Some of you clearly do not know what traditional clown acts are/were. This is completely brilliant! Many circuses try to hard to be different but one thing that Cirque du Soleil does is keep traditional acts in their shows. This is especially true when it comes to their clowns. They may not always be in traditional attire, but the act itself almost always is.

I remember watching this on HBO years ago when I was a little girl.... Forever left an impression on me. I had never seen anything like it before.

The bit that made me fall in love with Cirque

This is one of my favorite acts for Cirque Du Soleil. Thanks for the post.

Forever in my heart, Denis Lacombe, even though you almost killed me from laughing so hard. Merci beaucoup.

I love This, wish I could find the whole show for this set😢

I remembering seeing this on HBO when I was younger. loved this show :) Thanks for posting.

Thanks for posting this I own the VHS too, but the tape is in a pretty bad shape because I must've seen it like a billion times by now...

the part when he screams WOOOOOOOOW and HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA is AWSOME also the sounds he makes xD

Am I the only person who loves clowns?

big act, beautiful, simple and funny, that's amazing!! yeeeeeeaaaaah!!!

I remember watching this on HBO 30-something years ago.....

this thing is amazing fav vid ever

Denis Lacombe (this one) and John Gilkey (Quidam) were the best clowns on Cirque.

Genius at work

i love it!

I saw this live when they played Washington DC (late 80s early 90s?). I seem to recall that the act was just a bit more manic and even more hilarious than just what they showed here. To this day, still the funniest act I've seen.

I love Denis. One of the Best.

"Yes, it is." It IS more Bouffon than Auguste? That's good to know, especially since I didn't know if those classifications could apply to Character Clowns, as well... "I absolutely and most definitely love clowning...in anyway whatsoever." Um...'kay. Perhaps. Though I have no clue where that defensively competitive comment came from whatsoever. But whatever. M. Lacombe is certainly fantastic. And thanks again, dmcipod, for sharing this with fellow performance-lovers! :)

Very traditional. Funny but slightly creepy.

Best Clown act ever!!!

I'm currently discovering my clown, and found this absolutely fascinating. And, yes, rather shocking, almost to point of frightening. The inhuman persistence and energy, (strongly portrayed in the laugh), the grotesque facial expressions, and unbridled glee he brings to rather masochistic undertakings...isn't this more of a bouffon than an Auguste? I'm very knew at this, and am loving it to death, so just wanted to ask out of curiosity. So glad I found this clip! :)

i love the clown so crazy

Good stuff.

SAw this and the crazy conductor performed live, bout 28 years ago. It was gut bustingly funny

Maravilhoso!!!

formidable je suis clowns te je suis fannnnnnnnn

it's lovely ha

very funny i loved it

Denis la combe.. Bravooo

My favorite part!!! 3:30

Was he the “Mad Mastro”?

There was a female contortionist on this particular show, I can’t find a clip of her ❤

creepy.... but somehow funny

@pierpa1975 Brandon is right, this was one of the origonal Acts, in each show, they will always have a clown act. That way the can cheer up the crowd after them being in awe :P

ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This guy is amazingly hilarious! I understand why some people don't like clowns, but I think horror movies need to stop using them as monsters! Seriously, it's shit like that that gives clowns a bad name! Ruins the poor children, too. And don't get me started on the people who dress like clowns and act like total a-holes!

Haa is funny is coool

you must be a child to laugh, or have a spirit of a child.

jajajaja tan bien curas jajaja

Lindo. Estou fazendo exercício de aula prof. Pérsio Silva curso DSP Brazil Kiss🤡❤️

Is he still performing anywhere ?

still waiting for gag to happen ... 2018 ... its shame lots of clowns have lame gags

denise lacombe

Dennis Lacombe still living?????

Does anyone know the name of this guy??? thanks :)

on 1:58 you can hear a kid crying I gues. Maibe he's scared lol. or maibe I'm wrong

funny extreme

Gosh... FREEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKK!

Haaaaa it’s so funny haaaa

you clicked on it - so what does that say for you

Clowns creep me out :S

steve

i agree with deadcurcusclown...very disturbing...yet super funny!!!!

@TakeMyHandForever why? horror movies? a-hole in a clown suit? and yeah, I thought he was hilarious! lol

I dont get it

and if u didnt laugh...you're probably an accountant

if you think they have serious problems then you have the problems

You gotta admit the laughing is a little creepy.

@ThatIsNotMyMama Me too. I agree. This wasn't as good as the conductor act. Clowns with the typical clown make up are lame. Cirque clowns without the make up are cool.

Haa haa

funny clown

@98HeartBreaker hahahahahahaha your funny

Joker 😂

I liked his conducting act better :|

this is disturbing i grew up on "IT" so yeah....

Steve what?...liar!

in soviet russia clown laughs at you!!!!!

the people of youtube must be really talented if they think they're better than someone who performs for an international circus... but maybe they prefer sex, drugs, and fart jokes

Muito forçado sem graça

More like Circus So Lame..

Yeah CduS reinvented the circus. Then they went bankrupt and now China is lending them money. Figures. Half the performers are from China.

👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

we reinvented the circus was not a very good title for this....

it is an example of a horrible clown... I cannot understand, how ethey can dare to post this video under the title: we reinvented the circus! All numbers are old and performed in a violent way, which is not at all clowning! Clowns never want to be funny! They have serious problems!

Sorry, but he is not funny at all!