Pat Cashin biography
Pat Cashin (1968- July 24, 2016) Pat Cashin was a former Ringling Brothers clown, who performed a variety of characters, at a variety of circuses, owner […]
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Pierre Étaix
Pierre Étaix (1928 – 2016) famous French clown and actor Pierre Étaix was born in 1928 in Roanne, France. He was trained as a designer […]
It’s A Gift
W. C. Fields movie, It’s a Gift – one of the funniest films that he ever made! The henpecked, disrespected family man with a dream […]
W.C. Fields Quotes
W.C. Fields Quotes – W. C. Fields, in addition to a legacy of legendary films (such as The Bank Dick, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, […]
Quotes on comedy and humor by W. C. Fields
A collection of quotes on comedy and humor, from the classic film clown, W. C. Fields. Taken from the book, W. C. Fields and Me by Carlotta […]
A Share in the World to Come
‘Rabbi Baruqa of Huza often went to the marketplace at Lapet. One day, the prophet Elijah appeared to him there, and Rabbi Baruqa asked him, […]
What Witchery but a Clown's?
What Witchery but a Clowns? by Charles Dickens, from the introduction to Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by Dickens in 1838. It is some years now, […]
Mark Twain on Being a Clown
Mark Twain on Being a Clown, by Robert Edmund Sherwood, from Here We Are Again I have ridden in Venetian gondolas to the music of tinkling […]
Only One Real Life
Only One Real Life, by Dexter Fellows – an excerpt from This Way to the Big Show, 1936 The laugh-clown-laugh theme is as old as the […]
Johnny Patterson
Johnny Patterson (1840 – 1889) The Irish Singing Clown Early life of Johnny Patterson Johnny Patterson was a famous Irish clown, known for his original songs, […]