Clown College Chronicles Part 5

Keith as the nerd comic.



The one and only Keith Alexander.

The fabulous, funny Robyn Simms.


The multi-talented and funny Patrick Kelly.


For our second day at Clown College we were expected to put together a variety show to present to the faculty that evening. Most everyone performed some skill or routine they were familiar with or created one from scratch that day. Despite our full schedule we somehow managed to put together a show.

That night we got to see some really amazing things from our fellow students. Karen Rylander and Darren Wilson were the emcees for the evening. Keith Alexander did a stand up routine. He's just a funny guy. He had great comic timing, knew great one -liners and was very charismatic. All the jugglers got together to do a fantastic routine using balls, clubs and hats. Robyn did a comic monologue while sitting in a chair as she made a paper airplane with her feet. I can't remember for the life of me what the monologue was about but I recall laughing while being amazed at how she could focus on doing those two things at once. Many of us did clown gags.

Patrick Kelly, Chad Miller and I put a gag together for the show. I couldn't tell you much about it except to say it was full of slapstick comedy including some falls. I remember doing a backfall for it and hearing a big reaction from Jeff Jenkins who I think we surprised with all the falls we were able to do. Of all the things I wish I could see or do again it would be that variety show. We bonded on the first day but those bonds were made permanent that second night.