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Fraser Gould New user Tokyo, Japan 97 Posts |
Recently I was looking at The Comedy Chair by Steve Thomas....considered buying it and using it as a crowd-drawer before I started my routine (for outdoor family events). The price tag was what initially made me hesitant, but after further consideration, I just don't want to lug around another big piece of equipment. My show presently is quite compact. No chair suspension or other bulky equipment; everything fits together nicely on a luggage-style pull cart. Keeping my show compact is key, as I use Tokyo train lines to get to the majority of my shows.
That said, does anyone know of a good physical comedy routine (with a chair or otherwise) that can be used to pull in a crowd? The obvious direction is ballooning, but I'm looking for something else....
Fraser Gould
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Danny Hustle Inner circle Boston, MA USA 2393 Posts |
Patrick Page has a great book out on physical comedy. Buy that and you won't need the props.
It's a great read and should help you out. Best, Dan- "MT is one of the reasons we started this board! I’m so sick of posts being deleted without any reason given, and by unknown people at that." - Steve Brooks Sep 7, 2001 8:38pm ©1999-2014 Daniel Denney all rights reserved. |
Fraser Gould New user Tokyo, Japan 97 Posts |
Thanks Dan,
I had looked at the book before, but thought it might be a bit dated...the one thread I found on the Café about it didn't read too promising either..... I'll give it a go, though.
Fraser Gould
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macmagic Veteran user MA 400 Posts |
What about a thumb tie were you keep getting trapped in the chair? ask someone walking by to help you make up some story about "I get real nervous before a show and it is hard to set things up with my hands shaking so if you could tape my thumbs together that may help" then grab a chair....well you can figure out the rest?
I think seeing someone struggling with a chair or other prop would get people to stop and be like what the heck is going on?(it would help to have a sign saying your show will be starting in 5 minutes etc>)
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Kent Wong Inner circle Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2458 Posts |
Can you fit a straight jacket into your suitcase? The spectacle of the straight jacket itself should draw a crowd. Get a couple of people to tighten the straps and then announce that the magic show will start as soon as you make your escape.
You can incorporate a few gags into the routine as well - maybe have your cell phone start to ring right in the middle of the routine. As you get one hand free, you answer the cell phone and yell out that you can't come to the phone right now because you're a little "tied up" at the moment. The nice thing about this "danger" effect is that it doesn't put any child in apparent danger and runs no risk of the child imitating the effect at home (unless he just happens to have a straight jacket lying around). Just food for thought. Kent
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Fraser Gould New user Tokyo, Japan 97 Posts |
I'm actually using a straight jacket routine later on in the show (for the grown-ups). I love the cell phone idea! A very funny addition - may I use it? I have Robert Baxt's Cell Phone Surprise gimmick which could be used to remotely ring my "phone" while I was in the jacket.....
Fraser Gould
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