Pat Cashin's CLOWNALLEY
Friday, March 10, 2017

Andrew Kassino's Giant Telephone

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  Popular Electricity and the World's Advance from 1913 has a great article describing KASSINO AND THE GIANT PHONE      Circus p...
Wednesday, March 08, 2017

WOMEN'S DAY- Evetta, The Lady Clown 1895

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International Women's Day is getting alot of attention this year, so I thought in honor of today I'd highlight a female pioneer w...
Sunday, March 05, 2017

Felix Adler Hair Grower Gag 1930 & 1931

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Here we have two newsreel clips of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey clowns entertaining the children at Bellevue Hospital, New ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

An Interview With The 1908 Barnum & Bailey Clown Alley

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The following interview appeared in several newspapers across the country in early April of 1908.  I think it's interesting that a woma...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Gordon Bunch, Whiteface Clown of Color

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Courtesy of the Tennessee State Library & Archives There have been many African American clowns, but before Brian Wright, Jamarr Woo...

Laughs for the Left Behind Variety Show April 8!

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For those who do not know, Pat Cashin, the namesake and creator of this blog, passed away unexpectedly over six months ago.  His friends are...
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Sunday, February 05, 2017

2 Scenes, 1 Gag

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Behold, the power of adaptation!  The following clips show the same two clowns doing virtually the same routine as part of two separate pro...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

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"Thus passes the glory of the world"-  these words are used to mark the passage of life onto the next phase, sort of a 'this t...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Onward!

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I will never forget the sense of joy, connection, excitement, and longing I felt when I saw my first circus clown.  Her name was Jennifer E...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

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On a very limited basis we will open up this blog for guest posts. If you would like to be considered to author an entry, please submit you...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

BILLY BURKE: The Theatre (September 1915)

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Monday, May 23, 2016

RBB&B: Clothing Drive (1951)

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Frankie Saluto on top at right; Buzzy Potts at left
Friday, May 20, 2016

IN MEMORIAM: Ernie "Noe Noe" Stevenson

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

PRINCE PAUL ALPERT: Madison Square Garden

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Photo courtesy of Beth Anne Duze Woolley "Thought you might like this photo, my father took it at Madison Square Garden. My mother...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

IN MEMORIAM: Ken "Ken-Zo" Horsman

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Kenneth L. Horsman, who performed as Ken-Zo the Clown in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and later established a Sout...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

LINON

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Photo courtesy of John Towsen's ALL FALL DOWN
Monday, May 16, 2016

POLIDOR: Final Resting Place Discovered

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Thanks to the considerable efforts of Jeff Solimando at the Trentonian newspaper the final resting place of the legendary Ringling Bros....
Sunday, May 15, 2016

ROYAL HANNEFORD CIRCUS: Salaam Shrine, Mennen Arena

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Thank you to Billy Martin, the Royal Hanneford Circus and the Salaam Shrine, Clowns and Clown Alley for a great run at the Mennen Arena ...
Friday, May 13, 2016

SLIVERS JOHNSON

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

CIRCUS ZYAIR: Volunteer Gets Knocked Unconscious

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