Bruce Johnson

Charlie The Juggling Clown

1.  Charlie Cairoli was Annie Fratellini’s Uncle.

2.  Bert Williams and Pinto Colvig each did very successful series of phonograph recordings.  Bert Williams, along with his partner George Walker, were the first Black singers to make phonograph recordings.  Pinto Colvig provided the voice of Bozo and other characters on the Bozo Reading/ Records produced by Alan Livingston for Capitol Records.

3.  Emmett Kelly and Red Skelton were friends and sometimes appeared together at resorts like Reno, Nevada.

4.  Pinto Colvig was the original Bozo.  Bob Bell played Bozo on the local show produced in Chicago.

5.  Bill Ballantine was the first Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Clown College Dean.  Steve Smith was Dean of that educational program longer than anybody else.

6.  Raphael "Chocolat" Padilla and Bert Williams were both Black although neither was African American.  Chocolat was born in Cuba and spent his career performing in Europe.  Bert Williams was born in the West Indies and spent the majority of his career in the United States.

7.  Frankie Saluto and Prince Paul Alpert were both dwarf clowns, which circus performers refer to as little people.

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