Toby Circus Ballantine, son of Ringling clown, artist, author, and dean of Clown College, Bill Ballantine, photographed by Marc Hauser in ...

  Here is Trey Key performing a Barnum's Animal Crackers walk around when he was a student in the Ringling Clown College class of 1990. ...

  Otto, photographed at the Boston Garden in 1955 by P. Tharp.

Here's wishing everyone a wonderful, laughter filled 2025!  

  I have never seen this photo of Lou before, but it is pretty darned awesome. 

Grock- Taquineries 1997 Grock- Le Petit Violon Enchanté 1994 Two wonderful pieces of art from Laurent Diercksen, who wrote the 1999 book, ...

  Rie Sekine, a graduate of the Clown College Japan class of 1990 and the only CCJ grad to perform on the American Ringling show (Blue Unit ...

  Just look at those happy harlequins, just ready to tickle your funny bone!  Some very.....interesting makeups in this group! Would appreci...

  Avoid the crowds and trampling! Get the perfect gift for the clown lover in your life during our Black Friday Sale. 20% off all items onli...

The female members of the 1979 Ringling Red Unit Clown Alley. From left to right Tina (Stotts) Kitt, Peggy Williams, Ruthie Chaddock, Danise...

  David Nicksay, Frosty Little, Keith Crary, Lou Jacobs, Barbara Nadel, and David Wisniewski celebrate the 4th of July, 1973 with a big ol...

As we get closer to Thanksgiving we humbly ask for your support to help the International Clown Hall of Fame. Created in 1986, our museum ce...

  Ernie Burch looking fabulous on the Ringling show under canvas. 

  Longtime circus clown Mike Snider fresh out of the Ringling Clown College class of 1978. After a brief stint on the Ringling Blue Unit, Mi...

  An unidentified whiteface clown with the Lord John Sanger Circus & Menagerie, most likely taken in the late 1800s.

Thank you to Beth Grimes and Gregory Parks for sending me this video. A rare, full recording of Bozo's Circus from October 30, 1979 feat...

The International Clown Hall of Fame and Research Center is proud to unveil our new website. Having a dedicated presence on the internet as ...

On July 14th, 2001 the final episode of the Bozo Show aired on WGN. I grew up in the era of Cooky and Wizzo, but also watched religiously as...