Thankfully, there are many resources out there for the clowns among us. Those I've reviewed personally are rated on a 5-clown scale. To see a listing of any category below, just click on the title:
- Clowning
- Clown Ministry
- Clown Skills
- Biographies
- Kids books, videos, etc.
- Videos by great clowns
- Clown sites of note
Clowning
- Be A Clown, by Turk Pipkin - rated 4 clowns
- Be a Clown, by Mark Stolzenberg - rated 4 clowns
- The Birthday Party Business (editorial reviews only)
- Bonzo's Complete Book of Clown Skits (editorial reviews only)
- Clown Act Omnibus: (200 skits) - rated 3 clowns
- Clown Jokes and Walkaround Gags (editorial reviews only)
- Compassionate Laughter:Jest for Your Health - rated 4 clowns
- David Ginn's Clown Magic - rated 5 clowns!
- Clown Ministry Skits for All Seasons (editorial reviews only)
- Clown Skits for Everyone - rated 4 clowns
- Creative Clowning - rated 5 clowns!
- Dewey's Clown Gags & Giggles (editorial reviews only)
- Handbook for the Magical Party Clown - rated 4 clowns - new
- How to be a Compleat Clown - rated 4 clowns
- I Want to be A Clown - rated 3 clowns
- Strutter's Complete Guide to Clown make up - rated 4 stars
- World's Funniest Clown Skits (editorial reviews only)
- The World of Clowns
Clown Ministry
- Clowning for Christ - rated 4 clowns
- Clown Ministry - rated 4 clowns
- Clown Ministry Handbook - rated 5 clowns
- Clown Ministry Skits for All Seasons (editorial reviews only)
- The Clown of God, by Tomie de Paola - rated 5 clowns
- Comic Ministry Routines by Randy Christensen - rated 4 clowns
- Compassionate Laughter:Jest for Your Health - rated 4 clowns
- Dewey's Easy Gospel Chalk Talks - rated 3 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Balloon Routines #1 - rated 3 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Balloon Routines #2 - rated 4 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Balloon Routines #3 - rated 5 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Cartoon Fun (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Gospel Clown Skits - rated 5 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Clown Skits #2 (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Gospel Juggling Skits (editorial reviews only)
- Everything New, & Who's Who in Clown Ministry - rated 5 clowns
- Finding the Clown in Yourself (editorial reviews only)
- Fool of the Kingdom (editorial reviews only)
- The Gospel in Greasepaint (editorial reviews only)
- The Hospital Clown (rated 4 clowns)
- If I Were A Clown - rated 5 clowns!
- Lights, Camera, Clowning! - rated 4 clowns
- Skits and Bits, by Steve Conley - rated 4 clowns
Clown Skills
- Balloon Animals - rated 3 clowns
- The Buck Book - rated 4 clowns - new
- Captain Visuals Big Book of Balloon Art - rated 4 clowns
- David Ginn's Clown Magic - rated 5 clowns!
- Dewey's Basic Balloon Sculpting (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Bubble Buddies (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Extra Easy Balloons (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Gospel Balloon Routines #1 - rated 3 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Balloon Routines #2 - rated 4 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Balloon Routines #3 - rated 5 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Cartoon Chalk Talk - rated 3 clowns
- Dewey's Gospel Juggling Skits (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Gospel Paper Tricks (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Mammoth Multiple Balloons (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's New Balloon Animals (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Rubber Rascals (editorial reviews only)
- Dewey's Zany Balloons (editorial reviews only)
- Face Painting - Klutz Press - rated 4 clowns - new
- How to be a Compleat Clown - rated 4 clowns
- Juggling for the Complete Klutz - rated 4 clowns
- Mark Wilson's 1-Volume Encyclopedia of Magic - rated 4 clowns
- Mime Ministry - rated 3 clowns
- Modern Coin Magic - rated 4 clowns - new
- My First Magic Book - rated 3 clowns
- Now You See It, Now You Don't - rated 4 clowns
- Put on a Happy Face - rated 4 clowns, recommended
- Ultimate Balloon Book - rated 4 clowns
Biographies
- The Age & Stage of George Fox (editorial reviews only)
- Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema
- Chaplin: His Life and Art - rated 4 clowns
- Charlie Chaplin and His Times - rated 0 clowns - not recommended
- Charlie Chaplin - rated 4 clowns
- Emmett Kelly Jr. - Travels through America (editorial reviews only)
- Harpo Speaks! - rated 4 clowns
- Remembering Charlie - rated 4 clowns
- Say Kids! What Time Is It? - rated 4 clowns
- The World of Clowns - an excellent history of American clowning, rated 4 clowns
Clown-themed books, toys & videos for the younger set
- The Clown of God, by Tomie de Paola - rated 5 clowns
- Get Down with the Clown, audio CD - rated 4 clowns
- I Want to be A Clown - rated 3 clowns
- The Jester Has Lost His Jingle - rated 4 clowns
- Joy the Clown Strengthens Heartland - rated 4 clowns
Videos
- AMC - The Red Skelton Show - rated 5 clowns new
- Abbott & Costello
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- Africa Screams
- Buck Privates
- Buck Privates Come Home
- Here Come the Co-Eds
- Hit the Ice
- Hold That Ghost
- In Society
- In The Navy
- Keep 'em Flying
- One Night in the Tropics
- Pardon My Sarong
- Ride 'em Cowboy
- The Little Giant
- The Naughty Nineties
- The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series)
- The Wistful Widowof Wagon Gap
- Who Done It
- Bozo Shows 4-5-6, starring Frank Avurch - rated 4 clowns
- Charlie Chaplin Videos
- Chaplin, biography of Charlie Chaplin, starring Robert Downey Jr. - rated 4 clowns
- The Chaplin Revue - DVD collection of A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms, Sunnyside, A Day's Pleasure, The Idle Class, Payday, and The Pilgrim
- Chaplin Collection volume 1 - wonderful 8-DVD collection of Modern Times, The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush, Limelight new
- Chaplin's Goliath - a biography of Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin's on-screen nemesis during his Mutual Films years
- City Lights, starring Charlie Chaplin - rated 4 clowns
- The Circus, by Charlie Chaplin - a hilarious classic, rated 4 clowns
- Easy Street, one of Chaplin's best short films, rated 4 clowns
- The Gold Rush, by Charlie Chaplin - a classic, rated 5 clowns
- The Great Dictator, by Charlie Chaplin - a true classic, rated 4 clowns
- The Immigrants, starring Charlie Chaplin - his finest silent short film
- The Kid, Charlie Chaplin's first feature-length film
- Limelight, starring Charlie Chaplin - rated 4 clowns, excellent
- Monsieur Verdoux, Charlie Chaplin's dark comedy
- A Countess from Hong Kong, Charlie Chaplin's final film
- Gilligan's Island, the complete first season - recommended
- Gilligan's Island, the complete second season - recommended
- Gilligan's Island, the complete third season - recommended
- Inspector General, starring Danny Kaye - rated 4 clowns, recommended
- March of the Wooden Soldiers, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- Don Knotts
- The Apple Dumpling Gang - starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway
- The Ghost and Mr. Chicken - Don Knotts in a haunted house
- How to Frame a Figg - Don Knotts as an innocent bookkeeper framed by corrupt town leaders
- The Incredible Mr. Limpet - an excellent family friendly movie, a mixture of live action and animation
- No Deposit, No Return - Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, David Niven in a take on "The Ransom of Red Chief"
- The Reluctant Astronaut - Don Knotts "boldy going where no coward has gone before," co-starring Leslie Nielsen
- The Shakiest Gun in the West - Don Knotts in the Old West, in a remake of Bob Hope's "Paleface"
- Marx Brothers
- Marx Brothers Collection - a 5 DVD set, containing A Night at The Opera, A Day at The Races, A Night in Casablanca, Room Service, At the Circus, Go West, The Big Store - starring Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo Marx
- Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection - a 6 DVD set, containing their first 5 movies - The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup
- Marx Bros' A Day at the Races - rated 4 clowns
- Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera, starring Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx - rated 5 clowns
- Marx Brothers' A Night in Casablanca, starring Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx - rated 4 clowns
- Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers, starring Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo Marx
- Marx Brothers' At the Circus, starring Groucho, Chico, Harpo Marx
- Marx Brothers' Duck Soup, starring the Marx brothers - rated 4 clowns, highly recommended
- Marx Brothers' Horse Feathers, starring Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo Marx
- Marx Brothers' Monkey Business, starring Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo Marx
- Marx Brothers' Room Service, starring Groucho, Chico, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball
- Marx Brothers' The Cocoanuts, starring Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo Marx
- The Unknown Marx Brothers - documentary on the Marx Brothers, interviews with family members, narrated by Leslie Nielsen - rated 3 clowns
- Red Skelton
- Red Skelton's Christmas Dinner - rated 5 clowns
- Red Skelton - Funny Faces III - rated 4 clowns
- Red Skelton - King of Laughter - rated 4 clowns new
- Three Little Words, starring Red Skelton - rated 4 clowns
- The Three Stooges
- All the World's a Stooge
- Biography: The Three Stooges
- Snow White and the Three Stooges
- The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
- The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
- The Three Stooges in Color (rated 3 clowns)
- The Three Stooges in Orbit
- The Three Stooges : Curly Classics
- The Three Stooges : Dizzy Doctors
- The Three Stooges : Nutty But Nice
- The Three Stooges : Stooges At Work
- The Three Stooges: Stooges and the Law
Other clown sites of note
- Magic tricks from Hobbytron.com
- Family Entertainers Workshop
- Kentucky Clown Derby
- Balloon And Magic Mania
- Calamity the Clown - from Baraboo's Circus World Museum
- Inspirational Ministries - Christian magic, etc.
- Episcopal Day School Clown College
- International Clown Hall of Fame
- World Clown Association
- Clowns of America International
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