Fumagalli, the European clown appearing with the Big Apple Circus next season.

Photo courtesy of Mike Naughton A photo of what may be the last of a dying bred, the elegant American neat circus whiteface. Ladies and Gent...

Photo courtesy of circusbutterflygurl I'm not sure of the identity of the clown on the left (it looks like it may be one of the Hanlons)...

Photo courtesy of circusbutterflygurl Let's see how many of these I can get right... It looks like (in the back row, from left to right)...

Two of America's greatest living clowns, Jeff "Le Clown Gordoon" Gordon and Drew "The Dramatic Fool" Richardson are ...

Two of the most distinct makeups of the early Clown College era, two great instructors and two of the nicest guys that you'd ever want t...

Annie Fratellini, working without her husband and usual partner Pierre Etaix, performing in the ring as one of the 450 international circus ...

Photo courtesy of Sue Lenz I've been holding on to this photo that Sue Lenz sent for a few months now, just waiting for the right time t...

Photo courtesy of "circusbutterflygurl" One of the most enduring clowning partnerships on the Shrine circuit was that of Gene Rand...

Sketches of Paul and Albert Fratellini from the book CLOWNS de PARIS by SERGE and illustrated by ALDEN. It looks like a really great book an...

I'd hoped to be able to post some video that I have of the Fratellinis performing after the death of Paul (or Paolo, if you prefer) toda...

I wonder why Paolo and Alberto's names got "anglicanized" to "Paul" and "Albert" but Francois never became...

Very sincere thanks go out to former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus clown of the 50s and 60s, Mr. Chuck Burnes for his extrem...

As a compliment to yesterday's individual postcard photos of Francois, Paolo and Alberto Fratellini here's a group photo along with ...

Since Paul Gutheil enjoyed the previous pictures of Lou so much, here's one more. I don't know the identity of the person Lou is sha...

Photos courtesy of circusbutterflygirl No, I have not been made Executive Director of the International Clown Hall of Fame and no, it is not...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am extremely proud to announce that I have been offered and have accepted the position of Executive Director of the ...

M. Josep Andreu

Photos by Dick Lapham According to the eBay auction where I found these, the photos were taken by Dick Lapham, a friend of Lou's who did...

Sandy Weber taped a great interview with former Clyde Beatty and Ringling clown Art Cooksey back in 1994 which he generously decided to shar...