Photo courtesy of Marcelo PEPPO Melison A 1974 or 75 photo of some of the comedy stars of the classic JRN Ringling Alleys meeting up to talk...

So after leaving the DeSantorium at 6:15 I high-tailed it back to Chicago O'Hare, driving like a stunt man in a Burt Reynolds movie. I m...

I spent last Friday, Saturday and Sunday doing the first "nine pack" that I'd done since leaving Ringling in 1999. For those w...

Greg & Karen, I left your house at 6:15 AM on Tuesday morning. It is now 12:52 AM on Thursday. I just got home. Just now. I'll expla...

I'm in Chicago, stewing like a prune at O'Hare airport. Today's post will be have to wait until I get back home this afternoon. ...

One of the best photos that I've ever found of Cole Bros. Boss Clown, the legendary Otto Griebling out of makeup.

Another shot of Bill Strong's latest "Mystery Clown". Anyone have any ideas?

Bill Strong sends this photo of yet another unidentified "mystery clown". I know that there was a West Coast clown who did a lot o...

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A classic Kelly moment as he works the seats during the Ringling show in the 1940s.

Another great picture of Mitch that I found online.

I came back to my hotel room last night after a grueling three show Friday (a one o'clock show? On FRIDAY?!?) to find a very nice messag...

A 1935 Ringling press photo, which looks to have been taken outside the old Madison Square Garden, featuring Felix Adler (l) and Paul Jerome...

My friend Giovanni "Nino" Zoppe, "The Clown Prince of Italy" and the youngest inductee ever to the International Clown H...

I owe Mitch Freddes a very sincere apology for omitting his name from my discussions of the Slivers Oakley Project. I always credit Tom Doug...

Photo courtesy of Marcelo Melison ___________________________________________________ "Hello there Pat: I'm almost one hundred perc...

We've added an official Frank "Slivers" Oakley CLOWNALLEY.NET mug and t-shirt to the CLOWNALLEY.NET shop to help raise funds f...

Photo courtesy of circusbutterflygirl Though identified here as Emmett Kelly, I don't have any photos of Emmett wearing a wig (after his...

Photo courtesy of Bill Strong From Bill Strong comes this undated photo of Charlie Hilderra, a member of the Alley on the Clyde Beatty Circu...

From Marcelo PEPPO Melison... __________________________________________________________________ "About "Rumpy"... The correc...