Video courtesy of Larry Clark The circus scene from the made-for-TV movie LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING , directed by Jackie Cooper, which premiere...

Video courtesy of Andrew Scharff Last night I had the great honor of presenting Barry "Grandma" Lubin with the first ever Lou Jaco...

Photo courtesy of Bill Strong Frank "Slivers" Oakley, Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth program, 1904.

Video recommended by Larry Clark, posted by "RedRedFlea" Information from YouTube posting... Circus Hawaii was filmed in 1978 ...

Aldo Villagra carrying on the breakaway bicycle act.

Grock was apparently rather, shall we say..." absorbent " in the formative years of his career.

Photo courtesy of Marcos Jiménez Wander

Photo courtesy of Larry Clark More character than you can shake a rubber chicken at, one of the best clown comedy duos in American today, Ja...

Photo courtesy of Chris Shelton... From former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Boss Clown, Chris Shelton... ________________...

Photos courtesy of Tom Piccard Michael "Coco" Polakovs was hired in the mid-1960s by McDonalds to revamp their Ronald McDonald cha...

For many years now Terry and I have owned the Playmobil Nativity set and putting it up each year has become a longstanding family tradition....

There are several people doing similar bits, rarely with such clear character, motivation and charm.

Our thoughts and prayers today are with Dale Longmire (Ringling/Vargas/Walker Bros.) who is recovering from open heart surgery and valve rep...

Posted to YouTube by "patrickske" After finding this the other night I was going to keep this to myself and use it as "inspir...

According to the back of this photo, the Fratellinis came to the United States in the mid 1920s?!?

Taken from the 1943 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Program. OK, that's Lou Jacobs and Chesty Mortimer up top, Felix Adler...

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Mariano Savio in "Clown Fiorellino", 1989.

I've just received extremely rare video of the clowns of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performing a Christmas theme...

Posted to YouTube by JaneyTClown Slosh Act at the Academy of Circus Arts Graduation Showcase. "There is nothing that can be done that c...