Part 1: The Clown Paradox With Chad Damiani

About this episode

Chad Damiani discusses the intricacies of clown performance and its commodification.

LA's hottest Clown Boss, Chad Damiani, goes deep into the heart of clown. We go deep and talk about the commodification of performance, the relatability of failing, and what's in a name. We also talk about Connor Storrie's pre Heated Rivalry success, as a perfect darling clown. Join us next week for part two of Chad Damiani. Shoutouts: Dave Kneebone, Corey Podell, Connor Storrie Click to Follow on IG: That's So Mental , Ilana Cohn Sullivan , Cristina Fernandez and guest Chad Damiani See Chad May 4th at Stand Up and Clown: Netflix is a Joke See Ilana this week at The Lyric MORE TSM: That's So Mental FB , TikTok , TSM YouTube Email us at thatssomentalpodcast@gmail.com . Thank you to our producer and sound engineer, Elizabeth Baquet and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini. Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. Hosted on Acast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Cristina Fernandez, Ilana Cohn Sullivan

Guest: Chad Damiani

Topics covered

• clowning
• performance
• failure
• comedy
• entertainment

Keywords

• clown
• performance
• failure
• comedy
• entertainment
• Chad Damiani
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, Acast, Ninth Planet Audio

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