January 2015 - Famous Clowns

Umberto "Antonet" Guillaume (1872-1935)

January 18, 2015 tom.raymond 0

Born in Brescia, Italy, Antonet was the son of a famous family of Italian clowns. He followed in Footit’s tradition as an “authoritarian” whiteface clown. […]

Jimmy “Happy” Williams (1942 – 2015)

January 14, 2015 tom.raymond 0

Jimmy “Happy” Williams was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1961, he landed his first job in clowning when he was hired to perform at Mayfair […]

Bill "Boom-Boom" Baily (1917 – 1990)

January 13, 2015 tom.raymond 0

Bill began clowning while still in high school. For over seven years he appeared in his tramp character on the Sealtest Big Top and Mark’s […]

Staff make up demonstration - after. Back row: Kenny Ahern, Brenda Ahern (yes, they're related -- happily married). Front row: Betty Cash/Peewee, Linda Batdorf/Spin, Jim Howle/Jim

Clowning tutorial

January 5, 2015 tom.raymond 0

Do you want to be a clown? Do you want to know how? Here’s a series of tutorials on how to do that:How do I […]

Bim Bom

January 5, 2015 tom.raymond 0

Bim Bom was a Moscow circus clown duo consisting of Ivan Semenovich,Radunsky(1872 – 1955) (as Bim) and various “Boms”, active intermittently from 1891 up until at […]