Les Francescos (Francesco, Ernesto, and Enrico Caroli) are some of my favorite clowns. I first saw this act on one of Mike Martin's vide...

Here is a short act performed by Mike Smith at the Clown College 1994 Faculty Show in the historic Al Ringling Theater located in Baraboo, W...

  Francis West, Ted “Zippo” Tutweiler, Dale “Herky” Smith, and Joe “Skippy” Schmidt. Francis and Dale were both recent graduates of Ringling...

  Photo credit: Longtime Clown Alley wardrobe man and amazing photographer, Bill Swift Barbara Nolan (Kinkade at the time), with her dog, Mi...

  Cirque Alcatraz is in Columbus, GA, which John Kennedy Kane, aka “Eggroll”, informed me is the birthplace of longtime Beatty clown and rin...

Tom and Tammy Parish, Dan Rooney, and Erin and Laura Presley perform the magic gag on The Bozo Show while Ringling’s Blue Unit was in Chicag...

Three clown headliners kick off the ceremonies for the 40th International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo.

Five years ago today, Pat Cashin was taken from us, way too soon. He started this blog fifteen years ago, and although I don’t think I’ll ev...

  Paul Wenzel, famous for building beautiful props out of piano wire and silk.

The very funny Rolf Knie.  

A short section of a British Pathé film showing Nicolai Poliakoff making up himself and a young fan before performing at a holiday camp.

It’s always a good time for a little Spike Jones & The City Slickers!

 From the Kokomo Tribune: Pat Kelly, Peru's famous hobo circus clown, dies Kelly was last living son of nation's most famous tramp c...

  Eric Sanchez, aka Royo, performing with Les Maclomas on tour with Cirque Du Soliel’s Quidam.

  Sandra Beegamin Hogue letting it all hang out on the Ringling Red Unit in 1998. Sandra is wearing the makeup lady production wardrobe from...

David Shiner performing his photography act as part of the International Christmas Circus in Eindhoven in 2013.

  The 1999 Ringling Blue Unit Clown Alley photographed by Vince Re. For many years Vince would set up backstage at the arena in Cincinnati, ...

This article is from 2006 when the Scotts won the Florida Folk Heritage Award. Wayne and Marty Scott are well known for the superb clown sho...

  Former circus clown/owner/dog trainer/management/talent scout and current Circus World Museum director, Scott O’Donnell, on Vidbel’s Olde ...

Hello everyone, please forgive my sporadic posting as of late. Being on a circus is a lot more time consuming than I remember! Here’s Angelo...