One of Paul Jung's envelopes. Even in mail Jung is more visually interesting than just about any clown in history.

Photo courtesy of AUCIRQUE, comments courtesy of Barry Lubin From Barry... I am in Monte Carlo and what an experience this has been! There w...

Photo and comments courtesy of Jeff Darnell From Gary Peare... I think this was '79. The Blue Show played Detroit when I was in Venice. ...

Scans courtesy of Bill Strong From Bill... Almost posted this, but decided it belongs in "The Alley", I was barely able to get it ...

From Michael Karp... The "Sawing the Woman in Half" gag was written and produced by Prince Paul Alpert (you spell his name "A...

I have an audition this morning for the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit. Wish me luck!

Photo and comments courtesy of Jeff Darnell From Jeff... This photo was taken in 1979 in Cobo Hall.... (I think.) Peter Pitofsky is adjustin...

Video courtesy of the Fettucini Brothers My pals Captain Mike Heidtman and Steve Langley perform at the Zhejiang People's Great Hall in ...

Photos courtesy of Jeff Darnell Jeff Darnell performing a walkaround. Tuba Heatherton using Richard Fick's falsie as a drumpad Peter Pit...

Stanley Janus passed away on January 17th, 2008 at age 84. If anyone has any photos or video of Stanley or his brother Lester (who passed aw...

Greg and Karen DeSanto performing on what might be the Royal Hanneford Circus.

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...