Everything you need to know to be a performing clown - written by a performing clown! Advice and ideas plus thirty-two easy-to-perform skits for one or two clown acts. Talks about gestures and actions, rehearsals and routines, talking or miming, modifying skits and the mechanics of performance. Tells about how to make props and the best techniques for beginners. All of the thirty-two skits included in the book have been performance-tested - simplified for easy memorization. The book is delightfully illustrated throughout by Lafe Locke.