Jonah Rask was a bright Analy High School junior involved in theater, choir and taking tap dance lessons when he announced that after graduation he wanted to take off and join the circus. Now 22, he ...

Eric Zander-Hussey is a 66-year-old living in Palmetto, Florida, who has been a clown since 1988. He and his wife, Kolinda, have worked together as clowns since 2011. They were married in 2013. The ...

Their driver’s licenses may identify them as Leonard Quan, Veronica Champion, Chaim Silverstein Fisher, Sandy Sopher and Hash Helmi. But after graduating from the Laguna Woods Senior Clown Alley Clown ...

Tough crowds A job as a rodeo clown comes with all the pressures of being a comedic performer with an added physical threat of potential trampling by an angry 1,700-pound animal. Both elements are ...

Justin Rumford is such a clown. Proud of it, too. Rumford is the "2014 Rodeo Clown of the Year," an honor he said he has won three of the five years he's been clowning. "Pretty fortunate," he said. I ...

If I told you “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One” is about a clown, would that keep you from reading the book, not to mention this review? If the answer is in the affirmative, you wouldn’t be alone. A ...

Imagine you’re me (I’d apologize for the oncoming slew of chaotic brain imagery that follows, but we’ve got more self-indulgent literary tools to get to). You’ve recently moved from a conservative ...

Kevin Durant has never been one to hide his feelings about the media, and he recently voiced his frustrations even more directly. The Phoenix Suns star has openly admitted that he feels the media ...

This story is based on a conversation with Eric Zander-Hussey, also known as EZ. It has been edited for length and clarity. In 2010, Kolinda and I met at a clown convention, where we were introduced ...