Be Funnier with Scotty Meltzer: Comedy Darwinism

There are two obvious ways to make your show funnier: First, add more laughs. Second, make the laughs you already have bigger. In the next few months, I’m going to use this column to give you some tools to help you do both of these. I hope your feedback and comments help me come up with even more. I’ve talked …

Varieté in Germany

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to see the latest offering at Varieté et cetera in Bochum, Germany. The current show features world-class acrobats, contortionists and a guy with a cube, but for my money, two performers stood out among the rest. One of them, happily, is the bounce juggler Abbdi. At first glance Abbdi seems to share a background …

Juggler’s Scoop – February 22, 2012

Juggler’s Scoop is a bi-weekly collection of the latest juggling videos and news bits from around the web.  Here’s the latest scoop! –  The Seattle Juggling Festival has posted highlights from their 2012 festival, as well as clips from their public show. –  Jason Lu does some juggling at imperial SAF. –  Jason Garfield has posted episode 4 and episode …

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Interact! – Photo Contest & Haiku Winners!

  Juggling Photo Contest – Landmark Edition   Hey jugglers! Do you have a photo of yourself juggling in front of a famous landmark?  Well, good!  Get ready to send it along to the Interact! – Landmark Photo Contest! This week, we’re asking eZine readers to submit their favorite photos of themselves juggling in front of monuments, landmarks, and other …

2 Count Podcast – Feb 2012 – Rich Kohut and Matt Hall

IJA 2 Count Podcast for February 2012, hosted by Richard Kohut and Matt Hall.  This month on the podcast we feature a run down of the IJA festival events and schedule, along with covering the ending of the ezine name contest.  Our Juggler of the Month is Michael Karas, and out article of the month is by Luke Wilson, all …

Tricks of the Month: January 2012 with Kyle Johnson

This is the first installment of “Tricks of the Month” for the new eZine. It was filmed at the Pre Turbo Fest, at The New England Center for Circus Arts (N.E.C.C.A.), on my way to Turbo Fest in Quebec, Canada. The tricks include some club swinging, multiplexes to balances, rolls, bounces, and more. Enjoy!  

DAVID DEEBLE

A COLUMN IS BORN Jugglers And Fans Of Juggling And The Related Arts – It is not yet clear whether this column will post daily, weekly or monthly. That wil be determined by reader interest, so probably the latter. While it’s difficult to predict at this point exactly what direction it will take, one can reasonably infer that it will …