ERNIE "BLINKO" BURCH: Captain Blinko, Space Clown (Early 1960s)

IN MEMORIAM: Richard Fick

Photo courtesy of the International Clown Hall of Fame

THE WHY FACTOR: The Fool (BBC World Service)

Link courtesy of David Burd

A 17:30 minute piece on the history of fools, jesters and clowning from the BBC World Service.

ARGO: From the London Coliseum

CLOWN ALLEY: Mills Bros. Circus (Circa 1960s)

Herman Joseph, Buck Leahy and Bumpsy Anthony in an
undated photograph that I would estimate comes from the early 1960s