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Last walkaround – Floyd “Creaky” Creekmore, the world’s oldest performing clown, has passed away at the age of 98 Normally, when someone talks about “electing a clown” they’re being insulting — but not in Brasil! Brazilians re-elect clown with 1 million votes

October 7, 2014 Tom Raymond Blog

Famous Clowns blog – 10/6/2014

Pictures from the Texas Clown Association Just spent the week at the Midwest Clown Association 2014 Roundup – hope that I saw some of you there Speaking of which, local TV station WQAD did some nice coverage, but clearly they wrote their headline before even sending a reporter,...

October 6, 2014 Tom Raymond Blog

Famous clowns blog – 9/25/2014

Clownâs comic capers lift cancer sufferers www.belpernews.co.uk Young people with cancer will benefit from the visit of a touring clown show which put on a performance in Belper at the weekend. Marvellous biopic of clown Neil Baldwin who became Stoke City’s kit man www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk A HOLLYWOOD star will...

September 26, 2014 Tom Raymond Blog

Honeymoon in Kabul

It sounds like a joke – the doctor, who’s also a clown, gets married and spends his honeymoon in Afghanistan – but it’s not. It’s the subject of a new documentary, Honeymoon in Kabul.

August 15, 2013 Tom Raymond Blog

I need to learn Spanish

I need to learn Spanish – a practical thought For the past 3 years, my wife and I have been fortunate to clown at the Willman Industries company picnic in Cedar Grove, Wisconsin. In addition to “clowning around”, my wife spends the bulk of her time face...

March 31, 2013 Tom Raymond Blog

You have to be good to be fluky

Many years ago, my brother Don was playing volleyball with some friends from New Jersey. Now, my brother is a heavily-built man; he was a football player and heavyweight wrestler in high school, and he looked it. Despite his build, he was extremely competitive, and was...

July 7, 2009 Tom Raymond Blog