tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367275713083188853.post3343196183437375541..comments2024-01-11T10:05:56.604-05:00Comments on All Fall Down: The Craft & Art of Physical Comedy: The Butler Also Jugglesjthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13274982652518537648noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367275713083188853.post-63446369244701901542013-03-13T17:35:55.586-04:002013-03-13T17:35:55.586-04:00How amazing that Jim Carter went to circus school,...How amazing that Jim Carter went to circus school, a man of many talents.Jokes Funny and Humoroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10256575619482336344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367275713083188853.post-70275090525498628282013-02-09T00:41:32.239-05:002013-02-09T00:41:32.239-05:00Thanks, Adam!Thanks, Adam!jthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274982652518537648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367275713083188853.post-27410900195487111172013-02-08T23:25:48.688-05:002013-02-08T23:25:48.688-05:00Thanks for the info! I had no idea! And in resea...Thanks for the info! I had no idea! And in researching this, I discovered Jim Carter's old comedy company The Madhouse Company of London along with an old photograph of him doing some street work.<br /><br /><br />http://www.clownlink.com/2013/02/downton-abbeys-jim-carter-and-the-madhouse-company-of-london/Adam G.http://www.clownlink.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367275713083188853.post-92062442053872332013-02-08T17:15:30.132-05:002013-02-08T17:15:30.132-05:00Thanks for the info, Dave. Not surprised to learn ...Thanks for the info, Dave. Not surprised to learn his magic act was so funny! —jtjthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274982652518537648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367275713083188853.post-72912706195927208632013-02-08T17:10:57.507-05:002013-02-08T17:10:57.507-05:00I was lucky to know Jim in London in the late 70s ...I was lucky to know Jim in London in the late 70s / early 80s. I met him at the juggling class run by Tim Batt on Sunday mornings in the Pineapple Dance Studios. He was a regular and happy to share his skills. <br /><br />I also have a clear memory of him performing his 'magic' act in one of the first juggling conventions in London. It was a delight and feature Jim as an inept and later inebriated magician. He entered with decks of cards and rubber doves falling from his jacket and set up his table siping from a pint glass of beer. He then started the classic multiplying wine bottle routine looking more and more confused as bottles seemed to appear of their own volition. He downed a couple more 'pints' and seemed visibly more drunk as he attempted other tricks culminated in placing his last full beer glass on a pool table triangle on a cord and slowly and then much too quickly was whirling the balanced beer glass repeatedly over his head and with a slur telling us "...this is the easy part. Stopping it is impossible!".<br /><br />Jim was already an established stage actor with the National Theatre in London where he met his wife the actor Imelda Staunton and soon went on to feature often in UK television, notable The Singing Detective mini series but pops up again and again in 'character roles'. <br /><br />Jim was always modest about his magic act but for me it was very, very good and his combination of a drunken and startled magician would easily have been a world class act. For whatever reason he seemed to feel it was not helping his serious acting career and didn't perform it much after then (to my knowledge)but it remains a enjoyable and inspiring influence on me.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629124612769987723noreply@blogger.com