Video courtesy of Andrew Bedno One of the first gags most folks were taught at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College performe...

Performers from the 32nd annual Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo (among them International Clown Hall of Fame inductee and 20...

Photos courtesy of Raffele de Ritis and Julie Clown Because I just can't get enough of soap gags lately here are the Brizios on Ringling...

Jacko Fossett with "Little Billy" Merchant on Billy Smart's Circus in 1972. The beautiful Ringmistress in this clip is the sti...

Photos courtesy of Raffaele de Ritis Illustrating a previous point about unlicensed use of American circus clowns' images on European ci...

Some of the members of the 1942 Clown Alley of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Although it's a great picture, I wonde...

This is taken from a Edward J. Kelty photo of the clowns of the Sells-Floto Circus in South Ozone Park, June 6th, 1932. If I had to take a g...

And now for a bit of culture...the Fratellinis' theme Tango des Fratellini by Darius Milhaudas as performed by pianist Lynn Kamerlin at...

I really love the atmospheric qualities of many of the pre-war European circus clown photos. There such are great photographs of artists lik...

For more information on "Papa Lou" (especially for those circus producers out there among you who might be interested in legally l...

Photos courtesy of Bill Strong

Yesterday clownalley.net almost doubled it's average number of hits from last month. In celebration here is Peter Pitofsky (in black Chu...

In an effort to help dispel some of the lingering sadness over yesterday's anniversary here are Clown College graduates and former Ringl...

Link submitted by Joel Heidtman The first of a trilogy. Please click the title of this post to view the website of the Three Rivers Resort i...

December 6, 1965 - January 13, 1994 A Graduate of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College Class of 1991, Ceslee was a clown...

Frank Avruch, star of Boston's WHDH-TV long-running Bozo's Big Top which from 1965 to 1967 was taped for national syndication to U....

American circus clowns may not always receive the utmost respect from our European counterparts but European producers certainly have a long...

Photos and comments courtesy of Raffaele de Ritis Some unusual pictures from Gianluigi Di Napoli, "Vanity Fair" photographer, who ...

Photo courtesy of Greg DeSanto A promotional flyer for Rex "Boxcar" Young, a fixture on the Shrine circuit for many years. I'v...

Photo courtesy of Greg DeSanto Barry "Grandma" Lubin and Greg DeSanto on the Big Apple Circus during the second act soap gag (the ...