I run a regular clown cabaret (Brisbane Clown Cabaret) and I regularly program a burlesque performer to do a variety act. Next year I will be teaching clown in a Burlesque school. I am interested if anyone can recommend a online video of burlesque artists who incorporate clown. Andrew

Hi everyone. I am interested in how clowns devise. It's great to have a community to discuss this. I loosely use a framework of 'stupidity, chaos and fantasy' as drivers of comedy. Having a language to curate choices make the choices clear and specific. Stupidity is doing something the wrong way, Chaos is chaotically engaging with prop, costume or set, and Fantasy is how the clown's inner imagined world overtakes the mundane 'normal' world. Anyhow, keen to hear the frameworks y'all use to develop an act.

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I am thinking about creating a post once a week on Instagram featuring a famous clown or comedian. Write a mini bio of them and include a photo. I have a list below of potential people but would love to seek your feedback about other people to feature. Would love your feedback on who I am missing, and who I should take off this list. Lou Jacobs, Grock, Jim Carrey, Benny Hill, W.C. Fields, Buster Keaton,Jack Benny, Barry Humphries, Jackie Gleason, Lou Costello, Billy Crystal, Marcel Marceau, Emmett Kelly, Eddie Murphy, Bill Irwin, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Rivel Jerry Seinfeld, Don Rickles, George Carlin, Tina Fey, Bob Hope, Bill Hader, Gene Wilder, Stan Laurel, Mel Brooks Dan Aykroyd, Kevin Hart, Red Skelton, Robin Williams, Oleg Popov, Jango Edwards, Steve Martin, Jerry Lewis Avner the Eccentric, Bob Newhart, Sid Caesar, Amy Poehler, Bill Murray, Groucho Marx, Jacques Tati, David Shiner Curly Howard, John Candy, Will Rogers, Jonathan Winters, Danny DeVito, Harpo Marx, Richard Pryor, Dick Van Dyke Joseph Grimaldi, Lucille Ball, Dmitri, Frosty Little,