Yankee Dan Rice biography
“Yankee Dan” Rice Dan Rice (1823-1901) – President Lincoln’s Court Jester Inducted into the 1991 Clown Hall of Fame The American Grimaldi – Dan Rice […]
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Leon McBryde, aka. "Buttons" biography
Leon McBryde, aka. “Buttons” (1943 – ) Inducted into the 1990 Clown Hall of Fame Growing up in Texas, at the age of 7 young […]
Lou Jacobs biography – Auguste circus clown
Lou Jacobs (January 1, 1903 – September 13, 1992) Inducted into the 1989 Clown Hall of Fame Lou Jacobs is a legend among clowns. Nearly […]
Otto Griebling – circus tramp clown
Otto Griebling (April 28, 1896 – April 19, 1972) Inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame 1989 Otto Griebling, who became a fixture of the American […]
How do I start clowning? Clown makeup essentials, part 4
Clowning Tutorial – clown makeup essentials – completing your clown face Welcome back! So far, we’ve talked a little bit about some of the underlying […]
Bobby Kay – inducted into the 1991 Clown Hall of Fame
Robert Smiley, aka. Bobby Kay (1908 – 1983) Bobby Kay was inducted into the 1991 Clown Hall of Fame. He was born on May 29, […]
Clown makeup tutorial, part 4 – completing your clown face
Welcome back! So far, we’ve talked a little bit about some of the underlying concepts of clown makeup in Part 1, and the basics of […]
Be a Clown – song lyrics
Song lyrics to Be A Clown, written by Cole Porter, performed by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in The Pirate (1948) I’ll remember forever,When I […]
Be A Clown! – The Complete Guide to Instant Clowning by Turk Pipkin
Book Reviews – Be A Clown! – The Complete Guide to Instant Clowning by Turk Pipkin, Walt Chrynwski, Chris Reed (Editor’s note: this book should […]
Be a Clown! by Mark Stolzenberg
Book review of Be a Clown!, by Mark Stolzenberg (2002) (Editor’s note: this book should not be confused with Turk Pipkin’s Be A Clown (complete […]