LOU JACOBS

OTTO GRIEBLING

Julio Mitchel is a douche.

CLOWNALLEY.NET: Five Years Old Today

Clownalley.net is five years old today. This also marks our 5,000th post.

We'll be back after a brief intermission.

YANN ROSSI: Circus Krone (2011)

SQUIRM BURPEE: Sizzle Reel

INTERNATIONAL CLOWN HALL OF FAME: Water for Elephants

Greg and Karen DeSanto at the historic Al Ringling Theater for the Baraboo premier of Water for Elephants...

SLAVA: Martial Arts Gag, Great Moscow Circus (May 2011)

ELECTRIC CITY CLOWN ALLEY: Tonight

I'm loading the car for the long drive to Schenectady, New York to visit the Electric City Clown Alley tonight and share a lot of rare clowning videos and some stories.

CLOWN ALLEY: Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus (circa 1970s)

Shorty Hinkle

Lou Nagy

Jimmy James Plott

NO JOE'S CLOWN CIRCUS: 2011 Promo Video

Folks, this is what a professional promo video looks like. Joey's marketing material is always top notch but I think that he's really outdone himself this year.

CLOWN ALLEY: Hubert Castle Circus (1972)

Rex "Count DeBoxcar" Young, Jimmy Armstrong and Lee Marx

KING OF THE HILL: "Portrait of the Artist As a Young Clown" (2005)

CLOWN ALLEY: Four Kings and Some Joker (Circa 1940s)

 

Charlie Bell, Emmett Kelly, Felix Adler, Frankie Saluto (in Chaplin makeup) and what appears to be someone else in Paul Jung's makeup and costume. Does anyone have any background on this?

FREDDY "ALEX" ACERO: Shrine Circus (2011)

JOHN MCCONNELL MEMORIAL SERVICE: May 20, 2011

After a few deeply heartfelt words from John's son Eric McConnell, John's family and friends held a good thought or memory of John and released a multitude of balloons heavenward.