hi all
yesterday i was invited by a juggler friend to meet an old timer clown
who worked for the circus "medrano" over 40 years as "le clown "toto"
he has written many books on juggling and circus arts his name is dominique denis
he told us about a movie "tit tatt" with laurel and hardy in which stan laurel spins a top after a crazy scene in which a bunch of wrist watches are dropped into a blender
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he also spoke about the artist "koma zuru " a japanese who had a complete spintop routine at the monte carlo festival of circus in 1984
besides that he met monsieur Malafosse 20 years back and also jochen schell
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the interview/discussion was friendly: he remained with kids eyes when my friend Pich did his demo .....pich does what he calls "graphic manipulation"
you can see some of his work here
http://www.maniballe.net/and at the end , clown toto said 'humphhh!" when he saw a few string tricks with double-tip giulia
jim