![]() Visually, the happy hobo/sad tramp was based on the American hobo riding the rails, wiping the soot away from the mouth & eyes to create the typical tramp look. Radio/tv host and singer and popular kids mc sheriff john rovick died october 6. The sad tramp/happy hobo are primarily American inventions, though Charlie Chaplin’s “little tramp” had European origins as well. Again, the costume needs to visually describe the clown’s character to the audience. A keystone cop would need to project that image, and so on. For instance, Clem Kaddiddlehopper’s costume is designed to project his “hayseed” character visually. For other characters, of course, that will drive the costume. The impression can be of someone slightly down on their luck to someone who lives in the gutter, depending on the clown, character, and skit. The costume should look tattered and torn, but be clean. The costume of the tramp or hobo would be nearly identical. For more detail on make-up, I recommend Strutter’s Complete Guide to Clown Make-up. T his is why the features are “outlined” – examine Charlie Chaplin’s eyes, or Freddy the Freeloader’s mouth. The clown takes his or her natural facial features and exaggerates also, don’t forget that many in your audience (in a walkaround, for example) may be further away. After a career working in television news as a weather girl, she hosted the live-action children's show, Hobo Kelly, which first aired on KTTV in Los Angeles in 1965, and later aired on KCOP in the same city, until 1973. My father was a hobo, born in 1898 in Frog Level, North Carolina. Hobo, the namesake for this organization, was Kelly’s companion and best friend from 2000-2012. As always, the object is to enhance the natural features of the face, never to hide them. Kelly’s fur family includes Mater, a German wirehair/golden retriever/German shepherd mix Golden, a lab-cattle dog mix Douglas, a miniature Aussie and her cats, Kitten, Gideon, and Liam the Lion. Visually, the happy hobo/sad tramp was based on the American hobo riding the rails, wiping the soot away from the mouth & eyes to create the typical tramp look. And, of course, the makeup would be different for a “bag lady” characters. As Red Skelton and Emmett Kelly did – or not, as Charlie Chaplin did. Depending on the type, you may want to include “5 o’clock shadow”. A skin tone base, with simple accents around the eyes. The Tramp/Hobo make-up can be thought of as a modified version of the Auguste. Hobo Kelly was broadcast in Los Angeles on KCOP Channel 13 every weekday morning in the late 60s and early 70s.
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