thecircusblog | September 2, 2009
Behind the camera, Bob Emrico doing the camera gag. As we all know the camera bit is old one, but Bob’s one liners and often with a double meaning would keep the adults laughing while the kids were wondering why. Bob was on the Siebrand circus for many years until his health declined.
thecircusblog | August 23, 2009
How I remember the two of them! It seemed to me that they were funnier out of makeup than in. Gracie was constantly yelling at CoCo. She had to because he was very hard of hearing to the point of almost being deaf or maybe he just didn’t want to hear what Grace was saying to him. It was comedy […]
thecircusblog | August 18, 2009
Harry Ross as Mop Head the clown. We never called him Harry, he was Rossy to all who knew him. On the Siebrand circus all the performers set up and tore down the show. The show ladies were excluded not because it was hard work ….it just wasn’t necessary. When we took a brake, Rossy would […]
thecircusblog | July 31, 2009
European circus clowns “The Grice Bros.” The photo was taken in France or Spain, 1920.
thecircusblog | March 19, 2009
Here are Harold Simmons and Gene Randow…. two very talented clowns. Gene had a pure instinct for comedy. He understood timing and how to get a laugh. Gene was a great help to me with the chimp act. The comedy in our act would start slowly then build to one laugh after another. We allowed the chimps to do their own […]
thecircusblog | March 3, 2009
Many years ago I got a letter from Timothy Neal Tegge, stage name Twinkles. I was putting together a show when I got this photo of him. I wrote back expressing my interest in using him but sadly never heard back………well that’s show biz. His clown make-up was original and exceptional. One of the things […]
thecircusblog | March 3, 2009
Mingo is second from the right in his pink polka dot clown wardrobe. I have known Mingo all of my life. Most circus performers knew Mingo as a true circus trooper. The clown on the left is Willie the Tramp Clown. I believe this photo was taken on the Gatti Charles Circus in the mid 1960’s. […]
thecircusblog | February 25, 2009
Bob Emrico was a good friend and a nice guy. Bob never had a bad word to say about anyone. He was on Siebrand Bros circus for many years. If you didn’t see Bob in the back yard of the circus you could bet he was off fishing. He loved his fishing and you also could find […]
