TV Guide: Tommy the Clown

Video: It's Krump Time

CBS News — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:28 -0500

The film 'Rize' looks at a new dance movement known as Krumping that started in the early 90s in Los Angeles. Creator Tommy 'The Clown' Johnson gave details to The Early Show.

Video: Pick On Tommy

Hulu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:24:34 -0500

Season 3, Episode 25: If someone is going to get picked on by other cast members, it's going to be Tommy Davidson.

Video: Letter D

Hulu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:23:35 -0500

Season 3, Episode 25: Damon Wayans loves to keep the censors on their toes.

Video: Homey's Revenge

Hulu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:22:50 -0500

Season 3, Episode 1: Homey the Clown finally confronts the Man...

Video: Homey the Teacher

Hulu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:22:49 -0500

Season 3, Episode 22: Homey the Clown substitute-teaches a kindergarten class.

Video: Birthday Party

Hulu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:18:49 -0500

Season 2, Episode 14: Homie the Clown entertains children at a birthday party.

Video: 'Rize' - Trailer No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:04:43 -0500

Noted photographer David LaChapelle makes his feature directorial debut with this documentary on a new facet of street culture in South Central Los Angeles. In 1992, after long-simmering racial tensions in Los Angeles erupted in riots following the verdicts in the Rodney King trial, a man named Tommy Johnson sought to spread a new message in a new way to the city's African-Americans. Creating a character called Tommy the Clown, Johnson developed an act that combined hip-hop-flavored comedy and dancing with an anti-gang and anti-violence message. Johnson's performances became wildly popular in South Central -- so much so that at one point, 50 different groups inspired by Johnson's example were performing in the area. In time, Johnson's loose-limbed dance style inspired a new wave of hip-hop street dancing called "krumping," a wildly athletic style in which arms, legs, and bodies fly with a frenzied abandon that moves at almost inhuman speeds. Rize follows the birth of clown dancing and