The actor playing the Harlequin was often an acrobat or magician, performing stunts and slapstick. In the 1800s, English performer Joseph Grimaldi made the clown role more central in the theatre.

Silly clown walk: Silly walks using the whole body to make the audience laugh. Custard pie splat: Slapstick mime routine using physical comedy. Clown circus skills: Juggling on a unicycle and ...

It was clown-car stuff from United, it really was. The second goal came when they carved open far too easily by the old Son-Maddison overlap trick and a p*ss-weak attempt at a clearance from ...