Bouncing Hankie, "Sword" Swallowing, Clown Levitation. Build a character-the hobo, buffo, cutup, or wag. Hone your new skills: balancing, juggling, slapstick, pie-tossing, and flea circus ringmaster. Plus: the "Crossbow" Violin, Gag Bowling Ball, Stethoscope Plunger, and other great props. Because now you don't have to be afraid to make a fool of yourself-that's the whole point!

About the Author
Turk Pipkin lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and children. He is author of seven books, including the novel Fast Greens, and is a contributing editor for Texas Monthly. He has written for magazines, television, and film.

Customer Reviews

Be a Clown!
A very nice book - light, easily read, many photos, with a good insight to the mind & heart of a clown. This lively, humorous handbook covers all aspects of clownmanship, including makeup, funny faces, costume, and props. Encourages the reader to create a clown persona with many photos and suggestions. Several getting-started routines are included. Written by the towering Turk Pipkin, a 6' 7" professional clown. Includes plastic clown nose. The more I read it, the more I like it.

You'll catch the "bug" for clowning and creating.
Encourages the reader to create a clown persona with many photos and suggestions. Several getting-started routines are included. MISSING: he makes wonderful suggestions about creating a flea circus routine but just try to find a book or resource about THAT. It left me wanting MORE!

good book a must for starting clowns
i am a kid who is thinking about being a clown i have been buying almost every book on the subject. this is a good book to teach you the fundementals of clowning but dosen't cover what it takes to be a real clown