CIRCUS BICUSPID....ALMOST ON BROADWAY

We finally did it.....our show is coming to the stage! We will have a one night benefit performance to raise funds for the programs of the Dr. Molar Magic Foundation. Wednesday March 2nd at 7:30 at the Producer's Club in NYC (44th off 9th Ave) Circus Bicuspid hits the stage with Magic, Juggling, Hooping and comedy!
All tickets $25 and seats are limited (there are only 64 seats in the place)
For tickets call (917) 359-2620 and speak to Cindy. Advanced sales only....

www.drmolarmagic.com/CBAOB.html

NY Goofs Winter Intensive January 14-16th

Anyone looking for incredible clown training or to just "work out" with the pros, Sign up for the NY Goofs (my clown school alma mater) Winter Intensive. This years guest teachers are Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone. I studied mask with them a few years ago and it was great. Lots of fun and learned a lot. And of course working with Tiffany and Dick is always cool. I use what I learned from them at every performance. I always remember the advice Dick Monday gave me..."for me the apple would have been enough"
Check it out.....www.nygoofs.com

New Circus act .....if we can train him

Well,I think that every circus should have an animal act (my apologies to Cirque de Soleil) and we might just have one..in a few months. We now welcome Otto the mini long haired Dachshund to the family. He's cute and currently very much a lap dog. The training has begun to make him the best dog act since Lassie! It should take a few months for us to train him or a few weeks for him to train us....we'll see what happens.

More as the tricks develop!

SNOW!!!!!!!!!

SNOW everywhere...the entire place is covered in at least 2 feet of snow. Alot of NYC  is basically shut down due to the weather. What's a clown to do? Rehearse...Rehearse....Rehearse.
Just 2 months away to the Clown Jamboree and we have started to work on our group skit and each of our single skits and acts. At this point besides the family group skit it has been decided that this year Phineas is going to do a single skit and enter the magic competition, and he and Pupperdoodle are each doing an act in the talent "star search" competition. The props are coming together and the scripts are being honed........now its practice, practice, practice.

What do Jewish Clowns do on Christmas?

Well every year we go do clown rounds with the team! Happily this year they managed to discharge most of the kids in time for the holiday. So there were only a few kids there. But of course their parents were with them opening up presents and playing. So there we were, singing and playing...and we even got a nurse to do the hoky poky with us. Lots of fun.....Happy Holidays to all and a happy and HEALTHY new year!

Happy Thanksgiving

At this time of year we all need to take personal inventory and be thankfull for all the things we have in our lives...Our health, loved ones, and friends. Make every experience, every day, a learning experience to improve ourselves.
Happy Thanksgiving!

A Time to Clown.....not what I planned

My usual schedule is to treat my scheduled patients in the operating room in the morning and when we are done with all of the cases,  and everyone is cleared in recovery, I go to the pediatric floor to do clown rounds. I leave my bag of stuff and costume bag in the surgeon's lounge and go to work. Friday's cases was a bit different. We had a case of a Down's Syndrome adult who was going to have all of her dental care while she was under general anesthesia because she couldn't handle the care in a routine setting. But the OR was delayed. Let me set the scene....no anesthesiologist yet (they were with another patient in the next room)...only the dental residents preparing the instruments and equiptment, the circulating nurse, scrub nurse (unscrubbed) and the patient and her mother. The patient was very anxious to say the least. She started to act out and wouldn't let anyone come near her. The scrub nurse started to make instant stickers with smiley faces using adhesive tape...this helped, but only for a short time. I took out my cell phone and pulled up my kid's music selections. Seasame Street Platinum is my favorite so I played the Seasame Street Theme Song....this changed the room! Now the nurses and I were dancing with the patient, she was singing, and clapping...other staff came by the room to see what the noise was and the smiles and laughs were contagious.
By the time the anesthesiologist came in,  the place was really hopping. The patient was danced over to the table and she willingly layed down so we could start her IV and start the case.
The entire case ran perfectly and the attitude of the room the rest of the morning was very upbeat. This gave me a real sense of the mission of hospital clowning to "change to mood in the room"
After all the cases I went and got to do the normal clown rounds but the experience of the morning helped make it even more fun and I felt I was more playful with my audiences....
Keep 'em clean!