Kelly Miller 1996: Darren Burrell and Tom "Popcorn" Sink

Burl and Popcorn demonstrating their skills on the Kelly Miller Circus in 1996

Ringling: Plastic Man

Andrew Scharff performing his Plastic Man routine during the Three Ring Adventure of Ringling's 129th Edition (Living Carousel) in 1999.

Andrew has been performing this routine since he attended Clown College in 1995, and has performed it on Culpepper Merriweather Circus, Kinoshita, the Togni family's American Circus, and clown festivals and performances all over the world!

Jimmy Armstrong: Clyde Beatty

 

Backstage shots of Jimmy Armstrong on the Beatty Show taken by Bruce Davidson in 1958.

Jacko Fossett, Billy Merchant, and Jimmy Scott

A program page from 1974/1975 the Belle Vue Circus in Manchester featuring Jacko Fossett, Little Billy Merchant, and Jimmy Scott.

Thank you to Fudi Zsilak for sharing!

Remembering Pat Cashin

Seven years ago Pat Cashin, the founder and namesake of this blog, passed away much too young. Not a week goes by that I don't think of him, or one of the amazingly funny things he said offhandedly, or a story about him.

I have no idea how he ran this blog so well, because I struggle to post several times a month. He was a great friend and he is missed by so many. May his memory live on in all of the people's lives he touched

Here he is with Aziz Gual and Lance Brown in final gag of the 1997 Ringling Clown College graduation, Three Brothers' Pizza.

Mump & Smoot: The Café

Canadian clowns Mump and Smoot performing an excerpt from their show, "Something", at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario.

Nola Rae: The Conductor

Nola Rae performing a sketch from her show "Upper Cuts" at the Shaw Theatre in London, 1984.

Matute Alvarez

Chilean clown Matute Alvarez doing a version of Jeff "Gordoon" Gordon's toilet paper act.

Matute will be clowning at Cirque D'Hiver this winter along with comedy magicians, Scott & Muriel. 

Clown College: Dentist Gag

Sean Conklin and Kirby Soderberg perform a dentist gag during the 1989 Clown College graduation performance. 

Tomas Kubinek

A preview of Tomas Kubinek's one man show from Portland in 2012.

Cirque Du Soleil: Dralion Preshow Clowning

Hayden Spencer, Borys Borys, Facundo Gimenez and Guto Vasconcelos perform preshow clowning in Dralion in 2014.

The History of Bozo The Clown

A retrospective on the character of Bozo The Clown from WGN.

Los Alarcons

Los Alarcons performing on Circo Mundial

Ringling: Tom and Tammy Parish 1981

A news story from 1981 featuring soon to be ICHOF inductees Tom and Tammy Parish on the Ringling Blue Unit. 

Ringling: Human Bomb

Margie Talavera and David Kiser performing a human bomb gag on the Ringling Blue Unit in 1990.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: René Coker

René Coker and Toto Johnson performing a laundry gag on the Ringling Red Unit in 1989.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Karen DeSanto

Greg and Karen DeSanto performing their soap entrée on the Big Apple Circus' 2005/2006 tour.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Giulia Azzario

The Josè Michel Clowns, with white clown, Giulia Azzario, performing in Circus Krone in 2009.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Antoschka

Antoschka performing a rola bola act in the Planet of Smiles show.

Clown Alley Women's History Month: Annie Fratellini

Annie Fratellini and her husband, Pierre Etaix performing on French television in 1975.