Clowns (BBC2 Tonight)

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:28 pm

On BBC2, 9.00pm tonight, looks pretty interesting.

From the BBC website:

'From animal petting to sea shanties to balloon buffoonery, being a children's entertainer seems an almost thankless task. Kids screaming, crying, badgering and demanding constantly whilst performers attempt to maintain their professional cool and pull yet another hankie from their sleeve or fall face down again knowing it's guaranteed to make a four-year-old laugh.

Daisy Asquith wondered who these people are. Was it their life long ambition? And how do they know what the children want? Then those creeping doubts and stereotypical fears stated to rear their ugly heads: don't you have to be a bit weird to do this sort of thing? Are they all failed adult entertainers? And do they all still live with their mothers?

Back home Daisy started to investigate further and soon found all her preconceptions challenged in a world of pirates and pumpkins, comedy handshakes and rabbits in hats. This is a film about what she found. Some strong language'

Trailer here: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HzsGX4hur ... h_response

And a review:

This must be one of the most quotable programmes since Little Britain. But Clowns isn’t a comedy. It’s a documentary – about, as you may have deduced, clowns. Not a history of clowns, but a fly-on-the-wall look at three present-day performers. The clowns, at least to viewers over the age of five, may not seem terribly entertaining when they’re doing their acts, but they’re great interviewees. “I’m Tommy Tickle,” says Tommy Tickle, in gruff cockney. “I took over this job from a guy called Timmy Tickle. He moved to Essex to become Silly Billy Blue Hat.” Potty the Pirate invites us to watch him strut his stuff at a children’s party (“They were a bit quiet,” concedes a disappointed Potty afterwards. “But then, it is a hospital”). Clowns doesn’t hold its subjects up to ridicule, though – it’s just a funny, sweet, sometimes sad portrait of eccentricity.

a man called dave · Post by **a man called dave** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:31 pm

Im a BA Broadcasting student and for a assesment last week we had to pitch ideas for TV shows, If I would have gone with Clowns I would have been accused of creating my idea at 12:00 the night before.

Looks funny though

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:33 pm

sounds good

bob crunkhouse · Post by **bob crunkhouse** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:08 pm

good program on bbc2 just now, was about the peace process in Northern Ireland. Forgot about that politician called "Trimbal", hahaha kept me chuckling through the whole show thinking about Trim trying to help out with communication between sinn fein and the British government.

This clown programs looks, will give it a go..

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:01 pm

haha

'why have you got a baseball bat?'

'better to ave one than not'

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:04 pm

i like the fact that he has to wear a box because little boys like to kick him in the nuts

felixgash · Post by **felixgash** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:05 pm

Piston wrote:haha

'why have you got a baseball bat?'

'better to ave one than not'

Lol at the ball protector he's got on, if my kid tried to punch him in the nuts and broke his hand I'd fucking sue!

Just randomly switched the TV on and happened to be on BBC2

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:07 pm

pirates don't wear grotbags tights smh at this guy

felixgash · Post by **felixgash** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:17 pm

I WANT A PLAYSTATION 4

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:19 pm

aw man this guy is tragic

i feel bad for him....his daughter called him a tnuc ffs

felixgash · Post by **felixgash** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:19 pm

I know she's about 14, but fuck me I do love the emo gash.

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:21 pm

Piston wrote:aw man this guy is tragic

i feel bad for him....his daughter called him a tnuc ffs

it would appear that she is pretty insightful.

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:21 pm

felixGash wrote:I know she's about 14, but fuck me I do love the emo gash.

rofl

clearly you think about sex more than clowns

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:22 pm

datura wrote:
Piston wrote:aw man this guy is tragic

i feel bad for him....his daughter called him a tnuc ffs
it would appear that she is pretty insightful.

he seems pretty fucked up....teetering on the brink

he could just lose it in the middle of a party and kill all the kids

felixgash · Post by **felixgash** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:24 pm

Piston wrote:
datura wrote:
Piston wrote:aw man this guy is tragic

i feel bad for him....his daughter called him a tnuc ffs
it would appear that she is pretty insightful.
he seems pretty fucked up....teetering on the brink

he could just lose it in the middle of a party and kill all the kids

Lol, John Wayne Gacy ftw!

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:27 pm

Piston wrote:he seems pretty fucked up....teetering on the brink

he could just lose it in the middle of a party and kill all the kids

yeah definitely widdy baseball bat

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:30 pm

Mr Poo Head
Mr Poo Head
Mr Poo Head

etc

felixgash · Post by **felixgash** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:41 pm

ooh, burlesque.. out to Delendi DJ.

thump rat · Post by **thump rat** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:02 pm

Interviewer:- "Why do you think people hate clowns"

Clown:- "Why do people hate the russians? Its all the Daily Mail"

The whole programme was tragic but compelling none the less.

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:08 pm

that was wicked

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