UPCOMING EBAY SALE!

In the next week or so I'll be auctioning off some props, costumes, shoes and a trunk on eBay to help finance a very large Felix Adler Awards related expense here at clownalley.net and to get my garage and office back into some kind of reasonable shape.

Those of you not interested in the auction items but who would still consider chipping in a few bucks towards covering such an expense, please contact me privately at cashincomedy@yahoo.com.

Thanks,
Pat

PETER SHUB: At the Apollo-Kino

CLOWN ALLEY: Betram Mills Circus at Olympia, Winter of 1921-22

Photo courtesy of Bill Strong



Another great scan from Bill!

Bill has provided us with such great stuff over the years. If you appreciate his contributions to clownalley.net please take a moment to visit his wonderful circus blog and peruse all the treasures that can be found at his online store.

CLOWN ALLEY: Ringling Red Unit, 1971

The 101st edition Red Unit Clown Alley of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus featuring such luminaries as Peggy Williams, Jim Howle, Billy Baker, Frosty Little, Mike Padilla, Keith Crary, Billy Ward, Danny Chapman, Zapata as well as Master Clowns Bobby Kay and Lou Jacobs.

Can anyone out there fill in the names of some of the others?

CHUCK SATEJA: Two Views

Longtime circus pro and early Clown College instructor, Chuck Sateja.

PELUZA: Bozo?

Peluza without his usual headpiece and looking a lot less like Jimmy Stewart in The Greatest Show on Earth; looking a lot more like a smaller TV market Bozo the Clown.

ALEXEY RODIONOV

PROF. PAUL WENZEL: A Man and His Duck

A clever man whose clowning career spanned most of the 20th century, Prof. Paul Wenzel.

EMMETT KELLY: At the Plate

Emmett Kelly during his brief stint as the mascot for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

It would have been a great gig if the team hadn't announced in October of '57 that after 68 seasons in Brooklyn, the Dodgers would be moving to Los Angeles and would no longer be "Dem Bums".

JIMMY DOUGLAS: Must Like Gum A Lot

Longtime Shrine and Beatty-Cole Producing Clown, Jimmy Douglas.

KENNY DODD: Another Shot

Another publicity photo of Kenny Dodd from his long stint on the Beatty-Cole show.

AL ACKERMAN: Polack Bros. Circus, 1961

Former acrobat, wire-walker and tumbler, Al Ackerman on the Polack Bros. Circus in 1961 where he was billed as "America's Oldest Clown" at the age of 71.

ANDREI JIGALOV

I have to admit, I didn't get the whole Jigalov thing. Folks love him, folks rave about him, but the video that I'd seen just never did it for me.

This one does.

I get it now. This guy is brilliant!

And who is this playing the white role? He's really fantastic! I've seen video of Jigalov with a few partners since the loss of Eduard Alexeenko but this guy is my favorite. He's absolutely first-rate.

ELMO GIBB: Elmo Gibb and the Fido Five

F.O.C. Dean "Elmo Gibb" Chambers and his comedy dog act, "Elmo Gibb and the Fido Five".

FELIX ADLER: "No, as a matter of fact I DON'T ever get tired of posting photos of Felix."

KENNY DODD: Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus, undated

A 1960s-era photo of Beatty-Cole alley fixture, Kenny Dodd.

HAL HAVILAND: With Daschund

Perennial clownalley.net favorite, Mr. Hal Haviland.

PELUZA: With Miss Loni, undated

Javier Esparza Peluza with Miss Loni in an undated publicity photo from an unidentified Shrine circus.

MARCELINE: Hippodrome, 1910

Marceline Orbes from the program of the NY Hippodrome's 1910 production of "A Trip to Japan".

CLOWN ALLEY: Ernie Burch and Albert White