I Clown for Youhoo! DVD
SKU: 192508DVD
- Description
Clowns today are laughter artists whose tools range from cream pie to poetic delirium. But many also lead a double life of care and tenderness. In I Clown for Youhoo! we meet Doc Willikers, Dr. Fifi, Onri Ireland, and many other loving and crazy clowns who bring laughter to children immobilized in their hospital beds, elderly persons awaiting death, refugees from whom war has taken everything, and juvenile offenders. With and without their red nose, they tell us about their work and life. They bring us into a world where lightness, darkness, laughter, and tears are often intermingled and where life, courage, and hope overcome all.
Length: 48 minutes
ORDER CODE: 150267
Copyright date: ©2005
Closed Captioned
Clowns at the Hospital (03:11)
Clowns explain how they like to bring joy to sick children. David Langdon describes his therapeutic clowning career. His character, Hubert, does not speak. (Credits)
Clowning Tricks (07:20)
Langdon's clown persona Onri performs magic tricks for the nurses; he hopes to one day have a television show. Olivier Hugues-Terreault and Melissa Holland portray Drs. Fifi and L'Air de Rien.
Afraid of Clowns (03:10)
Sand Northrup explains how she became a therapeutic clown. Doc Willikers explains how some children suffer from coulrophobia.
Clowns Seek Permission (03:07)
Drs. Fifi and L'Air de Rien visit a sick child. Clowns describe how empowered children feel when they have the ability to say no. Northrup describes differences between therapeutic clowning and clowning outside the hospital.
Nourishing Children (03:07)
Langdon states that children need to play, listen to music, and see colors even when hospitalized. Francine Cote teaches classes at the National Theater School of Canada. Children love clowns because they make mistakes.
Clown as a Verb (05:53)
Don Rieder and other clowns discuss traveling the world clowning. Cote and others describe entertaining different age groups in the hospital.
Entertaining Senior Citizens (03:54)
Holland and Terreault describe performing for geriatric patients. Parents of critically ill patients thank the clowns for bringing joy. Hubert attends funerals.
Generating Laughter (02:56)
A voiceless teenager afflicted with cancer asked Paul Hooson to make her mother laugh. Langdon describes how children reemerge when playing with a clown.
Taking Care of Others (02:10)
Terreault feels better making others laugh. A patient with a double amputation decided to become a clown after meeting Drs. Fifi and L'Air de Rien.
Happiness at Work (05:58)
Kelsang Pagchen and Kelsang Lamshe describe how their Buddhist practice helps to clown. Clowns discuss the origination of the red nose and how children feel empowered after a visit.
Clowns Connect to Vulnerability (02:52)
Clowns discuss how the profession was once valued but has lost worth. Katharina Riemann became a clown after the Berlin Wall came down. Reider started working with marginalized and disadvantaged youth after moving to Montreal.
Clown Reflections (03:33)
Clowns discuss why they feel liberated while performing. Watch excerpts of performances.
Credits: I Clown for Youhoo! (00:26)
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