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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